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- From: GE.LJB@forsythe.stanford.edu (Louis J Bookbinder)
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- Subject: the search for stan...
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 16:38:28 -0800
- Organization: Stanford University
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- Klong, klong!
-
- Nick is busy in the corner pounding on VAX.
-
- WHAT!!!!!
-
- Vax, except once to help move something in the Place, has not moved out
- of his corner in days - since Christmas. What?
-
- "Why the heck are you just SITTING here, you dumb machine!" He shouts at
- the mobile vacuum cleaner. But it just tries to squirm out from his
- grip. Nick attacks with a screwdriver. He wants to get to the bottom of
- this malfunction before the glass-drifts begin to interfere with the
- fire.
-
- But an amazing thing happens! As soon as he starts turning the screw
- out, the driver slips and the screw WINDS BACK IN AGAIN! SHADES OF CLOSE
- ENCOUNTERS! Nick sits back in surprise with a loud KLASH!
-
- "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU ANIMATED BUMPER CAR! I HAVE TO FIX YOU!" He
- tries again, same result. He tries all 4 corners of the top cover. He
- actually gets one screw all the way out, and has to hide put it in his
- toolcase to keep Vax from retrieving it. (Where did Vax get the
- manipulator arm?! Curiouser and curiouser!). But then Vax moves away and
- Nick starts running after.
-
- "Wait, wait! Vax! Come back!"
-
- Vax runs into the back room. Nick follows. Vax goes through the back
- door. Nick goes through the back door. Vax races through the snow to the
- front door and back into the room. Nick, slipping and sliding from the
- ice on his metal feet, manages to get in the front doorway just as the
- door slams back closed.
-
-
- C R A S H !!!!!
-
- 3 or 4 patrons go to Nick's rescue. They carry him in, dazed, his nose
- bent out of shape. Literally. Nick's eyes stop rolling and focus on Vax.
- He is sitting quietly in the corner near the fire. Nick begins to get
- ANGRY! Just then......
-
- to be continued
-