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May 21st, 2005, 19:24:40
#1
Clan Representative
Markonen and a theory
[Tir]
Nulion: Hello there, Markonen
Dagget: just came in from a mission and saw you were about
Markonen: Just got back from the Shadowlands.
Dagget: I thought you hated that place?
Markonen: stares at Dagget
Markonen: I do.
Dagget: then why go there?
Markonen: Sallies parents.
Dagget: you located them?
Markonen: No.
Markonen: Not even a damned trace.
Dagget: Hmmm...any clues?
Markonen: frowns
Nulion: We didn't think you'd find anything....because neither did we.
Dagget: we had a couple of doctors look at her last night
Markonen: sighs
Markonen: I am beginning to get frustrated with this.
Markonen: I want her well and cannot do anything to help.
Dagget: we have too few pieces of the puzzle
Markonen: Oh?
Nulion: nods softly
Dagget: the doctors gave her stuff that will help her sleep, but they canot cure her
Markonen: Bah!
Markonen: Then what use are they?
Markonen: frowns
Dagget: if she sleeps well, then she is rested and better able to resist whatever it is that is attacking her body
Markonen: Wait....
Nulion: We don't know what will cure her....short of that strange place in Wine, that is.
Markonen: Do they know what she has at least?
Dagget: not really, she has some strange nanobots in her system
Nulion: They weren't able to identify them.
Markonen: looks at dagget with a raised eyebrow
Markonen: Nanobots.
Dagget: something like that...the doctors may be able to better explain
Markonen: You mean someone is directly doing this to her?
Markonen: clenches his hands angrily
Dagget: apparently
Dagget: someone or something...
Nulion: I....want to find out who. Now.
Dagget: we can take you to wine, perhaps
Dagget: but the door has been locked
Dagget: after that 1st encounter
Nulion: We didn't find anything there but a locked door and next door was a building full of rogue clanners who didn't mind shooting at us.
Markonen: I checked that area. The only thing I found were some trigger happy clanners.
Markonen: I believe Darkness and his friends cleaned em out.
Dagget: there is still a door, but it is not responding now
Markonen: taps his comm unit
Dagget: whatever is/was there was apparently referring to the child so that is the only clue we have
Markonen: They cannot. have her.
Dagget: he is on the channel
Markonen: He isnt responding.
Dagget: should we round up a few people to examine Wine more closely?
Dagget: there he is
Markonen: I hated to leave Sallie but I wanted to see if I could find her parents. It was a waste of time and energy.
Nulion: You know you could have asked us to check for you..
Markonen: I know. But I hated watching her in pain and being able to do nothing.
Nulion: sighs softly
Markonen: It is *very* frustrating.
Nulion: I know...
Markonen: And I didnt think she wanted holes in her walls
Markonen: So I left.
Markonen: chuckles softly
Nulion: I don't know what to do...I spent a full hour examining that door in Wine, I couldn't find a way in.
Markonen: sighs
Dagget: the time we got in, there were fires around it
Nulion: And it was storming...
Markonen: There is nothing that can be done but wait. And I am very bad at waiting.
Dagget: and keep Salliesue's mind off the subject
Markonen: Something that I noticed about the shades I saw in the shadowlands.
Nulion: What did you notice?
Markonen: Their tattoos dont look to be made of ink.
Dagget: no
Dagget: something else..and they give them power
Markonen: Its like they come from with.... Oh gods...
Markonen: falls to his knees
Nulion: ...What?
Markonen: The bruises..
Dagget: she might have shade blood in her
Nulion: ....
Nulion: Those might not be bruises at all..?
Markonen: Arms, legs, neck.... All the same places.
Dagget: I wonder if one of her parents is a shade?
Markonen: I dont know. I have never asked her.
Dagget: for full bloooded shades it is probably not a painful process
Nulion: But...she's not a shade...
Markonen: But... If she is a partial shade what would the Tempus Coma want with her?
Dagget: and it would also explain why the shades want her
Dagget: not sure
Dagget: unless she is the result of some experiment
Markonen: growls.
Dagget: they are maybe trying to interbreed and control the population
Nulion: I don't like to think that....How could ANYONE do something like that to a child...
Markonen: Leave it to the bastards at Omni to do something to a child.
Markonen: If that be the case Eva and I are going to have a very intimate talk.
Dagget: perhaps her parents left her here because they knew someone was out to retrieve her
Markonen: smiles savagely.
Markonen: rubs his hand across his face.
Markonen: Dagget..
Markonen: Her mothers last transmission.
Dagget: are their any doctors who can deal with this sort of thing?
Dagget: stay away from the w...
Hyperion5182: Well there might be
Markonen: It was cut.
Hyperion5182: But she isnt here right now
Dagget: yes, whoever created her may have caught up with the parents
Markonen: What if the Tempus was the cause of it being cut?
Hyperion5182: Then we could be in a very bad postion
Nulion: It could be....I'm worried the Tempus have her parents..
Hyperion5182: Hmmm
Markonen: Where is this Tristam and how do I get to him?
Dagget: well, we can't locate or engage Tempus Coma as yet
Dagget: Tristram resides in Camelot
Markonen: He has information about the Tempus correct?
Dagget: in his Castle
Hyperion5182: I was going to talk to Jacobi about getting to see him but that fell threw
Dagget: he has been helping hunt them, yes
Nulion: He used to be in his castle, but instead he's always out in the Shadowlands.
Verdande: Hello all
Dagget: Hello Verdande
Nulion: Hello there Verdande
Hyperion5182: Tristam is the leader of the Knights and one of the most revered of the clans
Markonen: Hello Maam.
Verdande: Seargent Markonen
Verdande: Nice to finally meet you
Hyperion5182: I was hoping to get to talk to him about the situation with silverstone but that trip i planned with jacobi fell through
Dagget: we just came up with a theory about Salliesue
Nulion: And it's not a pleasent theory.
Dagget: she is getting bruises in the same places that shades develop tattoos
Dagget: she may have shade blood in her
Markonen: shakes his head.
Verdande: As their tattoos?
Dagget: yes
Hyperion5182: That would explain the nano bots....
Verdande: It would
Dagget: the tattos may be trying to come out
Verdande: And why the shades may want her
Markonen: They cannot have her
Hyperion5182: A shade Solitius hybrid....dear lord....
Verdande: Indeed
Verdande: Might help their cause in some way
Dagget: but now the question is, what do we do?
Nulion: We watch her. Close.
Markonen: smiles coldly.
Dagget: we need to help her
Verdande: We should find her parent
Hyperion5182: My first thought was an EMP generator could take out the nanobots
Dagget: and also track who did this
Markonen: How many shades are there?
Nulion: Dagget, I want nothing more than to get into that Tempus lair and tear it apart till I find some real and solid answers from them...
Dagget: Markonen just came from the Shadowlands where he was unsuccessful in locating her parents
Dagget: we are not sure
Markonen: No one has seen or heard from them.
Verdande: Very strange
Markonen: I could apply Omni logic to the situation.
Markonen: smiles
Markonen: Kill em all
Dagget: which leads to where?
Dagget: oh
Nulion: Omni logic? *chuckles*
Hyperion5182: Might not be a bad idea in this case
Dagget: well, the Tempus Coma shades seem to be separate from the bulk of the population
Verdande: It seems like her parents are involved, somehow
Dagget: they know something, for sure
Hyperion5182: Yeah
Markonen: True. That is why I dont like Omni Logic.
Dagget: they seem to be hiding her from someone
Verdande: It's too much of a coincident that they are missing
Hyperion5182: shakes his head I dont like it at all....
Markonen: How hard is it to get to where they were?
Verdande: Do the omni have any interest in her?
Dagget: easy
Markonen: This Penumbra place?
Dagget: 2 whom-pah hops
Dagget: the parents were in Adonis
Dagget: the shades were in Wine
Dagget: what is in Penumbra?
Markonen: Ahh Sorry. I dont go there as a rule. So I confuse the places in the shadowlands.
Markonen: I mean Adonis, Dagget
Dagget: you need special rings from Ergo to get there
Verdande: And a helmet
Dagget: for Metawater
Markonen: That pesky droid?
Dagget: yes, that droid
Dagget: the floating head
Markonen: Why we havent des... Nevermind..
Verdande: smiles
Markonen: So that rules out that tactic.
Hyperion5182: At least for the 2 of us
Dagget: yes, she cannot enter there
Markonen: I know one thing.
Hyperion5182: I say we get a demo team and blow the entrance to that base in Wine
Markonen: Once this is over I intend to have a long chat with her parents about responsibility.
Dagget: we need to find out the whole story
Markonen: Agreed.
Verdande: Pardon me for repeating myself, but does anyone know if the omni are interested in her?
Hyperion5182: nods
Dagget: it looks bad for them but perhaps there is an explanation
Hyperion5182: To my knowledge no
Nulion: I don't think Omni has any interest in her, no
Verdande: Good
Markonen: To the best of my knowledge we are not... I mean.. They .. Dammit. No
Markonen: shakes his head.
Verdande: looks down
Markonen: I am sorry. I am still trying to get used to the idea that I am a clan member now.
Dagget: Hmmm...we need to attack the problem, I think, on three fronts
Verdande: I believe I speak for us all when I say that we understand
Dagget: 1) keep Salliesue well
Dagget: 2) locate Tempus Coma
Dagget: 3) locate her parents
Meldrek: hi
Nulion: Hello there Meldrek
Verdande: Hello, Meldrek
Dagget: the three points to the triangle
Hyperion5182: This is a surprise of sorts
Markonen: Four. Kill the people who are trying to hurt her.
Dagget: Meldrek, we think we have a theory
Verdande: Let's just remember to get some answers from them first
Markonen: smiles coldly.
Nulion: I'm all for number 4, Markonen..*smiles a bit*
Meldrek: oh. may I hear it ?
Dagget: Salliesue's bruises all appear where shades develop their tattoos
Markonen: Of course. I am an expert at getting answers.
Verdande: I tend to believe you
Dagget: she may be the result of an insidious experiment to create a half-breed
Verdande: What will the the outcome of it be?
Meldrek: listens
Verdande: Or, for what purpose?
Markonen: Good Day Meldrek. You said you may have an idea as well?
Dagget: we are trying to determine the role Tempus Coma and her parents play in this
Meldrek: good day, Markonen.
Meldrek: Yeah, I have a theory too... but really twisted...
Verdande: Let me just say that if what you say might be true, are we then sure her parents are her parents?
Dagget: no
Hyperion5182: We enforcers arent that bad at getting answers either
Hyperion5182: has a somewhat evil grin
Markonen: You best believe I will be sure of it before I give her back to them.
You feel the core of your being shift, as the source makes room for a divine presence. 'Yarana' has reached enlightenment.
Verdande: And if they are not, then what?
Markonen: I..
Markonen: blushes
Markonen: I keep her?
Meldrek: your theory is interesting.
Meldrek: really.
Verdande: looks at Markonen
Dagget: it occured to Markonen after he noticed some shades in the Shadowlands
Markonen: smiles embarrassed.
Verdande: Well done
Verdande: I must say that in the worst case, if they are not, Markonen seems to be a good candidate
Verdande: His actions taken into consideration
Dagget: but for Salliesue, who do we take her to for treatment? or do we do anything?
Markonen: I .. I may not be the best choice but it is an option.. If no one more suited can be found.
Dagget: she may be destined to go through a painful transformation
Dagget: we need to know more
Markonen: Dagget I know next to nothing of shades.
Meldrek: so, you think that her dreams are not... dreams but reality ?
Hyperion5182: Excuse me a second
Markonen: Do any of you know one?
Nulion: I don't know any personally...
Hyperion5182: i do
Dagget: not any experienced ones...Nulion?
Hyperion5182: not tempus coma but i know a shade
Verdande: Who has experience in this kind of thing?
Dagget: we need an experienced shade
Nulion: I've seen shades and fought alongside them...but don't especially know them.
Markonen: Hmm..
Dagget: we can ask on the channel
Hyperion5182: Hmmm
Hyperion5182: Nightmourne!
Verdande: The idea seems bizarre and new to me, a half-breed
Meldrek: what i'd like to know is if Salliesue can feel all shades or just Tempus Coma ones.
Markonen: I dont know Meldrek.
Meldrek: hmm
Meldrek: we should try to bring a shade here then.
Dagget: Nightmourne may be who we can talk to
Markonen: I will be back shortly. I must go unpack my gear and clean up. It was not pleasant to wear my armour for 48 straight hours.
Markonen: I apologize for the abrupt departure.
Verdande: That I can understand
Meldrek: I don't feel confortable with these ... experiments... on Sarah but it might help us.
Meldrek: nods
Nulion: It's alright Markonen...best to be prepared...
Verdande: Is there anything you need, Markonen?
Dagget: we will also see about getting you better armor
Hyperion5182: actually
Dagget: perhaps some storm carbonum
Hyperion5182: I came across something
Markonen: If a shade is brought here they must be cleared. I will not have an enemy knowing her whereabouts.
Dagget: yes
Verdande: Hear, hear
Meldrek: true
Verdande: Do tell
Markonen: I will return as soon as I can.
Hyperion5182: markonen
Nulion: Sure...
Verdande: Markonen
Meldrek: Hi Keldros
Keldros: Hi
Hyperion5182: An engi should be able to make that into a suitable chestplate
Markonen: Excellent.
Markonen: I will have a look at it when I put away my gear.
Hyperion5182: a left over piece from a smuggler run
Markonen: smiles
Verdande: Hello, Keldros
Markonen: I will return as soon as I am cleaned up.
Keldros: Hi
Dagget: very well
Hyperion5182: nods
Dagget: we will try to located a wise shade
Meldrek: see you later Markonen.
Meldrek: smiles
Verdande: Later
Markonen: I shall be back soon.
Meldrek: we have a couple of trustworthy shades in Shattered Dreams.
Hyperion5182: I hope Mark can put that Mantis abdomen to good use
Verdande: What was your theory, Meldrek?
Dagget: Nightmourne may be good
Dagget: ok, I got errands to run but will be on the lookout for Markonen's return
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Continued...
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May 21st, 2005, 19:26:12
#2
Clan Representative
Continued from previous
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[later...]
Dagget: Hello
Dagget: all cleaned up?
Markonen: Hello. Sorry for the delay. Had to put out a fire in my kitchen.
Meldrek: Hi there
Dagget: by the way, I found you some nice Storm Carbonum armor...
Dagget: better that the kirch kevlar
Markonen: smiles and looks at the armour.
Dagget: though it does have a rather 'clan' flavor to it
Markonen: smiles
Meldrek: hey nice.
Markonen: I like.
Markonen: Cooking is not one of my strong skills.
Markonen: chuckles
Markonen: Did you manage to find a shade?
Dagget: so would you like to see the place in Wine that the Tempus Coma was seen?
Meldrek: well, a non Tempus one yes.
Markonen: That would be fine. Perhaps it has changed.
Meldrek: it changed indeed.
Markonen: Oh?
Dagget: Meldrek, who did you find?
Dagget: I was just there, it is still inaccessible
Meldrek: the "door" is not locked anymore but still inaccessible true.
Meldrek: it changed.
Markonen: Hmm..
Meldrek: it was locked before.
Dagget: shall we go look?
Meldrek: the shades I know are Shattered Dreams members.
Dagget: it is two whom-pahs away
Markonen: Sure. Lets take a look.
Dagget: can you bring any of them?
Dagget: ok, off to Wine
Meldrek: i'm gonna ask sure.
Dagget: maybe best Markonen talk to the shades away from here
Meldrek: hmmm no shades available at the moment unfortunately.
Nulion: greets Dagget
Meldrek: hey
Dagget: hello
Nulion: And hey there Dagget..
Dagget: ready Markonen?
[Wine]
Dagget: just a short walk to the cliff and door
Msdeni: just keys
Meldrek: hi there
Nulion: Hello again Markonen
Markonen: Sorry. Had a comm mesage I had to deal with.
Dagget: there it is
Markonen: Grrr...
Dagget: when we got in, there were fires here
Nulion: I just broke my lockpick trying to get this damn thing opened...
Meldrek: yeah, I broke mine too...
Markonen: frowns.
Dagget: what I fear is that it will only open for Salliesue
Dagget: and no wasy we are bringing her here
Markonen: Not gonna happen.
Nutmeg: gulps
Markonen: If they want her they can come and get her.
Dagget: but the shades are hiding behind it
Markonen: And I will be waiting.
Dagget: that may be a better strategy
Meldrek: and this is actually a portal to the shadowlands.
Nutmeg: James, Someone mentioned that you think her bruises are shaped like Shade Tattoos?
Dagget: yes, wehn we were in there we had to sue SL heal kits
Markonen: Yes. I do.
Female: hiya
Dagget: Hello
Nutmeg: Do you know... Um... Do you know where the shades come from?
Markonen: Maam.
Dagget: we are showing the sergeant where the Tempus Coma Shades seem to be hiding
Markonen: Tempus Coma.. More like Perma Cowards.
Markonen: Hide behind a door and pick on children.
Nutmeg: grins
Markonen: scowls
Meldrek: grins
Dagget: perhaps, but they are causing problems
Nutmeg: Is that door moving today?
Dagget: well, since we still cannot get in, perhaps we should plan for keeping them away from Salliesue
Meldrek: I think I tried everything to enter inside...
Dagget: yes, it is
Markonen: It is opening but nothing is happening.
Female: hmm what's the door for?
Meldrek: actually.. maybe the spiritual link connecting the Shadowlands to Rubi-Ka is not present.
Dagget: we encounters 'something' behind it the other day
Markonen: That is something we are still trying to figure out maam.
Female: ah kk
Dagget: nuked us all to 1 hp several times
Dagget: and asked us to ask questions
Female: ah
Markonen: I have questions as well.
Dagget: it let us ask two questions last time
Dagget: then we had to leave
Markonen: I see.
Meldrek: Nutmeg, what do you think as a meta-physicist ?
Female: pokes the door with a stick
Dagget: if anyone sees fires here, they need to alert everyone else
Dagget: for that is when we were last able to enter
Nutmeg: Meldrek.. I think the link between the shades and Salliesue may be similar to the link between me, and my Compassion.
Female: fire?
Nutmeg: But, perhaps, I'm biased. I'm just used to thinking this way.
Dagget: we should try and locate Salliesue
Dagget: shall we return to Tir?
Meldrek: and the link between this door and the shadowlands, so you think it may be possible to create one ?
Markonen: She may still be in bed. She was rather ill.
Meldrek: *do you think
Dagget: ok
Nutmeg: nods
Nutmeg: But, I am reluctant to mess with it.
Meldrek: nods
Dagget: the voice in there said she was a key
Dagget: but we will not bring a small child here
Meldrek: all doors have keys... all doors are breakable too...
Nutmeg: concentrates very hard
Dagget: Markonen is looking around
Dagget: anything unusual?
Markonen: Worthless.... they have seen nothing.
Female: ah
Nutmeg: Bugs? Where?
Markonen: No. It is doubtful the cowards will come out and.. play..
Meldrek: unless the proper "ritual" is done.
Dagget: we need to consult with an experienced shade
Dagget: one we can trust
Markonen: Consult? As in a friendly discussion?
Markonen: smiles
Dagget: about Salliesue
Markonen: Ahh.
Female: well gl all with the door
Nutmeg: Trust, Shade.. an oximoron, I think
Meldrek: not a TC one of course.
Dagget: they might have insights on how tattos are formed
Markonen: Let us go back to Tir.
Dagget: yes
Markonen: See if Sallie is awake.
Fuze: My apologies for intrusion. Did not know this was such an undertaking.
Dagget: hello Chrisax
Cergorn: thankyou
Dagget: she does not appear tyo be up
Markonen: Grrr...
Nutmeg: James.. Do you know the name of anyone at the bio-engineering labs?
Dagget: you may want to check on her but we can be ready at your call
Dagget: you think omni experimented on her?
Markonen: No Meg. I dont. I stayed away from there as my security clearance wasnt that high.
Nutmeg: I was wondering if there was someone we could talk with about the source of these shades.
Markonen: Dagget I hope not.
Meldrek: hmm...
Dagget: wel, I have more chores to do but will be monitoring the channel
Nutmeg: Do you think they were manufactured, or ethereal?
Markonen: I am going to go check on Sally. I will update you all if anything occurs.
Dagget: and will be here promptly if Salliesue gets up
[some hours later...]
[Tir]
Nulion: He's always so worried..
Dagget: Hello
Markonen: You missed the fun.
Dagget: you guys got in and out ok?
Dagget: find anything or anyone useful?
Markonen: Had a nice relaxing stroll through Omni 1
Markonen: smiles
Nulion: chuckles
Nulion: It...involved a little gunfire
Dagget: nothing relaxing about that when you are clan
Markonen: I know their weaknesses so it is a bit simpler for me.
Markonen: However..
Dagget: so you accomplish anything other than irritate them?
Markonen: Down to details.
Markonen: Yes. Her parents are known to Omni.
Dagget: Hmmm
Markonen: I could not access the files though.
Dagget: they are clan though
Nulion: Yeah...very secure...
Markonen: My informant wasnt in so I had to use his computer myself.
Markonen: Had to break a few of his pets though.
Markonen: He will get over it
Dagget: well, Omni-Tek keeps files on a lot of people, whether they have a particular interest in them or not
Markonen: Sallie is not in *any* omni database I could find.
Markonen: If they ever touched her it was so secret not even her name was used.
Dagget: so she is rogue to them or kept in hi-security database
Nulion: looks a bit fatigued
Markonen: Also.. Omni does have files on Tempus Coma.
Dagget: anything useful?
Markonen: They are Director eyes only clearance.
Dagget: Hmmm
Markonen: It would take a bomb to blow the securty off of them.
Nulion: It has to be something big...
Markonen: Oh. And get this.
Dagget: well, we either need to dig more somewhere or lure them out in the open
Markonen: Remember my little art thieves?
Dagget: yes
Markonen: smiles
Markonen: They hit a guy locally. Seems they moved on from Omni after the ross attempt.
Dagget: here in Tir?
Nulion: It was OA..
Markonen: Yea. Old Athens.
Dagget: not as good pickings out here
Dagget: must be hot in Omni-1 and Rome
Markonen: I think I am going to look him up.
Dagget: ok
Dagget: need a guide along?
Markonen: Only downside of the whole night was I had to kill an omni let.
Markonen: LT. I mean.
Dagget: they have reclaim
Dagget: he'll get over it
Markonen: Exactly. If they didnt I would not have fired.
Nulion: Doesn't make death any less painful...
Markonen: And for some odd reason a citizen fired at me and when I shot back she ran..
Nulion: I'm sorry you had to shoot, Markonen. I know how little you enjoy it.
Markonen: I dont enjoy killing those doing their jobs.
Dagget: well, hopefully no need to go there again
Markonen: That unicorn though... Him I would have enjoyed.
Markonen: smiles
Nulion: smiles
Nulion: Are they hated even within Omni-Pol?
Markonen: Yes.
Markonen: They arent wanted or needed.
Nulion: *nods* They're pretty excessive...
Markonen: And they do nothing to solve the problems we have.
Dagget: well, they do keep clanners out of there
Markonen: looks at Nulion.
Nulion: Probably give a whole load of bull about jurisdiction..
Markonen: Umm.. They dont do a good job of it.
Markonen: laughs.
Dagget: heh
Nulion: smiles
Dagget: ok, so you feel rested enough to go to Old Athens now or save that for another day?
Markonen: I think I am going to call it a night and think over what I have discovered.
Dagget: ok
Nulion: Sure...
Dagget: and we will keep an eye out for Salliesue
Dagget: she may simply be sleeping
Nulion: I...hope she's alright.
Markonen: I tend to be a bit more methodical in this attempt to find out who the thieves are.
Markonen: I am going to stay with her tonight. If there is trouble I will call out.
Dagget: ok, see you tomorrow then
Nulion: Markonen, if you ever need to go back to Entertainment to contact that guy, I'll go with you again.
Nulion: I'm extremely curious to see what he can do.
Markonen: Thanks Nulion. Matherson is a pretty handy guy. If you overlook his peculiar activities.
Nulion: smiles
Dagget: Omni-1 may know the parents but their names are not in public databes any more
Markonen: No they are not. They are in restriced access.
Nulion: Not public...but there has to be something going on for their names to be restricted access.
Markonen: I will try to find out more tommorrow.
Dagget: ok, good night then
Markonen: Good Night Dagget.. Nulion..
Nulion: Goodnight Markonen *smiles*
Nulion: Well...that was a letdown.
Dagget: wonder if anyone else willpop up tonight
Nulion: You never know..
Dagget: we are making some progress
Nulion: This guy might be able to give us the info we need. Bit of a crackpot, he had machines all over, guarding his place.
Dagget: ok, I'm off to do some chores but watching the listing for ppl
Nulion: smiles
Nulion: Take care, Dagget
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