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Message no. 1
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Mission
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 12:07:40 +1100
>*****PRIVATE: Ice, Push
<snip>
>however.]<<<<<
> -- Emma <19:47:31/03-14-58>

Okay, what the hell is going on? What's in the canister, what's in the
vehicle, what's in the house? What, in short, is Ice going to run into as
he goes about doing this mission of Emma's?

PLAYTHING OF A CRUEL GOD
JAIMIE NICHOLSON
Message no. 2
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Mission
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 14:15:01 +0000
In message <v01540b02af50f8079010@[139.80.100.158]>, Jaimie Nicholson
<jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ> writes
>Okay, what the hell is going on?

Ice is a small part of a big plan :)

>What's in the canister,

Instructions, and eight ziploc bags of metallic dust. When exposed to
the air, it burns at once, leaving a very fine whitish ash residue. The
instructions say where each bag is to be scattered, and go into detail
as to how dangerous it is and how to protect yourself from it. Nowhere
is it stated what the material is.

There is also a glass vial that appears to be empty, except it glows
slightly: this is to be opened in a certain location too. Nothing
appears to happen when you do so.

>what's in the
>vehicle,

Explosive charges, two jerrycans of gasohol, eight bodybags, digging
tools, a protective chemsuit, a forced air mask, a few other minor
items.

> what's in the house?

Looks like it was used for habitation by about six to ten people. In the
basement is a machine shop (several very nice Maxim-Milacron CNC
machining centres) and a small array of chemical equipment.

>What, in short, is Ice going to run into as
>he goes about doing this mission of Emma's?

Provided he's careful and follows the instructions, he'll have no
problems. There are no corpses on the hall rug, nobody had broken in,
the passcodes work, the elemental does exactly as it's ordered, and
after leaving the explosives do a nice job of gutting the house.

Let me know if you pull any variations, what else you do, and when you
carry out the job.

--
There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy...

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
Message no. 3
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Mission
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 10:28:14 +1200
>Ice is a small part of a big plan :)

You sure know how to quiet any fears I may have been having for Ice's
safety. Is he a good guy or a bad guy on this one?

>Let me know if you pull any variations, what else you do, and when you
>carry out the job.

Ice'll have a couple of seconds of astral perception at each stage of the
operation, just to see whether any magic is involved. Other than that, no
more nor less than he is told. And unless Push's player has any objections,
we do it as soon as we pick up the vehicle.

PLAYTHING OF A CRUEL GOD
JAIMIE NICHOLSON
Message no. 4
From: Matt Breton <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Mission
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 20:59:50 -0800
It's been going down like this...

> >What, in short, is Ice going to run into as
> >he goes about doing this mission of Emma's?
>
> Provided he's careful and follows the instructions, he'll have no
> problems. There are no corpses on the hall rug, nobody had broken in,
> the passcodes work, the elemental does exactly as it's ordered, and
> after leaving the explosives do a nice job of gutting the house.
>
> Let me know if you pull any variations, what else you do, and when you
> carry out the job.

Push plans no variations, though curiosity (and morbid fascination)
can't keep him from wondering about the bodies. But he's not about to
unzip a body-bag. From the rough size/shape, are these dwarves? humans?
trolls? "other"?

The same goes for documents in the house: tempting, but too much at
stake.

Whereabouts is the house located - what part of town? (Push is probably
coming from out of state to do this job.)

And, several days after the run is complete - and he's transferred the
dough through several face accounts - he will try and check up on who
Emma is.
Message no. 5
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: mission
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 10:03:39 +1200
I suppose it's a pointless question, but are they dead? The people in the
body bags, I mean. Ice'll check astrally, just to be sure.

And Ice will be at the meeting with Push at the time mentioned. I hope Push
doesn't have any trouble working with elves.

PLAYTHING OF A CRUEL GOD
JAIMIE NICHOLSON
Message no. 6
From: Matt Breton <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: mission
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 18:57:50 -0800
Jaimie Nicholson wrote:
>
> I suppose it's a pointless question, but are they dead? The people in the body bags,
I mean. Ice'll check astrally, just to be sure.
>
> And Ice will be at the meeting with Push at the time mentioned. I hope Push doesn't
have any trouble working with elves.

And there I was about to ask you the same question.

Cheeeeeeeesy grin.
Message no. 7
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Mission
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 22:54:46 +0000
In message <332CCFC5.4CA0@**.netcom.com>, Matt Breton
<mbreton@**.netcom.com> writes
>Push plans no variations, though curiosity (and morbid fascination)
>can't keep him from wondering about the bodies. But he's not about to
>unzip a body-bag. From the rough size/shape, are these dwarves? humans?
>trolls? "other"?

Five humans/elves, one Ork, one Troll, one Dwarf.

>The same goes for documents in the house: tempting, but too much at
>stake.

Mostly mathematical formulae and fairly incomprehensible engineering
drawings.

>Whereabouts is the house located - what part of town? (Push is probably
>coming from out of state to do this job.)

Auburn.

>And, several days after the run is complete - and he's transferred the
>dough through several face accounts - he will try and check up on who
>Emma is.

Information broker, with heavy-duty Federal and military links, is the
word on the street (and not easily found: it'll cost Push some favours
to learn that).

--
There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy...

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
Message no. 8
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: mission
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 23:24:01 +0000
In message <v01540b01af54186cbf6a@[139.80.126.62]>, Jaimie Nicholson
<jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ> writes
>I suppose it's a pointless question, but are they dead? The people in the
>body bags, I mean. Ice'll check astrally, just to be sure.

Yep. Dead as Pontius Pilate.

--
There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy...

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
Message no. 9
From: Matt Breton <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Mission
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 07:42:52 -0800
Paul J. Adam wrote:
>
> In message <332CCFC5.4CA0@**.netcom.com>, Matt Breton
> <mbreton@**.netcom.com> writes
> >Push plans no variations, though curiosity (and morbid fascination)
> >can't keep him from wondering about the bodies. But he's not about to
> >unzip a body-bag. From the rough size/shape, are these dwarves? humans?
> >trolls? "other"?
>
> Five humans/elves, one Ork, one Troll, one Dwarf.

Presumably all dead. And in one piece. (Ugh; I can't believe I thought
of that.)

<skip>

> >And, several days after the run is complete - and he's transferred the
> >dough through several face accounts - he will try and check up on who
> >Emma is.
>
> Information broker, with heavy-duty Federal and military links, is the
> word on the street (and not easily found: it'll cost Push some favours
> to learn that).

Hey - that's what keeps adventures going (grin)

-Matt

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