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Message no. 1
From: Reality can be useful <MHILLIARD@******.BITNET>
Subject: Denver
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 13:08:00 EDT
>>>>>[Moon Dancer, if you're still interested in looking us up, were at
>>>ENCRYPT.LENORE.1138<<<< on the North Side. If your decker friend's
good enough to crack that, he'd be welcome.
A DATE, Circuit Breaker? Rowr! Details, details! =] ]<<<<<
-Cat Dancing <13:07:36/04-08-54>
Message no. 2
From: Jason Glenn Hall <S975164@*******.BITNET>
Subject: Denver
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 12:13:01 CDT
***** Private: REDSKY
>>>>>[ Whoever sent that bird after you all wasn't Tir, and it damn sure
wasn't
Shaggy Ass. From what we found out, it was a corp bird. And we barely found th
at out. Whatever you hit that thing with turned it into slag. Have you guys sto
le any special weapons you want to tell me about? It might give me some more in
sight on why some corp would want to frag you so damn bad.]<<<<<
-- MIST <12:13:01 / 4-20-55>

***** Private: MIST
>>>>>[ I can't tell you what we were doing, but I can tell you that we
ain't wo
rking for any corp, and there isn't any reason why a corp should be after us.]<
<<<<
-- REDSKY <12:21:48 / 4-20-55>
Message no. 3
From: Basilisk <PRIER@******.UNIBAS.CH>
Subject: Denver
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 11:03:53 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Revenge/Rescue Crew, Slash
>>>>>[I am arrived in Denver. Can i meeting soon with the other deckers?
Where can i find you? I have a hotel room at >>location<<, under name
Philip Durrenmatt.]<<<<<
-- Basilisk <10:07:03 GMT/31.Jan.56>
Message no. 4
From: "Brian E. Angliss" <ANGLISS@***.PSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Denver
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 09:24:07 -0500
*****PRIVATE: Basilisk
>>>>>[Be right there. I'll be driving a runabout.]<<<<<
-- Diana, Mistress of the Night <09:24:16/01-31-56>
Message no. 5
From: Nightfox <DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Denver
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 08:54:42 -0700
*****PRIVATE: Revenge/Rescue Crew, Basilisk
>>>>>[ Basilisk, CB and I will meet you at the hotel in about an hour.
We'll
discuss some of the preliminary stuff, and show you what CB and myself have done
so far. After that we'll meet up with the rest of the rescue crew and go over
the plans, and do some revising.

Slash, Claw came into town today and will be ready for the meeting.]<<<<<
-- Spirit <OF the Matrix>
Message no. 6
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Denver
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 23:55:12 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Griffyn, Karma, Kor, Trax, Neuron Basher
>>>>>[Well, this is what we got from the dealer in Denver. Wasn't hard
to meet him, but getting information was harder.

+++++begin trideo
The camera bounces and moves with the slightly unusual jitter of one
hidden in a jacket, moving through a crowded bar to sit in a booth.
After a few moments, a dwarf sits opposite it, grinning.

"My, my, didn't know my contact would be so cute."

"Close it or lose it." Easy replies.

"Oh, aren't we the Elf-bitch copping a 'tude?" The Dwarf grins. "You
want a drink?"

"Mineral water."

"Too young to drink?" leers the Dwarf. "They know me here, don't worry,
sweetie-"

"Too old. Been there, done that, on the wagon. You going to tell me
something useful, or you going to run your mouth all night?"

"So what do you want to know?" asks the Dwarf.

"Colleen. Her." Easy flicks a photograph across the table. "You shipped
her here. Who for, where did she go?"

"Why should I tell you? Impress me." The Dwarf settles back, reaches for
his drink.

Easy shrugs and suddenly a narrow black spike juts from the table
between the Dwarf's finger and thumb, blocking his hand as it moves to
his glass. He reaches for it to pull it out, fails, and has to use both
hands to wrench it out of the tabletop and pass the throwing knife back
to Easy.

"And this proves what?" he asks amiably

"That I could kill you and be out of here before your pet security
reacted. And if they did react I might just have to break step over
their bleeding corpses on the way to the door."

"And the logical flaw in this argument is...?"

"That I need you alive and answering questions honestly. I'm just giving
you an idea of what you're up against if you bullshit me or lie to me.
Especially since I'm the expendable junior partner, that's why I'm at
this meet."

The Dwarf's eyebrows rise slightly. "Not bad. Okay, your people are that
good, I can use that. I can see myself needing that sort of quality help
sometime in the future. You give me that help, I'll give you the info."

"I might need it a little sooner than that." replies Easy.

"Then for a small sum - " the Dwarf names the amount - "I could be
persuaded to take you on trust and have faith that you'll honour your
obligation."

Easy pauses, then nods. "Deal."

"Okay, this is it. I move people into Denver. I'm good at it, it's what
I do. I don't ask questions and I don't make judgements. Got me?"

"You sound like a useful person to know. I might need you myself one
day."

"Smart, lady, real smart. Now, Finny Mick here in town wants this chica
brought into town, because while Denver's hard to get _into_ it's real
easy to get _out_ of. So, if Finny Mick wants to move her on, he can get
her to damn near anywhere from here."

"In other words, you don't know where she is, but this Finny Mick will."

"I knew you were smart as well as gorgeous."

"So where do I find Finny Mick?"

"Around town." The Dwarf shrugs expansively. "It's a big town. UCAS
sector, round here somewhere. Beyond that... can't really remember."

"Yeah, right." Easy rises.
+++++end trideo

Arrogant, annoying, and smart. He reminds me of me. One to remember if
I'm in Denver again.

Time to find out what we can about a Johnson name of "Finny Mick", it
seems.]<<<<<
-- Easy <23:54:32/04-19-58>
Message no. 7
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Denver
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 10:41:31 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Griffyn, Karma, Kor, Trax, Neuron Basher
>>>>>[Finny Mick's kind of elusive. In a night of asking questions, all
I've been able to come up with is that he works on the move a lot, that
he's considered a pretty mean customer and nobody much wants to cross
him... and that he's supposedly in tight with Ares.

That's being discreet. Indiscreet, we could make a good try at finding
and grabbing him: question is, will that be a good idea? If we don't, we
lose Colleen. If we do... I've managed to avoid having a megacorp peeved
at me so far. Would this be enough to do it?

I like this town, though.]<<<<<
-- Easy <10:41:42/04-19-58>

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