From:	bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject:	Tech toys
Date:	Mon, 23 Sep 1996 02:15:23 -0500 (EST)

Well, well, well . . .
I did a little closet cleaning this weekend, and found a few of my old
Scrawls From the
Sprawls APAzines with some old toys I had completely forgotten.

The Skin patch was designed on a warm autumn evening while watching
lightning bugs
frolic. The L.A.S.T. was ONLY designed to frighten players who were considering
abusing the TTG spell in 1st edition!
Since then I have actually used the crap once, on a fleshform insect spirit,
and his
shaman. (An army officer had one of the grenades, and got jumped!)
In case you're interested . . . I left the original posting dates on it all
so you could see just
how dated it has become.
I'd welcome any comments or tweaks you might have! :-)


LUCIFERIN SKIN PATCH
(Bioware)
Legality: Legal
Availability: 10-15 days
Street Index: 1

AD COPY - Using the same chemical process that lets lightning bugs glow, we
can treat
your skin allowing you to emit that same pleasant, heatless (no
thermographic signature)
light.
Wether as a fashion statement, or an ever present light source, a Luciferin
Skin Patch is
sure to be an "enlightening" asset to your bioware accessories!

>>>>[They should find the Breeder that writes this copy and eviscerate
him!]<<<<
- King Ad Roc (02:00:00/9-1-52)

NOTES - Palmpatch (10cm sq. anywhere on body) - 10K nuyen, Body cost - .25; One
limb covered (includes head, buttocks, or chest) - 25K nuyen, Body cost -
.5; Full Body
treatment - 50K nuyen, Body cost - 1

(Produces a pale green heatless patch of light. Palmpatch will illuminate an
are the size
of a pen light, Limbpatch, like a flashlight, and Bodypatch, a 10m x 10m area.)

>>>>[This is neat, but it's only suitable for brief bursts of light, rather
than any useful
period of illumination.]<<<<
- Flashbulb (02:05:10/9-1-52)
>>>>[Who cares that's not what it was made for. Real lightning bugs use
their lights to
find a mate! So far, my "strategically placed" Palmpatch hasn't
failed!]<<<<
- FeralMoans (02:06:57/9-1-52)
>>>>[I concur.]<<<<
- Headlights (02:43.01/9-1-52


LYSOSOME ACTIVATION SPRAY TOXIN (L.A.S.T.)
(Chemical)
Legality: 1-M3
Availability: 1-6 months
Street Index: 3-9 (1D6 + 3)

AD COPY - When a cell in the human body has surpassed its maximum growth it can
begin to decay. This decay could spread to other healthy cells if left
unchecked. To
prevent this, the body activates it's "Self destruct system" - the lysosome!
Every cell in the metahuman body is full of these nuclear constructs that
break down
aged cells into their component structures, so the raw materials can be used
again. The
lysosomes are activated by a naturally secreted enzyme which we can now make
available for all your anti-personnel needs!
Also available is the counter agent, which is the only effective means of
preventing
L.A.S.T. from activating the Lysosomes.

NOTES - L.A.S.T Chemical Grenade - 5,000 nuyen each; L.A.S.T. chemical
toxin, for
use with Binder, or Squirt weapons - 3,000 nuyen per dose; Counter Agent -
2,500 nuyen
(Lasts in body for 1-6 days)

Treat each dose of L.A.S.T. as a 6 die turn to goo spell.

SHADOWTALK
>>>>[Awesome! Now I can have my very own Turn to Goo spell in a
can!]<<<<
- Presto (21:10:25/9-1-52)
>>>>[Yeah, and without all that nasty drain either!]<<<<
- Glenda TGW (21:12:31/9-1-52)
>>>>[I can't believe you two are so casually discussing a weapon so
hideously cruel, and
environmentally unsafe that even the UCAS military won't use it! This
rampant disregard
for environmental safety is just another example of (2.3 Mps deleted by
Sysop)]<<<<
- Treehugger (22:44.11/9-1-52
>>>>[You ask me, the sooner these granola munching wimps go the way of the
dinosaur,
the better!]<<<<
- Irwin Schwab (23:23:23/9-1-52)


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