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Off TopicI aim to please. Usually right between the eyes works best... Twisted
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Almech made his way back to the "Art of Writing for Dummies" book and continues from where he left off.

Contrary to what the DRC think, trap books can be written. Simply write an age that spontaneously combusts any linking book brought. This can only be done to a descriptive book, so it is suggested that you write a new age to act as a trap book. To create a trap book...

"A trap book would be useful. It would probably be more convincing if I did a copy of an actual age, say Gahreesen. But where would I find one of the descriptive books to copy from?"

Save Uru Live
I walk the path of the shell
Remember Uru Live
Myst IV: Revelation
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Veronica finally arrived back at the Institute with a heavy heart. She still had no idea what has happened to Grizz and no one at the Institute, save Kestryll (shudder), seemed too concerned about his absence.

After the long day, she has reached several conclusions. She is no longer afraid of Bizzy the gnome. She would not be afraid should she cross paths with the giant white mouse she once saw (a Squee, someone called it?) She was not even very afraid of Professor Thietris. However, she was terrified of Kestryll.
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Almech emerges from Grizz's store with a blank descriptive book and the "Art of Writing for dummies," plus an assortment pens and several small jars of special ink. Leaving a note for Grizz, he prepares to carry his things over to a private room. Then he spots Veronica.

"Who are you? I don't believe we met."

Save Uru Live
I walk the path of the shell
Remember Uru Live
Myst IV: Revelation
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Grizz eats a few more than 10 Fig Newtons before he arrives at any conclusion. But as he considers the words on the wall, where they came from, and the fact that he, himself, was taken by captors who had also probably snatched his message to the Prof. before the Prof. could see it, he suddenly realizes that he is thinking in sentences that are far too long and involved, and that if he doesn't simplify there is no way on earth that he will figure anything out, or even understand his own thoughts!

That being clearly established, he tries to simplify. One: his captors have somehow posted some of his own words on the wall. Two: their reason for doing so must be tied to their reason for kidnapping him. Three: the words and phrases all have one theme in common, the dignification of the Bahro. Four: the Bahro must be a little miffed about how people have been talking about them and treating them. Five: he doesn't know what in the world he can do about it.

Not yet anyway, but there must be something!

Then his eyes begin to show a little internal spark. He sits up straighter, and begins mumbling to himself. If you were to listen closely, you would swear that he was memorizing something.

At length he seems satisfied. He gets up and crosses the room to the glyph. He places his hand flat on it. Then he says, slowly and very distinctly...

"I promise to do everything I can possibly do to help humans understand that the Bahro are not inferior animals; that they are intelligent creatures with a culture of their own, and deserve respect and equal footing with humans as sentient beings. I swear it by this glyph!"

The light goes away, but the glyph flares
brightly and briefly. Grizz fells no heat, and nothing else happens for a moment. Then there is a rasping sound, and the light comes back. Grizz spins around and sees that the standing stone has moved about three feet to one side. There is a dim light coming from a hole in the floor where it had stood.

He crosses and looks in the hole. There is a book in it. He picks it up, and discovers that it is his own linking book. He hurridly attaches it to his hip where it belongs.

Before using it though, he cleans up the cell. He folds the blankets into a neat pile, gathers up all the Fig Newton debris and stuffs it in his pocket, collects all his dirty clothes, and checks to make sure that the cell is as pristine as it was when he arrived.

Then, holding the bundle of clothes in one hand, he holds his breath, and touches his Relto book. The linking sound echoes in the now empty cell.

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Prop. D'ni Internal Supply Co.
"If we don't have it, you don't need it!"
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Speaking rather abruptly, "Veronica Fairchild, Manager of DISCO...perhaps you know it better as the D'ni Internal Supply Co.?"

Almech begins to reply, "I'm Almech, yes, I..."

"Do you happen to know Grizz, the Owner of that store? He has been missing for a couple of days now."

"Why, yes I do..."

"Well, if you happen to see him, will you please tell him that I am worried sick and to contact me as soon as possible."

She hurries down the stairs, anxious to see if Grizz has returned or left a message.
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There's a bit of a commotion down in the depths of the DISCO. Someone is yelling. There's a scraping sound which steadily grows louder. The yelling gets louder as well...'out! none of that now! out!'

Suddenly twelve bright red traffic cones burst out the front door of the DISCO and pile into the railing. One unfortunate cone goes over and into the little stream. The rest fall all over themselves as they re-orient themselves and hurtle up the nearest flight of stairs.

There's a shout of BEGONE! just as Kestryll comes barreling out of the DISCO in pursuit of the fleeing cones. He catches himself on the railing just before he's flipped into the stream and spots one of the cones sinking to the bottom.
And stay there!

The rest of the cones manage to reach the linking room and pile up in front of the Nexus book. Kestryll screams up the stairs and stops. He glares around him until he spots the cones trying to escape. He runs up to the Nexus Book just as the last of the cones flips itself up and links away. He grabs the Nexus stand to slow himself long enough to slap his hand onto the book itself and is gone.

The hood is quiet again. Down in the stream a single red cone stealthily makes it's terrified way across the bottom and into the garden.

It slowly and shakily rises to the surface. Climbing onto one of the little islands it pauses. Then slowly begins to slide forward. It pauses again when it realizes it's making a wet scraping sound. When there's no other movement it makes a sudden dash for the Nexus Book.

Kestryll links back in by the fountain and starts across the bridge. He spots the lone cone rushing up the stairs and runs to catch up. The cone suddenly realizes Kestryll is back and slides even faster. It trips on a crack and is sent flipping end over end into the linking room. Kestryll grabs the door frame as he rushes past and gets slammed into the wall.

Both take a second to right themselves. The cone backs up as Kestryll steps into the doorway. They pause. The cone slips forward slightly. Kest leans forward slightly. The cone slips back. Kest narrows his eyes at it. The cone flips forward straight at the Book. Kest rushes forward and tries to grab it. They both hit the book and link out at the same time.

All is quiet again.
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Grizz arrives on his Relto, grabs a quick shower in the falls, and looks in his closet for clean clothes. Unfortunately, there is very little left in there that is clean. There is one old outfit that hardly seems suitable for the surface, much less the cavern, but any port in a storm. Grizz puts it on, and going to the books, opens the one to the surface. He links out.

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Prop. D'ni Internal Supply Co.
"If we don't have it, you don't need it!"
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Deciding that Veronica must have had a bad day, almech enters his private room and organizes his supplies. Grabbing up his crowbar, he links to library and forces the upper doors open. He finds rows and rows of bookshelves filled to the brim with descriptive book.

"And it has to have every book the D'ni wrote. This could take a while." Almech mutters as he begins to search for an age he knows.

Save Uru Live
I walk the path of the shell
Remember Uru Live
Myst IV: Revelation
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Great visual...the cones are running amok!
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She was not even very afraid of Professor Thietris. However, she was terrified of Kestryll.

I think Veronica has every reason to be terrified...Now he's chasing cones. Crazy

~~~~Cruiser~~~~
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Grizz enters his surface office. He boots his computer, and opens notepad, where he spends some time composing. Then he copies, and logs on to the web. He accesses as many area newspapers as he can recall, and leaves an ad to be listed in each for the next week.

WANTED: A person to fill the directorship of a new organization. No fundraising needed. Successful applicant will have good people skills, and tolerance for odd people and events. Good pay and benefits. Apply in person, D'ni Internal Supply Co., the cavern, Institution Neighborhood.

Satisfied for the moment, Grizz sighs, logs off the web, and shuts down the computer. Time to head for the DISCO to see how Veronica has been faring.

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Prop. D'ni Internal Supply Co.
"If we don't have it, you don't need it!"
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"I'd love to go," says Ronda.
"Well then, onward!"

And both walk through the doorway.
"It certianly is dark in here!"says Ronda.
"Yes...but look in that corner! There's a light there."

*they walk towards it*

"That light looks like a fire marble...but what are those things under it...they look like stands of some sort...
They're linking books to Voltaic, Edanna, Amateria, and Narayan!"realizes Merlin.
"We should take these to Thietris! And after that, I want to take a better look around here."

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Merlin in the Institution and Mysti in the A&C
Team Bahro Agents
Infiltration, Rescue, Espionage, and Puzzle-Solving
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Grizz arrives in the hood, and goes imediately to the DISCO. Veronica does not seem to be there. He is about to go search for her when a thought hits him. Maybe he'd better check now, although it's probably already too late.

He gets a lantern and heads for the third sub-level. He thinks he might just find some trace of a Bahro glyph down there, and it seems important to look before they have more time to do anything about it.

He finds the spot where he was grabbed fairly easily. Holding the light high, he explores the dark alcove. On the wall is a suspicious looking clean patch. But it is too clean for any trace of what was there to remain. He nods thoughtfully, and heads back to the first level.

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Prop. D'ni Internal Supply Co.
"If we don't have it, you don't need it!"
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RW linked into the Institute by the fountain and went over to check the imager. "Hmm, seems the good Dr Boatingirl has some ideas about the cavern ceiling, crystals and the GZ." RW looked up. "I wonder what her ideas are for getting up there?"

Having been holed up in his Relto for several days, RW had finally come to the conclusion that the supposedly D'ni ghosts he heard had to be some kind of synaptic inhibiting, hallucinative property of the very powerful combination of Irish Coffee and Acorn Mead.

He blushed a deep crimson red thinking about his mad dash to the DISCO with Veronica in tow. Hopefully, possibly, she had forgotten the embarrassing and unfortunate incident.

Anyway, after recovering from the affects of the spirits, he had been drafting plans for some modifications to the little D'ni sub by the Ferry Landing. Although the metallic composition seemed resistant to the very dilute suphuric acid of the lake, the long exposure to the acid had taken it's toll. Additionally for what he had in mind, further modifications were needed.

But none of that was why he had come. RW had simply got tired of eating SPAM Wink2 at his relto and knew the Egg Room would have some real food. He headed off toward the Egg Room noticing the ladders to the balcony, and the flower Shoppe.
"Things sure do change in a hurry around here. Tires a body out just trying to keep up!"

[This message was edited by rohnerw on Tue April 20 2004 at 07:13 PM.]
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Veronica wanders back down the stairs from the Eggroom, passing the waterfall and down the few steps towards the DISCO. There was no message from Grizz and she cannot find Cordelia to ask her if she has seen him. "What else can I do?" She pauses and leans over the railing, looking at her reflection in the water. "You are not very helpful, you know."
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Grizz decides to go look for Veronica, not knowing she is just out side. He goes out the door...



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Prop. D'ni Internal Supply Co.
"If we don't have it, you don't need it!"
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After what seems like hours of searching, almech discovers a descriptive book for a garden age that could be Eder Kemo. However, he decides to be sure and applies his meager knowledge of D'ni to the text on the spine of the book and makes out that it is one of the many garden ages that the D'ni had. Tossing it in the bag he had brought, he continues to search.

Save Uru Live
I walk the path of the shell
Remember Uru Live
Myst IV: Revelation
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Veronica turns around and yells, "GRIZZ?!"

She runs into him and pulls him close for a huge hug, but the good feeling does not last very long. A tirade follows.

"Where on earth have you been?!"

"Do you know that I've been worried sick about you?!"

"Why didn't you leave a note you'd be gone for so long?!"

"What was the meaning of that file?"

She finally runs out of steam.

"Wow, nice suit! You look great!"

She hugs him again and asks, "Are you ok?"

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