Message no. 1

From:	Mike Goldberg <michael.goldberg@*******.COM>
Subject:	A little birdie told me....
Date:	Wed, 30 Oct 1996 12:34:00 MST

>>>>>[ Greetings, denizens. I am amazed it took so long to arrive, but I
just received a courier package. After making sure it wasn't a bomb, we
opened it.

It's a list of demands.

Some are within our capabilities to meet and others are not. They are
rather steep.

The demands are:
1) Whirlwind's friend in prison broken out and released in a manner that
will guarantee a long life and not an immediate trip back to the slammer.
2) The Wanderer gift-wrapped and alive to be turned over to him.
3) And lastly, Doomsday dead, but body intact for purposes of
identification. He is planning to use the bone lacing as one of the
identifiers.

In exchange, he will:
A) Pay the expenses (Medical and equipment based on real-time footage) but
not wages involved in freeing his friend.
B) Save the children that the Wanderer was after from ever being threatened
again (at least from the Wanderer).
and C) Free his so far unharmed hostages. ]<<<<<
-- Nightmare <12:19:15/10-30-57>

***** Private: Ratspeak
>>>>>[ Ratspeak, you aren't reneging on our deal are you?
]<<<<<
-- Black Knight <12:20:07/10-30-57>

***** Private: Black Knight
>>>>>[ Errrm... No. Hmmm. +++++ long idle pause +++++ It appears that a
certain person has added resources to all of his targets. Especially to
the ones I outright refused on. I am amused. I shall offer you proof, by
limiting the damage they cause you and providing you with a list of deckers
who are involved in going after you. His other targets are fair game, and
I expect that I was the only one hired directly. ]<<<<<
-- Ratspeak <12:24:06/10-30-57>

***** Private: Sprinkler
>>>>>[ Hate to be a party spoiler, but you might want to check on those
brats Doomsday save a while ago. ]<<<<<
-- Ratspeak <12:33:08/10-39-57>