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Message no. 1
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Black Roses
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 16:12:47 +0000
*****PRIVATE: Urbanus
>>>>>[Okay. Who's the mysterious tall black Elf who moves like
quicksilver and left a black rose with a silver clasp on my doorstep?

Urbanus, at a guess it was you. I don't know what it's for or why you
left it, but thank you anyway.

What's the best way to preserve it? It's very beautiful and I would like
to keep it, if you don't mind.

And well done. Not many people can even find my district, let alone my
home.]<<<<<
-- Easy <16:04:52/01-12-58>
Message no. 2
From: Urbanus <Urbanus@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Black Roses
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 00:58:38 +0000
*****PRIVATE: Easy
>>>>>[Take it to a florist, a good one, they will carbonize the flower,
and seal it into a glass dome, if you really wish to keep it.


Though why you would suspect it was I who did this, I will never
understand.]<<<<<
-- Urbanus <00:56:32/01-13-58>
Message no. 3
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Black Roses
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:55:26 +0000
*****PRIVATE: Urbanus
>>>>>[Thanks. I'll do that. It really is one of the most beautiful
things I've seen.

Why do I think it was you? Call it instinct and guesswork. You're the
only 'U' I know.

And what description I have of you (which may mean much or little) says
you're Elven (meaning you could work Tarislar easily), very black (lucky
you), and you allegedly move like Teflon on ice, which fits the
description I got of the delivery boy to a 'T'.

Why would you do it? I have no idea.

If it was meant to kill me I'm still alive. If it was anything else, I
missed the subtext, but the flower is beautiful and I'd hate to see it
wither and die. Whether it was you or not, thanks for helping me keep a
little beauty intact.]<<<<<
-- Easy <01:50:42/01-14-58>
Message no. 4
From: Urbanus <Urbanus@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Black Roses
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 03:17:49 +0000
>>>>>[Teflon on Ice. Interesting analogy Easy, very interesting. I
always considered myself somewhat clumsy.


The flower, I should think, is meant to mean whatever you wish. The
symbolism of the black rose has always been associated with wishes, it
is black because it has no path and no presence. It means whatever you
wish it to mean.


It is also a symbol of something. But I shall leave you to find out
what that is.


Beauty is something rare in this world, and should thus be treasured all
the more when it is encountered. I am more than happy to assist you in
the preservation of something of intrinsic beauty, and something that
brings pleasure, should be treasured.]<<<<<
-- Urbanus <03:09:42/01-14-58>


*****PRIVATE: Sarakhime
>>>>>[I am returning, I take it Cas is still annoyed]<<<<<
-- Urbanus <03:16:20/01-14-58>
8972-1AD-F
Reach Fuileach


*****PRIVATE: Urbanus
>>>>>[Is a caged hungry leopard angry?]<<<<<
-- Sarakhime <03:25:31/01-14-58>
142A7-1D-M
Reach Fuileach

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