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Message no. 1
From: Kendall Davis <KENDALL@******.BITNET>
Subject: The story on that damn focus
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 01:42:00 EDT
>>>>>[MILLHAUS: Focus recieved safely. The reason I needed it returned
follows:
My trip regarding the object was to meet with a person who call himself
"Keeper". He told me he represents the order of Ani T'Hoth, the magical
order formed by the followers of Arago T'Hoth. As you will remember, this
is the former Aztechnology mage from 2022 whose spirit and being is
supposed to be contained in this damn barbed wire contraption. "Keeper"
then subjected me to a four and a half hour orientation into the "dogma" of
Ani T'Hoth, from which I will kindly spare you. I could sense nothing of
Keeper. I mean NOTHING. It was as if he didn't exist. I don't know what
to think of him.
The Ani T'Hoth temple is located in the city of Linao, Kanai province of
New Mongolia. The long and short of it is THEY WANT THE FOCUS RETURNED TO
THIER TEMPLE.
Keeper told me they are not a wealthy order, but they can offer items of
great value and knowledge of interest (especially to mages), as reward.
He also will arrange airfare for myself and up to five others to return
the power focus.
He then handed me a small, oddly shaped hematite (I think) stone which he
said would verify their link to the focus. That ended the meeting.

This is why I needed the focus back in my possession. As I'm sure you
noticed, on the back of the focus was a small indentation. The stone he
gave me was the same shape and size so I naturally placed the stone (after
some protective workings) into the indentation. Instanly an image of an
elf dressed in corporate attire appeared and I was drawn into a scrying
state. The image slowly moved his arm and very deliberately pointed due
east, then disappeared. After a few moments I removed the stone and then
placed it back again. This time nothing happened. The energy I had
previously felt from the stone was gone. It seems it was only meant to work
once.

I decided to do some checking. I was standing at 47 degrees 31 minutes
north latitude. A quick glack at a map showed that from my position, the
image was pointing directly at the city of Linao.

"Keeper said he would contact me again in two days by messenger at
(***encrypt sitekeep***).

What did you find out about Ian Cullen. That was a lead from (***encrypt
source***). I'm not doing anything with this until we find out more. I
don't know if I can trust this "Keeper" fellow. See what you can find out
about the Aztechnology link ASAP. Right now, I need some sleep.]<<<<<
--FraterNay <00:43:20/25 June 54>

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