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From: Mike Goldberg <m_goldberg@**.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: We Salute you! (part 1)
Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 17:00:42 MST
>>>>>[ For all those that supported the defeat of Ganz, I personally salute
you. While Punisher, Claw, and I, certainly had our hands full, we, I am sure,
aren't alone. Before I get into what happened to us, and the mishap with the
fire alarm, I wish to do the following.

To all those who were involved in this task, I offer you free healing. Either I
can recommend people for you to go to any where in the world, or I can help on
myself. This especially goes for Doom. Maze, feel free to take me up in the
offer. I now know of several people in that area, that I am sure would be more
than willing to help out.

I suppose, I should explain why I offer this. I, in Doc Grizzle's wake, may the
gods grant him some rest, dedicated my life to helping people medically. When
it is appropiate, I ask for money, but I feel in this case, that money isn't
necessary. With Doc Grizzle's passing, I "inherited" a list of people
like-minded individuals. And since they know me and knew Doc Grizzle, they
would probably be more than willing to help you. So PLEASE contact me, if you
need the help.

Now, you have to bear with me, as the past few days I have done lots of
travelling, and even more work. And as such I am very tired. And I would like
to also say before this, that Bruce, I could really stand to talk with you
soon. When I get a chance I will tell you through secure means where I will be.

In truth, everything is pretty much a blur to me, and in most respects you
would probably do well to ask Punisher or Claw to retell the story as . . .
well they have a head for keeping track of what goes on during a run then I do.
I must admit, that the thought of doing a run, really isn't native to me.
Actually, it's quite foriegn. I somehow, managed to avoid entering major
combat, until the attack on the safehouse, and seeing how I faired there, I can
safely say that it was a good thing, that I normally don't get into fights.
(Also, I really hate violence.)

By now, you are probably bored to tears, and well, I haven't even begun to talk
about what happened to us at the darn place. Through the ride to the site, I
was still drinking coffee, and listing to Claw's brief on what our groups
objective is. I felt safer, knowing that I was with two pros of the likes of
Punisher and Claw. Through it all, there was a part of me -- well, to say the
least felt disappointed at me, but there is no reason to go into that.

We crept in under the cover of trees. Punisher took lead, followed by me, and
then Claw. We approached the fence without Shral'thala. The reason we did this,
is because we figured that any spirits patrolling outside the perimeter would
pike Shral'thala up in no time. Very quickly we got to the fence, Claw went
over the fence first, and immediately called in Shral'thala. After scaling the
fence, Claw also pulled out his forearm blades. With Punisher and Claw's help,
I went over the fence next. Everything was fine, except for the small moment of
panic that I had when my foot almost snagged a strand of mono-line. As it was,
I managed to get gashed pretty bad in the calf. I only had a moments warning
though, as I went down the fence, because a Fire Elemental noticed me, and
decided that I would have been great for a snack. I was gratful that Claw was
there to help out. It would have been bad. As it was, Claw and I had a tough
time from it manifesting which would have been a clear give away that something
went wrong. Punisher, seeing my clumsy decent down, raced over the fence. It
was quite evident to me, that I definitely not in my best form. The coffee must
have not kicked in yet.

That was probably the calmest moment, because after Punisher got down, it felt
to me at least, like I just entered pure choas. It wasn't until had dealt with
the elemental, till I realized that a mage illuminated me over the fence. I
quickly found the mage, who was trying to hide to go in astral and warn someone
I guess. He apparently didn't like Punisher's landing on his body on his
decent. The mage was foolish, and well, unfortunately it did cost him.

Moving right along, we were moving along the path, detailed by the drones, that
were scanning the area for nasties, and were doing quite well, untill we
managed to catch up to a beast that decided a drone tasted too good to pass
up. Unfortunately it had 3 chums come out and play with it. We quickly used
illusion magic to cover our approach to them. Before they knew what hit them,
Claw and Shral'thala attacked one of them, dropping it quickly. Punisher
managed to nail another one hard, and I had the third one confused enough to
think that the last remaining beast caused all of its problems for today. That
only worked for a little bit, until the confused one got jumped by the
Shral'thala. So the fourth one, already confused by getting attacked by one of
it's relatives was easy pickings to further confuse it into inaction. Somehow,
instinct for me kicked in and I decided to check out what was happening in
astral. It wasn't a pretty sight. Around a corner, a couple of mages, and some
elementals were in astral, and looking for a fight. Claw, hearing my warning
had Shral'thala hide, and the rest of us took cover. I don't know how I managed
it, but I keep the spell running on the beast and added the other one to it.
Apparently, I got luckly, for the mages didn't see the spells running on them.
They must have been clueless, because I would have thought it would have been a
beacon to them.

It was strange after the patrol passed us. It was just like clockwork for Claw
and Punisher to take out the remaining two. An elemental of some sort came back
though, which made us think that we had blown our cover. As it started to
manifest, Claw, succeeded in banishing it, which I must admit, breaks my own
record in getting rid of those things.

We decided it was best to move on. We quickly made it to our objective, only to
discover that Team D wasn't in position. So we made a decision that we would
try and get into the gate. I decided that it wasn't going to be too long, even
with all the illusion spells running, that the guards at the gate would figure
out what was up, so I dropped a stunball at their feet. Worked like a charm,
but wasn't expecting two of the guards to be physical adepts. Punisher decided
that with Team C, around that he would just see how good those guards really
was, but the guards were panicky, and fired at a glimpse of movement. Punisher
mentioned that it was a damn good thing the brush was wet, otherwise, we would
have been sitting in brush fire. I. reflecting back, would have to agree with
that one. Claw noticed that we were about to get more company than before, and
well, I just had an urge to sing a song. Knowing enough about myself, not to
stop it, I just let it go. Punisher looked confused, and was trying to get me
to keep quiet, but Claw cut him off. But then again, Claw is a shaman too and
probably understood.

I can't honestly explain what happened there, I think the singing caused me to
blackout. But apparently, I was really hot. That was Punisher's quote for the
day. I told him the truth, I probably couldn't repeat that if I wanted to. He
said it was a shame. Claw asked us to skip the philosphy discussion until a
later time. The only thing I could add to what I have already said, is that the
discussion took place inside the "Gate." And that Shral'thala was back with us.
After getting inside, we had our debate as we headed from the stairs, I can't
really describe the action to get to the stairs. It sort of was meaningless to
me, compared to what happened in the stairway. Also it was meaningless, because
if you ask me the only reason I got to the door alive was because of Punisher
and Claw. I have decided I don't like running gun-fights too much. It reminded
me too much of how Johnathan died....

Anyway, back to the action. We entered the staircase at a flying pace. Almost
seemed like we were trying to outrun the bullets that were chasing us. We
quickly realized that the stairs were going up and down. I think I discovered
it the hard way by crashing into the railing. And actually, though I thought I
was crazy, I could have sworn I heard a female voice chuckling. Probably at my
graceful entrance to the stairway. We had managed to traverse the stairs
slowly, ascending them in the old military style of taking stairs. To do that
you need a healthy belief in not getting mowed down. Pretty much Claw and
Punisher had the dangerous part, and I got the good ol' part of bringing up the
rear. Unfortunately, my position got attacked right when Claw was about to pass
Punisher, and continue up the stairs. Momentum carried Claw up to the next
landing, where he too got caught by some guards. Claw must have dealt with his
pretty damn quickly, because by the time I finished using illusions and stun
spells, and with the help of Punisher who gallently came to help me out, and
got up to Claw. Claw and Shral'thala were waiting for us.

We managed to get to the almost to the top of the stairs before the fire
started. More to the point, spontaneous combustion would be a better word for
it. I suppose there is nothing more harrowing, then being trapped between an
angry Greater Fire Elemental, and a bunch of guards that want us dead.

Drek, have to check on a patient. More later. ]<<<<<
-- DragonEyes <14:58:37/5-15-55>

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