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VOLUME SIX, ISSUE TWENTY-ONE                                May 22nd, 1999&lt;br /&gt;
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                             TABLE OF CONTENTS&lt;br /&gt;
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          -             Upcoming Calendar of Events                  -&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                 ARTICLES&lt;br /&gt;
          -                The Immortal Report                       -&lt;br /&gt;
          -            Memorial: Shel Silverstein                    -&lt;br /&gt;
          -              On the Subject of Pkill                     -&lt;br /&gt;
          -              LegendMeet in Michigan!                     -&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;br /&gt;
                                LEGENDITES&lt;br /&gt;
          -                   Announcements                          -&lt;br /&gt;
          -                  PKill Newsflash!                        -&lt;br /&gt;
          -                   Awooga Corner                          - &lt;br /&gt;
          -                     Violation                            -&lt;br /&gt;
          -          What? Nadya Interviews an Iron Rivet            -&lt;br /&gt;
          -                  A Plea for Help                         -&lt;br /&gt;
          -             Who? CLeo Interviews Minako                  -&lt;br /&gt;
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         [All times are system time unless otherwise specified]&lt;br /&gt;
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          o(O)o o(O)o o(O)o o(O)o May o(O)o o(O)o o(O)o o(O)o&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tuesday,    May 25, 10:00 pm   - Skills &amp;amp; Spells &amp;quot;Darwin&amp;quot; Recalltag&lt;br /&gt;
Thursday,   May 27,  7:00 pm   - Q &amp;amp; A in the OOC Auditorium&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                          The Immortal Report &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Kaige sorted bugs, typos, ideas and all that fun stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
ADMIN:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Sandra updated some help files, spoke with a player about&lt;br /&gt;
     immorting, warned a player for multiplaying, warned some other&lt;br /&gt;
     people for profanity and the like.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Chocorua set players to 0 xp by request, pkenabled a player, and&lt;br /&gt;
     watched for people obviously cheating. He also dealth with some&lt;br /&gt;
     player-player harassment. Govan did a few restrings and helped a&lt;br /&gt;
     bewildered newbie by pointing her to the helpfiles and answering&lt;br /&gt;
     her other questions. Seth did the usual restrings and archiving,&lt;br /&gt;
     issued one warning for cursing on chat, helped someone with a bug,&lt;br /&gt;
     and erased a couple of clan board posts on request.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
BUILDING:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Rufus has been busy with work and with other real life stuff so he&lt;br /&gt;
     didn't get much accomplished this week.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Charity was out of town last week so didn't get much done then,&lt;br /&gt;
     and spent this past week catching up on RL work that had&lt;br /&gt;
     accumulated while she was gone. Cheyla got housing working in&lt;br /&gt;
     Alaska and will likely add more doors and rooms in the future, but&lt;br /&gt;
     it CAN stay as-is. She also added in a few more acts and answered&lt;br /&gt;
     a variety of player questions. Croaker had an unexpectedly&lt;br /&gt;
     overwhelming work schedule so was unable to get anything done.&lt;br /&gt;
     Kae hunted a bug unsuccessfully which causes her area to hang&lt;br /&gt;
     somewhere in the boot phase.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Rusalka was busy with finals and visiting relatives. However, she&lt;br /&gt;
     did turn in her Crusades tester report, help Natalia with the&lt;br /&gt;
     testmud and Cheyla with housing costs, did a couple online string&lt;br /&gt;
     requests and question answerings. Vannessa was online for the&lt;br /&gt;
     first time in a while (yay!) and actually helped players with a&lt;br /&gt;
     few things, and routed the ones that she couldn't help to other&lt;br /&gt;
     authorities. LadyAce was generally on vacation but did have a&lt;br /&gt;
     chance to finish making a number of adjustments to Crusades,&lt;br /&gt;
     including more teaching acts and descriptions. She also worked a&lt;br /&gt;
     little on Klein, mostly dealing with exits.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Sandra fixed things in pittsburgh, added some weather related room&lt;br /&gt;
     descriptions, a few E descs on objects, etc. Kaige fixed typos in&lt;br /&gt;
     a wide variety of areas, and fixed some bugs in various acts. She&lt;br /&gt;
     also clarified a few things in the builder documentation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
CODING:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Ea! was out of town and didn't have time to do anything.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Chocorua finished the immortal connect and reconnect messages so&lt;br /&gt;
     they show invis level if you are invis. Huginn was out of town&lt;br /&gt;
     most of the week in NC, but he did some restrings and put some&lt;br /&gt;
     more thought into vehicles, and got a few things working.  Snapper&lt;br /&gt;
     did some restrings and helped someone install a door in their&lt;br /&gt;
     house.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Kaige fixed a number of code typos, moved unimped skills so they&lt;br /&gt;
     don't show up to players, and added some tools for builders. In&lt;br /&gt;
     addition, she added in a color set ALL option that uses the same&lt;br /&gt;
     inputs (words) as color set prompt, etc.  These types also now&lt;br /&gt;
     report the syntax and acceptable words if you type a number in the&lt;br /&gt;
     last argument as well.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
PLAYER RELATIONS:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     LadyAce did an LT &amp;amp; the standard list of online duties, strings,&lt;br /&gt;
     restrings, etc.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Flagg spent some time online. He did support for the HOL update,&lt;br /&gt;
     talked to players about getting into HOL and helped a player with&lt;br /&gt;
     wedding plans. Natalia is increasingly busy RL with work and&lt;br /&gt;
     school, but did the usual round of strings/restrings, talked with&lt;br /&gt;
     some people about matters ic/ooc, and generally tried to be&lt;br /&gt;
     helpful. Dominic has returned to civilian life, and should be&lt;br /&gt;
     around more for the next while. Chimera did the usual strings and&lt;br /&gt;
     restrings, looked into several administrative situations while no&lt;br /&gt;
     admin imms were online, ran question for cookie and planned&lt;br /&gt;
     another set of conundrums. He also talked to several newbies about&lt;br /&gt;
     their first impressions of Legend, and made the rules clear to&lt;br /&gt;
     some others.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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                    {*} {*} {*} {*} {*} {*} {*} {*}&lt;br /&gt;
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                               Memorial&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On Friday the 14th of May, Chimera conducted a short memorial&lt;br /&gt;
service/poetry reading in honor of late poet Shel Silverstein.  The&lt;br /&gt;
event was held in the garden of rememberance ooc, and was attended by&lt;br /&gt;
Genocide, BrookLynn, Jonathan, Benjamin, Elisa, and Blackthorne. (To&lt;br /&gt;
any omitted from this list, my apologies.) Most of these mortals also&lt;br /&gt;
read their Shel Silverstein poem of choice.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                    {*} {*} {*} {*} {*} {*} {*} {*}&lt;br /&gt;
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                        On the Subject of Pkill&lt;br /&gt;
               A response to Mo's pkill talk in the latest LT&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I think Mo did an excellent job in explaining what an immort should&lt;br /&gt;
tell you when you clan.  Most of them do in fact state that you are&lt;br /&gt;
pretty much open to any other clanned's vengeance.  The problem is the&lt;br /&gt;
ongoing assault some pkill enabled players seem to take on other pkill&lt;br /&gt;
enabled for absolutely no rp justification.  Sure there are those that&lt;br /&gt;
may be the &amp;quot;deranged serial killer&amp;quot; that will basically attack on sight&lt;br /&gt;
anyone pkill enabled.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But they don't really rp.  They will only kill if they are fully healed&lt;br /&gt;
-- they don't have any deranged mentality when you talk with them.  In&lt;br /&gt;
fact, they only claim a derangement when they have systematically&lt;br /&gt;
hunted down their prey for the kill.  And then they claim some sort of&lt;br /&gt;
rp.  I know we can't have a perfect environment for everyone, but I&lt;br /&gt;
just wish more pkillers would rp a justification for death.  Btw I&lt;br /&gt;
think there is a player that uses a descrip as &amp;quot;Deranged serial killer&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
and if so, I was not referring to that player specifically.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Raz, Tarbash, Sansaria&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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                        LegendMeet in Michigan!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ok, unless you have been living under a rock, or hibernating, you&lt;br /&gt;
should know by now that Michigan will be hosting a Legend Meet the&lt;br /&gt;
weekend of August 20-22. Alot of the information has been posted on the&lt;br /&gt;
News Board, I encourage you to to read them. At this point, we are&lt;br /&gt;
still getting some prices for hotels, and also looking into &amp;quot;renting&amp;quot; a&lt;br /&gt;
large vehicle so we can &amp;quot;shuttle&amp;quot; everyone at once.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We hope everyone can arrive to Michigan on Friday, and in time to go&lt;br /&gt;
out, we always go to this restaurant/bar type place, and a group of us&lt;br /&gt;
karaoke, and we have a blast, but if you can't make it on Friday,&lt;br /&gt;
that's ok, we still have the rest of the weekend. Saturday, we are&lt;br /&gt;
still debating, we have some things in mind, we just need to look&lt;br /&gt;
further into somethings and confirm things, but I am sure whatever we&lt;br /&gt;
decide to do, we will have a blast!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If anyone has any suggestions, or ideas, or if there is something in&lt;br /&gt;
Michigan you always wanted to see, please, let us know...that could&lt;br /&gt;
probably be arranged. We want to accomodate everyone as best as&lt;br /&gt;
possible, please know that, and we are really trying to keep costs down&lt;br /&gt;
as much as possible. Please give me some feedback tho, I need to know&lt;br /&gt;
what everyone is thinking or feeling, I dont wanna let anyone down, in&lt;br /&gt;
any way.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
ALSO, there will be T-shirts available, I can get a great deal, &lt;br /&gt;
if i can get an order of 20 shirts, I can get the cost as low as $10, &lt;br /&gt;
and you cant beat that...I thought we could make things a little &lt;br /&gt;
interesting, we are still debating how we want to design our T-shirts, &lt;br /&gt;
so we thought it would be a good idea, if everyone gave their ideas, by &lt;br /&gt;
appending to the news board with your ideas ONLY, and then we all vote &lt;br /&gt;
on what we want for our shirts, the winner gets a free T-shirt. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I will have a post on the board regarding this and would really&lt;br /&gt;
appreciate your participation. Its also coming to a point now, where I&lt;br /&gt;
need to know how many are coming, so I know how many rooms to reserve&lt;br /&gt;
for, and it would be nice to know who is driving, and who is flying in,&lt;br /&gt;
so we can make arrangements to pick people up at the airport, PLEASE,&lt;br /&gt;
simply mudmail me, telling me you are coming, and how you are getting&lt;br /&gt;
here, so I know, I appreciate your support, this will make it alot&lt;br /&gt;
easier for us. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is everyone's Meet, and everyone deserves to have a great time,&lt;br /&gt;
and its our job to try to make that happen, and that's what I plan to&lt;br /&gt;
do! I think I covered anything, I will keep everyone updated, via the&lt;br /&gt;
News Board, or the LT....Thank you for your time &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Truly, &lt;br /&gt;
Chante'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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This week in pkill included a rather new sort of event -- on Thursday,&lt;br /&gt;
May 20th, Sir Ganymede held a Q &amp;amp; A on the Knights, and their Code. The&lt;br /&gt;
Knights Q &amp;amp; A was a time for both explanations and arguments, and the&lt;br /&gt;
airing of both grievances and suggestions for the clan, their RP, their&lt;br /&gt;
conduct, their past, and their future. Anyone with questions about the&lt;br /&gt;
Knights but who was unable to attend the session, is encouraged to&lt;br /&gt;
contact Sir Ganymede via mudmail, or drop a tell to any Knight.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On the other end of the moral spectrum, the Dark Enforcers gained&lt;br /&gt;
members this week, including the daughter of Ronnie Valthalas -- Aliana&lt;br /&gt;
Valthalas. Aliana completed a quest to prove her loyalty and&lt;br /&gt;
worthiness, and gained acceptance into their ranks despite her past&lt;br /&gt;
reluctance. The DEs also lost a member, as LeatherFace chose to&lt;br /&gt;
separate from the Enforcers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One of this week's notable victories was Larnoc over Barabas. It's not&lt;br /&gt;
often that the reigning heavyweight champion is seen on the losing side&lt;br /&gt;
of an info (much to Barabas's credit!) -- congratulations to Larnoc.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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                             Violation&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A slow-moving form shuffled down the road, laden down with seemingly&lt;br /&gt;
overfilled mugs and skins, towards the home of his son. Iggy stopped&lt;br /&gt;
occasionally to rest his back, which was slowly becoming more ready to&lt;br /&gt;
complain as the years went on. After all, he was nearly three hundred&lt;br /&gt;
years old. As he made his slow way down the road, he noticed a thin&lt;br /&gt;
column of smoke on the horizon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Ahh, he's got the fire ready for my old bones,&amp;quot; thought Iggy, savoring&lt;br /&gt;
the thought of rest beside the fire almost as much as he would savor&lt;br /&gt;
actually resting beside the fire. As he approached the homestead,&lt;br /&gt;
however, the column of smoke grew in size until he knew that it was no&lt;br /&gt;
simple house-fire.  &amp;quot;Ahh, he must be burning some leaves in the&lt;br /&gt;
back-yard, I like the smell of burning leaves.&amp;quot; Iggy sniffed the air&lt;br /&gt;
for the autumnal smell of burning foliage, but could smell nothing&lt;br /&gt;
besides the late-blooming wildflowers and the crisp fall air.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Iggy's peaceful mind broke once he reached the road leading directly&lt;br /&gt;
into the house. The house itself was a raging inferno, flames licking&lt;br /&gt;
hungrily at the outside walls, its hunger not satiated by the meal&lt;br /&gt;
within. Iggy dropped his burdens and broke into a run unseemly of an imp&lt;br /&gt;
his age, quickly reaching the site of the fire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Once he reached the doorway he fell to his knees in anguish, before the&lt;br /&gt;
door were two sturdy pikes set into the ground, and upon them were the&lt;br /&gt;
burned and half-eaten remains of his son and daughter-in-law.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A frantic thought flashed through the old man's mind..&amp;quot;The kids...&lt;br /&gt;
where are my grandchildren..&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Summoning his strength the old man gathered the winds and buffeted the&lt;br /&gt;
still-burning house until all traces of fire were swept from the&lt;br /&gt;
grounds in the gale-force gusts. He dashed through the&lt;br /&gt;
still-smouldering ruins of his son's home for his grandchildren, or the&lt;br /&gt;
remains of them, but found nothing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Later, the old man buried the mangled bodies of his child and his&lt;br /&gt;
child's wife underneath a nearby willow tree, limbs swaying in the&lt;br /&gt;
wind, mourning the dead.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fire welled up beneath the reddish-grey wrinkled brow of the old mage,&lt;br /&gt;
a burning unknown to him before, it coursed through his veins making&lt;br /&gt;
his eyes swim in a sea of blood, his heart pound a beat long lost in&lt;br /&gt;
the mist of age. He lusted for the death of the enemy, the ruiner, the&lt;br /&gt;
violator  He knew who had done this, his half-brother Stogie, the ugly&lt;br /&gt;
mar on the face of his loose-knit family.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Stogie sat on a wooden stump, sharpening a spit while keeping a hungry&lt;br /&gt;
eye on the four babes in an enchanted sleep piled on the cavern floor.&lt;br /&gt;
Vile thoughts drifted unchallenged behind his muddled brow, thoughts of&lt;br /&gt;
dinner, of his brother, mother, death...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Thems good eatin' I says, lookit they're sof'en plump each onnem,&lt;br /&gt;
makes a good dinner, thems four.&amp;quot; Stogie rarely had anyone to talk to&lt;br /&gt;
after he killed his mother, so he had the habit of talking to himself,&lt;br /&gt;
not that anyone living knew, anyhow.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Mmm, I's get some impmeat when me's brudder comes, oh he's gonna come&lt;br /&gt;
I tell ye, he's comin here now I says, mighty angry, but I's know what&lt;br /&gt;
to do, yes, I's know, I's give him fire like I gives his childrens, I&lt;br /&gt;
shows him lotta me friends, he's roast duck.&amp;quot;  Stogie grinned and&lt;br /&gt;
chortled at his joke, listening for any signs of his brother's&lt;br /&gt;
arrival.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Iggy sat very, very still atop a bald hill, gathering himself.  Faint&lt;br /&gt;
lines of power flowed from the earth to surround him, light from the&lt;br /&gt;
heavens coalesced around him, he glowed a faint blue in the dusk of an&lt;br /&gt;
autumn day. Mumbling half-heard words of power, Iggy sat like a wizened&lt;br /&gt;
statue as red flecks of fire swarmed around him, the very earth began&lt;br /&gt;
to soften and melt, small rocks and debris very slowly levitated as the&lt;br /&gt;
mage gathered his power from the earth and the heavens.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Iggy opened his eyes. A moment later, in the blink of an eye he was&lt;br /&gt;
screaming forwards at an astonishing pace through the air, his trail of&lt;br /&gt;
power behind him like the tail of a comet with a center so bright it&lt;br /&gt;
burns your eyes to look at it. Faster and faster he roared through the&lt;br /&gt;
countryside, leaving a wake of charred grass and smouldering trees.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Stogie looked up from his work as he heard a faint rumbling in the&lt;br /&gt;
distance, eyes searching from the cave's mouth for any signs of life.&lt;br /&gt;
Dropping his spit and knife, Stogie stepped outside the mouth of the&lt;br /&gt;
cave, already trails of energy following him like obedient snakes,&lt;br /&gt;
growing and multiplying until the air was thick with waving tentacles&lt;br /&gt;
of power.  Small motions of his hand brought towering monoliths from&lt;br /&gt;
the earth, shaking the ground with their arrival, arms and legs forming&lt;br /&gt;
from the bone-dry rock.  The air slowly filled with the soft but deadly&lt;br /&gt;
calls of the air sprites, translucent bodies pirouetting through the&lt;br /&gt;
sky, voices thrilling with power.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The mages neared each other, Stogie advancing slowly with his army in&lt;br /&gt;
tow, Iggy screaming onward like a wayward meteor. In an instant, the&lt;br /&gt;
brothers met with a sound like a monstrous thunderclap, shattering some&lt;br /&gt;
of the smaller earth golems into a thousand pieces.  Scorching fire&lt;br /&gt;
raged through the area, burning the golems to brittle earth and&lt;br /&gt;
gale-force winds shook them apart, air sprites screaming in agony as&lt;br /&gt;
they were hideously torn apart by the ravaging storm of molten earth.&lt;br /&gt;
Stogie's army was disintegrating beneath the awesome power of the old&lt;br /&gt;
mage's fire storm, the half-ogre himself singed through his multiple&lt;br /&gt;
layers of conjured armor.  Soon the unearthly calls of the sprites&lt;br /&gt;
died away, the earthshaking footsteps of the golems faded into&lt;br /&gt;
nothingness, Stogie was left alone on the plain with his brother, his&lt;br /&gt;
shining armor of light rended apart, Iggy's robes in tatters from the&lt;br /&gt;
onslaught of fire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;You jackass,&amp;quot; was all Iggy was able to get out before he let loose a&lt;br /&gt;
forest of of light beams in a rage, each one striking the half-ogre in&lt;br /&gt;
turn, knocking the bastard ogre-mage well over twenty yards backward&lt;br /&gt;
before hitting the charred remains of a tree with a sickening thump.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The mage steadied himself for the killing blow. He looked up into the&lt;br /&gt;
night sky, calling the power of the celestial bodies for their power,&lt;br /&gt;
focusing it into one needle-thin beam directed at the prone body of the&lt;br /&gt;
ogre-mage. A split second before the beam struck, the body vanished in&lt;br /&gt;
a puff of greasy smoke, just enough time for Iggy to see it. A split&lt;br /&gt;
second later the beam struck the tree where the body had lain&lt;br /&gt;
instantaneously before.  What felt like a massive earthquake shook the&lt;br /&gt;
earth for miles around, shockwaves broke the windows of any&lt;br /&gt;
unfortunately nearby houses, trees shivered into splinters, a gaping&lt;br /&gt;
crater was formed where the body had just lain, a smoking hole&lt;br /&gt;
testifying to the immeasureable rage beneath the old mage's calm&lt;br /&gt;
demeanor.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Iggy stood at the lip of the crater, gazing at the smoking ruin&lt;br /&gt;
beneath him. He took a silent vow to avenge his son and daughter,&lt;br /&gt;
no matter how terrible the price.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cries from the sheltered cave broke the wizened imp's concentration on&lt;br /&gt;
revenge. Small, indistinct cries welled up from the direction of the&lt;br /&gt;
cave, the children had been awakened by the massacre outside.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Iggy turned and ran to his grandchildren.&lt;br /&gt;
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Hello everyone!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     I hope everyone had a good week! I'm looking forward to the coming&lt;br /&gt;
of summer myself. Trashy novels and sunburns, that's the summer to me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     For this week, the Rivet decided to tell us about some of its&lt;br /&gt;
dreams and fears.  Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Name:  an iron rivet&lt;br /&gt;
Occupation:  trans mob, object thing-a-majig&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What is your favorite meal?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'I'm really into tofu. I like to eat healthy meals, keep myself in&lt;br /&gt;
shape.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'Really? That's quite admirable.'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'No it isn't. I'm being sarcastic. I have nothing to eat with. I'm&lt;br /&gt;
just a rivet.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'To what animal, or plant, would you compare yourself to?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'What's wrong with comparing to a mineral? I'm more like a rock, or&lt;br /&gt;
some lazy lizard than anything else.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What would you say irritates you the most?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'When people sit there where I live and complain there aren't enough&lt;br /&gt;
of me to go around. If I complained that about you, you'd get quite&lt;br /&gt;
upset too!'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If you could have anything in the world right now, what would it&lt;br /&gt;
be?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'A mouth, to eat with. Either that or a brain.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What would your dream house look like if it were real?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'It'd be a small shack with a good door, people are always stealing&lt;br /&gt;
my relatives. I don't want that to continue happening.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What would be the worst thing that could happen to you right now?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Being melted down for scrap metal. I shouldn't like to be turned&lt;br /&gt;
into a license plate.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If you could invent a new word, what would it be?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Uhmm, I can't even speak and now you ask me to invent words?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If you could go back in time to talk to someone, who would it be?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Whoever it was that decided my family was a quantity of items to be&lt;br /&gt;
used in the process of melting ore. It hurts to watch a loved one melt&lt;br /&gt;
away.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If you could change something in the world today, what would it be?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'I think I'd make it so my family wasn't used as scrap metal.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'A few last word for our readers?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Stop using me, treat me like a person, not an object! I have&lt;br /&gt;
feelings too!!'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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That concludes another edition of &amp;quot;WHAT?&amp;quot;.  I would like to remind you&lt;br /&gt;
that most of the things interviewed are picked randomly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I am open to interviewing items on requests as long as there is a good&lt;br /&gt;
reason.&lt;br /&gt;
  I do give myself the right to decline requests if be needed, but doubt&lt;br /&gt;
I will decline any.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do not forget that you may send in some questions that you would like me&lt;br /&gt;
to ask to 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...  Remember this has been meant as a parody!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                           A Plea for Help&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It is now with humbleness and pleading that I beg for the help of&lt;br /&gt;
Legend.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As you know I have fought all my life to destroy the race of the&lt;br /&gt;
walking dead known as the Vampire. In my fight, I let my guard down and&lt;br /&gt;
I was bitten, and became one of the night creatures.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I knew not who bit me. But it is very important now that I do find&lt;br /&gt;
out.  If I don't find out by the next new moon, I will have to seccumb&lt;br /&gt;
to the darkness. With that I feel I will destroy the one I love, the&lt;br /&gt;
one who has vowed to stay by my side throughout all of this, my wfie&lt;br /&gt;
WhiteRose.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
No one should be put through this agony, the only one who can stop it&lt;br /&gt;
is the one who put me through it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Genocide&lt;br /&gt;
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Hello everyone!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	This week, for you, I've interviewed Minako.  She is quite a nice person &lt;br /&gt;
like everyone I know here at LegendMUD.  I hope that you will enjoy the &lt;br /&gt;
reading!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Name: Minako Awooga&lt;br /&gt;
Occupation: Surgeon&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What would you say irritates you the most?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'I have a few of those. I think my biggest pet peeve is bleeding.  I &lt;br /&gt;
can't STAND to see someone bleed! It's hard to say something that I truly &lt;br /&gt;
don't like because I try to keep peace in my heart.  I get irritated &lt;br /&gt;
occasionally, when someone doesn't follow directions on something major like &lt;br /&gt;
SL, and it endangers the whole group, but I tend to calm down after a bit &lt;br /&gt;
and forget it.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What is your favorite meal?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Salads.  But my favorite food is CHOCOLATE!'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'To what plant/animal would you compare your soul to?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'On first instinct I'd say a kitten because I am very playful and&lt;br /&gt;
fun-loving but I can defend myself when crossed.  Well, kind of if the&lt;br /&gt;
person's not too tough.  Uh, hmm.  But I run well.  I've had to learn&lt;br /&gt;
to over the years.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If you could go on vacation right now, where would you like to go?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Somewhere totally private with West, so we could ACTUALLY have some &lt;br /&gt;
time together without a bunch of people pulling us in different directions.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What do you think of Mrti?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Part of me feels bad for him because of his job.  Part of me hates Mrti &lt;br /&gt;
because when I lose a patient it's because of him.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If you could go back in time, would you change anything?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'That is a very tough one.  As much as part of me says yes, the main &lt;br /&gt;
answer is no.  I am happy today, and my life is complete.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'To what kind of kitchen utensil would you compare yourself to?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'A blender.  I'm always running around and moving so quickly from spot &lt;br /&gt;
to spot, but I just seem to end up going in circles.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If you could take control of your dreams, what would you do first?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Have more happy remembrances in them.  There has been so many good &lt;br /&gt;
things in my life, I would love to relive them again in my dreams.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If I could grant you a wish, what would it be?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'To be a better doctor.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'A few last words for our readers?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Be good to each other, you never know when you need to reach out a hand &lt;br /&gt;
for help and the only hand there is someone you spoke with yesterday.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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That concludes another edition of 'WHO?'  I would like to remind you that &lt;br /&gt;
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 good &lt;br /&gt;
reason (example: the person is well known, is a GM, is an old legend player, &lt;br /&gt;
is a person who achieved something extraordinary or other valuable reasons). &lt;br /&gt;
  I do give myself the right to decline requests if be needed, but doubt I &lt;br /&gt;
will decline any.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do not forget that you may send in some questions that you would like me to &lt;br /&gt;
ask to my guest.  Just take a piece of paper, write them down, and mud mail &lt;br /&gt;
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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all replies, additions, or corrections to our address at lt@mud.sig.net&lt;br /&gt;
for inclusion in the next edition. We, however, reserve the right to&lt;br /&gt;
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