From owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Tue Dec 23 14:41:48 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 OAA03856 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 14:41:47 -0600 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by lists.io.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id OAA31124 for in_nomine-digest-outgoing; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 14:36:48 -0600 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 14:36:48 -0600 Message-Id: <199712232036.OAA31124@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 #530 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 Tuesday, December 23 1997 Volume 01 : Number 530 In this digest: IN> Dalmatia, Demon of Hope Re: IN> Song of Stability Re: IN> Dalmatia, Demon of Hope Re: IN> Song of Stability Re: IN> Song of Stability RE: IN> Azrael Re: Anime off-topic (Re: IN> IN Anime movie trailer : 2) Re: IN> Azrael Re: IN> Azrael Re: IN> Beastly Numbers IN> Bright Victory - New Jerusalem [none] IN> Balseraph Fluff Re: IN> Balseraph Fluff IN> FLUFF: The root of the Jewish-Christian dispute Re: IN> Balseraph Fluff ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 15:21:17 EST From: Neel Krishnaswami Subject: IN> Dalmatia, Demon of Hope The list has been kind of slow lately, so here's an NPC to liven things up. - ---- Dalmatia, Demon of Hope Balseraph of Fate Corporeal Forces 3 -- Strength 7 Agility 5 Ethereal Forces 4 -- Intelligence 9 Precision 7 Celestial Forces 6 -- Will 12 Perception 12 Vessel: Vessel/4 +1 Charisma (Buoyant Good Cheer) Attunements: Dark Destiny, Balseraph of Fate (Mercurian Resonance) Skills: Fighting/3, Dodge/3, Fast-Talk/6, Detect Lies/4, Emote/4 Songs: Corporeal Light/3, Ethereal Light/3, Celestial Light/3, Celestial Tongues/1, Celestial Charm/6 Discord: Aura/2, Stigmata/1, Twitchy/2 *-*-*-*-* Dalmatia is the latest in the long line of holders of the Infernal word of Hope; few have survived for very long. Partly, this is because the Prince of Fate holds any demon who seeks to corrupt the holiest words to a very stringent standard. But the larger part of the reason is that it amuses Kronos that none of the demons of Hope have very much of it themselves. Dalmatia is not at all happy at having received the word of Hope. She was an up and coming demon, rising quickly through the Descending Hierarchy, when she caught Kronos's attention. Amused by her ambition, he offered her a Word. Foolishly, she accepted, and was horrified when Kronos twisted her personal symphony to resonate with Hope. She is supposed to twist the good intentions and bright aspirations of mankind into a willful blindness of reality that causes more harm than good. And indeed, she is very, very good at that. But hope is a dangerous weapon for the forces of Hell. For every soul she has led down the path to Hell, there is another soul thought securely damned that finds the hope to return to a state of grace. She has become severely discordant, since Kronos's dissonance condition is to never lead a human to its Destiny. Thanks to her ability to imitate the Mercurian resonance, she so far been able to give the slip to the Servitors of the Game that have come sniffing after her. She is quite aware of the danger she is in, and considering going Renegade. For the moment, however, her fear of Kronos outweighs her fear of the Game, and she is staying in line. It is not enough, however, for her to keep her from preparing for a break with the Pit. Game uses: Dalmatia makes a good immediate boss for a group of demonic PCs. She's designed so that she can probably overwhelm any demon that tries to challenge her directly, but she has enough political problems that she can probably be sold out to the Game. But her ability to imitate the Mercurian resonance means that any would-be traitor needs to tread carefully indeed. For angelic PCs, Dalmatia makes a good contact -- she's desperate enough that she's willing to talk to the Host, and even sell them valuable info if they can help her out. Of course, she's a Balseraph, so are you going to talk to her? And the Divine Inquisition is definitely not going to be pleased with Infernal wheeling-dealing. Since she's a servitor of Fate, it's a good bet that even Yves will un-mellow enough to demand a highly violent solution. But then, she's a word-bound servitor of Fate, so she's got to know all sorts of good stuff, right? - ---- Neel Krishnaswami neelk@alum.mit.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 13:03:19 -0800 (PST) From: Querent Subject: Re: IN> Song of Stability - ---Scott Jones wrote: > >Song of Stability (ok, it's a stupid name, offer me a better one!) > > Song of Equalibrium? I thought about Song of Balance, but it occurs to me the nature of the song is less rooted in balance and more in reinforcing the stability of the symphony. I think I'm looking for something a little more defensive, as if to say "this is my planet, get your grubby hands off!" > >If the check digit of a successful roll equals or exceeds the essence > >spent by the Celestial, that Celestial's action is cancelled, but the > >Celestial's essence is still spent.. > > This sounds way to powerful to me. I would suggest making the target number > (essence spent + check digit of celestials roll), or something like that. Oops, my bad! When I wrote this, I meant to change it to "If the check digit of a successful roll equals or exceeds the *CHECK DIGIT* of the Celestial's action, that action is cancelled, but the Celestial's essence is still spent." (I'm at work and was multitasking email and work. Email lost.) > > > As usual, essence expendature on > >the part of the Soldier may increase the check digit of the roll. > >Essence cost: 1 > >Disturbance: the check digit PLUS the disturbance of the action being > >cancelled. (the resounding clash of the symphony's maleability and > >stability striking against each other.) Here is where the balance comes in, the essence cost is only one, so in theory a Soldier could stop 6 disturbances with slightly better than even odds. (Whoever rolls the higher check digit wins, with a tie to the Soldier.) I'm willing to bet most uses will also involve a slight essence expendature to tip the scales in the Soldier's favor. Also, the disturbance is much larger. This means just using this power sets off a beacon, and beings much stronger than the meek little Soldier may very well be on the scene momentarily. > > This sounds good. > > >Range: any action causing a disturbance percieved by the Soldier can > >be countered. > > This is pretty powerful, but I could see it's effectiveness in a game where > the P.C.'s are Soldiers. I would not allow this for an N.P.C. soldier > personaly. Range is variable. Little alterations in the symphony have little range, drastic events have greater ranges. Even so, it requires that the Soldier *first* make a successful perception roll even to hear the disturbance. > > > >The idea is this: Angels and Demons often manipulate the symphony to > >their own ends. They don't belong there, they just try to tip the > >scales. If those who were an inherent part of the symphony became > >aware of the symphony (ie Soldiers), would it not be plausible that > >they may have a slightly different bent on how it works? > > I like this concept. Over all, a good idea, but IMO, just a little too > powerful. > I don't know, I keep debating. The odds are still stacked against the Soldier more often than not, this just gives the soldier a little 'wrench in the works' home court advantage. == --Querent USELESS FACT: Paul Reiser plays the piano in the opening theme of "Mad About You". _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:13:40 +0000 (GMT) From: Kevin Walsh Subject: Re: IN> Dalmatia, Demon of Hope > > The list has been kind of slow lately, so here's an NPC to liven things > up. > > ---- I love it. It's a really cool idea. She's on the list of NPCs that I'm definitely going to use. (Though I might move her stats about a bit.) Someday, I'll have a campaign worthy of her inclusion. Of course, I presume that the list is slow because people like myself aren't spending as much time at college/work now that they're on holiday. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 16:48:29 -0500 From: Earl Wajenberg Subject: Re: IN> Song of Stability "Song of Stability (ok, it's a stupid name, offer me a better one!)" I don't think it's such a bod name. But if you don't like it, how about "Song of the Natural" or "Song of Nature," since it basically anulls the SUPERnatural? Or, since you want something "a little more defensive," how about "Song of Restoration"? Or just "the Counter-Song"? By the way, if fol consider the song too powerful, how about if it does NOT work on the Songs of Saints or other Soldiers, since these are still human? (And undead? Since undead are mostly humans who wanted to be as like demons as they could, I'd make the song work against undead songs, too.) Earl ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 14:31:24 -0800 (PST) From: Querent Subject: Re: IN> Song of Stability > By the way, if fol consider the song too powerful, how about if it > does NOT work on the Songs of Saints or other Soldiers, since these > are still human? (And undead? Since undead are mostly humans who > wanted to be as like demons as they could, I'd make the song work > against undead songs, too.) > I still can't decide about that. Does the song care WHO caused the change? Or simply that a change has been made? On the one hand, it could be used simply as a *thwart the celestials* trump card. On the other, it could be viewed as a *whatever happens, happens* ploy designed to preserve the symphony from ANY disruption, even from within. Personally, I've sided with the latter, but not 100%. == --Querent USELESS FACT: Paul Reiser plays the piano in the opening theme of "Mad About You". _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 18:07:32 EST From: "Perry M. Lloyd" Subject: RE: IN> Azrael Querent writes: >I'm also wondering if there are any plans to write up Azrael (or >whomever) in a future supplement... I've a number of ideas for his >(her?) servitors role in the divine symphony. Hey! Over here! I've written up three versions of the AA of Death, one of which will be presented in Bright Victory. Whoops. I guess I'm going to have to say something about that now, but not in this message. The three AA's of Death I've done versions of are Azrael, Thanatos and Sariel. Since Saminga's Word is also death, I've decided that perhaps the AA's equivalent Word should be Quietus, which refers to the passing on from life to the next without the other implications the Death contains, such as ending, things stopping and finality. I think both Azrael and Thanatos have been included in the Rogue's Gallery connected to the INC run by Archangel Beth; Sariel will be included in the upcoming stuff surrounding Bright Victory. But, about Death and Quietus. So far as I'm told, the're no concrete plans to include and Archangel of Death in any of the supplements. At least not in the near future. - -Perry Perry M. Lloyd "Amidst my scarcely-strifled groans, Amidst my moaning deep, I heard a voice, "Wake! Mr. Jones, You're screaming in your sleep!" -Lewis Carrol (from "Horrors"-1850) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 16:50:28 From: Jeff Miller Subject: Re: Anime off-topic (Re: IN> IN Anime movie trailer : 2) >>> Dirty Pair is one of the "plot? what plot? who needs a plot?" sort, >>> often, but is still really really cool. (Kei and Yuri, special ops >>> with Jinx.) >> Heh. The Pine Salad "translations" actually have more plot though they follow many of the real plots as well. This is suprising since not one of them knows Japanese and these were done before subbing and dubbing was common. >>Project EDEN was rather intellectual, for a DP movie. > >Mmmmm. Was that the one where they were stopping in the middle >of the plot to take a bath? > Yep. >>Speaking of DP, ever since I wrote Lovely Angels of the Wind I've been >>supressing a dark urge to do up stats for Keiel and Yuriel. Should I >>continue to listen to my better judgement, or should I succumb -- nay, >>-dive- into temptation? > >Dive. > Yeah! Jeff Miller Program Director/Webmaster for Agamemcon II Burbank Airport Hilton -- May 22-24, 1998 Contact Info: 24161-H Hollyoak (714)643-8352 Laguna Hills, CA 92656 www.primenet.com/~shadocat/agamemcon.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:39:51 -0500 (EST) From: Pee Kitty Subject: Re: IN> Azrael On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, Querent wrote: > Anyway, it briefly mentions that he wanted to meet the mysterious angel > of death. I'm betting his name is Azrael, but wondering what official > In Nomine canon is. (It seemed safe to assume some angels might know.) On the INC, there's "Charon, the Archangel of Death", a noncanon AoD. The writeup mentions that Azrael was the first AoD, but then something not quite known happened to him, and Charon took his place at about the same time Saminga clawed his way up to DPoD. Footnote: When asked why he didn't just make Azrael the AoD, the author replied that Azrael SPLIT HIMSELF, with God's blessing, into Saminga and Charon...one part handles peaceful death and the other deals with violent and untimely deaths. It is worth noting that neither of these Celestials cares about the disposition of the souls; Saminga doesn't mind killing someone who's going to Heaven, and Charon cares even about the souls destined for Hell. It's a good writeup; I like the twist and use Charon in my game. Rev. Pee Kitty, of the order Malkavian-Dobbsian (Married to Rev. Unibomber on 11/15/96 - be jealous ;) Meow! And finally, a special message to anyone who thinks I give a damn... \|/ ____ \|/ ~@-/ oO \-@~ /_( \__/ )_\ \__U_/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 00:06:01 EST From: "Perry M. Lloyd" Subject: Re: IN> Azrael Pee Kitty writes: >Footnote: When asked why he didn't just make Azrael the AoD, the author >replied that Azrael SPLIT HIMSELF, with God's blessing, into Saminga and >Charon...one part handles peaceful death and the other deals with violent >and untimely deaths. It is worth noting that neither of these Celestials >cares about the disposition of the souls; Saminga doesn't mind killing >someone who's going to Heaven, and Charon cares even about the souls >destined for Hell. It's a good writeup; I like the twist and use Charon in >my game. Cool footnote. That's neat, I'll have to check out Charon, now. :) - -Perry Perry M. Lloyd "Amidst my scarcely-strifled groans, Amidst my moaning deep, I heard a voice, "Wake! Mr. Jones, You're screaming in your sleep!" -Lewis Carrol (from "Horrors"-1850) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 02:11:05 -0500 From: "Ehrbar" Subject: Re: IN> Beastly Numbers And, of course... 29A -- Apartment number of the Beast 10131 -- Number of the One-Handed Beast - -- Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 02:57:57 EST From: "Perry M. Lloyd" Subject: IN> Bright Victory - New Jerusalem BRIGHT VICTORY NEW JERUSALEM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHECK OUT Bright Victory - New Jerusalem by Perry Lloyd and Christ Jackson, I mean Chris Jackson, :@ http://www.sjgames.com/in-nomine/articles/seeds/BrightVictory/ That *should* get you there... Anyway, here's a little taste. __________________________________________________________________________ Steve hated Monday morning, especially in New York. Every Monday morning he'd lie in bed until the clock said he had 15 minutes before he had to leap out the door to make it to the bus stop. He'd wait in bed for just a few more minutes and finally, when he only had five minutes to make his bus, he'd leap out of bed, grab a Debbie cake or whatever, jump into some haphazardly chosen clothes, and then rush down the stairs, making it out of the door just in time to catch the bus. Maybe. * * * "They have WHAT??!!!" Zeredah was *pissed*. Nuclear warheads don't just escape notice. Somebody had been hiding this from him and he could guess who. Michael was going to be *seriously* pissed. * * * "Salmael," came a whisper from the shadows. Looking, Salmael saw the form of Belial, clothed in robes of darkness, smoldering. Putting a wing around Salmael's ethereal form, Belial softly commented, "You have used your Roles well and your Demons have spread over the globe with the weapons. Things bode well. Welcome to the Captains of Eternal Fire." * * * Kelly's eye lids creaked open painfully, the screeching beeping of her alarm keeping her awake. Time to get up for Statistics. _Why do they always put the required courses so early in the morning?_ * :) * A small toy clown wobbled over to Kobal's feet. His eyes caught the serial number on the back and the words: UNRETURNABLE WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. Inside Kobal's soul, in the depths of his mind, he felt the Final Joke beginning to take shape. With disturbing clarity, he realized where Lucifer's plans for Earth would ultimately lead. His mind turned faster, looking for loop-holes to exploit the humor therein and possibly save existence. * :) * This was no ordinary Monday. Steve woke up not to the sound of his alarm clock, but to the sound of wood creaking. And then the sound of wood breaking, cement breaking. Still in a daze, Steve groped for his wrist watch. It was 8:23. He was late for work!!! As plaster fell around him, Steve slowly rolled out of bed and wondered where his pants were. * * * "Zeredah, this is a grave day," said Michael, his voice low. "If this activity on Earth is indeed the result of the Diabolicals carefully altering the Symphony then we must expect an assault on our doorstep. "The several nuclear warheads we have managed to keep out of Diabolicals' hands must have been just the tip of the ice-berg." _Funny, the Symphony is disturbingly calm._ * * * Lucifer, Bringer of Light, Morningstar, Prince of the Power of the Air spoke. "Heaven's power wanes as the storm below rages. The peoples of the earth are dying in great number. Our power thus grows. Heaven is weak, the time to overthrow God is now." Pride swelled in Baal's belly. * * * Laurence glanced at Michael. Michael nodded and looked to David. David, too, was ready. He looked to Gabriel who seemed lost in her own world. That might be as ready she was going to get. * * * It takes about four minutes for the brain to die completely from lack of oxygen. Steve was not even allowed those four minutes as his New York apartment was flattened from the air pressure of the nuclear detonation. * * * As Saminga's forces cornered David, Baal turned from Laurence's fallen form and launched an attack on Saminga's target. Just as it looked like a second archangel would perish that day, the curtain of the Heavens opened and a grand angel soared downward on wings black at night with veins of gold and trimmed with silver. Sariel had arrived and his sword ached for blood. * * * "Jordi!" shouted out Novalis as she tore across the Savannah. "Jordi! We have to do something." "Like what?" came Jordi's voice from a bear nearby. "Well, we can get down there and stop all the..." Suddenly the Symphony shifted like a boat on a high wave, so violently that it shook the leaves of Jordi's Savannah. "Alright, that's it!" shouted Novalis. "I knew the Diabolicals were behind this!" * * * Nybbas' gloved hand touched Kobal's shoulder. "Did you feel that?" "Yes." "We are in deep doo-doo, my friend." "Doo-doo?" Kobal just grinned. Tossing the calculator back at the tortured soul, he waved good bye and moved up towards the battle. * * * Kelly felt the earth beneath her tremble slightly. She listened more closely, hoping it was just the air conditioning coming on. Suddenly, she felt a cold chill spring from within her. Something terribly wrong had just happened. * * * "Order, this council is called to order. Now, as you know, the Seraphim Council is short a few members who are... otherwise engaged. We have evidence that Uriel has returned from the Upper Reaches of Heaven." "Yes, he has not consulted us. He does not feel obligated to acknowledge us." "I have felt the presence of another." "Another?" "Another from the Upper Reaches of Heaven." "Yes, I, too, have felt it. It seems that Saminga's Word is being challenged." "Which can only mean that the newcomer's word is Death." "Yes. But we have not granted any Archangel that Word." "Obviously, it was not us who granted the Word, then." "Oh, dear." * * * He pointed with a finger to the Earth below, his angels streamed down with sharped blades and weapons ready. The time of Purification had begun. He was God's chosen, he could do no wrong. * * * As Sariel waved his sword in the smoke where Kobal's form had been, he began to wonder exactly what had happened to the little bastard... That had been extremely suspicious behavior. * * * "Well," said Janus, "He didn't kill *me*. I'm guessing he arrived with Uriel." "URIEL??" Gabriel screamed. * * * The figure paused and seemed to focus his attention on Michael. It approached. Its wings were tipped with silver and the blade in its hand was blacker than night. The being stood at nearly twice Michael's height and its blade was taller than Gabriel. "You are Michael, Archangel of War," the figure said, the sound of its voice coming from deep within its chest. "Pointing its sword at Michael, it declared, "You are no longer needed. Go and find your new purpose." "You're wrong. War continues in this world," said Michael. Raising his battle axe high he charged the tall figure. * * * Something deep in Kelly's being broke and the tears behind her eyes began fall. She was alive and judgement day had come, judgement day had come, judgement day had come. __________________________________________________________________________ wELL, stuipd Capslock. Well, there you have it. The official Bright Victory - New Jerusalem intro to the list. There, that wasn't so hard. Will be working on even more great stuff. :) Have A Happy Solstice! - -Perry Perry M. Lloyd "Amidst my scarcely-strifled groans, Amidst my moaning deep, I heard a voice, "Wake! Mr. Jones, You're screaming in your sleep!" -Lewis Carrol (from "Horrors"-1850) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 09:34:45 -0000 From: "Hart, Joanna" Subject: [none] Em wrote: >I have Balseraphs, ya know. A whole bevy of them. (Are you collecting? Please, take mine! ;-) ) jo "You can call it a lie if you like, but a lie is a kind of myth, and a myth is a kind of truth." Cyrano de Bergerac (Rostand) "Not many people know this, but I was the inspiration for the character of Cyrano.. apart from the appearance of course." a. n. balseraph (name blanked to protect the guilty) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 08:38:56 -0500 (EST) From: Emily Dresner Subject: IN> Balseraph Fluff On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Hart, Joanna wrote: > Em wrote: > >I have Balseraphs, ya know. A whole bevy of them. > > (Are you collecting? Please, take mine! ;-) ) > I suddenly realized that an overwhelming majority of my NPC demons are Balseraphs. Including Terry, if you really want to stretch your imagination, but only because there's not a Band called a "Nuisance". :) Although, maybe SJG will create one as an add-on Band. Oh, and you can keep yours. All of mine keep drinking all the Coke. - - em ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 12:37:03 -0500 From: "Thomas Davidson" Subject: Re: IN> Balseraph Fluff - ---------- > From: Emily Dresner > To: 'in_nomine-l@lists.io.com' > Subject: IN> Balseraph Fluff > Date: Tuesday, December 23, 1997 8:38 AM > > On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Hart, Joanna wrote: > > > Em wrote: > > >I have Balseraphs, ya know. A whole bevy of them. > > > > (Are you collecting? Please, take mine! ;-) ) > > > > I suddenly realized that an overwhelming majority of my NPC demons are > Balseraphs. Including Terry, if you really want to stretch your > imagination, but only because there's not a Band called a "Nuisance". :) > > Although, maybe SJG will create one as an add-on Band. > > Oh, and you can keep yours. All of mine keep drinking all the Coke. > No, they don't. Ummm. . . the Coke. . . disappeared through a dimensional nexus and is currently living in some corner of some nameless dimension where it has married a Pepsi and had 2 children: RC is a disappointment, never amounting to very much; but the real pride of the family is Pepper, who just got a PhD in creative chemistry. (enough BS?) :-) Thomas Davidson tdavidso@suffolk.lib.ny.us MUSIC: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Rush, Jimi Hendrix GAMES: Champions (old and new), In Nomine, Nephilim TV: The X-Files, The Simpsons, Superman, The Tick, The Animaniacs OTHER: Religion, Philosophy, mysticism, the runes, the Tarot, writing ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 20:00:24 +0200 From: Ijon Tichy Subject: IN> FLUFF: The root of the Jewish-Christian dispute Every time a new Pope is elected, there's a whole lot of rituals and ceremonies that have to be gone through, in accordance with tradition. Well there's one tradition that very few people know about. Shortly after the new Pope is enthroned, the Chief Rabbi seeks an audience. He is shown into the Pope's presence, whereupon he presents him with a silver tray bearing a velvet cushion. On top of the cushion is an ancient, shriveled parchment envelope. The Pope symbolically stretches out his arm in a gesture of rejection. The Chief Rabbi then retires, taking the envelope with him and does not return until the next Pope is elected. John Paul II was intrigued by this ritual, whose origins were unknown to him. He instructed the best scholars of the Vatican to research it, but they came up with nothing. When the time came and the Chief Rabbi was shown into his presence, he faithfully enacted the ritual rejection but, as the Chief Rabbi turned to leave, he called him back. "My brother," the Holy Father whispered, "I must confess that we catholics are ignorant of the meaning of this ritual enacted for centuries between us and you, the representative of the Jewish people. I have to ask you, what is it all about?" The Chief Rabbi shrugs and replies: "But we have no more idea than you do. The origin of the ceremony is lost in the mists of ancient history." The Pope said: "Let us retire to my private chambers and enjoy a glass of wine together, then, with your agreement, we shall open the envelope and discover at last the secret." The Chief Rabbi agreed. Fortified in their resolve by the wine, they gingerly pried open the curling parchment envelope and with trembling fingers, the Chief Rabbi reached inside and extracted a folded sheet of similarly ancient paper. As the Pope peered over his shoulder, he slowly opened it. They both gasped with shock. It was the check for the Last Supper... - -- Ijon Tichy Sailing the 'net in the only e-mail: ijon@forum2.org Space Barrel known to man. Homepage: http://www.forum2.org/ijon MOO: VotSB, telnet://forum2.org:7777 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 15:29:46 -0500 (EST) From: Emily Dresner Subject: Re: IN> Balseraph Fluff > No, they don't. Ummm. . . the Coke. . . disappeared through a dimensional > nexus and is currently living in some corner of some nameless dimension > where it has married a Pepsi and had 2 children: RC is a disappointment, > never amounting to very much; but the real pride of the family is Pepper, > who just got a PhD in creative chemistry. > > (enough BS?) :-) I hope you didn't just resonate on yourself and get yourself to believe that. Because boy are you going to feel dumb when it wears off. :) - - Em, Happy Fun Balseraph ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #530 ******************************* The material here is (C) 1997 Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated. All rights reserved.