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Message no. 1
From: Timothy Skirvin <tskirvin@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: To Necromancer
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 16:43:07 -0600
***** Encrypt: Black Demon (Necromancer)
>>>>>[Necromancer, I read your message on "friends". Well, I
just figured I'd
let you get a few things straight.

I know I'm not your friend. There's no chance that I'm GOING to be your friend.
I don't WANT to be your friend. But you were once an ally, and you have done
nothing hostile against me, so I'm going to help you out when you need it.

I may hate you, and disbelieve you, but I'm not going to let your pride get you
killed, got it? If you request help, you'd better realize that I'M going to
help you out if I want to.

Necromancer, I will only hurt you if you hurt me, and be warned that if you DO
hurt me I'll cause a LOT of damage to you. Trust me on that one. So we're
stuck being allies.

Necromancer, get that life back soon. You need to do a little less decking, and
and have a little more fun. Got it?]<<<<<
-- Solonus <16:42:30/03-13-55>
Message no. 2
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 16:51:31 -0600
>>>>>[Solonus, shut the drek up, or you are going to be in more drek than
you
care to know about. If Necromancer doesn't want you as a friend, I advise you
take his advice. Frag, I can even see why. And Solonus, you cannot cause as
much damage to me as I can to you. That's the beauty of having a second job,
other than the shadows, you see.]<<<<<
-- Durandal <16:53:18/03-13-55>
Message no. 3
From: Timothy Skirvin <tskirvin@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 17:02:26 -0600
***** Encrypt: Fire of the Ancients (Durandal)
>>>>>[Nice decryption program, Durandal. Got my encryption down in, what,
two
minutes? What were you doing at the time, anyway?

Anyway, is there any particular reason that you're threatening me? I was
reasonably sure we were on decently professional terms. Oh well. Stay out
of my encryption, will ya, and at least encrypt it if you're GOING to decrypt
my stuff...

On to the message. I'm going to continue with how I'm talking, EXACTLY, and if
anything happens to me you can bet that there are going to be a few people find-
ing out whatever they can on the incident. I can cause more damage than you'd
care to know about, especially since I DO have the more than one job.

And as for who can cause the most damage...I don't think that either of us would
like to start a war. But I'm going to do it if I need to. And trust me, I can
cause enough damage that you'd wish that you hadn't fragged with me.

Just stay out of my conversations, and leave me alone on this topic, and I'll
leave you alone. That's how I want it. Got it? Thank you.

Talk to ya later, and if you reply would you PLEASE encrypt the
thing?]<<<<<
-- Solonus <17:02:00/03-13-55>
Message no. 4
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 18:00:51 -0600
*****Encrypt Haze of Blood DNRL [Solonus]
*****Black Defense Protocol Engaged
>>>>>[It's not my problem if your encryption algorithim sucks drek.

No, I don't got it, fraghead. Not unless you want forty armed guards
all over your damn house in under an hour. Tell me how your magic is gonna beat
five mages and 40 LMG's, huh, fragger?

And I reserve my right to tear your encryption to shreds.

No matter how hard you try, you just aren't gonna be able to start a war,
you drekker. I carry more weight that you'll ever see in your lifetime. Twin
stars and an Ares Corporate logo tend to get your fragging ass geeked

*** Upload VisFile: Blueprints, Solonus' Residence

Of course, I don't want to see ya geeked. If you stuff the drek, you're
a half-decent chummer. Now leave Necromancer alone, he's got problems of his
own. That means that if you respond to this message you do it privately, got
it drekhead?]<<<<<
*****Trace-And-Destroy: Unauthorized Download Detected: Terminated [ 1 for 1 ]
-- Durandal <18:02:36/03-13-55>
Message no. 5
From: Timothy Skirvin <tskirvin@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 21:09:02 -0600
***** Encrypt: Private (Durandal)
>>>>>[Durandal, you know I think I'm a little annoyed with you now.

First of all, what were you doing on my mail all the time anyway? The message
was sent out ONCE, and it wasn't all that important, so what the hell were you
doing, just hovering over my mail and decrypting it as it comes?

Anyway, thanks for thinking I have a house. I think that what security is at
my APARTMENT will be alerted, and that's a lot. Attacking would be a BAD idea,
and it would get me mad too. Besides which, I'm not AT home. Can't even get
a trace on a terminal, can you (a safe terminal. Trust me, I'm hard to find).

As for the plans...nice little representation, don't you think? Copied that
thing a while back just so a few people like you would find it...I think the
address is somewhere in Phoenix.

I may not be able to beat you, but I DO know who you are, and I can frag your
credibility so easily...ah, who cares. I'm getting tired of this flame war with
you, and it's pointless. I like Ares, but I have a hard time believing that you
can call the entire forces of them upon one runner.

And I'm planning on leaving Necromancer alone UNLESS he asks for help. Or if
he continues insulting me, and so on. Got it? If he has so many problems,
what is he doing running anyway? (Necromancer, if you're reading this, thanks
a lot for being so bored as to crack all my stupid encryptions. Maybe I'll
send off a few hundred encrypted messages to waste your time on...)

Oh, and you know what, Durandal? That Trace and Burn put me VERY close to de-
claring war on you. I'm not up for having your IC wipe out library computers.
Now, keep the stuff to yourself, and leave me alone. I got better things to
do, like instuct Quickling here on how to get into the Seattle Shadowland (she
only knows Chicago right now...she'll be hooked up soon enough.)

Now, go away and leave me alone]<<<<<
-- Solonus <21:08:30/03-13-55>
Message no. 6
From: Necromancer <shilberg@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 21:33:12 -0600
>>>>>[Uh, bite me, Solonus.]<<<<<
- Necromancer <21:30:04/03-13-55>

>>>>>[Oh, good answer. *sigh*]<<<<<
- She-Devil <21:31:24/03-13-55>

>>>>>[Hey, who asked you?]<<<<<
- Necromancer <21:31:50/03-13-55>
Message no. 7
From: Timothy Skirvin <tskirvin@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 21:34:32 -0600
>>>>>[She-Devil, how was Necromancer's answer?]<<<<<
-- Solonus <21:33:56/03-13-55>
Message no. 8
From: Necromancer <shilberg@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 21:37:35 -0600
>>>>>[Why should he encrypt his replies to your idiotic comments? And your
5Y terminal encyption is supposed to do something? Jesus H. Christ, will
someone shut him up already?]<<<<<
- Necromancer <21:35:54/03-13-55>

>>>>>[Really.]<<<<<
- Icepick <21:36:07/03-13-55>
Message no. 9
From: Necromancer <shilberg@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 21:39:52 -0600
>>>>>[Pretty wiz, there, Durandal....Where the hell are you gonna
get....oh,
is _that_ who you are working for now? Heh, planning on taking a trip to
Detroit anytime soon?]<<<<<
- Necromancer <21:38:31/03-13-55>
Message no. 10
From: Necromancer <shilberg@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 21:47:45 -0600
>>>>>[Heh, I don't have to devote much time to cracking encryptions these
days,
Solonus....She-Devil takes care of those for me. And I don't need help from
you....or anyone, for that matter....]<<<<<
- Necromancer <21:41:27/03-13-55>

>>>>>[Jer, I have some changes to make in the new system you are working
on.
I'll get Durandal the specifications....Would you be so kind to deliver them
to Ded-boy, Durandal? This means a lot....]<<<<<
- She-Devil <21:43:41/03-13-55>

>>>>>[Jesus, Alex....I'm still trying to figure how this is supposed to
work.
All right, as soon as I get those, I'll see what I can do.]<<<<<
- Necromancer <21:46:00/03-13-55>
Message no. 11
From: Timothy Skirvin <tskirvin@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 07:52:14 -0600
>>>>>[If he's reading my encrypted stuff, he can go ahead and encrypt the
stuff
himself. It's a matter of protocol.

And are you going to go ahead and get something that I can't crack?]<<<<<
-- Solonus <07:51:43/03-14-55>
Message no. 12
From: Timothy Skirvin <tskirvin@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 07:53:56 -0600
>>>>>[Well, She-Devil, would you go ahead and leave my encrypts alone then?
There really isn't much of a need to read my stuff, trust me it's pretty bor-
ing. Oh well.

And you asked for help, Necromancer. Be prepared for what that might bring.
Or who.]<<<<<
-- Solonus <07:53:23/03-14-55>
Message no. 13
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 08:00:17 -0600
*****Encrypt Haze of Blood Black Revision
*****Autodefense Protocols Engage
>>>>>[Go ahead, declare war. We'll see what happens, eh,
chummer?]<<<<<
-- Durandal <8:00:21/03-14-55>
Message no. 14
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 08:02:07 -0600
>>>>>[Solonus, please be informed that Necromancer knows what he's doing
with
artificial intellegences.]<<<<<
-- Durandal <08:02:13/03-14-55>
Message no. 15
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 08:03:31 -0600
*****Encrypt Silver Shield Necromancer MPCP
>>>>>[I'm working for Ares now.]<<<<<
-- Durandal <08:03:41/03-14-55>
Message no. 16
From: Necromancer <shilberg@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 08:51:42 -0600
***Encrypt Shield of Darkness v1.0 Durandal MPCP
>>>>>[Uh, yeah....I kinda picked that up....BTW, thanks for bringing over
those
plans....This is proving to more a pain in the butt than I thought it would be,
but so far everything seems to be all right.]<<<<<
- Necromancer <08:50:34/03-14-55>
***End Encrypt

>>>>>[Oh, Durandal and Edge....I got those hollowpoints, so unless you guys
send
me a new offer, I'll take Durandal's bid of 1K for them....]<<<<<
- Necromancer <08:51:45/03-14-55>
Message no. 17
From: Timothy Skirvin <tskirvin@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 11:43:41 -0600
***** Encrypt: WaterWierd (Durandal)
***** Encrypt: Private (Durandal)
>>>>>[Want war? What's the point? It's not like it'll matter all that
much
if we do.

What's the point? Just because I bug Necromancer a little (and so does every-
one else. Apparently ALL elves do) doesn't mean anything. Oh well. I'd rath-
er skip the war, if you don't mind.]<<<<<
-- Solonus <11:43:08/03-14-55>
Message no. 18
From: Timothy Skirvin <tskirvin@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 11:44:58 -0600
>>>>>[He may know what he's doing, but I'd hardly call him the top expert
in
the world on it, like he was saying.

All I want is for him to admit is that he isn't the best. He may be good, but
not the best.]<<<<<
-- Solonus <11:44:27/03-14-55>
Message no. 19
From: Necromancer <shilberg@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 13:14:24 -0600
>>>>>[Never said I was top....obviously those guys over at Renraku have s
something on me. I said I was in the top ten in the field. However, I would
appear to be rapidly gaining....]<<<<<
- Necromancer <13:12:21/03-14-55>

>>>>>[I have some more improvements to show you, Jer. I figured out how
to free up some more processor time to fix my response....I am now about
twice as fast as you....]<<<<<
- She-Devil <13:13:47/03-14-55>

>>>>>[Jesus....Ok, I'll come over and take a look.]<<<<<
- Necromancer <13:14:32/03-14-55>
Message no. 20
From: Timothy Skirvin <tskirvin@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To Necromancer
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 20:18:23 -0600
>>>>>[Dammit, top ten is the same as top in the field. And I don't believe
it,
got it?

Ah, who cares. It doesn't matter, and this discussion is just getting dumb. Oh
well. See ya around, Necromancer.]<<<<<
-- Solonus <20:17:52/03-14-55>
Message no. 21
From: J Gavigan <csc086@*****.LANCS.AC.UK>
Subject: To: Necromancer ==
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 03:44:04 +0100
>>>>>[ Necromancer! the same Necromancer I did that Matrix run on the
mainframe
at [ENDRYPTED: Necromancer] for? For that Johnson with the disgusting blue and
pink tie? Hell, I think I'm gonna enjoy bein' back here in Seattle.. I've been
spending too much time in the research labs recently... ]<<<<<
--DeDannan (02:43:37GMT/04-04-55)
Message no. 22
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To: Necromancer ==
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 21:48:27 -0500
>>>>>[Hello, DeDannan. I think we met once, a while
ago...]<<<<<
-- Dark Angel <21:50:40/04-02-55>
Message no. 23
From: Necromancer <shilberg@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To: Necromancer ==
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 22:08:45 -0500
>>>>>[Yep, that would be me....But to clarify for everyone else, I _am not_
the Johnson in the blue and pink tie....I was acting as a fixer....]<<<<<
- Necromancer <22:03:53/04-03-55>
Message no. 24
From: J Gavigan <csc086@*****.LANCS.AC.UK>
Subject: To: Necromancer ==
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 04:57:36 +0100
>>>>>[ God, that tie was revolting.. Made me wanna puke every time I looked
at
it... So, what's been going down since I left.. I heard a bit about the stuff
with the Omega Corp from Doctor Doom... You still fixin'? I may be in the
market if the price is right... ]<<<<<
--DeDannan (03:56:32GMT/04-04-55)
Message no. 25
From: Necromancer <shilberg@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: To: Necromancer ==
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 07:44:48 -0500
>>>>>[Well, I don't do much fixing any more, but I'd be glad to help ya
out. I
will keep my eye open fer ya.]<<<<<
- Necromancer <07:44:35/04-04-55>

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