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Message no. 1
From: "Thomas W. Craig" <Craigtw1@***.COM>
Subject: Olorin and Vader Part 1
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 02:05:24 -0400
>>>>>[G'day Mates, I would bloody well appreciate it if all of you would
comment on the following Trid. I found it rather disturbing, but I'll save
my comments until after.

+++++Begin Trideo upload

The picture fades slowly from white to a hospital room. The bed is against
the wall on the far side of the room. A LARGE raven is perched on the
headboard of the bed. You see the unconcious form of THE Nexus on the bed, a
woman is also in the room. She is sitting in a chair facing away from the
camera with her head resting on the bed. You see the monitors lined up on
the opposite side of the bed, wires connected to Nex, indicating that THE
Nexus is alive and well. As a matter of fact the monitors show vital signs
being at levels of one who is out of a coma. Two windows are in the room one
on each side of the bed about halfway between the bed and the terminus of the
wall. The light entering the room indicates another bright, gloomy day in
the city.

Suddenly, Nex begins to thrash as if trying to get away from some unseen
danger His eyes fly open, and he mutters in a youthful, yet crystalline
voice, "Brother...ANTRA!" Just as suddenly, the monitors explode and a wall
of shimmering force cocoons him, throwing the startled woman to the floor
several feet away from the bed. At the same time the light in the room dims
as a tall dark, hooded figure in a black robe, trimmed with red, enters the
room. The raven looks at the dark being with malevolent hatred in its eyes.
The woman, Shekhinah, looks the dark figure with fear in her eyes, and the
bolts over to Nex's once again comatose form, positioning herself between the
being and Nex. The force surrounding Nex has collapsed, and you hear a
muffled sound from the only monitor left from the explosion. It is the sound
of a flatline from the heart monitor.

You hear in a gravelly voice, dripping with evil, eminating from the dark
figure, "Darianne, my brother, so good to see you again, before you...DIE.
HeHeHeHe." The dark being looks at Shekhinah and addresses her, "Puny
mortal, do you think you can protect my brother from ME?! I have far more
power than you can ever dream of."

The dark figure advances, taking something from the folds of his black robe,
and raises it in his right hand. It is wicked looking black knife, whether
it is made from Obsidian or if it is black metal; cannot be told. Shekhinah
looks past the dark being and exclaims, "Doctor O'Keefe thank goodness you're
h...Oh, My GOD!" The light in the room gets brighter and you hear in a
musical, slightly crystalline, Irish voice, "Brother, you know you aren't
going to do it."

The black figure hisses, "Olorin!" The knife clatters to the floor. The
dark figure reaches into his robe, once again with his right hand, and takes
something else out of it, at the same time his left removes the hood covering
his features, and Shekhinah gasps. The dark being spins around and you
glimpse the features of the dark elf for the first time. The similarities
between THE Nexus and the elf are startling similar, as a matter of fact
almost identical. The major differences are in the skin coloring, the dark
elf's color nearly makes Nex look pale in comparison; and in the scar that is
nonexistant on the dark elf's unblemished face, twisted in a look of pure
hatred.

Another elf, Olorin, with the hood of his white robe, trimmed in silver
already down, enters the picture. His skin is so pale that he looks nearly
white in comparison to the dark elf. The two elves are of the same height,
about 6' 11". Then you realize that the dark elf's and Olorin's features
are EXACTLY identical, except for the skin color these two could be identical
twins. Olorin speaks, "Vader, my twin, our nephew is not a challenge to you,
he's helpless."

The dark elf, now you know to be Vader, replies, "No, but you ARE!" The last
is spoken as Vader raises his right arm, and a crystalline whine fills
the room. Angry red-orange flame, with swirls of malevolent black, rises in
a column from his clenched hand. Olorin reaches into his robe and pulls out
a crystal, that begins to hum. Calm blue-white flame tinged with golden
tranquility, extend from the crystal. Vader brings his flame down in a
slashing motion, and Olorin parries. As the flames touch you heard the
crackling of a wood fire, with a crystalline ringing. Energy arcs between
the
two combatants, but it seems at most a minor irritation. In the background
you see the raven flutter down beside Nex's head from the headboard and run
its beak lightly over the side of Nex's face.

The two masters begin to dance as their flame-blades clash. Grunts of
extertion come from both combatants, as each try to gain an advantage,
suddenly Vader breaks off and backs away a little, raising his left hand as
he does so. Olorin's back is to the window on the same side of the bed as
Shekhinah's chair. Olorin asks a bit of skepticism in his voice, "Brother
are you finally giving up?" Vader replies derision in his, "Never!", as
his
raised hand glows with blue light for a split second, before a very large
ball of
force flies from it into Olorin's chest. Olorin flies back out of the
window, shattering the glass, and past the fire escape. He screams as he
falls out of sight, "AHHHHHhhhhhhh...!" The scream suddenly gets cut off.

Vader turns and walks over to the knife, evil laughter flowing from his
throat. You hear the sound from the heart monitor again, it is the steady
beat of a healthy heart.
+++++Link Terminated at Source
+++++Automatic Timeout]<<<<<
-- Freeline (Ain't no line/ Like a Free Line)
Message no. 2
From: Craigtw1@***.com
Subject: Olorin and Vader Part 1
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 02:05:24 -0400
>>>>>[G'day Mates, I would bloody well appreciate it if all of you would
comment on the following Trid. I found it rather disturbing, but I'll save
my comments until after.

+++++Begin Trideo upload

The picture fades slowly from white to a hospital room. The bed is against
the wall on the far side of the room. A LARGE raven is perched on the
headboard of the bed. You see the unconcious form of THE Nexus on the bed, a
woman is also in the room. She is sitting in a chair facing away from the
camera with her head resting on the bed. You see the monitors lined up on
the opposite side of the bed, wires connected to Nex, indicating that THE
Nexus is alive and well. As a matter of fact the monitors show vital signs
being at levels of one who is out of a coma. Two windows are in the room one
on each side of the bed about halfway between the bed and the terminus of the
wall. The light entering the room indicates another bright, gloomy day in
the city.

Suddenly, Nex begins to thrash as if trying to get away from some unseen
danger His eyes fly open, and he mutters in a youthful, yet crystalline
voice, "Brother...ANTRA!" Just as suddenly, the monitors explode and a wall
of shimmering force cocoons him, throwing the startled woman to the floor
several feet away from the bed. At the same time the light in the room dims
as a tall dark, hooded figure in a black robe, trimmed with red, enters the
room. The raven looks at the dark being with malevolent hatred in its eyes.
The woman, Shekhinah, looks the dark figure with fear in her eyes, and the
bolts over to Nex's once again comatose form, positioning herself between the
being and Nex. The force surrounding Nex has collapsed, and you hear a
muffled sound from the only monitor left from the explosion. It is the sound
of a flatline from the heart monitor.

You hear in a gravelly voice, dripping with evil, eminating from the dark
figure, "Darianne, my brother, so good to see you again, before you...DIE.
HeHeHeHe." The dark being looks at Shekhinah and addresses her, "Puny
mortal, do you think you can protect my brother from ME?! I have far more
power than you can ever dream of."

The dark figure advances, taking something from the folds of his black robe,
and raises it in his right hand. It is wicked looking black knife, whether
it is made from Obsidian or if it is black metal; cannot be told. Shekhinah
looks past the dark being and exclaims, "Doctor O'Keefe thank goodness you're
h...Oh, My GOD!" The light in the room gets brighter and you hear in a
musical, slightly crystalline, Irish voice, "Brother, you know you aren't
going to do it."

The black figure hisses, "Olorin!" The knife clatters to the floor. The
dark figure reaches into his robe, once again with his right hand, and takes
something else out of it, at the same time his left removes the hood covering
his features, and Shekhinah gasps. The dark being spins around and you
glimpse the features of the dark elf for the first time. The similarities
between THE Nexus and the elf are startling similar, as a matter of fact
almost identical. The major differences are in the skin coloring, the dark
elf's color nearly makes Nex look pale in comparison; and in the scar that is
nonexistant on the dark elf's unblemished face, twisted in a look of pure
hatred.

Another elf, Olorin, with the hood of his white robe, trimmed in silver
already down, enters the picture. His skin is so pale that he looks nearly
white in comparison to the dark elf. The two elves are of the same height,
about 6' 11". Then you realize that the dark elf's and Olorin's features
are EXACTLY identical, except for the skin color these two could be identical
twins. Olorin speaks, "Vader, my twin, our nephew is not a challenge to you,
he's helpless."

The dark elf, now you know to be Vader, replies, "No, but you ARE!" The last
is spoken as Vader raises his right arm, and a crystalline whine fills
the room. Angry red-orange flame, with swirls of malevolent black, rises in
a column from his clenched hand. Olorin reaches into his robe and pulls out
a crystal, that begins to hum. Calm blue-white flame tinged with golden
tranquility, extend from the crystal. Vader brings his flame down in a
slashing motion, and Olorin parries. As the flames touch you heard the
crackling of a wood fire, with a crystalline ringing. Energy arcs between
the
two combatants, but it seems at most a minor irritation. In the background
you see the raven flutter down beside Nex's head from the headboard and run
its beak lightly over the side of Nex's face.

The two masters begin to dance as their flame-blades clash. Grunts of
extertion come from both combatants, as each try to gain an advantage,
suddenly Vader breaks off and backs away a little, raising his left hand as
he does so. Olorin's back is to the window on the same side of the bed as
Shekhinah's chair. Olorin asks a bit of skepticism in his voice, "Brother
are you finally giving up?" Vader replies derision in his, "Never!", as
his
raised hand glows with blue light for a split second, before a very large
ball of
force flies from it into Olorin's chest. Olorin flies back out of the
window, shattering the glass, and past the fire escape. He screams as he
falls out of sight, "AHHHHHhhhhhhh...!" The scream suddenly gets cut off.

Vader turns and walks over to the knife, evil laughter flowing from his
throat. You hear the sound from the heart monitor again, it is the steady
beat of a healthy heart.
+++++Link Terminated at Source
+++++Automatic Timeout]<<<<<
-- Freeline (Ain't no line/ Like a Free Line)

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