in_nomine-digest Thursday, April 4 2002 Volume 01 : Number 2591 In this digest: IN> The Undead Sun IN> Purity Version 2.0 Re: IN> The Undead Sun IN> Moe's Contest: Once More, With Feeling Re: IN> Moe's Contest: Once More, With Feeling Re: IN> Moe's Contest: Once More, With Feeling Re: IN> Moe's Contest: Once More, With Feeling Re: IN> The Undead Sun Re: IN> Moe's Contest: Once More, With Feeling Re: IN> The Undead Sun Re: IN> Breaking Moe's Brain: The Undead Sun Re: IN> Moe's Contest: Once More, With Feeling RE: IN> T minus 1 day Re: IN> The Undead Sun Re: IN> Contest Entry: Fade Away Re: IN> Contest Entry: Outside, Wanting to Come In Re: IN> Breaking Moe's Brain: Belial, Archangel of the Flame Re: IN> Breaking Moe's Brain: The Undead Sun Re: IN> And Death Has No Dominion Re: IN> Breaking Moe's Brain: The Undead Sun Re: IN> Contest Entry: Outside, Wanting to Come In Re: IN> And Death Has No Dominion Re: IN> And Death Has No Dominion Re: IN> And Death Has No Dominion IN> Saminga the Lord of All part 2 Re: IN> Forces Question IN> A Guide to Tuning Symphonic Instruments Re: IN> [ADMIN] Spam/virus Alert! Re: IN> PC's? PC's for the Poor? IN> Symphony Re: IN> The Undead Sun RE: IN> Symphony IN> I'm sorry, but she made me do it... ^^ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 01:59:06 -0500 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> The Undead Sun Man we've got a lot of Saminga on our minds really haven't we? Great job here and one of the most hilarious most IN-esque things ever done in the world. Now wait until Gabriel's solution Michael, Laurence, and Jean: You want us to WHAT? Gabriel: Raise the Sun from the dead, don't make me stamp my foot and pout! - -Charlemagne _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 02:02:59 -0500 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> Purity Version 2.0 Yipes! Really good explanation of the Malakim, I like it! :-) - -Charlemagne _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 01:26:28 -0600 From: "Wade Lahoda" Subject: Re: IN> The Undead Sun > Michael, Laurence, and Jean: You want us to WHAT? > > Gabriel: Raise the Sun from the dead, don't make me stamp my foot and pout! I can see Jean's soulution, actually... "You can't restore life to the undead. Although the degree to which assumptions about the undead sun based on undead humans can be depended upon is questionable... I do not believe it would be possible to restore life to the sun, and even if it were, the cost in essence and raw forces would be highly inefficient. Given that we can not return the Undead Sun to a living state, our only option for removing it is the same as with all other undead. We utterly destroy it." *looks of shock and/or complete and utter non comprehension on the faces of the other archangels - with the exception of Eli(who just showed up) who giggles a bit, and Yves who simply smiles.* "I do not propose we destroy the Undead Sun immediately, even if we could. After all, we need will need a replacement." "And just where are we going to get a replacement sun from?" "We aren't. Humanity will create one of their own. We will help them, of course, as we must.... But this is a part of Humanity's Destiny. It's being pushed ahead on the scheduale by several thousand years, but neccessity is the mother of invention as the humans see. They will find a way to eliminate the Undead sun - and they will create a sun of their own." *Disbelief and grumbles are Jean's only response. Except for Janus...who approaches a few of the less pleased Archangels as the leave the Council...* "You know...Jean's plan, such that it is...well, it doesn't seem all that viable... Although he is right...it would be impossible to get a replacement sun from anywhere else - what, are we going to *drag* another sun selected out of the millions of good ones out there, all the way here? Hah...it'd be easier just to uproot humanity and move them en masse to other planets... Or even move humanity in many different directions, to many different planets, making sure nothing like this could ever happen again... But that's a silly idea, isn't it?" A. Wade Lahoda ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 09:48:36 +0000 From: "Jonathan Walton" Subject: IN> Moe's Contest: Once More, With Feeling What can be said? There is not and never was a Word quite like Corruption. The Oceans drowned those who might master them. Destruction left nothing in its wake. Rapine was violated by a stranger. Sloth? Eaten away by apathy. Oblivion? Swallowed by the void. Everyone shied away from Disease's rotting carcass, lest they catch something contagious. Secrets has a new boss? Shhh! That would be telling. But no single Word has ever destroyed two Superiors... No Word except Corruption. Beelzebub was not weak, by any means, but there was something devouring him from the inside. By the time Uriel reached him, the ancient Prince was a husk of what he once was, barely able to resist as the Archangel cleaned the stain from the world's Purity. And Legion... Everyone knows how that story goes. Though the Tsayadim fully expected Uriel to return and deal with Corruption's second master, it took the combined forces of Heaven and Hell, as well as the death of Raphael, to sweep the world clean this time. And when Corruption returns for a third go? The world may _never_ come clean. Why? It's a simple fact. Corruption only grows stronger. Mankind spreads across the surface of the earth and evil spreads its way deeper and deeper into their bosoms. Lucifer is not stupid. Beelzebub didn't succeed, but the Darkest Lord was just testing the waters. Legion failed as well, but the Lightbringer finally got a glimpse of what Corruption was capable of. Where Beelzebub held back, letting his Word consume him, Legion let it all out, pushing the limits of what a Word could mean, threatening all of Creation itself. Lucifer was impressed. Very impressed. But the First Balseraph knows how to play the waiting game. Corruption's strength is already, by conservative guesses, twice as strong as it was in Legion's day, but still the Lightbringer will not name a Third Prince. Critics say it's because he fears the Word and that, to a certain extent, is true. The next and, hopefully, _last_ Prince of Corruption would have little reason to heed any master. The destruction he creates will make Demogorgon look like Novalis. This time around, the Corruption will not be limited to just one plane, but may reach even the deepest depths of Hell, where Lucifer occasionally takes a break from his busy schedule to hang upside-down in a block of ice. Still, Lucifer knows that there will someday be a Third Prince of Corruption. How could he _not_ make one? It would be like _not_ pressing the button labeled "Extremely Dangerous! Don't Push!" Even the Darkest Lord succumbs to the occasional destructive habit, and awarding the Word of Corruption is the most dangerous one he's acquired so far. He's even chosen a proper candidate. Not that anyone knows, of course. It wouldn't be proper to give away the surprise. Still, Lucifer can't wait to see the look on Kobal's face when the Impudite sees the look on David's face... And Judgment too. If Lucifer had any pity left in his icy, dark heart, it might stir to the surface for the poor messenger who will have to tell Dominic... To put icing on the cake, Laurence will be perfectly livid, as well. And since Uriel destroyed the first of Corruption's Princes, it seems ironically fitting that the Word's final bearer will desecrate the memory of the First Malakite... But until that day finally comes, the Lightbringer keeps his chosen vassal a tightly guarded secret. It's not that difficult, all said, since no one knows the creature is still alive, much less bottled up in the Lower Hells. There, Lucifer claims, "He ages nicely, like a fine wine." "1998 was such a good year for California." - ----- Later. Jonathan, Djinn of Dark Horse Candidates, who thought he had a good chance... _before_ Casca zombified the sun ;) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 08:37:52 -0500 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN> Moe's Contest: Once More, With Feeling >What can be said? There is not and never was a Word quite like Corruption.> >"1998 was such a good year for California." > > snip Oh, this is cruel. What happened in 1998? I can't even remember much of last week... c'mon! Josh ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 09:07:44 -0500 From: Cameron McCurry Subject: Re: IN> Moe's Contest: Once More, With Feeling > Oh, this is cruel. What happened in 1998? I can't even remember much of > last week... c'mon! Hmmm...Well, I did graduate from Boot Camp but I don't think it was *THAT* momentous. -:-) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:13:48 -0500 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN> Moe's Contest: Once More, With Feeling >> Oh, this is cruel. What happened in 1998? I can't even remember much of >> last week... c'mon! > > Hmmm...Well, I did graduate from Boot Camp but I don't think it was >*THAT* momentous. -:-) > Did your graduation result in a profound shift in favor of or establish a tether to Corruption? Josh ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:28:35 -0500 (EST) From: Ryan M Roth Subject: Re: IN> The Undead Sun On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Wade Lahoda wrote: > > Michael, Laurence, and Jean: You want us to WHAT? > > > > Gabriel: Raise the Sun from the dead, don't make me stamp my foot and > pout! > > I can see Jean's soulution, actually... So Close, Wade! So Very Close, but not quite. :) See below. > > "You can't restore life to the undead. Although the degree to which > assumptions about the undead sun based on undead humans can be depended upon > is questionable... I do not believe it would be possible to restore life to > the sun, and even if it were, the cost in essence and raw forces would be > highly inefficient. Given that we can not return the Undead Sun to a living > state, our only option for removing it is the same as with all other undead. > > We utterly destroy it." > > *looks of shock and/or complete and utter non comprehension on the faces of > the other archangels - with the exception of Eli(who just showed up) who > giggles a bit, and Yves who simply smiles.* > > "I do not propose we destroy the Undead Sun immediately, even if we could. > After all, we need will need a replacement." > > "And just where are we going to get a replacement sun from?" This is true until this part. Then... Jean stood then, addressing his fellow Archangels. "Come with me, please." He lead them all away from the council chambers, into the Halls of Progress. There, he allowed them all access to a special laboratory for the first time. The essembled Archangels stood upon a network of catwalks, looing down on a vast warehouse of objects. Each object was exactly identical, perfect in all its dimensions. Each was a solid black that allowed no light to escape. Each object was, in fact, a giant black slab, perfectly rectanglar, with perfect proportions. "We will have to implement this project of mine early. These artifacts have been constructed for the purpose of supplying humanity with a second sun, with its own habitable moons. My plan was for humanity to use these moons as a stepping stone toward interstellar travel. It will take some time to set up the project, but eventually we will be able to wean the Earth off the current, corrupted Sun and onto the secondary one. Then we can obliterate the abomination." "How exactly are those things going to give us a second sun?" asked David. "They will be brought into a configuration around Jupiter, very much like the way the undead coffins were arranged around the Sun. Since Jupiter is much smaller, the process will be easier and more efficient. When activated, they will grant additional mass to Jupiter, and ignite it. Jupiter's moons will be pushed outward by the process, into the habitable planetary range. With some work, we may be able to drag Mars into that range as well. Reorganizing the planetary orbits after the the old Sun is gone will require all our efforts, however." "Just like in the old days, eh Jean?" said Janus, smiling. "Precisely. My preliminary calculations indicate that we have a 42.224521% chance of saving all the planets, but that increases to 89.945245% if we are willing to sacrifice Pluto and Mercury. Please observe." With a gesture, the ceiling of the lab transformed into a panaramic skyscape -- a vast display of the galaxies, focused on the Earth's solar system. "My God, it's full of stars..." mumbled Christopher, although no one really paid any attention. Jean led them all through the procedures necessary to shift the planetary alignments and specified the time table of events. "How long will it take before we can ignite Jupiter?" asked Micheal. "It is presently the human year 2002. I estimate that it will take approximately eight years to define the correct configuration. In that time, of course, humanity will notice that something is occuring around Jupiter. I will make use of that -- my Servitors and Saints will encourage them to make their first manned interplanetary voyage to determine what is happening. And we will let them know just enough so that they will be prepared to take possession of the new moons and planets when the time comes. However, we will need a base in the Corporeal to orchestrate the events -- I will select one of Jupiter's moons for this, and will direct the humans to attempt no landing there." Jean paused, and looked seriously at his colleagues. "Eight years. Humanity and the Earth will have to live with an undead Sun for that long. This project will have to protected from infernal interference the entire time. Everyone will have a part to play in this -- Novalis, Jordi and Eli will have to create fast-blooming ecosystems; Laurence, David and Micheal will have to project the project; Khalid, Gabriel, Yves and Blandine will have to give humanity the inspiration and drive it will take to make this grand a change in their history; Marc, Christopher, Dominic and Zadkiel will have to protect humanity from themselves while they exist under an undead sun. Janus and myself will focus on the project itself." "We have a lot of work to do." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:46:31 -0500 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> Moe's Contest: Once More, With Feeling > Oh, this is cruel. What happened in 1998? I can't even remember much of > last week... c'mon! "Fall of the Malakim" was published. - -- 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: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:59:43 -0500 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN> The Undead Sun > >Each object was exactly identical, perfect in all its dimensions. Each >was a solid black that allowed no light to escape. Each object was, in >fact, a giant black slab, perfectly rectanglar, with perfect proportions. Someone's been doing his required science-fiction reading. Just make sure to get Hal, dissonant Kyriotate servitor of Lightning, out of the computers. Josh ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 16:24:43 +0000 From: "Janet Anderson" Subject: Re: IN> Breaking Moe's Brain: The Undead Sun >Me, I'm going to pretend that I never saw that, that it never happened, >that >it's Just Not There. Saw what? Janet Anderson _________________________________________________________________ Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 16:43:54 +0000 From: "Janet Anderson" Subject: Re: IN> Moe's Contest: Once More, With Feeling Yich. I know who this is. (I don't use the work in question IMC, as to say I dislike it would be a masterful understatement.) Janet Anderson _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 11:48:18 -0500 From: "Adams, David" Subject: RE: IN> T minus 1 day That's funny, Eric is the malakite in a white car. His license plates state it quite clearly. Dave Malakite of Wind, Petitioner of the heavenly word of Hardcore. - -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Gallagher [mailto:yoshimato@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 8:29 PM To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com Subject: Re: IN> T minus 1 day >Bah. Your jibes of motorized scooters and shoujo anime will be for naught >when my Opus is released upon the world. The splintering of your feeble >minds shall be music to my ears. For if this breaks Moe's brain, how then >shall ye lesser intellects fare? Muahahahahahahahahahhhh. Guys? Eric's gone off the deep end. I think it's time to have the Makilim in White Coats pick him up. Daniel _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 12:18:33 -0500 From: "Robb Kidd" Subject: Re: IN> The Undead Sun Ryan M Roth wrote: >"We have a lot of work to do." > A saint sitting in on the briefing says, in a beefy British accent, "So, we're not going to Titan, then?" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:26:09 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Contest Entry: Fade Away - --- Merior wrote: > This human had a Force from a deceased Superior within > her being. > > (And she did asked if he wanted anything...) Heeheehee! ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "In film, the director is God. In documentaries, God is the director." - -- Alfred Hitchcock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:28:34 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Contest Entry: Outside, Wanting to Come In Yikes! That's a new one on me. Not canonical, of course, but when did that ever stop this list? ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "In film, the director is God. In documentaries, God is the director." - -- Alfred Hitchcock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:32:15 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Breaking Moe's Brain: Belial, Archangel of the Flame - --- EDG wrote: > I'd presume that Prophets are those people who are > touched by Gabriel According to the CPG (or is it the GMG?), prophets are people who hear the voice of God (albeit imperfectly in most cases). That write-up also specifies that Lucifer has _never_ been able to duplicate this effect, though he can fake it somewhat. ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "In film, the director is God. In documentaries, God is the director." - -- Alfred Hitchcock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:39:35 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Breaking Moe's Brain: The Undead Sun What a shame that this plan will blow up in Hell's collective face -- as the Aztec gods come blazing out of obscurity in the rush of Essence resulting from science proving them right... ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "In film, the director is God. In documentaries, God is the director." - -- Alfred Hitchcock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:44:55 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> And Death Has No Dominion - --- EDG wrote: > (Zapan > would think, later, that to hear "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" > in Tagalog was an > experience that almost demanded a Force-purging.) Having heard karaoke (though it wasn't called that back then) in the Philippines, I found this the most brain-breaking statement of this entire week. ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "In film, the director is God. In documentaries, God is the director." - -- Alfred Hitchcock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 18:46:08 +0000 From: "Janet Anderson" Subject: Re: IN> Breaking Moe's Brain: The Undead Sun Don't most of the Aztec gods work for Beleth anyway? Janet Anderson _________________________________________________________________ Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 20:14:09 +0100 From: "Merior" Subject: Re: IN> Contest Entry: Outside, Wanting to Come In Michael Walton wrote: > Yikes! That's a new one on me. Not canonical, of > course, but when did that ever stop this list? > Thanks. It might not have succeeded in hurting Moe's brain, but I am glad that somebody found it interesting. It becomes slightly more worrying to players though if any of the PCs have lost Celestial Forces in past... - - Richard Drysdale (merior@talk21.com) "Is a contract with God that different to a deal with the Devil?" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 13:24:31 -0600 From: "Wade Lahoda" Subject: Re: IN> And Death Has No Dominion - ----- Original Message ----- From: "EDG" To: Sent: April 3, 2002 11:30 PM Subject: IN> And Death Has No Dominion > in Shal-Mari, laying in wait for the Prince's eventual appearance. (Zapan > would think, later, that to hear "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" in Tagalog was an > experience that almost demanded a Force-purging.) The Djinn in black, who You know, I got to wonder whether or not the repeated Bad Bad Leroy Brown is foreshadowing... ;) We all know what happened to Leroy Brown... "Well, Friday 'bout a week ago Leroy shootin' dice And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name Doris And, oh that girl looked nice Well, he cast his eyes upon her And the trouble soon began And Leroy Brown learned a lesson 'bout a-messin' With the wife of a jealous man {Refrain} Well, those two men took to fightin' And when they pulled them from the floor Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle With a couple of pieces gone {Refrain twice} Yeah, he was badder than old King Kong And meaner than a junkyard dog" Of course, pointing out the bad end to which Leroy Brown comes to really just has one point. To allow me to ask: Has Haagenti finally bitten off more than he can chew? ;) A. Wade Lahoda ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 19:45:11 +0000 From: "Janet Anderson" Subject: Re: IN> And Death Has No Dominion > You know, I got to wonder whether or not the repeated Bad Bad Leroy >Brown >is foreshadowing... ;) We all know what happened to Leroy Brown... Why, yes, I do. And I was wondering whether Lucifer was going to go upside his head for trying to take a bite out of Lilith, or whether Haagenti would start his war on the Host by attacking someone weak, like Novalis ... :) (Well, I personally don't believe the Michael/Novalis connection, but after all, *none* of this is canon.) Janet Anderson _________________________________________________________________ Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:46:05 -0500 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN> And Death Has No Dominion > Of course, pointing out the bad end to which Leroy Brown comes to really >just has one point. To allow me to ask: > > Has Haagenti finally bitten off more than he can chew? > Oh will the puns never cease... I certainly hope not. Okay. Looking at this set up... Ice... wonderful. Can we see a write-up? And how powerful is Mariel? I can see Gluttony as being a subset of Oblivion (the latter causing the former) so would we see Haagenti overshadowed by the increasingly powerful Mariel soon? Ooo... and... one question: Where did the Prince of Ice come from? I know he's got forces from Vephar, but did he form spontaneously or is he a patchwork from Vapula? Josh ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 14:51:56 -0500 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> Saminga the Lord of All part 2 Well here's the next part as unfortunately the situation is going a bit more dim for our fellows... Adventure Hook The City of Austin, TX has become a warzone as those infected by the disease meet mindless screaming deaths before arising as hungry instinct driven Zombu....those who are willing to give in their murderous urges become self aware and with each death come closer to transformation into full undead mummies....a side effect of the disease Saminga prefers to consider "evolution" As such right now the living fight the dead with the causalties already in the thousands by the end of the third day of infection. Mischevious Demons have already blown up escape routes in an attempt to win affection from their superiors. Laurence as Commander of the Host immediately dispatches as many healthy angels as he can to the Earth with a vessel to destroy the undead and move the living away from the sick. Hundreds of servitors of Saminga have already been at work in the city gathering zombies and virus samples however which they bring to refugees and disrupt the efforts. Events spiral out of control as by the end of the week the United States military and media are fully aware of the situation in Austin and with very few suvrivors left President Bush okays the use of a nuclear armament that eradicates the entire city. The Tsadyim have been devastated by the Apocolypse Disease of Saminga and the necessary counter-attack by servants of the Sword. The few survivors cured by Laurence and Khalid out of pity join up with their previous superiors or soul-kill themselves out of shame for being infected from the lofty state of Purity. The Marches are unfortunately rapidly growing with the undead as people's dreams of terror and horror spawn countless zombies, ghosts, and devilish creatures that Beleth eagerly uses to lay claim to a vast majority of territory that permanently moves the balance of power for her. Saminga uncaring about the number of his soldiers destroyed or sent into trauma by the single largest engagement of angels and demons in centuries laughs as his servants set off the Virus in isolated communities across the nation to divide Heaven's efforts. The best way to isolate angels from the Virus attacking heaven and for demons not allied with Saminga is to put them in vessels on Earth....which is exactly what Saminga wants. Andrephalus out of pique and desperate to preserve his pretty creatures immediately starts raiding his fellow princes for souls to destroy in order to immunize them as other rival Princes do the same setting off a chain of conflicts among them. Lilith herself gathers her children together as well as they dissapear from Hell those who have not thrown their lot in. Saminga in a height of irony offering immunization for any servitor of Lust or Lilim not serving him's forces. Vapula meanwhile having already immunized his own scientists takes this time to release and test hundreds of his own devices on the Earth since the essential secrecy of Hell is out the window and with thousands of zombies walking the Earth no one is likely to notice a mutant, cyborg, and robot or two. The disease efforts to contain failing across the world with rain splashes going forward along with spiking Michael calls an emergency meeting of the Seraphim Council and says that Saminga must be destroyed....volenteering for the assignment personally after much debate with Laurence ove which should do battle. Saminga merely chuckles as the sent of death and corruption across the globe awakens the scattered piece of celestial and word forces he'd preserved and nutured for centuries in the chasm....where thousands of worm like remanents of souls had crawled to in preparation for this day. Lucifer had never appointed a new Demon prince of corruption because he'd known the old one had never truly been completely destroyed thanks to Saminga's foresight >From the halls of the Dead then emerges the Reborn Legion... Of which begins possesing the corpses of all the dead that have NOT died by the virus... - -Charlemagne _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 20:22:25 From: "Perry Lloyd" Subject: Re: IN> Forces Question > > 42% for a human wouldn't be that bad, but for an > > animal who primary sense is > > smell? Never mind the fact that tracking is rarely > > an average task ... > > > > it's still just wrong > > > >Which is why they always try to get a sample of the >thing (or item of the person) that they want the dog >to track: it must be worth at least a +4 to the dog's >roll... :) > >Moe that's the ticket! Must be a species related attuning ability of some sort ... - -Perry perrylloyd@hotmail.com pl312993@oak.cats.ohiou.edu http://www.geocities.com/perrylloyd/ "And that's the hardest thing for a human being to do - be wrong. Do you know that people would rather die than be wrong?" - --from A Matter For Men by David Gerrold _________________________________________________________________ Rejoignez le plus grand service de messagerie au monde avec MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com/fr ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 15:33:52 -0500 From: Cameron McCurry Subject: IN> A Guide to Tuning Symphonic Instruments Since the main book likes to compare angels and demons to instruments, I thought I would expand on that a bit on the topic of Redemption. Tuning the instruments of Hell to something more suited for the Symphony has proven to be difficult but rewarding work. I now offer general descriptions of the problems involved in tuning each Band, plus helpful suggestions for each one. I am avoiding mentioning the problems encountered with tuning to specific Archangels. They are better able to describe the challenges than myself. Balseraphs: Ah, the sound of a Balseraph when it is played as a Seraphim for the first time is more joyful than I can describe. Tuning one is actually a simple matter. As they tend to be set for lower notes than Seraphim, it's a matter of removing the strings, keeping the neck tension constant, then adding strings that are set an octave higher. Make sure about the sound; many Balseraphs are horribly out of tune and refuse to acknowledge this. You will note that the wood goes from dark grain to lighter once the work is done. Don't worry; this is perfectly normal and will not affect performance. Djinn: Recalibrating these brasses and woodwinds is about as easy as Balseraphs. It's usually a matter of a new reed and cleaning out the insides. If you're fortunate enough to have a Djinn that is meticulously clean, this will make things easier. Like the Balseraphs, you need to check the sound on it while you fix it; they are typically set for minors that make it sound depressing. When you can do a perfect scale that doesn't sound mournful, you know you're set. Calabim: The destructive natures of these instruments means that you need to have your workshop cleared of all other instruments when you are ready to work. The boundless energy of an Ofanite is directed inward with these, so they tend to lash out unpredictably. Give it something to attack while you work such as cinderblocks or a metal wall and you should be fine. Once it has been tuned, make sure you have an open door ready; they tend to be quite energetic. Habbalah: This is one of the most difficult instruments to tune. It can go from sharps to flats without any warning and all the while they insist that they are set to Heavenly standards. Usually, you have to play it and tune it at the same time; force it to go lower or higher as you work. For the designs found on the flesh, you will need a fine grit sandpaper to gently work those out. Once work is completed, test it out by getting into a debate that could easily become inflammatory. If it can keep the middle C in the face of all of that, they are ready to be released to their new Superior. Lilim: The Lilim are the most difficult to work with since Heaven doesn't really have schematics on them. They also rarely agree to join the Symphony and each one is unique. Get the help of a trained professional before beginning work. The first problem is to figure out which type of instrument they are (Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Keyboards, other). Use that as a general frame of reference. The Geases are the trickiest part since they can undo the work you have done. You can find the demons that hold them and point out that it's in their best interest to spend the Geas in a good way (Mark and Michael's people are the best ones to handle this), or you can remove them in the shop. If you choose to remove them, there will be flaws in the instrument no matter how careful you are. This won't hinder playing, but it will affect the appearance. Use your judgment. Shedim: Coveralls and gloves are the best way to start work. They are slick and polluted and I still can't understand how they are so effective as instruments. Keep in mind that they don't really fall under any category. This makes it quite the challenge for the inexperienced craftsman. Your best bet is to get a Kyriotate as an assistant, preferably one who has been through the tuning procedure. They are not only able to guide you along, they can calm the Shedite down and help it as it begins to get reshaped. Impudites: Their vocals are good, but the coarseness of their training is apparent when you begin work. A strong coach that is able to get them to see the flaws in their voices and provide honest feedback is the best help you can have. Make sure they come in periodically for minor adjustments for the first six months. After that, they tend to not wander off-key. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 15:48:08 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> [ADMIN] Spam/virus Alert! At 5:12 PM -0500 4/3/02, Robb Kidd wrote: [...] > If there is not a need for the list to share .exe, .mp3, .vbs or other >types of file-type attachments[1], could we snip these sorts of things >at the list server? Too much overhead? I don't know if there's a mechanism to do that. I'll have to look into it sometime... In any case, this spam/virus _didn't_ actually come from the list. It came from an AOL address, with the From field forged to _look_ as if it came from the list. - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor RPG links; Random name list, Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 15:55:01 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> PC's? PC's for the Poor? At 7:43 PM -0800 4/3/02, Michael Walton wrote: >--- Elizabeth McCoy wrote: >> Have you checked out >> >http://www.sjgames.com/in-nomine/articles/INChar/Angels/Angels.html >> yet? > > Ah, this looks promising! Much obliged. De nada. O:> >> Likewise, I hear the Liber Servitorum has rather a lot of >> angels in it... > > Would that I owned the LS, or currently had the >disposable income to buy it. [sigh] Oh, well. Sometimes one can discover stuff on ebay, cheap... O:> - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor RPG links; Random name list, Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 23:04:31 +0200 (Central Europe Daylight Time) From: David Sanda Subject: IN> Symphony Is there any musical representtion of the Symphony? Has anyone ever dared to try that? David ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 16:25:12 -0500 From: "William J. Keith" Subject: Re: IN> The Undead Sun > But that's a silly idea, isn't it?" >A. Wade Lahoda Actually, that's a better solution than any I had been trying to think of. *Both* solutions, actually, replacing the Sun or terraforming/colonization. Kudos! William ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 17:28:56 -0600 From: "Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW)" Subject: RE: IN> Symphony - -----Original Message----- From: David Sanda [mailto:david@jimaz.cz] Is there any musical representtion of the Symphony? Has anyone ever dared to try that? David "Dawn of thought lying between the silence and soul sources" "Chased amid fusions of wonder" Opening from the "The Revealing Science of God" by Yes. One of my favorites, tho it once made the Rolling Stones list of ten worst albums ever. Not commercially successful in any sense. Double album, each side is one song. The liner notes say it's an attempt to musically interpret one of the Holy books of the Hindu traditions, but I can't remember which. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 17:00:27 -0500 From: "Rolland Therrien" Subject: IN> I'm sorry, but she made me do it... ^^ I've had the idea for turning my favorite funny animal female star into a Celestial for quite a while, and I finally put my act together to write her up. ^^ No, it's Not Minerva Mink, Sabrina the Skunk or Fifi Lefume, either. ZigZag Cherubim of Creation (in service to Flowers) Angel of Passions Forces Corporeal: 5 Strength: 8 Agility: 12 Ethereal: 6 Intelligence: 12 Precision: 12 Celestial: 6 Will: 12 Perception: 12 Roles: Adult Film Studio owner/Porn Star (Charisma/3; Status/5) Skills: Acrobatics/3; Artistry/4; Climbing/2; Detect Lies/2; Dodge/2; Driving/2 Emote/4; Escape/4; Fast-Talk/4; Fighting/3; Knowledge (erotica)/4; Lockpicking/2; Lying/3; Medicine/1; Running/1; Savoir-Faire/3; Seduction/6; Singing/2; Survival/1; Swimming/1 Songs: Attraction Corporeal and Celestial/3, Ethereal/5; Charm All/3; Dreams All/2; Form Celestial/4; Healing All/3; Motion Ethereal/2; Numinous Corpus Claws/3; Numinous Corpus Ornamental, (best left to the ' imagination) many at 2; Tongues All/3 (author's note: I REALLY need to buy the Book of Songs... ^^!) Attunements: Cherubim of Creation, Seraphim of Creation, Malakim of Creation (you REALLY don't want to know what she uses...), Cherubim of The Wind, Cherubim of Trade, Cherubim of Flowers, Crown of Joy, Divine Contract, Head of a PIN, Angel of Passions. Angel of Passions: ZigZag's pride and joy, this attunement is a Bright (to her) version of the Dark Desire attunement. It costs 1 Essence to use, and allows the angel to take any person's psyche and coax out any hidden passions. The subject may make a Will roll to resist this passion, but if he fails, he must act upon this passion. Distinctions: Vassal of the Wind, Vassal of Trade, Vassal of Flowers Rites: - -Dance for two hours to live music amongst the throngs of humanity - -Succeed at 3 Precision-based skill rolls in a row - -Spend an hour having consensual sex. She doesn't have the Lustful Discord... She just acts like she does. And she's definetly not ashamed of the way she acts. ZigZag is one of Heaven's more recent Redeemed, and everyone is honestly surprised at how quickly she rose up in Heaven, up to gaining a word of her own. Especially considering her "humble" beginnings as a street-walker in Andrealphus' neighborhood. Way back then, ZigZag was a very competant Djinn of Lust, who was slowly but steadily rising within Lusts' ranks. She'd already earned herself the Knighthood of Infernal Pleasures by sucessfully seducing an angel on her very first Earthly mission, leading to the success of an Infernal mission. Physically Hot and Emotionally Cold, she was a textbook example of what a Djinn of Lust was to be, and it was obvious to everyone, including her Prince, that she was bound to be going somewhere... Nobody in Hell expected that somewhere to be Heaven, however. You see, ZigZag had, over the course of years, developped the worst ailment possible for a Servitor of Lust: She'd grown Jaded. As wildly varied as the entertainments of Lust's Brothels can be, eventually even it can get old after a while. Not that Zig hadn't tried to keep her tastes varied: She'd long become bisexual, was both sadistic and masochistic, and had sampled nearly every sexual kink she could find to experience in Hell, The Marches and Earth. And yet, no matter what she tried, no matter how extatic the experience, she left unsatiated, as if something was missing... And then, one day, while on Earth, she met a strange man who tried to seduce her. Intrigued, and in need of essence, she decided to accept his offer and went to his hotel room... ...And was treated to a night of sensual pleasures the likes of which she never knew existed. Not that she hadn't tried those positions at one time... Or owned such toys... Or even used whipped cream in such a manner... It was just the way he used them all, in such innovative ways, that impressed her. And his tenderness. She'd never known a lover to be so... loving. She was used to her sexual partners being selfishly focused on their own climx, forcing her to extract what pleasures she felt on her own initiative. This one, however, focused on HER pleasure first and foremost. It wasn't after a half-dozen of her own climaxes did she start trying to return the favor, and by then she was no longer worried about her own pleasures. She was just going along with the fun. The late morning after, while basking in the afterglow, ZigZag decided she couldn't let a wonderful lover like this go, and tried using her attunement to impose her will on him... And was surprised to see it bounce off like a mosquito sting on a tank. "Who are you?" she asked. If Celestials could have a heart attack, learning that her wonderful lover was Archangel Eli would've certainly given her one. A number of emotions ran through her mind at once; fear, anger, excitement, amusement all ran quickly though her mind, only to be replaced by the one emotion she never believed a Djinn of Lust could feel: Love. And why wouldn't she feel love? He'd shown her sensations she'd never have imagined. He'd actually cared for her during sex, something she thought she'd never experience. She enjoyed the sensation of love so much, she barely flinched when both her Word Dissonance and her Band Dissonance kicked in at once, causing her much distress, as well as fear of her Prince's wrath. Eli, noticing her state, immediatly gave her a reassuring hug and offered a chance for Redemption. Having no one and no where else to turn, and already ready to trust Eli with her life and her soul, she agreed, and so he took her away to one of his closest tethers. Later that self same day, a newly redeemed Cherub walked out of Eli's Mosque, looking fearful and disoriented, clutching her new heart against her bare chest, along with a note addressed to Novalis. The Archangel of Flowers took the young new Cherub to her Glade and gave her the basic 411 about Angelic life: The life of an Angel, living in Heaven, Angelic politics, etc. Rumor has it that she also helped the Cherub *ahem* "Adjust" to her new form, but it's more likely Zig did that adjusting with a few of Novalis' Flower Children, actually. No matter who did so, that "Help" actually went a long way to help ZigZag fully accept her life as an Angel. You see, no matter how jaded she had grown as a Demon, she still liked sex too much to give it up, so when she learned that sex in Heaven was far more enjoyable then sex in Hell, she wasted no time in taking a personal "grand tour" of Heaven, visiting every Archangel's domain to make "friends". Many angels (most of which were some of the "friends" mentionned) now refer to the year she spent doing that as "The Year of Divine Extacy" as a personal shared joke. After this whirlwind party, ZigZag felt confident enough to go back to Earth to promote Flowers and Creation in her rather unconventional fashion. And that first assignmemnt was immediatly followed by her first visit by Judgment concerning a charge of Lustfulness. In her defence, ZigZag pointed out that she WAS in service to Flowers, promoting peace and love. ...And that having sex with aggressive people WAS an effective way of disarming tension through sexual exhaustion. Charges were fortunetly dismissed, as it was agreed there were no negative consequences to her actions. And no, the fact Zig had fun with the Triad members later on in the year had no baring on the case at all. Zig has very much absorbed Eli's stance on Celestial Politics and shows Hostility to no Angel, no matter what faction he/she/they/it may belong to. In her opinion, every Angel is a potential lover she's got yet to "get friendly" with, and she likes to keep her options open. Zig spent the better part of the next two years making strong contacts with Angels of Trade and Flowers, as well as enjoying "personal" visits with Eli, who was always willing to show her new tricks. Just recently, ZigZag found herself involved in trying to help some Novalites close down a porn studio operated by Lusties, which made cheap, degrading porn. Zig came forward with a rather unconventional plan: She would apply for a position within the studio, and slowly work to take it over from the inside. Much to everyone's surprised, it worked. It took a few years, some help from a few "friends" in Trade, and quite a lot of hot, sweaty "work", but eventually Zig had just enough control over the studio's activities and enough influence over her fellow actors and other employees to allow her to make a hostile takeover. She used Trade supplied funds to buy out the studio's human owners, and asked one of her friends in Judgement to find loopholes in the studio's legal documents to allow her to splinter the studio, taking with her the demonic studio's best employees and actors, leaving the rest in financial straits. Now with a Porn studio of her own, ZigZag found herself unable to simply give it up. Like any good Cherubim, she'd grown strongly attached to each and every employee at the Studio, and was afraid that abandonning the studio now would leave it open to Hellish infiltration again. In the end, Zig asked Novalis (with some help from Marc) for the permission to keep up her role as the new head of the Studio. Novalis was so impressed by ZigZag's empassioned plea, she not only agreed to let her keep the Studio, she even decided to sponsor her for a word: Passions. This was seen as a very controversial move through all of Heaven, as Passions seemed to echo another long lost Word: Love. The fact that same Word's former owner was now a Demon Prince didn't help. Dominic insisted that he Interrogate ZigZag before the Seraphim Council conveined concerning the Word allocation. Again, what happened during this Interview is a matter of rumor and speculation (which always causes Micheal to snicker when he hears them), but Dominic not only cleared ZigZag for the Word, he actually seconded Novalis' sponsorship, stating only "She is fit to serve the Word." And so was arisen the Angel of Passions. She's renamed the porn Studio "ZigZag Productions", as a means of giving the finger to her old master, and has passionatly plunged into her Woundbound duties, using her status as a porn star to promote sex as a way of making love and sharing passions. Her employees are some of the healthiest and happiest in the porn industry, the actors not just playing parts, but actually enjoying themselves, sharing passion before, during and after filming. Her movies have gone a long way to helping quite a few couples keep the flame of passion and romance alive in their marriage, and has inspired many formerly shy wallflowers into becoming very happy, sexually open people, after embracing their passions (a theme common to nearly all ZZ Production movies). She's also begun an all out "Word War" aimed at her old master, who's currently suffering from the early stages of Word Dissonance as his former servitor seems intent on promoting a word that's not only a resurrected form of his old pre-fall Word, but is also a Divine version of his current word. And the fact she seems intent on undermining each and everyone of his lustful operations doesn't endear her to him, either. Not that ZigZag really minds... The way she sees it, his purely physical view of Lust just doesn't measure up with the extacy of heart-felt passion. She enjoys passions both physical, emotional and spiritual, and wants everyone to enjoy those passions as well. And if it pisses off her old Prince... Who cares? In Heaven, ZigZag has decided to preserve her old Djinn-like appearance, that of an anthropomorphic tiger-skunk hybrid, only after cleaning up her form so much it no longer seems nightmarishly odd, but only strangely exotic. She enjoys her Angelic appearance so much, she's actually taken to making a combination of Ornimental NCs to make an approximation of it on Earth, which she only shares with other Angels and very close human lovers whom she trusts with her secret nature. She tends to go for skimpy, revealing clothing in either realm, and once took pleasure at shocking the Archangel of the Sword by visiting him in his Cathedral wearing a naughtily remade Nun's outfit, making sure to stand so he could stare down her front as she handed him a missive addressed to him by Novalis. To this day, she relished the blush on his face. As stated above, ZigZag tries to stay friendly to every group in Heaven. So far, she has friends mainly amongst the Novalites, the Traders and the Windies, and has quite a few fans amongst the Warriors (There's practically a pin-up in every Warrior's base) and the Jeanites (who work on both her official company website and many fansites). Nevertheless, she has her critics in Heaven. Blandine disdains her attachment to corporeal pleasure, David thinks her hedonism is a weakness to Heaven, Khalid finds her behavior near blasphemous, Laurence is quite honestly flustered by her, amd Dominic wonders why the hell she doesn't seem to have the Lustful discord, when she seems to have all the symptoms of it. (Not that he's bothered to try her anymore... Triads assigned to check up on her are generally told to ignore her sexual activities and focus on evidence of possible dissonance, other corruption or clues to Eli's presence.) Still, ZigZag doesn't seem put off by such attitudes at all. She thinks they need to mellow out a bit and have some hot, sweaty fun and get rid of that repressed tension. As for her former Prince... She feels no regrets. When he gave up on Love, he foolishly gave up what she now considers the greatest, most extatic experience she can think of. She'd rather die then become the emotionally dead thing she used to be as a Lustie. She's long given up on Lust... She's Passions now, and she intend to be as Passionate as possible about her new carreer as a Wordbound Angel. ...And that's saying a lot, considering how much passion she's capable of. Author's note: If you think this is interesting, I should tell you that I originally conceived of a heavenly ZigZag as a minor Archangel, rather then a servitor. ^^! ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2591 ********************************