| From: | Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Operation Party |
| Date: | Thu, 11 Dec 1997 21:23:10 EST |
> On Wed, 10 Dec 1997 22:24:49 +0000 Avenger said
>
> > The people I can think of who would be most interested would be the law
> > enforcement agencies, FBI, CIA, NSA, Tairngire's goon squad and half a
> > dozen others. Including a variety of recruiting corporations.
>
> True, though in theory finding most magically active people is a case
> of sending out someone with astral perception to a good vantage point
> (maybe a zeppelin ?) and looking for people with magic in their
> aura's. As it says in SR2, the presence of magic is fairly easy to
> spot.
> In Theory.....
And oh what a loophole of a theory that is. Assensing in a forest domain
(Nature), that is temporarily being converted into a series/collection of
Field/Heath/City would play havoc on the neighborhood. Field for the places
where the magicians are parking their cars....City for the connecting lanes
(wooded though they may be) between the booths and display areas....and Hearth
of course for the Shamanic Lodges that are being set up.
A strange thing this...reminds me of "the Feast of the Hunter's Moon", a HUGE
event that happens here in Lafalot annually (that's Lafayette Indiana).
French-Indian War re-enactment, but it is absorbing Pre-Civil, Pre-
revolutionary, Modern New-Age (which loves the shops) and Tribal Heritage. It
was fun this year (I helped Hazen unit set up and take down their campsite-
BIG).
This "Shamanic Gathering" sounds like the same or similar sort of thing.
> And for shamans unwilling recruitment is fairly pointless. Their
> magic is intuitive and forcing them to use it means it's likely to
> fail. And brainwashing is likely to interfere with their connection
> to the totem.
Yes, but it's the "Volunteers" that would worry me the most...
> Recruiting corps would be allowed to register a stall.
> I just don't think they'd have much luck. Shamans/Corp Rules......
> And yes, that was one complication that I had in mind.
Good, keep it in Mind...have fun....
> > What a waste of magical talent - especially when it's most of Seattle's
> > contingent of shamans, to let them wonder around having a party when
> > they could be earning big bucks somewhere. :)
>
> Maybe lost earnings, but think of the opportunity for contacts and
> purchase of kit. Even if contacts would have to be checked for other
> allegiances. And besides, many shamans aren't purely
> interested in money. The party would be a very good opportunity to
> further the aims of most totems.
My previous point exactly....
> > I can see the board of directors at Aztechnology drooling now.
And believe me, Binder will be watching that...he and Aztlan go WAY back...
> Yes, but since a lot of the shamans are street people they will have
> shadow contacts. And with things like treat, people who owe them
> favours or even their lives. And often shadow people don't like the
> Azzies. That gives a fairly large spy-base to listen for potential
> trouble. Besides, who wants to lose what might be their best/only
> source of healing ?
Very true indeed.
> On Thu, 11 Dec 1997 05:52:03 EST Ereskanti replied
> > In a message dated 97-12-10 22:51:04 EST, elfman@*****.NET writes:
> >
> > > Can I come? My totem is coyote,i will leave all foci at home,will not
> > > conjure any dangerous spirits,and promise to be good.
> >
> > "My Totem is Coyote"....chuckle....being good is such a POV... ;}
>
> Dangerous can be a POV as well......
> P.S., foci are allowed. So is coyote (I may regret it, but it will
> be fun......)
AAAAHHHH!!!!!.....Binder is getting out the "HEAVY VACATIO GEAR"....and making
sure it will be kept close....
-K
