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Message no. 1
From: Dark Elf <VESPOSIT@****.SUNYSB.EDU>
Subject: Return!
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 92 17:00:26 EST
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Message no. 2
From: Daniel Waisley <DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: Return
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1993 21:52:23 -0700
***** Qua nuevat? sa'at perest nolgo ozidar *****

>>>>>[ Yes, N'ralan, this is the Shadowland B.B.S. its physical and matrix
site
must have moved since the last time your where there or whatever it is you do.
Imagine they actually have a whole thing on the Tir, wonder what they say about
the college? Can I log off now? there is the possibility of me getting in
trouble for this, although it is a pretty cool place.]<<<<<
--Dimitri <22:13:21/09-12-54>

***** Llayah *****

>>>>>[ I still don't understand how you are going to talk to there without
a
terminal or whatever. Magic can't do what say you are about to do.]<<<<<
--Dimitri <22:13:54/09-12-54>

***** Qua-ha? Qua sielle, te'thelem ? *****

>>>>>[ Whatever, you lost me back at the Qua something or other. Now you
see why I need help with Sperethiel.]<<<<<
--Dimitri <22:15:01/09-12-54>


***** Hello my friends.
It has been a while since I was able to talk to you last. This is the first
chance I have gotten to rejoin our conrespondence. My roomate, Dimitri, was
a great help in finding the location of the B.B.S. from in the Tir. Many of
you are probably wondering what is going on. During the spring of last year
I applied to, and was accepted at the University of Tir Tairgire. They took
the meager amounts of Sperethiel and magic that I exibited in instead of the
required grades and SAT's, and registered me under the college of thaumaturgy.
I recieved notice of the exceptance of my Student Visa while on tour. When
the tour was finished I left Tir Nan Og for personal reasons. When my work
there was done I had enough time to return to Seattle and pack for college.
Unfortunately, Shadowland had moved during this time, and I was unable to find
it.

Now that I am at college, I am anxiously awaiting the equipment from my place
in Seattle so that Dimitri does not have to watch me turn off the light switch
and see the ceiling light explode.

For those of you who are wondering, no I do not know where CRUSH, Spirit and
the rest of the group is. They went on an extended sight-seeing tour and
should right now be in Australia. Claw was interested in seeing Aires Rock.
Needless to say, the wild magic of the southern continent precludes any means
of contacting them magically. From what I remember of their schedule they
should be back in a week or two.

Well I must be turning in for bed now, both I and my roomate have eight o'clock
classes tomorrow. His is in computers, while mine is an introduction to the
history of magic. It is interesting to see how people have tried to understand
magic these last 5000 years since the fourth world.*****
--Nightfox < magic exists in all things >
Message no. 3
From: Daniel Waisley <DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: RETURN
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1993 10:26:36 -0700
>>>>>[ CRUSH is dead.

Now give me ah moment ta collect ma thoughts and emotions so that Ah can
explain ta ya tha whole story without weeping.

Ok, tha tour was going great, Bloodrun was a hit as an openers, they really got
tha crowd reved up for Sheena. When she came on, they would always go wild,
and tha night would fly on from there. We were able ta meet alot of
interesting people during our stays in different cities. Dark Elf was a great
host and guide while in New York, he took us ta all tha hot spots when sheena
wasn't performing. Tha tour ended in Europe, where we planned ta take some
vacation time and see tha sights.

Nightfox stayed with us for a while, 'till we hit tha Isles then he left on
some mysterious business. England was great, although a little on tha wet
side. Ah thought Ah would go insane listen'n to those bag pipes, how can ya
stand them Highlander? Ya show have seen CRUSH Oh drek !!!!!

Ah can't do it!!!!! Its been more than a week now but Ah still can't get over
it!!!!! He's always been there!!!
*weep* But ya folks do deserve ta know what
happened ta him and tha rest of us; we owe ye'all that much for being our
friends. Its just SO fraggin hard ta talk about when someone that is like
your brother di *weep*


Ah'm sorry, its just so damn hard, but it does help a little ta talk ta ya'all,
my friends, about it. *sniff* if Ah was on a deck right now I'd have been
electricuted !!!*laugh* *weep*

We left tha Isles and headed towards tha orient - Japan ta be precise. It was
tha only place that Sheena didn't play, mostly for personal reasons tha' Ah
won't go inta. We met some interesting people there but one of tha main points
involves Craig so Ah really don't want ta dredge up those memories. From there
we went ta hit tha lone continent and country of Australia. Sydney was
beautiful, it really is a nice city. Sheena kept on saying how she should play
there sometime. Dorn ( Claw ) has always wanted to see Aires Rock ( he says he
has some Aboriginal blood in him along with tha African), so we had put aside a
fews weeks for a trek inta tha outback.

While in Sydney we did a run or two, just for old times sake, being retired
can be a bore *sniff*. We made a few Runner connections with which we were
able ta aquire an aboriginal guide inta tha outback. We decided ta leave
mighty quickly because our two escapades had gained us a small dislike from a
large Sydney based Mega-corp. Tha trip out consisted of a flight by airplane
to a small border town. There we acquired donkeys for tha rest of our travels,
CRUSH was rather disappointed ta find out he'd have ta walk because there were
no donkeys big enough!! *laugh* *weep*

*sniff* Ah almost there. Ah think Ah can do it, it just hurts ta talk about
it. He was so lovable a lug. *weep*

It took about ah week ta make it ta tha rock. Now let me tell ya sugar it was
Huge, and even ah could feel tha Australian Wild Magic swirling around. That
night we all had a series of really strange dreams, we still don't know what
they mean. Some of them were similar for all of us, others of them seemed for
only one or a few people. Tha next day, we made ready ta acsend ta tha top of
tha Rock so that Dorn could do meditating and other stuff on top of Rock. He
was there for a few hours siting in a lotus position, and every so often tha
guide would stare at him in a strange way and smile, like he understood.

It happened so quickly that Ah'm not yet sure exactly what happened. Tha only
warning we had was a yarl like a panther coming from Dorn's mouth. Tha next
second an Aguilar Helicopter pops up on tha far side of tha rock runnin silent.
We all hit the deck when the first burst of autocannon came streaming out. It
was then that tha second Aguilar came over tha top. Dorn had no choice, he
used his magic, there was this burst of light and a pained animal like roar
from his direction; the first Aguilar was nocked back, its rotors snapped and
it fell down the cliff face in a firey reck. Spirit ran ta help tha now
collapsed shaman while Kichanski and me ran to help Lister who had been hit by
one of the wild rotor blades. The second helicopter turned towards Spirit and
Claw and started tearing up tha earth with a line of autocannon fire that was
headed right towards them. Suddenly, out of nowhere comes CRUSH. It all
seemed ta go inta slow motion after that, CRUSH pushed Spirit and Claw out of
tha line of while trying ta keep his body between them and the autocannon fire.
Well it worked, CRUSH got them out of tha way, but he took a huge burst of tha
cannon fire right in the torso, there wasn't anything we could do. We all sat
there stuned as his huge body flew off the Rock to the ground below. DO YA
HEAR THAT SPIRIT!!!!! THERE WAS NOTHING THAT ANY OF US COULD DO!!!! HE'S DEAD
DAMN IT!!! LET HIM GO!!!! *weep*


Ah am not really sure what happened next, this gray mist seemed ta cover us
all. There was this sound of metal tearing, and suddenly tha ground moved
beneath our feet. From what we can gather, some type of spirit helped us, but
we don't know why. Claw was unconscious from tha wild magic back lash, and
AH don't think it was tha guide from tha really startled and wondrous look on
his face. We ended up so far from tha Rock that we couldn't even see it in tha
distance. We had everything with us from the rock, the donkeys the packs, the
only thing we didn't have was CRUSH. We road for a day too stuned ta even
speak. Spirit was in shock, Lister had lost his hand to the rotor blade,
Sheena had taken some shrapnel in the arm and our healer was still unconscious
from trying to use Australian Wild Magic. Yet none of it seemed ta matter,
with CRUSH gone the heart had gone out of us too. Lister didn't mention his
hand at all, Sheena just removed the shrapnel and Ah helped her bandage it as
best Ah could.

Spirit came out of it after a few days. The first words out of her mouth were,
"He's not dead!!!". We had ta tranq patch her ta clam her down, and it still
didn't even put her out. She just sat there tha whole rest of the week ride
back saying "he's not dead. I can feeel it, HE'S NOT DEAD!!!!!". Ah would love
for it ta be so, but no one can live through an autocannon blast and a fall of
a cliff, not even CRUSH. Even if he did live, we couldn't have done anything
ta help his wounds, we had no magic, and the Medikit wouldn't get him back ta
civilization quick enough.

It still loomed over our heads, Claw finally woke up yesterday before our
flight. He just looked around and said, "There is no trace of him". Thats tha
only thing he has said since waking. He left already ta somewhere Ah don't
really know where. He's been with Craig and Wendy since the begining, they
have been through everything together. *sniff* It was only him and Wendy when
CRUSH *weep*

lost his father; only him and Wendy ta help Craig through Goblinization. Fox
we need ya now, though Ah don't know what there is for ya ta do though. Spirit
still says he is alive, but there is this look of such total loss in her eyes
that it chills mah ta the bone... We really don't know what ta do, Ah am so
confused. Things just seemed ta work with him around and NOW HE's GONE!!!!
AH'm sorry AH just can't do it anymore.]<<<<<
--Circuit Breaker < Criag William Morgan III, R.I.P. >
Message no. 4
From: "Adam E. Buchanan" <JVXNSYA@***.BITNET>
Subject: Return
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 14:07:51 -0400
>>>>>[HOI Chums, Well I 'ave jus' gotten back to Seattle. Wow wha' a long
trip
tha' was. I am lookin' ferward ta my bed. I thin' I am gonna sleep fer th'
next day. I nee' some rest. I still 'ave ta drive back ta my place. Then i
am jus' gonna crash. Later all.]<<<<<
-- STREETWOLF(Fire is an Elf's Best Friend)(14:07:28/10:08:54)
Message no. 5
From: Dylan Northrup <northrup@*****.CAS.USF.EDU>
Subject: Return
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1993 18:41:00 -0500
>>>>>[I have returned from my extended abscence. It does my soul good to
see that many of the old faces and icons are here and not much worse for
the wear. Greetings to those of you that have found this haven for those
who choose their activities to go unnoticed. Let us hope that your stay
will be a pleasant and rewarding one. And now it is time for me to return
to fixing this infernal power converter (One would think that a targeting
laser that ran off of the same power supply as an SIR-25 would be an easy
project. However I cannot seem to get the frequencies of the two lasers
to synch at the differing power levels. If I use them at differing power
levels I get a) a burnt out targeting laser, or b) a very low powered IR
flashlight with a targeting laser on top. And when I try to use the two
at different frequencies I get a feedback loop in the power converter.
Any suggestions?)

My goodness this has turned into a long post rather quickly. Indeed for
the sake of propriety I must end it now so as not to be thought of as
verbose!]<<<<<

-- Doc X <04NOV54/07:52:55>
Message no. 6
From: "Adam E. Buchanan" <JVXNSYA@***.BITNET>
Subject: return
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1993 11:47:03 -0500
>>>>>[Hoi all, I 'ave jus' come back from TNO. Tha' was a much needed
break.
Th' family was doin' great. Got ta spend some time wit' th' family. I also
got ta see some old friends from before th' university.

I also jus' picked up th' new album from Colice Brightstar. Very big o'er
seas. It 'as probably jus' arrived at th' stores in Seattle. I also found ou'
tha' she is gonna tour soon. I 'ope she comes to Seattle. Colice and m'self
go way back.

Well jus' wanted ta tell ya I'm back.]<<<<<
-- STREETWOLF(Fire is an Elf's Best Friend)(11:45:15/11:09:54)
Message no. 7
From: Nightfox <DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: return
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1993 18:10:03 -0700
***** I too shall also be returning shortly to Seattle, though I do dislike
leaving the Tir, it is a beautiful country. Unfortuanately, I do not have a job
here, so I am not allowed to stay over the winter break. My finals are almost
done, and I will then have to leave.*****
-- Nightfox <N'Ralan Filox>
Message no. 8
From: Randy Barron <rbarron@*****.CS.DU.EDU>
Subject: Re: return
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1993 02:08:19 -0700
>>>>>[ Nightfoxz, though I realize you know
nothing of me, if you wish, I can get a work
permit so that you can stay in the Tir? If
you say you know anything about being a dad
and will tell me, I'll get you citizenship.

You know, I like this, though. All kids should
be given to their parents once their teenagers,
or better yet, full grown. Less hassle that way.
*grin* Well, two more years.

Nightfox, should you accept, you can contact
me at >>Encrypt: SOLAR_FLARE v.2.12<< any time
that you feel is convenient. ]<<<<<
-- Silverflame <01:09:00/12-13-54>
Message no. 9
From: Nightfox <DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: Re: return
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1993 17:36:42 -0700
***** Thank you Silverflame, but no. I have no real need to stay in the Tir
over the holidays. I shall most probably be joining my roomate and a few
friends on an winter holiday to Tir Nan Og. He has relatives that he would like
to meet and would also just like to see the country. It shall be interesting to
enter Tir Nan Og legally, instead of the normal entering without permission.

As to parenting, I doubt that I could be of little help to you since I am merely
twenty years old. What advice that I can give only pertains to mine and others
early experiences as children. The first is that being on what many call 'The
runn' can be stressing to a young child. The second is that children can often
be harmed as a result of the actions of their parents. The lack of children
their age can also lead to discomfort in social settings and a lack of
understanding of other people. Lastly, the death of one or both of the parents
can cause severe phsycological trauma to young children.

As to how one should deal with a newly found teen-age child, I would suggest the
most important thing is patience and understanding. One should probably stear
clear of trying to control teenager since they will possibly already resent the
absence of the new parent from their early life. Instead, one should rather try
to be a friend and somewhat of a 'big brother' who will watch out for them and
do things with them. Leading them by example is much better than just telling
them no. Most importantly though, let them form their own opinions about things
but give them yours so that they have a wider basis of knowledge. Most of all
though you should just be yourself and do what you think is right. *****
-- Nightfox <N'Ralan Filox>
Message no. 10
From: Basilisk <prier@***.UNIBAS.CH>
Subject: Return
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 20:55:09 +0200
>>>>>[Herr Frypp, I am back in Seattle after having to being away for some
time (don't ask). Are you having any jobs for me to do? I have spending
many money covering up tracks and am needing more soon. Damn, you can see
I am still having stress, my Englisch is not good. I hoping to hear you
soon.]<<<<<
-- Basilisk <19:57:21 GMT/24.Juni.55>
Message no. 11
From: Enos Michel CDT <x62674e3@******.USMA.EDU>
Subject: Return...
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 1994 22:04:10 EDT
>>>>>[Greetings shadowtypes. I'm back on line, at least for a while. If
anyone
needs some help from the big apple let me know. I'll be here for a couple of
weeks enjoying the crime, slime and smog. I love New York. Almost as much as
Jersey. ]<<<<<
-- Tracker < 19:00:51 / 06-07-55 >
NYC Matrix Uplink #421TK
Message no. 12
From: The Dead Wyrm <oroboros@*****.ARBORNET.ORG>
Subject: Return.
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 1994 22:22:19 -0500
*****PRIVATE: Xopipo
>>>>>[ Sir, our extraction was successful. Currently waiting for further
assignment data in Washington, D.C., UCAS. ]<<<<<
-- Macros the Black (19:08:37/11-13-55)

>>>>>[ Mr. Frypp, we take it that your company is successfully arrainging
itself to handle our requests? ]<<<<<
-- OS^2 (19:17:45/11-13-55)

>>>>>[ STREETWOLF, we have not spoken with you, yet; we would still like
to do so. At your ... earliest convenience. ]<<<<<
-- OS^2 (19:17:45/11-13-55)

*****PRIVATE: Mike and the Mechanic
>>>>>[ Which reminds me -- this OS^2 character was asking after you
guys. Sounds serious. ]<<<<<
-- Slick (19:25:37/11-13-55)

*****PRIVATE: Slick
>>>>>[ WHAT?!? You didn't say anything to them, did you?
]<<<<<
-- Mike and the Mechanic (19:27:44/11-13-55)

*****PRIVATE: Mike and the Mechanic
>>>>>[ Not yet, no. Why, do you want me to? ]<<<<<
-- Slick (19:33:02/11-13-55)

*****PRIVATE: Slick
>>>>>[ Not until we can get some hard data on them. Got any?
]<<<<<
-- Mike and the Mechanic (19:35:58/11-13-55)

*****PRIVATE: Mike and the Mechanic
>>>>>[ Sheeyeah, right. The only info I can get is from my street sources
-- and they aren't coming up with jack shit. I'll try, though. ]<<<<<
-- Slick (19:40:00/11-13-55)
Message no. 13
From: MAGECK <JVXNSYA@***.BITNET>
Subject: Re: Return.
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 16:53:05 -0500
>>>>>[OS^2, our meet will have ta be delay'd fer a little while as I jus'
ha'
somethin' come up.]<<<<<
-- STREETWOLF(Fire is an Elf's Best Friend)<16:52:45/11-16-55>
Message no. 14
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Return
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 95 3:13:59 EST
*****PRIVATE TO: Righteous
>>>>>[
Authorization: JRAAA9786M
Authorization Key: >>encrypted<<
Decode Time Pip: <03:12:18/11-11-56>
Message Target System: Shadowland
Message Target User: Righteous.

We're working on it. Who you are calling Andrew Jackson in
reality seems to be Alexander Jackson. Be more concise next time, we
spent almost three hours trying to hunt down an Andrew J. Your search
request has been given mid-level priority. Congradulations. Give Dana
a nice, deep, long kiss.]<<<<<
-- Ghostmailer <CORRUPTED/CORRUPTED>

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