>>>>>[Huh?  Anyone around or is it still to early after the holidays vand
everyones still hung over? Or maybe I need to check out the signal
interface visual on my deck.  Drek.]<<<<<
        -Harlequin <Heh, yep, I's back>

>>>>>[ Harliquin: Raven and I have been around the whole time.  We just
haven't had anythikng to say for awhile.  How was your holiday
season?]<<<<<
        -- Nightastalker <22:30:12/01-09-55>

>>>>>[I'm here.  BTW, any of you guys know where I can get some
information on the Shattergraves?  I don't mean police reports and basic
information on ghouls, but a detailed layout and in-depth history of the
grave-robbers?]<<<<<
        -Necromancer <07:45:23/01-11-55>

>>>>>[Argh.  I was right.  Gotta fix the incoming signal feed to the
visual on my deck.  Anyone realise how hard blind decking is in this
place?  Oh well.  Off to make corrections.]<<<<<
        -Harlequin <Here was I?>

>>>>>[KAHNx?...........My, My,........KHANx?.........There's so much,
uh,.. ...KHANx?...?]<<<<<
        --  FraterNay <22:08:55/01 Jan 55>

>>>>>[ FraterNay:  take your orgasum offline please.  People are trying to
concentrate. ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <19:28:35/01-10-55>

>>>>>[ Nightstalker!!!!! ]<<<<<
        -- Raven the Mage <19:29:14/01-10-55>

>>>>>[Eh...Mine was ok.  The first week I spent mostly with T.C. The
second we escaped up to the tribal lands where she's from to visit a
cousin.  That was a great week.  Saw a lot of friends that have been
absent for a while.  The last week was hell.  No ins or outs about it. 
Well, at least I need a vacation to get away from the vacation.  Sabre has
something cooking and Styx, well, Styx is Styx.  Anything else would be
strange.  Old home week was fun.  Ran into G.G., Spade, Maxine Overdrive,
and Nightshade.  All long time runner/friends. We decided we had to pull
off something.  G.G. decides to throw a bash New Years.  Unfortunately,
due to trouble, only T.C., myself, Maxine, and G.G. could make it.  Argh. 
I'm glad I don't over indulge.  Most of the crew had a little to much to
drink.  Or as Maxine said "We got a lil tippy". Can you guess she was
drunk when she said it?  Naaaww. Heh. Well, probably bored your mind numb
by now.  Catch ya in the 'Real World' Nightstalker.]<<<<<
        -Harlequin <No ill effects>

>>>>>[ Harlequin:  You'll never catch me in the "Real World".  I'm too
fast and slippery :) ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <22:20:25/01-10-55>

>>>>>[ Well that's the festive season over what little I saw of it.  Still
the party at Highlanders on Christmas Eve was good just a dammed shame we
got a job literally hours after we left.  Ah well the food was good and
the accomadation luxurious and the Johnson was so pleased with our
performance that he gave us all a special New Year's bonus. 

Ah well back to dodging gang bullets, rescuing Yakuza runaways, digging up
evil magical happenings.  Btw did anyone hear anything from Spice, I
called by his place but it looks like no-one's been living there for a
good few weeks. Ack, I sure the lad can take care of himself. ]<<<<<
        -The Powerhouse (18:10:09/10.1.55)

<<<<<[ You asked how Christmas was?  It sucked.  Aztechnology formally
accused two of my friends and I of being international terrorists who
stole a major biological warfare weapon.  We didn't steal it -
Aztechnology left it in an alley - and it wasn't a biological warfare
weapon - it was a elven girl.  We picked up the box, not knowing what was
inside at the time, and split, chased by a bunch of helicopters as we ran
for the subway. 
        
We get back to our place and see that three of our pretty mugs are on the
tube and they've called out the military on us. 
        
So we get a bunch of friends to look at the box that we have... Big Bear,
a friendly neighborhood shaman, tells us that he needs to see the box in
the wild.  The military won't let us leave the city, so where do we go? 
Fort Lewis, where they won't expect us.  Anyway, we open the box, get the
girl out and are leaving when all hell breaks loose. We've got about ten
different forces chasing us so that she can be converted into a weapon
(never heard why they wanted her).  Eventually, we turned her over to an
elven commando team and went low.  Anybody know if it's safe to come
out?]>>>>>
        - Laurissa Kelp <09:35:52, 01/10/55>

>>>>>[Little high, are we?]<<<<<
       - Necromancer <08:45:34/01-11-55>

>>>>>[Uh, what if the elven girl WAS the bio-warfare weapon?  Stranger
things have happened, chummers.]<<<<<
       - Necromancer <08:51:32/01-11-55>

>>>>>[ Too fast and slippery Nightstalker... eee give me fraggin
break.]<<<<<
        -I.B.A. (**:**:**/**.**.**)

>>>>>[FraterNay, how are you doing ?  Its good to see your still around
and alright after the Aztlan incident. What happened ?  I can't really
remember . . . kinda confusing. I can't believe it exploded in our face
like that. I though everybody was . . . I broke out of Telzlal Maximum
Security pen a while back . . . Everybody was gone. I've been mucking
around, doing private security or low-enders since Aztlan. Bought a small
club/casino called "Xtasy". Come and see me. We can talk.]<<<<<
        -- Khanx (09:06:31/1/11/55)

>>>>>[Powerhouse, Spice has been of traveling to parts exotic. He believes
he has enough pieces to figure out whats going on with the toxics, but
he's been keeping it close to the vest. I've been doing prep work for the
big operation we'll 'run to neutralize the toxs. 

Khanx, you ruthless dog. Why didn't you call me ?  I thought we were
chummers, if you were in trouble . . . Why have you been offline ?]<<<<<
        -- NightShade (09.12.46/1.11.55)

>>>>>[Hello again!  Sorry about not bein around over most of this last
month. We all wanted a little vacation after Solitaire's little exploit. 
But we are all back again.  So, where is everyone and just what the frag
has been goin on?]<<<<<
        --  Slash(12:11:48/01-11-55)

>>>>>[Well, we have finally removed all the security risks from the
orgini- zation, with the Boss's help.  Have you at Renraku further
information for us?  We have discovered just how far this Illuminati plot
has begun to spread and will be willing to communicat with you as
before.]<<<<<
        --  Moriarity(12:15:11/01-11-55)

>>>>>[and






*****Editor failure(oops)*****

>>>>>[And this thug here has a new deck.]<<<<<
        --  Dante(12:16:36/01-11-55)


>>>>>[I see that while I have been busy stamping out true evil, those on
this node have been subjecting my name to all kinds of slander and abuse.
I would really prefer not being judged by the likes of shadowrunners. 
After all, I haven't done anything you haven't done. And besides, it seems
that many of the deaths attributed to me (incorrectly I might add) were
mere illusions. For all intents and purposes A.J. is alive, and Wyrm too .
. . probably. So now that I am back lets have civility.]<<<<<
        Prince Solarial (09:20:11/1.11.55)

>>>>>[Break?  Drek, man, I didn't have no fragging break.  I broke up with
another girlfriend, drank myself into oblivion again, and passed out for
three straight days.  The past few years have really not been the greatest
for me. Anyone else have as good a time as I did?]<<<<<
     - Necromancer <11:44:45/01-11-55>

>>>>>[Could be worse, Necro.  Me?  I just enjoyed myself to the hilt.  The
UB's getting serious at me.  I must be a thorn in their pride.  But, then
again, what do you expect of a bug hunter.]<<<<<
        -Styx <13:35:51/01-11-55>

>>>>>[Mere illusions, huh.  I can assure you that my "illusory" death was
fraggin near a real one!  You are not on my good side, Solarial, but after
what Diana has told me about you...  let's say that I don't want you dead
anymore.  Just out of my life.  What Diana and you do is your own
buisness, but keep me out of it.  *****Encrypt LINKS_GOLF:  Prince
Solarial MPCP***** Besides, you can't hurt us anymore without risking
yourself too.  I don't want to mess with you or your friends or your plans
again unless you plan on actually coming into town for medical implants of
the headware variety.  I'm sure you understand.*****]<<<<<
        --  Action Jackson(14:02:20/01-11-55)

>>>>>[Best of luck, buddy.  Me, I'll probably have a couple of double
scotches and blast myself into oblivion yet again.]<<<<<
     - Necromancer <13:20:34/01-11-55>

<<<<<[Necromancer - that's why at one particullarly hairy time, she sat on
my lap while the muzzle of my pistol rested on the back of her head.  I
don't know about some people, but I didn't want to be responsible for
selling her into a lifetime of servitutde.  [I know, but I was willing to
kill her to 'save' her life]. 
        
Let's put it this way - we got caught up in a lot more than we really
wanted to be and were really happy when the elven team came to pick her
up.]>>>>>
        - Laurissa <14:29:53, 01-10-55>

>>>>>[Sure you're not just in hacker heaven?]<<<<<
     - Necromancer <13:43:34/01-11-55>

>>>>>[ That's right I.B.A., too fast and slippery for the likes of you. 
I'll take your slow deck anytime and anyplace :) ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <19:29:15/01-11-55>

>>>>>[Uh, I don't think I could get away with holding my girlfriend at
gunpoint. She was complaining that I drink too much, I say I don't.  So
she starts on some bulldrek about taking responsibility for my fraggin'
life and I just tuned her out.  FAR out.  I jacked into the Matrix and
went running to all my favorite corners of hacker heaven, and when I
jacked out, she was gone.  Along with half my fraggin' 50 year old CD
collection.  I'm gonna kill her if I find her. Anyway, I ain't the
greatest with guns and I don't think I was ever drunk enough to blow her
fragging brains all over the apartment.]<<<<<
      - Necromancer <21:53:24/01-11-55>

>>>>>[Necromancer - how long have you known her?  If she's worth anything
to you (or your CD collection is worth any neuyen), chase her down.  Life
is to precious to just throw people away.  Your kilometers may vary.]>>>>>
      - Laurissa Kelp <23:25:06, 01-10-55>

>>>>>[I ain't got the fraggin' time to chase down some slitch who will
leave me two weeks later anyway.  Ain't like it hasn't happened before. 
Every one since...aw frag it, I ain't gonna spill my guts to you.]<<<<<
     - Necromancer <23:42:34/01-11-55>

>>>>>[Hi all from sunny Nicaragua, It ws a little too warm in Seattle for
the past month or so so we decided to bug out for a while once we got
shades out of a Tollier complex... weirdest run I've been on in years. hey
I'm as used to being screwed by a johnson as the next man, but having the
johnson get screwed just as you get paid really got on my thread. And then
I find out I'm working for some sort of terrorist group! definitely not
Politically Correct.. 

I never did find out what happened with those guys, if anyone knows then
please fill me in, and not just for curiosity's sake either, some of us
down here feel like going home sometime soon. Prophet, if you're around
seattle right now try and give me some idea as to the current sitrep. most
of my contacts were be ing watched right after we hit Tollier so we
just....left. Anyhow, like the song goes ..I'm still alive]>>>>>
     --  Vertical  <10:45/12-1-55>

>>>>>[Seattle was too hot so you went to Nicarugua? Whatever. Guess some
people just don't know how to fade. 

We had a quiet little holiday season. The high point was Jackal's party,
when Sabre fell into the Hobbes Memorial Kitty-Litter Box-AGAIN! Thank
you, Harlequin, for bringing her along. I haven't laughed so hard in
years!]<<<<<
        -- Raven <For the Snark was/a Boojam, you see>

>>>>>[Necromancer - so she's worth absolutely nothing to you.  Is anyone
worth anything to you?]>>>>>
        - Laurissa <08:29:34, 1/12/55>

>>>>>[At this point?  The only thing that is worth anything to me is
couple of ccs of morphine.  I have a huge fraggin' headache.  As for her,
well, I could really care less whether she lives or dies.]<<<<<
     - Necromancer <08:01:32/01-12-55>

*****Encrypt TTPROBLEMS Prince Solarial*****
>>>>>[Prince Solarial, Micheal and I are ready.  We both apologize for not
being able to proceed into the Tir immediately, but that was mostly my
fault. Micheal was ready whenever, but I needed some time to think over
the stuff we all talked about over that dinner.  And after that, I needed
even more time to find or generate the items that I would need when we
finally got started.  So, I am back in Seattle and have my authorized CAS
passport with a visa to enter the Tir.  And thank you for making it an
open-ended visa.  I suspect that our job won't be done quickly.]<<<<<
        --  Diana, Mistress of the Night(13:30:10/01-12-55)

>>>>>[And I don't need no stinkin passport! Ha ha hahahahahahaha haHAAAAA! 
I made a joke of a reference.  Did ya get it, mon?  Probably not...  Tis
human thing called humor still escapes me, mon.]<<<<<
        --  The Baron(13:32:15/01-12-55)

>>>>>[Hey, Ded-boy.  Your girl's been looking for you over here.  Where
have you been?]<<<<<
     - Icepick <13:10:34/01-12-55>

>>>>>[Frag it, man.  I don't need your drek too.  Tell her that she left;
it ain't my fault she's all alone.  She can go frag herself fer all I
care.]<<<<<
     - Necromancer <13:20:23/01-12-55>

*****Encrypt Vertical MPCP*****
>>>>>[Local environment has become extremely hostile towards myself and
towards your team the Eyrie. The individual you refer to as "Mr. Johnson"
was eliminated at 1500 on 12-11-54 as per the terms of Maurice's contract.
Myself and my team have been laying low for the past three weeks because
of certain events. Daniter had been rescued by myself on 12-12-54, a week
later a masterfully executed assault on my safehouse resulted in her death
as well as the deaths of two of my associates. It was also discovered that
Maurice had been assassinated that very same night. Needless to say, this
organization that calls itself Red Cell Omega is very well equiped and
trained, and poses a definite threat to my team and yours as well. For the
moment, I would recommend staying out of Seattle, but there will come a
time in the near future when I will ask for your teams assistance. Until
then watch your back. Over and out.]<<<<<
        --  Reaper (14:31:25/01-12-55)

>>>>>[Gonna be a slow season. This time last year, the AI War was brewing.
What do we have this year? Necro's love life. I hope this isn't an
omen.]<<<<<
        -- Cat Dancing <16:26:59/01-12-55>

>>>>>[I better get this out before Val finds me using his terminel.  Cat
Dancing, thanks for letting me come along to the party over the Christmas
season it was alotof fun.  Im sorry about the vase though I really didn't
mean to break it really I didn't and I promised that I'd pay for it as
soon as I could and I'm getting a paper route to help pay it off even
though Val offered to pay you for it.  I'm realllllllly
sorrrrrrry......]<<<<< 
        --  Litle Dragn(16:40:50/01-12-55)----Connection Terminated-----

>>>>>[That little kid....  I tell him that not using the terminal is his
punishment for breaking your Waterford vase and he goes and breaks the
condition of his own punishment.  And he even suggested this idea! 
Kids... 

Well, I too would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the
wonderful evening.  It's been years since I played with that many other
like minds and similar tastes.  And thank you for the reminder about being
careful with the music. I almost forgot myself once or twice...  "The
trappings of temptation" I suppose.  And please send the bill for the vase
to me here at Haven.  I will give it my utmost attention.]<<<<<
        --  Valentine(16:49:31/01-12-55)

*****Encrypt HARLEQUINUS_MAXIMUS_SECURITUS*****
>>>>>[After three weeks of repairing bugs, we have finally got to the
point where we can again begin to bring Masque out of sedation.  But we're
going to take it very slowly after Collussus found that error.  It was
very similar to one that caused him to go temporarily insane, and it would
have had very similar effects on Masque. 

While we were looking, we also found some minor problems in his joints
that would have caused stress fractures under extreme use.  And the
improper digestive coding would have caused his artificial intestine to
secrete pure nitric acid instead of a balanced combination of sulphuric,
nitric, and hydrochloric.  That was a shock indeed; if left too long it
would have corroded Masque's entire digestive system.  But that's all
fixed now.  We should only find a few more minor bugs as we begin the
dynamic testing of the body.  I feel 85% certain that we have discovered
and remedied all the potentials for catastrophic failure. 

I've called Collussus.  Moriarity said that Central won't need him for a
while, what with the new security system he was supervising the
installation of over these past weeks.  He can be here whenever you are
ready to finally bring Masque out of the alpha wave induced coma.  We are
letting him off the drugs gradually, letting his brain readapt to their
not being there, but that will be finished within the next 24 to 36 hours. 
Will this be sufficient for you to get here?  Schedule wise, I mean. 
Collussus can be here in 3 hours, so that's the only notice I need.]<<<<<
        --  Wizard(17:06:11/01-12-55)

>>>>>[Go away for a couple of months and what do your supposed friends do?
They go and rip up your headware implant bodyshop!  I was all ready to sit
back and relax underground in my well hidden and unknown(mostly) bodyshop
for a while while I drummed up buisness when lo and behold, my friends had
converted half of it into a giant MRI/MagnetoManipulator tank, a third of
it into a high tech lab with a computer that I haven't seen the likes of
for quite a while(old but powerful), and the rest into a recovery room for
a single person!  Damnit but I was looking forward to one thing in my life
not being crazy.]<<<<<
        --  Action Jackson(17:13:42/01-12-55)

>>>>>[What you forgot to mention, AJ, is that you spent these last three
weeks, when you weren't off partying or romping to who know's where,
coercing me and Roxey and Moriarity to set you up another bodyshop.  Not
like it was hard or anything, but your feigned anger...well, it was real
for a littlewhile, but not for long.  And you won't even tell me what it
is Wizard is doing except to say that you can't talk about it.  And I
thought we were friends...]<<<<<
        --  Slash(17:17:25/01-12-55)

>>>>>[You scuzzball.  Yes, we're friends, but when Wizard swears me to
secrecy because of a certain decker problem****Warning, Decker Viral
penetration of message:  Decker problem?  that would be me, I believe. 
Dante *****Message compromised***** I take him seriously.  Sorry, Slash,
but that's the way he wanted it to be.]<<<<<
        --  Action Jackson(17:20:24/01-12-55)

>>>>>[With good reason, apparently.]<<<<<
        --  Action Jackson(17:21:54/01-12-54)

>>>>>[I didn't know I had a Waterford vase. Uh-oh....]<<<<<
        -- Cat Dancing <19:59:27/01-12-55>

>>>>>[WHAT happened to my vase?!?]<<<<<
        -- Raven <Quoth the Raven/Nevermore>

>>>>>[ Oops, looks like the little one might haved messed up the wrong
person's vase.... 

Raven, while it's none of my business, come on, give him a break. He's
ONLY a little kid, after all..... ]<<<<<
        -- Silverflame <18:37:30/01-12-56>

****** Encrypt: Nightmares v.5.1 -- Shadowfox MPCP only
>>>>>[ Shadowfox, we're in position.  We'll make our strike within the
next few days. Unfortunately, Firewraith bailed on us. She didn't like our
plans. Blitzkrieg is taking it real hard. Catch ya on the flip side.]<<<<<
        -- Phoenix <13:28:43/01-13-55>

>>>>>[Shadowfox, we got a problem that we got to discuss. You might want
to come to What's and my most recent exploration. We just received some
interesting news . . . I don't think it is wise to say more. ]<<<<<
        -- Bruce <10:01:33/1-13-55>

>>>>>[I don't think there's too much worry for Little Dragon, the crew
will keep Raven in line. Even if it takes Jackal and Six Pack
together.]<<<<<
        Harlequin <Who knows not of what he speaks>

>>>>>[Aw, shut the frag up.]<<<<<
     - Necromancer <07:38:34/01-13-55>

>>>>>[I'm okay, really. I'm not gonna kill anyone, really. Heeeeere little
dragon.....]<<<<<
        -- Raven <13:03:57/01-13-55>

>>>>>[This is getting more and more interesting...  AJ knows what's going
on, he and Slash are having a little tiff over Slash not knowing, the
project Wizard and Harlequin are on is in AJ's old bodyshop, Wizard has
been using rotating encryption to keep me from breaking into his
transmissions, Harlequin has been trying to make my life more and more
miserable, and to top it all off there is an artificially intelligent(very
artificially) TOASTER roaming around the Matrix.  Life is getting strange. 
Just the way I like it.]<<<<<
        --  Dante(13:26:01/01-13-55)

>>>>>[And what is this I hear about Necromancer's love life?  Or lack
thereof? Necromancer, you sound like a person I could actually tolerate
working with. Do you put the nuyen above human life?  Have you ever
betrayed your friends in order to save your skin?  If so, you and I could
have a long and prosperous relationship...at least until you or I saved
our skin at the expense of the other.  On second thought, go have yourself
another drink.  You sound like you could use one.  Maybe even through an
IV.  Might give you a real life.]<<<<<
        --  Dante(13:31:39/01-13-55)

>>>>>[Masque!  What the frag HAPPENED?!?!  Are you psycho? What went down,
I want to know now!  Collossuss just told me ...aw drek fraggin mother of
*****Encrypt Delivery***** Crap. Almost went to far.  Ok.  What gives,
Masque.  You see that I'm upset.  Almost forgot to encrypt this. 
Collossuss dropped me a message that you broke Wizards collar bone with
your hand and strained his back muscles from throwing him into the wall. 
He told me Wiz is in the Hosp. recovering.  What the heck was all that
about?]<<<<<
        -Harlequin <Not my day>

>>>>>[He offered to replace it, Raven.  So please, accept his offer, and
mine, and between the two of us I'm sure we can replace the vase.  And I
visit my bretheren in Tir na n'Og on a semi-regular basis, so I suspect
that I can purchase another vase in Waterford directly.  If you don't mind
waiting for a month or two.]<<<<<
        --  Valentine(15:51/32/01-13-55)

>>>>>[NOTE:  this message approved by Valentine** Ms. Raven..?  I'm really
really really sorry ms. Raven...  I didn't mean to break it.  I still have
all the peices if you want me to glue it back together...  Or I could try
to melt it and fix it that way or like Val says I could help pay for a new
one from Tyear Nahn Ok in Wat-er-ferd...oops, Waterferd in Tyear Nahn Ok. 
Sorry about my aweful spelling and grammer, but I'm just learning...]<<<<<
        --  Lit-tle Dra-gon..I SPELLED IT RIGHT!!!!!!(15:56:31/01-13-55)

>>>>>[Raven, tsk tsk tsk....  You really shouldn't go around threatening
little children.  Ravens, Amerindian creationism not withstanding, don't
have the best reputation in the world to begin with, being scavengers,
eating bugs and rotten meat, and making that drekkin awful squaking
noise...  But you, my dear, give the real animal a bad name.]<<<<<
        --  Dante(1600
*****Viral Code Initiated*****  nte(16:00:56/01-13-55)
*****Viral Target:  Dante MPCP/Reality Filter*****
*****Viral Designer:  Solitaire*****
*****Virus activated, tracking, target aquired...Virus attacking...*****
*****Virus destr...Viral link destroyed*****

>>>>>[Not very nice, Solitaire.  I thought you were lying low after your
run-in with the assassin.  I guess three weeks was enough time.  That was
a pitiful excuse for a virus, Solitaire.  Or was the only reason you
failed to kill me with it because my deck is bigger than yours?]<<<<<
        --  Dante(16:05:02/01-13-55)

>>>>>[My my, Fool.  I never thought that I'd hear of a man suffering from
that kind of envy.  And toward me no less!  I would certainly hope your
"deck" is bigger than mine, as I have none.  But do you have the cajones
to meet a real MAN, in my case a WOman, face to face agian?]<<<<<
        --  Solitaire(16:10:47/01-13-55)

>>>>>[And as for you, lit-tle Dra-gon, beeing a child is no ex-cuse for
speleng baddly, or grammer a total lack of.  And your kind is always
breaking things.  Where are your parents, Litle Dragn?  Why don't you tel
the world that they are dead bee-cause of you. 

And Valentine?  I hope Dane finds you shortly.  Don't worry about me, I
couldn't care less about your future except that it be shortened.  I have
more important and profitable fish to catch.  But I heard your lyre,
Valentine.  It is a lovely instrument, totally wasted on your total lack
of talent. 

As I shall be busy[<<<<
*****Connection Terminated, Dante MPCP discorporated/dumped**

>>>>>[That's QUITE enough of that!  Guess he didn't have the balls after
all, did he?]<<<<<
        --  Solitaire(16:18:29/01-13-55)

>>>>>[Thank you very much, Solitaire.  I almost forgot my vow to my
wife..... sorry... of pacifism there for a minute.  And Bruce...hey, where
is Bruce? BRUCE!!!!!  (Jack, do you know where Bruce went?......He went
WHERE!?!  SHIT!) Huh?  Damn, forgot this was a live mic.  I gotta go. 
Little Dragon took off to see Uncle Nex and Hermit.  In tears.  If Nex
sees him this way he'll want to kill Dante.  Or just as likely, he'll want
to get Little Dragon skilled enough to kill Dante himself and he'll just
sit back and watch and I cannot allow Bruce to become another assassin
like Renraku would have made him.  Damn, starting to sound like Bruce
now...]<<<<<
        --  Valentine(16:23:39/01-13-55)

*****Encrypt The Mask of Laughter*****
>>>>>[Hello Harly.  I saw your message.  I was going to tell you, honest.
*sigh* As it is, I am deeply sorry. I didn't mean to hurt Wiz.  I didn't
even realise it as I did it.  You probably think me to be a monster now. I
can not give you a visual of it, but I'll try to tell you what happened as
it happened.  But not right now.  Later. I promise you.]<<<<<
        -Masque <21:01:03/01-13-55>

>>>>>[Raven is the Messenger of Death, Dante. It might come soon, one
midnight dreary, that I will come rapping and tapping on YOUR door.]<<<<<
        -- Raven <Quoth the Raven/Nevermore>

>>>>>[I'm so relieved to know you are there.  As for Atzlan, beleive me
when I say what we know now is all we will ever remember about that
incident. 

A PROPER BUSINESSMAN ?????  I don't beleive it!  It just doesn't suit your
temperment.  I'm certain you 'have your motives' though.  I hope all the
time taking care of the books hasn't made you........soft.  I suppose I
could send you a dream to take care of that, yes, perhaps I will. 

Sorry to hear what you had to go through.  I'm sure the goddess found it
necessary for some reason though, since one such as yourself it most
certainly under her serviallance. 

I found it necessary to return to the Ould Isle after the incident.  I was
subjected to quite a lot by our Drui friends over there.  It was obviously
a lenghty stay for me.  Oh! the things I could share with you!  Yes, yes,
I would love to meet.  Not your little establishment though, not yet.  I'm
sure you will need to do some tidying up and prepare your staff for a
Lady's visit.  Why don't we meet somewhere a little more.....private.  I'd
love some jazz and low lighting.  Anything come to mind?]<<<<<
        --  FraterNay <21:24:55/13 Jan 55>

>>>>>[Leave Necromancer alone, Dante.  You have no idea what kind of
emotional trauma he's been through the past two years.  (No, I am not a
shrink, but I am a bartender.)]<<<<<
     - Icepick <07:48:43/01-14-55>

>>>>>[Dante, leave Ded-boy alone.  He's been through a hell of a lot these
past two years and he doesn't need you to keep giving him drek.  Go soak
your deck in your own problems (seems that you have plenty nowadays) and
give those less fortunate a break.]<<<<<
     - Icepick <07:55:43/01-14-55>

<<<<<[Necromancer - if you need somebody to talk to, I'm here.]>>>>>
        - Laurissa <09:01:11, 01/14/55>

>>>>>[As that two dimensional character of late last century said so
well.... But the messenger of death has come for me too many times for me
to be concerned, Raven, oops, I meant Big Crow.  Just ask Solitaire.  I've
been shot, sliced, cut, beaten, sniped, flatlined, virused, gassed, and
given several rather nasty diseases by her, all of which were potentially
fatal.  And yet I persist.  She deals a nasty Tarot spread, Raven, better
than most, and I've been dealt Death about 20 times, sometimes in the mail
with a letter bomb, you get the idea.  I'm sure you'll understand if I
laugh.  Really hard. 

Besides, not only do you have to find my door, but Lucifer and I have an
understanding.  And Dante the Traveller was guided by Virgil on his divine
mission.  Through the bolgia of Hell and upon the flanks of the Beast, the
Prince of Hell himself, I have crawled.  In Purgatory I have laughed at
the those who suffer, and Brigit guides me through the ranks of angles.  I
crawl with powers you couldn't understand on a daily basis, even if only
in my mind and deck.  This traveller has seen death, has experienced it,
has seen the Grim Reaper in all his manifestations and still has yet to
pay the ferryman. It'll happen eventually, but not until I am old and
grey. 

Remember all:  He who dies of old age wins!]<<<<<
        --  Dante(11:30:58/01-14-55)

>>>>>[To all, I must say I'm sorry for the angered outburst toward Dante. 
You see...well, you probably do, so I won't go into it.  And Dante, it
wasn't the local cops who slipped you that Atropine cocktail and bought
off the bartender.  And for you information, I've...lets see here...
bombed, shot, sniped, beaten, broken, exploded, poisoned, gassed,
infected, sliced, flatlined, virused, looped, dumped, and coma-ed you.  If
anyone wants to know the method you can permanently put another decker
into an infinite sensory loop and you don't know it already, just ask. 
Dante is, unfortunately, immune to it now as his deck tests his sensory
input continually now for such subtle, or not-so-subtle, methods of
killing.]<<<<<
        --  Solitaire(11:52:42/01-14-55)

>>>>>[Indeed we all have our problems, and as you noticed I have many of
my own.  But they are meerly inconviences for which there is no easy
solution.  I understand love-life(or lack thereof in Ded's case) all too
well.  I was betrayed once too, when I was a child.  My lover at the time
chose to betray me to the gang I was a part of, or would have had I not
stopped her.  But Icepick, I take no advice from bartenders.  They have
big mouths more often than not, are easily bought by the cools, and are
known to slip drugs into my drinks, generally after talking too much and
getting themselves bought by the local cools.  And I'm sure there are
those who would like nothing better than to see my deck drowned.  It would
make their lives easier.]<<<<<
        --  Dante(11:42/37/01-14-55)

>>>>>[you.....son......of......a.......slitch.  YOU were betrayed?!  HOW
DARE YOU __EVEN__ say that! 
gyeeeeeeaaaaaaaaAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! ]<<<<<
	*****Link Terminated, Signal overload*****

>>>>>-I need to talk to you Vertical... Drop me a message here. It's good
to have you all back.-<<<<<
     - Spiral <17:55:39/01-14-55>

>>>>>[ Hey, CoHort, you around here somewhere? ]<<<<<
    -- Crazy Jake <01-14-55/10:23:54>

>>>>>[ Yeah, Jake, wassup, chummer? ]<<<<<
    -- CoHort <01-14-55/10:28:43>

>>>>>[ Stop by the yard. I gotta 'run for you. ]<<<<<
    -- Crazy Jake <01-14-55/10:30:24>

>>>>>[ 'K, Jake, see ya in a bit. ]<<<<<
    -- CoHort <01-14-55/10:31:13>

>>>>>[Those mages on hospital staffs sure make your stay's much shorter. 
If you happen to be able to afford thier fees.  I haven't payed off that
much for quite a while, at least not medically. 

*****Encrypt ET_SAYS_PHONE_HARLEQUIN*****
Ok, just what has happened?  Anything new with Masque?  I mean not
relating to my injuries. 

And he must learn to control himself!  If he had done that at a bar
instead of in the lab's recovery room...]<<<<<
        --  Wizard(13:33:26/01-14-55)

*****Encrypt Masking the Laughter*****
>>>>>[Hello Harlequin.  Told you I'd be back to explain. Its the least I
could do.  It started like this.  Evidentally Wiz had been working a few
bugs out of me (thats strange to think about).  He got his work done the
other night and started the sequence to bring me out of my stupor.  He
also contacted Collossuss, in order for him to be here when I awoke. He's
helping me understand a few things.  I'm glad he was here to stop me,
Wiz's foresight is astounding.  But I rush ahead of myself. I came to in,
well since I can't describe the place (huh, oh), Collossuss said you've
been here.  So you know the place.  I didn't realise you visited me.  I
awoke in the lab.  Wiz seemed surprised that I was up when I sat up off
the table.  I noticed right off that I was still the same. I thought I was
going to be different.  Someone came to me in my dreams and said I had
another chance at life.  That I could be incased in metal. Last thing I
remember in Detroit was the AVM headed right at my door.  I took the
chance and decided to become a cyborg.  I didn't realise that it was
possible.  Maybe I even thought it was a dream.  A fevered imagining
before I kicked the last bolt out of the bridge of life.  I couldn't
believe it.  Here I was whole!  Was what I had heard lies?  What happened
to me.  Evidently I was in a bit of a rage.  I don't wholly remember what
was going on in my mind.  Wiz came over, I guess he saw the look on my
face, to see if I was all right.  That is when I grabbed his shoulders and
shook him demanding what was going on.  I didn't realise I was hurting
him.  I didn't even notice the grimace, evidentally, when I broke his
bone.  Enraged by his lack of responce, the shaking must have addled him
and scared him, I shoved him.  Hard.  He hit the wall and slid down.  I
went over to him, still mad.  Collossuss had at this time reached me. 
From behind I felt a hand grab me.  A strong hand.  I was turned around to
come face to face with who I know now is Collossuss.  He cautioned me to
watch myself.  To calm down and look at my handy work.  I-I-I didn't
realise what I did before that. I'm sorry..]
        -Link Terminated

>>>>>[Sorry.  Had to get him off, he needs to rest.]<<<<<
        -Collossuss <13:44:58/01-14-54>

>>>>>[Lucifer is dead, you drekhead.]<<<<<
     - Icepick <13:07:34/01-14-55>

>>>>>[What you went through is nothing compared to what Ded-boy had happen
to him.  He watched as some nasty S-K black ice tore his lover to pieces,
right there in front of him.  He couldn't even jack her out.  He thinks he
killed her 'cuz he couldn't jack out and yank her out in time, and he's
been a drunken bastard because of it for the past year and a half.  You
just leave him alone before I hunt you down and fry the drek out of your
deck, understand?]<<<<<
      - Icepick <13:21:07/01-14-55>

>>>>>[I don't need you to tell my fraggin' life story to a fraggin'
drekhead the likes of Dante and I don't need you or anyone complaining
about my drinking.  It my fraggin' problem and I will deal with it.]<<<<<
     - Necromancer <13:23:06/01-14-55>

>>>>>[I've offered my help with the perrenial problem of Dante (he's kinda
like weeds in that way) occasionally in the past. Now I think I will make
it my mission in life to make him miserable. 'Tis tonight a midnight
dreary, and Dante doth ponder, weak and weary, over many a virus and icon
that hath made him sore. Now will come a rapping and tapping, tapping upon
his chamber door.]<<<<<
        -- Raven <Quoth the Raven/Nevermore>