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                             TABLE OF CONTENTS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
          -                  The Editor's Note                       -&lt;br /&gt;
          -             Upcoming Calendar of Events                  -&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                  ARTICLES&lt;br /&gt;
          -                 The Immortal Report                      -   &lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;br /&gt;
                                 LEGENDITES&lt;br /&gt;
          -                    Announcements                         -&lt;br /&gt;
          -           The Ghosts of Another Man's Past               -&lt;br /&gt;
          -                  A Letter to Nadya                       -&lt;br /&gt;
          -               An Incident in the Crypt                   -&lt;br /&gt;
          -                     To Deqitosv                          -&lt;br /&gt;
          -    A Bargain Made in Hell (or as was, in Kleinstadt)     - &lt;br /&gt;
          -                   Fatherly Advice                        -&lt;br /&gt;
          -           The Caper of &amp;quot;Where It Is&amp;quot; Part 1              -&lt;br /&gt;
          -             Who? -- CLeo interviews Ulric                -&lt;br /&gt;
            &lt;br /&gt;
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/__|                         EDITOR'S NOTE                            |__\&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
 Hello All,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 I want to thank both players and immortals for their patience during&lt;br /&gt;
 the troubles we've had with item ownership this week. You probably&lt;br /&gt;
 have not all heard the explanation, so here goes. A crash occurred&lt;br /&gt;
 during the update of the ownership database, corrupting it. When the&lt;br /&gt;
 mud came back up, items in houses, corpses, on the ground, etc. were&lt;br /&gt;
 no longer owned. Another crash not long after the first one, cleared&lt;br /&gt;
 all the unowned objects out of the game. This wiped all&lt;br /&gt;
 previously-owned items from the game.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 In response, the immortal staff has worked hard to reimburse&lt;br /&gt;
 everyone's house back to where it was before the crash, and to make&lt;br /&gt;
 sure that this problem never happens again.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 I know that all the crashes and bugs have been stressful -- for all of&lt;br /&gt;
 us. Thanks for your continuing patience and positive attitude as we&lt;br /&gt;
 work to correct these problems!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                     Love to All,&lt;br /&gt;
                                         LadyAce&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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/__|                       CALENDAR OF EVENTS                         |__\&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
         [All times are system time unless otherwise specified]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
         &amp;lt;-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-&amp;gt;  March  &amp;lt;-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thursday,  March 25, 7:00 pm  - Q &amp;amp; A in the OOC Auditorium&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
          /^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\April/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thursday, April  8, 7:00 pm  - Q &amp;amp; A in the OOC Auditorium&lt;br /&gt;
Saturday, April 10, 4:00 pm  - Scavenger Hunt!&lt;br /&gt;
                    5:00 pm  - Semi-Annual PKill Tournament! &lt;br /&gt;
Thursday, April 15, 7:00 pm  - Q &amp;amp; A in the OOC Auditorium&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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/__|                          NEWS AND REPORTS                        |__\&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
                            The Immortal Report &lt;br /&gt;
                    (For the Week of March 10 - March 17)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Kaige sorted bugs and typos, and various other odd jobs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
ADMIN:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Sandra issued a number of warnings, removed a few old warnings,&lt;br /&gt;
     did some pkenabling, discussed the rules, delegated out&lt;br /&gt;
     typo-fixing from the help files and fixed some as well. She also&lt;br /&gt;
     added in help files that were missing, and did descriptions,&lt;br /&gt;
     strings, usual online stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Chocorua did normal online stuff, talked to a few players, etc.&lt;br /&gt;
     Flagg fixed a warning and set a player to 1 exp so he could&lt;br /&gt;
     perma.  Seth warned a player for eq swapping between his&lt;br /&gt;
     characters, unarchived several characters, pkenabled two people,&lt;br /&gt;
     and made one person reconsider clanning, and did usual amount of&lt;br /&gt;
     restrings Zandy morted a bunch, deleted two players who weren't&lt;br /&gt;
     happy with their hometown, registered a description and discussed&lt;br /&gt;
     how to keep descriptions human with a player. LadyAce pk-enabled a&lt;br /&gt;
     player, told some newbies they couldn't be reimb'd because they&lt;br /&gt;
     were overrent at a mean crash, warned a player for eq-swapping,&lt;br /&gt;
     and whapped a player for locking vital mobs into a house.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
BUILDING:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Rufus worked more on docs update and added a bunch of new&lt;br /&gt;
     building related code and documented the callback code.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Charity added some new items to the abbey and egypt, and made a&lt;br /&gt;
     few little fixes. She also worked on reviewing Crusades.  Cheyla&lt;br /&gt;
     got a few acts done.  Croaker worked lots on Greece and says it's&lt;br /&gt;
     getting closer.  Flagg started rewriting recalltag.  Joule did&lt;br /&gt;
     some research on how to tie weather, housing and room acts&lt;br /&gt;
     together and worked some more on updating her maps with housing in&lt;br /&gt;
     mind. Kae worked on getting her testmud up so she can get started&lt;br /&gt;
     on crusades soon. Apart from that, she did some combat tweaking,&lt;br /&gt;
     some eq tweaking, some room decoration, and added a few rooms&lt;br /&gt;
     more.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Rusalka tested more on Crusades and Pittsburgh, got her tudor&lt;br /&gt;
     update file to load, and fixed more bugs from the bug file in the&lt;br /&gt;
     running tudor files. Vannessa did a little work on her office and&lt;br /&gt;
     reinstalled Linux and is familiarizing herself with it so that she&lt;br /&gt;
     can download and install the testmud.  LadyAce redid some repop&lt;br /&gt;
     rates, fixed some bugs in the fortress, added in more acts here&lt;br /&gt;
     and there. She did a runthrough of part of the area with Ea! &amp;amp;&lt;br /&gt;
     Sandra, and has a set of fixes she's working on for it. She also&lt;br /&gt;
     started work on another comment sheet from Rusalka. In Klein, she&lt;br /&gt;
     finished double-checking the map and started in on fixing up some&lt;br /&gt;
     of the rooms that are missing exit descriptions etc. She also&lt;br /&gt;
     tracked down a bug players were reporting with mobs opening&lt;br /&gt;
     doors.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Sandra finished up Pittsburgh, and put it up for testing and She&lt;br /&gt;
     also tested Crusades a little bit and began updating some of the&lt;br /&gt;
     mobs in Salem, fixed some typos in viking housing, came up with an&lt;br /&gt;
     idea for another area, helped Kae some with her area, and helped&lt;br /&gt;
     Rusalka find some bugs in her area.  Kaige did some docs&lt;br /&gt;
     clarifications and corrections, made fixes for &amp;quot;gets&amp;quot; vs &amp;quot;picks&lt;br /&gt;
     up&amp;quot; in various areas, and a couple bugs in limbo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
CODING:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Ea! fixed ownership a little more, including a nasty evil crashing&lt;br /&gt;
     bug, changed the prompt order, added in some new building tools,&lt;br /&gt;
     fixed a bug where players couldn't build houses if their clan had&lt;br /&gt;
     more than 2 houses, fixed a crashing bug in redeem, and made it so&lt;br /&gt;
     the picklock skill didn't allow you to automatically lock&lt;br /&gt;
     everything.  He also made it so imms can demolish clan halls, made&lt;br /&gt;
     entrance fail on raging mobs/players, reduced the skill lag on&lt;br /&gt;
     dismount, added in wimpy and mood as options for people's prompt,&lt;br /&gt;
     and fixed some typos.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Chocorua fixed a few typos and changed some messages that the code&lt;br /&gt;
     generates.  Snapper fixed the doppel bug where you could cast more&lt;br /&gt;
     than one, and did some restrings. Rufus added a lot of new stuff&lt;br /&gt;
     for builders, a 'preview' command that allows people to see&lt;br /&gt;
     limited things about an object they might buy (weight, rent,&lt;br /&gt;
     price, long descr). He also made the following bug fixes/changes:&lt;br /&gt;
     sprawled mobs/player w/autorush no longer rush; bleeding/poison&lt;br /&gt;
     will wake a person at the tick if they're sleeping; you can no&lt;br /&gt;
     longer draw if you have a cursed weapon wielded; split now should&lt;br /&gt;
     show description/name/invis status properly; sustained breath will&lt;br /&gt;
     now give the castor a message if they cast it on themselves (also&lt;br /&gt;
     works for quaffed vials); expel message changed to handle front&lt;br /&gt;
     door being closed; scatter no longer checks # of people in combat;&lt;br /&gt;
     blinding flash should now reliably set all mobs affected agg&lt;br /&gt;
     towards the castor; you can no longer steal items from yourself;&lt;br /&gt;
     wall of fire no longer sets someone walking through it agg towards&lt;br /&gt;
     themselves; if at wimpy 0, you no longer flee if Link Dead (wimpy&lt;br /&gt;
     1 will though); you can no longer tumble/dodge headbutt or shoot&lt;br /&gt;
     if not standing; dispel magic now removes CHARM affect; attempting&lt;br /&gt;
     to summon an elemental where you can't summon that particular type&lt;br /&gt;
     results in a mana refund.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Sandra fixed some problems in the warning code.  Kaige added new&lt;br /&gt;
     stuff for builders and some new imm commands, and made the listen&lt;br /&gt;
     Skill will warning you of agg mobs or mobs that currently hate&lt;br /&gt;
     you.  She also made the following bug fixes:  you can no longer&lt;br /&gt;
     drink from water sources you can't see; you Can no longer&lt;br /&gt;
     armwrestle NONHUMANs or ANIMALs; you can no longer fill full lamps&lt;br /&gt;
     and waste the fuel source; status now correctly identifies affects&lt;br /&gt;
     as being from skills or spells.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
PLAYER RELATIONS:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     LadyAce did a few descs &amp;amp; answered desc questions, answered&lt;br /&gt;
     questions about crashes and immorting. She did some strings and a&lt;br /&gt;
     bunch of restrings She also ran trivia, a Q &amp;amp; A, and put out the&lt;br /&gt;
     LT. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Flagg officiated a wedding, registered several descs, and turned&lt;br /&gt;
     one down.  Joule worked some more on games for St Patty's day, and&lt;br /&gt;
     did a string or two.  Sandra held her monthly 'How many hours do I&lt;br /&gt;
     have' spamfest and gave a token to the winner and spoke with some&lt;br /&gt;
     pkenabled players regarding Rp and Pkill.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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                              Announcements!&lt;br /&gt;
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Advertisements:&lt;br /&gt;
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Hello all you excitement-, equipment- and experience-challenged friends!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I'd like your help in a new endeavor. I am personally starting my very&lt;br /&gt;
own foundation. It's completely non-profit and for everyone's benefit&lt;br /&gt;
on this world we call Legend.  The foundation is called &amp;quot;Make A List&lt;br /&gt;
Foundation&amp;quot;.  The goal of the foundation is to give everyone an&lt;br /&gt;
opportunity to send me a list of their realistic goals for the&lt;br /&gt;
present.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Let's define realistic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
No asking for 4 levels.  No asking for equipment that you can't even&lt;br /&gt;
rent for 4 levels.  Look at a present perspective and not a future&lt;br /&gt;
one.  This means that if you seek a quick way to level in order to rent&lt;br /&gt;
an item that you desperately need for specific stats, you can send me a&lt;br /&gt;
mudmail with this list.  If you require certain equipment to complete a&lt;br /&gt;
goal for stats that you are currently seeking, you can send me the&lt;br /&gt;
list. If you just want to learn more about a certain quest that you&lt;br /&gt;
have been stumped on or need someone to guide you through, send me the&lt;br /&gt;
list. If you want to just join up in a group because you are tired of&lt;br /&gt;
demolishing the mobs alone, send me the list.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I will tally the lists and make arrangements with you, the lister, a&lt;br /&gt;
time to achieve these goals. I will form groups on a regular basis to&lt;br /&gt;
just run and collect items. There are no monetary requirements to this&lt;br /&gt;
foundation.  It's strictly for everyone's benefit. If money is&lt;br /&gt;
obtained during a run, it will be split among all the group mates. If&lt;br /&gt;
extra equipment is obtained and I have a list from someone that&lt;br /&gt;
couldn't make it, I may keep it and give it to that person another&lt;br /&gt;
time.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I know this may cut into the profits from some of these new&lt;br /&gt;
organizations that have formed and I apologize, but there are a few low&lt;br /&gt;
levels and housing challenged people that can't afford the high costs&lt;br /&gt;
of equipment these days. This foundation is being formed for them, but&lt;br /&gt;
it doesn't mean that I will not help the organizations too. If some&lt;br /&gt;
equipment is not spoken for and a member of one of the organizations is&lt;br /&gt;
grouped, they are more then welcome to sell it for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you disagree with this foundation and wish to make suggestions of&lt;br /&gt;
your own, I welcome your comments and complaints. Also, if you want to&lt;br /&gt;
be a part of this foundation on any kind of regular basis, please let&lt;br /&gt;
me know that too and I will always seek you out and see if you aren't&lt;br /&gt;
already busy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Hugs to all*&lt;br /&gt;
Huggy&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                      /*\*/*\*/*\*/*\*/*\*/*\*/*\*/*\&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                      The Ghosts of Another Man's Past&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The waves crashed to the shore, around the high boots of a bearded&lt;br /&gt;
figure standing in the surf. His counterpart stood higher, remaining&lt;br /&gt;
dry. The unwitting observer watched the two pale, glowing figures as&lt;br /&gt;
they drew their swords and fell on one another viciously in the predawn&lt;br /&gt;
twilight. Only a fool would think that both could survive, watching&lt;br /&gt;
them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A soft cry distracted the observer's attention. He turned, into&lt;br /&gt;
the most beautiful set of eyes his own sight had sullied in his life.&lt;br /&gt;
The woman sat on the beach at his arm, dressed as the combatants in&lt;br /&gt;
the high style of Elizabethan England, glowing and pallid as they&lt;br /&gt;
were, too. She looked at the observer, those eyes burning with a&lt;br /&gt;
terrible love. To the silent observer she confessed her hideous joy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I love you.&amp;quot; she said, &amp;quot;Forever. Why they should fight, claiming for&lt;br /&gt;
my honor, I do not know.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;But they do,&amp;quot; the observer whispered. &amp;quot;Forever.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Both man and woman turned their eyes back on the combatants, their&lt;br /&gt;
swords flashing in the golden light of the breaking dawn. To the living&lt;br /&gt;
observer, their motions seemed slowed, strained, as if they fought&lt;br /&gt;
underwater. Their brief scuffle lasted but a heartbeat, and that&lt;br /&gt;
heartbeat stretched over eternity.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The bearded man struck, and all present knew the blow was fatal. His&lt;br /&gt;
victim sank to the waves, disappearing in a bloody froth upon the&lt;br /&gt;
beach.  As the victor watched, his face twisted into an expression of&lt;br /&gt;
utter horror. He thrust his magnificent blade into the sand, burying it&lt;br /&gt;
to its hilt, and waded into the rising tide.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Paralyzed with a horrid recognition of this foreign memory, the&lt;br /&gt;
observer watched the ghostly victor give his own life to the sea.&lt;br /&gt;
Still quaking with that fear, Mariachi again found himself lying in his&lt;br /&gt;
bed, drenched in a cold sweat, hoping it was a dream, but knowing he&lt;br /&gt;
had not slept. The ghosts of someone else's past continued to haunt the&lt;br /&gt;
perturbed gunslinger. He rose again to face the day, fearing to sleep,&lt;br /&gt;
and dreading the dawn.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                      /*\*/*\*/*\*/*\*/*\*/*\*/*\*/*\&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
My dearest Nadya,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I received your note the other day, in a battered and disheveled&lt;br /&gt;
envelope. I'm not quite sure how long it was in the post. I was happy&lt;br /&gt;
to receive some mail from my love after so long. When I read it,&lt;br /&gt;
however, I was completely shocked. I can't express the deep seated pain&lt;br /&gt;
I felt inside when I first glimpsed the words you penned. I could&lt;br /&gt;
nearly not believe they were yours, aside from the fact that it was&lt;br /&gt;
your own seal on the envelope.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, I also find that my love, in all of its wholeness, overpowers &lt;br /&gt;
the pains that were caused by what I read, something I wish not to &lt;br /&gt;
repeat back to anyone again. I can not possibly live without you in my &lt;br /&gt;
life, as my wife, no matter what the past has held for you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even with what you have done, I give to you my heart, my soul, my body, &lt;br /&gt;
my entire self, forgiving you for what you have done. I also thank you &lt;br /&gt;
for your honesty and frankness now in your relationship, and I am glad &lt;br /&gt;
that I can still call you my own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You and I have always been connected in an unseen, unknown manner. We &lt;br /&gt;
will always be one. I love you Nadya, and I will forever.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yours,&lt;br /&gt;
Mertjai&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
                         An Incident in the Crypt           &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The last echo of a loud shotgun blast reverberates through a dark&lt;br /&gt;
underground crypt, shattering the silence of the decomposing corpses&lt;br /&gt;
and disturbing several wisps of cobwebs. The echoes die out and are&lt;br /&gt;
replaced with the meaty thud of a body falling to the cold stone floor&lt;br /&gt;
in the center of the crypt, splattering the unfortunate person's&lt;br /&gt;
lifeblood over the shoes of a tall, blue haired figure in a cloak,&lt;br /&gt;
holding the obviously guilty shotgun, which wafts smoke from its&lt;br /&gt;
sawed-off barrels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Hrmph, I know you have a clue as to who stole our relics, Light&lt;br /&gt;
blinder&amp;quot; he spits, with a voice that carries a acidic sting in it. &amp;quot;And&lt;br /&gt;
unless I get a name, having your legs shot off will be a dream compared&lt;br /&gt;
to following events.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Screams soon fill the silence in the crypt, screams not meant to be &lt;br /&gt;
voiced by a human throat under an normal circumstances.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To My Loving Deqitosv,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It has been a year since our commitment to each other, our pledge of &lt;br /&gt;
love and honor, our marriage.  Yet, it seems like a lifetime ago we met, &lt;br /&gt;
and slowly fell in love, our lives going from two separate entities, to &lt;br /&gt;
one.  We seemed to be everything that a couple together should be: &lt;br /&gt;
happy, blessed with a child, with a good, loving family and an unabashed &lt;br /&gt;
love for each other, yet somehow we've lost part of that.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the past months, our lives have been on somewhat different paths, be&lt;br /&gt;
it different goals, different dreams or just a difference of opinion.&lt;br /&gt;
We've gone through the good times with laughter and joy, and we've gone&lt;br /&gt;
through some bad times, always with grace and our heads held high.  Our&lt;br /&gt;
family has changed and grown, marriages have come and gone, and&lt;br /&gt;
children found, only to be lost again.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yet, through it all, we somehow managed to stay together, our love, we&lt;br /&gt;
believed, keeping us stronger than the rest.  My dear, I've come to&lt;br /&gt;
realize that love is not all it takes to keep two people together. Our&lt;br /&gt;
lives are taking different directions, and how long can we go on,&lt;br /&gt;
living as two, yet calling ourselves one? I've asked myself this&lt;br /&gt;
question over and over in my mind, yet i continually come to the same&lt;br /&gt;
conclusion - we can't. There is no doubt in my mind that you love me,&lt;br /&gt;
and I don't want you to ever think that my love for you is gone, but as&lt;br /&gt;
I stated above, it takes more than love alone for a marriage, a life,&lt;br /&gt;
to grow.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So, you're probably asking yourself, what is she getting at?  Well,&lt;br /&gt;
I've decided to take a trip, a sabbatical of sorts, to clear my head,&lt;br /&gt;
to gather my thoughts and to make some decisions. I've given our&lt;br /&gt;
daughter, Cenja, to my sister Chante' for the time being. I know that&lt;br /&gt;
she will be well taken care of (despite former &amp;quot;incidents&amp;quot;), living in&lt;br /&gt;
our family home in Ithaca, and if at any time you decide that you want&lt;br /&gt;
her you are more than welcome to go and get her. I only left her in&lt;br /&gt;
Chante''s care because I hadn't seen you in so long.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What I want more than anything is to resume our former life together,&lt;br /&gt;
but I'm not sure if that's possible anymore.  So many things have&lt;br /&gt;
changed, I feel that we might not be able to &amp;quot;go back&amp;quot;.  I would hope&lt;br /&gt;
that you would take this time apart to think about what you want also,&lt;br /&gt;
I know that you haven't been happy with our situation in a long time,&lt;br /&gt;
and i'm doing this for you as much as for myself.  Remember the words&lt;br /&gt;
that you wrote to me so long ago, and remember that my love for you&lt;br /&gt;
will never die...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I'll be there 'till the stars don't shine,&lt;br /&gt;
'till the heavens burst and the words don't rhyme,&lt;br /&gt;
and then when I die, you'll be on my mind &lt;br /&gt;
and I'll love you, Always...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Love always,&lt;br /&gt;
Gwendolyn&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
	                     Fatherly Advice&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I was sitting in the Royal Stag, when my father sauntered in. I&lt;br /&gt;
jumped up, and ran over to hug him. He flashed me a smile, one he saved&lt;br /&gt;
only for me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;How are you, daughter?&amp;quot; He asked from across the table. I frowned.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Lonely.&amp;quot; I replied. He chuckled. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Boredom is all it is. You're much too young to think of boys, and I&lt;br /&gt;
certainly don't approve of that halter top you're wearing!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;When will I be able to date, daddy?&amp;quot; I asked, frowning from disappointment. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;When you're older.&amp;quot; He said, taking a sip of some beverage he had&lt;br /&gt;
brought with him in a blackened bottle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;But I can't even date Dark Enforcers?&amp;quot; He almost choked mid-drink.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Especially not them! I recruit them for their minds and thoughts. I&lt;br /&gt;
don't want them near you.&amp;quot; He recovered.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Then who can I date?&amp;quot; I (almost) whined. He returned the cap to his drink.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Anybody but a Knight or a tree-hugger.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I hate them both.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Good. Look, Aliana, you'll always be my little girl. You know I am&lt;br /&gt;
only doing what's best for you. You will wait until you're older to&lt;br /&gt;
date, when you can train them properly. You needn't be worrying about&lt;br /&gt;
boys yet, no.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I grinned. &amp;quot;Yes daddy.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I giggled. He tried to hold back a smile.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I mean it, Aliana,&amp;quot; he said. I straightened.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yes, Father.&amp;quot; I replied, holding back a giggle. &amp;quot;As you wish.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
              A Bargain Made in Hell (or as was, in Kleinstadt)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: for those that ponder such things.. I no longer walk the path&lt;br /&gt;
of the Dark Enforcers..  I seek new employment.&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: Going to take a stroll down the narrow road instead of the&lt;br /&gt;
open and wide highway to hell?&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: Who cares where the road goes as long as I get to hurt&lt;br /&gt;
people along the way?&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: Which you're rather good at, I'm told.&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: I have my moments...&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: Although I'm not invincible.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: Got any recommendations?&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: Sure.. just a sec.. Flea, do I hurt people well?&lt;br /&gt;
Flea: Yup! Quite well I can assure you!&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: I take it you speak from personal experience, eh, Flea?&lt;br /&gt;
Flea: *shudder* Yes, that I do.&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: Does he leave scars?&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: My quarrel with the knights was entertaining.&lt;br /&gt;
Flea: With the unconscious and the hurting and the ouch.&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: Hmm... I like that... If I wanted someone to have a hint I&lt;br /&gt;
was angry with them, I'd like them in hospital at least week.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: So, you pay well, Marcel?&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: Got any objections to molesting women, children, immortal&lt;br /&gt;
extraplanar entities?&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: No children.. other than that nothing bothers me.&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: I think I can safely say my economical backland is in order,&lt;br /&gt;
and quite warm.&lt;br /&gt;
O'Bedlam: Marcel, you havin' a party ?&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: Hrmm... An exploitable weakness... On the other hand it'd&lt;br /&gt;
mean my niece would survive pulling your beard.&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: A party? No. I'm contemplating hiring an extra hand now such&lt;br /&gt;
a capable one is available.&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: Heh.&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: Very well .. consider me on retainer then.. we can discuss&lt;br /&gt;
the exact amount later.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: Indeed. I'll need to view your past experience with torture,&lt;br /&gt;
blackmail and cappucino making as well.&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: Bah... like I leaves many witnesses.&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: No witnesses can be a recommendation as well.&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: Consider me highly recommended then.&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: Preferred method of liquidation?&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: Preferred method of liquidating would be simple&lt;br /&gt;
bludgeoning... Always go with the classics.&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: Hmm-hmm... Creating quite a mess I take it?&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: *shrug* Sometimes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: Allright, then. If you can stand in as an uncle to a bunch&lt;br /&gt;
of happy cookiemonsters, - err, kids - now and then, and you're devoted to&lt;br /&gt;
your - bludgeoning - I think we have an arrangement.&lt;br /&gt;
Barabas: Very well .. let it be known that Marcel is under my&lt;br /&gt;
protection... Feel free to attack him and known that I'll be coming for you.&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel: And I'll just go feel free to utilize my expense account.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
                      THE CAPER OF WHERE IT IS (PART 1)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I am a fairly normal clued out magette, my name is Miaka Angelica&lt;br /&gt;
Calhoun. I have found myself becoming the Miss Inspector Clueso because&lt;br /&gt;
of the missing WHERE IT IS.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Seeing that this is going to be a fairly difficult task I have got the &lt;br /&gt;
assistance of the past opium king Gildur. There is a many suspicious &lt;br /&gt;
sorts out there for all I know you could be one!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Kato comes leaping out of the clouds* *a scuffle begins* *punches and &lt;br /&gt;
kicks are flying* and finally Miaka emerges back to discuss further her &lt;br /&gt;
tale.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*pulls out a sun chair* *sits on sun chair* *sun chair collapses and&lt;br /&gt;
Miaka is trapped* *finally gets herself out of there* anyway, it&lt;br /&gt;
started with the very mysterious and quite mind boggling Chante'&lt;br /&gt;
character, who has guilt written all over her face. She says &amp;quot;look&lt;br /&gt;
there it is,&amp;quot; I want anyone who has seen this mysterious &amp;quot;it&amp;quot; to give&lt;br /&gt;
Gildur or myself a tell.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Remember you are all GUILTY and SUSPECTS till you are crossed off my&lt;br /&gt;
official list. *pulls out 15 pages of list* *trips over list* *ends up&lt;br /&gt;
shoving paper in her pocket*&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*gets her eyeglasses back out* &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Miaka, Inspector Clueso (or Cluedout as the case may be)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Hello Legenders!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	For you, this week, I've chosen to interview Ulric, one of our&lt;br /&gt;
old timers.  He's been online with us for many year and done quite a&lt;br /&gt;
good share of roleplaying.  After his agent finally decided to let him&lt;br /&gt;
talk, we've started the interview.  Here's how it went...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Name: Lord Ulric  &lt;br /&gt;
Occupation: High priest of the Clan Lazy&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What is the strangest dream you ever had?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'I once dreamed that Sharri and I were getting married, it scared&lt;br /&gt;
me so badly that I had to slaughter an entire village just to get the&lt;br /&gt;
dirty image out of my head.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What is it that attracted you to the evil side of life?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Hmm.. I still think evil is relative.  Who is to say that what&lt;br /&gt;
I am doing and supporting is right, and what Sharri and Tancred is &lt;br /&gt;
doing is evil and wrong?  Quite a few people would agree with me &lt;br /&gt;
that we follow the true path.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If you could go back in time and change an event, which would&lt;br /&gt;
you go change and why?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'I would keep Tempus away from that brothel he visited on that&lt;br /&gt;
horrible fateful night I was conceived..  Woulda saved me a lot of &lt;br /&gt;
trouble from being born.  Tempus is my dad by the way.  I grew to &lt;br /&gt;
be the horrible adult I am due to his mistake.. gotta love fate.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What is your favorite meal?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Anything my chef, Llewellyn, prepares...  Which usually &lt;br /&gt;
involves dangerous narcotics.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What would you say is the most important thing in your life&lt;br /&gt;
right now?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'I would still say my reputation.  It has gotten me quite &lt;br /&gt;
far and I don't have to do a whole lot because of it.  People are &lt;br /&gt;
more than happy to serve me still.  It has its advantages.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If you would be a kitchen utensil, what would it be and why?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'I would be one of those dehydrators.  They take a perfectly &lt;br /&gt;
nice normal food product and suck the life and desire out of it.  &lt;br /&gt;
Kinda like the Clan Lazy's training process.' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If you could invent something, what would it be?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'I would invent a machine that would fire projectiles at &lt;br /&gt;
incredibly fast speeds, and make it incredibly easy to produce so &lt;br /&gt;
everyone would have one.  It would cause a large amount of &lt;br /&gt;
violence and civil unrest if everyone could have one.  Life would&lt;br /&gt;
be horrible and unfun.  Ahh... the future is so bright.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What is your personal opinion of Suger Abbot?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Well I know he doesn't like me, I kill him frequently.  Deep &lt;br /&gt;
down he's much more insidious and evil than I could ever be.  &lt;br /&gt;
Those church figures are spawns of evil!  Hence the Templars &lt;br /&gt;
deserving a slow painful death, along with the treehuggers.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If I could grant you a wish, what would it be?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'I would wish for world domination and total control &lt;br /&gt;
of every living soul.  Well, that's what I would have wished &lt;br /&gt;
for a few years ago... now I would just wish for my youth &lt;br /&gt;
back I guess.' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'A piece of advice for our readers?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'My advice is that they should accept their horribly &lt;br /&gt;
mundane lives as is, because the more heroic they think they&lt;br /&gt;
are, the more the gods will punish them in the end... and as&lt;br /&gt;
for Angesley and everyone else willing to defy the true path&lt;br /&gt;
your time will come to a horrible end.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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That concludes another edition of &amp;quot;WHO?&amp;quot;.  I would like to remind you &lt;br /&gt;
that most of the people interviewed were picked randomly.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I am open to interviewing people on requests as long as there is a &lt;br /&gt;
good reason (example: the person is well known, is a GM, is an old &lt;br /&gt;
legend player, is a person who achieved something extraordinary or &lt;br /&gt;
other valuable reasons).  I do give myself the right to decline &lt;br /&gt;
requests if be needed, but doubt I will decline any. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do not forget that you may send in some questions that you would like &lt;br /&gt;
me to ask my guest.  Just take a piece of paper, write them down, and&lt;br /&gt;
mud mail it to me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Until next time...  May luck be on your path forever!&lt;br /&gt;
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replies, additions, or corrections to our address at lt@mud.sig.net for&lt;br /&gt;
inclusion in the next edition. We, however, reserve the right to moderate&lt;br /&gt;
this discussion, and may object to some submissions.&lt;br /&gt;
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