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Message no. 1
From: Dean Esam <twist@******.EDU.AU>
Subject: Troll!!!
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 14:39:36 +1000
>>>>>[ Well I'm glad to report that our rampaging troll has been killed,
hmm, but maybe you would like to see for yourself...

***Begin video feed

( A street like thousands of others comes into view, the location is not
important, but some of you might recognise the bar across the road, that
means that the place is on the edge of Auburn. You see something move,
just slightly, then a figure busts from the shoadows and crouches beisde
the door of a non descript building opposite, two doors down from the
bar. The figure looks around, checking for something, you can tell now
that it's a troll, a big one too, suddenly it snarls staring at a spot a
few metres away... Where the troll is looking an elf manifests, Regent seems
no longer sure of himself, his form wavers and is replaced by that of a
unicorn. A fugure appears in the window above, possibly an ork, suddenly
the troll is enveloped by a fireball, and as soon as the falme ceases
Regent leaps. The troll is obviously well prepared though, and it appears
the fireball has not harmed him, although Regent scores a hoof hit as the
troll shakes it off, then the spurs emerge, Regent is scored all along
his forelegs.)

Ork in window (Striker): "Now"

(Suddenly Regent disappears, twin manabolts arc toward the troll, one
from the ork, another from the one known as Princess, the troll staggers
but the onlysign of injury is a large bruise on his arm as he aims and
fires an Uzi (it must have been well concealed as this is the first you
have seen of it), the ork falls back into the window with a scream.
Princess disappears again, as you see a smile form on the trolls face as
he checks his gun, and then kicks in the door. As the door splinters, a
loud shot can be heard, the troll staggers back, his gun in pieces on the
ground, his arm, or whats left of it, hanging by his side, useless.
Another figure approaches, this time it is female, it's SpotOn, she looks
slightly comical, carrying a weapon obviously to heavy for her, then you
spot the gyro mount.)

SpotOn: You fragging slitch, how dare you kill my friend...

(Another shot goes off, the trolls leg becomes one with the pavement, the
creature is now whimpering)

SpotOn: Why, who got you to do it?

Troll (barely audible): I don't know

(The gun barrel moves up, now pointing at the troll's head, but a figure
emerges from the door...)

Princess: Vanessa, he's not dead!

(SpotOn turns toward Princess)

SpotOn: What???

Princess: He's not dead, yet anyway, he's inside...

(The figure ork reemerges in the window)

Striker: We got a low frequency transmission incoming the jammer can hold
it for another 15 seconds, not sure what it is.

(The gyro mount clatters to the ground as SpotOn looks at her handywork,
Princess remains in the doorway a worried look in her eyes, suddenly
SpotOn utters a profanity and bolts towards the door, knocking Princess
down as they fall into the building. Two seconds later the trolls body,
still barely alive, explodes, the camera goes dead......)
-- MeMeMeMe <PeekABoo>

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