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Message no. 1
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Smartass Dragon, Take 2
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 95 20:03:56 EST
>>>>>[Okey doke Ryuga, tell us about one of them. 'Sides, maybe you just
saw our glamour shots in "Stay Away from these Ultra-Dangerous People
Quartarly" (They kept attributing our runs to fundamentalists, so we had
to send them a letter with our pics in it. Bastards) and decided that we
were just _too_ attractive to go without praise? I dunno, there could be
plenty of reasons...]<<<<<
-- Jen and Gabe <20:05:41/12-09-56>
Message no. 2
From: ANGLISS BRIAN EDWARD <angliss@****.colorado.edu>
Subject: Re: Smartass Dragon, Take 2
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 18:14:35 -0700 (MST)
>>>>>[(spit) Ultra-Dangerous People? Listen, partners, if ya really
appeared there, ya ain't(spit) long fer this world, if'n ya catch my
drift. Do yerselves a favor, and stop(spit) tootin yer own horn. If'n
ya bring the down around my friends(spit) heads, I may just come outta
retirement ta(spit) teach you a lesson. And just so ya(spit) know where
I'ma comin from, I got more time in the shadows(spit) then you've been
alive. And I ain't lost my edge, either. Play yer cards right, and
you'll(spit) go far. But screw up, and you'll deal with(Hawwwwwwwwwwkkk
gulp) yummy... you'll deal with me. Catch my(spit) meanin, partners?
Good.]<<<<<
-- Josie Wails <18:13:00/12-09-56>
Message no. 3
From: ANGLISS BRIAN EDWARD <angliss@****.colorado.edu>
Subject: Re: Smartass Dragon, Take 2
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 18:27:01 -0700 (MST)
>>>>>[(i'm sorry please excuse Roxey but she read the post went nearly
catatonic and started typing)....and the two worlds, swearing that the
two could never meet and, through treachery, distrust, and hatred, swore
neverending war upon each other. And war they did, for aeons, army
against army, magic against magic, laying to waste whole lands, some of
which never recovered during the slow times the devastation had been so
extreme. And they warred upon each other, killing millions in the
reasonless slaughter, until both worlds came to realize that neither
could win against the other without destroying themselve sin the
process. And, grudgingly, the warriors and enemies returned to the
ancient site where war had begun, again to talk of peace. Through years
of posturing and anger on both sides, an agreement was grudgingly reached
and the combatants began an uneasy peace. But not all was well in the
world, for not all could accept the peace, and they saught to destroy the
uneasy truces that stayed the armies. Ultimately they brought the worlds
within a day of returning to total war, when several among both sides
took the initiative and hunted thier own and destroyed the dissidents who
would foment aeons more of war....(i think it's the mistress of the
cycles again but i'm not sure what is roxey's problems this time
nightfox, do you know)]<<<<<
-- Foxey Roxey <18:25:36/12-09-56>

>>>>>[Racial memory, young one. And N'ralen will certainly attest to
that.]<<<<
-- Etsy <18:25:25/12-09-56>
Message no. 4
From: Samuel Fortiner <fortsa@********.wwc.edu>
Subject: Re: Smartass Dragon, Take 2
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 19:02:14 -0800 (PST)
*****Private: Observer
>>>>>[

+++++Include: Msg from smartframe 329x3

Search initiated 19:03:23/12-9-56 on 'Stay Away from these
Ultra-Dangerous People Quarterly' Reply pending search completion.

Reference: Jen and Gabe

Priority rating: 6

+++++End Include

]<<<<<

Smartframe 329x3 <19:03:24/12-9-56>
Message no. 5
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Smartass Dragon, Take 2
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 95 2:18:10 EST
>>>>>[Josie:
+++++Include MatrixWare Construct: VBW.MatrixWare.Spittoon.V.3.225]<<<<<
-- Jen and Gabe <02:15:39/12-10-56>
Message no. 6
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Smartass Dragon, Take 2
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 95 2:34:38 EST
>>>>>[WOAH! HANG ON A SECOND!

Whats all this about two worlds and all that stuff?

I don't know how many of you were around before the Awakening, but
after growing up in that environment, I find it _very_ hard to beleive all
this "Sixth World" stuff. I mean, where did these elves come from? How and
why did they stay hidden for all of those centuries? If the elves have
such a "racial memory" why don't the orks, and dwarves, and trolls? I find
this "honorable elf history" very hard to understand.

I know that someone is going to comeback and say something like "Yeah,
but before the Awakening, we didn't know about magic": I'll respond now.
How many quantum computers exist right now? Four (that I know of). Why are
there so few? Because of all the shielding they have to be surrounded
with -- _magical_ shielding. Not only are they surrounded with fairly
hefty Faraday cages (and usually lead, and three zillion feet of earth),
but all sorts of stuff to stop Astral creatures from getting in. Why?
Because magic seems to affect things on a quantum level (I'll pop a link
into a "Modern Science" article that has all this drek in it). How astral
stuff affects quantum happenings is, of course, random and unknown. But it
does.

And how does it relate to my arguement against the "invisible past"? We
knew about magic and how it worked before the Awakening, but we only had
part of the puzzle. All I ask is this: Why are there no archeological or
paleontological records of elves out there if they had this "great
history"?

(and no, I'm no humanis policlub member, I just find a lot of this
stuff hard to beleive)]<<<<<
-- Tobai Dark <02:27:09/12-10-56>


>>>>>[We'll go further than that:

All that elf stuff is pure and unadulterated drek spread about by the
Tirs. The Council knows that this kind of crap gives them some sort of
"higher authority", kinda like the christians during the middle-ages with
the "divine right of kings". Its the same thing for speretheil: all of
the algoriths based on Chomsky's theories can be reversed. We've seen a
few "language generators" around, that build you a whole damn language
if you only give it a few words. Some of them even have a complexity
slider right on the control panel, letting you make all sorts of nice
musical words and grammars.]<<<<<
-- Jen and Gabe <02:32:14/12-10-56>
Message no. 7
From: Craigtw1@***.com
Subject: Re: Smartass Dragon, Take 2
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 10:01:01 -0500
>>>>>[<SIGH> I still remember the day my homeland fell...because
foolishness
ruled the day. Rumors of each side preparing to attack the other...noone
tried to confirm any of the rumors, until each side HAD prepared for
war...then it was too late. I did my best to stay out of it, and to bring
both sides together for Ryuga and myself both knew that neither would win in
the first place. The war only destroyed many beautiful things, including my
home.]<<<<<
-- Olorin (07:00:30 PST/ 12:10:56)
Message no. 8
From: Craigtw1@***.com
Subject: Re: Smartass Dragon, Take 2
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 10:07:31 -0500
>>>>>[<looks through magazine subscriptions> Now where is that
Ultra-Dangerous Runners or whatever subscription? I know it's here
someplace...hmmmm...Ultra-Annoying Runners You Want To Squash...no, that's
not it...Ultra-Cool Runner Fashions...no, not this one...Ultra-Fine cutting
tools, For Those Times You Need To Cut Yourself Out of Trouble...nope...Drat,
can't find it. Oh, well...it must be a publication for stupid runners
anyway.]<<<<<
-- Ryuga (07:05:30 PST/ 12:10:56)
CEO
Ryaka Science and Tech
Message no. 9
From: bd042@***.org (SCN User)
Subject: Re: Smartass Dragon, Take 2
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 23:58:19 -0800
*****PRIVATE: Josie Wails
>>>>>[Oh no, not again.....that has to be the most disgusting
avatar I'v ever seen, AJ. I'm gonna get the Sysop to implement
some spittoon frames in here...]<<<<<
--Moonwalker <Thri/ller>
Message no. 10
From: bd042@***.org (SCN User)
Subject: Re: Smartass Dragon, Take 2
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 00:11:34 -0800
>>>>>[Two points: One, I'm an elf who speaks hexadecimal better than
speth...spele...elvish, and I've never heard of this racial memory
crap. Two, Chomsky only had half the story. Go look up Stephenson,
from the late 20C. ]<<<<<
--Moonwalker <Beat/It>
Message no. 11
From: ANGLISS BRIAN EDWARD <angliss@****.colorado.edu>
Subject: Re: Smartass Dragon, Take 2
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 18:42:39 -0700 (MST)
*****PRIVATE: Moonwalker
>>>>>[Don't worry about Josie, Moonwalker. He's only around once in a
while. I'm just glad I'm sane this time....]<<<<<
-- Action Jackson <18:35:12/12-11-56>

>>>>>[Thanks, y'all(spit).

+++++Upload: Brass Spittoon Frame +++++

Off the CPU, down the uni, off the Black IC, over the junction, through
the store, around the Killer, up the line(HAAAAWWWWWWKKKKKKKK cough
wheeze HaaawwwwwwwWWWWWKKKKK SPIT!!!!! per-tang! Smack!.....ping zang Pow!
ker-WHANG!!!!) Nothin but spittoon(spit).]<<<<<
-- Josie Wails <18:41:05/12-11-56>
Message no. 12
From: Craigtw1@***.com
Subject: Re: Smartass Dragon, Take 2
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 20:57:30 -0500
>>>>>[Alright, pilgrim, you're a man after my own self. As for Jen and
Gabe,
if ya wanna play rough I can surely oblige ya.]<<<<<
-- Da Duke (18:00:30 PST/ 12:11:56)

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