in_nomine-digest Saturday, March 9 2002 Volume 01 : Number 2566 In this digest: Re: IN> Marc & Dominic? Re: IN> Marc & Dominic? IN> Triad 314 - Vendettas (Pt 3) Re: IN> Marc & Dominic? Re: IN> Marc & Dominic? OT IN> Update your address books... Re: IN> [IRON REV] The House By The Sea Re: IN> [IRON REV] The House By The Sea Re: IN> [IRON REV] The House By The Sea Re: IN> [IRON REV] The House By The Sea Re: IN> [IRON REV] The House By The Sea ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 15:04:07 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> Marc & Dominic? At 10:55 AM +0000 3/8/02, cassandra benner wrote: >Does Dominic have a grudge against some of Marc's methods? > >Taken from another (occult) site. > >WASHINGTON, DC--Calling the theological giant's stranglehold on the >religion industry "blatantly anti-competitive," a U.S. district judge >ruled Monday that God is in violation of anti-monopoly laws and ordered >Him to be broken up into several less powerful deities.[...] Remember -- the Game has lawyers too! O;> - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor RPG links; Random name list, Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 20:17:53 +0000 From: "cassandra benner" Subject: Re: IN> Marc & Dominic? >Remember -- the Game has lawyers too! O;> I can see nybbas giving this a great deal of Live TV coverage in the courts too. There would be shed loads of disturbance as Dominic and Asmodeus both turn up to personally head the teams of lawyers. Hmm, gives me an idea... Cas *Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be Evil.* In Nomine @ http://www.angelfire.com/goth/psyber/i-n.html In Nomine yahoo @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inveritas ADnD forum @ http://www.drunkendwarfinn.co.uk ADnD stuff @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ADandD_Stuff _________________________________________________________________ Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 20:52:32 From: "Michael Cleveland" Subject: IN> Triad 314 - Vendettas (Pt 3) "Ok, where is he now, Xador?" The Ofanite had been racing down the road for close to an hour, and even with his resonance enhanced skills he was having trouble keeping up with the car that periodically came into view far ahead of them. The police cars that had been chasing him had long since given up, but it did little to lessen the Wheel's sense of frustration. He turned to look at the Cherub in the seat beside him, who had his eyes closed in contemplation. "C'mon, Xador! He's going to get away from us. What is this guy driving, anyway?" The Cherub looked out the window, then whipped his head around to face Laris. "Left. Turn left, then turn left again on the second street down. He's doubling back on us." The bald-headed angel shook his head rapidly. "Where is this guy going? This doesn't make any sense - he should know he can't shake us." >From the backseat, the other Cherub reached forward and placed his hand on Xador's shoulder. "They know they can't shake the attunement, but they may be trying to outrun the car. If they get to the Tether before we do, it's still a victory for them. Still... hmm...." >From both sides of him, the two Seraphim smacked him on the shoulders. "Still what, Jack?" He turned to look at Muriel. "Something's not right here. The data I've got from Vapunet has the Tether being in a casino that's about 20 miles north of the city, and there's several that could match that profile. But when I'm going through the maps of this area here, I'm not finding any casino close to us. Now, maybe I'm wrong - the software on this palmtop is a different version than the one I'm used to, but still..." Squavariel reached out and grabbed the palmtop. "Give me a look at that." After looking at it for a moment, she dropped in back on the seat and rubbed her hands on her pants. "Ugh. The maps are wrong. I should have expected such from Vaputech -" Jack turned to face the other Seraph, his face hardening. "Look, Squavariel - - you may not trust Vapulan designs, but one thing we did right when I was still in Tartarus was make maps. Failure to maintain acceptable accuracy meant reporting to Quality Control, and you didn't want that to happen. These maps should be fine - a Vapulan's got to be able to find a secure uplink station to transmit data back to his project leader. We always made sure that we had an escape route planned." "Well, if this is their escape route, it was definitely convoluted enough. What did you guys do, have Habbalah write up the escape plans so they could test your reasoning skills?" Jack chuckled wryly. "Laris, some day I've got to tell you about the time we left the driving to our Habbalite - now that was..." Jack twisted his head slightly, then started fumbling around in some of the boxes on the floor. "Um, Laris - the Tether that we're heading to is north of the city, right?" The Ofanite turned back to face his partners. "Yeah... um. Wait a second. Wait a... then why is this sonofabitch heading south by southwest? Something's not right here..." Xador and Jack both closed their eyes, then snapped their heads around to face each other. Xador looked around at the trees at the side of the road worriedly. "You feel that, Jack?" The long haired Cherub nodded as he dug through the boxes. "Yep. Surveillance. And danger. Active hostility. Can't get a fix on it yet, but I'm working on it." Muriel picked up the palmtop and focused her gaze on its screen. "Um, Jack? These palmtops don't have any active intelligence in them, right?" At seeing his nod, she continued. "Then why is this thing actively lying to us?" As the Cherub jerked his head up to look at his superior officer, Muriel swallowed audibly. "Oh my. Well, I think we know what the problem is, guys." As Squavariel turned her resonance to the machine again, both of the Seraphim nodded uncomfortably as they focused on a tiny icon at the bottom right corner of the screen. Where they had previously noted a tiny computer with flashing lights, under the power of their resonance the icon changed to a green eye, with different words underneath it as it blinked rapidly. - - CONNECTION TO SERVER 'REKZA' ESTABLISHED - - ----------------------------------------- Ceret turned to the little girl who was riding in the seat beside him. "They're onto the palmtop, I'm thinking. It's actively in danger at this point. Should we go ahead and start the procedures?" The child nodded, not looking up from the circuitry patterns that she was carving into her arm. "It's about time for us to go ahead. Are teams 4 and 5 in position?" The Djinn nodded. "Team 3 reports that they're in postion close to the local Tether of The Sword to cut them off in case they try to make a run for it. Team 2 has had to return to Tartarus - they mentioned something about a bad drive on the recording equipment, so we should probably count them out for the duration. Team 1 is about 2 miles ahead, but they've lost Samir and Donalas, which means only Ariane is active." The child nodded. "All right. Transport the first device to their vehicle. I'll get the monitoring drones in place." Setting the scalpel down, she opened the laptop that was sitting in her lap to reveal a screen with a dozen different windows open, and a map with multiple red dots moving around on it. "You know, Ceret - this should be an event to be celebrated. These babies should really give us an edge up on the competition. Why, the funding increases alone will be worth the sacrifices we've made." Ceret smiled savagely. "No more sitting in the back of the symposiums while the stupid Punishers get all the credit for advancing Technology. We'll get what we've always deserved, Rekza - respect. Vapula will have to acknowledge us this time. Still, you sure you can handle the drones? You're talking about being in multiple places at once, right?" The girl shook her head, her head twisting slightly further than it should have been able to. "No, we're not talking about multiple manifestations here. These are enhanced, of course, but the technological base is standard mortal remote control, with laser beams to track the target and maintain a relatively constant distance. Humans have been using this sort of thing for a while, just not to this degree. It should be safe, although it may give we a headache. Still, if it works as we predict, it'll give us the ability to match a Kyriotate in terms of surveillance. I've got a good lock on the target area. All drones report nominal. We're set." The Djinn reached back into the backseat and opened a box containing a silvery disk. "Ready?" The girl nodded as the Djinn made a few motions with his hand and the disk began to dematerialize. Reaching out for a headset, she spoke quietly into the microphone, her high-pitched voice falling into an unnatural and unmistakable cadence. "This is Rekza. Target is in position. All teams begin sequencing." - ---------------------------------------- Squavariel was the first one to react at the disturbance. "Something is happening. Disturbance, to the left of us. Moderate range. Song use. I -" Without warning, a metallic disk about the size of a frisbee appeared in front of the car, causing Laris to swerve wildly. Falling onto the hood on the car, it flew backwards toward the windshield, vaporizing as it touched the glass. The stunned Ofanite gunned the engine, forcing the car ever faster down the road. "Everybody okay back there?" Xador nodded. "Yeah, it looks like it... wait a second. Do you feel something weird, Squavariel?" The Seraph nodded, her face contorting in dismay. "Yes. Discord - we have been bound somehow. It must have been that device. It would seem that they are no longer willing to be chased, but intend to initiate some action of their own." She reached into her jacket and pulled out a pistol. "We should prepare ourselves for violent action. Do you concur, Muriel?" Muriel reached into a cooler on the floor and pulled out a bottle and a gun. "I concur. Are there any objections?" The two Cherubim shook their heads in the negative, while Jack opened a box and pulled out an oddly-shaped contraption that radiated an almost palpable aura of destruction. Squavariel swallowed an oath, her eyes tracing their way around the edges of the boxy-shaped weapon. As the Cherub slammed a clip into the device whose length nearly equalled her forearm, she tapped Jack's arm. "Just out of curiosity, are you not supposed to give all Technological weapons to Lightning once you've captured them?" Jack nodded. "This isn't a Technological device. It's a worthless hunk of junk at the moment. If and when it becomes a weapon, I'll be sure to let you know, Most Holy." He knelt on the seat, cradling the device in his arms lovingly when he was knocked back into the other Cherub in the front seat, blood streaming down his face from a hole over his left eye. Xador immediately twisted in the seat, attempting to shield Jack from the apparent sniper. "Are you all right? Speak to me, Jack! Come on, just hold on a second, Jack! Stay with me!" "Ow." The Cherub slowly raised himself up, glaring into the trees, his eyes focusing in on an oak with a hunters stand in it. "All right, you little jackass. Two can play that game." Shuddering as another slug slammed into him, the two Seraphim began shooting in the direction of the stand. Jack tapped the Ofanite on the head, "Stop the car." "But -" "Stop the car, Laris." Laris pulled off to the side, keeping the engine idling. The wounded Cherub waved his hand in front of the two Seraphim, who stopped shooting and looked incredulously at him. Raising his voice into a shout, "You are hereby charged with the crime of attempted murder. Do you wish to enter a plea?" Another shot rang out, this time striking the Cherub in the arm. Looking down at his companions, "Guilty?" The two Seraphim looked at each other, raising a eyebrow, then nodded in the affirmative. An additional 2 voices from the front seat made their votes clear as well. "You are hereby found Guilty of this crime. There is but one punishment that can be carried out under these conditions." As the object in Jack's hands began to light up with angelic sigils which glowed a neon blue, Jack looked down at Squavariel, a smirk on his face. "Now, it's a weapon, Most Holy." Turning back towards the tree, he called out to the figure scrambling to get out of the stand. "SENTENCE!" The weapon in his hands flared, and the Symphony roared its approval loudly in the ears of the angels as the figure and the trees closest to him vaporized in a ball of luminescent flame. The Ofanite started the car up the hill again, whooping wildly as the Cherub sat down in the seat to be attended to by the ladies on either side of him. Laris turned back to face them as he sped down the road. "Well, screw me - the thing actually does something!" Jack nodded as reached into the cooler. "Hey, I've never been able to test it under field conditions. I'll have to make sure I don't fire it at close range, though - but the antimatter generator does work, if you give the thing enough electricity. I'll make sure to thank that Impudite I stole the song from if I ever find him again." Squavariel nudged the Cherub slightly. "While I hate to interrupt this self-congratulatory experience, there is another pressing concern. We are still bound, although I feel this will not last forever. More pressing at the moment is that we still have enemies out here, and your wounds are not closing, Jack. My Healing is not taking effect on you for some reason, and if we do not find some way to repair the damage to your vessel, sooner or later you will die. And there is no reason to believe that the rest of our enemies are not similarly equipped." The five of them looked at each quietly, and then looked at the would on Jack's head which was slowly but surely turning an angry reddish color as blood oozed from it. Laris finally turned back to pay attention to the road, and spoke what was one everyone's mind - "So, what do we do now?" (to be continued) _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 17:14:04 -0500 From: Eric Eves Subject: Re: IN> Marc & Dominic? >Taken from another (occult) site. The Onion is occult? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 22:34:52 +0000 From: "cassandra benner" Subject: Re: IN> Marc & Dominic? OT > > >Taken from another (occult) site. > >The Onion is occult? I dunno were it came from in the begining but i got it from one of the many yahoo groups im on. This one in specific is a black magic study group. What can i say, im widely travelled. :) Cas *Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be Evil.* In Nomine @ http://www.angelfire.com/goth/psyber/i-n.html In Nomine yahoo @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inveritas ADnD forum @ http://www.drunkendwarfinn.co.uk ADnD stuff @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ADandD_Stuff _________________________________________________________________ Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 19:06:11 -0600 From: "Prodigal" Subject: IN> Update your address books... I apologise for the spam. but my Ticnet address no longer appears to be working. So if you have prodigal@ticnet.com in your address books, change it to prodigal@allamagoosa.org instead. And for those of you who didn't have it, then there's nothing to see here; move along. ;;;) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 00:40:39 -0500 From: "William J. Keith" Subject: Re: IN> [IRON REV] The House By The Sea Well, that's the deadline, and we received exactly one entry. Not much point in voting on that, I suppose. I am yet reluctant to call Iron Rev dead, though -- the ingredient this time was admittedly weird. I tried for creativity, maybe I broke the concept. Perhaps in a couple of months or so we can give it another go and see how it flies. William ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 00:50:32 -0500 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> [IRON REV] The House By The Sea > I am yet reluctant to call Iron Rev dead, though -- the ingredient this > time was admittedly weird. I tried for creativity, maybe I broke the > concept. Perhaps in a couple of months or so we can give it another go and > see how it flies. My problem isn't with the concept. I like your idea quite a bit; I simply didn't find anything inspiring about the picture. It wasn't dynamic. It was busy and cluttered. I didn't feel inspired by it. Don't give up hope, though. At least there was an entry. If nobody had written anything.... - -- Casca "Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing." --Margaret Chittenden, writer ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 10:26:02 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> [IRON REV] The House By The Sea - --- "William J. Keith" wrote: > Well, that's the deadline, and we received exactly one > entry. That's because my computer isn't fixed yet. Checking e-mail during lunch hour is one thing, but it's hard to write plot seeds w/o a machine at home. ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "The other beattitude that's not in the book is this: 'Blessed are those who are pleasant to live with.'" - -- Rev. Claudette Copeland __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 19:29:23 +0100 (CET) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Unni_Sol=E5s?= Subject: Re: IN> [IRON REV] The House By The Sea On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Michael Walton wrote: > Good stuff. Very much in keeping with Norse myth. > Yes, but why the weird name for Hermod's role? Sounds like a Tolkien dwarf with a russian(?) surname. If he's supposed to be a Scandinavian why not just use a normal Scandinavian name? Like Arne Nordheim or Viggo Mortensen...;) The story itself is good, though. I got this strange feeling of (how to put this..) timelessness and otherwordlyness from the two people. I'd like to hear more of their story. __ "Pain! Lots of pain!" Unni ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 18:09:10 -0500 From: EDG Subject: Re: IN> [IRON REV] The House By The Sea At 07:29 PM 3/9/02 +0100, you wrote: >Yes, but why the weird name for Hermod's role? Sounds like a Tolkien dwarf >with a russian(?) surname. If he's supposed to be a Scandinavian why not >just use a normal Scandinavian name? Like Arne Nordheim or Viggo >Mortensen...;) I'm drawing these names from my rusty knowledge of Norse myth and modern naming books. :) "Dain" was one of the four harts who ran in the branches of Yggdrasil, and "Kolinkar", as I'm given to understand, is a Danish name meaning "of the conquering people". Eirik, Eikki: "eternal ruler" (Norse) Gerda, Garthf: "enclosure, protected place" (Norse) Bifrost: The Rainbow Bridge connecting Asgard to Midgard (Norse) Jakob: "supplanter" (German version of a Biblical name) As an aside, the Mercurian's Role should be "Jakob von Passau", not "Jakob duPont". I'm not sure *why* I made that mistake; in lieu of an actual source of error, I blame the Pyramid chat. ;) - -EDG ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2566 ********************************