| From: | NeoJudas neojudas@******************.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Blue Light Special (Re: Gaming Circles) |
| Date: | Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:37:34 -0500 |
From: "DV8" <dv8@***.nl>
Subject: Re: Gaming Circles
> From: "NeoJudas" <neojudas@******************.com>
> > <inside joke>"... and there was seen a strange rotating blue light at
the
> > scene of the crime today, street poles scattered everywhere..."</inside
> > joke>
>
> Okay...I'm suitably intruiged.
Well, it was a joke really. I don't recall precisely how it went. One of
the party members started up this scheme of doing "Christmas Parties" and
everybody had to something for someone else (or as many people as they felt
they should). One of the characters (Memorex; the Sasquatch IIRC) decided
to buy Fletcher (Brian Diewert's character) a power foci that he would have
to have ordered specifically.
The basic idea was that Fletcher (a magician) was someone who could be
trusted to basically go out and buy/obtain all his spells "straight from the
books", they were literally very plain for a very long time, nothing fancy,
no bells and whistles (neato effects). Well Memorex thought this was
boring, and wanted to spruce up ol' Fletcher a few degrees of his own.
Hence, the creation of the Hat for Fletcher (of absolutely NO relation to
Padre's Hat from our current games). The hat was stunning and impressive, a
power foci that cost more than most cyberdecks (really stunning, above 6
type thing). However, whenever it was activated, the Hat had a special
effect that would manifest.
You see, the Hat was conical in shape, being blue with all sorts of
simplistic stars, moons, the sun, etc... on it (like Mickey's Hat, from
Fantasia's "Sorceror's Apprentice"). Now the real trick was, when it was
activated and Fletcher was using it, the hat would have a "swirling
blue/white light issue from it". Hence, Fletcher became known as "the
K'Mart Magician". Even one of his street names was "K-mart".
What got really scarey, is when he finally got initiated (and the Grimoire
fell into our hands finally in first edition), then he suddenly felt himself
more than capable of dealing with the screwed up reputation, and he'd
reshape it accordingly. So years later, after acquiring a few other fun
magical toys (a True Anq IIRC), someone in the party died (actually, I think
it was "Weasel the Street Bum" and contact, who had died at the hands of a
Bug Spirit ... all of this *just* when Queen Euphoria/Universal Brotherhood
was first coming into being).
Anyway, the wolf shaman (Priest) took care of the bug by calling up a city
spirit of VERY significant force and literally blasting it with every street
light and parking meter for blocks. But not before Weasel died. Fletcher
on the other hand decided he'd "had enough", and strolled across the street,
hat upon his head, this MASSIVE gold Anq gleaming in his hand. Now by this
point, the fight was over, the police and many others were around
(paramedics, the media, the criminal syndicate people that were made at
their safehouse being trashed, etc...). Anyway...
He strolls up passed the paramedics, announces he's going to heal his friend
... the paramedic almost laughs him in the face, until the blue light
started swirling and the Anq's illumination ignited like the rising sun in
the Sahara. Weasel got up and walked away, alive and well ... and the whole
event was caught on film.
Never again would the title "a K-Mart magician" have the same meaning in our
games....
... ah, the fun of ancient history...
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NeoJudas ("K" to Some)
"Children of the Kernel: Reborn"
Hoosier Hacker House (www.hoosierhackerhouse.com)
