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- From: masticol@cadenza.rutgers.edu (Steve Masticola)
- Newsgroups: alt.pub.havens-rest
- Subject: [Reamer (intro)/Quig/Anthony] Who invited you?
- Message-ID: <Dec.23.11.29.53.1992.5796@cadenza.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 16:29:54 GMT
- Reply-To: fogelinc@cyanamid.com
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
- Lines: 87
-
- [ Posted for Carl Fogelin (fogelinc@cyanamid.com), who is still
- without post access to a.p.h-r. Sigh. -S. ]
-
- "It had been a hell of a night" mused Quig, as he sipped his beer and
- listened to the "battle of the bands". He wondered what he'd gotten
- himself into and whether he might regret his actions. This was a rare
- thought for Quig since regret was something he usually had during dire
- moments, not while relaxing in a bar. "Musings of an old man" he
- muttered, as he relaxed and settled into his surroundings...
-
- **************
-
- The youth who 'crashed' through the pub's entrance caused everyone in
- the bar to look up. 'Crash' was the appropriate term since the kid
- had kicked the door open, and his grande entrance was punctuated by
- a loud shout --
-
- "YYYYYAAAAAAHHHHOOOOOOOOOO!!!! New dive... Man, that's dudin"
-
- Quig almost dropped his beer when he saw the apparition that was making
- all the noise. There stood a guy, no a kid, dressed in multi-colored
- skin-tight pants, black leather vest, biker's boots, chains, wearing
- wrap around sunglasses. He had blonde hair, cropped close to his head
- was topped with a spiked mohawk and tattoos. The kid was arguing with
- the robo-guard.
-
- "No can do droid... it's all me" laughed the kid as he skipped away from
- the robo-guard. Naturally, the restraining arms went to grab him and ...
- passed...right...through...him.
-
- Viewing this, Quig took a large gulp of beer, closed his eyes real tight,
- and shook his head to clear away this apparition. But the kid was still
- there and was now doing somersaults across the room, laughing the whole
- time.
-
- The bar's murmuring died down as most of the patrons gaped at the youth in
- shock. At least the humanoids did. It's hard to say whether the aliens
- found this in the least bit strange.
-
- The kid stopped briefly, almost letting the robo-guard catch him (or at
- least try). He scanned the bar's patrons, ending with the band. Shaking
- his head, he jumped towards the jukebox while shouting "Bolts you slow,
- Reamer flies..."
-
- The kid punched up a selection, and LOUD, EAR-SPLITTINGLY LOUD noise
- (music?) erupted from the machine. Quig and a number of other patrons
- had to clap their hands over their ears to alleviate the pain they were
- experiencing from the noise. The kid just whooped louder, laughed, and
- started to dance. No matter what the robo-guard tried, it could not grab
- the kid.
-
- **************
-
- There was a limit to what Anthony would tolerate and what this kid was
- doing had passed it. Ignoring the robo-guard, Anthony rushed the kid and
- grabbed him with one of his huge hands.
-
- While trying to hold the kicking kid immobile, Anthony said "Crush not like
- noise" and he kicked the jukebox into silence. He then proceeded to go to
- the bar's door and throw the shouting youth out into the street.
-
- **************
-
- Reamer jumped to his feet and looked back at the bar's door. A large smile
- crossed his face and he yelled "WWWAAAAAYYYYY cool... and big!" With that
- he turned and ran down into an alley, towards the lower-level access elevator.
-
- Reamer stopped by one of the ventillation shafts, looked both ways, and
- then popped the grill. As he climbed in, closing the grill after him, a
- quiet voice asks "He in there, Reamer?"
-
- "Nope. Cartel's stashed him..."
-
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- ADMIN: Reamer is not going to be a regular. (With an entrance like that,
- how could he be. ;) He's currently involved with one of the threads, but
- if you would like to use him in the future, contact me.
-
- ADMIN: Also, I was unable to contact the author of Anthony, so I hope he
- doesn't get upset with my using him. My other character (Quig) was in-
- appropriate for muscling Reamer out of the bar.
-
- Carl Fogelin (fogelinc@cyanamid.com)
- "Sushi! That's what my ex-wife called me. Cold fish." -- Blade Runner
-
- "Stilgar! Is there worm-sign?"
- "Usal, there's worm-sign the likes that God has never seen." -- Dune
-