Action, Adventure, Excitement, Part 6 Part 1 - Chapter 3 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 20:03:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Search For Fuzzy On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 19:41:26 -0700 Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00007223 >On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 18:52:20 -0700 >Rio Said As CAoL Message # 00007220 > >>On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 02:36:45 -0700 (PDT) >>Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007204 >>"So you would recomend that before touching the Staff, >> I prepare for a Massive Impact of Mental Force?" > >"Massive impact of _something_, anyway." Rio interjects. She quickly >looks at Roland, checking for any sign that she's overstepped >herself. Roland quirks an eyebrow at her, then smiles and nods. "Exactly...Rio?" After her affirmative, he turns back to Nemisis. "That, to quote (I believe) a spiritual colleague, is 'the dreams that stuff is made of.' If I understand you correctly, that is the equivalent, in scientific terms, of completely solid quantum 'stuff.' If I misread the 'density,' it isn't quite as powerful as I thought, but given what Fuzzy managed I'd rather estimate on the high side. To answer your question, Nemisis, you _should_ prepare for a massive mental reaction. There will almost certainly be an empathic reaction of galactic porportions. But, and this is a very big and important BUT, that may well not be all. Resonance is the 'feeling' of Immaculum, of existence. Some have argured that existence is nothing _but_ the resonated side effects of the Prime. Theoretically, the reaction could be _anything_ related to what happened. Another universe could be created, or destroyed, as a result, and it could take on any characteristics." "You mean we could have another _reboot?_" Morgan blurted. Roland gulps. "No. Even _that_ much Quintessence could do _that._ I doubt there's much more essence than a universe's worth in the staff." "Oh, is that all?" Morgan quips quietly. Roland half-heartedly rolls his eyes. "Anyway. More practically, most types of reactions are very unlikely. Because of the events surrounding the staff's current state, I'd guess a 50/50 chance of either a purely physical, Forces reaction - and we will want to seal off the area before messing with it, since we're talking a 'let there be Light' explosion here - or a purely mental 'universe pouring through your ears' blast, with a statistically insignificant chance of something 'Fortean' happening. One of those is probably what happened to Fuzzy, assuming that something nasty didn't get him. And since we're all here to talk about it, I'm guessing that it didn't." (OOC: Basically, you can get away with just about anything you want happening when Nemisis 'connects' with the staff, and Roland can sigh and shrug it off. But if you want to work with how Prime works in Roland's universe, there's my best guess. Also, if you want to tone it down, Roland could be mistaken about the 'density' of the cube and therefore the staff's Prime level. After all, he is categorically _not_ a True Mage. 8^) >On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 23:26:06 -0700 >Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00007200 > >"Just one thing sir, and please don't take offense, but I presume >that there's more to you than meets the eye. Travelling with the CAoL >is...hazardous. In fact, this particular quest is an effort to rescue >one of our own who was believed dead - and may yet be." >On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 19:12:03 PDT >Tech Tonic Said As CAoL Message # 00007221 > >The old man in the corner watches the proceedings with his one good >eye. He turns slightly to look at the ferret riding on his shoulder. >"You know Wuntvor, this looks liek somthing fun. It's been eons since >you an i have had fun. Let's watch." He slowly fades from view and a >slight laughter is heard. Roland chuckles and shrugs. "That answers _that_ question..." ================================= Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 20:37:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Search For Fuzzy, The Search Begins... On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:08:08 EDT Dane0R0A Said As CAoL Message # 00007224 >Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007219 > >The Nemisis Core is Still in Callahans Place, > There is a Split on the Dyson Sphere. > >"So, > Other than preparing withstand a Massive Mental/Mystic force, > Does anyone have any other Comments or Advice to give, > Before I attempt to establish, > By physical contact, > A local connect to the Nanites in the Staff?" Aurora answers /*"Just be careful"*/ as she vanishes from The Place, and reappears beside the staff. ================================= Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 21:38:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On 10-01-1999 at 21:32:26 Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007225 >On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 19:41:26 -0700 >Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00007223 > >>On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 18:52:20 -0700 >>Rio Said As CAoL Message # 00007220 >> >>"Massive impact of _something_, anyway." Rio interjects. She quickly >>looks at Roland, checking for any sign that she's overstepped >>herself. > > Roland quirks an eyebrow at her, then smiles and nods. >"Exactly...Rio?" After her affirmative, he turns back to Nemisis. >"That, to quote (I believe) a spiritual colleague, is 'the dreams >that stuff is made of.' If I understand you correctly, that is the >equivalent, in scientific terms, of completely solid quantum 'stuff.' >If I misread the 'density,' it isn't quite as powerful as I thought, >but given what Fuzzy managed I'd rather estimate on the high side. "That Seems wise." >"You mean we could have another _reboot?_" Morgan blurted. > > Roland gulps. "No. Even _that_ much Quintessence could do _that._ ^^^ [I Think you forgot the Not... ;) ] > Roland half-heartedly rolls his eyes. "Anyway. More practically, >most types of reactions are very unlikely. Because of the events >surrounding the staff's current state, I'd guess a 50/50 chance of >either a purely physical, Forces reaction - and we will want to seal >off the area before messing with it, since we're talking a 'let there >be Light' explosion here - or a purely mental 'universe pouring >through your ears' blast, with a statistically insignificant chance >of something 'Fortean' happening. One of those is probably what >happened to Fuzzy, assuming that something nasty didn't get him. And >since we're all here to talk about it, I'm guessing that it didn't." "Thank You." > (OOC: Basically, you can get away with just about anything you >want happening when Nemisis 'connects' with the staff, and Roland can >sigh and shrug it off. But if you want to work with how Prime works >in Roland's universe, there's my best guess. Also, if you want to >tone it down, Roland could be mistaken about the 'density' of the >cube and therefore the staff's Prime level. After all, he is >categorically _not_ a True Mage. 8^) [OOC: Sounds like I got it about right... :) ] >>On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 23:26:06 -0700 >> Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00007200 >> >>"Just one thing sir, and please don't take offense, but I presume >>that there's more to you than meets the eye. Travelling with the >>CAoL is...hazardous. In fact, this particular quest is an effort to >>rescue one of our own who was believed dead - and may yet be." > >>On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 19:12:03 PDT >>Tech Tonic Said As CAoL Message # 00007221 >> >>The old man in the corner watches the proceedings with his one good >>eye. He turns slightly to look at the ferret riding on his shoulder. >>"You know Wuntvor, this looks liek somthing fun. It's been eons >>since you an i have had fun. Let's watch." He slowly fades from view >>and a slight laughter is heard. > > Roland chuckles and shrugs. "That answers _that_ question..." "Statistically speaking, It is very likely he will be back..., When it suits him." >On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:08:08 EDT >Dane0R0A Said As CAoL Message # 00007224 > >>"So, >> Other than preparing withstand a Massive Mental/Mystic force, >> Does anyone have any other Comments or Advice to give, >> Before I attempt to establish, >> By physical contact, >> A local connect to the Nanites in the Staff?" > >Aurora answers /*"Just be careful"*/ as she vanishes from The Place, >and reappears beside the staff. "Thank You, I will do my best." Nemisis steps through the Gateway... "Ok, People I am about to set that gateway to View Only, You Might want to be on the Callahan's Side of it, Though I will be trying to limit the area of any Effects, even on this side, so it is Optional..." ... After a brief contact with the Split, It goes to Callahan's then Nemisis sets Wards around the Staff and Herself, And Prepares for Contact ... [OOC: I will assume all are ashore as are going ashore, by now.] The Gateway Ripples as it shifts to View Only, Then Nemisis reaches out to Touch the Staff... "It is Asking, Who I am..." "I am {}, called Nemisis" =The Children of the House are Always Welcome.= With a Ripple of Energy the Quantum Time Stop collapses, A Wave of 'Emotion' Spreads, Like one of those Trans-Cosmic Statements, Unlimited by space or time or attempts to stop it... Roughly translated it seems like, "Hope Transcends All Boundaries!" Fuzzy's Staff comes off the Surface of the Sphere as A Shimmer forms on the surface of the Sphere... "That is a Passwall Effect, I Believe we are invited in..." The Gateway ripples again as it returns to "Normal" Operation "Anyone care to Join me?" Assuming that everyone who is going to, Goes to and into the Sphere... TBC Momentarily inside the Sphere... ================================= Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 21:38:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On 10-01-1999 at 21:36:47 FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007226 Passing through the wall of the Sphere, the CAoL members find them selves on a plain, Near a Castle Carved into a Basaltic Cliff, At Second Glance however oddities become Obvious. You are inside a Dyson Sphere more than 1 AU in Radius, Those with the senses to tell know that this is a Universe, Dig Down far enough and you will emerge on the far side of the sun, And Time has just started here... There seem to be Moons overhead, Until the Scale sinks in, Each seems to be an Earth sized Planet... Some with Moons of Their own... (CAoL, Past members, or Members not present at the Battle, and not seen since may write themselves in anywhere in the Dyson Sphere, If they like... ;) ) Those spirits that chose this option during the destruction of Soul Stealer Have a City elsewhere in the Sphere, as well as those left behind for various reasons on Quarren I, that Chose eventual Rebirth. Some of the Communities of various kinds, that were too close during previous Near Deaths of Fuzzy, can also be found in the Sphere... The Star Overhead is Not a Nuclear Furnace, It is a Single 'Rift', And the Master Node in the Network of "ley line" type forces, That hold the Matrix Cosm together. An odd looking StarSpawn approaches from the 'Sun', One of the Oddities is that regardless of Distance, It always maintains the same apparent size... That of an Average Protoplasmic Sentient seen at 5 or 6 feet distance... But the Details keep Changing... Aurora is Unable to percieve all of Its Energy Patterns... =\" You are Safe here, This is Fuzzy's Home, and His Family is Always Wecome."\= It seems like you should recognize His Voice, And indeed some of you may... ;) No, it is not Fuzzy... =\" You may call me FailSafe, For now, I have things that you need to be Told, Will you Hear Me?"\= ================================= Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 22:19:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On 10-01-1999 at 22:17:40 Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007227 >On 10-01-1999 at 21:36:47 >FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007226 >=\" You are Safe here, > This is Fuzzy's Home, and > His Family is Always Wecome."\= > >It seems like you should recognize His Voice, > And indeed some of you may... ;) > No, it is not Fuzzy... > >=\" You may call me FailSafe, For now, > I have things that you need to be Told, > Will you Hear Me?"\= \="I believe we will shortly, When we are sure that all of us who are coming have arrived"=\ Nemisis Addresses the CAoL: "For Your Information, The Atmosphere here is Not Explosive, and The Gravometric laws are similar, but not Identical To outside." ================================= Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 22:24:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 22:07:28 -0700 Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00007228 >On 10-01-1999 at 21:32:26 >Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007225 > >>On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 19:41:26 -0700 >>Morgan and Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00007223 >>"You mean we could have another _reboot?_" Morgan blurted. > >> Roland gulps. "No. Even _that_ much Quintessence could do _that._ > ^^^ >[I Think you forgot the Not... ;) ] (OOC: OOps. Roland blushes[tm]. Yep, make that "_Not_ even"...) >[OOC: Sounds like I got it about right... :) ] (OOC: Sure looks like it. 8^) >The Gateway Ripples as it shifts to View Only, > Then Nemisis reaches out to Touch the Staff... > >"It is Asking, Who I am..." >"I am {}, called Nemisis" > >=The Children of the House are Always Welcome.= > >With a Ripple of Energy the Quantum Time Stop collapses, > A Wave of 'Emotion' Spreads, > Like one of those Trans-Cosmic Statements, > Unlimited by space or time or attempts to stop it... > Roughly translated it seems like, > "Hope Transcends All Boundaries!" >Fuzzy's Staff comes off the Surface of the Sphere as > A Shimmer forms on the surface of the Sphere... Roland is almost literally _knocked_ out of his seat, his jaw totally slack. A smile is barely discernable, though it strengthens as the gaping shock lessens. "I think...it's a good thing I just got the side effect of the side effect of that." "I think," Morgan smiles, "that we are going to have two very optimistic children." >"That is a Passwall Effect, > I Believe we are invited in..." > >The Gateway ripples again as it returns to "Normal" Operation > >"Anyone care to Join me?" Roland sighs. "Love to. Unfortunately..." he shrugs. "That seems to be our cue. We're going to head for home once everyone's through the gate. At least I'll be able to use my powers 'remotely' through the link as a last resort. Good luck, everyone." He grins mischievously. "And may the Force be with you." ================================= Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:00:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 22:41:51 -0700 The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007229 >Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007225 > >> On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 19:41:26 -0700 >> Morgan and Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00007223 >> >> Roland quirks an eyebrow at her, then smiles and nods. >>"Exactly...Rio?" After her affirmative, he turns back to Nemisis. >>"That, to quote (I believe) a spiritual colleague, is 'the dreams >>that stuff is made of.' If I understand you correctly, that is the >>equivalent, in scientific terms, of completely solid quantum >>'stuff.' If I misread the 'density,' it isn't quite as powerful as I >>thought, but given what Fuzzy managed I'd rather estimate on the >>high side. > >"That Seems wise." Eric's eyes flicker behind his glasses. "With that kind of ch'i...the implications are rather...disturbing." >With a Ripple of Energy the Quantum Time Stop collapses, > A Wave of 'Emotion' Spreads, > Like one of those Trans-Cosmic Statements, > Unlimited by space or time or attempts to stop it... > Roughly translated it seems like, > "Hope Transcends All Boundaries!" >Fuzzy's Staff comes off the Surface of the Sphere as > A Shimmer forms on the surface of the Sphere... Eric shifts in his chair. >"That is a Passwall Effect, > I Believe we are invited in..." > >The Gateway ripples again as it returns to "Normal" Operation > >"Anyone care to Join me?" Eric stands. "Guess that's me." He walks calmly to the gate and steps through, sniffing at the air. >On 10-01-1999 at 22:17:40 >Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007227 > >Nemisis Addresses the CAoL: >"For Your Information, > The Atmosphere here is Not Explosive, and > The Gravometric laws are similar, > but not Identical To outside." Eric slowly, with great care, concentrates. The tiniest flicker of flame sparks from his finger. (OOC: Assuming he doesn't blow himself up) Eric nods. "I thought as much when I got here." He turns to Nemisis. "Are there any known hostiles in the area?" (OOC: Assuming not:) Eric's body language shifts, and he seems to relax...but experienced martial artists will realized he's simply limbered up. Since there's no known source of hostiles, he's simply preparing from an attack from _any_ direction. The slight 'clink' of metal on metal is heard in his coat once, but that's the only sound he makes. ================================= Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:21:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Search For Fuzzy On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 02:10:20 -0400 Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007230 >On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 19:14:31 -0700 >The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007222 >>On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 07:30:43 -0400 >>Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007218 >>> On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 01:38:04 -0700 >>> Harlock Said As CAoL Message # 00007216 > > "Looks like I won't be using my Dragon Fire Storm technique..." >Eric comments dryly. "A Dyson Sphere. Gaia." Zia grins at the very wryness of the tone. >>"Oh, not really - there are also several other mind-bending >>factors." She frowns, but doesn't elaborate. "However, given what is >>usually encountered at the beginning of one of the CAoL's quests, >>the only surprising thing here is it doesn't appear to be directly >>threatening their survival. Yet." > > "You introduce me to the most interesting people," Eric says, as >dry as ever, to Roland. The FI just grins. > "Okay." Eric turns to Zia. "Let me get this straight. There's a >Dyson Sphere out there, it's a _side_effect,_ and it's not directly >threatening _yet._ But you expect it to be." "Well, the 'side-effect' is hypothesis, not proofed fact." She ticks off points on her fingers absently, as she watches the group around the staff looking mildly speculative. "I didn't say I expected the Sphere itself to be threatening. I believe threats are by nature an indicator of serious weakness in the attacking force." "Besides all that, I said to their survival; I'm not really a 'member', actually. The Black Hats rarely threaten me; they figure it's not worth their time. They did bloody well ruin my last good poker game." She blinks. "Come to tally it, I've been threatened more often by the members than the Black Hats; but that's hardly pertinent." She gives Roland a wicked grin, "I'm just the CAoL groupie." She explains to Eric. Ziactrice Who is glad that Roland hasn't chosen to 'formally' introduce her to Eric... ================================= Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:21:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 02:19:22 -0400 Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007231 >On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 22:41:51 -0700 >The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007229 > > Eric slowly, with great care, concentrates. The tiniest flicker >of flame sparks from his finger. (OOC: Assuming he doesn't blow >himself up) Eric nods. "I thought as much when I got here." He turns >to Nemisis. "Are there any known hostiles in the area?" > (OOC: Assuming not:) Eric's body language shifts, and he seems to >relax...but experienced martial artists will realized he's simply >limbered up. Since there's no known source of hostiles, he's simply >preparing from an attack from _any_ direction. The slight 'clink' of >metal on metal is heard in his coat once, but that's the only sound >he makes. Zia tags along at the back of the general group, watching the strange new world unfolding all around, and occasionally giving some odd bit of scenery a bemused smile. "Well, by all indications, we've now opened Pandora herself's box of ills for mankind, in reverse. Hope came out first. Rather intriguing." ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 01:04:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Search For Fuzzy On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 00:47:03 -0700 (PDT) Rob N Said As CAoL Message # 00007232 >On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 02:36:45 -0700 (PDT) >Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007204 > >>On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 23:26:06 -0700 >>Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00007200 > >> Roland looks silent for a long moment. He holds out his hand, and >>a pair of glasses, looking very much like some ultra-tech variant of >>30s Aviator goggles, appears in it. He puts them on. "Mmm. I >>thought so. Ether." He looks back up at Nemisis. "Also known as >>Quintessence, Gnosis, Chi, and no doubt a hundred other names. Rob turns his attention away from contemplating Rio, and moves his left hand towards the dodecahedron. Once he gets close enough, some of the gemstones on his bracelet light up. As he moves the bracelet closer, the light brightens visibly. "Yipes. I shouldn't be able to use any magic or Ler effects on this world, but according to this, I can use them if I'm close to that block, and I'd be risking overload if I had that in my hand." >"That dodecahedron contains, > Perhaps 10% of the amount Fuzzy infused his Staff with, > Though how much is left in it, > Is Unknown..." "Ten...percent?" >"Given Lord Fuzzy's habits as to, > Protecting his 'Working' implements from outside influences, > That last thought seems Very Unlikely." "Hopefully, that also confines their influence on anything outside of the implements. Like me..." ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 01:50:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On 10-02-1999 at 01:49:01 Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007233 > On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 22:41:51 -0700 > The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007229 > Eric slowly, with great care, concentrates. The tiniest flicker of >flame sparks from his finger. (OOC: Assuming he doesn't blow himself >up) No Explosion but it is Much easier than usual... >Eric nods. "I thought as much when I got here." He turns to Nemisis. >"Are there any known hostiles in the area?" "Not to the best of my knowledge, However I have little Data..." ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 01:50:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Search For Fuzzy On 10-02-1999 at 01:49:01 Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007234 >On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 00:47:03 -0700 (PDT) >Rob N Said As CAoL Message # 00007232 > >>On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 02:36:45 -0700 (PDT) >>Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007204 >> >>"Given Lord Fuzzy's habits as to, >> Protecting his 'Working' implements from outside influences, >> That last thought seems Very Unlikely." >> >"Hopefully, that also confines their influence on anything outside of >the implements. Like me..." "Usually, Unless the Weilder Directs otherwise... It reduces Visibility, and Increases Storage Efficiency..." ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 03:03:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Search For Fuzzy On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 02:43:50 -0700 Harlock - Bard Extraordinaire Said As CAoL Message # 00007235 Dane0R0A wrote: >/*"to a race that has the technology to create a Dyson sphere, >aquiring sufficient matter to do it is trivial."*/ Aurora answers. Harlock starts punching numbers into Nemesis' computer. After a few seconds, he looks up at Aurora. "Begging your pardon...madam? The volume required is roughly eighty times that of the planet we're standing on. Given the fact that most of that volume is going to need to be solid to provide decent gravity, it would seem to be a non-trivial problem no matter how advanced your technology may be. Simply _finding_ that much matter may well involve importing it from other solar systems." ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 03:03:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Search For Fuzzy On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 02:46:45 -0700 Harlock - Bard Extraordinaire Said As CAoL Message # 00007236 Leonard Erickson wrote: >Nemo comments, to no one in particular "Ah. Ioun stones." Harlock grins. "Ah, you recognize them, do you? Terribly handy little trinkets, provided you find the proper ones." ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 04:03:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 03:41:33 -0700 Harlock - Bard Extraordinaire Said As CAoL Message # 00007237 Nemisis wrote: >With a Ripple of Energy the Quantum Time Stop collapses, > A Wave of 'Emotion' Spreads, > Like one of those Trans-Cosmic Statements, > Unlimited by space or time or attempts to stop it... > Roughly translated it seems like, > "Hope Transcends All Boundaries!" Harlock smiles. [Ah, the magic of the heart! 'Twould seem this "Fuzzy" is a being of my own art. What sage was it that described music as "sonic emotion?"] >Fuzzy's Staff comes off the Surface of the Sphere as > A Shimmer forms on the surface of the Sphere... > >"That is a Passwall Effect, > I Believe we are invited in..." > >The Gateway ripples again as it returns to "Normal" Operation > >"Anyone care to Join me?" Harlock's smile shifts to a grin. "I would ne'er had it be said that Harlock were too cowardly to step through a door. Besides, what Oghmanyte could resist the lure of new knowledge?" With an absent gesture, he summons his cloak, still draped over a chair by the piano. After it floats over to him, he glances at it, nods, and stuffs it into a belt pouch. He then steps lightly--and _very_ quickly--through the gate(s). ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 05:03:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 07:47:34 EDT Scott Osborne Said As CAoL Message # 00007238 Nemisis sez: >"That is a Passwall Effect, > I Believe we are invited in..." > >The Gateway ripples again as it returns to "Normal" Operation > >"Anyone care to Join me?" Scott looks up, and says "Yeah. I guess I'll be coming along. But a word of warning; tread lightly. Something dark lurks within the Matrix Co-" Scott stops, and holds his hand up to his ear. "Oh wait, it's over. No need to have this warning unless-" Scott pauses, still holding his hand to his ear. "Well, the briefing can wait until we actually agree to walk into the trouble." He walks slightly away, still holding his hand to his ear. A few seconds later, Scott finishes his drink, says something along the lines of "to the impossible", and walks back through the gate. ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 05:03:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Search For Fuzzy On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 07:55:56 EDT Scott Osborne Said As CAoL Message # 00007239 Harlock said: >Harlock starts punching numbers into Nemesis' computer. After a few >seconds, he looks up at Aurora. "Begging your pardon...madam? The >volume required is roughly eighty times that of the planet we're >standing on. Given the fact that most of that volume is going to need >to be solid to provide decent gravity, it would seem to be a >non-trivial problem no matter how advanced your technology may be. >Simply _finding_ that much matter may well involve importing it from >other solar systems." Scott says "Matter to energy, then energy to matter; at least, that's how I saw it done once." ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 05:33:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 08:17:04 -0400 Caprice Said As CAoL Message # 00007240 >On 10-01-1999 at 21:32:26 >Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007225 >With a Ripple of Energy the Quantum Time Stop collapses, > A Wave of 'Emotion' Spreads, > Like one of those Trans-Cosmic Statements, > Unlimited by space or time or attempts to stop it... > Roughly translated it seems like, > "Hope Transcends All Boundaries!" Legion and Essex's eyes meet for a moment, as they both smile. >Fuzzy's Staff comes off the Surface of the Sphere as > A Shimmer forms on the surface of the Sphere... > >"That is a Passwall Effect, > I Believe we are invited in..." > >The Gateway ripples again as it returns to "Normal" Operation > >"Anyone care to Join me?" Legion follows quite eagerly, Mischief bounding at her side, and Essex less than a hair's breath behind her. ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 08:21:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On 10-02-1999 at 08:17:33 Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007241 Assuming everyone arrives, or indicates that they have other business... Nemisis Addresses "FailSafe" "I Believe we are ready now." ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 09:04:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 08:25:18 -0700 Rio Said As CAoL Message # 00007242 >On 10-01-1999 at 21:32:26 >Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007225 >Nemisis steps through the Gateway... > >"Ok, People I am about to set that gateway to View Only, > You Might want to be on the Callahan's Side of it, > Though I will be trying to limit the area of any Effects, > even on this side, so it is Optional..." Rio nods, not quite gravely. Those adept at ready body language can tell she's excited about the chance to go adventuring with the famous CAoL, if a little nervous. >With a Ripple of Energy the Quantum Time Stop collapses, > A Wave of 'Emotion' Spreads, > Like one of those Trans-Cosmic Statements, > Unlimited by space or time or attempts to stop it... > Roughly translated it seems like, > "Hope Transcends All Boundaries!" >Fuzzy's Staff comes off the Surface of the Sphere as > A Shimmer forms on the surface of the Sphere... As the wave washes over her, Rio closes her eyes and smiles. "Oooh, maaan, if you could only bottle something like that...," she murmurs. >"That is a Passwall Effect, > I Believe we are invited in..." > >The Gateway ripples again as it returns to "Normal" Operation > >"Anyone care to Join me?" Rio's eyes snap open. "You bet!" She jumps up, grabs her backpack/purse, and bounds to the gateway. Then she stops just a moment, though whether it's in hesitation or to savor the moment is hard to say, and steps through. >On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 22:41:51 -0700 >The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007229 > >>On 10-01-1999 at 22:17:40 >>Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007227 >> >>Nemisis Addresses the CAoL: >>"For Your Information, >> The Atmosphere here is Not Explosive, and >> The Gravometric laws are similar, >> but not Identical To outside." > > Eric slowly, with great care, concentrates. The tiniest flicker of >flame sparks from his finger. (OOC: Assuming he doesn't blow himself >up) Eric nods. "I thought as much when I got here." He turns to >Nemisis. "Are there any known hostiles in the area?" Rio watches the Hunter, then reaches into a pocket and music begins playing. Those familiar with Pink Floyd recognize "Time" (starting just _after_ the alarm clocks :). She reaches out with her Time sense, then looks startled. "Gaia, I've never felt a past so... short." She shrugs it off, but leaves the music playing. Somehow, Floyd seems appropriate to this place. >On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 02:10:20 -0400 >Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007230 >She gives Roland a wicked grin, "I'm just the CAoL groupie." She >explains to Eric. Rio giggles. "I guess that makes two of us," she says with a big smile. >On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 02:19:22 -0400 >Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007231 > >Zia tags along at the back of the general group, watching the strange >new world unfolding all around, and occasionally giving some odd bit >of scenery a bemused smile. "Well, by all indications, we've now >opened Pandora herself's box of ills for mankind, in reverse. Hope >came out first. Rather intriguing." "Hmmm," Rio looks thoughtfull. "No offence, but I hope you're wrong about the 'reverse' part." ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 09:04:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 08:33:50 -0700 FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007243 "Very Well" Arriving FailSafe manifest chairs for all and sits down... "In a Potential history that now can never have been, There were nine universes in each of these universes, There was a human who thought himself a cat, And was far too self confident for the Good of his Universe... Let us call them Fuzzy." " Fuzzy The Journeyman Mage was assisting a Sourcerer attempt to create a synthetic Crystal Sphere in A SpellJammer Realm, When the Sourcerer Failed to speak the Final Phrase of the Spell, Due perhaps to presentiments of Disaster, Fuzzy did so, not realizing the hazard. But The Creator is inextricable part of the Created, Creating a Paradox Rupture, The Twice Born who has Never Died." " Fuzzy The Engineer was attempting to Test An Alderson Drive in a Traveler Realm. The GravitoPhotonic Resonances resolved as a Single Eventpoint with Two Loci in Realspace. If you can visualize a superstring that connected those two points across a distance of forty parsecs, detonating in a nova like reaction, you will have some idea what happened in jumpspace..." " Fuzzy The Techno was attempting the stabilization of a Naked Singularity, He succeeded... Loosing a Nexus of Disruption that voids Physical Laws" " Fuzzy The Technician was soldering the last connections of the USS Eldrige's Radar Invisiblity system When the Ship was hit by lightning. As a result he was integral to the Kline Bottle shape of the space/time bubble, and Electrocuted at the same instant. Was he in the universe or was it in him..." " Fuzzy The Rigger was the pilot of a prototype hyper-ship using a Heisenberg Drive system. Neural interface to Positional Indetermanency triggered latent talents, Fuzzy Knew where he was While the Computer Knew What his exact energy was..." "Fuzzy the Research Technologist for The Galactic Patrol who thought he would get a head start on the NegaSphere Project... He Built a Bergenholm variant that Achieved a Hyper-Inert State, And the Motion of the Universe around it Ripped the Fabric of Space/Time. Interestingly enough Mentor had not foreseen this." " Fuzzy the Rift Magus Thought he had developed a Catalytic Spell that Would Stabilize The Dimensional Rifts that were Tormenting His World, Using the Very Power of the RIFTS themselves. Need I say that he was wrong?" " Fuzzy The test subject was used to test the Shroedinger's Cat Paradox. The researcher who wanted a Sentient subject, who could report on the phenomenon neglected to realize that the Experiment could be viewed Two ways..." " Fuzzy The DreamScaper was trying to stabilize The Lathe of Heaven. When he had almost succeeded a Neuro-Physicist developed a Lathe Emulator which went out of control, With Fuzzy's help The Lathe of Heaven, was able to shut the Machine Down, At the cost of his own Life, but that universe could not survive long without The Lathe of Heaven." " All of the incidents were co-incident in space/time if not Universe. The Interaction between the realms linked and accentuated the damage." " The Nine Versions of Fuzzy Fused into one entity at the heart of the Chaos Vortex as it formed, Realizing what was happening it cast three spells, If you can really call such direct shaping of reality, 'Spells'..." " The First Slowed the Vortex Down so that they had the time to cast A delayed Re-Creation Spell." " The Second communicated its intent and how to use the Nexus to enable the Re-Creation spell." " The Third Reshaped the very energy of existence of the Fuzzy Entity into a Nexus of un-realized Potential that made the Re-creation spell possible." " At that point *Fuzzy* ceased to exist, Mind, Body, Spirit, Soul, Whatever Everything was consumed in creating that Nexus." " It is worth knowing that the Eddorians of the Matrix Cosm did not realize the First spell had a side effect which would not allow anything to leave the Matrix Cosm, they were destroyed in the attempt." " Over 9 * 10^14 Mages, Espers, and Gods scattered throughout the Matrix Cosm gave their Lives in casting the Re-Creation spell. During the Recreation minor changes were made to the Laws of the Matrix Cosm, such that those disasters could not have occurred." " Can you imagine the energy of 9 x 10^14 Voluntary Life Rite Sacrifices? It is mind boggling, even if it were only Normal Mortals..." " All of those were guaranteed rebirth within a century after the Re-Creation by all of the Surviving Gods (Light, Dark, and Grey). Some also demanded and were granted other Benefits..." " As a final Memorial to Fuzzy, The Keystone aspect of the Spell, Which was to delay activation until the danger was past, Was given the best Fuzzy Persona that could be fashioned, By the Powers of Nine Universes... And allowed to Live until it should in the Natural course of its existence find itself in a place where the ReCreation would harm no-one." "This is The Fuzzy that You knew." " And In every Faith or Philosophy on every world of the Matrix Cosm, There is mention of Fuzzy who stood alone against the {Final Night}, and gave his very Being that {Dawn} should come again..." " Of course the Nihilist's don't see that as a good thing, but at least they Remember Him." " I was the only Starspawn trapped within the Disaster, As a Starspawn I volunteered to handle the task of FailSafe, Awakening each time the Corona formed at a potential ReCreation Event, I could judge the safety of the current situation before too much damage was done... I was also altered by the experience, and I have not yet learned all of the details of that alteration." "I will entertain Questions at this time if you like..." ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 10:33:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 10:18:48 PDT Tech Tonic Said As CAoL Message # 00007244 The phrase "All aboard who's coming aboard" seems to echo through everyone's mind as the X-window shifts slightly as is something has passed through it. ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 10:33:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 10:20:59 PDT Tech Tonic Said As CAoL Message # 00007245 Again the voice of reason floats trhough mind and thought. "Tis always better to know a little before jumping in" ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 11:03:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 10:36:47 PDT Tech Tonic Said As CAoL Message # 00007246 Slowly the old man fades once more into view, his floppy old mage hat in his hands and a sorrowful expression upon his face. "Never has so few, given so much to so many." He makes small passes with his hand a a red rose appears flaoting in the air. He nods and turns back to watching the groups reaction. ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 21:08:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:18:43 -0700 (PDT) FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007247 " I believe that Lady Nemisis holds the missing key to the greatest mystery of the Matrix Cosm..." "There are Nine objects of Incalculable Power in the Matrix Cosm, I do Literally mean Incalculable, Each seems to violate a different Law of the Matrix Cosm, which can not be done by power alone... If as I suspect The Staff Lady Nemisis holds is indeed capped by Lord Fuzzy's Lens, Then Lord Fuzzy Must have Survived somehow, Perhaps as those nine objects..." ... "Yes, Now that I consider the Nature of the Artifacts... They are nearly impossible to locate by scan alone, They do not seem to be truly part of any one reality, No method has ever been found to Damage Them, And the Powers, Seem to relate each Artifact to an Aspect of Fuzzy, An Aspect of the Disaster which started this... No more than two may be in the same Cosm at the Same Time, The Third to enter will force one of them to return to its, Original place in the Matrix Cosm." ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:03:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 00:33:52 -0400 Caprice Said As CAoL Message # 00007248 >On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 08:33:50 -0700 >FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007243 >" The Nine Versions of Fuzzy Fused into one entity at the heart of > the Chaos Vortex as it formed, >" The Third Reshaped the very energy of existence of the Fuzzy Entity > into a Nexus of un-realized Potential that made the Re-creation > spell possible." At this point Legion's eyes sort of glaze over, as if her mind were... elsewhere. Essex give a little sigh, and stands protectively beside her. >"I will entertain Questions at this time if you like..." Essex just shakes his head. "I have little talent for meta-physics. That is much more Legion's area, and she..." Legion says distantly, "We are pondering it, but at a certain point reason fails us and we turn to intuition... beyond that, intuition fails us, and we turn to faith... We need to think before we can ask the right questions." ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:33:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:10:51 -0700 (PDT) Rob N Said As CAoL Message # 00007249 >On 10-01-1999 at 21:32:26 >Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007225 > >"That is a Passwall Effect, > I Believe we are invited in..." > >The Gateway ripples again as it returns to "Normal" Operation > >"Anyone care to Join me?" As one of the weakest telepaths in the CAoL, Rob loses track of time for a moment, lost in the "HopeWave." By the time he recovers, most of the CAoL has gone through the gate. >On 10-01-1999 at 21:36:47 >FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007226 > >The Star Overhead is Not a Nuclear Furnace, > It is a Single 'Rift', > And the Master Node in the Network of "ley line" type forces, > That hold the Matrix Cosm together. As he steps into the Dyson Sphere, Rob reflexively checks his bracelet to read the "reality tolerances" of the universe he has just entered. [OOC] Rob's abilities aren't as stable as most of the CAoL, in part because he is generally limited by what the universe in question will allow. As a quick example, if he were in our ficton, he would be a well-trained martial artist of an obscure style. The only "unusual" abilities that are reliable from world to world are his ability to create wormholes, and the scanner bracelet. So the question is, what is possible in this universe? [/OOC] >=\" You may call me FailSafe, For now, > I have things that you need to be Told, > Will you Hear Me?"\= Pulling a pair of 3" diameter washers from a pocket, Rob takes one in each hand, and sits down cross-legged, giving the impression of somebody who is willing to stay that way forever if necessary. ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:38:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Search For Fuzzy On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 01:32:02 EDT Dane0R0A Said As CAoL Message # 00007250 In a message dated 10/2/99 3:04:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time, harlock writes: >Harlock - Bard Extraordinaire Said As CAoL Message # 00007235 > >>Dane0R0A wrote: >> >>/*"to a race that has the technology to create a Dyson sphere, >>aquiring sufficient matter to do it is trivial."*/ Aurora answers. > >Harlock starts punching numbers into Nemesis' computer. After a few >seconds, he looks up at Aurora. "Begging your pardon...madam? The >volume required is roughly eighty times that of the planet we're >standing on. Given the fact that most of that volume is going to need >to be solid to provide decent gravity, it would seem to be a >non-trivial problem no matter how advanced your technology may be. >Simply _finding_ that much matter may well involve importing it from >other solar systems." /*"Please note that I said aquire, not find. Dyson sphere's are notoriously difficult to build. Assuming that it is built, and not just "created" in place A race that has the technology to build one, almost always has interstellar capacity. Aquiring sufficient matter in a galaxy to build a Dyson sphere is simple. Converting it from energy "beamed" into a system from outside, is only slightly more difficult. If one has the technology to create it in place, then one need only have a sufficient supply of energy. Races that have that level of technology, almost always have inter-dimensional capacity. To such, finding a sufficient supply of energy is trivial."*/ Aurora answers. ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:41:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:38:44 -0700 (PDT) Rob N Said As CAoL Message # 00007251 >On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:18:43 -0700 (PDT) >FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007247 > >"Yes, > Now that I consider the Nature of the Artifacts... > They are nearly impossible to locate by scan alone, > They do not seem to be truly part of any one reality, > No method has ever been found to Damage Them, > And the Powers, > Seem to relate each Artifact to an Aspect of Fuzzy, > An Aspect of the Disaster which started this... >No more than two may be in the same Cosm at the Same Time, > The Third to enter will force one of them to return to its, > Original place in the Matrix Cosm." "So there's no way to bring these items together within the Matrix Cosm. The next question is, is joining them up a good idea at all?" "And if so, how to do it?" Rob places the washers back in his pockets, pulls out a pencil and pad of paper, and begins scribbling something. ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 23:17:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 01:44:09 EDT Dane0R0A Said As CAoL Message # 00007252 >Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007225 > >"That is a Passwall Effect, > I Believe we are invited in..." > >The Gateway ripples again as it returns to "Normal" Operation > >"Anyone care to Join me?" Auora steps upto, and through the passwall. The more astute CAoLers will note that this is the FIRST time, in their experience, that any Starspawn (of their aquaintance) has actually passed through a gate of any kind. In the past Starspawn have moved up to but not through gates, and then vanished and re-appeared on the other side. ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 23:35:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:20:53 EDT Dane0R0A Said As CAoL Message # 00007253 >FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007247 > >"Yes, > Now that I consider the Nature of the Artifacts... > They are nearly impossible to locate by scan alone, > They do not seem to be truly part of any one reality, > No method has ever been found to Damage Them, > And the Powers, > Seem to relate each Artifact to an Aspect of Fuzzy, > An Aspect of the Disaster which started this... >No more than two may be in the same Cosm at the Same Time, > The Third to enter will force one of them to return to its, > Original place in the Matrix Cosm." > > which should give us enough to get started...> > > Has changed to a more generic "Fuzzy" pattern... > When the Staff entered the Sphere.> At this point, Oracle's "voice" rings out /*"It will be possible to restore Fuzzy. To do this you must -assemble- all nine of the artifacts. The Fuzzy home sphere is the ONLY place where they can be assembled. Any of the nine artifacts brought into the sphere MUST remain there. Do not attempt to remove any of them from the Cosm, and once an artifact has been brought into the sphere, do not attempt to remove it from the sphere. To do either of these things, would be VERY VERY bad. The only entity that I know for certain could survive the results of attempting it, would be The Stardragon itself."*/ (OOC: as in The Stardragon tries it, and lives to tell the tale. Cerberus tries it, and he is never heard from again.) /*"The artifacts all started at the centers of their respective Cosms. only two of the artifacts may exist in a single Cosm. Bringing a third into that Cosm, will force the non-native artifact out, at which point it will return to its -native- Cosm. Good Luck"*/ ================================= Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 23:40:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Search For Fuzzy On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 23:34:25 -0700 Harlock - Bard Extraordinaire Said As CAoL Message # 00007254 LucFrench wrote: >>technology may be. Simply _finding_ that much matter may well >>involve importing it from other solar systems." > >Scott says "Matter to energy, then energy to matter; at least, that's >how I saw it done once." Harlock arches an eyebrow. "And where," he asks, "are you going to store the energy? Even one kilogram of matter works out to almost ten to the twentieth Joules. Multiply that by 20 trillion cubic miles and again by however many kilograms per cubic mile...that's a _lot_ of energy." ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 00:04:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 23:53:07 -0700 Harlock - Bard Extraordinaire Said As CAoL Message # 00007255 FailSafe wrote: >No more than two may be in the same Cosm at the Same Time, > The Third to enter will force one of them to return to its, > Original place in the Matrix Cosm." Harlock looks thoughtful at this. "'Twould seem, then, that the obvious solution is to store them outside of the Matrix Cosm if, as, and when we find them. I hereby offer the use of this little gadget toward this purpose." At this, he pulls a smallish cube out of one of his ubiquitous belt pouches. One face of the cube has a standard ten-key arrangement, the other five are made of a featureless grey material. ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 03:03:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:57:38 -0700 (PDT) The Lone One Said As CAoL Message # 00007256 On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 Nemisis wrote: >On 10-01-1999 at 21:32:26 >Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007225 > >>On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 19:41:26 -0700 >>Morgan and/or Roland Said As CAoL Message # 00007223 >> >> To answer your question, Nemisis, you _should_ prepare for a >>massive mental reaction. There will almost certainly be an empathic >>reaction of galactic porportions. But, and this is a very big and >>important BUT, that may well not be all. Resonance is the 'feeling' >>of Immaculum, of existence. Some have argured that existence is >>nothing _but_ the resonated side effects of the Prime. >>Theoretically, the reaction could be _anything_ related to what >>happened. Another universe could be created, or destroyed, as a >>result, and it could take on any characteristics." >> >>"You mean we could have another _reboot?_" Morgan blurted. >> >> Roland gulps. "No. Even _that_ much Quintessence could do _that._ > ^^^ >[I Think you forgot the Not... ;) ] Mandy and Raver gave Roland a look. Finally Mandy commented dryly, "Which, we feel, is a Very Good Thing. We would like to remain the way we are. Call us crazy..." >> Roland half-heartedly rolls his eyes. "Anyway. More practically, >>most types of reactions are very unlikely. Because of the events >>surrounding the staff's current state, I'd guess a 50/50 chance of >>either a purely physical, Forces reaction - and we will want to seal >>off the area before messing with it, since we're talking a 'let >>there be Light' explosion here - or a purely mental 'universe >>pouring through your ears' blast, with a statistically insignificant >>chance of something 'Fortean' happening. One of those is probably >>what happened to Fuzzy, assuming that something nasty didn't get >>him. And since we're all here to talk about it, I'm guessing that it >>didn't." "Ah." This time Raver nodded, absently trying to figure out the possible effects of such a mental explosion on their bond. [Actually, I think James' work was pretty good, let alone the People's,] Mandy noted. [Fortean?] [Something completely outside the normal realm of probability, as I recall. For example, raining frogs.] [...oh...] >With a Ripple of Energy the Quantum Time Stop collapses, > A Wave of 'Emotion' Spreads, > Like one of those Trans-Cosmic Statements, > Unlimited by space or time or attempts to stop it... > Roughly translated it seems like, > "Hope Transcends All Boundaries!" >Fuzzy's Staff comes off the Surface of the Sphere as > A Shimmer forms on the surface of the Sphere... Raver staggered slightly, while Mandy's eyes glazed over completely as she took the brunt of the emotional wave. When it was over, Mandy twitched suddenly like a dog shaking off water. "Wow." The corner of the demon's mouth turned up in a brief smile. Both looked far more at peace than any of the CAoL had ever seen them. >Assuming that everyone who is going to, Goes to and into the >Sphere... Mandy rose from the table, and headed toward the gate until a massive claw clamped down on her shoulder. [Mandy? What are you doing?] [What's it look like? I'm coming with you.] The young human glanced sardonically up at the demon. [Don't give me any of that bullcrap about me not being able to take care of myself, either. I took care of myself just fine when I was half insane and getting my ass shot off on Babylon 5...] Raver's jaw muscle visibly jumped, and she loomed over Mandy. [As I recall, Eidon informed me that you had nightmares for a few months afterward...] "Look here," Mandy sighed, changing to verbal mode as she jabbed a finger at the floor between them. "Eidon *also* sent me to Dethryn for a year and half of training in hand to hand, afterward, or are you convienently forgetting that?" [Once you knew about the nightmares, you made sure they didn't bother me, remember? And the fact that I know how to not get my ass shot off these days helps, too.] A low rumble emerged from the vicinity of Raver's chest. "The CAoL is, as someone put it so aptly, a traveling disaster area. Even Dethryn would not dismiss our battles as nothing." [I still have to shunt a number of your dreams away, even now. I would not call *that* nothing.] "It's been *two* years since Eidon started putting me back together. I think I'm qualified to come along with the CAoL..." [Dethryn told me once that even Bloodstorm had the occasional nightmare, and *he's* a borderline psychopath. That's how it is, as I've said before. Part of the job for us corporeal types.] "As what?" The demon raised an eyebrow. [Mmm.] "Our bond gives us some unique protection against certain supernatural entities, and thanks to Oracle and the People, I'm pretty much protected against telepathy. I also know when to duck and which end of a gun to point..." Mandy trailed off. She shrugged a bit. [Besides, you need to learn to stop wrapping me up in cotton wool. Dreams alone aren't going to break me. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger, and all that. And I'd say being bonded to a demon definitely qualifies as making me stronger.] [If you're certain,] Raver finally cocked her head at the human. [Yes. I am.] "Very well." With that, the demon nodded and strode through the gate, armoring up as she went. [And no shadowdancing me out of there at the first sign of danger, either.] Mandy smiled as the only response she received was a slight sense of disgusted assent. "..." Spoken communication [...] Private thoughts between the Two (If this doesn't make sense, it's because I'm tired... :) ) ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 07:10:27 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 21:03:01 PST Nemo Said As CAoL Message # 00007257 >On 10-01-1999 at 22:17:40 >Nemisis Said As CAoL Message # 00007227 > > Nemisis Addresses the CAoL: >"For Your Information, > The Atmosphere here is Not Explosive, and > The Gravometric laws are similar, > but not Identical To outside." "I believe that is ..." There's a subtle change in Nemo as a second Nemo appears beside Nemesis. "... our cue." the Nemo's finish in unision. ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 07:10:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Search For Fuzzy On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:53:32 PST Nemo Said As CAoL Message # 00007258 >On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 02:46:45 -0700 >Harlock - Bard Extraordinaire Said As CAoL Message # 00007236 > >>Leonard Erickson wrote: >> Nemo comments, to no one in particular "Ah. Ioun stones." > >Harlock grins. "Ah, you recognize them, do you? Terribly handy little >trinkets, provided you find the proper ones." "And provided your opponents don't know what they are. Being both fragile and easily grabbed, they can be a *dis*advantage in those circumstances." ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 08:33:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 11:17:57 -0400 Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007259 >On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:18:43 -0700 (PDT) >FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007247 > On with the Tale...> >" I believe that Lady Nemisis holds the missing key to the greatest > mystery of the Matrix Cosm..." > > "There are Nine objects of Incalculable Power in the Matrix Cosm, > I do Literally mean Incalculable, Each seems to violate a different > Law of the Matrix Cosm, which can not be done by power alone... > If as I suspect The Staff Lady Nemisis holds is indeed capped by > Lord Fuzzy's Lens, Then Lord Fuzzy Must have Survived somehow, > Perhaps as those nine objects..." "Sounds more like a scavenger hunt than a mystery, if you don't mind me saying so. I'm a little confused here, Failsafe, Nemesis. My memories about Lord Fuzzy are more than a bit puzzling; it seems the only time I came near a significant level of comprehension, I was involved in Jadisland with quite a bit of shadow-warping at work." E.g. The India Gods bit where everyone but Fuzzy became gods, including Zia. "If Fuzzy always existed as parts of a class of being before this 'Reset Button' got slammed, how advisable is it to reassemble him as something he wasn't before? Or is that what you mean?" She shrugs, "Frankly, I've never been good at metaphysics, myself. And even less skilled at playing the part of a marionette in a dance no one knows, to music no one can hear. I'll help, of course, to bring Fuzzy back, but I just want you to realize - as far as architecture goes, I can't see the blueprint, let alone the Grand Design." >"Yes, > Now that I consider the Nature of the Artifacts... > They are nearly impossible to locate by scan alone, > They do not seem to be truly part of any one reality, > No method has ever been found to Damage Them, > And the Powers, > Seem to relate each Artifact to an Aspect of Fuzzy, > An Aspect of the Disaster which started this... >No more than two may be in the same Cosm at the Same Time, > The Third to enter will force one of them to return to its, > Original place in the Matrix Cosm." "So, now we have Scavenger Hunt meets the Fox, Geese, and Wheat Problem. Er, silly question time, Nemesis. If Fuzzy's Aspects unite to Disaster, isn't the plan to reassemble him - in a manner, unless I'm mistaken, he has not been so integrated beforehand as a rule - just a teensy bit logically flawed?" ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 10:52:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE VI: Retccon 1: A Cameo Appearence On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 13:27:38 -0400 Dhyrclhanc Said As CAoL Message # 00007260 >On Tue, 28 Sep '99 >Morgan and/or Roland Said > >"I think just about everyone who's going to get here is here," Morgan >says softly to Roland. > > Roland smiles. "I guess it's time then." At which point, the Wurlitzer(tm)(sp?) Jukebox by the bar comes to life and plays the opening notes to Celine Dion's "My Heart Goes On" from "Titanic". Then there is a horible screeching noise, and the chorus from "Robert MacKenzie" is heard; "Steel Boats. Iron Men. 32 DOWN ON THE ROBERT MACKENZIE!" Then Paul Gross' voice is heard singing, softly; "Hear me call across the waves. If I don't make it home tonight, then I'll make it home someday. Yes, I call across that if I don't make it home tonight, then I'll make it home someday." Callahan gives the thing a look, as if chastising it for interupting, and it shuts down. The Nick O' Time then goes back to cleaning glasses while listening to the Freelance Immortals' announcement. Then, there's a huge thunderclap outside and a few of the Regulars present at the "Night of the Cockroach" duck underneath their tables for shelter. Jake, meanwhile, pushes open the main doors a crack and whispers, "Mickey?" out into the darkened parking lot. "Calm down, you're about four months early, yet!" Both Fast Eddie and Callahan yell, in stereo, at the roof. Lastly, a Kirby-esque Boom-Tube opens up above the fireplace and the 20 foot-tall, multi-hued form of Dhyrclhanc the Sentinel/Lensdragon falls out. A strange disc shaped object with a multi-colored yin-yang symbol falls out of his grasp. The Lensdragon's eyes open slightly. "Damned Wights, I suppose that will teach me to try and get home from the Elemental Planes via the Negative Material Plane." Martin, still over by the bar, gulps. "Gods, Damned." The Lensdragon then gets up and opens his eyes again and swings his head to look Martin. "Tiamat and Palatine." "Damned Gods!" utters Martin and vanished in a puff of logic. "I guess that answers that question." says the draconic Lensman, dryly. > "And with as many of the CAoL as seem to be able to arrive here, >it's time we told you why." Roland finishes his drink, then floats it >a centimeter out of his hand. The two immortals look at each other >for a moment, a mental conversation fairly obvious, then in unison, >they say happily, "We're pregnant!" "Congradulations, sibs." Then does a double take of Eric. "Ah, Roland? What is Neo doing here?" >"I just wish _Roger_ could've been here," Morgan says as they return >to their seats. > > "I don't know," Roland replies (deceptively) mildly. "He's >probably going to have conniptions as it is when he finds out you're >having twins." "Twins!?" The Lensdragon's eyes widen. >"Yes, and I want to see his _face_ when he hears!" Morgan laughs with >a wicked grin. ooo^You are a wicked, wicked lady, sis. };=8) ^ooo sends the immortal "adolecent" ruby fire hatchling. > Roland mock-sighs, and turns to the CAoL as he and Morgan sit. "It >should therefore be obvious why Morgan will be staying behind, and >with as many enemies as we've made since Z'On'Dar's gift, I'm loathe >to leave her behind." > "I can't imagine why," Lancer deadpans, looking more like (a tall) >Keanu Reeves than ever. Dhyrclhanc does another double take at the Hunter. (OOC: Will the voice give it away, Roland?) "I should be heading back to Greymalkin, myself." says the Sentinel/Lensdragon. "It was only by my own strange brand of luck that I ended up _here_, at all." > "Thus," Roland continues, apparently ignoring the comment, "I have >called in a favor. Hopefully, this shouldn't be _too_ hard on >anyone." The Hunter's neck throbs, but he adds nothing. For the >moment. 8^) "As there's no one else in charge at the moment, and I've >gotten over my previous...difficulties...I'll be 'riding' the >lens-link mentally until someone else takes over." He looks around >with faint hope. "Any takers?" > (OOC: Yah, right. ) (OOC: Unfortunatly, see my previous statement) > The Hunter groans. "For one golden moment, I thought this wasn't >going to be so bad..." His eyes roll, clear even behind the >sunglasses. The especially observant (or with superhuman senses) >might notice that the lenses are actually superbly crafted, very thin >pieces of dark jade. "What else can go wrong?" };=8) ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 16:06:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE VI: The Hunter and The Actress On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 15:55:54 -0700 The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007262 >On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 02:10:20 -0400 >Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007230 > >>On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 19:14:31 -0700 >>The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007222 >> "You introduce me to the most interesting people," Eric says, as >>dry as ever, to Roland. The FI just grins. >> "Okay." Eric turns to Zia. "Let me get this straight. There's a >>Dyson Sphere out there, it's a _side_effect,_ and it's not directly >>threatening _yet._ But you expect it to be." > >"Well, the 'side-effect' is hypothesis, not proofed fact." She ticks >off points on her fingers absently, as she watches the group around >the staff looking mildly speculative. "I didn't say I expected the >Sphere itself to be threatening. I believe threats are by nature an >indicator of serious weakness in the attacking force." "Depends on if you believe an attempt to avoid combat is a weakness," Eric responds, though his focus seems to be on another of Zia's comments, "though to do so successfully requires certain assumptions of one's opponent. In this case, though, I meant 'threatening' as 'dangerous.' Sloppy of me; my apologies." >"Besides all that, I said to their survival; I'm not really a >'member', actually. The Black Hats rarely threaten me; they figure >it's not worth their time. They did bloody well ruin my last good >poker game." She blinks. "Come to tally it, I've been threatened more >often by the members than the Black Hats; but that's hardly >pertinent." > >She gives Roland a wicked grin, "I'm just the CAoL groupie." She >explains to Eric. Eric rolls his eyes. "I thought that was _her_ job," he sighs, gesturing at his sister. "For a groupie, however, you seem to be getting dragged along rather thoroughly, it seems." ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:12:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 16:13:27 -0700 The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007264 >On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 08:33:50 -0700 >FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007243 > >"Very Well" > >Arriving FailSafe manifest chairs for all and sits down... Eric sits down slowly; though his body practically flows into the chair, he doesn't seem to really be sitting, instead being polite enough to appear sitting while being ready to move at a moment's notice. >"In a Potential history that now can never have been, > There were nine universes in each of these universes, > There was a human who thought himself a cat, > And was far too self confident for the Good of his Universe... > Let us call them Fuzzy." Eric cocks his head curiously. >" And In every Faith or Philosophy on every world of the Matrix Cosm, > There is mention of Fuzzy who stood alone against the {Final Night}, > and gave his very Being that {Dawn} should come again..." Eric straightens in his chair, in a way that almost gives the impression of a salute... >" Of course the Nihilist's don't see that as a good thing, > but at least they Remember Him." "Wyrm Spawn," Eric says, the words clearly a curse. >"I will entertain Questions at this time if you like..." "One, at the moment. Do you think the 'Nihilists' will oppose your attempt?" Eric asks. ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:12:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 16:25:57 -0700 The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007265 >On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 10:36:47 PDT >Tech Tonic Said As CAoL Message # 00007246 > >Slowly the old man fades once more into view, his floppy old mage hat >in his hands and a sorrowful expression upon his face. "Never has so >few, given so much to so many." He makes small passes with his hand a >a red rose appears flaoting in the air. He nods and turns back to >watching the groups reaction. Eric grins sourly. "Don't look at me, old-timer. I'm just the hired help." He looks over the assembled might of the CAoL. "Though how any of this lot needs a bodyguard, I wouldn't begin to guess..." >On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 00:33:52 -0400 >Caprice Said As CAoL Message # 00007248 >Essex just shakes his head. "I have little talent for meta-physics. >That is much more Legion's area, and she..." > >Legion says distantly, "We are pondering it, but at a certain point >reason fails us and we turn to intuition... beyond that, intuition >fails us, and we turn to faith... We need to think before we can ask >the right questions." Eric sighs. "Good point. Though I am assuming, for the moment, that you would have _already_ informed us, Failsafe, if you knew where one of these things is." ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:12:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Hunter and The Actress On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 19:51:05 -0400 Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007266 >On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 15:55:54 -0700 >The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007262 >>On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 02:10:20 -0400 >>Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007230 >>>On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 19:14:31 -0700 >>>The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007222 >> >>"Well, the 'side-effect' is hypothesis, not proofed fact." She ticks >>off points on her fingers absently, as she watches the group around >>the staff looking mildly speculative. "I didn't say I expected the >>Sphere itself to be threatening. I believe threats are by nature an >>indicator of serious weakness in the attacking force." > > "Depends on if you believe an attempt to avoid combat is a >weakness," Eric responds, though his focus seems to be on another of >Zia's comments, "though to do so successfully requires certain >assumptions of one's opponent. In this case, though, I meant >'threatening' as 'dangerous.' Sloppy of me; my apologies." "Erhm. I've found that if it's come to actual combat, you've already lost the major portion. BE-sides, you certainly don't have to offer apologies for a mere convention of wording; I have an odd outlook. To my seeming, all is dangerous, and not dangerous, simultaneously. So - we might have a chasm of perception between our points of discussion, I believe." >>She gives Roland a wicked grin, "I'm just the CAoL groupie." She >>explains to Eric. > > Eric rolls his eyes. "I thought that was _her_ job," he sighs, >gesturing at his sister. "For a groupie, however, you seem to be >getting dragged along rather thoroughly, it seems." Zia gives Eric one of her rarest expressions; it's a disapproving frown. "This japing of yours is ridiculous and insulting. It's unseemly to dishonor your family by belittling them, even if their years number less than your own." She observes with shocking bluntness for the unusual far more subtle lady. "Beyond that, if you are leading in Roland's place, it's more than dishonorable, it's stupid to insult the capabilities of someone you honestly have no idea of true strength or worth. If you DO truly find her unworthy, you fail your duty to allow her to come along. Not that you've made the slightest attempt at objective judgement." She pauses, then adds softly, "You could have much more difficult relatives." Then she says, as if studying Eric like some Zen koan. "Either you are making a the sort of bad decision that leads to failure of the whole group you lead, or you are engaging in false snideness. Either of which is not a worthy example to show, if you are the person you must be, that Roland would entrust his comrades lives to your care. To hesitate is death; indecision and muddling about is hesitation. I should not have to tell one such as you the lessons a beginner learns or dies in ignorance." ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 18:25:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Hunter and The Actress On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 17:41:05 -0700 The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007268 >On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 19:51:05 -0400 >Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007266 > >>On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 15:55:54 -0700 >>The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007262 >"Erhm. I've found that if it's come to actual combat, you've already >lost the major portion. BE-sides, you certainly don't have to offer >apologies for a mere convention of wording; I have an odd outlook. To >my seeming, all is dangerous, and not dangerous, simultaneously. So - >we might have a chasm of perception between our points of discussion, >I believe." Eric shrugs. "So long as you understand my actual meaning. Misunderstandings can be deadly in a combat situation, and I would not be here if Roland were not expecting such. I've found threats to be very effective with some, and supremely foolish with others." >Zia gives Eric one of her rarest expressions; it's a disapproving >frown. "This japing of yours is ridiculous and insulting. It's >unseemly to dishonor your family by belittling them, even if their >years number less than your own." She observes with shocking >bluntness for the unusual far more subtle lady. Eric, unfamiliar with Zia, is unsurprised; the comment about 'dishonoring his family,' however, causes him to scowl rather impressively. >"Beyond that, if you are leading in Roland's place, it's more than >dishonorable, it's stupid to insult the capabilities of someone you >honestly have no idea of true strength or worth. If you DO truly find >her unworthy, you fail your duty to allow her to come along. Not that >you've made the slightest attempt at objective judgement." She >pauses, then adds softly, "You could have much more difficult >relatives." The scowl deepens, and even through the sunglasses it's clear that his eyes have narrowed to slits. >Then she says, as if studying Eric like some Zen koan. "Either you >are making a the sort of bad decision that leads to failure of the >whole group you lead, or you are engaging in false snideness. Either >of which is not a worthy example to show, if you are the person you >must be, that Roland would entrust his comrades lives to your care. >To hesitate is death; indecision and muddling about is hesitation. I >should not have to tell one such as you the lessons a beginner learns >or dies in ignorance." "If you are finished," Eric says, his voice colder than freon. "You have made the first error, one you could have avoided if you had been paying attention. I am categorically _not_ taking the position of leader in this group, something Roland had apparently not considered given his earlier commentary. I am a warrior used to working alone; I have no illusions of my capability as a leader, though I am capable of accepting orders. "Secondly, my sister herself commented rather boisterously that she considers herself a 'groupie' of this 'Army of Light.' I begin to see why you have been threatened by other members of this group, if your logic is so routinely weak. "Finally, my lack of knowledge of my sister's capabilities requires me to allow her to make her own decisions, else I become a hypocrite. I am a slayer of monsters on my world, though my purpose has since passed vengeance and become the promotion of freedom from the conspiracies of secrecy that thread through the world's societies like foul marbling. There is nothing in honor or duty that requires me to like her endangerment, however. I have shown nothing but the most studious politeness to those whom I am not yet acquainted, save to Mr. Nishikawa, to whom I have apologized. Familiarity permits a certain leeway, else I would not tolerate the commentaries of either Roland or my sister, nor, I suspect, would they tolerate mine. In other words, madam, issues between my sister and myself are none of your business, and I'll thank you to mind your own." ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 18:58:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 18:28:38 -0700 FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007269 >On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 11:17:57 -0400 >Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007259 > >>On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:18:43 -0700 (PDT) >>FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007247 >>> On with the Tale...> > >stand. As yet, I don't even have a lever, never mind the fulcrum and >a place to stand...> >>"There are Nine objects of Incalculable Power in the Matrix Cosm, >> I do Literally mean Incalculable, Each seems to violate a different >> Law of the Matrix Cosm, which can not be done by power alone... >> If as I suspect The Staff Lady Nemisis holds is indeed capped by >> Lord Fuzzy's Lens, Then Lord Fuzzy Must have Survived somehow, >> Perhaps as those nine objects..." > >"Sounds more like a scavenger hunt than a mystery, if you don't mind >me saying so. I'm a little confused here, Failsafe, Nemesis. My >memories about Lord Fuzzy are more than a bit puzzling; it seems the >only time I came near a significant level of comprehension, I was >involved in Jadisland with quite a bit of shadow-warping at work." >E.g. The India Gods bit where everyone but Fuzzy became gods, >including Zia. "It is mostly a scavenger hunt, However I do not expect that those who are using the Artifacts, Will be pleased to give them up..., Nor do I know the Locations of Most of them." "As far as your understanding of Fuzzy goes, Your Puzzlements may well reveal aspects, That no-one else has noticed around the parts that they understand... Sort of a Blind Men and The Elephant Situation." >"If Fuzzy always existed as parts of a class of being before this >'Reset Button' got slammed, how advisable is it to reassemble him as >something he wasn't before? Or is that what you mean?" "And here is our first opportunity to test that hypothesis, I don't understand what you mean by "parts of a class of being", Can you explain?" "Also I do not know if it will be possible to Reassemble him, Doing so would almost certainly alter the 9 Artifacts, Which as I have said No-One has ever found a way to do." >She shrugs, "Frankly, I've never been good at metaphysics, myself. >And even less skilled at playing the part of a marionette in a dance >no one knows, to music no one can hear. I'll help, of course, to >bring Fuzzy back, but I just want you to realize - as far as >architecture goes, I can't see the blueprint, let alone the Grand >Design." "Do not feel that you must try to anticipate some puppeteer, Be Your self, To do otherwise would not be a thing Fuzzy would have wanted." >>No more than two may be in the same Cosm at the Same Time, >> The Third to enter will force one of them to return to its, >> Original place in the Matrix Cosm." > >"So, now we have Scavenger Hunt meets the Fox, Geese, and Wheat >Problem. Er, silly question time, Nemesis. If Fuzzy's Aspects unite >to Disaster, isn't the plan to reassemble him - in a manner, unless >I'm mistaken, he has not been so integrated beforehand as a rule - >just a teensy bit logically flawed?" After Oracle's interjection, Interval spent thinking... :) "This is new information, The Designers of the Fuzzy you knew, Did not expect him to survive, Let alone be recoverable..." "Of Course, If they had Known what he would end up challenging, They would have altered the Design, so that he Would Not have done any such thing..." "His Mind, Body, and Spirit were Each designed, By the Greatest Engineers of each Kind, Then Made Real by the most Artistic of the Creator Gods, Assembled as part of the Ritual, Which Completed the Casting or The Re-Creation Spell, I know what he was designed to be, I also Know that somehow, There was much more to him than that." "No I don't Think the Fuzzy Aspects would Unite to Disaster, The Artifacts are the Solid Representations, Of the Alterations in the basic Laws of the Matrix Cosm, which Prevent those Disasters from being possible again, The Manipulation of Law which the Artifacts make possible, Must still satisfy the Purpose of the Artifact... Or be no more than a limited exemption... ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 19:32:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On 10-03-1999 at 19:12:00 FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007270 >On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 16:13:27 -0700 >The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007264 > >>On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 08:33:50 -0700 >>FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007243 >> >>"I will entertain Questions at this time if you like..." > > "One, at the moment. Do you think the 'Nihilists' will oppose your >attempt?" Eric asks. "Only if they become aware of it in time... On the other hand, Predicting the thoughts and plans of such, Is difficult at best" ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 19:32:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On 10-03-1999 at 19:12:00 FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007271 >On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 16:25:57 -0700 >The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007265 > >>On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 00:33:52 -0400 >>Caprice Said As CAoL Message # 00007248 >> >>Essex just shakes his head. "I have little talent for meta-physics. >>That is much more Legion's area, and she..." >> >>Legion says distantly, "We are pondering it, but at a certain point >>reason fails us and we turn to intuition... beyond that, intuition >>fails us, and we turn to faith... We need to think before we can ask >>the right questions." > > Eric sighs. "Good point. Though I am assuming, for the moment, >that you would have _already_ informed us, Failsafe, if you knew >where one of these things is." "That is Not Correct, I am familiar enough with this team to, Try and prevent precipitous action." "I do indeed know where several of them are, And at least one group which has another, But I do not know where that one is based..." "I will share that information, When we are ready to start our Planning. After other more basic information has been digested..." ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 19:35:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 22:22:44 -0400 Caprice Said As CAoL Message # 00007272 >On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 11:17:57 -0400 >Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007259 > >>On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:18:43 -0700 (PDT) >>FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007247 >> >>No more than two may be in the same Cosm at the Same Time, >> The Third to enter will force one of them to return to its, >> Original place in the Matrix Cosm." > >"So, now we have Scavenger Hunt meets the Fox, Geese, and Wheat >Problem. Er, silly question time, Nemesis. If Fuzzy's Aspects unite >to Disaster, isn't the plan to reassemble him - in a manner, unless >I'm mistaken, he has not been so integrated beforehand as a rule - >just a teensy bit logically flawed?" Legion still has that look in her eyes, and is mostly being silent. Essex, however, chooses to speak up. "I will leave the ethics of bringing Fuzzy back to those more suited to them." He glances briefly at Legion at that. "However the logistics should not be that complicated... if I understand correctly, Failsafe, where we are now is the only place where these items may be brought together safely, then here is where we must bring them from the nine 'cosms'... Unless that staff counts as item number one. By uniting these items here, we perhaps can return him into existence... by methods I do not comprehend. Please, Failsafe, feel free to correct me on any of this." Legion blinks back to the here and now. "We think we're going to use the time here to focus ourselves a bit. There seem to be -no- echoes or resonances here to reshape us, so we are both more balanced and focused here." Essex seems surprised by this revelation. As she has been ignored by the 'grown ups' Mischief has merrily pranced off a short distance away... where she can be found curled up on silk cushions after having stuffed herself on tuna steaks, radishes, and cream, the remnants of her meal still scattered about. ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 22:16:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions Found On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:59:10 -0700 FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007273 >On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 22:22:44 -0400 >Caprice Said As CAoL Message # 00007272 > >Essex, however, chooses to speak up. "I will leave the ethics of >bringing Fuzzy back to those more suited to them." He glances briefly >at Legion at that. "However the logistics should not be that >complicated... if I understand correctly, Failsafe, where we are now >is the only place where these items may be brought together safely, >then here is where we must bring them from the nine 'cosms'... Unless >that staff counts as item number one. By uniting these items here, we >perhaps can return him into existence... by methods I do not >comprehend. Please, Failsafe, feel free to correct me on any of >this." "Where we are Now, meaning this 'Sphere', Is the Only Place were more that Two can be brought together. We do not Know that they are Currently only one to a Cosm, We do not even know that they Definitely are all in Cosms, indeed I suspect that Two or more of them are in Pocket Realms. If the Staff counts, Then there are ten Artifacts... but I suspect that it does not." "Do not feel bad, I doubt that anyone here has a clue, As to how the Reassembly is to be done..." >Legion blinks back to the here and now. "We think we're going to use >the time here to focus ourselves a bit. There seem to be -no- echoes >or resonances here to reshape us, so we are both more balanced and >focused here." Essex seems surprised by this revelation. [OOC: Terminology, Cosm = Universe Scale 3space within the Matrix, There are Currently 9 of these... The Matrix can hold a Maximum of 64... Realm = Pocket Spaces, Hyper-Spaces, Plains ala Elemental, Etc... Including Cosms... This is the More Generic Term, There are Currently Several hundred of these... The Matrix can hold a Maximum of 4096, Including Cosms. Pocket Realms = Specifically the Smaller Realms, Can occur Naturally, but Most are Artificial.] ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 22:16:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Hunter and The Actress On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 01:13:50 -0400 Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007274 >On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 17:41:05 -0700 >The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007268 >>On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 19:51:05 -0400 >>Zia Said As CAoL Message # 00007266 >>>On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 15:55:54 -0700 >>>The Hunter Said As CAoL Message # 00007262 >>> >>"Erhm. I've found that if it's come to actual combat, you've already >>lost the major portion. BE-sides, you certainly don't have to offer >>apologies for a mere convention of wording; I have an odd outlook. >>To my seeming, all is dangerous, and not dangerous, simultaneously. >>So - we might have a chasm of perception between our points of >>discussion, I believe." > > Eric shrugs. "So long as you understand my actual meaning. >Misunderstandings can be deadly in a combat situation, and I would >not be here if Roland were not expecting such. I've found threats to >be very effective with some, and supremely foolish with others." Zia shrugs, "You seem eager to press your point home, yes. I didn't know this was a lesson I would be forced to acknowledge your correctness of view within. I mistook it for a conversation between equals." >>Zia gives Eric one of her rarest expressions; it's a disapproving >>frown. "This japing of yours is ridiculous and insulting. It's >>unseemly to dishonor your family by belittling them, even if their >>years number less than your own." She observes with shocking >>bluntness for the unusual far more subtle lady. > > Eric, unfamiliar with Zia, is unsurprised; the comment about >'dishonoring his family,' however, causes him to scowl rather >impressively. > >>"Beyond that, if you are leading in Roland's place, it's more than >>dishonorable, it's stupid to insult the capabilities of someone you >>honestly have no idea of true strength or worth. If you DO truly >>find her unworthy, you fail your duty to allow her to come along. >>Not that you've made the slightest attempt at objective judgement." >>She pauses, then adds softly, "You could have much more difficult >>relatives." > > The scowl deepens, and even through the sunglasses it's clear that >his eyes have narrowed to slits. > >>Then she says, as if studying Eric like some Zen koan. "Either you >>are making a the sort of bad decision that leads to failure of the >>whole group you lead, or you are engaging in false snideness. Either >>of which is not a worthy example to show, if you are the person you >>must be, that Roland would entrust his comrades lives to your care. >>To hesitate is death; indecision and muddling about is hesitation. I >>should not have to tell one such as you the lessons a beginner >>learns or dies in ignorance." > > "If you are finished," Eric says, his voice colder than freon. > "You have made the first error, one you could have avoided if you >had been paying attention. I am categorically _not_ taking the >position of leader in this group, something Roland had apparently not >considered given his earlier commentary. I am a warrior used to >working alone; I have no illusions of my capability as a leader, >though I am capable of accepting orders. > "Secondly, my sister herself commented rather boisterously that >she considers herself a 'groupie' of this 'Army of Light.' I begin to >see why you have been threatened by other members of this group, if >your logic is so routinely weak. > "Finally, my lack of knowledge of my sister's capabilities >requires me to allow her to make her own decisions, else I become a >hypocrite. I am a slayer of monsters on my world, though my purpose >has since passed vengeance and become the promotion of freedom from >the conspiracies of secrecy that thread through the world's societies >like foul marbling. There is nothing in honor or duty that requires >me to like her endangerment, however. I have shown nothing but the >most studious politeness to those whom I am not yet acquainted, save >to Mr. Nishikawa, to whom I have apologized. Familiarity permits a >certain leeway, else I would not tolerate the commentaries of either >Roland or my sister, nor, I suspect, would they tolerate mine. In >other words, madam, issues between my sister and myself are none of >your business, and I'll thank you to mind your own." "It is my business if it endangers lives, sir; at least when one of those lives is my own, I can see where I'd have an interest. As you just mentioned moments ago, misunderstandings are deadly in combat. I AM used to fighting as a group. As for my logic being weak, it isn't. Merely because you don't like it and discount it out of hand doesn't make it incorrect." She shrugs, again. "You don't want to hear about it, that's fine; I've heard there were plenty of single warriors who were too good to fight with a group. So kind of you to live the part as such an underwhelming example. Pardon me, of course, for over-crediting your skill to the point where Roland would have named you as a pro-tem leader. I didn't intend to flatter you so extravangantly, of course." She says with an icy edge of polite restraint to the ironic phrasing. She gives Eric the shallowest bow one could still call a bow, and removes herself from his presence quickly. Her relief as concealed as possible in her expression, although any decent 'path in the group would know her empathy had begun to harmonically oscillate on the negative emotions of the 'discussion'. Once away, she'll mutter, 'Still making friends as well as ever, aren't we?' in a sarcastic tone under her breath, for whomever could overhear such a thing. [I wonder if I should just Trump myself out of this adventure - I might need to learn from this group, but I don't want to be a hindrance with all these debacles. Morgan has the Trumps, though, and I don't think I have a Trump for anyone WITH the CAoL on this one.] She looks around at faces, pondering, and takes out a large Tarot-like deck to check whom she has cards of. ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 23:04:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 22:57:08 -0700 (PDT) Rob N Said As CAoL Message # 00007275 >>On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:59:10 -0700 >>FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007273 >> >>"Where we are Now, meaning this 'Sphere', >> Is the Only Place were more that Two can be brought together." "Oh. For a moment there, I was envisioning an interdimensional network. From what I've seen, maintaining a LAN in Windows 98 is bad enough." "So, to summarize the situation somewhat brutally, we have nine MacGuffins, some located, but most not. One location to drag them to, with hopes that they can be used to restore Fuzzy. No instruction manual. Standard level of defense for a MacGuffin presumed." "Two questions, then. Do you know of anybody who has dimensional travel within the Matrix Cosm, besides yourself? And, can this dimension be secured against unauthorized intrusion?" "I'd hate to deal with the usual theme of the MacGuffin being stolen several times before one side manages to exploit it." ================================= Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 23:47:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: FuzzyHome and Questions On 10-03-1999 at 23:45:38 FailSafe Said As CAoL Message # 00007276 >On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 22:57:08 -0700 (PDT) >Rob N Said As CAoL Message # 00007275 > >"Oh. For a moment there, I was envisioning an interdimensional >network. From what I've seen, maintaining a LAN in Windows 98 is bad >enough." ;) >"So, to summarize the situation somewhat brutally, we have nine >MacGuffins, some located, but most not. One location to drag them to, >with hopes that they can be used to restore Fuzzy. No instruction >manual. Standard level of defense for a MacGuffin presumed." "We have been told that they 'Can' be used to restore Fuzzy, As for the rest I agree that sounds probable." >"Two questions, then. Do you know of anybody who has dimensional >travel within the Matrix Cosm, besides yourself? And, can this >dimension be secured against unauthorized intrusion?" "Quite a Few Natives... A Number of Individual, or Small Team, Science based groups, Perhaps 3 or 4 percent of the tech civilizations, A Large number of mages... Including some fairly large Magic based Civilizations..." "I don't have the Power to do so, It's Laws as far as that goes, Seem to be much the same as the majority of the Crystal Spheres, At least since it was Opened..." >"I'd hate to deal with the usual theme of the MacGuffin being stolen >several times before one side manages to exploit it." "At Least we have been told that once we get them into this Sphere, They can not be removed..." ================================= Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 00:31:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE VI: The Search For Fuzzy On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 23:47:29 -0700 Harlock - Bard Extraordinaire Said As CAoL Message # 00007277 Leonard Erickson wrote: >"And provided your opponents don't know what they are. Being both >fragile and easily grabbed, they can be a *dis*advantage in those >circumstances." Harlock's lip twitches. "Fragile? Perhaps. They're remarkably hard to hit, though. And as for grabbing them..." The Bard mutters something, and the stones fade from view. The twitch has developed into a rather roguish grin. "That's not especially easy, either." =================================