| From: | Freddy Frypp <JAMES-CUENO@*********.EDU> |
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| Subject: | It is alive (THIS IS REAl PLOT FROM MORE THAN A WEEK AGO) |
| Date: | Mon, 5 Jun 1995 12:38:34 CST |
You see a visual feed from a flying drone. The controller is obviously
playing around with it. The image whoops and zooms as the drone whips past
buildings, skims over water, scares birds, knocking down cops, etc...
+++++ COMMENT: So here I was, wasting time, zooming 'round, spending
fuel, when, fancy that, I spy a familiar figure walking down the pier.
+++++ RESUME:
The drone dips toward the ground, skimming over the rooftops of large
warehouses. Suddenly the drone stops in the air. Optics whirr as the camera
lenses focus and zoom on a lonely individual staggering along a strech of
docklands.
The man is wearing a slightly charred coat, and a large katana can be seen
dangling in its sheath at the mans waist. He seems to be talking to himself.
+++++ COMMENT: Yep. It's our pal Teutone himself. Okay, okay, so I
_was_ out looking for him... I just didn't expect to find him...
To refresh everyone's memory... this is the exact place where Brimstone
had me record him fraggin' Marksanspensah.
+++++ RESUME:
The man walks towards a large gap in a railing that runs paralell to a drainage
canal. He stands swaying slightly in the wind, staring at the murky water
running below him.
'Accounthasbeencancelledhaveanicedaythatdamnedragonthinkshecangetthebestofme
butI'llshowhimI'llshowthemallwhatitmeanstocrossME!hah' Teutone rambles on
oblivious to the fact that he's being observed.
+++++ COMMENT: I jest loove directional mikes, don't you?
+++++ RESUME:
Suddenly a rasping voice speaks behind Teutone:
'I knew you'd come here. Curious, isn't it?'
Teutone whirls around and his face distorts in fear. He takes a step back,
and lifts his hand, pointing at the speaker
'YOU?? NO! You are DEAD!!'
Teutone convulses as a blast of energy courses through his arms and launches
itself at the newcomer. The drone's POV follows the beam as it rams itself
into the figure. The air humms with the sound of ionized particles, and the
puddles in the ground next to the man flash into steam.
A gust of wind clears the steam, to reveal the figure standing unscathed.
You see a tall, rather thin man wearing a bulky old model of armoured
jacket. He smiles like death itself, revealing two large scars beneath
his neck. He takes out a large dikoted knife and starts to walk towards
Teutone
'Noooooooooohhhh!!!' Teutone's face is white like a sheet of paper, and his
face is disjointed by fear. 'Stay awaaaaaayyyy!!!'
The skeletal man charges. Teutone takes a few steps back and falls screaming
through the gap in the railing.
The image zooms back, revealing the true distance (200 meters or more)
separating the drone from the scenes it was recording. The drone banks
downwards and begins to approach the drainage canal.
The drone reaches the edge of the canal. Voices can be heard coming from the
water below, but the directional mike is not oriented correctly, and the
sounds are indistinct.
'...know it's your only choice' The drone angles cautiously into the canal.
You see Teutone half submerged in the water, the skeletal man holding the
knife to his throat. Teutone's expression is one of amazement mixed with
anger. Suddenly the mage's expression changes as he catches sight of the
drone. The man's head turns following Teutone's gaze and fixes on the
drone hovering above them. In one smooth motion he sends the knife flying
towards the drone
The vid ends cold.
+++++ END VIDE
And that little party cost me a fraggin' 30.000 =Y=, brand new,
high performance Spotter... Damn good thing it wasn't
one-oh-two up there. That's thing costs more than any of you
are worth.
So.... anyone have any idea what all that was about? And didn't that
skinny guy look a lot like... nahhh... couldn'ta been...]<<<<<
-- Rumormonger (Always/tuned in)
