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Message no. 1
From: kyle kohler <kkohler@**.UCR.EDU>
Subject: Psi: The Fluff Strikes Back
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 01:12:52 -0700
Psi Stori #2 - (Example of using multiple powers and sustaining)

Part I - The meet

Bane leaned back in his chair and shook his head. "200,000 nuyen.
50 of it right now, the rest when I give you confirmation of the kill."
He patiently waited for Mr. Johnson's repsonse. Sure 200,000 was a lot
for the assassination of a researcher, but he could get away with asking
it. As far as he knew, he was the only Psionic Assassin around. Because
of his uniqueness, he could ask for prices like this and not be laughed
at. Besides, after the brief scan he had done of Mr. Johnson's mind, he
knew the man was willing to pay up to 250,000. He was just giving the
corper a break.
Mr Johnson thought for a second and then said, "Fine. Everything
is in this briefcase. I expect this job to be done in less than..."
"Three days. Yes, I know."
Somewhat startled at having his thoughts read, Mr. Johnson stood
up and left the table, vanishing as he was engulfed by the crowd of
dancers. Bane grabbed the briefcase and left the club through the back
exit. He walked a few blocks to where his Rapier was parked. He stuck
the briefcase in the small luggage compartment, hopped on, and keyed the
engine.
He rode to his apartment and went inside. He sat down on the
small sofa and put the briefcase on the coffee table. He popped it open
and looked inside. A credstick and a small chip were all that it
contained. He took the chip and slipped it into his telcom. Typing a few
commands, the data on the chip was accessed and displayed on the telecom
monitor.
"Hmmm...so my target is an Ares boy. Let's see, head researcher in
the experimental division of the Magical Branch in the Bellevue district.
Says here, he's a mundane. Pure drek. You don't get to be the head
researcher of any magical branch unless you've got hands on experience.
You'd think if these fraggers want me to kill him, they'd at least give me
good info."
Bane spent the next few hours going over every last bit of data on
his target. He then called up his decker buddy.
"Hey Wraith. How's biz? Same here. Look, I need you to get me
any info that you can on Doctor James Rutherford Daniels. And I need it
yesterday. One more thing, keep this quiet. He's with Ares. Yeah, yeah,
I know you're called Wraith for a reason. Just reminding you okay?
Alright, contact me when you've got something. Thanks chummer"
Bane put down the phone and went to sleep. He slept peacfully
until he was interrupted by his door being smashed in. He got to his
feet, still groggy from sleep. Two men forced their way in and pointed
large pistols at him. Before he could react, they shot him in the head.
Bane sat upright in bed. Sweat covered his body, and his head
still hurt from where the men in his dream had shot him. "Jesus! That
was so real." He glanced at the clock and saw that it was ten in the
evening. He climbed out of bed and got dressed. "Time to go make myself
seen in the shadows," he thought to himself. He walked into the living
room and started making some soycaf. The sound of a car door caught his
attention. He walked over to the window and peeked out. He saw two large
men get out of a Eurocar WestWind and approach his apartment building.
Two men that looked strikingly familiar.
"Drek!" Bane ran over to the telcom and left a message for Wraith
to contact him at Dante's Inferno. He then grabbed the briefcase still
lying on the coffee table and ran into his bedroom. He popped open the
briefcase and shoved a change of clothes, all his data chips, and his Colt
Manhunter inside. Closing the briefcase, he reached into the closet and
grabbed his katana. As he slid it onto his back, he reached into a
shoebox and smiled as his fingers clasped around his Ingram Smartgun. He
grabbed the two clips that were also inside. Sliding on his jacket and
slipping the two clips in his pockets, Bane closed his eyes and
concentrated.
Allowing his awareness to extend, he reached out with his power
and envisioned the front of his apartment building. "Damn" he thought to
himself as he saw the two men were already outside of his door and had
their pistols drawn. He snapped his attention back to his body as he
heard the first smash against his door. He heard the thin wood begin to
give. Concentrating again, Bane envisioned a large bar going across the
door. He grabbed the briefcase and made his away to the window and opened
it. The strain increased on his mind as the two men outside smashed again
on the door, this time braced with Bane's telekinetic powers. As he slid
half of his body out the window, a bullet whizzed by his head. "There's
three of them?" Bane expanded his senses to the alley outside and saw a
third man positioned at the alley entrance. His head began to pound with
the pressure of keeping the door shut and expanding his senses. Bane
scurried back inside. Slipping just his Ingram outside, he carefully
aimed, guided by his expanded senses and fired a few bursts. None hit.
Unable to concentrate enough to hit his target, Bane came to a decision.
He stopped bracing the door, burned the clip into the man in the alley,
and leaped out the window. He now concentrated all of his energy into
slowing his fall from the three story building. He slowly descended and
hit the ground running. Bullets gouged the asphalt near his feet as he
reloaded his sub-machine gun. He sprinted past the crumpled body of the
man in the alleyway, sparing only a quick glance. He ran across the
street to where his bike was and hopped on. Revving the engine, he opened
the throttle and took off.

Part II - Coming soon

I like this guy. I think I'm gonna use him in my examples more
often. I figure, I can make this story contain a lot of information about
Psis. Hopefully, by the end of this story I'll be able to include:
1. Hacking (already got a good idea for this one)
2. The Psionic Theory Skill
3. Bane fighting 1-on-1 with a Mage, and then later, a Sammie
4. A Psi-Group
5. Initiation
6. A look at using each of the categories (I've already used TK,
Divination, and Telepathy)
7. Possbile Elven involvement (ever think that if magic existed
in the previous Worlds, maybe Psi did too?)

If anyone has any suggestions, comments, or ideas, e-mail me.

Psi Recap 2.0 should be out by Monday morning (lot of stuff to
weed through)

Kyle Kohler
kkohler@*****.ucr.edu

I just saw The X-Files for the first time. Way cool. Glad to
know there's still good shows on after Quantum Leap. Now all I gotta do
is get a hold of a TV for my dorm room next year.
Message no. 2
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Psi: The Fluff Strikes Back
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 1994 14:34:52 +0100
On Sat, 30 Jul 1994, kyle kohler wrote:

> 6. A look at using each of the categories (I've already used TK,
> Divination, and Telepathy)

You used clairvoyance too.

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