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VOLUME SIX, ISSUE TWENTY-TWO                                May 30th, 1999&lt;br /&gt;
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                             TABLE OF CONTENTS&lt;br /&gt;
&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;
          -                  PKill Newsflash!                        -&lt;br /&gt;
          -                    Introduction                          - &lt;br /&gt;
          -                 The Awooga Corner                        -&lt;br /&gt;
          -             Who? - CLeo interviews LadyAce               -&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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\  |------------------------------------------------------------------|  /&lt;br /&gt;
/__|                    UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS                   |__\&lt;br /&gt;
   '------------------------------------------------------------------'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
         [All times are system time unless otherwise specified]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
           &amp;lt;-|-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-|-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-|-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-|-&amp;gt; June &amp;lt;-|-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-|-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-|-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-|-&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tuesday,   June  1, 10:00 pm   - Flag Hunt!&lt;br /&gt;
Thursday,  June  3,  7:00 pm   - Q &amp;amp; A in the OOC Auditorium&lt;br /&gt;
Tuesday,   June  8, 10:00 pm   - Recalltag&lt;br /&gt;
Thursday,  June 10,  7:00 pm   - Q &amp;amp; A in the OOC Auditorium&lt;br /&gt;
Monday,    June 21               Summer Solstice&lt;br /&gt;
                     8:00 pm       - Midsummer's Night Casino&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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/__|                          NEWS AND REPORTS                        |__\&lt;br /&gt;
   '------------------------------------------------------------------'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                           The Immortal Report &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Kaige sorted bugs/typos/ideas and all sorts of stuff like that.  She&lt;br /&gt;
     also cleaned up her hard drive and found some old notes about ideas to&lt;br /&gt;
     add to areas and stuff like that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
ADMIN:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Sandra warned a number of people for for multiplaying, someone for&lt;br /&gt;
     destructive crossplay and lying to an immort, and a few other people for&lt;br /&gt;
     profanity on clan channels, talked with a player about immorting,&lt;br /&gt;
     downloaded a bunch of web stuff to get started on updating the pages,&lt;br /&gt;
     and spoke with LadyAce regarding all of that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Chocorua discussed pkill and DTs with a few players, did a couple&lt;br /&gt;
     pkill-enables and gave some explanation of what a mud was to some&lt;br /&gt;
     newbie. Govan helped a player figure out why he had no eq, talked to&lt;br /&gt;
     another person about a bug, pkenabled someone, and helped a player when&lt;br /&gt;
     he thought a quest had messed up. Seth did the usual restrings, some&lt;br /&gt;
     archiving, dealt with a harassment complaint, and talked with a player&lt;br /&gt;
     about immorting. Wraith went through boards and might have given a few&lt;br /&gt;
     warnings last week. He also uninvised some items in a house which had&lt;br /&gt;
     been made invisible without the owner's permission.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
BUILDING:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Rufus is still busy with rl/work so there's not much to report.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Charity spent a great deal of time wrangling with her testmud. She also&lt;br /&gt;
     did 2 multicolor strings this week and investigated some bugs.  Cheyla&lt;br /&gt;
     tweaked a couple of items and added in a few others; played with mob&lt;br /&gt;
     names a little, to get a bit more variety; added in a housing-related&lt;br /&gt;
     quest; made a couple fixes to acts; added some MORE mob acts; added a&lt;br /&gt;
     Forage section; started working on the quests left to add in (most are&lt;br /&gt;
     partially done, just a matter of finishing them!). Croaker did a little&lt;br /&gt;
     playtesting in Pittsburgh and started working on update for Opera.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Kae got LadyAce's help to locate the bug that crashed her testmud before&lt;br /&gt;
     even generating a bug report. She then gladly proceeded to fiddle with&lt;br /&gt;
     room descriptions, mob acts, and quests, and consequently brought&lt;br /&gt;
     herself around to *another* crashing bug. Rusalka did some testing on&lt;br /&gt;
     Sandra's Pittsburgh area, and also answered a few player&lt;br /&gt;
     questions/string requests. Vannessa reasserted her presence online once&lt;br /&gt;
     more, asked lots of questions, but she also worked on her pet some more.&lt;br /&gt;
     She also helped a player decipher the Proposal docs for the Building&lt;br /&gt;
     Department.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Wraith finished college and he'll be working on bug fixes and&lt;br /&gt;
     remembering what he was working on before he was swallowed by school&lt;br /&gt;
     work. LadyAce worked on fixing exits in Klein expansion, added a few&lt;br /&gt;
     more acts to Crusades and tested a few quests here and there to make&lt;br /&gt;
     extra-sure they worked, fixed a few bugs and problems. She added another&lt;br /&gt;
     room to make a quest work better, and improved the functioning of some&lt;br /&gt;
     acts. She also helped Kae fix a bug in her area. Sandra did more fixes&lt;br /&gt;
     for Pittsburgh and looked into some new features for the area. Kaige&lt;br /&gt;
     fixed lots of little typos all over the place in these files:  Alhambra,&lt;br /&gt;
     Arabia, F/I War, Kipling, London port, Sherwood, Tortuga, and Viceroyal&lt;br /&gt;
     Lima. She started doing general pass updates on things that were listed&lt;br /&gt;
     in the builder to do file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
CODING:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Ea! worked on cutting down the size of the todo list some, mainly fixing&lt;br /&gt;
     lots of smallish bugs (including a few crashing ones).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Chocorua made some bugfixes and small-ish changes, keeping players from&lt;br /&gt;
     renting at an inn if the innkeeper hates them, and made it so imms&lt;br /&gt;
     should now be able to give owned eq to anyone, if they need to.  Govan&lt;br /&gt;
     made the messages of phase door use the actual name of the door, not&lt;br /&gt;
     just 'the door'. Snapper fixed a bug where charmies could unlock any&lt;br /&gt;
     door (clan door, house door, normal gates etc).  Kaige fixed the&lt;br /&gt;
     cosmetic [1 append ] vs [2 appends] thing when you look at a board for&lt;br /&gt;
     the message listing; fixed the crash in the immortal &amp;quot;rain&amp;quot; command.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
PLAYER RELATIONS:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     LadyAce did some strings &amp;amp; zips &amp;amp; descs, explained housing to various&lt;br /&gt;
     players, and ran a flag hunt based on Star Wars. She noticed an increase&lt;br /&gt;
     in the tide of newbies this week -- greeted and aided some of them. She&lt;br /&gt;
     also put together the LT and explained the way the LT works with several&lt;br /&gt;
     players.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Chimera did a bunch of strings and restrings, lots of general helping&lt;br /&gt;
     people out, talked to players a good long while about immorting (both as&lt;br /&gt;
     builders). He also ran conundrums, did a memorial for Shel Silverstein&lt;br /&gt;
     late last week. On Thursday he took over Q and A for LA, who couldn't&lt;br /&gt;
     show up because of a prior commitment. He also did a question for&lt;br /&gt;
     cookie, helped quite a few morts with minor bugs. Stile says aside from&lt;br /&gt;
     strings/restrings, he talked to a player a while about immorting in PR.&lt;br /&gt;
     He investigated a variety of bugs and problems, and helped a player run&lt;br /&gt;
     trivia.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Northstar did lots of strings, transfers, and restrings and made much&lt;br /&gt;
     strung zip to help with roleplay and housing decorum as well as&lt;br /&gt;
     unarchiving and learning how to set of conferences. She helped plot a&lt;br /&gt;
     couple upcoming tinyplots, generally aided people, has been helping with&lt;br /&gt;
     the AZ and MI meets, instructing newbies, etc.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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             ________________________ &lt;br /&gt;
            /                        \     &lt;br /&gt;
        o O | Wonder what folks are   |&lt;br /&gt;
  `\|||/    | doing over at LegendMUD?|&lt;br /&gt;
   (o o)    \________________________/&lt;br /&gt;
ooO_(_)_Ooo________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;
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                             Announcements!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
======&lt;br /&gt;
Clans:&lt;br /&gt;
======&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Dark Alliance and the Conjurer's Guild were disbanded this week. One new&lt;br /&gt;
clan was created, the Equipment Getters. As of this writing, there are 19 RP&lt;br /&gt;
clans and 11 PK clans, which will allow the creation of two new clans, should&lt;br /&gt;
players choose to do so.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=============&lt;br /&gt;
Descriptions:&lt;br /&gt;
=============&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After taking a long vacation to spend more time with her music, Diamanda has&lt;br /&gt;
come to a realization of sorts, redefining what she really is:  She is a&lt;br /&gt;
Singer. She is The Singer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Short - The Singer&lt;br /&gt;
Long - From a corner of the room, The Singer regards you coldly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==========&lt;br /&gt;
Web Pages:&lt;br /&gt;
==========&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sister Becket announces her own corner of the web, located at:&lt;br /&gt;
http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/LegendMud/becket/&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
..Rumors...News...Reports...Rumors...News...Reports...Rumors...News...Reports..&lt;br /&gt;
                        I I       I I       I I &lt;br /&gt;
                        I I       I I       I I &lt;br /&gt;
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                         *  PKILL NEWSFLASH! *               &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In pkill news this week, tension between the Ministry of Darkness and the&lt;br /&gt;
Knights of Legend continues.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Conflict at the below-25 level has been particularly brutal as of late,&lt;br /&gt;
leading some GMs to question whether they should even allow membership into&lt;br /&gt;
their clans at that level. Despite this, however, a tide of new pkenabling&lt;br /&gt;
continues.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sir West and Sir Rictor announced their retirement from the Knights, and&lt;br /&gt;
Risca was called away from this plane, terminating her existence here at the&lt;br /&gt;
request of Hermes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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               {+} {+} {+} {+} {+} {+} {+} {+} {+} {+} {+} {+}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                            Introduction&lt;br /&gt;
                            Sound &amp;amp; Fury&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We are twins, brother and sister, born of an accident. A nameless&lt;br /&gt;
explosion of life and being is all we may consider as parentage,&lt;br /&gt;
created at the nexus point where the world of the living and the world&lt;br /&gt;
of the dead collide. The passage of yet-living bodies into the depths&lt;br /&gt;
of hell causes great strain on the fields of force which separate the&lt;br /&gt;
two worlds. For a time, an instability in that field stripped life&lt;br /&gt;
from those who passed through it, and that life coalesced into the twin&lt;br /&gt;
creatures we are today.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We made our way out of the mists, and grew up fighting side by side, in&lt;br /&gt;
a world wherein we did not belong. Named only by our nature, we have no&lt;br /&gt;
home and no roots. Together, we encompass all aspects of the human&lt;br /&gt;
soul, stolen from wanderers of all description. Separate, we are but a&lt;br /&gt;
tattered remnant of being. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sound is cold where I am passionate, intellectual where I am brutish,&lt;br /&gt;
timid where I am bold. And yet without me, my brother is defenseless,&lt;br /&gt;
wordless, without the sense to care for his physical needs. Were I&lt;br /&gt;
alone, I would be lower than an animal, lost in conflicting passions&lt;br /&gt;
and madness. Where I give energy, he brings direction.  Together, we&lt;br /&gt;
are a force which cannot be ignored.&lt;br /&gt;
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                             Awooga Corner&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Well, here I am again, after a little travel. I was speaking with Nadya of&lt;br /&gt;
the USL, and of the Awooga. She told me this story that I wish to share with&lt;br /&gt;
you all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Blushing feverishly, Nadya looked at Mertjai and said 'STOP THAT!'  Mertjai&lt;br /&gt;
chuckled slightly as a knock at the plain wooden door to the west was heard.&lt;br /&gt;
An angelic Awooga woman called out: &amp;quot;'tis unlocked, please come in.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The door opened and Sir West, Knight of Legend, slowly stepped in, nervously&lt;br /&gt;
looking around. Mertjai and Nadya both curtsied to the Knight, as they both&lt;br /&gt;
suspect the reason for his visit. He had been courting their adopted daughter&lt;br /&gt;
for a while now, and there had been whispers heard that he sought her hand in&lt;br /&gt;
marriage.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sir West bowed deeply to both women. 'Greetings, I hope all has been well&lt;br /&gt;
tonight,&amp;quot; Sir West said, a touch of nervousness in his voice.  An angelic&lt;br /&gt;
Awooga woman replied to Sir West, 'Good day, please have a seat.' As she&lt;br /&gt;
motioned to a chair in the front room of the Clan USL main hall.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sir West replied to an angelic Awooga woman, 'Thank you,&amp;quot; as he sat down&lt;br /&gt;
slowly onto a heavily carved chair, keeping his eyes on the floor for the&lt;br /&gt;
moment. An angelic Awooga woman smiled at him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Well, as I mentioned before to Mertjai, I've not found the time to visit the&lt;br /&gt;
two of you, and for that I apologize,' Sir West started finally.  An angelic&lt;br /&gt;
Awooga woman nodded solemnly, smiling slightly to herself. 'Quite all right,&lt;br /&gt;
schedules often conflict, especially for one of the Knighthood as yourself.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sir West nodded solemnly. He fidgeted impatiently in his chair, looking &lt;br /&gt;
slightly flustered as he cleared his throat. He had not realized this would &lt;br /&gt;
be so hard. He was a Knight of Legend, and, as such, had faced many things, &lt;br /&gt;
but nothing compared to sitting in front of these two powerful women trying &lt;br /&gt;
to ask for the hand of his beloved in marriage.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sir West looked to an angelic Awooga woman; 'Well...I guess the reason for my&lt;br /&gt;
visit is clear.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'The reason being that you wish to wed my adopted daughter?' An angelic &lt;br /&gt;
Awooga woman spoke directly to Sir West.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The young Knight gulped then looked straight into Mertjai's eye and replied: &lt;br /&gt;
'I am in love with your daughter.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Nadya beamed brightly at Sir West, remembering all that her daughter had been&lt;br /&gt;
through since she and Mertjai adopted her as their own. She had lost the man&lt;br /&gt;
she had been promised in marriage to, when he left the world for a hopefully&lt;br /&gt;
better place. Nadya briefly remembered the pain that Minako had gone through&lt;br /&gt;
and the talks they had had over here fears of never loving again and losing&lt;br /&gt;
all those she loved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An angelic Awooga woman nodded solemnly. Sir West said, 'My presence has been&lt;br /&gt;
short, and my deeds have been few thus far.' An angelic Awooga woman blinks&lt;br /&gt;
in surprise, and looked to Sir West for an explanation. Sir West chuckled&lt;br /&gt;
politely. 'I have little to show for but my love for her,' he clarified.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Does my daughter love you as well?' An angelic Awooga woman asked him.  Sir&lt;br /&gt;
West nodded his agreement with an angelic Awooga woman.  An angelic Awooga&lt;br /&gt;
woman asked, 'And to wed, you wish our permission?' Sir West nodded again.&lt;br /&gt;
'Then you must prove yourself worthy of her hand,' an angelic Awooga woman&lt;br /&gt;
replied.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sir West looked to an angelic Awooga woman; 'I am willing to do whatever is&lt;br /&gt;
required.' An angelic Awooga woman looked up and pondered how it was he could&lt;br /&gt;
prove his love and devotion to their daughter.  After a few moments she&lt;br /&gt;
nodded to herself and looked back to the young Knight.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Bring me three items of varying difficulty, then you will have my&lt;br /&gt;
permission,' an angelic Awooga woman said. Sir west nods his agreement with&lt;br /&gt;
an angelic Awooga woman and asked: 'What is it that you desire?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'The first item, is an Apache arrowhead, to hang above our door' An angelic&lt;br /&gt;
Awooga woman said. Sir West nodded, taking note of his task.  'The second&lt;br /&gt;
item,' an angelic Awooga woman said to him,  'is a pair of sturdy black&lt;br /&gt;
gloves, suitable to wear when I use my scalpel,'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sir West replied, 'I have seen those two items in my travels, what is the&lt;br /&gt;
third?' taking notes of where he had seen them and where he must go.  An&lt;br /&gt;
angelic Awooga woman continued to Sir West, 'And the last item, the hardest&lt;br /&gt;
of them all, a shiny green serpent scale, to protect my guild from its&lt;br /&gt;
enemies.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sir West nodded to her. 'I shall return with the items with all haste.' An&lt;br /&gt;
angelic Awooga woman smiled brightly at Sir West. 'When you do, you will have&lt;br /&gt;
my full permission to wed my daughter. WITH her consent of course.&amp;quot; Sir West&lt;br /&gt;
stood, ready to begin his quest. Nadya shook Sir West's hand vigorously,&lt;br /&gt;
wishing him the best of luck. He thanked Nadya, looking a little nervous.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Then I will be off to look for the items,' Sir West replied.  With a bow he &lt;br /&gt;
turned and slowly walked to the door, his brow turned into a thoughtful &lt;br /&gt;
position as he tried to think of how to attain the items he sought, so that &lt;br /&gt;
he could gain the hand of the Lady Minako in wedlock.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An angelic Awooga woman called after Sir West,  'Good travels good Knight!'&lt;br /&gt;
Sir West thanked an angelic Awooga woman heartily, waved happily as he opened&lt;br /&gt;
the door to the parlor and departed on his mission.  Nadya and Mertjai looked&lt;br /&gt;
at each other, their eyes meeting, saying a silent prayer between them in&lt;br /&gt;
hopes that he would succeed and that both he and Minako would find the&lt;br /&gt;
happiness that they had found together.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Nadya asked, &amp;quot;Are you sure you do not ask too much of him, my love?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mertjai replied, &amp;quot;If he wishes to wed a daughter of the Awooga, even adopted &lt;br /&gt;
then he must brave the tasks to prove himself worthy of her hand.  Besides, &lt;br /&gt;
these tasks are but easy compared to many I could have asked. He is lucky.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
And with a sly wink to Nadya she took her hand and slowly pulled her to her &lt;br /&gt;
feet.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Now, let's head to bed -- it has been a long day and I hope it will be a&lt;br /&gt;
long night as well.&amp;quot; Mertjai gave a sly wink and pulled Nadya up the stairs&lt;br /&gt;
toward the living quarters within the USL clan hall.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
(A few days later)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A plain door is opened from the other side. Minako walked in and sat down on&lt;br /&gt;
a heavily carved chair. She smiled nervously at both of her mothers. &amp;quot;I heard&lt;br /&gt;
that he was on his way back to town. I had hoped to meet him but I think I&lt;br /&gt;
moved too quickly.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Both Mertjai and Nadya smiled at their daughter as she tried to sit still but&lt;br /&gt;
instead fidgeted and stared at the floor, lost in her own world for the&lt;br /&gt;
moment. Soon a knock was heard, and an angelic Awooga woman called out, 'Who&lt;br /&gt;
is it?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Minako's head picked up quickly as she looked to the door. Sir West loudly&lt;br /&gt;
called out from the corridor. 'It is Sir West again.' She called for him to&lt;br /&gt;
come in and Sir West entered the room, smiling happily. An angelic Awooga&lt;br /&gt;
woman curtseyed gracefully as Sir West bowed deeply to all in the room.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Nadya waved a welcome to Sir West as he smiled at Minako, as his eyes fell on&lt;br /&gt;
her sitting in the room. He stood a tad bit straighter and faced Mertjai.&lt;br /&gt;
'Hello there, kind Knight,' the angelic Awooga woman said to him.&lt;br /&gt;
Minako stood and quickly gave him a warm and loving embrace, welcoming him, &lt;br /&gt;
before she sat back down beside Nadya.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sir West cleared his throat and he began the words he had been reciting to&lt;br /&gt;
himself since he started his travel back after retrieving the last item.  'I&lt;br /&gt;
have proven my patience and waited a night seeking the first item.' He said&lt;br /&gt;
as he handed an angelic Awooga woman an Apache arrowhead.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An angelic Awooga woman nods solemnly. 'Very good,' an angelic Awooga woman&lt;br /&gt;
said to Sir West. Nadya smiled at nervous Knight, the kindness evident in her&lt;br /&gt;
eyes. Sir West smiled quickly at Nadya and then started:  'I have traversed&lt;br /&gt;
the depths of hell, seeking the second item that you desire.' An angelic&lt;br /&gt;
Awooga woman nodded in agreement with him as he continued.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'I fought valiantly and emerged victorious,' Sir West said as he gave a pair&lt;br /&gt;
of Sturdy black gloves to Mertjai.  An angelic Awooga woman smiled brightly&lt;br /&gt;
at Sir West.  Minako cheered loudly for Sir West as Nadya clapped&lt;br /&gt;
approvingly.  'That is the second item that you seek,' Sir West said as he&lt;br /&gt;
smiled at Mertjai. An angelic Awooga woman nodded and said:  'A pair of&lt;br /&gt;
gloves suitable for operating with.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sir West continued, 'In the waters, I met a giant sea serpent and we battled&lt;br /&gt;
for hours, and fortunately, he yielded to my blade.' Minako gulped nervously&lt;br /&gt;
but stayed quiet. 'Upon his death, he left this,' Sir West said as he handed&lt;br /&gt;
a shiny green serpent's scale to An angelic Awooga woman.  An angelic Awooga&lt;br /&gt;
woman smiled at him taking the shield and setting it down with the arrowhead&lt;br /&gt;
and gloves.  'That was the third item that you sought,' Sir West said as he&lt;br /&gt;
smiled happily.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'A shield worthy of protecting my guild,' an angelic Awooga woman said&lt;br /&gt;
nodding slowly. Minako cheered for Sir West, nearly bursting with joy.  With&lt;br /&gt;
this finished, he bowed deeply to the strong woman standing before him and&lt;br /&gt;
fell silent. An angelic Awooga woman looked to Sir West and started  'Upon&lt;br /&gt;
receiving these three items, I thank you, and I give you my full permission&lt;br /&gt;
to wed my daughter, Minako.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The group exchanged enthusiastic hugs and smiles.  Sir West's face lit with&lt;br /&gt;
joy as he looked around the room and realized that his &amp;amp; Minako's dream had&lt;br /&gt;
been given the blessing of her mothers.  'You approve as well, mom?' Minako&lt;br /&gt;
said turning to Nadya.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Of course, I knew he was quite worthy,' Nadya spoke to her daughter with a&lt;br /&gt;
smile.  An angelic Awooga woman giggled at Nadya and gently poked her in the&lt;br /&gt;
ribs.  &amp;quot;I did!&amp;quot; Nadya exclaimed looked at Mertjai.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Please feel free to visit my humble hut in Orkney if you are ever in the &lt;br /&gt;
area,' Sir West said looking between Mertjai and Nadya.&lt;br /&gt;
'Thank you,' an angelic Awooga woman replied to him as they exchanged yet &lt;br /&gt;
another smile.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Just between you and I', Mertjai leaned over and whispered to Sir West, 'I'm&lt;br /&gt;
glad she's found herself a nice Knight like yourself,' Sir West smiled warmly&lt;br /&gt;
at an angelic Awooga woman in thanks.  Minako cuddled up closely in an&lt;br /&gt;
embrace with Sir West.  'Without a second thought, I will protect her with my&lt;br /&gt;
life,' Sir West whispered to an angelic Awooga woman.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An angelic Awooga woman smiled at Sir West and whispered back, &amp;quot;You better,&lt;br /&gt;
or you'll answer to me.&amp;quot; An angelic Awooga woman gave a sly wink to Sir West&lt;br /&gt;
to show she was joking.  Maybe!  Sir West smiled at Minako softly.  An&lt;br /&gt;
angelic Awooga woman went around the room giving everyone enthusiastic hugs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sir West bowed deeply. 'I must be going I fear, it has been a long journey&lt;br /&gt;
and I need some rest,' Sir West said, as weariness finally started to find&lt;br /&gt;
his body.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'I wish you all well, but alas I must depart now,' Sir West said with a heavy&lt;br /&gt;
sigh, trying to hide a slight yawn. An angelic Awooga woman smiled at Sir&lt;br /&gt;
West and with a nod, gave him a hug of good night. Minako gave both Mertjai&lt;br /&gt;
and Nadya a quick kiss and waved goodbye.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Nadya gave both a hug and a smile with a quick kiss on the cheek and a good&lt;br /&gt;
night for both. Sir West kissed Minako deeply and then reached down to open&lt;br /&gt;
the door. With a quick twist, the door opened and he and his betrothed headed&lt;br /&gt;
out to take the walk back to Minako's home in the sunset. 'Night Mom,' Minako&lt;br /&gt;
said to an angelic Awooga woman as they walked out the door, 'I love you&lt;br /&gt;
both.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With that said, the door closed and their daughter was now betrothed to the&lt;br /&gt;
young Knight. Nadya and Mertjai looked at each other, with a smile and a nod&lt;br /&gt;
they too embraced and walked off to bed for the night.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-A historian of current facts.&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi everyone!&lt;br /&gt;
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     Well well well!  Look what I have for you this week!  I kind of caught &lt;br /&gt;
her in a corner, if I can say so *~ducks~*.&lt;br /&gt;
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     I hope you have a good time reading!  *~looks at LadyAce and starts to &lt;br /&gt;
run for cover~*&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Name: LadyAce&lt;br /&gt;
Occupation: Head of PR, Assistant Builder&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'When you first started to play LegendMUD, would you say that you could &lt;br /&gt;
have seen yourself head of the PR department someday?' you say.&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Heck no. I wanted to be a builder, pretty early on, but I never even &lt;br /&gt;
thought about PR. When I started playing, they didn't have separate &lt;br /&gt;
departments like that.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What was your first goal when you first started on as a player?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'My first goal was to be able to say something on chat, to be part of &lt;br /&gt;
the 'group' somehow and right after that, it was to be allowed to do &lt;br /&gt;
something which sounded incredible and exciting, and that was going on a &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;HOL Run&amp;quot; with the big people.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'Trough out the years, as a mortal becoming an immortal, what would you &lt;br /&gt;
say was your biggest challenge?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'My toughest challenge?  Feeling useful.  Wanting to feel like I &lt;br /&gt;
contributed, that I could do something, anything, for the place I cared so &lt;br /&gt;
much about.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'When you became an immortal would you say that the mortals looked at &lt;br /&gt;
you differently, especially your friends?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Some did, some didn't.  I have a few old pals, whom I love to death.  A &lt;br /&gt;
few people were suspicious of me at first, and it took a while for things to &lt;br /&gt;
work right again.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'What was the worst immortal poof in/out you ever had?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Worst?  Well, I had a very hard time thinking of one, so I left it the &lt;br /&gt;
default for like 6-8 months which is &amp;quot;arrived from a puff of smoke&amp;quot; or what &lt;br /&gt;
not.  After that I had &amp;quot;is&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;was&amp;quot; -- but after being head PR for a &lt;br /&gt;
while, I realized I needed one that 'caught attention' a little -- I got &lt;br /&gt;
lost in the spam, and it caused real trouble.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'As an immortal, what is the thing you enjoy the most?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'The players, by far.  Maybe that sounds silly, but I seriously love &lt;br /&gt;
players.  They make me laugh sometimes, and cry sometimes.  But when I'm &lt;br /&gt;
feeling down I can always rely on a player to cheer me up, by being cute or &lt;br /&gt;
sweet or just darn cool.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If you could build the ultimate weapon, what would it be?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Hmm, the ultimate weapon?  I'd say anything that cast &amp;quot;maturity&amp;quot; on the &lt;br /&gt;
wielder.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'Without giving out names, what is the max chars you ever had on the &lt;br /&gt;
mud?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'I've worked my way up to having 7, but I generally have about 4.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'If I could grant you a wish, what would it be?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Wow, tough one.  I'd like to know how to make this place perfect for &lt;br /&gt;
everyone.  That would be incredible!'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Q - 'A few last words for our audience?'&lt;br /&gt;
A - 'Even though the imm staff has an &amp;quot;immort&amp;quot; flag in their names, we're &lt;br /&gt;
people trying to do a job.  This is one of the most rewarding jobs on the &lt;br /&gt;
planet, and we have the whole Legend community to thank for that.  Players, &lt;br /&gt;
imms, and everyone who has supported us along the way.  Thanks! And I love &lt;br /&gt;
you guys!'&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;
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