From:	Dave The Shade <IZZYUX2@*******.BITNET>
Subject:	The Top
Date:	Thu, 15 Jul 1993 23:13:00 PDT

>>>>>[Wyrm Ourobouros -- Berkeley? Sorry, thats a total no-go. Why should I
go?
I fell top o' the world. King of the Barrens. Let those ripperdocs and Akademes
disect me? Fragg No! This specimen is just fine . . .perfect in fact.

ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. Sorry about getting you drunk Milhaus, but I had to get the
bracelet. . . . My precious. Thats right, had to get it. You and FraterNay just
don't understand . . . BUT I do. You don't know. But I found out. Its to
precious to go wasting. I'll keep it -- and I'll finally get freedom.

Thats right, it healed me . . . brought me back from the other side . . it did.
No more fear. No death. Just freedom. . . . Before there was . . . vulnerabil-
ity . . . and fear. . . .two bit ganger could get lucky with his pinprick blade
-- get it between your armor, through your ribs. Dead. A 500 nuyen a week corp
guard could get lucky with a wild burst -- take you out. . . . Worse, are the
Pros. The cold eyed people that put bullets in your head calmly at dinner parti
es . . . or fiery handed mages who throw fireballs to extinguish your life.

Worst are your enemies. We're shadowrunners . . .all made alot of enemies -
very deadly enemies . . . powerful enemies. Legions of them, each one with a
ticket on your life. The dead ones are the worst . . . 'cause they come back to
kill you. You might have used a silenced shotgun to spray the back of his head
on a wall like graffiti . . . or tore him in two with a burst . . . or stranngl
ed him in his dark apartment while hanging upside down off a ceiling beam. . .
you saw them die - light go out of their eyes . . . but they come back to kill
you. "cause they got girlfriends thirsty for vengeance, or a Ace Pro brother
who wants payback, or a megacorp wanting to teach you a lesson. They come back
to kill you.

But now I'm free. I got the Juice. Got all the Juice. The bracelet is the key.
Nodody fraggs with you if you come back from any injury, from seeming death . .
like a creature who will not die. Now thats me. And the bracelet is my Juice.
Its my E-ticket to Freedom from Fear and Vulnerability. Thats why I had to take
it Milhaus. You'd understand . . . if you knew . . .heard . . .listened . . . .
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-- KHANx (23:15:56/7.14.54)