From owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Sat Dec 13 20:53:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: from lists.io.com (lists.io.com [199.170.88.15]) by pyramid.sjgames.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA12589 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 20:53:41 -0600 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by lists.io.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id UAA13719 for in_nomine-digest-outgoing; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 20:44:37 -0600 Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 20:44:37 -0600 Message-Id: <199712140244.UAA13719@lists.io.com> From: owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com (in_nomine-digest) To: in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Subject: in_nomine-digest V1 #512 Reply-To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com Sender: owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Errors-To: owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Precedence: bulk in_nomine-digest Saturday, December 13 1997 Volume 01 : Number 512 In this digest: IN> In Nomine : Movie 2 Trailer IN> In Nomine : Movie 3 Trailer IN> Kyriotates and Vessels IN> Other Vessel Questions Re: IN> Is it as easy as it seems to make Servitor of Fire Re: IN> Other Vessel Questions IN> I need advice and answers Re: IN> Is it as easy as it seems to make Servitor of Fire Re: Re: IN> New Batch of History Stuff Re: IN> Kyriotates and Vessels Re: IN> Kyriotates and Vessels IN> In Anime Movie Trailer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 01:47:47 GMT From: maya@tcp.co.uk (GR Cogman) Subject: IN> In Nomine : Movie 2 Trailer IN NOMINE : MOVIE 2 - ------------------- Narrator: She was a teacher... Tarot stands by the blackboard in a student lecture theatre. She has dark red hair, coiled back by combs, yellowish eyes, a tanned skin, and is tall and thin. Camera swivels to the students, who are taking desultory notes. Narrator: ... with a past. Tarot, in black singlet and leather trousers, paused in the door of somewhere that is _obviously_ a demonic hideout of Lust, silhouetted by flames, a Uzi in her hands. Winged forms scream in the background. Narrator: And _she_ was a writer... Deborah, an attractive Lilim, in a book-cluttered room in Shal-Mari, with her word processor humming in front of her. She's rattling away at it. Narrator: ... with a future. Deborah still seated at the word processor, seductively curled in the chair, with a Balseraph poised behind her, making expansive gestures at a row of novels (angelporn) clearly all by the same author - her. Outside the window, the busy streets of Shal-Mari, with much expensive SFX. Narrator: It wasn't the usual sort of meeting. Tarot is sitting in a large locked iron birdcage, in a corner of Deborah's book-filled room. Her hands are steepled in her lap. Deborah, pouting, "Look, I told them I wanted a Malakite. I need to see how the wings work for my latest novel. I didn't want a .. whoever the hell you are. Who are you, anyhow?" Tarot, blandly, "Nobody of importance." Narrator: It wasn't one of those lasting relationships. Tarot, hands curled around the bars of the cage, "A place at the university, then, and I'll see if I can get you a chance to study some Malakim close up and peacefully. Deal?" Deborah, blissfully ignorant, "Deal. Okay. I'll get you to a Tether out." She reaches for the lock of the cage. Deborah leads Tarot, wrapped in a white robe (though we see her profile in the shadows) past several lounging Lilim to a Tether, and gives her a high-sign. Tarot extends one hand in a wave, a Geas-bracelet around her wrist, as she disappears in a transporter-like rainbow effect. Narrator: But secrets have a way of getting out, in Hell... Two Djinn shoulder through a crowd of Lilim. One barks, "Where's the angelporn writer Deborah?" Deborah is sprinting down a dark stone corridor, a bundle of papers and computer disks under one arm. Another Lilim, scarred and with Geasa round wrists, ankles and neck steps out of the shadows, extending an leg that she ploughs into, sprawling. Papers go flying. Scarred Lilim smirks. "Going somewhere, were we?" Narrator: And now it's a matter of honour. Tarot sits facing a woman in white leather jacket and skirt (the ArchDean, yes), in an academic office. The woman frowns. "All right, I can manage a disguise as a Punisher, and I can manage a couple of names to help you. But you're on your own down there." A Seraph (played by Adrian Paul) looms over the corner table in a cafe where Tarot is drinking black coffee. Tarot, shrugging, "I know they're watching." The Seraph frowns. There's an axe strapped across his back. "You didn't geas to this. Am I going to have to beat some sense into you?" Tarot puts down the mug. "No. But it's a matter of honour." Seraph, darkly, "There is no honour in Hell." Light catches the edge of the axe. Deborah, sitting in the birdcage in the corner of some large wood-panelled hall, very small and lonely in the dim light. The scarred Lilim is crouched before the door of the cage. Two unidentified figures stand in the door, silhouetted in the light, casting long shadows across the floor. "And when she's served as bait?" "A public example. The Arenas." Tarot, and the Seraph, on the roof of a college building, under a clear night sky. They're both in camouflage gear. Tarot, balanced on the edge of the building, "I need a diversion." The Seraph unlimbers his axe. He grins. Nastily. Narrator: A long way from Earth... Tarot, with her hair razor-cut, in a pair of mirrored sunglasses and ivory bikini, and a new serpent-tattoo that coils round her neck and body, in the streets of Shal-Mari, jostled by passing demons and souls. The Geas-bracelet gleams round her wrist. An Impudite stands beside her, pointing at a particular ornamented building. "That's not Prince Andre's Bordello. And they're not holding her in there. And you never heard this from me, right?" Camera pans lovingly across a carefully staged orgy that doesn't quite show any X-rated organs, to a throne where Andrealphus (in female form) lounges. The Impudite from the previous scene is murmuring in his ear. Morphing technology allows us to see the change from Andrea to Andre as he rises to his feet. Andrealphus: "Carry on, my dears. I have to collect a .. guest." Narrator: ... and even further from Heaven. Scarred Lilim to Deborah, in the birdcage, "You'd do better to give up hope now, rather than having it torn away. It hurts less. Believe me." Andrealphus steps out of a cloak of shadows, in a dark passage, one hand reaching out to encircle Tarot's unGeas-braceleted wrist. "Do you know where you are?" Tarot, paused, "Hell." Andrealphus, correcting her, "_My_ Hell." Deborah, crouched over a collapsed and probably unconscious Tarot in the shadows, "Stupid. So stupid. There isn't any honour, there isn't any love, why didn't you _understand_!" *A loud explosion and flickering lights.* Tarot, opening her eyes, "Wake-up call." Narrator: But even in Hell, there can be hope... Deborah, supporting Tarot, drags her through an alley in Shal-Mari. A sleek and silvery car-like machine glitters ahead of them. Deborah, "It's Vaputech." Tarot, weakly, "It's that or nothing." Deborah, "I think I'd prefer nothing. Where's the on switch?" Deborah revs the car-thing, heading directly at a Gate that two frantic Balseraphs are pushing shut. Lightning flickers around it as Tarot brings an arm up to shield her face. Narrator: ... and honour ... Tarot drags a wounded Deborah up a grey sand-dune. Deborah: "I'll take the damned Geas off. Get out of here." Tarot: "It wasn't the Geas. It never was." The Marches, stormswept and grey, winds sweeping glowing streams of jewel-like dreamscapes across the sky. The Seraph with the Big Axe, surrounded by several Malakim, is holding off a pack of Djinn and Calabim. Much blood and gore and violence. Deborah, to the Seraph, tossing a grenade in one hand, "I owe you. Get out of here." Seraph, squinting, "What do you mean, Daughter of Freedom?" Deborah: "You're going to buy me a cup of coffee afterwards. Milk, five sugars." Narrator: ... and sometimes, even Light. Tarot, in business suit, reaching into her desk and bringing out a handgun. She works the slide professionally. The scarred Lilim, crouching houndlike at the side of a dark-robed figure. A flight of Malakim descending like eagles. Andrealphus, bending to embrace Tarot. Deborah, bringing a handgun up to point at the Seraph's face. Narrator: At the end of the world. Tarot tilts an eyebrow at the Seraph, who is still hefting his axe, in the cafe where they were seen before. "Moccacino?" [End trailer with title of movie...] - --- Maya, Elohim of Eli in service to Blandine maya@tcp.co.uk - -- "There are those who say that wizards are subject to temptations and addictions beyond the understanding of ordinary men: the addiction to shape-changing, or to meditation under the influence of certain herbs and conditions of the stars; the obsession with knowledge, and the development of power. Yet this is not so. Temptation is temptation, obsession is obsession, and choice is choice." - Isar Chelladan, Precepts of Wizardry. -- "Dog Wizard", Barbara Hambly. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 20:37:51 -0600 (CST) From: redneck@txdirect.net (Redneck Gaijin) Subject: IN> In Nomine : Movie 3 Trailer Okay, so I gotta add my $.02 to this thread... MARTIN: You forgot these. VOICE: Thanks. NARRATION: Martin didn't exactly have the perfect roommate... MARTIN: How in the hell am I going to get the deposit back on the apartment when you paint a mural of a naked woman on your bedroom wall?!? NARRATION: But he's about to discover just how perfect his roommate really is. MARTIN: You just turned that water into wine. ELI: No I didn't. MARTIN: Yes you did! ELI: No I didn't. (waves a hand; the kitchen faucet turns itself on, and a rich red liquid rushes out) That's wine. NARRATION: And when company comes calling... MALAKIM in BLACK: Eli, are you in there? MALAKIM in BLACK'S VOICE: Come peacefully, Eli, it'll look better on your record... NARRATION: ... it's time for this angel to spread his wings and fly. MARTIN (VOICEOVER) Let me get this straight... MARTIN: ... you're an Archangel, and another Archangel's sent his goons to kill you? ELI: Well... ELI (VOICEOVER): Dominic's not excactly the "I'm okay, you're okay" kind of person. NARRATION: They're on the run from Heaven and Hell, with nothing to protect them beside their friendship.... MARTIN: Because of you, I've been beat up, blown up, thrown up, laid up, and torn up by angels, demons, and a crazy maitre'D with a Hungarian accent!! ELI (shrugs): Well, you're alive... aren't you? NARRATION: ... but through it all, they'll stick together... ELI: You don't have to come with me, you know. NARRATION: ...because they're roommates. MARTIN: Yes I do. You still owe me fifty bucks on last month's rent. --- Redneck Kris Overstreet, will write for food... | "It's Christmas in Heaven, http://www.txdirect.net/users/redneck | there's great shows on TV; c/o White Lightning Productions | the Sound of Music twice an hour http://www.jurai.net/~redneck/wlp/ | and Jaws I, II and III." Webmaster for Antarctic Press | --- A Nybbas Christmas http://www.antarctic-press.com/ | ***QUESTION EVERYTHING*** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:05:32 -0500 From: David Edelstein Subject: IN> Kyriotates and Vessels >>>"Primarily for game balance reasons" always bugs me. Game balance is important, obviously, but when things get set up for -no other reason-, I get unhappy...and when the people we've got who, in theory, are actually at least talking with the designers and are supposed to KNOW the Canon reasons for it (by which I mean, Beth and Karakash) have to come back with, "Well, there's nothing official for it, but here's my take," it's evident that there really -IS- nothing official behind it...it's just there for game balance.<<< Not necessarily. (I'd say more, but I don't feel at liberty to discuss all the behind-the-scenes processes -- if Beth wishes to elaborate on exactly how canon gets established, that's her perogative.) >>>Kyriotates possessing Vessels doesn't fit with their nature.<<< I still don't see where you get this. >>>It's clear, all through their description, that Kyriotates CANNOT support Vessels, to the point that, like you, I'd even had the impression that the special Superior attunements that let them have very specific types of Vessels were more `Vessel-like-things'.<<< What does that have to do with *possessing* vessels? Kyriotates don't have regular mortal bodies either, but they can possess them. >>>(That's why not only can Kyrios of David, say, only do stone Vessels, it's also why other Servitors of David still -can't- necessarily do stone Vessels.<<< Not necessarily true. >>>Now, suddenly, they -CAN- support Vessels.<<< "Suddenly"? >>>They can take one over, kicking out the current occupant, and...support it, no problem, no conflicts, no limitations. Its theirs for the next few days. Apparently, the only limit on them now is that they can't OWN Vessels. Now, excuse me, but..huh? Up to now, the problem has been that their basic nature isn't compatible with Vessels; if it IS, then what's the deal here?<<< There is a qualitative difference between owning a vessel and possessing one. What's difficult about this? >>>Secondly, it doesn't match the concept of Vessels. A human or an animal, as I've noted, has an intrinsic number of Forces. For that to be either lower or higher requires something pretty big, and entails a fundamental change of nature. Vessels -don't-. A Celestial who bought a Vessel as a 4-Force Reliever can still be using the same Vessel when they're a 16-Force Word-Bound..and the suit analogy, frankly, sucks. No offense to our favorite Archangel, of course, but by the time someone's quadrupled their size, they're going to need a new suit. Not so Vessels. Vessels don't care about that, so while needing the same number of Forces to displace someone makes sense, needing them afterwards...doesn't.<<< Vessels do "grow" to encompass their owner -- that doesn't mean it gets physically bigger. Again, I don't see the problem here. >>>1) Not being able to have a Vessel has been a major balancing factor to keep Kyriotates from being too powerful. With this, as I've already demonstrated, they can...they just need a friend willing to loan them 3 points.<<< This is another example of munchkinism that I think would be better served by relying on GMs to stamp it out than rewriting core rules. - -David ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 02:09:51 EST From: "Perry M. Lloyd" Subject: IN> Other Vessel Questions Hey, I know I don't read all the messages from the list, so if this has been hammered to death already, please don't hammer me. My question is: When a celestial is in a Vessel, are they essentially a human with super-powers, or a super-natural being borrowing a body? For instance, can an Angel not be affected by a kick to the balls? Can they ignore pain from wounds, would a Will roll suffice? Do they have "pressure points"? Are they just as vulnearable as humans to wrist-locks, etc.? What is the body *made* of? Is is soul-stuff or they actually have the organs? Why bother with organs if you don't need them? Must the body operate using "muscle tissue" and a "nervous system" which can be both affected severely by electric current? How much control do they have over their Vessel? Does it affect them? Ex. "Chargin's Vessel was becoming aroused... And in front of a member of the Seraphim Council..." Ex. "Chargin pumped more adrenaline into his Vessel's blood-stream. He was going to need it." Ex. "Chargin set up blockers in the brain of his vessel, preventing the endorphins from being reabsorbed into the cells. Tonight was going to be a -good- night." I guess, just how much seperation is there between a celestial and her Vessel? Is it a body, like "their" body, or one their Superior has loaned them, to tool around in for a while? - -Perry Perry M. Lloyd "I could not speak, I could not fly. I fell down in that place, I saw the monster's horrid eye Come leering in my face!" -Lewis Carrol (from "Horrors"-1850) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 07:05:30 +0000 From: Jo Hart Subject: Re: IN> Is it as easy as it seems to make Servitor of Fire What I wondered was where this left those servitors who hadn't taken the Smite attunement. They still have to punish people with fire... Do they have to wander round with an oxy-acetylene torch? :-) jo ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 08:21:15 +0000 From: Jo Hart Subject: Re: IN> Other Vessel Questions >When a celestial is in a Vessel, are they essentially a human with >super-powers, or a super-natural being borrowing a body? >For instance, can an Angel not be affected by a kick to the balls? VAPULA: Well, thats an interesting question and I'm glad that you asked it. Some experimental testing of the hypothesis is called for. Organise it. HABBALITE FLUNKY: At once, professor. I know just the demon for the job. ** heads down a long corridor and opens a set of rusty double-doors leading into an even longer lab. From the far end drift down the unmistakeable tones of 'Silent Night' being played on a Hammond organ. It goes on and on and on and on and on.... as the flunky strides down to the very last workbench... ** FLUNKY: Stop that damned thing. You're onto a new project. JO: Its cool, isn't it! ** phone continues to play Silent Night loudly... despite all attempts to turn it off ** Uhh.. oh well, only 240 more hours of life in the battery... What project? FLUNKY: ** smirks ** Check a vessel out at the door.. and a pair of steel-capped boots. And if in doubt remember, they aren't angels -- they're pseudo-random variables. jo ( On a rules note, I usually think of vessels as being human in all respects except that they don't /need/ to eat, drink or sleep -- but most of them probably do anyway. Certainly they're not immune to pain, although celestials will tend to have a higher will than mortals and also heal more quickly ). ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 16:26:33 +0200 From: "Lassi Seppala" Subject: IN> I need advice and answers Hi. I'm new to In Nomine and I need some advice and answers. 1) I'd like to know a good way to introduce In Nomine's Universe to newplayers. 2) Why is Coprporeal/Ethereal/Celestial Forces added to hand-to-hand combat skills but not to ranged weapon skills or non-combat skills? 3) It seems a little unrealistic and very uncinematic (Is that the right way to say it? Well you got the point, I hope) that you can only attack once in a five second round. Any comments about that? Lassi Seppala lseppala@dlc.fi ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 10:28:01 -0700 (MST) From: Kingsley Lintz Subject: Re: IN> Is it as easy as it seems to make Servitor of Fire > public. Not to mention it doesn't say *how much* to punish someone -- I > mean, if someone is just minorly cruel, you can "accidentally" step on > their foot... For that matter, Gabriel's a bit insane; all it says is that you have to punish them somehow. Dominic's the one who says it has to fit the crime. So a Servitor of Fire could step on a mass murderer's toes because they're pressed for time and then, when they've got a few moments, string a jaywalker up by his hair and pull his fingernails out... (This may be one of the reasons Dominic doesn't entirely agree with Gabriel, if you're one of those weird people going with the unfounded theory that Dominic's actually a Seraph. ) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 12:37:57 EST From: MarkDEddy Subject: Re: Re: IN> New Batch of History Stuff In a message dated 12/13/97 2:31:07 AM, you wrote: >or couldn't be priestesses of. Who was it that actually destroyed Babylonian >culture; the Romans? Were they Christian at the time? ;) No. Medes/Persians. They brought in their own gods out of their own land, and their own laws,etc. Even when the Romans passed through, it was at c. 100 BC(E). > >Was the God of the Hebrews really the first patriarchal god/ society? I >think some of the Achaean Greeks did a similar purge on older Greek >cultures. No. However, the unique character of YHWH is that he is a single god who is not land-tied, and his people are supposed to only worship him. Most of the gods of the time were extrordinarily locale-based, and you would need to propitiate the gods of the new land you were conquering. The Hebrews weren't supposed to do this, and wound up as monotheists by the time of the Romans. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 11:03:58 -0700 (MST) From: Kingsley Lintz Subject: Re: IN> Kyriotates and Vessels > > 1) Not being able to have a Vessel has been a major balancing > > factor to keep Kyriotates from being too powerful. With this, as I've > > already demonstrated, they can...they just need a friend willing to loan > > them 3 points. (With a tether or a Body Bag, you don't even have the > > noise problem. Maintaining the, "You can't leave it broken" problem in > It still takes up ALL the kyrio's forces (or near 'nuff) and it > takes up somebody else's points. Noisy, too. As I've noted, it taking up all their Forces is one of the major conceptual problems I have with it; that's NOT something Kyrios are supposed to be doing. As to the rest...it takes up 3 of someone else's points, and as a cooperative effort, those points aren't exactly just `gone'...you can only use one Vessel yourself at a time anyway, so letting your friend borrow a spare isn't THAT big a deal. And as to noisy, I'll repeat; with a tether or a Body Bag, you don't even have the noise problem. And if you DO have the noise problem, you have a +9 disturbanace about every 3-4 days. Oooh. If you don't have a tether, five minutes in a car will take you out of hearing distance from any city..only if the Kyrio's possession expires at a -really- bad time is this going to be any problem at all, and if it does..it just means they're back to snagging hosts like they ought to be, not that anyone's actually disadvantaged by it. > > 2) I submit for your perusal - Kyriotates of Destiny. What > Vessels don't carry memories the way bodies do. I'd say that > Kyrios of Destiny get _nothing_ when in a vessel. (I had actually That's what I figured, too, though I'd say it's still right up there with the note that Vessels don't have an intrinsic reality the way hosts do. > > 4) Kyrios of War already have noted that their Vessels (here > I _think_ this is errata. (The original drafts had a concept > of Corporeal Forces for taking over things... must check this.) Probably is; unfortunately, I've still got to go with the note that if they CAN take over Vessels, using CorpF to support it actually makes a lot more sense than anything else. With a human or animal, they have to `fill in' the whole thing; with a Vessel, they shouldn't have to `maintain' the Ethereal and Celestial natures of the owner, because they're not even there anymore, and Vessels aren't attached to those the same way...it's the Corporeal nature the Kyrio has to keep up. {I'd prefer this also because it gets around my problem of it generally cramming the Kyrio all into one place. It also balances out interestingly; heavily Corporeal Celestials probably have lower Wills, but will take more Forces to inhabit once you kick them out...at the same time, I DO think it should take equal Forces to try to displace them in the first place, because at that point, all their Ethereal and Celestial aspects ARE there...it's just that after that, you can start splitting off again.} ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 18:53:09 +0000 (GMT) From: Kevin Walsh Subject: Re: IN> Kyriotates and Vessels > that if they CAN take over Vessels, using CorpF to support it actually > makes a lot more sense than anything else. With a human or animal, they > have to `fill in' the whole thing; with a Vessel, they shouldn't have to > `maintain' the Ethereal and Celestial natures of the owner, because > they're not even there anymore, and Vessels aren't attached to those the > same way... I would like to point out at this point that the mind and soul of animal/human hosts aren't there either when a Kyriotate is in possession. They've been booted out into the Marches, so I don't really understand the point you're making. Secondly, it could be pointed out that those Forces which have been booted out are trying to get back into the body, in a Vessel's case just as much as in a human's. That's my interpretation of why a Kyriotate needs to use up an equal number of Forces to the possessee just to keep the possessee's Forces apart (which is, you might think, just a bit unnatural for the possessee, given that it's not a Kyriotate). Anyway, it doesn't say anywhere that Kyriotates have to be in more than one place at once, just that they can be. It's like saying Seraphs have to be using their resonance for truth all the time, if you ask me. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 21:38:52 -0500 (EST) From: Casca Subject: IN> In Anime Movie Trailer Just to add insult to injury, here's my contribution to the thread. Rather than live action, it is Anime, which cuts down the SFX budget drastically. Purists will be pleased to note that the dialogue is in Japanese, subtitled into English. Narrator: They aren't your typical angels.... Dominic: "...charged with violation of the Pax Dei, assault upon a member of the Seraphim Council, destruction of a Divine tether, and disruption of the filing system of the Archives. Archangel Beth has even revoked your Library privileges! How do you plead?" Narrator:...in fact, they're downright dirty. Yuriel: *bowing* "We're sorry!" Keiel: "But it wasn't our fault!!!" Narrator: Now they're being punished for doing their job too well. Yuriel & Keiel, looking shocked: "We have to arrest WHO??" Narrator: To make amends, they have to go to Hell.... Yuriel: "I don't think this was such a good idea..." Keiel: "Oh, shut up. We just have to find Valefor and bring him back for questioning. How hard could it be?" Keiel, grabbing some Impudite off the street: "Hey, we're looking for Prince Valefor. Seen him around?" Narrator: ...because Heaven can't afford any more property damage. Yuriel, running madly: "So much for the direct approach!" Keiel, also running. "Hey, how was -I- supposed to know that twerp was Kobal?" Narrator: Their mission: find the Demon Prince of Thieves.... Valefor, dressed in an Armani suit, flanked by obviously Yakuza bodyguards. "They're on to me. Take them out." Narrator: ...and haul him in for questioning. Yuriel & Keiel crashing through an expensive plate-glass window, Numinous Corpus: Wings evident. They land in front of a surprised-looking Valefor consorting with nubile geisha. Valefor, reaching for a tray and offering it to the angels: "Bonbon?" Yuriel, pulling out a warrant. "Prince Valefor? You're under arrest. Please come with us." Keiel, hefting a nasty-looking sword, the size of which suggests it was taking from Final Fantasy VII: "We're here to kick your butt back to Heaven. Dommie has some questions for you. Got a problem with that?" Jump cut to outside view of office building. A huge explosion vaporizes the top floor. Narrator: Heaven help them... Keiel stealing a motorcycle outside a biker bar. Yuriel: "We really shouldn't be doing this..." Keiel: "We're angels of the Wind! That's all the justification -I- need." Narrator: ..because no one else will. Keiel: "We're screwed." Yuriel: "Not necessarily. I have..this!" (Reaches into blouse, pulls out something the size and shape of a Tarot card. She throws it at the demons, and it seems to take on a life of its own, swooping and attacking with razor-sharp edges.) Keiel, impressed. "Jean'll freak when he finds out you stole that." Yuriel, grinning. "Who said I stole it from -Jean-?" Keiel, a horrified look on her face. "You didn't!" Yuriel: "Remember that little detour we took through Tartarus?" Narrator: They're on a mission from God... Keiel, in full biker-babe regalia, outrunning the small army of police following her. Narrator: ...and they're going to raise a little Hell in the process. Keiel, waxing philosophical: "I look at it this way. We can't fall, so that means we're allowed to wreak as much havoc as we need to get the job done." IN NOMINE: LOVELY ANGELS OF THE WIND "Maladjusted, Malakim. What's the difference?" - -- Casca, Seraph of Archives and Dirty Pair junkie (bertishg@db.erau.edu) "...I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above Him were seraphs, each with six wings: with two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying...At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke." -- Isaiah 6:2,4 ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #512 ******************************* The material here is (C) 1997 Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated. All rights reserved.