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Message no. 1
From: Christina Johnson <johnson1@**.UWP.EDU>
Subject: what happened?
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1993 03:14:05 -0500
what happened to this list? Sorry, Robert, for messing with your
editing... but this doestn't apply to the shadowrn list...

Honestly... is it just end of the year stress blow off?

I hope so. I used to have a hell of a lot of fun with this list.

(for all you new folk out there, I cancelled when my finals hit the fan.
So... I have missed the last few episodes, etc. Can't say that I'm all
that sorry I did, considering what I've seen so far.)

Look... It's 3am. And I will undoubtedly wish I hadn't sent this (for
sounding like a witch with a capitol B.) But... I dunno. Ego trips
aside, what IS happening on this list as of late? Ah... for the old
days. *sniff, sigh... why I rememember when I was your age...*

Sorry for taking up the band width guys.


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Christina M. Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Parkside
johnson1@**.uwp.edu
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Message no. 2
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: What Happened?
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1993 20:21:27 GMT
>>>>>[Sorry about that, folks. Apparently, William got up and hit the
hotkey for autodialing the board. I've since removed it, so know worries.

Apparently, the experiment was a success. William is alive and well--at
least knowledge-wise. he sems really disoriented. . .like he's got partial
amnesia or something. It's like he's learning things, but faster than a
child because he's sen them before.

As for soul. . .Raven. . .I think you're right. This guy is somehow
*different*. I don't know. I think I need a drink.]<<<<<
-- Jaez <20:20:20/11-13-54>
Message no. 3
From: Can I play with madness <MKNABUSCH@******.BITNET>
Subject: What happened?
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 15:46:49 -0500
>>>>>[Hey boss? What happened? You sounded bad when you were
talking to Little Dragon.]<<<<<
-Cyberpunk <15:28:20/02-04-55>

>Oh, no. Don't encourage him. He needs rest.<
-Gossymer <Matrix Construct>

>>>>>[Thanks *cough* Goss. But I'm a big elf now. I'll handle
it.]<<<<<
-Harlequin <*hack*

>Oh, fine. It's not like I have access to medico data or anything.<
-Gossymer <Matrix Construct>

>>>>>[Gee, Goss, I'd almost say that was an emotion. >Huh?<
Nevermind.
Ok, punk. Heres the low down. Four nights ago the house was attacked.
I don't know why. It started with, as Styx now tells me, the spirit
that guards us being nuked. Fried. Gone. Styx felt the thing go, maybe
it got a message to her before it left. She's not saying. She woke up
and realised it was gone, thinking to take an astral look about (she sleeps
two rooms down) she slips out. And comes back screaming. Woke Lucinda,
T.C. and me up. T.C. and Lucinda, fearing that Styx was either having
nightmares or that she might have been attacked by her *ahem* less
civilised 'brothers'. I *cough* got one of those damned feelings again.
A nasty one. Ever have all your body hair stand on end? I started
to retrieve some of my hard wear from where its stored (nice to keep it
handy) when I feel eyes on me. I turn around and theres some slitch
standing behind me. Mage type too, and he starts waving his hands.
I yell out and look for something to throw when T.C. bops back through
the door. For all her 'ditzy' look, she really isn't an air head.
She sized things up real quick and threw some spell at him. It stopped
him, but not enough. His spell washed over me *ouch* *cough* and I
dropped. From Goss's vid I watched yesterday, the boyo turned, laughed,
and disappeared into thin air. T.C. is gone now. Who knows where.
Lucinda has been helping us along with Sabre. Frostfire is here too, healing
us as she's able. I have Goss working on the ID of the jacknape. Must
have forgotten we have cameras here. Anyone out there seen *cough* *hack*
a blue haired Amerindian, she's wearing a long coat, a dagger, and a few bones
and such. Her name is She-is-Hard-to-Catch. T.C. for short. I need to
find her.]<<<<<
-Harlequin <Excedrin, please>

>You aren't going to like this. I found the 'jacknape?'.<
-Gossymer <Matrix Construct>

>>>>>[Nevermind jacknape. Gimme *cough*]<<<<<
-Harlequin <Stupid, dumb, ...>

>Promise you'll get some rest.<
-Gossymer <Matrix Construct>

>>>>>[k, ok. Worse than a mother hen program. What do you
have?]<<<<<
-Harlequin <Excedrin NOW!>

>The pictures show with a 99% acuracy that the perpetrator was Michael S. Barron
<
-Gossymer <Matrix Construct>

>>>>>[.....]<<<<<
-Harlequin <.....>





>Damn. At least he's off to bed. Anyone, if you see T.C. send her home.<
>I'm afraid she is after Michael. And I failed. I could stop or see him
>enter the house. They need her back. I'm scrape.<
-Gossymer <Matrix Construct>
Message no. 4
From: ehughes@****.carleton.ca (Evan Hughes)
Subject: What Happened?
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 95 21:37:37 EDT
>>>>>[What is going on with Haven? We came to help children, not
participate in a corporate war.

We would like more information.]<<<<<
-- Righteous <21:39:28/10-22-56>
Message no. 5
From: ANGLISS BRIAN EDWARD <angliss@****.colorado.edu>
Subject: Re: What Happened?
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 22:21:10 -0600 (MDT)
>>>>>[I do not know what happened. The troops were apparently sent by
Ryaka Science and Technology to break the seige on Haven. Lone Star took
the presence of military units rather personally so responded with what
they had available.

As for the Leopard Guard, Lone Star claimed all that remained of the
body. If some decker could retrieve the autopsy and DNA information,
perhaps we can determine why Aztechnology would want Haven destroyed.

But another alternative is this: Could the attack on Haven been
precipitated by whoever attacked the power plant? That they occured
simultaneously is far too strange to be a coincidence. Also, has anyone
been able to figure out what the attackers removed from the plant? I
think that it is safe to assume, like Gunny said, that it was stealth
tech of some kind, but that smacks of a corporate strike team or VERY
well equipped runners.]<<<<<
-- Action Jackson <22:19:35/10-22-56>
Message no. 6
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: What Happened?
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 18:06:16 +0100
*****PRIVATE: JayCee
>>>>>[What happened? I was hoping you'd tell me. You shouted a warning
and I dodged, and the bozo who'd been cowering in the car missed my
back. Then when I turned around to kill him, someone had already done
so, using either a flamethrower or some sort of magical attack: he was
bleeding from the nose and ears, badly burned and his clothes were on
fire.

You were standing in the door, pointing a hand at him: you weren't
aiming your weapon at him. It didn't seem to have been fired in the last
few seconds: those Beretta 70s might be quiet, but they do smoke some.
Lynch ran over after a few seconds, while I was checking the other
vehicles, and you collapsed on him saying your head hurt.

All I can say is, it looks like you knocked yourself out casting some
sort of spell. You apparently had internal injuries and suchlike that
are meant to be like what mages get when they overdo magic, cast spells
too big for themselves. I guess that's what you did, what with all that
cyber and all: I thought magic and cyber didn't mix, but I don't know
much about magic.

Best I can do. Sorry.]<<<<<
-- Easy <18:05:42/09-02-57>

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