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Message no. 1
From: Brian Rogers <rogers@****.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Spells
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 12:31:29 -0600
>>>>>[CAUTION:

A few weeks ago I uploaded some spells of my own creation. I advertised
that these spells should do well against Insects. I was wrong. They
do not work at all. Do NOT use them. ]<<<<<

-- Kor <18:26:34 / 11-15-55>

***** PRIVATE: Scourge
[Greetings and well met. I have a request to make of you.
I have a need to post a few mail messages anonymously and was hoping
that for a couple of thousand neuyen a pop I could get you to do that
for me. What do you think? Is is possible to do this so no one knows
where it came from?]

-- Kor <18:30:03 / 11-15-55>
Message no. 2
From: Mike Goldberg <m_goldberg@**.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 16:45:11 -0700
***** Private: Kor
>>>>>[ Yes I could do it. Here's my fee rating: >>encrypted<<.
Contact
me off-line to tell me the specifics. ]<<<<<
--
Scourge <15:47:15/11-21-55>
Message no. 3
From: Brian Rogers <rogers@****.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Spells
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 01:14:12 -0600
***** PRIVATE: Ice
>>>>>[Ronin...

I know the name. No problems.]<<<<<
-- Kor <07:11:01 / 01-28-58>
Message no. 4
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Spells
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 21:40:17 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Kor
>>>>>[Yeah, yeah, very nice, Kor.

Now what do the bloody spells actually _do_?

All these cryptic names might be useful to you hermetics, but they mean
sod-all to me.

I could trade you "Gurglefetzer's Furious Custard" for a particularly
useful example...]<<<<<
-- The Mighty Quinn <21:40:28/06-25-58>
Message no. 5
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 10:40:26 +1100
***** PRIVATE: Kor
>>>>>[I don't get what you mean about the implications. What else can you
do with it exactly?]<<<<<
-- Ice <16:35:38/06-26-58>
Message no. 6
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Spells
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 23:27:34 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Kor
>>>>>[Not bad. Thanks for the formulae, should be able to convert them.
Anything I got that you want in trade?

And as for letting you shoot at me with a SMG, no problem, as long as
it's _me_ you're shooting at: with your marksmanship, the safest place
to be with you is right in front of the target. No risk at all of
getting hit... :)

One day you're going to learn how to fire single-figure bursts. You
might even discover what those funny things called "sights" are for :)
Until then, you're God's gift to ammunition manufacturers...

Still. pointing a finger at someone and saying "don't move" never works,
and at worst you can drop the gun and raise your hands and everyone migh
think you're disarmed...

Want something with a bit more panache than that Steyr? I can probably
talk Lynch into lending you his Calico 900, if you really want. With a
hundred-round helical magazine, even you should eventually hit
_something_ - if only because you hit everything else beforehand.]<<<<<
-- The Mighty Quinn <ERROR:ERROR:ERROR/ERROR-ERROR-ERROR>


*****PRIVATE: The Mighty Quinn
>>>>>[You never give up, do you?

No, you can't hack your T/D that way either.

Sheesh.]<<<<<
-- SysOp <We:Can:But/You-Can-Not>
Message no. 7
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Spells
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 14:32:47 +1200
>>>>>[I realise this is more of a magicnet thing, but I sent it here
too... anyone know any magic that'll mask body heat? I'm sick of my
invisibility being busted by thermovision, so I'm about to sit down and
design something for it, but I thought I might be able to save myself some
effort if someone has already done it.]<<<<<
-- Faerie <19:31:33/03-28-59>
Message no. 8
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 21:03:56 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Faerie
>>>>>[I've got a spell that at least tries to mask you pretty well from
_all_ sensors. Depends which ones, though. Visual, IR, scent, no
problem, hides you pretty well.

It doesn't do so well keeping sound in, and for some reason millimetre-
wave radar and ultrasound and other high-tech tinker toys hardly seem
affected at all. Tech stuff, I guess.

Oh, yeah, it gets warm in there with the spell up. Some thermodynamic
mumbo-jumbo about entropy and heat and stuff like that.

You got anything interesting to trade?]<<<<<
-- The Mighty Quinn <21:03:35/03-29-59>
Message no. 9
From: "Mark L. Neidengard" <mneideng@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 11:33:53 -0800
>>>>>[Faerie - broad-spectrum invisibility has been a solved problem for
years
now...you mean you _haven't_ been using broad-spectrum for your Physical
invis. spells?? Even the Generic Grimoire Server has simple version which
will hide body heat (unless your body happens to have a temperature closer to
boiling water >})... Since you seem to have some inkling of MagickNet (hell,
you got in here), I trust you can look it up for yourself. Now, figuring out
how to handle ultrasonics is a _much_ more interesting problem.]<<<<<
-- Jason Tylor <11:20:48 / 03-29-59>
Message no. 10
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:57:08 +1200
>>>>>[And do you have a solution to the U-sound problem,
Tylor?]<<<<<
-- Faerie <17:54:39/03-30-59>

*****PRIVATE: The Mighty Quinn
>>>>>[Looks like I might get a free solution elsewhere, sorry. And thanks
for not being so condescending as that Tylor character was.]<<<<<
-- Faerie <17:55:27/03-30-59>

*****PRIVATE: Michael
>>>>>[Are you still talking to me? If so, where and what is "the
Generic
Grimoire Server"? I still don't know my way around all that
well.]<<<<<
-- Faerie <17:56:56/03-30-59>
Message no. 11
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 19:06:11 -0800
>>>>>[Regarding the Ultrasound problem, since it is a little more germain
here than MagickNet, most consider a spell that physically imposes silence
(damps out vibrations in the air) over your area to be the simplest
effective method. On the other hand, it can be a two-edged sword, because
you can't hear anything either, and if ultrasound sensors are in
use, then the area appears as a hole rather than the normal background
reflections, so the better sensors can map out the "void" where they can't
detect. Like using a spell that absorbs light instead of invisibility and
generates a field of darkness that can be seen as a huge dark mass.
Obviously then, one would aim for the center, but it is at least less
accurate than with no protection at all. I've read there have been
some studies on a spell that would make one accoustically transparent
(except one's ear drums), much like invisibility for light, but it does
have problems, like not muting the sounds that you make as well
(footsteps, voice, etc.) which can also be used to track you.]<<<<<
-- WhiteTyger <18:29:56/03-29-59 PST>


*****PRIVATE: Faerie
>>>>>[Yeah, I'm still talking to you. I don't have to like what you did,
but at least from what you said at the meeting I guess I understand you
had your reasons for why you did it, for the most part.

The Generic Grimoire is a collection of spell formulae freeware/shareware
(if you like this spell, send 10 grams of your favorite enchanting radical
to _____ and support our research) at >>LTG/RTG<< that people over on
MagickNet have been contributing for years. A lot of it is either pretty
basic "every mage should have a _____ in their repertoire" type stuff or
rather oddball spells that nobody would want to buy (Control Goldfish,
Repel Bubbles, etc. the latter IIRC was developed by a Rat shaman that was
attacked and bathed by his friends once, although the guy's Smite
Cockroach (lesser) might be useful). They come in all flavors, divided
by type and tradition so there are quite a few replications, just be sure
you end up in the right sector. A word of warning though, all the
formulae are "use at your own risk" so I don't normally get my formulae
from there, or if anything I always look them over carefully for flaws or
deficiencies. A decent source of inspiration mostly.]<<<<<
-- Michael <19:02:32/03-29-59 PST>
Message no. 12
From: "Mark L. Neidengard" <mneideng@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:29:27 -0800
*****INTERNAL: Penumbra Arborealis (Lothian)
>>>>>[
+++++to: Jason Tylor

Thank you for taking your deck offline after the double-posting incident
yesterday. I've determined that someone made some modifications to your
terminal during your absense to Seattle: we are pursuing this as a matter of
internal security and you needn't worry about your usual computing activities.
Your system has been restored to its normal functionality.
]<<<<<
-- L'Arc en Ciel <12:20:58 / 03-30-59>


>>>>>[As I said, ultrasonics are an interesting research problem - one
which
has yielded some useful results. If people are interesting in swapping further
data, contact me on the MagickNet's Exchange.]<<<<<
-- Jason Tylor <12:27:47 / 03-30-59>
Message no. 13
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 22:45:38 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Achilles
>>>>>[We got a lead on Slick the Stick. Moving to check it out now.
Stand by, we may need to move in a hurry.

Could two of you cover the junction of Fifteenth and Hertzog from about
2330, for maybe half an hour? If we hit trouble, we'll scream and run,
and draw them over to you. Probably be all right, but we're getting
close to something, and that makes me tense.

This is what we got. We're en route to talk to Slick now.

+++++begin video
A dark alley, Lynch leading down it: almost reflexively scanning the
heaped garbage and rusting dumpsters for threats. Movement behind him,
Lilith and Quinn backing him up, as he approaches a door little
different from any other except for the spray-painted question mark.He
knocks twice, and the door swings open.

Inside is what might have been a bar until it was firebombed: now, just
a large, boarded-up room, walls blackened by soot, and very dark for the
moments before his Eye Lights kick in: he sidesteps away from the door
to avoid being silhouetted, Quinn following and Lilith bringing up the
rear.

"Glad you could make it." the Dwarf standing by the remnants of the bar
says.

"You're Jimbo, right?" Lynch asks.

"Yeah. And these three - " three Ork youths emerge from behind the bar,
facing off against the visitors - "are your qualifying exam. After
you've dealt with them, maybe we'll talk. No guns."

The Orks advance: one has a two-by-four, another a length of pipe, and
the third swings what might be motorcycle chain.

"Oh, gee, I know this game." Lilith suggests, starting to turn, and on
'game' she leaps: bringing her foot around in a flying roundhouse kick
that sends her target sprawling, dazed and coughing for breath.

"Trebtar ekil gnis?" Quinn suggest to the chain-swinging Ork, who drops
the chain and begins to slap his forehead as he tunelessly sings "Her
name <slap> was Lola <slap>, she was <slap> a showgirl
<slap>..."

The third, facing Lynch, looks nervously at one friend (groaning on the
floor clutching cracked ribs) and the other (walking in circles,
slapping his head and singing), and hefts his pipe...

"Think it over." the mercenary advises softly, and the Ork backs off.
The Dwarf applauds briefly.

"Good enough. Enzo, check Billy, and get those ribs looked at. Could you
please restore Tom to his approximation of normality?" Quinn snaps her
fingers and the singing Ork stops in mid-word, looking puzzled and
rubbing his sore head. "Thank you. Please, follow me."

"We ought to have our own trideo show." Lilith says sotto voce, as the
Dwarf walks through the charred STAFF ONLY door.


Behind the bar, there is a clean and functional office lit by hurricane
lamps: Jimbo settles into his chair, indicates for the visitors to do
the same. "I'd offer coffee, but we don't have power at the moment."

"Might I ask what the purpose of that little theatre was?" Lilith asks
languidly.

"Three. One, it reassures me you're either Feds, or good enough to beat
the information out of me anyway. Two, it lets me see how you handle a
fight: if you casually snuff a couple of my boys, you're not someone I
want to deal with. I feed you crap, spread word you're psycho and
relocate. Three, it lets me knock the overconfidence out of said boys,
when they get the drek kicked out of them by a couple of pros. Good
enough?"

"Perfectly." Lilith replies. "So, we understand you deal in
information."

"I do indeed. What do you want to know?"

"We're looking for Slick the Stick?" she suggests.

"You and most of Miami PD. What's the plan when you catch the man?"
Jimbo, seeing Lilith light a cigarette, produces a Romeo y Julieta and
clips the end. "Anyone else?" he proffers the humidor. Quinn declines,
Lynch accepts one.

"We need him to answer a few questions. He hired for a hit on us. We
want to know who hired him. We're not planning to bust him, so long as
he talks, he's a pawn." Lynch trims the cigar with a spur, accepts a
long cedar match from Jimbo. Fragrant smoke drifts.

"Okay, that makes perfect sense to me. Since you guys are transients,
I'll set up a meet for cash. Five grand, nuyen, half now half later. He
talks, he walks, I have a reputation to maintain. Deal?"

"Deal." Lynch nods. "Certified okay? And we'll pay up front. We can
trash _your_ rep if you stiff us, after all, Sharon Goodnight's a
friend."


Jimbo looks slightly surprised. "You really want the guy, don't you?"

"Yeah. Whoever hired Slick is on our shit list. Plus, you know anything
about Samhain?"

"Jesus, you guys like trouble, don't you?" The Dwarf shakes his head.
"Cops know most of what I do on that one, guy was a friend of Shaz .
That was _bad_. Offing cops is trouble round here. Offing a cop and
carving a signature into his skull... that's just rude. You talked to
Shaz, you know what I know. I get anything else, I'll pass it on. Oh,
yeah, a freebie." Jimbo puffs on the cigar. "Be careful who you announce
yourself to. There's interest in finding you and your friends. Money
involved. You're not Miami's favourite people."

"Nobody ever appreciates the good guys..." Quinn chuckles.
+++++end video

Jimbo's a useful man to know. Worth remembering him if we're ever im
Miami again.]<<<<<
-- 1Lt J R W Lynch <22:44:34/03-30-59>
Strategic Intelligence Gathering Agency
Message no. 14
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 22:55:29 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Faerie
>>>>>[No problemo, psycho killer dudette, as my friend Harley might say.

If you _do_ want to compare notes and maybe swap some spells, gimme a
call, I'm out of town right now anyway but I'm around every so
often.]<<<<<
-- The Mighty Quinn <22:55:32/03-30-59>
Message no. 15
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:29:19 +1200
*****PRIVATE: Michael
>>>>>[Thanks. And not just for the advice.]<<<<<
-- Faerie <18:28:53/03-30-59>
Message no. 16
From: jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz (Jaimie Nicholson)
Subject: Spells
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 12:13:44 -0500
>>>>>[Anyone who wishes to learn spells from a fully licensed Hermetic
magician,
please contact me here. You're licensing status is of no concern
whatsoever, so have no hesitation on that score. I can provide knowledge of
several unique spells of my own devising.]<<<<<
-- Ice <18:07:21/08-19-57>
Message no. 17
From: Brian Rogers <rogers@****.uiuc.edu>
Subject: RE: Spells
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 19:17:14 -0500
>>>>>[Are you the same person that just recently posted a listing of
spells on MagicNet?

If so, Im still interested in looking at a few of your formula.]<<<<<
-- Kor <00:16:42 / 08-20-57>
Message no. 18
From: jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz (Jaimie Nicholson)
Subject: RE: Spells
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 12:48:56 -0500
>>>>>[ Kor, this is public because the same wil apply to anyone else who
asks.

MagicNet? No, my account there is probably frozen by now. Formulae, though,
we can talk about that. The unique spells I was talking about are the
following:

Shapechange II: As per the Shapechange basic formula (A.J. Meyer's work,
out of Omikami MagiLabs, I think), but this version preserves any cyberware
you may have. I use it to keep my cyber-camera and flare comp running so I
can get film while disguised as a cute little cat, but I guess turning your
sammy mates into chipped up tigers would be quite effective.

Ice Prison: Basically it's a sustained spell that wraps the target in ice
for as long as you like. Can't breathe of course, but frag 'e, they knew
the risks when they started messing with a mage, right? Kinder than the
next one, too.

Ice Bolt: Modified from the physical manipulation spell they teach to damn
near every corp wagemage, good old flamethrower. This one uses cold to get
pretty much the same effects, but instead of cauterising any wounds, it
tends to leave gaping holes in the victim.

Also, I'm not a bad enchanter, if you don't mind your foci lacking a
brandname. I have the formula for a unique new type of focus too, but I
won't talk about that to just anyone.]<<<<<
-- Ice <18:31:57/08-19-57>
Message no. 19
From: Daniel Sauve <josha@*********.com>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 16:34:53 -0400
*****PRIVATE:Ice
>>>>>[Count me in. I'm really intersted in telekenitic
manipulations.}<<<<<
-- Dr. Stranger
Message no. 20
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 16:33:17 +0100
>>>>>[Hey, Ice, I'd like that Ice Bolt spell. What will you take in
trade?]<<<<<
-- The Mighty Quinn <16:34:42/08-20-57>
Message no. 21
From: jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz (Jaimie Nicholson)
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 16:13:33 +1200 (NZST)
*****PRIVATE: Dr Stranger
>>>>>[ Name a place and time then, and I see if I have a few days free. We
can
talk price when I arrive.]<<<<<
-- Ice <21:53:23/08-20-57>
Message no. 22
From: jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz (Jaimie Nicholson)
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 16:13:17 +1200 (NZST)
*****PRIVATE: The Mighty Quinn
>>>>>[ Just meeting some people here in the Seattle shadow-world would be a
>>>>>good
trade for a spell or two. I'm out of my element here in Seattle, and though
I've worked the shadows before, I could always go home to an authentic SIN
at the end of the day. Saying so shows a weakness, and I know I shouldn't
do that, but I could use your help. Contact me here with a time and place
for a more conveninet chat.]<<<<<
-- Ice <21:59:44/08-20-57>
Message no. 23
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 21:07:13 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Ice
>>>>>[I know some good people for you to meet.

I'll see you at >>encrypted<<. Hope you like Scottish beer :)
]<<<<<
-- The Mighty Quinn <21:08:42/08-21-57>
Message no. 24
From: jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz (Jaimie Nicholson)
Subject: Re: Spells
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:44:26 +1200 (NZST)
*****PRIVATE: Dr Stranger
>>>>>[You still there? Still interested in magic?
Hello?]<<<<<
-- Ice <15:44:07/08-22-57>

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