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Message no. 1
From: Jim Tyler <pherble@*****.COM>
Subject: Xanadu
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1993 01:41:13 MDT
>>>>>[For you chummers who haven't heard of Xanadu, it is supposed to be
some sort of legendary city with wiz everywhere. Sort of like Shangri
La. If the stuff that got pinched is from Xanadu, you can bet there is
some wiz attached to it somehow. Null sheen if you got plenty of magical
backup. But don't go in half-cocked or you may come oout geeked.]<<<<<
-- Journey <01:40.14/08.03.54> --
Message no. 2
From: Tyler Tech <labpt@****.CC.EMORY.EDU>
Subject: Re: Xanadu
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1993 03:54:47 -0400
>>>>>[Oh fraggin' A great. Just what we need, MORE ancient power stuff
floatin' 'round this drekky world we got. Izzat all them wizzers can do, go after these
power things? Anyways, kudos fer th' warning Journey, I'll keep my wings level
an' my guns loaded. Later chummer.]<<<<<
-- Onyx (0354:48/03Aug93)
Message no. 3
From: "James L. Bobolia" <James.L.Bobolia@*********.EDU>
Subject: Xanadu
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1993 13:02:13 EDT
>>>>>[Took a little time to do some research and found some interesting
things. If they found Xanadu it's huge. There should be a river that goes
through a maze of caves no one seems to have been able to map. The resources
also give a warning. There seems to be some protector. Not sure who or what
it is. It's supposed to have fed on 'Honeydew' and 'Milk of Paradise'. Could
mean anything. Also found this line from an old poem. "Weave a circle round
him thrice, and close your eyes with holy dread" Remeber, it's a poem so it
could mean a lot of things. Bliss says you need lot's of mages to form the
circles and she'd be interested in going.]<<<<<
-- Red <13:07:26/08-03-54>
Message no. 4
From: Dave The Shade <IZZYUX2@*******.BITNET>
Subject: Xanadu
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1993 17:53:00 PDT
>>>>>[Alright. Here's the crew roster so far: Red, Rotfuchs, Onyx, Couch,
Burn,
and myself (NightShade).


First off, some perliminary assignments. Couch, I want you to do a detailed
object/frame/motion sutdy on the trid tape showing the ambush -- something
looks funny about it -- but I can't tell what.


Rotfuchs-- I would like you to find out more on Xanadu, and specifically any
history about a Golden Horn and two ruby orbs.


Onyx-- these ambushers blew the van with a SS missile, then disappeared -- take
a peek in the datastores for any unusual sightings and check surrounding areas
for suspicious events.


Burn & Me-- will start checking ot contacts and trying to track down these frag
gers.

Everybody Scan?]<<<<<
-- NightShade (17:50:45/8.3.54)
Message no. 5
From: "James L. Bobolia" <James.L.Bobolia@*********.EDU>
Subject: Xanadu
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1993 00:43:39 EDT
>>>>>[Hey Rotfuchs, thought I'd give you some help. I suggest finding out
about an 18th century english poet called Sam Coleridge. he wrote a poem
about Xanadu. Another source you might be interested in is an old explorer
who was reported to have told Coleridge about Xanadu. Went by the name of
Geoffery Taylor. Found a copy of his diary at Harvard University's database.
I'm going over it right now, get back to you when I find out more.]<<<<<
-- Red (00:50:35/8-4-54)
Message no. 6
From: Jason Larke <jlarke@***.ITD.UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Xanadu
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1993 10:36:29 -0400
>>>>>[Whoa, there, Nightshade. I'm game for talking out
contacts, but let's talk about compensation, and what
information we're looking for. But especially
compensation.]<<<<<
-- Burn (10:36:27/08-04-54)
Message no. 7
From: Frank Dehrendorf <DEHRENDORF@******.ZDV.UNI-MAINZ.DE>
Subject: Xanadu
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1993 11:01:43 +0200
>>>>>[Red and Nightshade : Sorry to be late, but I ran into some trouble on
the way... (Some of your trouble is probably related to this). Here's what I
found :

Red : You are correct in the assumption, that the Geoffrey Taylor you mentioned
Is in fact THE G.Taylor of the poem. I checked out the family records of the
Taylors and found that in every generation there was an 'older brother', 'mis-
sing uncle', 'faraway relative', that bore a striking resemblance to the one
from an earlier generation. (INCLUDE : ###PICTURE-FRAMES TAYLOR 1-8###)
About the horn and orbs... This is where the trouble began...
I just had started to ask questions, when I was beseiged by a group of elves
(?)... at least they looked like that in flesh... The aura was quite scary tho.
I managed to make a quick fade from the site, but I believe, they are still
after me (I bet you know that I am not so professional in disappearing...)
What I did find out, was...Uhm...I'd better be going... The hair in my neck
is standing on end... MIST !!!]<<<<<
-- Rotfuchs <11:03:45/08-10-54>

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