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Message no. 1
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 22:00:44 -0500
+++++ Load file dunkycomm.fsa

"Tales from the Shadows will be back after these messages..."

[Snappy music and a happy blue cartoon dragon appear on screen. The dragon
dances around the screen happily as a deep, clear voice speaks.]

"Dunkelzahn was a lovable, wonderful, magical dragon who changed so many
lives and made the world a better place for everyone! While it's sad that
now deceased, Dunkelzahn and his spirit live on!"

[Cartoon dissolves to a picture of a 3 year old ork holding a stuffed blue
dragon.]

"Now, you can bring the magic home to your children this holiday season
with Dunky, the Interactive Dragon! Using state of the art technology,
Dunky sings, laughs and responds to your child, teaching them the message
of love, hope, and peace that our beloved former president brought to
everyone."

"Get your Dunky at all fine Toy Stores, Department Stores, Magic Shops, and
Grocery Stores everywhere!"

[Closing happy song with the cartoon Dunkelzahn flyinga round, then a final
still shot of a smiling 4 year old elf girl hugging her Dunky doll]

[Fade to black]

+++++ End dunkycomm.fsa

>>>>>[Anyone else feel like vomiting after seeing this piece of
trash?]<<<<<
-- Who Me?

>>>>>[Yeah, but all I know is I'm putting a team together to hit the local
toy store the night these fraggers come in. My kids have been on my case
for months to find one. ANyone else want in? Payment is all the Dunky's
you can carry.]<<<<<
-- Bull

>>>>>[Hell that's payment enough, Those things are worth a
mint.]<<<<<
-- Mom on the Run

>>>>>[But they're so cute! My kids just adore the 4 I
bought!]<<<<<
-- Mall Lemming

>>>>>[Bah. Biggest piece of propganda drek I've ever seen. Who the hell
came up with this crap, anyways?]<<<<<
-- Sinnical

>>>>>[Apparently someone who slipped a licensing agreement past the
Dunkelzahn Foundation without getting it checked out thoroughly. I
wouldn't want to be that toy maker when Nadia Davier catches up with
them.]<<<<<
-- LaBlue

>>>>>[Ya know, I woulda thought they'd have learned their lesson after that
"Tickle-Me-Dunky" thing a couple years ago.]<<<<<
-- Justin Case

>>>>>[Hell, I'd have though *I'D* have learned after that Tickle Me Dunky
thing a couple years ago.]<<<<<
-- Bull

Merry Christmas everyone!

Bull -- Thinking mall shoppers are mostly lemmings anyways.
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Message no. 2
From: Patrick Goodman <remo@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 21:25:28 -0600
From: Bull
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 9:01 PM

>+++++ Load file dunkycomm.fsa
>
>"Tales from the Shadows will be back after these messages..."
>
>[Snappy music and a happy blue cartoon dragon appear on screen.
>The dragon dances around the screen happily as a deep, clear
>voice speaks.]

I loved this!! I needed the laugh, too. Thanks, Bull.

--
(>) Texas 2-Step
El Paso: Never surrender. Never forget. Never forgive.
Message no. 3
From: K in the Shadows <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 22:47:14 EST
In a message dated 12/16/1998 10:09:14 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
chaos@*****.COM writes:

<snipped the tale of the resurrected barnnnn....Dunkelzahn toys>
>
> Merry Christmas everyone!
>
> Bull -- Thinking mall shoppers are mostl

Be nice Bull, play fair ;P

-K
Message no. 4
From: Michael vanHulst <Schizi@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:46:12 EST
In a message dated 12/16/98 7:09:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, chaos@*****.COM
writes:

> +++++ Load file dunkycomm.fsa
<snip ad>
>+++++ End dunkycomm.fsa

>>>>>[Well anything is better than the big purple one, or remember a few
years
ago when no one could stop talking about the damn woodchuck that really ate
wood?]<<<<<
--QS
"How many deckers named Quicksilver could there be?"
Message no. 5
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:05:18 -0500
At 10:47 PM 12/16/98 EST, K in the Shadows wrote these timeless words:
>In a message dated 12/16/1998 10:09:14 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
>chaos@*****.COM writes:
>
><snipped the tale of the resurrected barnnnn....Dunkelzahn toys>
>
Actually, I was actually thinking of those damnable Furby things...

I mean, it's ridiculous when people come into a fragging VIDEO store and
ask if sell them!

>> Bull -- Thinking mall shoppers are mostl
>
>Be nice Bull, play fair ;P
>
Who, me?

And they wonder why orks are banned from retail Sales <grin>

Bull
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Bull -- The Best Ork Decker You Never Met
chaos@*****.com ===== bull22@***********.com
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/3604

=======================================================
= =
= Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any Fours? =
= =
=======================================================

"I may be crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS? No way!"
-Joker, "Batman, The Animated Series"
Message no. 6
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 12:26:59 +0100
According to Bull, at 22:00 on 16 Dec 98, the word on
the street was...

> +++++ Load file dunkycomm.fsa
[snip]

LOL! Brilliant, Bull! :)

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Message no. 7
From: A Halliwell <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 14:17:04 +0000
And verily, did Gurth hastily scribble thusly...
|
|According to Bull, at 22:00 on 16 Dec 98, the word on
|the street was...
|
|> +++++ Load file dunkycomm.fsa
|[snip]
|
|LOL! Brilliant, Bull! :)

Wha?????
DAMN! did I miss something?
I've been skipping a load of threads recently....
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Message no. 8
From: Kama <kama@*******.NET>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:44:28 -0500
On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Bull wrote:

> At 10:47 PM 12/16/98 EST, K in the Shadows wrote these timeless words:
> >In a message dated 12/16/1998 10:09:14 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
> >chaos@*****.COM writes:
> >
> ><snipped the tale of the resurrected barnnnn....Dunkelzahn toys>
> >
> Actually, I was actually thinking of those damnable Furby things...
>
> I mean, it's ridiculous when people come into a fragging VIDEO store and
> ask if sell them!
>
Oh, it's not that ridiculous to ASK. After all, I finally found the rare
"Bongo" teeney tiny beenie baby in a mall computer software store.

Before you all decided to shoot me - let me point out that it was for my
mother who has gone bonkers over the damn things.

Oh, Bull, regarding the job on the toy store - Lena is indisposed (she
needs a bit more recovery time before her next run) but she is willing to
offer state of the art weaponry to your team in return for three of the
Dunky dolls (her girls would just love them . . .)

- Kama
Message no. 9
From: Oliver McDonald <oliver@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:41:36 -0800
On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 22:00:44 -0500, Bull wrote:

>+++++ Load file dunkycomm.fsa

You Sicko! ;-}
Message no. 10
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:49:15 -0500
At 02:17 PM 12/17/98 +0000, A Halliwell wrote these timeless words:
>And verily, did Gurth hastily scribble thusly...
>|
>|According to Bull, at 22:00 on 16 Dec 98, the word on
>|the street was...
>|
>|> +++++ Load file dunkycomm.fsa
>|[snip]
>|
>|LOL! Brilliant, Bull! :)
>
>Wha?????
>DAMN! did I miss something?
>I've been skipping a load of threads recently....
>
I'll send it again to you privately Spikey :] Hate for you to miss out ona
fun new semi-OT thread :]

Now... Where's Caric? I need his fluff to make this thread complete (At
least the beginnings of it <grin>)

Bull
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chaos@*****.com ===== bull22@***********.com
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/3604

=======================================================
= =
= Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any Fours? =
= =
=======================================================

"I may be crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS? No way!"
-Joker, "Batman, The Animated Series"
Message no. 11
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:49:18 -0500
At 11:41 AM 12/17/98 -0800, Oliver McDonald wrote these timeless words:
>On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 22:00:44 -0500, Bull wrote:
>
>>+++++ Load file dunkycomm.fsa
>
>You Sicko! ;-}
>
Thank you, thank you all...

Glad to know my idocy is still appreciated around here... :]

Bull
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chaos@*****.com ===== bull22@***********.com
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/3604

=======================================================
= =
= Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any Fours? =
= =
=======================================================

"I may be crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS? No way!"
-Joker, "Batman, The Animated Series"
Message no. 12
From: Steven McCormick <stardust@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:46:02 -0600
At 04:49 PM 12/17/98 -0500, Bull wrote:
>At 11:41 AM 12/17/98 -0800, Oliver McDonald wrote these timeless words:
>>On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 22:00:44 -0500, Bull wrote:
>>
>>>+++++ Load file dunkycomm.fsa
>>
>>You Sicko! ;-}
>>
>Thank you, thank you all...
>
>Glad to know my idocy is still appreciated around here... :]
>

Of course you're appreciated, Bull! We've all grown to love you're inane
blatherings immensely. :)

BlueMule
Message no. 13
From: Michael vanHulst <Schizi@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 19:43:10 EST
In a message dated 12/16/98 9:14:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, chaos@*****.COM
writes:

> Actually, I was actually thinking of those damnable Furby things...
And I saw mention of the Epileptic Elmo, er I mean Tickle-me Elmo. Next year
it will be another item. (No mention of Beanies, :-)
Message no. 14
From: Paul Gettle <RunnerPaul@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:02:44 -0500
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At 12:05 AM 12/17/98 -0500, Bull wrote:
>Actually, I was actually thinking of those damnable Furby things...
>
>I mean, it's ridiculous when people come into a fragging VIDEO store
and
>ask if sell them!

Oooh. I must be lucky then, because no one's come into my video store
to look for Furbys (Furbi??).
I did have one Furby-related casualty come through though, the
Saturday after Thanksgiving. Woman came in, her arm in a sling, and
related a long story about how she was at the front of a 200+ mob that
rushed the local toy store when it opened on Black Friday, and how she
hurt her arm there was so much pushing and shoving, and that she had
to go to the hospital where they had to give her two shots of a heavy
duty narcotic pain-killer (she named which one it was, but I don't
remember exactly).

All this because last summer, Wired magazine did an article about
interactive toys, and part of their story covered the development of
the Furby (it was in beta test at the time). Anyways, Wired's article
mentioned that Furby was going to be this year's Tickle-Me-Elmo. This
was back in the summer, since then, other media outlets started
quoting from the Wired article, and then media started quoting the
quotes, until a signifigant buzz had developed, turning Wired's
prediction into a self-fufilling prophecy.

So, what, if anything does this have to do with Shadowrun? Imagine Toy
Corporation X wants their toy to be _the_ shortage toy for the holiday
season. To that end, they hire the runners for the following job:
Break into the publisher of a prominent electronic magazine, who
happens to be running an article this month on this year's new toys,
and edit that article so that it predicts that Toy Corp. X's toy is
going to be the "must have toy". This would have to be done just
before the electronic magazine gets emailed out to the millions of
subscribers.


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Message no. 15
From: Wyrmy <elfman@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:17:01 -0600
> Now... Where's Caric? I need his fluff to make this thread complete (At
> least the beginnings of it <grin>)

Ahh Man! Didnt Even list me! Damn! and after all the OT Mail I created
When I first came on the list ?!?.Ahh well, I'll jsut have to try
harder.I guess that computerless stint I did while back didnt help any.
:^)
Oh, and, you are the KING of OT Masters, Oh Great and powerful Bull
<Groveling>
I'm Not worthy,I'm not worhty!
<Groveling>
:^)
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Famous Quote: "Pikachu? What Pikachu?" BZRAK "Oh,(cough), THAT
Pikachu!"
Message no. 16
From: Wyrmy <elfman@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:18:14 -0600
> Of course you're appreciated, Bull! We've all grown to love you're inane
> blatherings immensely. :)

This is so true. If you read my other post You would know how I feell
about his Blatherings.
:^)
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-W in the light
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Famous Quote: "Pikachu? What Pikachu?" BZRAK "Oh,(cough), THAT
Pikachu!"
Message no. 17
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 11:08:37 +0100
According to A Halliwell, at 14:17 on 17 Dec 98, the word on
the street was...

> Wha?????
> DAMN! did I miss something?

You could say that, yeah... Better dig through the archives, Spike :)

> I've been skipping a load of threads recently....

You have been unusually quiet, even about OT subjects, yes...

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Message no. 18
From: Ted Cabeen <secabeen@******.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 12:55:46 -0600
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In message <3.0.16.19971216082133.2cf77040@*****.com>, Bull writes:
>+++++ Load file dunkycomm.fsa
>
>"Tales from the Shadows will be back after these messages..."

Last year, after the tickle-me-elmo shit, we actually played a run where we
had to defend a warehouse from an angry mob of parents who wanted the kids
toys in the warehouse for christmas. A fun little run, and we made a mint,
as we were paid in the dolls. :) Never mess with a troll mother who wants
the toy. Just give it to her and move along.

Happy Holidays everyone.

- --
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Check Website or finger for PGP Public Key secabeen@******.uchicago.edu
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Message no. 19
From: Machine-gun Kelly <mgkelly@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 18:26:36 -0600
<SNIP Dunky Doll Post>

Bull, you're twisted, but that's all so true. Anybody been able to find
Teletubbies stuffed dolls or "Furbies" [whatever the hell those are]?

Hey, I've got a niece. I don't go looking for this drek for myself.

Mgkelly
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"I learned from the best."
"The military?"
"The Mafia."
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Message no. 20
From: Machine-gun Kelly <mgkelly@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 18:29:21 -0600
> ><snipped the tale of the resurrected
> barnnnn....Dunkelzahn toys>
> >
> Actually, I was actually thinking of those damnable Furby
> things...
>
> I mean, it's ridiculous when people come into a fragging
> VIDEO store and
> ask if sell them!
>
> >> Bull -- Thinking mall shoppers are mostl

Can't be any worse than people coming into a hardware department and
asking for them.
"Sure, I've got a bunch of them right next to this POWER SAW!!!!"

<SNIP gruesome violence>

Mgkelly
--
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I'm a drunk. I don't go to meetings."
Message no. 21
From: Steve Collins <einan@*********.NET>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 01:46:55 -0500
On 12/17/98 6:02 PM, Paul Gettle said:

>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>
>At 12:05 AM 12/17/98 -0500, Bull wrote:
>>Actually, I was actually thinking of those damnable Furby things...
>>
>>I mean, it's ridiculous when people come into a fragging VIDEO store
>and
>>ask if sell them!
>
>Oooh. I must be lucky then, because no one's come into my video store
>to look for Furbys (Furbi??).
>I did have one Furby-related casualty come through though, the
>Saturday after Thanksgiving. Woman came in, her arm in a sling, and
>related a long story about how she was at the front of a 200+ mob that
>rushed the local toy store when it opened on Black Friday, and how she
>hurt her arm there was so much pushing and shoving, and that she had
>to go to the hospital where they had to give her two shots of a heavy
>duty narcotic pain-killer (she named which one it was, but I don't
>remember exactly).
>
>All this because last summer, Wired magazine did an article about
>interactive toys, and part of their story covered the development of
>the Furby (it was in beta test at the time). Anyways, Wired's article
>mentioned that Furby was going to be this year's Tickle-Me-Elmo. This
>was back in the summer, since then, other media outlets started
>quoting from the Wired article, and then media started quoting the
>quotes, until a signifigant buzz had developed, turning Wired's
>prediction into a self-fufilling prophecy.
>
>So, what, if anything does this have to do with Shadowrun? Imagine Toy
>Corporation X wants their toy to be _the_ shortage toy for the holiday
>season. To that end, they hire the runners for the following job:
>Break into the publisher of a prominent electronic magazine, who
>happens to be running an article this month on this year's new toys,
>and edit that article so that it predicts that Toy Corp. X's toy is
>going to be the "must have toy". This would have to be done just
>before the electronic magazine gets emailed out to the millions of
>subscribers.
>
>

And for some added complication several other runner teams are trying to
do the exact same thing at the same time. You could even make it sort of
like a recurring run. Every year just before christmas (say late August)
have several companies do the same thing and they all tend to hire the
same runner groups so the difficulty is not to penetrate the security but
to out think the other runner groups. If you did it as a PBEM you could
have each different team played by the various people here's groups and
they're all trying to do espionage on each other trying to figure out
what the other teams are up to with the winner getting a trophy or
something that they get to keep for a year. Sort of like a runners
Olympics.

Steve
Message no. 22
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 12:27:24 +0100
According to Ted Cabeen, at 12:55 on 18 Dec 98, the word on
the street was...

> >+++++ Load file dunkycomm.fsa
> >
> >"Tales from the Shadows will be back after these messages..."
>
> Last year, after the tickle-me-elmo shit, we actually played a run where we
> had to defend a warehouse from an angry mob of parents who wanted the kids
> toys in the warehouse for christmas. A fun little run, and we made a mint,
> as we were paid in the dolls. :) Never mess with a troll mother who wants
> the toy. Just give it to her and move along.

Based on Bull's run I ran a short adventure for my group last night. A
little spoiler space so that GMs may read this without their players
knowing what's in it follows...















Although my campaign is set in 2050 ATM, this can easily be adapted to any
year in Shadowrun. The adventure starts off simple enough with a Mr.
Johnson (who doesn't seem to do this very often) hiring the runners to
torch a warehouse at the Tacoma docks, without telling the players what's
in it. Simple job, only maybe an hour's work, so let him pay whatever
realistic amount will get your players moving.

Once at the warehouse, it's filled to capacity with big cardboard boxes.
There is nobody there, and security is easy enough to bypass (a few
maglocks, but that's it). The boxes contain this year's favorite christmas
toys (such as those from Bull's post). The warehouse belongs to a chain of
toy stores, and Mr. Johnson works for their competitor -- if the warehouse
goes up in flames, Mr. Johnson's stores will be able to sell the toys
while the other chain can't.

Just as the PCs have sprayed gasoline around the place, but before they
light it, they hear "ho ho ho" coming from between the stacks of boxes
somewhere. (This actually works better in Dutch, because "ho" means
"halt," but unfortunately my players immediately thought "Santa Claus"
rather than "security guard.") A few seconds later, Santa Claus comes
walking up from between the boxes and asks them what they're doing; when
he catches on to idea that they're here to set fire to the toys, he'll try
to persuade them not to do it, pleading about all the poor children who
won't get toys, etc. etc. etc.

You see, Santa Claus is an animus -- a free spirit concerned with
humanity. He's decided to take the shape of Santa Claus and give presents
to poor children who wouldn't otherwise get any. If assensed, though, he's
using his Aura Masking power so he appears just like a human who bears a
striking resemblance to Santa Claus.

If he can't make them see they are doing the wrong thing (which, hopefully
for the adventure, he can't), Santa uses Astral Gateway power to send the
runners on an astral quest with the intention of making them understand
they shouldn't set fire to the warehouse. The places should all have some
kind of christmas theme, preferably with an element that attempts to show
them to do the right thing.

For example, the Place of Knowledge was a quiz show called Christmas
Challenge, where they had to answer questions about christmas. The Place
of Destiny had them back in the warehouse, where they saw themselves
sprinkle gasoline over the boxes and had to try and stop them (they chose
to help themselves with setting fire to the place, though, so they didn't
quite succeed in this Place :) The Place of Charisma was a straight rip-
off from a South Park episode where Jesus and Santa Claus fight it out,
and the PCs had to talk reason into both of them (here too they fragged up
-- one PC tried to punch Jesus' lights out while another cast Death Touch
on Santa...)

Use your imagination andcome up with some Places that fit your idea of
what should be going on, and appeal to your players. At the end, when they
reach the Citadel, they get sent back to the warehouse. At the point,
judge for yourself whether or not the players got the right message. If
so, they find themselves in the warehouse before it's been set on fire;
they can still light it if they want to, but if they do they should be
penalized in their Karma reward. OTOH if they didn't get the message from
the quest, they end up in the warehouse when it's fully ablaze, and it
will take a few turns to get outside -- turns in which they have to resist
damage from the fire, and which you as a GM can use to free them of some
of their equipment (clothing and armor melts and burns nicely, for
example). One PC didn't go outside but went to fight Santa Claus in the
middle of a burning warehouse!

The final result of the adventure was all PCs scorched to varying degrees,
one in hospital with a Deadly wound, and all having a passionate hatred of
Santa Claus :)

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Message no. 23
From: A Halliwell <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 13:37:53 +0000
And verily, did Machine-gun Kelly hastily scribble thusly...
|
|<SNIP Dunky Doll Post>
|
|Bull, you're twisted, but that's all so true. Anybody been able to find
|Teletubbies stuffed dolls or "Furbies" [whatever the hell those are]?
|
|Hey, I've got a niece. I don't go looking for this drek for myself.

Don't even go looking for the Teletubbies for her!
SAVE her! Protect her brain!

The Teletubbies are evil almost (but not quite) on a par with Barnie.
They are insidious, and rot the childrens minds....
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Message no. 24
From: "D. Ghost" <dghost@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 12:45:06 -0600
On Sat, 19 Dec 1998 01:46:55 -0500 Steve Collins <einan@*********.NET>
writes:
>On 12/17/98 6:02 PM, Paul Gettle said:
>
>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>
>>At 12:05 AM 12/17/98 -0500, Bull wrote:
>>>Actually, I was actually thinking of those damnable Furby things...
>>>
>>>I mean, it's ridiculous when people come into a fragging VIDEO store
and
>>>ask if sell them!
<SNIP>

Hey, this gives me idea ... what would happen if some runners wanted to
harrass a business (perhaps stress out the guards), and so start
spreading rumors that they are hoarding whatever the 2060 equivelent of
Furby/Grope-Me-Elmo is?

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Message no. 25
From: Michael vanHulst <Schizi@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 18:51:33 EST
In a message dated 12/19/98 10:53:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, dghost@****.COM
writes:

> Hey, this gives me idea ... what would happen if some runners wanted to
> harrass a business (perhaps stress out the guards), and so start
> spreading rumors that they are hoarding whatever the 2060 equivelent of
> Furby/Grope-Me-Elmo is?
>
Pure chaos, sounds cool :-)

"You mean that the reason the Renraku Arcology is offline is because Aneki is
using it to store his personal collection of Dancing Dunkies?"
Message no. 26
From: Wyrmy <elfman@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:40:32 -0600
A Halliwell wrote:
>
> And verily, did Machine-gun Kelly hastily scribble thusly...
> |
> |<SNIP Dunky Doll Post>
> |
> |Bull, you're twisted, but that's all so true. Anybody been able to find
> |Teletubbies stuffed dolls or "Furbies" [whatever the hell those are]?
> |
> |Hey, I've got a niece. I don't go looking for this drek for myself.
>
> Don't even go looking for the Teletubbies for her!
> SAVE her! Protect her brain!
>
> The Teletubbies are evil almost (but not quite) on a par with Barnie.
> They are insidious, and rot the childrens minds....

And Also, theres this Rumor the the red ones saying:
"Faggot faggot, Skank B*tch."
Can anyone correct me :^).
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Pikachu!"
Message no. 27
From: Martin Steffens <chimerae@***.IE>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 23:27:04 +0000
and thus did Michael vanHulst speak on 19 Dec 98 at 18:51:

> "You mean that the reason the Renraku Arcology is offline is because
> Aneki is using it to store his personal collection of Dancing
> Dunkies?"

Oh god, I suddenly have this vision of hordes of Dancing Dunkies with
Duracell batteries (keeps em going and going and going till 2160)
advancing menacingly towards the Arcology.

Meanwhile a leonizised to the max old man who used to run Microdeck
watches their relentless move towards the Renraku Arcology over
linked up cameras while giggling madly. On his desk lies a chart
plotting the ownership of a 20th century corporation called Sun and
the myriad lines connecting it to various subsidiaries all converge
into Renraku UCAS.

"Heheh, I told you I would get you eventually...."

Martin Steffens
chimerae@***.ie
Message no. 28
From: Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 16:21:48 +1000
>> "You mean that the reason the Renraku Arcology is offline is because
>> Aneki is using it to store his personal collection of Dancing
>> Dunkies?"
>
>Oh god, I suddenly have this vision of hordes of Dancing Dunkies with
>Duracell batteries (keeps em going and going and going till 2160)
>advancing menacingly towards the Arcology.

*rofl* You've seen Small Soldiers, right? :-)

Lady Jestyr

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- Holdens are American, meat pies are British, and football is stupid. -
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Message no. 29
From: Martin Steffens <chimerae@***.IE>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:07:30 +0000
and thus did Lady Jestyr speak on 21 Dec 98 at 16:21:

> *rofl* You've seen Small Soldiers, right? :-)

Right :)

Hmm, the runners vs Major Hazard... has a lot of potential, just like
a Gremlins run I did a few years ago >:)


Martin Steffens
chimerae@***.ie
Message no. 30
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 21:58:10 -0500
<grin> My apologies for keeping up the "fiction" here on RN rather than
ShadowTK (I know a few people don;ty like to see this stuff here for
various reasons), but... This is a tad too silly for TK, methinks :]
Besides, more fun here. :]

Weeeeeee!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a good night!

(((PS: This should have gone out last night, on Christmas eve. I goofed
and forgot to send it.))

>>>>>[Well boys and girls out there in Shadowrunland... Merry Christmas!

Our hit on Gadgets 'R' Us wearhouse was a rousing success, despite the fact
that it was better gaurded than most Ares facilities. (How often do you
see 50+ Knight Errant guards, complete with a Bargest handler, 6 Bargests,
and 3 Mages guarding a simple wearhouse??).

Our team got in and snagged the entire shipment! We had to do a little
shooting, but in the spirit of Christmas we decided to use non-lethal
methods of shutting down the security, so we stuck with using lots of Gamma
Scopolimine to knock them out for the count. I took a bullet in the
shoulder, but no big deal. After the loss of a couple limbs, a simple
shoulder wound tends to be small potatoes, I've noticed. Johnny got singed
by a Lightning Blast, but other than that, the run went smooth as silk.

A rigger buddy of ours managed to get into an oversized forklift, and we
literally rolled the whole shipment of Dunkies right out of the wearhouse.
Haven't seen her have so much fun since that Zamboni incident about 6
months ago.

Anyways, this is just a little message letting ya'll know how the run went.
My kids loved the damned little things this morning.

Lena, I appreciate the offer, but it wasn;t really necessary. You should
have had a package at your door thois morning containing three of the
little blue demon dragons anyways. Merry Christmas. :] Same goes for
anyone else who expressed an interest in the things but were unable to help
out for whatever reason. I know better than most the "joy" of juggling a
family and Running, so consider this a happy Christmas surprise. :]

For anyone else interested, I know it's now a touch late, but I have a
handful of the damned things left, and am willing to sell them off. Last I
saw, they had a street value of somewhere between 500 and 1000 Nuyen, so...
I'll settle for selling them at their retail price of 29.95 :] I just
can't see selling them at Market price. :] However, I catch any of you
reselling them for a profit, I'm not gonna be pleased. :]

Drop me a line at LTG 286-68-0601 if you're interested.

Merry Christmas all... And watch out for those Cyber Reindeer!]<<<<<

-- Bull
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=======================================================
= =
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= =
=======================================================

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Message no. 31
From: Machine-gun Kelly <mgkelly@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 22:06:58 -0600
> Haven't seen her have so much fun since that Zamboni incident
> about 6
> months ago.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Not again!!! ;]

Sorry. Had to be said.

That was really funny though....

Mgkelly
--
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I'm a drunk. I don't go to meetings."
Message no. 32
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 04:24:15 -0500
At 10:06 PM 12/25/98 -0600, Machine-gun Kelly wrote these timeless words:
>> Haven't seen her have so much fun since that Zamboni incident
>> about 6
>> months ago.
>
>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Not again!!! ;]
>
>Sorry. Had to be said.
>
>That was really funny though....
>
I just hope Jon's reading through this thread :]

<grin>

Hey, at least it wasn't the Ice Skating Ninja's :]

Bull -- Who thinks they need to show up at Origins 99 :]
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= =
=======================================================

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Message no. 33
From: Mike Bobroff <Airwasp@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 09:57:13 EST
In a message dated 12/25/98, 9:11:59 PM, SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET writes:
<<> Haven't seen her have so much fun since that Zamboni incident
> about 6
> months ago.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Not again!!! ;]

Sorry. Had to be said.

That was really funny though....>>

Care to liven up our day(s) there mg?

Thanks,

Herc (who would love to hear more on this story)
Message no. 34
From: Penta <cpenta@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 10:23:30 -0800
Bull wrote:

> At 10:06 PM 12/25/98 -0600, Machine-gun Kelly wrote these timeless words:
> >> Haven't seen her have so much fun since that Zamboni incident
> >> about 6
> >> months ago.
> >
> >NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Not again!!! ;]
> >
> >Sorry. Had to be said.
> >
> >That was really funny though....
> >
> I just hope Jon's reading through this thread :]
>
> <grin>
>
> Hey, at least it wasn't the Ice Skating Ninja's :]
>
> Bull -- Who thinks they need to show up at Origins 99 :]
> --
> Bull -- The Best Ork Decker You Never Met
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> http://shadowrun.html.com/users/bull
>
> =======================================================
> = =
> = Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any Fours? =
> = =
> =======================================================
>
> "I may be crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS? No way!"
> -Joker, "Batman, The Animated Series"

Zamboni incident? Ice-skating Ninjas? WHAT? Tell me! Tell me! <screams in
elmo-like voice>

El-, er, John
Message no. 35
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 19:15:41 +0100
According to Bull, at 21:58 on 25 Dec 98, the word on
the street was...

> Haven't seen her have so much fun since that Zamboni incident about 6
> months ago.

Has Jon come up with stats for a rigged one yet? ;)

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Message no. 36
From: Jon Szeto <JonSzeto@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 01:01:12 EST
Bull <chaos@*****.COM> wrote,

> At 10:06 PM 12/25/98 -0600, Machine-gun Kelly wrote these timeless words:
> >> Haven't seen her have so much fun since that Zamboni incident
> >> about 6
> >> months ago.
> >
> >NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Not again!!! ;]
> >
> >Sorry. Had to be said.
> >
> >That was really funny though....
> >
> I just hope Jon's reading through this thread :]
>

Let's not go there. :-)

> <grin>
>
> Hey, at least it wasn't the Ice Skating Ninja's :]

Maybe you could write a proposal for that. I think Mike (the DLOH, not Herc)
was interested in touching upon melee combat for the Cannon Companion. :-)

Ice skating ninjutsu as a martial arts Specialization, anyone? :-)

Gurth <gurth@******.NL> wrote,

> Has Jon come up with stats for a rigged one yet? ;)

Nah. I thought I'd be generous and let either MGKelly or Bull have their shot
at glory. :-)

-- Jon
Message no. 37
From: Starjammer <starjammer@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 02:36:20 -0500
At 01:01 AM 12/27/98 EST, Jon Szeto wrote:
>Bull <chaos@*****.COM> wrote,
>>
>> Hey, at least it wasn't the Ice Skating Ninja's :]
>
>Maybe you could write a proposal for that. I think Mike (the DLOH, not Herc)
>was interested in touching upon melee combat for the Cannon Companion. :-)
>
>Ice skating ninjutsu as a martial arts Specialization, anyone? :-)

That actually reminds me of a TV movie that came on several years ago (mid
to late '80's), something about a family at the turn of the (21st) century,
getting together to celebrate the New Millenium. Anyway, the big sports
attraction in the movie was Combat Hockey, basically ice hockey with
staff-length, double-bladed hockey sticks, heavy armor, and big doses of
bojutsu and dirty hockey practices thrown in. One of the subplots of the
movie was the fact that one of the brothers in the family was a star player
of the game who believed in the "purity" of the game, and another was a
research scientist who'd developed bio-booster tech implanted into the
armor that could make any third-rate player a superman on the ice. Of
course, the subplot was resolved in a showdown between the star player
brother and a boosted player, with the scientist brother rooting for his
tech to get beaten in the end. Which, this being a made-for-TV movie, is
how it came out...

Be careful what you wish for, eh? Even with smileys attached... ;)

Starjammer | Una salus victus nullam sperare salutem.
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Marietta, GA | hope for safety." --Virgil, The Aeneid
Message no. 38
From: Jalong1@***.COM
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:00:59 EST
<<> Haven't seen her have so much fun since that Zamboni incident
>> about 6
>> months ago.

>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Not again!!! ;]

>Sorry. Had to be said.

Oh now this sounds interesting, please do tell us what happened.

::; Gets himself a mug o hot cocoa and pull up a chair to hear the tale:::

Jalong1
Message no. 39
From: Mike Bobroff <Airwasp@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:05:11 EST
In a message dated 12/27/1998 1:02:05 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
JonSzeto@***.COM writes:

> Gurth <gurth@******.NL> wrote,
>
> > Has Jon come up with stats for a rigged one yet? ;)
>
> Nah. I thought I'd be generous and let either MGKelly or Bull have their
> shot
> at glory. :-)

Hey Gurth, a rigged what?

-Herc
Message no. 40
From: Patrick Goodman <remo@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 14:10:20 -0600
From: Mike Bobroff
Sent: Monday, December 28, 1998 2:05 PM

>> > Has Jon come up with stats for a rigged one yet? ;)
>>
>> Nah. I thought I'd be generous and let either MGKelly or
>> Bull have their shot at glory. :-)
>
>Hey Gurth, a rigged what?

Zamboni.
Message no. 41
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:37:37 +0100
According to Mike Bobroff, at 15:05 on 28 Dec 98, the word on
the street was...

> > > Has Jon come up with stats for a rigged one yet? ;)
> >
> > Nah. I thought I'd be generous and let either MGKelly or Bull have their
> > shot
> > at glory. :-)
>
> Hey Gurth, a rigged what?

A zamboni.

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Message no. 42
From: Mike Bobroff <Airwasp@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:54:54 EST
In a message dated 12/17/98 10:45:02 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
kama@*******.NET writes:

> Oh, Bull, regarding the job on the toy store - Lena is indisposed (she
> needs a bit more recovery time before her next run) but she is willing to
> offer state of the art weaponry to your team in return for three of the
> Dunky dolls (her girls would just love them . . .)

Ah, Bull, inform the group that Herc (my pc) is going to send about 40 drones
to assist in the heist, his kid does not want one, but his wife does.
Besides, he knows a lot of bartering that could go with a dozen of these
things with all of the people that he knows and can make certain projects
easier for himself to accomplish.

-Herc
Message no. 43
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Christams in Shadowrunland
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 12:34:07 -0500
> In a message dated 12/17/98 10:45:02 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
> kama@*******.NET writes:
>
> > Oh, Bull, regarding the job on the toy store - Lena is indisposed (she
> > needs a bit more recovery time before her next run) but she is willing to
> > offer state of the art weaponry to your team in return for three of the
> > Dunky dolls (her girls would just love them . . .)

Hey Bull, Faedra is willing to offer her services as a healer and combat magician
in exchange for a doll for her three-year-old son. Willing to summon a couple of
big honkin' spirits, too, for the cause...

--Jett

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