opnet [OpNet] Things I think about.

[Cody]

Ain't no particular order to this.

1. What ever happened to Mandrake, Paragon, Jack Chance, Arek, Widget (hottie with brains), Warlock, Babylon Smith (hottie with muscle), River Horse Charlie, Gaedel Glas or Wizard? Some drop of the planet like Doc Reducao then turn up later, others just drop off.

2. Speaking of some; how the hell can a body just up and leave the damn planet? I mean I know HOW the can do it but how can they leave and never come back? Walker's gone farther than anyone I know but he always comes back.

3. Why's Miss Davis a lunatic? Was she always this fucked up or did it take a node to send her off the deep end?

4. How come I can make anything I can picture but can't write a song to save my ass?

5. When's Lemmie's next album coming out?

6. Why are Utopian's such dicks when 'Toppies like Violette, Babylon and Paragon are/were cool?

7. How much does Pax get paid?

8. How bad does the Amp Room want to keep the ampwell recipe secret?

9. How the hell do you erupt with the power to make things small?

10. Were there novas around before '98 and what were they doing?

11. Is Jager really a badass?

12. How come some folks spell his name 'Jeager'?

13. Doesn't Prodigy ever get bored?

14. What does he do when he gets bored?

15. Has anybody ever actually done Geisha and how come N! hasn't had a story about it?

16. Is there anybody what ain't had a shot of Widget?

17. How does Stigmata keep that little place of hers without getting mobbed with folks looking to see a real live nova?

18. What's Sekhmet look like?

19. Are Ashnod's legs really as long as they look on Opnet?

20. Does Ashnod need a light to read or does that stuff from her eyes give enough light?

21. Why does everybody think Apep is so hot? I mean yeah she is but the scales and shit is a little creepy.

22. Has anybody ever brought a dead man back to life?

23. What's the "brighter tomorrow" and how come they won't tell anybody what it's suppose to be like?

24. What is Utopia so afraid of?

25. How come nobody ever talks about Anteus?

26. Who killed Slider and why?

27. How come Utopia keeps bothering me but Lemmie gets off scott free?

28. Who's the most powerful nova in the world?

29. Who the fuck would eat soma knowing it comes from a dead nova?

30. How come mox and adrenocillin cancel each other?

31. What really happened to Gabriel Malchior?

32. Who is Proteus? And how come you hear people mention him sometimes but no one wants to talk about him?

33. If Proteus is real then why ain't Utopia said anything? The talk shit about Terat fifteen times a day.

34. What's Divis Mal really like?

35. What does he do when he ain't scaring the shit out of Utopia?

36. How come novas always talk about the movie 'Matrix' but never talk about the three sequels?

37. There - no shit - anything we can't do?

38. How come all the novas that post here are from America or might as well be?

39. How much power is too much power?

40. Do I want to change the world today?

[Matryoshka]

1. What ever happened to Mandrake, Paragon, Jack Chance, Arek, Widget (hottie with brains), Warlock, Babylon Smith (hottie with muscle), River Horse Charlie, Gaedel Glas or Wizard? Some drop of the planet like Doc Reducao then turn up later, others just drop off.

Why not?People use this site as tool,but sometimes they do not need the tool anymore.

3. Why's Miss Davis a lunatic? Was she always this fucked up or did it take a node to send her off the deep end?

If you saw where she was raised,and then add a node to that.You may think how has she stayed so sane.

34. What's Divis Mal really like?

Mal, as far as I know may as well be a God.I say this,from the time I saw him.He is as far above other novas as novas are above baselines

[The Paragon]

1. What ever happened to ...

I am alive and well. Thank you for asking. Work usually keeps me busy.

2. Speaking of some; how the hell can a body just up and leave the damn planet?

,,

Once a body escapes the Gravity Well, it's pretty easy.

Seriously, The Project has and is studying the effects of novas and space exploration. Everything from terraforming, to xenomorphic contanimation, to the existance of extra-terrestrial life forms.

3. Why's Miss Davis a lunatic?

No comment.

4. How come I can make anything I can picture but can't write a song to save my ass?

You are tone deaf?

5. When's Lemmie's next album coming out?

After devoting massive resources and comp time to this dilemma, the expert researchers at Utopia have determined that a Dec. 29th release date is most propable. Just in time for those New Year's Eve parties, and skipping the lame Christmas rush.

6. Why are Utopian's such dicks when 'Toppies like Violette, Babylon and Paragon are/were cool?

Corporations are boring/overwhelming/frightening while individuals are people, and easier to relate to.

7. How much does Pax get paid?

Serious No Comment.

8. How bad does the Amp Room want to keep the ampwell recipe secret?

More hype than substance, I'm afraid.

9. How the hell do you erupt with the power to make things small?

As opposed to what? Molecular compression, micro-duplication, ect. are just one of the numerous ways we manifest our quantum.

10. Were there novas around before '98 and what were they doing?

Not sure, but curious. What have you heard?

11. Is Jager really a badass?

Not really, but then I have some experience with PR.

12. How come some folks spell his name 'Jeager'?

Jager apparently has a psychotic side. When he feels homicidal rages, he "becomes" Jaeger.

So we believe, anyway.

Jager, do you want to come in and see if we can assist you?

13. Doesn't Prodigy ever get bored?

Yes. Even when he worked for the Project, he barely operated at 50% of his ability. Prodigy is the benchmark for mental development.

14. What does he do when he gets bored?

Good question.

15. Has anybody ever actually done Geisha and how come N! hasn't had a story about it?

Perhaps she is just a nice woman who is more than just a sexual object, Cody. As far as I know, she isn't currently involved with anyone. I will ask her over dinner this evening.

16. Is there anybody what ain't had a shot of Widget?

And wanted to take it?

17. How does Stigmata keep that little place of hers without getting mobbed with folks looking to see a real live nova?

Good question.

18. What's Sekhmet look like?

Ditto.

19. Are Ashnod's legs really as long as they look on Opnet?

Yes.

20. Does Ashnod need a light to read or does that stuff from her eyes give enough light?

No. She absorbs the knowledge from the page by touch.

21. Why does everybody think Apep is so hot? I mean yeah she is but the scales and shit is a little creepy.

So, being a mass-murder isn't something you consider a turn off, but a relatively minor aberration is?

You do realize that is a bit superficial.

22. Has anybody ever brought a dead man back to life?

No, but I have heard about someone who has. Sadly, he or she isn't part of the Project.

23. What's the "brighter tomorrow" and how come they won't tell anybody what it's suppose to be like?

Freedom and respect for every living being. The death of fear, want, anger, and rage. Competative impulses channeled toward positive developments for the entire human race. A place were honesty and openess are not only expected, but natural.

We aren't there yet, but we are moving that way.

24. What is Utopia so afraid of?

Failing to live up to our potential, and thus the bringing out the potential in everyone.

25. How come nobody ever talks about Anteus?

He doesn't want to be talked about and those who know him respect his wishes.

26. Who killed Slider and why?

That, I wish I knew. She was one of the best novakind has ever put forth to the world. A truly kind and generous person.

27. How come Utopia keeps bothering me but Lemmie gets off scott free?

Lemmie is a Class 3 individual in opposition to the Project, while some feel you are undecided. That would be my guess, anyway.

28. Who's the most powerful nova in the world?

Divis Mal.

29. Who the fuck would eat soma knowing it comes from a dead nova?

Good one, again.

30. How come mox and adrenocillin cancel each other?

They were designed that way. Every novas physiology is different, so it is possible to over medicate.

31. What really happened to Gabriel Malchior?

No comment.

32. Who is Proteus? And how come you hear people mention him sometimes but no one wants to talk about him?

Proteus. Wasn't he an Elite killed in the Trans-Tanzanian Conflict in '06? Has someone else revived the name?

33. If Proteus is real then why ain't Utopia said anything? The talk shit about Terat fifteen times a day.

Proteus is dead, while the Teragen, or those espousing terat sympathies are a constant threat?

34. What's Divis Mal really like?

One day, I may just have to find out.

35. What does he do when he ain't scaring the shit out of Utopia?

Well, I can say that he hasn't scared the shit out of me, but that's just me. I believe his itenerary is his own.

36. How come novas always talk about the movie 'Matrix' but never talk about the three sequels?

Contemplating that one for later.

37. There - no shit - anything we can't do?

All get along?

38. How come all the novas that post here are from America or might as well be?

Not being an American, I couldn't tell you. In the techinical field, Utopia uses English and German primarily. In he diplomatic field, we still use an English/French mix.

39. How much power is too much power?

Ms. Davis, perhaps?

40. Do I want to change the world today?

Make a positive change, I hope.

Who would fear a just man? More important might be asking "Why?"

Why?

[Ashnod]

For the record...

No. Most pictures you see of me on the OpNet wearing anything other than slacks are photomanipulations. The nude one featured my head on the body of Pratima Basham.

And, yes, the light of my eyes is sufficient to read by.

[Alex Craft]

10. Were there novas around before '98 and what were they doing?

Could be and who knows. There's some theories saying that N-Day made it easier for people to erupt, but that since the genetic potential was there all along there were probably a few of us before then. I think some nut even went so far as to say that the legendary heros were really novas.

23. What's the "brighter tomorrow" and how come they won't tell anybody what it's suppose to be like?

Marketing.

24. What is Utopia so afraid of?

I suspect they fear that the whole nova situation might turn pear-shaped. Between anti-nova groups and more extreme novas (from the less friendly Terats to the real psychopaths), there's still the potential for something ugly.

28. Who's the most powerful nova in the world?

Yeah, probably Divis Mal.

32. Who is Proteus? And how come you hear people mention him sometimes but no one wants to talk about him?

It's an organization that probably exists. Maybe not. (Not a dead elite.) Anybody have anything more?

33. If Proteus is real then why ain't Utopia said anything?

I hear there's some kind of connection between the two.

40. Do I want to change the world today?

Sure. And have fun while you're at it.

[Hugin]

1. What ever happened to Mandrake, Paragon, Jack Chance, Arek, Widget (hottie with brains), Warlock, Babylon Smith (hottie with muscle), River Horse Charlie, Gaedel Glas or Wizard? Some drop of the planet like Doc Reducao then turn up later, others just drop off.

Wizard, the last I heard was alive and well. Widget is around. Jack Chance is way out. Gaedel was last seen challenging a mirror to a drinking contest. RiverHorse Charlie was killed in battle three months ago during a brawl in the Congo. His skull is currently being used as a centerpiece by Ian 'Very Bad' Blakely, a DeVries Elite.

2. Speaking of some; how the hell can a body just up and leave the damn planet? I mean I know HOW the can do it but how can they leave and never come back? Walker's gone farther than anyone I know but he always comes back.

Skill and desire. For a Nova, nothing else is required.

3. Why's Miss Davis a lunatic? Was she always this fucked up or did it take a node to send her off the deep end?

I doubt she was particularly sane prior to eruption.

4. How come I can make anything I can picture but can't write a song to save my ass?

Because you believe that you cannot.

5. When's Lemmie's next album coming out?

Sooner than I would like but not soon enough for Micheal.

6. Why are Utopian's such dicks when 'Toppies like Violette, Babylon and Paragon are/were cool?

Because the Utopians you've mentioned are those Utopians with a strong enough streak of independence to actually come here and interact with other Novas directly without having to go through a PR advisor.

7. How much does Pax get paid?

I'm sure the kickbacks he gets from the poppy growers in Turkey alone is more than you can imagine.

8. How bad does the Amp Room want to keep the ampwell recipe secret?

Bad enough that offers of six figure bribes to the wait staff are met with howling laughs of derision.

9. How the hell do you erupt with the power to make things small?

Being faced with the insane requirements for carry-on luggage?

10. Were there novas around before '98 and what were they doing?

I refuse to answer on the grounds that these questions make Jager put on his silly tinfoil hat.

11. Is Jager really a badass?

Yes. In a way that is disturbing and utterly frightening.

12. How come some folks spell his name 'Jeager'?

Because he is a taint buttered fiend suffering from incredible delusions who cannot decide on a single name.

13. Doesn't Prodigy ever get bored?

Occasionally.

14. What does he do when he gets bored?

After I've flushed cherry bombs down a few public toilets I come here.

15. Has anybody ever actually done Geisha and how come N! hasn't had a story about it?

Because after she's untied them, put salve on the welts, and put away the saddle she asks them to keep quiet.

16. Is there anybody what ain't had a shot of Widget?

This is simply crude.

17. How does Stigmata keep that little place of hers without getting mobbed with folks looking to see a real live nova?

Luck? Fear? Respect? To be honest, I have no clue.

18. What's Sekhmet look like?

Short. Squat. Nasty little unibrow. Oh, and that smell.

19. Are Ashnod's legs really as long as they look on Opnet?

Shame on you.

20. Does Ashnod need a light to read or does that stuff from her eyes give enough light?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

Oh my, thank you.

21. Why does everybody think Apep is so hot? I mean yeah she is but the scales and shit is a little creepy.

It's that kittenish way she plays with someone before eviscerting them. Oh, and baby's got back.

22. Has anybody ever brought a dead man back to life?

Recently?

23. What's the "brighter tomorrow" and how come they won't tell anybody what it's suppose to be like?

Because they are lying, manipulating, evil, evil bastards.

24. What is Utopia so afraid of?

Choices being made without their approval.

25. How come nobody ever talks about Anteus?

Because he scares me silly. I just hope he hasn't noticed me.

26. Who killed Slider and why?

That depends on who you ask.

27. How come Utopia keeps bothering me but Lemmie gets off scott free?

Because you have value and he is a talentless bufoon?

28. Who's the most powerful nova in the world?

Antaeus.

29. Who the fuck would eat soma knowing it comes from a dead nova?

Someone who simply doesn't care.

30. How come mox and adrenocillin cancel each other?

Design.

31. What really happened to Gabriel Malchior?

No clue. He's remarkebly difficult to research.

32. Who is Proteus? And how come you hear people mention him sometimes but no one wants to talk about him?

An urban legend?

33. If Proteus is real then why ain't Utopia said anything? The talk shit about Terat fifteen times a day.

Utopia will admit to wrongdoing when pigs fly without the aid of being shot out betwixt Pax's buttcheeks.

34. What's Divis Mal really like?

Never met him. I'm probably beneath his notice.

35. What does he do when he ain't scaring the shit out of Utopia?

Make the rest of us feel like grungy little slackers.

36. How come novas always talk about the movie 'Matrix' but never talk about the three sequels?

For the same reason we don't talk about really large bowel movements.

37. There - no shit - anything we can't do?

Get Sandy to shut the hell up?

38. How come all the novas that post here are from America or might as well be?

Cultural tendency to egotism needing reinforcement by interaction with peers hoping that they will acknowledge our greatness.

39. How much power is too much power?

When you blow up.

40. Do I want to change the world today?

Do you?

[Jager]

1. What ever happened to Mandrake, Paragon, Jack Chance, Arek, Widget (hottie with brains), Warlock, Babylon Smith (hottie with muscle), River Horse Charlie, Gaedel Glas or Wizard? Some drop of the planet like Doc Reducao then turn up later, others just drop off.

Sorry to hear about Charlie. I had heard rumors, but me and VeryB don't really get along.

2. Speaking of some; how the hell can a body just up and leave the damn planet? I mean I know HOW the can do it but how can they leave and never come back? Walker's gone farther than anyone I know but he always comes back.

Easy, just don't get lost. That, and Walker talks too much about things that scare the hell out of others, and I don't mean me.

3. Why's Miss Davis a lunatic? Was she always this fucked up or did it take a node to send her off the deep end?

Yes. Intense feelings of self-loathing, yet a giddiness for power and all it brings.

4. How come I can make anything I can picture but can't write a song to save my ass?

You will write that song when you are ready to.

5. When's Lemmie's next album coming out?

Hold on ... breaking in right now ... hmmmm ... Damn, can't tell you, or I'm off Lemmy's invite list. Sorry. Now, to tidy up. BRB

6. Why are Utopian's such dicks when 'Toppies like Violette, Babylon and Paragon are/were cool?

Don't forget that Prodigy was once a Utopian, so being an ass isn't an entrance requirement. Let's not forget Agnelli Celeste, either. Everyone's favorite Teen Tomorrowite. Favorite what, I will not comment on.

7. How much does Pax get paid?

Damn, and I thought those poppy concessions were mine.

Seriously, the money means nothing to ole Shelby. Power, power, power.

8. How bad does the Amp Room want to keep the ampwell recipe secret?

Seriously enough for some slub to attempt to hire me to get it. Seriously enough for me to say no, and I love a challenge.

9. How the hell do you erupt with the power to make things small?

What things?!? {covers himself}

10. Were there novas around before '98 and what were they doing?

JAMES!!!! You told them about my Quantum Amplifier!!!!! You utter wanker!!!

... or is that udder?

Yes, there were novas around before '98. As for what they were doing, why don't you find one and ask.

11. Is Jager really a badass?

Me? Aren't I too silly to be feared? Come on now.

12. How come some folks spell his name 'Jeager'?

A man, who I became very close to, named me that. The press misprinted the name "Jager" and it stuck. In essence, Jaeger is that man that I was ... and still am.

13. Doesn't Prodigy ever get bored?

What man with the complete legos set could get bored?

14. What does he do when he gets bored?

Apparently runs around and frames me for toilet bowl massacres.

15. Has anybody ever actually done Geisha and how come N! hasn't had a story about it?

Yes, and she doesn't like the limelight. She is rather pleasent, actually. Never tried anything untowardly to me, and everyone knows what a babe magnet I am.

16. Is there anybody what ain't had a shot of Widget?

Now, that would be crass to kiss and ... well, whatever, and tell. Well worth the attention, though.

17. How does Stigmata keep that little place of hers without getting mobbed with folks looking to see a real live nova?

Myself and a few other "friendly" types stopped by and let the locals know how unpleasent that would be if Stigmata was forced to move.

Actually, I think between her connections and some really mean biker-types, it is unhealthy to be a mob around her shop.

18. What's Sekhmet look like?

Hope to find out soon.

19. Are Ashnod's legs really as long as they look on Opnet?

Is someone looking for an ass-whoopen or what? Man, I am not going to talk about Apep's mamma that way.

20. Does Ashnod need a light to read or does that stuff from her eyes give enough light?

Asked and answered.

21. Why does everybody think Apep is so hot? I mean yeah she is but the scales and shit is a little creepy.

Not really. Apep is attractive, in her own way, but not in my top "100 hotties" list. I don't find the serpentine features unattractive either. Hang out around more novas, and not just the "Picture Perfect" set.

22. Has anybody ever brought a dead man back to life?

Regrettably, no.

23. What's the "brighter tomorrow" and how come they won't tell anybody what it's suppose to be like?

Fusion explosives. Mass Drivers striking form orbit. These are some of the "brighter tomorrows" I wish to avoid.

Basically, we all behave and most of us play ball.

24. What is Utopia so afraid of?

Prodigy deciding that this whole experiment is a failure and he wants to start over.

Cody starts writing music.

Ashnod decides to stop hiding.

Just for starters.

25. How come nobody ever talks about Anteus?

He never posts here?

26. Who killed Slider and why?

Seriously no good answer to that one. The why is the better question.

27. How come Utopia keeps bothering me but Lemmie gets off scott free?

28. Who's the most powerful nova in the world?

You are.

29. Who the fuck would eat soma knowing it comes from a dead nova?

As opposed to what illicit substance?

30. How come mox and adrenocillin cancel each other?

The magic of ultra-modern chemistry.

31. What really happened to Gabriel Malchior?

He wouldn't pay his satellite TV bill, so they had to take him out. Freak.

32. Who is Proteus? And how come you hear people mention him sometimes but no one wants to talk about him?

Wasn't that Charles Xavier's love child?

33. If Proteus is real then why ain't Utopia said anything? The talk shit about Terat fifteen times a day.

He is a comic book character?

34. What's Divis Mal really like?

Polite, quiet, charming, perhaps a bit to perfect. Hot, if you like men. A really good listener with alot of patience. He does get excited from time to time, though. Usually when he is talking about things that might be.

I havent' talked to him in a few years, though.

35. What does he do when he ain't scaring the shit out of Utopia?

Some folks it pays to not spy on.

36. How come novas always talk about the movie 'Matrix' but never talk about the three sequels?

Ah, some of us have better things to discuss?

37. There - no shit - anything we can't do?

No, but there are somethings that some of us shouldn't attempt ... yet.

38. How come all the novas that post here are from America or might as well be?

I'm an american. Its the last place I would keep my stuff, but it is my home.

39. How much power is too much power?

When it is more than you can handle.

40. Do I want to change the world today?

Magic 8-ball says ... "Check again later"?

-mutters-

Frikken peice of junk.

[Jager]

Whoops!

27. How come Utopia keeps bothering me but Lemmie gets off scott free?

There is no accounting for taste?

[Ashnod]

Quote:

Originally posted by Jager:
24. What is Utopia so afraid of?
Ashnod decides to stop hiding.
Just for starters.

I love you, too, hon.

[Jager]

Love?

Me?

Gosh, you got me all tongue-tied. :-D

[Walker]

1. Maybe some of them do, up and leave the planet. Last I heard from Mr Nashoba he mentioned something about going intergalactic. Ain't heard from him since. What happened to Twist that's what I wanna know? No sooner did I say 'us warping Brits have to stick together' ...

2. I've always come back, so far ... Maybe it's the fact that I can talk to plants and animals that brings me back but I understand the wanderlust. Becoming a Nova can radically change you sense of perspective.

3. I have heard rumours that she was raised by a pack of religous nutters that taught their kids Latin as a first language. MoR WoRRYingly SHe MAY haVe BeeN RaisED BY GOthS.

4 - 8. Your guess is as good as mine. Apart from when Lemmies album is coming out, but I might screw up the marketing campaign so I'll keep quiet.

9. I've heard a theory that the missing mass and energy goes into a pocket universe that comes into existance for as long as the thing remains miniturised.

10. Maybe something like Novas. Triton has found some genetic basis for Novahood being passed on through the generations. People of all races and nationalities erupt. This suggests to me (as well as Alex) that the 'Nova gene' has been with Humanity from very early on in order for it to be so widespread.

11. - 14. Their own comments about themselves and each other are far more amusing and enlightening than anything I could say.

15. Maybe everyone respects her too much in the morning.

16. How exactly did you mean that

17. - 21. ???

22. I've heard it's been done, but ain't never seen it.

23. I'd prefer a bit of brightness today as tomorrow never comes.

24. I thought they got the UN to legislate aginst everything they feared, you mean there's more?

25. Because, sadly, tree hugging stuff isn't as much fun as slagging each other off.

26. Strangely, if you try and find out with retrocognition, it gives you a blinding headache.

27. You mean you haven't worked that out?

28. Most say that it's Mal, I'd be inclined to agree lest he break my windows.

29. - 33. Meet me at the lake side carpark. Come alone. Bring a bag of ready mix cement and 20 feet of chain.

34. - 35. ???

36. Loads of good sci-fi ideas that they never really made much of. I'm surprised they still talk about the first one.

37. Probably a few things we shouldn't do though.

38. Because Americanesse has polluted the Queens English.

39. - 40. ???

41. How does Cody come up with all these interesting and witty questions and comments?

Beats me.

[David 'Dr. Troll' Smith]

2. Speaking of some; how the hell can a body just up and leave the damn planet? I mean I know HOW the can do it but how can they leave and never come back?

Some die. Some get lost. Some take a while to get back. Some do come back but don't let us know.

10. Were there novas around before '98 and what were they doing?

I assume so. If you believe some of the recent literature, everyone from Zeus to Lincoln was a closet nova. A better question might be, why did we get so strong after '98?

15. Has anybody ever actually done Geisha and how come N! hasn't had a story about it?

I assume so. Presumably she is a private person and asks N!'s reporters to keep it quiet.

17. How does Stigmata keep that little place of hers without getting mobbed with folks looking to see a real live nova?

I've never been there.

19. Are Ashnod's legs really as long as they look on Opnet?

I hope so.

21. Why does everybody think Apep is so hot? I mean yeah she is but the scales and shit is a little creepy.

If you have to ask the question then you wouldn't understand the answer.

22. Has anybody ever brought a dead man back to life?

Not me. I've tried absorbing dead clones and it doesn't work.

23. What's the "brighter tomorrow" and how come they won't tell anybody what it's suppose to be like?

Its a journey rather than a destination.

26. Who killed Slider and why?

If you believe the rumors, it was anyone from a jealous boyfriend to international conspiracies. I've never met Corbin so I can't say whether he is the type. One comment however; The guy amplifies emotion. That little aberration might could turn a mild disagreement to murder.

27. How come Utopia keeps bothering me but Lemmie gets off scott free?

Same reason they don't come after me. You fit their profile. Lemmie and I don't.

29. Who the fuck would eat soma knowing it comes from a dead nova?

I though it was pulled out live?

31. What really happened to Gabriel Malchior?

Dead I assume. That guy was way too full of himself to stay off the news if he were alive.

32. Who is Proteus? And how come you hear people mention him sometimes but no one wants to talk about him?

He is the Bogeyman. Humans have a need to blame "someone" for their ills. We used to blame Witches or Communists, or Capitalists, or Cults, etc. Now we blame Proteus. Someone has a fight with his girl friend that ends in murder; must be Proteus' fault.

37. There - no shit - anything we can't do?

An interesting idea, but I don't think I believe it. Not knowing something's limits isn't the same as not having any.

38. How come all the novas that post here are from America or might as well be?

Natural selection. In order to post you need to be English speaking, have Opnet access, etc.

[Lemmy Chillmeister]

1. What ever happened to Mandrake, Paragon, Jack Chance, Arek, Widget (hottie with brains), Warlock, Babylon Smith (hottie with muscle), River Horse Charlie, Gaedel Glas or Wizard? Some drop of the planet like Doc Reducao then turn up later, others just drop off.

I got no clue who most of those fuckers are.

2. Speaking of some; how the hell can a body just up and leave the damn planet? I mean I know HOW the can do it but how can they leave and never come back? Walker's gone farther than anyone I know but he always comes back.

Yeah, that's some weird shit. It'd keep me up at nights if I wasn't already partying.

3. Why's Miss Davis a lunatic? Was she always this fucked up or did it take a node to send her off the deep end?

Some fuckers is just nuts.

4. How come I can make anything I can picture but can't write a song to save my ass?

It still takes talent sweetness.

5. When's Lemmie's next album coming out?

Shit man, soon enough. Something about lyrical content. And profanity. Fucking pussies.

9. How the hell do you erupt with the power to make things small?

Why the hell is more my question. What, maybe the dude had a really teeny girlfriend?

10. Were there novas around before '98 and what were they doing?

Shit, is this one of those, Jesus was a nova, things?

11. Is Jager really a badass?

Meh.

12. How come some folks spell his name 'Jeager'?

He's got a hardon for licorice liquor?

13. Doesn't Prodigy ever get bored?

Who gives a shit?

15. Has anybody ever actually done Geisha and how come N! hasn't had a story about it?

I tried to put the moves on her at a party. I think she must be gay or something.

16. Is there anybody what ain't had a shot of Widget?

Me! Over here! Just waiting my turn.

17. How does Stigmata keep that little place of hers without getting mobbed with folks looking to see a real live nova?

Some folks know to respect a goddamn artist.

Damn, this shit still hurts.

18. What's Sekhmet look like?

Who? Sorry, haven't been around lately.

19. Are Ashnod's legs really as long as they look on Opnet?

Ah, wouldn't that be nice?

20. Does Ashnod need a light to read or does that stuff from her eyes give enough light?

Damn. You must got some time on your hands.

21. Why does everybody think Apep is so hot? I mean yeah she is but the scales and shit is a little creepy.

Something sexy about a woman who could gut you without trying. That I hear Leviathan has told some stories that would straighten your little hairy parts.

22. Has anybody ever brought a dead man back to life?

That would be freaky.l

23. What's the "brighter tomorrow" and how come they won't tell anybody what it's suppose to be like?

Cuz they are big, hairy, stupid dicks.

25. How come nobody ever talks about Anteus?

Because big tree dudes are kind of boring.

26. Who killed Slider and why?

Her bookie?

27. How come Utopia keeps bothering me but Lemmie gets off scott free?

Cuz I got a pretty smile motherfucker.

28. Who's the most powerful nova in the world?

Anna DeVries. Go on, call her a cunt. I dare you. You can do it to Pax and he'll smile. If you can find Divas and do it, he'd smile too. You do it to Anna and she'll smile. But you've got several dozen bloodthirsty fuckers who'll rip you to pieces in a hot second for dissing 'The Lady'.

29. Who the fuck would eat soma knowing it comes from a dead nova?

That shit is novas?

Fuck.

I thought that was a rumor.

32. Who is Proteus? And how come you hear people mention him sometimes but no one wants to talk about him?

Hell if I know.

34. What's Divis Mal really like?

Dunno. Don't care.

35. What does he do when he ain't scaring the shit out of Utopia?

Make doilies?

36. How come novas always talk about the movie 'Matrix' but never talk about the three sequels?

What's the 'Matrix'?

37. There - no shit - anything we can't do?

Dude, I done brought back tried and true Heavy Metal to the Top Ten. Ain't nothing else could be as tough.

38. How come all the novas that post here are from America or might as well be?

Cuz we kick ass?

39. How much power is too much power?

[Vixen]

1. What ever happened to Mandrake, Paragon, Jack Chance, Arek, Widget (hottie with brains), Warlock, Babylon Smith (hottie with muscle), River Horse Charlie, Gaedel Glas or Wizard? Some drop of the planet like Doc Reducao then turn up later, others just drop off.

I imagine being a nova occasionally means you've got stuff to do and OpNet terminals doesn't make the list. I know I had a rough time there.

2. Speaking of some; how the hell can a body just up and leave the damn planet? I mean I know HOW the can do it but how can they leave and never come back? Walker's gone farther than anyone I know but he always comes back.

I guess they think that whatever they're looking for is out there and not down here.

3. Why's Miss Davis a lunatic? Was she always this fucked up or did it take a node to send her off the deep end?

Hey, now. Sandy helped me out of a rough spot. I don't know if that makes me an expert on who she is but I know there's more there than just a lunatic.

4. How come I can make anything I can picture but can't write a song to save my ass?

'Cause a song isn't real until it's sung - until then it only exists in your head, transcribed through notation which is essentially, just a formula for creation of a song.

5. When's Lemmie's next album coming out?

Is that the one where he shouts into the microphone a lot, wears big pants, gets angry at everyone and travels around in a car that bounces up and down? Or am I thinking of another album of his?

6. Why are Utopian's such dicks when 'Toppies like Violette, Babylon and Paragon are/were cool?

You might have missed it, but one day everyone at Project Utopia got together - everyone, from all the offices around the world, all the lawyers, recruiters, peacekeepers, tech boys, scientists, novas, T2M agents, PF smoothies and internal security boys - they all got together and decided that they were going to allow Project employees to have different personalities, a radical invention that is just one of the many innovations that Utopia has brought the modern man.

It was a very big meeting. They had to book Madison Square Garden. Laragione's mom cooked for everyone.

7. How much does Pax get paid?

More than a little and less than a lot.

Any jokes about Pax's hair problem should be juxtaposed with jokes about my own hair problem, by the way. Just to even things out.

8. How bad does the Amp Room want to keep the ampwell recipe secret?

Considering they let the Hothead in there, that guy who can tell you everything that's in something he eats... not very much, I imagine.

9. How the hell do you erupt with the power to make things small?

Too many Saturday morning cartoons, perhaps? That is Cartoon Cliche' #1: Shrink the Heroes. (Followed by #2: Frame/clone/impersonate the heroes.)

10. Were there novas around before '98 and what were they doing?

If there were, there's no way to really tell. The M-R node doesn't seem to last after the body decays, and the argument that mythical figures were novas kind of doesn't give enough credit to human imagination, and the things it can come up with on its own.

11. Is Jager really a badass?

Having watched him bark like a fox and pretend to chase his own tail, I can safely say: no.

12. How come some folks spell his name 'Jeager'?

Becasue speeling si not a proretee on teh opnet lololololol

13. Doesn't Prodigy ever get bored?

Doesn't everyone?

14. What does he do when he gets bored?

Post here, maybe.

15. Has anybody ever actually done Geisha and how come N! hasn't had a story about it?

To the former, the name Geisha probably means something, and to the latter, probably 'cause so many people claim to have done it that the signal to noise ration's too lopsided.

16. Is there anybody what ain't had a shot of Widget?

The average person can, sans foreplay, make love 11 times an hour. At current projections, in order to do everyone on Earth, she'd need to have sex for approx. 62,473 years to do everyone on Earth, assuming no one else is having sex during this time and no one's growing old. So if there IS no one out there who hasn't had a shot of Widget, she must be more sexually exhausted than Smurfette.

17. How does Stigmata keep that little place of hers without getting mobbed with folks looking to see a real live nova?

Beats me. I've never had to shout hangers-on off of my doorstep. (I find that waving the handgun around does a better job.)

18. What's Sekhmet look like?

This one, I've got nothing for.

19. Are Ashnod's legs really as long as they look on Opnet?

Cody, honey: NO WOMAN'S LEGS are as long as they are in that photo. At least not without extensive quantum manipulation of spatial dimensions.

20. Does Ashnod need a light to read or does that stuff from her eyes give enough light?

I find that for some reason, the light from my eyes isn't visible to me directly (although I can see it in a mirror.) I'm glad, because otherwise it'd be like having a flashlight behind each eyeball every time I used my powers.

21. Why does everybody think Apep is so hot? I mean yeah she is but the scales and shit is a little creepy.

I'm told that fur is where it's at.

22. Has anybody ever brought a dead man back to life?

Yes, what you do is you take electro-paddles, make sure everyone's clear, and prime away to kickstart the heart. Closing the nose and filling the lungs with air to kickstart breathing is popular as well.

... oh, you mean with nova powers. Er, well, I suppose that a lightning-based nova could do the trick too.

If you mean someone who's been dead a LONG time, though... not that I've heard. I've heard of novas with medical skill or power that can use these powers to bring someone back later than normally possible, but actually reanimating a corpse that's been dead a while seems to be a trick that's tough to do.

23. What's the "brighter tomorrow" and how come they won't tell anybody what it's suppose to be like?

Assuming this is Utopia you're talking about, I don't know what the issue is. I read websites commenting on their projects and it seems they do a good job of telling people what the end results will be like just fine.

24. What is Utopia so afraid of?

The last famous person who said how great it would be if everyone got along for a change got crucified. Utopia's afraid that They still know where the hammer and the nails are.

25. How come nobody ever talks about Anteus?

Some are born to the spotlight and some aren't, and I guess that's just the way it works.

26. Who killed Slider and why?

You might as well ask who killed Kennedy, for all the theories, speculation and gunk surrounding this issue. I do know that it's less of a world without her and that all the theories in the world won't bring her back.

27. How come Utopia keeps bothering me but Lemmie gets off scott free?

It's all a conspiracy that Utopia put together during my aformentioned meeting at Madison Square Garden, engineered specifically to piss you off. Everyone at the Project decided that their time and effort was best spent trying to get you to join, rather than concentrate on other issues such as diplomatic relations in the Middle East and the mysteries of eufiber.

The conspiracy theorist in me says that maybe the more annoying ones aren't Project personnel at all, but spooks sent to make the Project look bad, and by extension, make another option look good. However, there's no denying that Utopia's recruiters don't always take the hint. (Nearly all the ones I've encountered have.)

28. Who's the most powerful nova in the world?

I am. Last week I grew hair on Pax's head and sapped him of all his superpowers, and this week I'm going to use a Captain Kirk impersonation on Divis Mal and cause his head to explode.

29. Who the fuck would eat soma knowing it comes from a dead nova?

Someone who hates novas, and doesn't mind getting killed by one once word gets out.

30. How come mox and adrenocillin cancel each other?

Strictly speaking, they don't - both are still within the system of the nova and overdosing on both in equal doses still carries the dangers of overdosing on just one. However, one slows the faracyte pathways and the other clears them, so in measured doses the adrenocilin clears the blockage caused by the mox, and not much else besides.

31. What really happened to Gabriel Malchior?

He moved to Idaho with Kikjak. They raise sheep.

32. Who is Proteus? And how come you hear people mention him sometimes but no one wants to talk about him?

He was Moira McTaggert's son, a mutant with the power to alter people's perceptions of reality (a handy power, that ) whose weakness was that he could be contained by metal...

... but leaving the X-Men out of this, Proteus was a mythical shapeshifter who was tough to catch and tough to isolate, from Greek lore.

If it's the former, it's probably 'cause Proteus was only sued effectively once during CLaremont's run and if it's the latter, well, the sad truth is that Greek mythology isn't the hot-button topic it used to be.

33. If Proteus is real then why ain't Utopia said anything? The talk shit about Terat fifteen times a day.

No one from Proteus has gone on television saying that he's no longer human and he encourages other novas to embrace their inhumanity. (My first thought upon hearing that a fire-crotched guy in a gold armor plate and a cape had hijacked international TV is not suitable for public broadcast, since he interrupted a good ep of Storms at Sunset. Next time Divis wants to pull a Lex Luthor he should do it during a show no one watches.)

34. What's Divis Mal really like?

I imagine he'd be a lot like Cobra Commander.

If he's not - he should be. There's pointers he could take.

35. What does he do when he ain't scaring the shit out of Utopia?

Probably tries to come up with the ultimate weapon to use against G.I. Joe. (See above)

36. How come novas always talk about the movie 'Matrix' but never talk about the three sequels?

Most of them bemoaned the "totally unrealistic" physics of Neo's flight in 2 & 3, and hated the musical numbers in #4.

37. There - no shit - anything we can't do?

It's impossible to prove a negative, Cody, so that question's unanswerable.

38. How come all the novas that post here are from America or might as well be?

Stastistical anomaly, perhaps? Or maybe pretending to be American online is like pretending to be a woman. (Never had to pretend either, so...)

39. How much power is too much power?

My own rule: when what you can do becomes how you define who you are ("I'm a teleporter." "Nice to meet you! I'm a lightning manipulator.") then you should step back a little and think about a more well-rounded lifestyle.

40. Do I want to change the world today?

You change the world just by being there, so the answer is: it's gonna happen whether you want to or not.

[Jager]

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11. Is Jager really a badass?

Meh.

12. How come some folks spell his name 'Jeager'?

He's got a hardon for licorice liquor?

Meh?
Meh?
What the hell does that mean?
Why don't you tremble at the very mention of my name, unbeliever?!?!?!!?!?

And ... have you been spying on me? I thought my licorice liquor fetish was a secret!

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34. What's Divis Mal really like?

I imagine he'd be a lot like Cobra Commander.

If he's not - he should be. There's pointers he could take.

Man, I got this drinking buddy who is going to blow through his nose when he hears that one. Thanks Vix.

For all you Terats out there ....

COBRAAAAAA!!!!!

[Doutor da Reducao]

9. How the hell do you erupt with the power to make things small?

There are moments when it is an effort of will alone that prevents me from weeping at the damage done to the world by the most insidious of threats. War? Hardly as each war is tritefully more horrendous than the previous if historians are to be believed. Plagues? Aside from circumstances of distant history, the curing of sickness is merely a question of resources correctly utilized. Famine? The planet has sufficient food stuffs necessary to nourish the greatest population the world has ever known without undue strain as the difficulties have always been one of desire and logistics. Death? it comes for us all giving a certain fairness to the inevitable.

Popular culture is the evil tragedy in question. May we all simply agree as civil beings that the mindset that would precipate an eruption bringing with it the ability to "make things small" is of a minority.

[Preston]

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10. Maybe something like Novas. Triton has found some genetic basis for Novahood being passed on through the generations. People of all races and nationalities erupt. This suggests to me (as well as Alex) that the 'Nova gene' has been with Humanity from very early on in order for it to be so widespread

So Walker, why isn't there widespread genetic testing to figure out who has the Nova-gene?

[Sakurako Hino]

Jager, you did not just say that.

TELL ME, you did not just say THAT.

I now know more about you than I thought I would. You really have a soft spot for poorly done 80's cartoons don't you?

Perhaps you'll grab a sword next and say: "BY THE POWER OF GREYSKULL!!!"

(Looks at her cosplay collection)

Of course, I am in a teapot-kettle situation here. ~.^

[Vixen]

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Originally posted by Preston:
So Walker, why isn't there widespread genetic testing to figure out who has the Nova-gene?

Because the procedure is very long, very complicated, very expensive and not even 100% certain to give a yes or no answer on the subject.

[Jordan]

1. What ever happened to Mandrake, Paragon, Jack Chance, Arek, Widget (hottie with brains), Warlock, Babylon Smith (hottie with muscle), River Horse Charlie, Gaedel Glas or Wizard? Some drop of the planet like Doc Reducao then turn up later, others just drop off.

I think the term people are looking for here is Life. People have lives; some can make time for this place on an extended basis, (look how long Jager has been kicking around here) and others find the time requirements and the patience needed to be a permanent member here to be a bit too much. Some just die. As always, life marches ever forward.

2. Speaking of some; how the hell can a body just up and leave the damn planet? I mean I know HOW the can do it but how can they leave and never come back? Walker's gone farther than anyone I know but he always comes back.

Why assume everyone has the same attachment to this ball of rock we live on?

4. How come I can make anything I can picture but can't write a song to save my ass?

No idea, why don't you tell me?

6. Why are Utopian's such dicks when 'Toppies like Violette, Babylon and Paragon are/were cool?

Don't you mean 'why are the Directors of Projest Utopia such dicks and why do many of their policies reek of inequality?' The short answer is that "Utopia" is an organization and that people like Babylon and Codex are individuals. Kind of hard an organization to look you in the eye, no?

9. How the hell do you erupt with the power to make things small?

Try talking to a guy named Dragomir Vilosovic. He's an OB/C Packrat who can fit the entire contents of a house into small fishing tackle box.

10. Were there novas around before '98 and what were they doing?

There used to be a man here who claimed he erupted before N Day but I think he went off into space and hasn't been heard of since. He also claimed to be Meehan's intellectual superior

15. Has anybody ever actually done Geisha and how come N! hasn't had a story about it?

Geisha pulls peoples strings for a living. What do you think the answer to this is?

21. Why does everybody think Apep is so hot? I mean yeah she is but the scales and shit is a little creepy.

Different Strokes for different folks Cody.

22. Has anybody ever brought a dead man back to life?

I feel sorry for the poor Nova who does it and admits to it publicly.

23. What's the "brighter tomorrow" and how come they won't tell anybody what it's suppose to be like?

It's a lie, a fabrication, a method of control for people who are afraid of the future we Novas might create without their consent or approval.

24. What is Utopia so afraid of?

Me.

26. Who killed Slider and why?

This again? When are you people going to let this go?

27. How come Utopia keeps bothering me but Lemmie gets off scott free?

No offence to Lemmie, but his Quantum Expression is far more common than yours. So Lemmie doesn't want to join the Project? No problem; wait a month or two and someone else will erupt with cold powers and perhaps they will be more inclined to sign their soul away. How many Novas do you know that can rearrange the molecular structure the way you do Cody? Now think of all the damage just you (and you alone) could cause with that ability. I'm not talking about wrecking buildings either.

Now think about your question again.

28. Who's the most powerful nova in the world?

Me.

32. Who is Proteus? And how come you hear people mention him sometimes but no one wants to talk about him?

Ooh, I'll bet someone's ears are burning right about now and she isn’t going to be too happy

33. If Proteus is real then why ain't Utopia said anything? The talk shit about Terat fifteen times a day.

What's that old saying? Oh yeah. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

34. What's Divis Mal really like?

Very, very interesting; and a great kisser.

35. What does he do when he ain't scaring the shit out of Utopia?

I think that you should ask him this question yourself. Also remember; he doesn't go out of his way to "scare Utopia." They fear what he represents, not what he does.

37. There - no shit - anything we can't do?

Only the limits you place on yourself.

38. How come all the novas that post here are from America or might as well be?

More than likely it's an illusion of the medium rather than anything based in true fact.

40. Do I want to change the world today?

Too Late!

[Neil Preston]

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22. Has anybody ever brought a dead man back to life?

I feel sorry for the poor Nova who does it and admits to it publicly.

I thought about this question for some time. The repurcussions have always bothered me, and some good friends have kept my secret for some time.
Yes. I can bring someone back to life. I have done it once before. My limitation appears to be how much damage my own body can take, which is determined, in turn, by how much damage the tissues of the patient have suffered.

In theory, I could bring someone else back to life in such a manner that it killed me. I haven't tested that one.

[David 'Dr. Troll' Smith]

How far back can you go? An hour?

[Neil Preston]

My only attempt was five minutes, but, in retrospect, the subject was, infact, dead. I didn't know it then, but I have gained certain redundant systems as well as an altered biochemistry. I restarted my heart, healed some extensive brain damage, and reknit my liver and spleen.

I found the regeneration of key brain tissues to be the most impressive, and has led me to a greater understanding of the "life patterns" that I see in myself and others.

In an interesting side note, I can heal a baseline injury, even if it has healed, but I couldn't (until recently) heal a pre-eruption injury in a nova. There is something in a novas pattern that defies my abilities to permanently alter it. Overcoming that has been a trial, and I am still not satisfied with my efforts to date.

[David 'Dr. Troll' Smith]

If you need a test subject, I'll volunteer. With some effort I can hold back my (but not Big Green's healing factor).

[Neil Preston]

Thanks, David. I will consider it, but I'm not sure what we could learn from each other. I am not sure what I could do with one of your clones and I'm am leary of putting anyone's life in immenent danger. Still, I make a point of stopping by Vile Bill's memorial when I can.

Or, you could look me up if you have the time. I am currently hitchiking through Northeastern Australia, taking in the sites and meeting people.

You're an engineer, right? Don't get to pissed if I put you to work.

[David 'Dr. Troll' Smith]

I'm am leary of putting anyone's life in immenent danger.

That's the point. Even if it involves putting my life in immenent danger, either I'll just heal on my own, or I can volenteer a Clone.

I'm not sure what we could learn from each other...

You might be able to tell me something about the limits of Clones. Are they copies of me or is there a difference in our healing factor? You on the other hand aren't going to find many other novas willing to lose a finger or two on a standard test.

[Neil Preston]

Good points, Dr. Troll. Hope to see you soon.

[WANKER]

Sapristi!

I've been researching new places to live. Some would say I have been hiding.

Queen Anna kicked me out of her company a few years ago and I have tried to stay clear of anything involved with it since, but a few weeks ago I got really, really, really drunk in the Amp Room and said a few choice words concerning her and what I think about her.

Some of you may have been there, others have no doubt heard about it.

Anyways, I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack, and it is nice to have been missed.

I am not, nor have I ever been American in any way.

- Warlock

[DigiGeist]

Heh. Welcome back. Although you don't know me from anywhere, I do know your history.

Perhaps sometime we can partake of an Ampwell. Probably not at the Amproom, but somewhere similar.

[Agnelli Celeste]

4. How come I can make anything I can picture but can't write a song to save my ass? How can I hear, but still be deaf?

6. Why are Utopian's such dicks when 'Toppies like Violette, Babylon and Paragon are/were cool?Why are some independents such raging assholes when there are those like Signy Mallory, Evdeavor,Jager, Swift, Avatar and Stigmata?

21. Why does everybody think Apep is so hot? I mean yeah she is but the scales and shit is a little creepy. Um I don't.

40. Do I want to change the world today? Doesn't much care if you want to.Trust me, you will or you will not.Wanting to will not change that.

[Hugin]

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I got really, really, really drunk in the Amp Room and said a few choice words concerning her and what I think about her.

Some of you may have been there, others have no doubt heard about it.

So, you're the 'walking corpse' that 'Tank' Choulat has been raging about? Bad idea mon frere. Didn't you know the big Mongolian has had a crush on Lady Anna for quite some time now?

[Cody]

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Paragon: (Were there novas around before '98 and what were they doing?) Not sure, but curious. What have you heard?

First I got to say that it don't make no sense to me. Like Walker says, what makes us nova is in our genes. So one minute there ain't a one of us and the next there more every day? That don't make no sense at all. Either folks is wrong about Galatea going *pfft* - and it really is what done it - or there got to have been some of us before.

Now there's a story in my family about a cousin on mama's side. See back about 40 years ago Cyrus was suppose to be the strongest man in the county. There's all kinds of stories about him but there's two things that make me think. First is my great aunt Sarah swears up and down he did all manner of things - you know how family stories can get - but she also got a bullet she keeps in her locket. Says she saw him catch it one day when a pissed off suitor tried to put a hole in his chest. Shit like that happened now and again where I'm from. Story don't end there though.

Cyrus was sweet on a young thing named Dhalia Brown - object of affection for the angry suitor and from a hoity toity family what owned a bunch of land. A pretty thing I know 'cause I saw a picture of her and Cyrus posing for their engagement announcement in the local. Back then everything was still on paper and Auntie Sarah got a yellow raggedy clipping tucked away in the family bible. Anyway, they was married for all of about a year when Dhalia took sick and died. Cyrus went up in the mountains after and weren't seen for a good two years. Musta come to grips with it finally cause he came back down and went to work for some big private company back east. No one knows much after that except for this next part.

Seems before he went east he stopped to pay his respects to Dhalia and wasn't happy about her being put in her family's crypt. Pissed off might be a better way to put it cause the story is he caused some serious fucking damage. The company settled the whole thing outside the law and Dhalia got her very own plot in the family cemetary with her husband's name on the stone. Here's the kicker though. That crypt had a set of brass doors. Biggest damn things you ever saw outside a bank. One of the local junk yards bought them up for scrap but never got around to doing anything with them on account of going broke a year later. So there they sat.

Ain't none of this in any of the papers I looked at but I seen the doors with my own two eyes. Both them are banged up but one more than the other. It's got a set of big ass hand prints half an inch deep in the metal.

Good to hear from you, Paragon. And you too Warlock. I'd a put you on the list too Mr Rossi but you do tend to show up after a long stretch. Glad to see you but I never figured nothing bad happening to you.

Lemmie, wasn't sure you was ever going to take a break from that damn game. Don't want to bust your bubble seeing's how you got more talent with music than me but... I am way prettier than you are.

[WANKER]

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Originally posted by James 'Prodigy' Meehan:
So, you're the 'walking corpse' that 'Tank' Choulat has been raging about? Bad idea mon frere. Didn't you know the big Mongolian has had a crush on Lady Anna for quite some time now? [/QB]

Actually I've never bothered with little Chin at all. Besides, it's a good thing I haven't. In the state I was at the Amp Room, I would probably have said a few things about him too, if it had occured to me. Who knows where I would have stopped?

I'm not worried about Chin, he's slow in more ways than one, even if he can maul anything he can catch. It's them other guys I'm worried about, and Queenie too of course.

[Hugin]

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Originally posted by Warlock:
It's them other guys I'm worried about, and Queenie too of course.

Oh, you think that Totentaz might have some respect for Anna? Or Pursuer? Or that Lotus Infinite might have forgotten enough of her teachings to start believing in vengance again? Then there is Ian 'Very Bad' Blakely. Incandescent. DeathMyst. Killcord. Josef Gutter. Hemogoblin. The list seems endless. My goodness gracious, you're right, Anna does seem to have quite the passel of frightening employees, doesn't she?

Sleep well.

[Hugin]

Cody, just curious. Was Cyrus' last name 'Stone'?

[Ghostwriter]

Damn, wish I'd seen the nude of Ashnod's head on Pratima's body! That would be soooo good blackmail material! Ahem, sorry, Utopians aren't allowed to blackmail people. Damn, that sucks.

1. What ever happened to Mandrake, Paragon, Jack Chance, Arek, Widget (hottie with brains), Warlock, Babylon Smith (hottie with muscle), River Horse Charlie, Gaedel Glas or Wizard? Some drop of the planet like Doc Reducao then turn up later, others just drop off.

Don't know.

2. Speaking of some; how the hell can a body just up and leave the damn planet? I mean I know HOW the can do it but how can they leave and never come back? Walker's gone farther than anyone I know but he always comes back.

Maybe they got eaten by giant space aliens.

3. Why's Miss Davis a lunatic? Was she always this fucked up or did it take a node to send her off the deep end?

If I knew that, I'd know just about anything.

4. How come I can make anything I can picture but can't write a song to save my ass?

Sweetheart, I can't compose for crap, but I do have a lovely singing voice. (Or so my friend Julie 'Warlady' Logan keeps on telling me...)

5. When's Lemmie's next album coming out?

Don't know, don't care.

6. Why are Utopian's such dicks when 'Toppies like Violette, Babylon and Paragon are/were cool?

Excuse me? I may not be cool, but I am most certainly not a dick.

7. How much does Pax get paid?

More than me. Probably a million bucks for every time he shows off his ego.

8. How bad does the Amp Room want to keep the ampwell recipe secret?

I'd tell you... But then I'd have to kill you.

9. How the hell do you erupt with the power to make things small?

Packing difficulties?

10. Were there novas around before '98 and what were they doing?

Huh, ask Neil Preston. He's interested in that.

11. Is Jager really a badass?

Don't know. Don't want to find out either.

12. How come some folks spell his name 'Jeager'?

Dyslexia?

13. Doesn't Prodigy ever get bored?

Hmm... That'd be interesting to find out. Prodigy, call me if you ever do. I'd like to meet someone who can speak fifty languages. *smiles sweetly*

14. What does he do when he gets bored?

Heh, like I know.

15. Has anybody ever actually done Geisha and how come N! hasn't had a story about it?

Julie keeps on trying to chat her up. Thankfully, Geisha seems oblivious.

16. Is there anybody what ain't had a shot of Widget?

Hmm, me?

17. How does Stigmata keep that little place of hers without getting mobbed with folks looking to see a real live nova?

Don't know.

18. What's Sekhmet look like?

A lion-headed woman if the statues of her namesake are anything to go by.

19. Are Ashnod's legs really as long as they look on Opnet?

According to her, they're not. Could be Pratima's legs.

20. Does Ashnod need a light to read or does that stuff from her eyes give enough light?

Good question.

21. Why does everybody think Apep is so hot? I mean yeah she is but the scales and shit is a little creepy.

Ah, I can't answer that. I don't swing that way.

22. Has anybody ever brought a dead man back to life?

Not me.

23. What's the "brighter tomorrow" and how come they won't tell anybody what it's suppose to be like?

*snorts* The day a brighter tomorrow comes is the day I'm rid of my broken knee.

24. What is Utopia so afraid of?

Tofu.

25. How come nobody ever talks about Antaeus?

Because he's a little off the deep end?

26. Who killed Slider and why?

Wish I knew, honey, wish I knew.

27. How come Utopia keeps bothering me but Lemmie gets off scott free?

Because you can't write songs?

28. Who's the most powerful nova in the world?

Hmmph. If I was to be loyal, I'd say Caestus Pax, but realistically, Divis Mal is the likeliest suspect.

29. Who the fuck would eat soma knowing it comes from a dead nova?

Cannibals?

30. How come mox and adrenocillin cancel each other?

Something about nova physiologies - or so the science geeks tell me.

31. What really happened to Gabriel Malchior?

Love to know.

32. Who is Proteus? And how come you hear people mention him sometimes but no one wants to talk about him?

Shapeshifting Greek god of the sea. As to the rest, I don't know.

33. If Proteus is real then why ain't Utopia said anything? The talk shit about Terat fifteen times a day.

Excuse me, that's ten times a day. The other five times are actually accurate.

34. What's Divis Mal really like?

I don't know. I've never met him, nor do I really wish to.

35. What does he do when he ain't scaring the shit out of Utopia?

Thinking up ways to scare the shit out of Utopia?

36. How come novas always talk about the movie 'Matrix' but never talk about the three sequels?

I do!

37. There - no shit - anything we can't do?

I've yet to meet the nova who can write a decent fantasy book - and that includes myself.

38. How come all the novas that post here are from America or might as well be?

Thanks. I'm from Brisbane, Australia.

39. How much power is too much power?

Divis Mal.

40. Do I want to change the world today?

At least not until after my morning coffee and two hours of reading.

[Sakurako Hino]

37. There - no shit - anything we can't do?

I've yet to meet the nova who can write a decent fantasy book - and that includes myself.

Never say never. You don't know what I am up to. ~.^ Of course, it's left to me to figure out what you mean by "fantasy". Since I consider even Science Fiction Science-Fantasy.

[Jordan]

Quote:

Originally posted by Cody:
I'd a put you on the list too Mr Rossi but you do tend to show up after a long stretch. Glad to see you but I never figured nothing bad happening to you.

Totally understandable although somewhat innacurate. Up until recently I was being held by the Directive the their "forgotten city."

[Sakurako Hino]

The Forgotten City? Isn't that place where the Soviet Union kept their Nuclear scientists at one time?

[Cody]

Miss Hino: Isn't that place where the Soviet Union kept their Nuclear scientists at one time?

I tried looking it up on the opnet. Seems there was around ten cities the ruskies kept secret and called them all forgotten cities. Suppose to be end of the world nuke stuff. Not sure if this is what Mr. Rossi is talking about or something else. Searching for "Forgotten City" gives you a bunch of places in and out of Russia.

Mr Meehan: Was Cyrus' last name 'Stone'?

Yeah it was. That's my momma's maiden name.

How'd you know that?

Spent a chunk of the last couple of months looking into family history stuff. I started with Cyrus but there's a couple of weird things in the tree. What's really fucked up is I can find two or three folks what remember something happening, sometimes they live hundreds of miles away from each other, but none of it shows up in anything but family records. Its like it didn't happen but there's folks what remember it did.

Still trying to find out what happend to Cyrus after he went east. Best I can tell he worked for some company in Chicago for a spell but ain't got no clue what he did for them or where he went after.