[satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the depths, yet again]

  • From: "Pete" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "tadcastervalentino@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
  • To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 16:28:53 -0700

Newton... Bob is a shrimp!


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> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>Sent: 
>Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the 
>depths, yet again]
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>these are hacked iPhone pictures of printouts of Claris Works documents with 
>maps originally drawn on a Newton and imported into my Powerbook Duo shortly 
>after i left Insignia...
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>so vintage, yes
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>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>gah - there it is!
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>>looks like it's of a certain vintage that one...
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>>:)
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>>I like the sound of the 'shivery passage' - anyone for that one?
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>>>________________________________
>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>Sent: 
>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the 
>>>depths, yet again]
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>>>everyone stunned by the first mattlebat in a while?
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>>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>>holding ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>Sent: 
>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into 
>>>>>>the depths, yet again]
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>swamp follows the crabsters out of the tunnel. they turn left as one, and 
>>>>>>go charging up the tunnel at full bore for about 50m or so, before taking 
>>>>>>a rapid left turn into a dead end cave littered with crabster shells. the 
>>>>>>live ones vanish into a small hole in the wall ahead.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>swamp manages to stamp some stragglers and declares the battle won, but 
>>>>>>the war still going.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>backtracking, he discovers another tunnel offshoot, sloping downward a 
>>>>>>little. something about the air in this tunnel gives him a little shiver.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>hold on, mattlebat coming through...
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>>>>>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>arfa takes off in pursuit of the cast of crablets. a few seconds after 
>>>>>>his torch fades off to the left there is the distinctive sound of chitin 
>>>>>>cracking.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>search of the cave reveals nothing at all beyond scorpion man detritus. 
>>>>>>>if he lived here, he owned nothing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>so that didn't work...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>search the cave with the dead scorp-man in it for clues - troll 
>>>>>>>>footprints and the like
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>tracking?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>>>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>>>>Sent: 
>>>>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into 
>>>>>>>>>the depths, yet again]
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>what is the exact thing you're trying to assume?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>do I have a 'sense troll' skill?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>if not, I'll take a guess using mapmaking
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: 
>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent 
>>>>>>>>>>>into the depths, yet again]
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>well since you volunteered that Hadarim was in the caves, the 
>>>>>>>>>>>assumption was that the trolls might be here too... somewhere
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>so we are looking for the remains to two dead trolls - or we are to 
>>>>>>>>>>>find them in jail somewhere ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>and we chose to explore some caves for some reason...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Lets gather moss
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>into the depths, yet again]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>:-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>all hail the mighty Stan!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>ok so... tl;dr... Humph took some dark root beer up to the grogge 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>shoppe, and was imprisoned when someone sensed chaos on it. the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>party went up there to argue his case, and mostly succeeded thanks 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>to their Mapmaking skills. the deal with the trolls is that they 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>will release him on receipt of quality information as to the fate 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>of two trolls who were accompanying Hadarim the Lhankor Mhy priest 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>from Crabtown back to Alone.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Hadarim was originally imprisoned with you when SW started, and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>mysteriously died shortly thereafter in the tunnel before the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>fight with Karvik.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>ring any bells? thought not.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Pete 
>>>>>>>>>>>>><dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Stanworship
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>into the depths, yet again]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>So Humph is in a jail in crabtown (where it took us around 4 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>years to wrestle a troll) - and we have to do something to prove 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>he is innocent of the chaos beer I think?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I flippantly said something about moss earlier but wasn’t there 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>something about moss used to flavour the beer? Should we scrape 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>some off then head back?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I’ve tried dredging the Stanworship archives but it’s about 90% 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>trying to debug Pete’s mail and then most of the the rest is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>kittens dressed as Cuthulu.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>r
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On 2 Sep 2014, at 17:51, Pete (Redacted sender 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"tadcastervalentino@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC) 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>cat sized then?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>or cow sized
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I'd suggest cow sized for a herd
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>So Humph is in a jail in crabtown (where it took us around 4 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>years to wrestle a troll) - and we have to do something to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>prove he is innocent of the chaos beer I think?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>close?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: descent into the depths, yet again
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>they *are* larger, so they're a herd
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>if they were *even* larger, they'd be a club-sized gig
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>And if they were larger?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>r
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On 2 Sep 2014, at 15:54, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>if they were smaller, they'd be a swarm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Pete Ford 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Do insects come in herds then?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On September 1, 2014, at 4:18PM, Jason Proctor  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the second left turn goes round a sharp right-hand corner 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and gradually starts to slope downward. as you carefully 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>proceed, the air becomes drier, and the stench of ripe 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>chaos fruit begins to give way to another, much fainter but 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>no less putrid aroma - rotting flesh.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>fortunately the party's ace Mapmaking skills confirm that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the smell is faint because it's distant in time rather than 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>space, and shouldn't get much worse. these skills also 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>allow Chump, Splut, and Arfa to assume that the cave at the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>bottom of this slope is the site of the defeat of the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>scorpion man guard during the original incursion.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>after some discussion you decide to proceed slowly. beyond 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the torches, the blackness is total. beyond heavy breathing 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and the occasional forced fart from Chump to lighten things 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>up, the silence is similarly absolute. after a few minutes 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>of cautiously edging down the passage, the floor levels out.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>eventually the torches illuminate the crushed and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>splintered body of a scorpion man in the small cave at the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>foot of the passage. his chest has been caved in by a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>succession of blows from a blunt instrument, and he is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>missing several legs. the expression on the remains of his 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>face is one of anger and frustration.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>as the torch grows nearer, a herd of smallish shiny 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>multi-legged insects rapidly abandons the corpse.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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