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@ "Dudley!"
@ "Wes! Where've you been?"
                    
                    
                    
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@ "I've completed the initiation questMany, possibly most, Tours are organized as a Quest. This
is like a large-scale treasure hunt, with clues scattered
all over the continent, a few false leads, Mystical Masters
as game-show hosts, and the Dark Lord and the Terrain to
make the Quest interestingly difficult. [...]
In order to be assured of your future custom, the Management
has a further Rule: Tourists, far from being rewarded for
achieving their Quest Object, must then go on to conquer
the Dark Lord or set about Saving the World, or both. And
why not? By then you will have had a lot of practice in
that sort of thing and, besides, the Quest Object is usually
designed to help you do it.
[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

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@ "Initiation questMany, possibly most, Tours are organized as a Quest. This
is like a large-scale treasure hunt, with clues scattered
all over the continent, a few false leads, Mystical Masters
as game-show hosts, and the Dark Lord and the Terrain to
make the Quest interestingly difficult. [...]
In order to be assured of your future custom, the Management
has a further Rule: Tourists, far from being rewarded for
achieving their Quest Object, must then go on to conquer
the Dark Lord or set about Saving the World, or both. And
why not? By then you will have had a lot of practice in
that sort of thing and, besides, the Quest Object is usually
designed to help you do it.
[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

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@ "You know, the newcomer's ritual? The first test for a NetHacker?"
                    
                    
                    
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@ "Dogley told me all about it, and I did it! Here, take a look:"
                    
                    
                    
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@ "...a non-large boxDantes rapidly cleared away the earth around the chest. Soon
the center lock appeared, then the handles at each end, all
delicately wrought in the manner of that period when art made
precious even the basest of metals. He took the chest by the
two handles and tried to lift it, but it was impossible. He
tried to open it; it was locked. He inserted the sharp end
of his pickaxe between the chest and the lid and pushed down
on the handle. The lid creaked, then flew open.
Dantes was seized with a sort of giddy fever. He cocked his
gun and placed it beside him. The he closed his eyes like a
child, opened them and stood dumbfounded.
The chest was divided into three compartments. In the first
were shining gold coins. In the second, unpolished gold
ingots packed in orderly stacks. From the third compartment,
which was half full, Dantes picked up handfuls of diamonds,
pearls and rubies. As they fell through his fingers in a
glittering cascade, they gave forth the sound of hail beating
against the windowpanes.
        [ The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas ]

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, a scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone,
With many a scalding tear and many a groan,
When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand,
Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand.
I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd
Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd--
I caught a finger: but the downward weight
O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate
The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst
The comfortable sun. I was athirst
To search the book, and in the warming air
Parted its dripping leaves with eager care.
Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on
My soul page after page, till well-nigh won
Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied,
I read these words, and read again, and tried
My eyes against the heavens, and read again.
        [ Endymion, by John Keats ]

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labelled BOON A MI EM KCIK backwards...."
                    
                    
                    
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@ "The last one was a little tricky, though, cause at first I thought..."
                    
                    
                    
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@ "'If it's invisible, how can it also be black?'"
                    
                    
                    
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@ "But then I realised..."
                    
                    
                    
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@ "Wait, Wes. Where'd you get all this stuff?"
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To be continued...


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shel September 29, 2006 00:51
First comment: 19 August, 2005 107 comments written
a non-large boxDantes rapidly cleared away the earth around the chest. Soon
the center lock appeared, then the handles at each end, all
delicately wrought in the manner of that period when art made
precious even the basest of metals. He took the chest by the
two handles and tried to lift it, but it was impossible. He
tried to open it; it was locked. He inserted the sharp end
of his pickaxe between the chest and the lid and pushed down
on the handle. The lid creaked, then flew open.
Dantes was seized with a sort of giddy fever. He cocked his
gun and placed it beside him. The he closed his eyes like a
child, opened them and stood dumbfounded.
The chest was divided into three compartments. In the first
were shining gold coins. In the second, unpolished gold
ingots packed in orderly stacks. From the third compartment,
which was half full, Dantes picked up handfuls of diamonds,
pearls and rubies. As they fell through his fingers in a
glittering cascade, they gave forth the sound of hail beating
against the windowpanes.
        [ The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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. heh.
Alcari September 29, 2006 09:23
First comment: 11 September, 2006 93 comments written
hehehe, i'm liking these comics.

of course, now comes level 2.
Where you need to find some blinker fluid, compression air and keys to the landing zone.
Arch Leech September 29, 2006 19:10
First comment: 28 September, 2006 8 comments written
"But then I realised..." Well? Realised what? We wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting
the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a
were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province,
"notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase."
The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins,
halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the
said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to
take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other
penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may
judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following
year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who
ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little
children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears,
had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French
pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from
eating infants on a fast day.
        [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ]

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about to find out the mystery of the constitution of invisible black lights!
SomeoneElse September 30, 2006 01:09
First comment: 11 September, 2006 143 comments written
Why has this one gotten such bad ratings? I liked it.
Gadora September 30, 2006 02:07
First comment: 21 September, 2006 88 comments written
Hey, I've caught up. Woo hoo!
Arch Leech: They only look black if you have see invisible.
G September 30, 2006 04:47
First comment: 5 October, 2005 82 comments written
Someone Else: Perhaps because there's no punch line. That's why I wasn't impressed.
Mikoangelo September 30, 2006 16:38
First comment: 19 October, 2005 82 comments written
Well, it does say "To Be Continued"(tm), so I suppose the fairly odd punchline is acceptable.
Arch Leech October 2, 2006 21:31
First comment: 28 September, 2006 8 comments written
Gadora: But then what does black lightStrange creatures formed from energy rather than matter,
lights are given to self-destructive behavior when battling
foes.

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look like?
Gadora October 3, 2006 00:52
First comment: 21 September, 2006 88 comments written
Arch Leech: Uh... It looks like a disco ball, made out of anti-matter.
Fathead October 4, 2006 23:14
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Nah, from my point of view, that's a vortexSwirling clouds of pure elemental energies, the vortices are
thought to be related to the larger elementals. Though the
vortices do no damage when touched, they are noted for being
able to envelop unwary travellers. The hapless fool thus
swallowed by a vortex will soon perish from exposure to the
element the vortex is composed of.

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, not a stairs or a trap.
Kerta December 14, 2007 09:22
First comment: 12 December, 2007 72 comments written
What? No cannon report?
Dani June 12, 2008 19:05
First comment: 7 June, 2008 39 comments written
Reminds me of when, in chemistry class, the teacher sent one of us to fetch a round ruler. We lol'd for hours on end, and that guy was nowhere to be seen.

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