From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 2 13:04:11 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA21667 for sonic-ll; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:47:09 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA21662 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:47:07 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id MAA22070; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:42:26 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:42:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Re: My Bunnie/Tails Picture (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message. If you would like to reply to its author directly, please be sure your message is addressed to quozl@netcom.com. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 23:15:32 -0700 (PDT) From: D.M. Quozl Falk To: sonic@bort.mv.net Cc: "D.M. Quozl Falk" Subject: Re: My Bunnie/Tails Picture > > HI. My name is John Bintz. I've been reading the messages > here for about two weeks, and in that time, I have > completed a really nice pic of Bunnie and Tails that > I've put on the rat.org server (actually, Dave Pistone > did it for me. It's on his pics_fan page). Any > comments are welcome, as long as they are nice. > Thank you. > > P.S.:More are coming... > > P.P.S:It's in sonic/drawn/ and called bhug.gif. I've sen it, and thank you for posting a new Bunnie pic! :) For those who haven't seen it, get it- It's Bunnie & Tails drawn in anime style, and it's definitely worth an "awwwwww"... :) ....Quozl! -- Presidential Candidate for the Third Millenium! Quozl for Prez in 2000! Dennis M. Falk, aka "Quozl Mephit" : 221 Huntoon St. Eureka, CA 95501-4115 USA Writer, Furry fan, Cartoon fan, Music lover : "A Novel Experience!" Skunks, skunks, skunks! : Tiny Toons forever! : Snapple me! From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 2 13:18:52 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA21660 for sonic-ll; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:45:58 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA21655 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:45:56 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id MAA22026; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:41:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:41:14 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Re: How rabbot is Bunnie? (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message. If you would like to reply to its author directly, please be sure your message is addressed to quozl@netcom.com. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 22:46:09 -0700 (PDT) From: D.M. Quozl Falk To: sonic@sard.mv.net Cc: "D.M. Quozl Falk" Subject: Re: How rabbot is Bunnie? > > I seem to remember while gophering the usenet that somepne poineted > out something I've also noticed.. To wit-- > In the SatSonic, Bunnie Rabbot has a robot arm and legs, but her... > um... "naughty bits", in Pythonesque terms, are apparently flesh (she > wears a leotard to cover those as well). But in the comic, Bunnie is > apparently robot from teh waist down. > There goes one more piece of continuity, crashing down in flames... *Grin!* "brobbot.gif" by Doug Winger... :) Well, in answer to your question, Bunnie appears to be a DiC-created character (correct me if I'm wrong, fellas), and I would say the SatAM StH version of Bunnie is more correct... ....Quozl! -- Presidential Candidate for the Third Millenium! Quozl for Prez in 2000! Dennis M. Falk, aka "Quozl Mephit" : 221 Huntoon St. Eureka, CA 95501-4115 USA Writer, Furry fan, Cartoon fan, Music lover : "A Novel Experience!" Skunks, skunks, skunks! : Tiny Toons forever! : Snapple me! From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 2 13:19:42 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA21698 for sonic-ll; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:50:05 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA21693 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:50:03 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id MAA22277; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:45:21 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:45:21 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Re: Bunnie-isms.... :) (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message. If you would like to reply to its author directly, please be sure your message is addressed to quozl@netcom.com. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 23:37:35 -0700 (PDT) From: D.M. Quozl Falk To: sonic@sard.mv.net Cc: "D.M. Quozl Falk" Subject: Re: Bunnie-isms.... :) (fwd) > > On Mon, 4 Sep 1995, MR THADDEUS R BOYD wrote: > > > >Bunnie is the only cybernetic creature I *like*... :) > > > > HEY! I resent that! What, perchance, do you have against me and HX, not > > to mention Kumba, ANT 100, etc.! (If you don't know what I'm talking > > about, which is an equally heinous crime, you must read Jaded Views...all > > the aforementioned characters, with the exception of Kumba, appear therein.) > > > > Well, If I know Quozl as well as I think, I'd say that anser to that > would be...there's one difference between you the above mentioned > characters and Bunnie...she's female, and she has one hell of a sexy > figure (despite her robotic limbs (or perhaps because of them )) Right on the nose.. :) And actually, if you recall her de-roboticised form in "Sonic Conversions" (SatAM StH, Season 2), she still had her sexy figure, so I'd say "despite" above... :) I admire her, not only for her sexiness (which she radiates so well! ;) ), but because she is so bright and positive under the strain of adversity- She does not let her roboticisation get her down or impede on herf sensuality.... :) Just what a chronic depressive needs for a role model.... :) ....Quozl! -- Presidential Candidate for the Third Millenium! Quozl for Prez in 2000! Dennis M. Falk, aka "Quozl Mephit" : 221 Huntoon St. Eureka, CA 95501-4115 USA Writer, Furry fan, Cartoon fan, Music lover : "A Novel Experience!" Skunks, skunks, skunks! : Tiny Toons forever! : Snapple me! From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 2 13:26:13 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA21687 for sonic-ll; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:48:46 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA21682 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:48:44 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id MAA22178; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:44:03 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:44:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Re: Sonic Icons and Archie's Sonic 29 (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message. If you would like to reply to its author directly, please be sure your message is addressed to quozl@netcom.com. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 23:26:21 -0700 (PDT) From: D.M. Quozl Falk To: sonic@bort.mv.net Cc: "D.M. Quozl Falk" Subject: Re: Sonic Icons and Archie's Sonic 29 > > Sonic Icons: > > A while back someone had posted small binhex'ed files called > KNUKICON.ICO > SONICON.ICO > TAILICON.ICO > I forgot who posted them (I deleted the original file after doing BINHEX > conversions). I was wondering how I go about viewing or installing these. > Also.. are these Windows icons or Mac icons? (I can't figure out how to > get them to work on the Mac.. and I've never seen BINHEX used for IBM files > before. If this hAsn't been answered yet, I will: they're Windosw icons... If anyone's interested, and they haven't been GIFfed yet, I could see about uploading the GIFs to the FTP site... :) > Archie Sonic 29: > > There's been a bit of discussion (here and on alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog) > about this comic. Despite the fact that I didn't like her annoying voice > on the Sat AM cartoon, I'm glad to see she's finally made it to the comics. You're referring to Dulcy... :) Actually, I *liked* Cree Summer-Franck's use of her Elmyra (Tiny Toons) voice for Dulcy, as it had added to the comic flavour whenever she crashed... :) I'm *reallly* happy to see her back, too! :) (And what an intro! :) ) > I'm however disappointed with how Roboticized-Sally was drawn. I was > expecting her to look either like the Sat-AM version of Roboticized-Sally > (as seen in Sonic's Nightmare) or like the cover drawing. I thought it was fair, but that's all... > I like Quozl's suggestion for keeping Fiona the Robot Fox (was that her > name? I'm suddently not sure). She'd be an interesting addition to the > freedom fighters. Thank you... :) Any more Fiona fans? ;) > Else: > > I think I finally came up with an idea for a Sonic the Hedgehog story! > Now if I can ever find the time to write the whole thing. Right now its > just a sketchy outline of a plot. My suggestion as a writer: just do it... :) Stalling only increases the chance that it *won't* get written at all.. > Archie's explanation for Tail's age changing was pretty contrived and > really stretching it :) How about this for an alternate explanation: I felt *all* the explanations stunk in this month's lettercol... Oh, well... ....Quozl! -- Presidential Candidate for the Third Millenium! Quozl for Prez in 2000! Dennis M. Falk, aka "Quozl Mephit" : 221 Huntoon St. Eureka, CA 95501-4115 USA Writer, Furry fan, Cartoon fan, Music lover : "A Novel Experience!" Skunks, skunks, skunks! : Tiny Toons forever! : Snapple me! From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 2 14:18:53 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id OAA21963 for sonic-ll; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 14:01:51 -0400 Received: from Starbase.NeoSoft.COM by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id OAA21958 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 14:01:48 -0400 Received: (from shawnl@localhost) by Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (8.6.10/8.6.10) id NAA14042; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 13:02:17 -0500 X-Provider: NeoSoft, Inc.: Internet Service Provider (713) 968-5800 Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 13:02:17 -0500 (CDT) From: Mouse To: Sonic List Subject: New picture on RAT.ORG Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Since it seems to be customary for people to post about new pictures, I've put one under rat.org:/pub/sonic/images/drawn/rotor-sl.jpg This is one of Rotor as a kid; something I plan to do all the Sonic characters as like they appeared in the Blast to the Past episodes. Yes, Bunnie is halfway done, but had to be delayed for a couple other projects at the moment. Sorry Quozl. ;) Look for more of the "Sonic Kids series" in the future. [As Rat pointed out, will Tails look like a fetus? :) Maybe not THAT young, but I'm not sure how you'd get two tails through a diaper either. ;)] From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 2 19:33:02 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id TAA22625 for sonic-ll; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 19:25:51 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id TAA22620 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 19:25:49 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id TAA03535; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 19:21:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 19:21:09 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Announcement (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message. If you would like to reply to its author directly, please be sure your reply is addressed to vboao0f2@louie.csun.edu. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 15:35:17 -0600 (MDT) From: Sonic the Hedgehog To: SonicMail Subject: Announcement >From Sonic The Hedgehog, In response to the enormous need for more pictures on the site, I recently moved all of my archives over to an more accessible site, since the space in my account doesn't permit for overwhelming collections of pictures. I will post the address once the archives have been put in order and accounted for. And coming up, MORE specially drawn pics of Tails coming up! All of you Miles "Tails" Prower fans will be able to enjoy more of my tails drawings once I get the time to scan them in and put them up on rat.org. Are there any more requests for pictures -- I can draw very well and I recently put up my homepage (new one is now at http://www.grcom.com/sonic4) Enjoy the way past cool artwork there. Its way past cooler than the other homepage. :^) You be the judges, fellow fans. Sonic The Hedgehog World's Largest Sonic Art Archives (45MB+ of Sonic artwork and building) Bryant A. Melesko (Owner/Curator) Ftp site name coming soon to you! Email me at vboao0f2@huey.csun.edu for more info. From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 3 07:37:51 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id HAA24200 for sonic-ll; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:29:49 -0400 Received: from quack.kfu.com by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id HAA24195 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:29:46 -0400 Received: (from vision@localhost) by quack.kfu.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id EAA24958; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 04:31:19 -0700 Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 04:31:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Pat Carson To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: STORY: Seeing Stars (0/4) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Well, after a few months of putting it off, I finally completed it. This is my first attempt at fanfic, and I hope it goes over well. The story is called "Seeing Stars", and it basically involves an alien being who helps the Freedom Fighters take something away from Robotnik that doesn't belong to him. Enjoy! /---------> ##### ##### ##### # <---------------------------------------\ |Peace, -> # # # # # <- Vision (Pat Carson in RealLife(TM)) | | Love, -> ##### ### # # <- vision@quack.kfu.com | | and -> # # # <- /-----------------------------------\| \---------> # ##### ##### # <--| Nakedness is a concept created by |/ | Humans with fur envy :) | \-----------------------------------/ From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 3 07:48:47 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id HAA24235 for sonic-ll; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:33:55 -0400 Received: from quack.kfu.com by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id HAA24230 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:33:52 -0400 Received: (from vision@localhost) by quack.kfu.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id EAA25001; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 04:35:25 -0700 Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 04:35:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Pat Carson To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: STORY: Seeing Stars (4/4) (Epilogue) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net The group arrived back at Knothole amid cheers for the success of the mission. Vision had changed back into a fox earlier, to avoid startling too many others in Knothole, and was mingling with the crowd quite well. Sonic was, of course, aggrandizing his role in the mission for everyone. Antoine was, of course, exaggerating his role. Tails excitedly shared what he experienced with anyone and everyone. This went on for about an hour, before everything went back to normal. Vision, Sonic, Sally, and Bunnie were sitting by a tree stump, after the crowd died down. "It's too bad we can't get help like you provided us on our mission everyday, Vision.." said Sally. "Yeah, " added Sonic, "Though I guess I do understand that Third Rule of yours, at least a little, it's still too bad we can't get your help anymore..." Vision just grinned... "Well, yanno... I have a feeling we might be help out a little bit here and there in the future.. Bunnie, you still got that 'toy' I gave you earlier?" Bunnie blinked. "Toy? Oh yeah, I fergot I was carryin' this around still... " She handed the large rifle back to Vision. Vision chuckled. He examined the rifle a bit, then opened up the handle and pulled out what looked like the power source. "A Harani micro-fusion battery. The Harani don't give out their tech to just anyone, and they most certainly wouldn't give it to the likes of Crazy Ivo. This, and what Blue Boy here told me on the way to Robotropolis, proves that Ivo's been getting offworld help. That should let us offer a little help from time to time, though not on as major a scale as I did today. That directly involved us." Sally nodded. "I understand. Any help we get is good for us, and well appreciated." Vision smiled. "Why, thank you." He then yawned a bit, and got up. "I must leave now, however, since today has made my body desire a nice warm bath back at Haven." The others chuckled, then gave their farewells. "Stay cool, Vis!" "Hope to see y'all soon!" "Goodbye, and thanks again." Vision smiled. "Farewell everyone. Perhaps you'll see more of us in the future. As for me, you can count on it." With that, he snapped his fingers. A streak of bright green energy formed at the top of his head and spiraled down his body, leaving behind a faint blue afterimage of him, which faded away. Then he was gone. The others blinked, then Sally giggled. "I suppose we should expect the unexpected from him from now on." Bunnie giggled as well. "Yeah, he sure is a strange one, but his heart's in the right place. Ah wouldn't mind seein' him again." Sonic smirked, leaning against the stump. "Yeah, he's cool. Always knew he was cool." Sally raised an eyebrow. "Oh, you did, did you?" "Yeah, I knew he was cool from the moment I laid eyes on him. Had cool written all over him, right from the start," said Sonic, closing his eyes and smirking even more. Bunnie stifled a giggle, and Sally rolled her eyes upward. "Uh-huh..." Sonic was obviously on a roll now. "Of course, ya do realize that he wasn't as cool as me. _Nooo_one's_ as cool as your's truly..." Sally and Bunnie got up and silently walked off as Sonic continued. "Yup, me, I'm Way Past Cool. I'm the coolest thing to hit Mobius since the Ice Age. I'm... Hey??" He noticed that he was alone, and that Sally and Bunnie were heading elsewhere in Knothole. He darted after them yelling, "Hey guys, wait up! Hey! C'mon, what gives...?" E N D This story (C) 1995 Pat Carson Jr. May be distributed freely, provided it is not altered without permission from the author. Sonic the Hedgehog, and characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog storyline contained within are (C) 1995 SEGA of America. Packbell (C) 1995 David Pistone. /---------> ##### ##### ##### # <---------------------------------------\ |Peace, -> # # # # # <- Vision (Pat Carson in RealLife(TM)) | | Love, -> ##### ### # # <- vision@quack.kfu.com | | and -> # # # <- /-----------------------------------\| \---------> # ##### ##### # <--| Nakedness is a concept created by |/ | Humans with fur envy :) | \-----------------------------------/ From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 3 08:03:53 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id HAA24211 for sonic-ll; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:31:16 -0400 Received: from quack.kfu.com by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id HAA24206 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:31:11 -0400 Received: (from vision@localhost) by quack.kfu.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id EAA24974; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 04:32:44 -0700 Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 04:32:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Pat Carson To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: STORY: Seeing Stars (1/4) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net SEEING STARS Author: Pat Carson Jr. * * * At the Keld'yrian base known as Haven, hidden somewhere on Mobius, the halls were quiet... Or they would seem so to those who couldn't hear thoughts... (Translated from Keldii) ** *.* ** ** ** ** ** *<...then you'd both be _dead_. As soon as Robotnik's patrol picked up the energy signature, the amount of robots he brought to the subbase would have easily overwhelmed you. Stop blaming yourself for this.>* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Vision just grinned and stood up from his chair. ** * * * In the great forest, at a waterfall in Knothole Village, Princess Sally was resting against a nearby log watching the clear water flow by, Nicole closed shut by her side. She liked this spot; It was a beautiful location, untouched by Robotnik's pollution and dreariness. It reminded her of what most of Mobius looked like before Robotnik staged his conquest of the planet. It was a nice place to relax and reminisce... She was startled out of her rest, however, by a sudden whooshing sound and rush of air. She quickly turned her head to see a familiar blue hedgehog standing beside her. "Yo, Sal! News flash from Uncle Chuck!" Sally caught her breath. "Sonic, you scared me... Can't you announce yourself without making others jump 10' feet?" "Aw, c'mon, Sal," Sonic replied with his familiar smirk. "You know me. I'm just too cool to not make an impression." Sally rolled her eyes upward. "Whatever, Sonic... What news did Charles have for us?" Sonic hopped up and sat on the log. "Robuttnik came across some abandoned base near the Great Unknown. Everything was trashed there except for this big, weird crystal, which he brought back to Robotropolis." "This wasn't a Freedom Fighter base, was it?" Sally asked. Sonic shook his head. "Nope. No one knows _who_ it belonged to. But they _do_ know that the crystal holds a way serious amount of power. Enough juice to light up Robotropolis for years." "Oh my gosh..." Sally gasped. "Sonic, he could also use something like that as a powerful weapon!" "Uh-uh," said Sonic, shaking his head again. "Ol' Robuttnik can't figure out how to draw the juice out of it. The fat man hasn't got a clue how to use it." Sally frowned. "That doesn't mean he won't know how to use it for long, Sonic..." Sonic smirked. "No problemo, Sal, we'll just have to take away his little crystal whatchamacallit before he..." *Ry'den Star.* "Yeah! Ridden star!" Sonic then blinked. "Heyyy... Who said that?" Sally got up, looking a bit alarmed. "Sonic... I don't think anyone _said_ that... It's almost as if it was..." *Thought to you?* Sally gasped, and Sonic jumped off the log, looking around quickly. "Awright, that's it! Who's there?!" A rustling sound from behind caught Sonic's attention, and he spun around to see a bush shaking a bit, then remaining still. "Ok, come outta that bush and show yourself!" *Can't do that, blue boy...* Sonic frowned annoyedly. "And just why not?!" *'Cause I _am_ the bush.* Sonic folded his arms, looking even more annoyed. "Yeah, right! And _I'm_ the queen of the prom!" *If you say so, your majesty...* What happened next completely shocked Sonic and Sally both. The bush glowed brightly, then almost seemed to melt, reshaping itself into something else rapidly. When the glow faded, it was no longer a bush, but a grinning red fox holding his hands behind his back. He had a tuft of hair over his forehead, and his back hair was tied into a short ponytail. He also wore an odd gold amulet around his neck. Sonic looked completely flabbergasted. "HUH?! What th'...?!" Sally looked equally as stunned. _No_ species could change shape like that... at least no species from Mobius. "Wh-Who _are_ you?" The fox smiled and walked forward a bit. "The name's Vision, Keld'yrian shapeshifter and Lord of PEZ, at yer service..." He said with a bow. "And _you_ two," He continued, rising back up and grinning, "are _just_ the Freedom Fighters I've been looking for..." Sally and Sonic blinked and looked at each other confusedly, then back at Vision. "For us??" they both said in unison. "Absoposilutely!" Vision replied, as he walked up to the log and leaned against it. He pointed at Sonic. "You're Sonic Hedgehog, leader of the Freedom Fighters, and the biggest thorn in Crazy Ivo's bloated side. We've enjoyed watching you." Sonic blinked again, then smirked. "See, Sal? Told ya I had a fan club." Sally rolled her eyes at that comment. Vision chuckled, then turned to Sally. "And you are Princess Sally Alicia, of the house of Acorn. I know you believe that titles are meaningless out here in the woods, but you are most certainly more qualified to lead this world than Crazy Ivo ever will be. And far better looking, in my humble opinion." With that, he kissed her hand cordially. Sally blushed at the compliment. "Oh.. Thank you..." "Ahem.." Sonic interrupted, folding his arms and tapping his foot. "How come you know so much about us, an' we know nothing about you? Like, what you are, what you're doing here, and why you where looking for _us_?!" Sally bristled a little at Sonic's callousness. "Sonic, please..." Vision, however, waved it off. "All perfectly good questions, my dear. To answer them, lemme spin ya a little yarn about us..." He then sat down, leaned his back against the log, and began... "I, and the thirty others of my kind here on Mobius, come from a world we call Keld'yr. Our people believe in the sanctity of Life and Freedom, and we like to make friends with other worlds that share that belief. "We noticed yer world about thirteen years ago, and listened in on yer transmissions for a few months, to get a small idea of what you were like. We became interested, so a small handful of us, including yours truly, quietly set ourselves up here, to observe you more closely, first by simply watching everyday events, then after about a year, we began to interact with you, using our ability to shapeshift to pose as one of yer kind. "We watched you for about a year, all through the tail end of the Great War and past. We watched the King, your father, Sally, bring an end to the war and order all the warbots dismantled. He wanted to bring about a new era of peace, where people are ruled by common sense and compassion, and most Mobians were ready to embrace that change. That was the main reason we finally decided to make a formal contact with Mobius, first with the King, then hopefully with all of you. "Sadly, tho, it was only three days after we that decision when Crazy Ivo had the unmitigated audacity to make his move towards conquering the planet. We were as surprised as everyone else was that this happened, and were lucky to get all of us back to Haven, our main base here..." Vision looked away, out in the distance, and sighed. "A lot of us made friends amongst you, only to see most of them get carted away to be roboticized..." Sonic interrupted. "Yeah, well, ya coulda' _helped_ us, ya know." Vision pre-empted another admonishment from Sally by changing shape again, to face the two, becoming an orange furred cat. "A lot of us would've, blue boy, were it not for our Third Law." Sonic blinked. "Third Law?" "The Third Law," Vision replied, raising his index finger, "which states: We shall not involve ourselves in the internal politics or conflicts of any world other than our own. We almost got into a very nasty war by doing just that, and vowed never to do it again." "Hmph." Sonic crossed his arms. "How conveeenient..." Sally glared at Sonic. "Sonic, stop it. It makes perfect sense for them to have such a law." She then turned back to Vision, ignoring a "yeah, right." from Sonic. "Please, continue." Vision smiled. "Thank you. Anywayyy... Soon after the takeover, we noticed the activity of small resistance groups scattered about Mobius. We decided to keep secretly observing, always adhering to The Third Law. "Recently, however, Crazy Ivo has made a small amount of our involvement necessary, by taking something that belongs to us." "You mean this 'Ry'den Star'?" Sally asked. "Vision nodded. "Ry'den Stars are the power source for our main base and sub-bases. They hold a lot of power within them, and are usually quite stable, tho you wouldn't want one of your power stones anywhere near one. Crazy Ivo somehow picked up the energy signature of the one at our sub-base near The Great Unknown, despite the fact that we had it cloaked, and stormed in. The two of us stationed there were lucky enough to self-destruct the rest of our equipment and get out, but now he's got it. Your fears of what will happen when he figures out how to use it are well founded, Sally.." Sally nodded and crossed her arms worriedly. "We can't let him keep this thing..." "Yeah.. this is major bad news." Sonic added. He then turned to Vision. "Hey, if you're so advanced, how come ya just can't take it away from Robuttnik?" "Well, lessee.." Vision replied. "We can't teleport it out. Trying to teleport a Ry'den Star is a _baaad_ idea. To send just one of us in there is just plain stupid, and if a group of us goes, that increases the chance of one of us getting caught, and if _that_ happens..." Sally interrupted. "Robotnik could become so powerful that we _all_ would be doomed..." "Precisely," said Vision. "We finally decided to send someone, namely myself, to warn you of the threat. I would also like to assist you in this endeavor. If possible, we'd like our Ry'den Star back with us. If not, I'll be responsible for seeing that it's destroyed." "Either way, it's out of Robotnik's hands..." Sally said thoughtfully. "Hmm... I think we could most definitely use your help." Sonic blinked, then shook his head. "Whoa! Time out!" he pulled Sally aside and said, "I don't trust this guy, Sal, or these Keld'yrians... He could be working for Robuttnik, or they all could be trying to take over Mobius for themselves!" Sally sighed, and said, "Sonic, that's absurd. He obviously knows where Knothole is. If he was on Robotnik's side, we wouldn't be standing here right now. And if the Keld'yrians wanted to invade and overtake Mobius, don't you think they would have done that thirteen years ago??" "But.." Sonic tried to get a word in, but Sally stopped him. "Sonic, he knows a lot more about that Ry'den Star Robotnik has, and he's confirmed my fears about how serious a threat this is. We _need_ his help." Sonic thought to himself, then grumbled. "Oh, alright, Sal... But I'm keepin' an eye on this guy!" "Whatever, Sonic.." Sally said, then walked back to the log. "Vision, we welcome any help you can give us." "Keul!" Vision said, hopping up. "We should have a team assembled ASAP. I don't think Crazy Ivo's gonna be in the dark about how to play with the toy he has for long." Sally nodded, and the three of them started towards Knothole's hub, Vision trailing behind the other two, occasionally commenting on how fascinating the foliage looked. "It's amazing..." Sally told Sonic, "That these Keld'yrians have been watching us for so long, and we had no idea that they even existed..." "Yeah, well..." Sonic replied, "I'm not sure I like..." "SONIC!!" Sonic was interrupted by a familiar two-tailed fox bounding up and hugging him. "Hey, Sonic! Hi, Aunt Sally!!" "Hey there, little bro'!" Sonic hugged tails back. "How's it goin'?" "Goin' Great, Sonic! I..." Tails then noticed Vision approaching and said, "Hey, who's... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" He immediately hid behind Sonic from the shapeshifter, trembling. Sally blinked at Tails' odd behavior, and Vision raised an eyebrow, saying, "Shyness?" Sonic glanced at Vision, then looked back down at Tails. "What's wrong, Tails??" Tails shakily pointed at the amulet Vision was wearing. "S-s-sonic! Th-that's the s-same medallion the Headless Gopher dropped where we were camping!!!" -- /---------> ##### ##### ##### # <---------------------------------------\ |Peace, -> # # # # # <- Vision (Pat Carson in RealLife(TM)) | | Love, -> ##### ### # # <- vision@quack.kfu.com | | and -> # # # <- /-----------------------------------\| \---------> # ##### ##### # <--| Nakedness is a concept created by |/ | Humans with fur envy :) | \-----------------------------------/ From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 3 08:05:57 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id HAA24218 for sonic-ll; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:31:52 -0400 Received: from quack.kfu.com by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id HAA24213 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:31:47 -0400 Received: (from vision@localhost) by quack.kfu.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id EAA24981; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 04:33:20 -0700 Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 04:33:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Pat Carson To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: STORY: Seeing Stars (2/4) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Sonic blinked, then eyed Vision's amulet. "Heyyy, you're right! I _knew_ I'd seen that somewhere..." He glared at Vision, furrowing his eyebrow. "So, what gives??" "Headless gopher, eh?" Vision chuckled. "That must've been Darius. He likes to use that illusion to scare people away from our subbase there." He knealt down and smiled at Tails. "You can relax, Tails, I'm no ghost. This amulet just carries the symbol of my homeworld, Keld'yr." Tails peeked out from behind Sonic, looking more confused than frightened now. "K-keld'yr? Homeworld?" Sonic hrm'd, then patted Tails' head. "Tell ya later, big guy. We've got business to take care of, and it's got Robuttnik written all over it!" With that, they made their way to the hub, formulating a plan and deciding who to send on the mission. Sally, Sonic, and Vision were most certainly going. Bunnie, because they could use her strength. Dulcy for an airborne escape. Sally was loathe to include Tails in the mission because of his youth, but Sonic and Vision convinced her that his natural tracking skills would be very helpful. And finally, Antoine, that decision coming after much protest from Sonic. Sally felt that he was good for something, and Vision noted that one more Freedom Fighter wouldn't hurt. Each of the Freedom Fighters were approached by Sally and Sonic, and told to accompany them to the war room to be briefed on the mission. The entire group met at the door, which Sally opened for them. They all entered to see Sonic waiting for them. "Hey, guys!" "Hey there, Sugarhog!" Bunnie replied, then paused, looking back to see the "Sonic" that came with the group walk in and up to the head of the long table. "Huh?? What in blazes...?" Everyone else was just as confused by this oddity. "Oh, mon dieu!" Antoine said with obvious dismay. "There ahre being TWO Soneecs?!" "Oh, I wouldn't say that..." The "Sonic" at the table replied. He then glowed brightly and morphed into a tan-furred ferret with a ponytail and a gold amulet around his neck. This, of course, had produced a variety of gasps and astonished responses from most of the people in the room. "Whoa!" "Sacre' Bleu!!" "What th'" "Oh mah stars..." "Oh my.." Sonic chuckled, having been privy to this planned display. Even though he still didn't trust this alien, he could always appreciate a good prank. Sally rolled her eyes, chuckling at these antics. She walked up to Vision and introduced him. "Freedom Fighters, this is Vision. I'll let him speak, because what he has to say is _very_ important to this mission." "Thank you, M'lady, "Vision said as Sally took her place at the table. "If y'all will take a seat, I'll begin by explaining who, and _what_ I am..." * * * Meanwhile, at Robotropolis, Dr. Ivo Robotnik was sitting in his chair at Central Command, deep in thought and looking very unamused. "Snively..." he said, "My day isn't looking very bright right now... How is it that I can find such a wonderful energy storage crystal, yet not be able to use one _BIT_ of the energy stored within it???" Snively turned away from his instrument panel and said, nervously, "W-we've been having trouble with the power extraction equipment, S-sir... There seems to be a tremendous amount of phase..." "Well, then..." Robotnik interrupted, "Perhaps we should _fix_ the trouble..." his eyes glowed a brighter red. "...and _SOON_. Am I clear on this, Snively??" Snively gulped visibly. "Y-y-yes, S-sir... working on a routine I created right now, Sir.." "Good..." Robotnik replied, and went back to his brooding, something he seemed to do exceedingly well... "Lord Robotnik..." A familiar voice spoke, interrupting his brooding. Robotnik spun his chair around to see Commander Packbell standing before him, flanked by two SWATBots. "Ah, my beloved Packbell..." Robotnik said with a smile. "I take it that that group of rebels in your care have been processed?" "Yes, sir, they've been roboticized. Sir..." Packbell replied, "I feel it necessary for us to double security at the laboratory where our latest.. acquisition is located." "Hmm..." Robotnik mused. "Our current resources are somewhat short in that department, thanks to that annoying blue rodent and his friends... Are you sure this is necessary?" "Yes, sir..." said Packbell. "The potential that this crystal has would most certainly attract unwanted attention." "Perhaps..." Robotnik replied, "Though I doubt those miserable rodents will discover it until it's too late... Still, I admire your enthusiasm. Permission granted." "Thank you, sir. That is all," Packbell said, and turned around, leaving the room. "...You pathetic, bloated fool..." he thought to himself, "You've no idea what you're dealing with..." He doubted that the base they found the crystal in wasn't abandoned recently. He also knew that the crystal didn't originate from this world. He couldn't shake the feeling that its original owners would soon come calling, somehow... Robotnik resumed his brooding, only to be interrupted again. "Dr. Robotnik, sir! The latest results of our tests on the crystal have arrived! They look quite promising, Sir!" Robotnik raised an eyebrow. "On viewscreen, Snively..." He read the data that began to creep up the large screen in front of him, and an evil smile crept up on his face. "Very promising indeed... Yes, perhaps I _am_ having a good day, after all..." * * * Vision recounted what he told Sonic and Sally with the rest of the assembled group of Freedom Fighters, then helped them form an attack plan; The goal being to retrieve the Ry'den Star if possible, to destroy it otherwise. Vision would be the one to destroy it, knowing the safest method of rendering it unusable. After forming a solid plan, everyone waited until dark, then went outside to take off for Robotropolis. Dulcy looked at the group. "I'm not sure I can carry this many..." Sonic smirked and put on his backpack. "I can juice over there with Tails." Tails gleefully hopped into the backpack in response. Vision nodded and said, "And as for me..." He glowed and changed into a brown-furred bat. "I can provide my own transportation," he said with a grin. Sally blinked at Vision's transformation, noting that she wasn't going to get used to that for quite a while. "Well, that's settled. Let's move." With that, the group left for Robotropolis. Along the way, Tails was talking to Sonic. "Aw, c'mon, Sonic, Vision's kinda neat! A little weird, but neat." "I dunno, little bro'," Sonic mused, "I'm still not sure I trust him; this could be some sorta trap... I mean, Robuttnik's had aliens helping him before, and he..." "Oh, he has, has he?" Vision interrupted, flying in closer to the two. "Hmm... I've had my suspicions... This bears looking into. Tell me, you ever see any of these aliens?" Sonic blinked startledly, then nodded. "Yup. It was on that Spy Satellite that me n' Rotor took down. It was uuuug-LY! Looked like a big brown furred ball, with yellow eyes, and these slimy lookin' tenticle-like things coming out of it... It tried to wrap them around me, yuck!" Vision listened, musing, then made a face. "Bleah... Sounds like a Tenadian Alley Dweller.. Nasty suckers, they like to feed off the blood of sapients. They usually take _days_ to feed off someone. It prolly thought you looked pretty tasty, Blue Boy." He grinned. Sonic blinked at that, then shuddered, nearly tripping as he ran. "EEEEEEEEEEW!! YUCK!!! That thing TOUCHED me?!?! Ewwewweww!!!" Vision chuckled, and Sally shouted down, "Keep quiet down there, we're getting close..." The border of Robotropolis was in view as they made their way. * * * The inside of Robotropolis' buildings didn't look any more cheerful that the outsides did. Drab hallways, cold grey walls, and dark rooms were the rule, and this particular building on the outskirts of Robotropolis was no exception. In one of the air vents, however, the color scheme was changed slightly, as a bright orange glow began to form a large circle on one of it's walls. The circle completed itself, then a grey metallic arm punched out the metal within the circle. The metal was cooled by some device, and the head of a tiger popped through the newly formed hole and said in a raspy voice, "Heeeeeeeere's JOHNNY!!" The rest of Vision's body climbed through the hole, followed by Sonic, who's eyebrow was quirked as he said, "Weird, man, weird..." The rest of the group filed through the hole, and Sally pulled out Nicole. "Nicole, are there any records of this building in your database?" "Working, Sally..." Nicole replied in her ever calm voice. "No mention of this building exist in early Mobotropolian records." Sally frowned. "He must've recently built it. We're going to have to play it by ear..." She looked at Vision. "Where to now?" "Well, perhaps we should let Tails discern that." He handed Tails the datapad he had been using to track the Ry'den Star's energy pattern. Tails looked at the datapad confusedly... "I can't read all these weird looking letters..." Vision chuckled. "You don't need to, just follow that big arrow on there and your instincts and you'll do just fine. When that arrow starts turning red, you'll know we're getting close." Tails nodded and smiled. "Ok. I can understand that." Vision pulled out another datapad, seemingly out of nowhere. "And I'll be looking out for bots in the meantime. Shall we?" Sally nodded. "Lets. We haven't a moment to lose." And the group made their way through the vents, Tails leading the way. They made their way through the vents to a dim hallway. Assured that there were no SWATBots present, they made their way through. They passed a doorway, when Vision stopped them. "Guys, hold up a bit..." He zipped into the room stealthily as the others looked at each other in confusion. After a brief moment, he came back out. "A little toy I found. I'll explain later." Everyone shrugged and continued. They made a turn, following Tails, when Vision stopped them again. "Bots coming at 3 and 9 o'clock, guys. Move towards the wall and stay put." Everyone moved towards the nearest wall, then Vision began to change shape, forming a metallic-like box around them. Antoine almost screamed at this, but Sonic quickly slapped his hand over his mouth and whispered, "Cool your jets, Ant, or we're all toast!" Through a small hole Vision left, Sally could see two SWATBot patrols walk by from both directions, apparently mistaking Vision for some machine located in the hall. After a moment, Vision reformed back into a tiger. "Coast is clear, let's move." They continued on, with Antoine shakily saying "I would very much be liking a warning before yeu try and serrigate us like that again..." Sally rolled her eyes. "That's 'suffocate', Antoine, and he was disguising us from the SWATBots..." Antoine complained a bit more as they continued, not noticing a shielded camera observing them from a hole in one of the walls... * * * Robotnik was in the same building, in a large room, working on some form of device. Snively was there reading off data from a terminal, trying to ignore various taunts from Packbell, who was overseeing security. Robotnik rose from his device, removing his goggles. "There, that should do it... Now, if only I had a suitable subject to test this..." He was interrupted by a SWATBot. "PRIORITY ONE HEDGEHOG ALERT! FREEDOM FIGHTERS LOCATED IN HALLWAY 13F! PRIORITY ONE HEDGEHOG ALERT!" Packbell observed the monitors... "Six of them located, Lord Robotnik. One of them being the Hedgehog. It appears they're heading towards this room..." "Really? I was wondering if we'd see those annoying rodents traipsing through here... Hmmm..." An evil smile crept up on Robotnik's face. "Let them come, though not TOO easily... I have something to show them." He laughed as he made his way to a control panel. Packbell nodded, and ordered the SWATBots to comply. He then looked at the monitors again, and raised an eyebrow.. "Those datapads the fox and the tiger carry... The fox I've seen before, but the other one... Hrm..." * * * The Freedom Fighters continued on, dodging a few more SWATBot patrols. They entered another air duct, and soon came across a large room. Tails looked at the datapad he carried.. "I think it's in here, guys!" Vision nodded and checked his datapad... "Just four bots outside the door to this room... Think we should make our way in?" Sally looked out the vent, then nodded. They opened the vent and made their way into the room. The room was incredibly dark, with only a few small blinking lights providing any light. Everyone made their way around with some difficulty, and Sonic looked around, saying.. "Man... Someone should get the lights in here..." "Allow me, rodent..." A familiar and malevolent voice said... The room brightened, and a few metal boxes could be seen in the large room, as well as a good amount of scaffolding. There was a large, humming device in the center of the room, with a glowing, bright yellow, multi-faceted starlike crystal being suspended in the middle of it by some form of tractor beam. And, standing on a platform located in front of the device was Packbell, Snively, and the large round shape of Dr. Robotnik. "Greetings, hedgehog... So glad you could drop in..." he said with an evil grin. The whole group stood in their tracks, a few gasps coming from it. Sally looked at the device, and the crystal in the middle of it, and silently mouthed the words "Is that it?" to Vision, who nodded in reply. He had a bad feeling about things... Sonic jumped forward and pointed at Robotnik. "You've got something that doesn't belong to you, Robuttnik, and we're here to take it away!" "Oh, are you, now?" Robotnik replied with a sneer. "And I suppose I should just hand it over to you? No, I don't think that's going to happen at all, rodent. I'd much rather destroy you with it instead." He grinned. "HA!" Sonic shouted. "Yeah, right! You can't even figure out how to use that thing!" He advanced a step forward. Robotnik smiled even more. "Oh, on the contrary... I already have. Snively?" Snively grinned evilly, and replied, "Yes, Dr. Robotnik, Sir!" he pushed a button on the machine's control panel. The Ry'den star glowed even brighter, and energy started arcing along it's surface. Suddenly, it discharged a large bolt of energy directly at Sonic. "WHOOOOA!" Sonic yelped as he zipped backwards just in time. The bolt slammed into the ground with explosive force, leaving a huge hole in the floor. The Freedom Fighters gasped at this near miss. Snively grinned, and targetted the entire group, pressing the firing button again. Robotnik laughed evilly as the Ry'den Star charged up again... -- /---------> ##### ##### ##### # <---------------------------------------\ |Peace, -> # # # # # <- Vision (Pat Carson in RealLife(TM)) | | Love, -> ##### ### # # <- vision@quack.kfu.com | | and -> # # # <- /-----------------------------------\| \---------> # ##### ##### # <--| Nakedness is a concept created by |/ | Humans with fur envy :) | \-----------------------------------/ From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 3 08:11:10 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id HAA24225 for sonic-ll; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:32:26 -0400 Received: from quack.kfu.com by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id HAA24220 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:32:21 -0400 Received: (from vision@localhost) by quack.kfu.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id EAA24989; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 04:33:54 -0700 Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 04:33:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Pat Carson To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: STORY: Seeing Stars (3/4) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net The group, caught completely off guard when the first bolt was fired, managed to snap out of it just in time to dodge the second one and scatter, splitting the group in two. Bunnie, Antoine and Tails ran for the cover of a tall machine, and Sally, Sonic and Vision hid behind a set of large metal boxes. Sonic wiped his brow. "Oh, man! So much for getting that thing outta here, Vis!" Vision nodded. "As well as my plan to destroy it safely... I can guarantee there's plenty of more power in that Ry'den star. We're gonna have to..." He was interrupted by Robotnik's gloating voice blaring from a set of loudspeakers in the room. "Well, hedgehog, how do you like my new toy? Impressive, is it not?" Robotnik chortled. "Surrender yourself now, and your fellow Freedom Fighters will be given the merciful fate of Roboticization..." Sally whispered to Vision and Sonic as Robotnik spoke, "he could raze all of Mobius with that thing... We have to do _something_..." Sonic interrupted Robotnik by yelling "Go jump into a reactor core, Robuttnik!" Robotnik's blaring voice spoke on. "Well, then, since you've refused such a reasonable offer, I've no choice but to _exterminate_ you all!" Robotnik laughed maniacally as Packbell added, "And take notice, rodents! If this weapon doesn't take care of you, our SWATBots most assuredly will!" As if on cue, numerous SWATBots began to file into the room through the doors, searching for the Freedom Fighters. Sonic frowned as he heard the clanking metallic footsteps, and snuck a quick glance at then machine the other half of the group was hiding behind. Bunnie was holding her own against a pair of SWATBots, as Tails and Antoine hid under the machine, Tails handling things a bit more bravely. "Man..." Sonic said, turning around to Sally and Vision. "Outta the fryin' pan, into the... LOOK OUT!!" he yelled as two SWATBots appeared behind the other two, firing their lasers. What happened next amazed Sally and Sonic. Vision zipped behind Sally, placing himself between her and Sonic, and the SWATBots, and held up his hands, as if to try and block the laser bolts with them. Surprisingly, he succeeds, his hands absorbing the energy of the bolts. The energy seemed to run down his arms, across his back, and back to his hands, discharging in two coarse blasts of energy back at the SWATBots, blowing their heads clean off. "Back at'cha, suckers!" Both Sonic and Sally stood there, completely stupified, Sonic barely managing to emit a quiet "Whoa..." as Vision dragged the two defunct SWATBots over. "It's a Keld'yrian thing." Vision said to Sonic, grinning. He then looked at Sally and shook her gently. "C'mon, Sally, snap out of it. We still need ya here." Sally blinked and snapped out of her daze. "Uh, right... How can we destroy that thing, Vision?" "Well..." he replied, ripping the back panels off the SWATBots, and sticking his hands in each of them. he began to glow as he absorbed electricity from their batteries. "My other plan for destroying it is a bit more risky... I'll need you, Blue Boy, to provide a distraction while I make my way to that platform Crazy Ivo's on. Then, on my signal, you toss me one of your Power Rings, and I'll..." "Whoa! Waitaminit!!" Sonic said, with some suspicion. "You want one of MY Power Rings? Whaddya need THAT for?" Vision rolled his eyes and pulled his hands out of the now-drained SWATBots. "We're gonna exploit the incompatibility between the two power sources, by... DUCK!!" Sonic and Sally instinctively did so as a laser bolt whizzed over their heads from another SWATBot, which Vision then fried with a blast of electricity. "Look, there's a game I played as a small kid where you get a toy if you flip a metal ring onto a large spike. We're gonna play that tonight, but our prize this time is a very loud BOOM. Got it?" Sonic blinked, then smirked as the goal of the tactic dawned on him. "Heh. Oookay, I hope this works, Vis..." Vision found a small door on one of the boxes and opened it, looking inside.. "You and me both... Empty, good. Sally, hide in here, then be prepared to jet out of here with Sonic when things start going haywire." Sally nodded, and climbed in, having Nicole provide light in the empty box. Vision then turned to Sonic. "On three, Blue Boy. One... Two... THREE!" Sonic sped out from behind the large boxes, and spotted three SWATBots approaching. He put his thumbs on his ears and razzed them, then sped off as they gave chase, firing at him. Vision waited for them to pass, and said "Wish me luck, Sally!" He began to stealthily make his way to the platform, zapping two SWATBots headed in Bunnie's direction along the way. Sally kept the door to the box closed, saying, "Good luck.. we'll all need it.." * * * Robotnik surveyed the room impatiently. "Why haven't the SWATBots drawn those rodents out of their little hiding spaces yet? I... What's this?" He spotted Sonic zipping around the large room, dodging shots from the five SWATBots pursuing him, as well as a couple of bolts from the Ry'den star. "WHAT is that miserable hedgehog up to? He can't possibly believe that..." "Lord Robotnik!" Packbell exclaimed, turning to fire his laser rifle at something. He never got a shot off, however, as a bolt of electricity slammed into him, sending him flying off the platform. Robotnik quickly spun around towards the source of the bolt, and found Vision standing on the platform, his hands behind his back. "Greetings, oh fat one!" Robotnik glared at Vision startledly. "Who...? WHAT...??" Vision smirked. "WHO is one of those to whom that crystal really belongs to, and WHAT _you're_ gonna do is give it back, if ya know what's good for ya." Robotnik scowled at Vision's impunity, his eyes glowing a bright red. "Sooo... _you're_ the ones who it belonged to... hmm..." He reached over to a rifle laying next to a control panel. "Well, I'm afraid that I've grown attached to this wonderful bauble, so..." he said, pointing the rifle at Vision, "You can't have it." Vision just sighed and threw up his arms... "Oh well, in that case..." He then grinned. "...neither can you." *Now, Blue Boy!* Sonic sped past the platform, seven SWATBots now in pursuit. He reached into his backpack, pulled out a Power Ring, and quickly tossed it to Vision. "Catch!" Vision caught the Power Ring, and deftly flipped it towards the Ry'den Star. It sailed over Robotnik's head in an arc, and landed on the topmost spike of the star with a 'clink'. *Let's move, guys, Two minutes 'till this place goes up!* Robotnik watched the ring sail over and land, then turned to see Vision wave, "C'ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!" and jump off the platform. he stood, confused at this tactic, until a screeching sound coming from the Ry'den Star enlightened him. "Dr. Robotnik, sir!" Snively shouted, panicked. "The Power Ring is creating a major energy feedback! Systems are overloading!" "NO!" He turned to see the Ry'den Star glowing brightly, energy arcing out in every direction, making electronics go haywire around it. He spotted two SWATBots nearby. "SWATBOTS! Remove that blasted Power Ring from there at ONCE!!" The SWATBots, fearing Robotnik's wrath more than the Ry'den Star, immediately began to advance towards it. They only managed to get 6' close to it before it's energies lashed out at them, reducing them to smoking rubble. "Dr. Robotnik!!" Snively exclaimed, very panicked now. "The crystal's energy level is reaching critical, and will result in a massive explosion in two minutes! We must evacuate, Sir!" This news sent Robotnik into a total conniption. "NoNoNONOOOOO! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!!!!!!" He smashed a monitor to pieces with his robotic arm, then glared at Packbell, who was pulling himself back up on the platform, not looking to be in good shape, and having some choice words to say. Robotnik's eyes glowed even brighter as he said, "Commander Packbell, make sure those miserable Freedom Fighters and their friend never leave this place!!!" Packbell stood and nodded. "Yes, Lord Robotnik." He leapt off the platform as Robotnik and Snively left for the shuttle, muttering, "I knew something like this would happen, you sputtering fat fool..." * * * Bunnie, Antoine, and Tails all caught Vision's thoughtsend, and blinked in confusion at each other... Then the building began to shake a bit... Bunnie exclaimed, "Darlin's, ah think it's time to get outta here!!" She grabbed Tails and Antoine and began running for the nearest open door. They made it to the door and turned the corner, only to find three SWATBots blocking their path. "FREEZE!" Before the Freedom Fighters could react, however, three bright yellow plasma bolts sailed over them, one after the other, towards the SWATBots, obliterating them. They spun around to see Vision holding a large looking blaster weapon. He walked over to Bunnie and handed it to her. "That toy I found in that room earlier. Happy Holidays." He said with a grin. Bunnie OOFed a bit as she was handed the heavy weapon. "But..." Vision held up his hand and looked behind him. "Gotta take care of Sally and blue Boy. We'll meet ya at the rendezvous point. Bye!" He waved and zipped back into the room. Bunnie blinked, then turned to face the other two. "Ok, boys, you heard 'im. Let's move it!" She struggled with the weapon a bit.. "This thangs sure goshdarn heavy... How in blazes did he..." Antoine screamed as he pointed behind her and Tails. "BUNNIE!!!!" Bunnie whirled around just in time to see a SWATBot bearing a similar weapon on her. She almost instinctively pulled the trigger, and it fired another yellow plasma bolt into the SWATBot, blowing it to pieces. She stumbled a bit from the recoil. "Whew! Thanks, Antoine!" She then hefted the big gun. "This thang may be heave, but it sure 'n blazes packs a whallop! Let's go, boys! Yahoo!!" and they continued on their way out of the building. * * * Meanwhile, Sally caught Vision's thoughtsend, and then noticed the building begin to shake.. "He did it! Thank goodness... We need to get out of here.. Nicole, on my mark, count off two minutes. Mark." and then left the box as Nicole counted. "Two minutes..." Sally stepped out of the box, noticing a few catwalks beginning to buckle.. it was just then that Sonic zipped up to her. "All aboard on the Sonic express!" Sally gasped, then hopped in Sonic's arms. "Where's Vision?" Sonic looked around. "I dunno, but he's probably doing the same thing we are, and that's jammin' outta here!" With that, he jetted towards the door out of the room. A very unwelcome obstacle made Sonic stop in his tracks, however, and that obstacle's name was Packbell. Packbell pointed his laser rifle at the two and smiled malevolently. "Hello, rodents!" "Goodbye, sucker!" A voice came from behind him. He spun around just in time to see a brown-furred shape slam into his chest, sending him flying into the machine Bunnie was hiding behind before, just as it was overloading. Packbell twitched uncontrollably, his head slammed through the machine's control panel, then lay still, smoking and sparking. Vision landed next to Sonic and Sally, and oos, grinning.. "That's gotta hurt..." Sonic gaped. "Whoa! Way past cool, Vis!" Nicole beeped. "One minute, 45 seconds..." "That's our cue to blow this pop stand..." said Vision, and the three made a hasty exit out of the room and down the halls. They sped through the hallways and corridors at breakneck speed, until coming upon the front entrance. They opened the large door, and ran outside, only to be stopped again by a group of ten SWATBots waiting for them. "FREEZE, INTRUDERS!" Nicole beeped. "One minute, 15 seconds..." Vision looked at the SWATBots as they advanced on the trio, then grinned at Sonic. "How good are you at bowling, Blue Boy?" He winked. Sonic smirked and put Sally down, reaching into his backpack. "I'm Way past Cool..." he said, pulling out the second Power Ring, holding it up. The power ring glowed brightly, then bathed Sonic in a tremendous amount of it's energy. Sonic used this extra boost of power to roll up into a ball and buzzsaw roll at the SWATBots, the ground set on fire behind him as he managed to plow throw and smash eight of them, leaving two of the outermost bots behind. Vision sighed.. "Seven-Ten split, Blue Boy..." and discharged more of his stored electricity at the remaining two, putting them out of commission. He then shifted again into a form that made Sally gasp a bit... Vision looked humanoid, with yellow skin that seemed to glow, a head of black hair tied into a ponytail. A somewhat muzzled mouth, hazel colored eyes that looked like clear glass orbs, and fox like ears. Wings that looked like a cross between a butterfly's and a faerie's, and a slender tail with a slightly spaded tip. Vision chuckled at Sally's response. "What we really look like. C'mon, let's fly outta here." Nicole beeped. "One minute, 0 seconds..." Sally blinked, Nicole's voice jarring her out of her amazement. "Yes, this building's going to blow any minute." She hopped into Vision's arms and they took off. * * * The entire group arrived at the rendezvous point where Dulcy was waiting. Vision's entrance made quite a stir, and he explained how his current form was the one he was born with as Nicole counted downward. When she reached ten second, Bunnie looked at the building in the distance. "That thang's gonna blow any second, guys!" Everyone watched as Nicole counted down. She reached three when there was a bright flash coming from the building, and the entire structure blew apart in a massive explosion, large enough to make the wind stir where they were standing. Antoine eep!d and shuddered.. "I ahm very fortune hunting that we have gotten our books out of there..." Sonic rolled his eyes. "Ant, your wording stinks, as usual. Still, we think we get the picture." Antoine hmmphed indignantly at Sonic, and Sally stepped in between the two. "I think this is a good time to get back to Knothole, everyone." Everyone else nodded in agreement, and started on their journey back. * * * Robotnik sat in his chair at the Command Center, seething as he observed the exploding building on the main viewscreen. Snively was cowering at a smaller monitor, knowing better than to get in Robotnik's way in moments like this... "Snively?" Snively gulped audibly as Robotnik called him. He faced Robotnik, wishing he had some hole to jump into. "Y-y-y-y-yessss, S-s-s-sirr?" Robotnik didn't move an inch, nor did his expression change. "I want you to listen to me _very_ carefully... What I have to say is crucial, both to my mental well being... and your _physical_ well being..." Snively gulped again, jumping a bit at the thinly veiled threat. Robotnik continued, "That... alien, helping those accursed rodents... Whatever it takes... I want to know everything there is to know about him and his kind.... Do you hear me, Snively?" He turned towards Snively, his face taking on a terrifying scowl, his eyes glowing infernally. "EVERYTHING..." Snively yelped and hid behind a chair, breathing rapidly... "*gulp!* Y-y-y-y-y-yesssSss S-s-s-s-sir... Will w-w-ork on it imm-m-m-ediatly, S-s-s-s-sir..." "See that you do." Robotnik turned back towards the viewscreen, seeing the rubble of the building. The time has come, he thought, to devise something that will rid me of those Freedom Fighters.. and that wretched blue hedgehog... forever.... * * * /---------> ##### ##### ##### # <---------------------------------------\ |Peace, -> # # # # # <- Vision (Pat Carson in RealLife(TM)) | | Love, -> ##### ### # # <- vision@quack.kfu.com | | and -> # # # <- /-----------------------------------\| \---------> # ##### ##### # <--| Nakedness is a concept created by |/ | Humans with fur envy :) | \-----------------------------------/ From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 3 15:19:46 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id OAA00220 for sonic-ll; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 14:59:53 -0400 Received: from granite.mv.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id OAA00205; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 14:59:45 -0400 Received: by granite.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id PAA00438; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 15:00:38 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 15:00:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Ratman To: sonic@bort.mv.net, kats@bort.mv.net, gargoyles@bort.mv.net Subject: FTP site busy Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net I'm sorry to do such an off topic post, but it is sort of relevant. If anyone tries to FTP to rat.org, you will probably get a busy signal (too many users logged in) because I put the Mortal Kombat 3 for the PC demo, and there are very few places to get that file, so naturally, everyone and their grandmother (well, MY grandmother doesn't like Mortal Kombat) is downloading it right now. So to make a long story short, the ftp site will be busy for a little while. Just keep trying. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW : http://rat.org | FTP : ftp://rat.org/pub ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 3 23:24:07 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id XAA01633 for sonic-ll; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 23:11:51 -0400 Received: from sard.mv.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id XAA01628 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 23:11:49 -0400 Received: from pimaia1y.prodigy.com by sard.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id XAA08726 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 23:12:43 -0400 Received: from mail.prodigy.com (mail.prodigy.com [199.4.137.13]) by pimaia1y.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA73338; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 23:03:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 23:05:23 EDT From: ZCSN36B@prodigy.com (MISS LINDSAY L CIBOS) X-Mailer: PRODIGY Services Company Internet mailer [PIM 3.2-342.56] Message-Id: <013.02327231.ZCSN36B@prodigy.com> To: alexmon1@data.net.mx, rotor@PrimeNet.Com, sonic@sard.mv.net Subject: To Be or Not to be (Prologue)Sonic Story Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Ok this is the first chapter (And a little part of the second chapter. ) Enjoy! Note: After certain consideration, I have decided not to make a continuation of "From Amy Rose with Love" Instead, this will not be based upon things that have happened in "From Amy Rose with Love". Sorry to those of you who where hoping for a continuation, but I don't see how Sally and Antoine could go together. (Even though I came up with the idea in the first place) I perfer to write storys that go on and on and on...... such as what I had planned to do in "From Amy Rose with Love". Consider this the first of the series. Enjoy! To Be or not to Be Chapter One Knothole II on the floating island..... "Knuckles, this is the last straw!!!!,"Espio yelled. "Why? What did I do?!," Knuckles asked the chameleon. She turned her back to him. Vector leaned back in his chair at the meeting table, studying a map of the island. There were several circles where they had spotted Mecha Sonic. "I saw you with that 'Princess Sally'! You kissed her, you know tha- " "She kissed me!! It was a kiss on the check! Besides you and me are not going together! Thats why I didn't conplain when you kissed Vector." Knuckles glares at Vector. The crocodile simply shrugs; in such a way as saying 'leave me out of this'. "Listen you two, drop it. We have much more important things to worry about, like finding Mecha,he has the chaos emerald after all! The floating island IS still falling!! Worry about personal matters later!,"Vector said. Charmy Bee flew into the hut and almost knocked Vector over. "You're right! There are more important things to do!" Knuckles said. He was still hurt that his relationship with Espio was going down the drain, but there was time to talk that over later. "Charmy!," Espio called,"Find Sonic. You are the only one who can get there the fastest. Tell him to- er here," Espio wrote out a note for Sonic. Charmy Bee couldn't speak and that was his only weakness. She handed the note to Charmy Bee. He looked it over, and gave her a quick thumbs up. Charmy Bee flew out of the room. "What should I do?," Mighty the Armadillo asked Knuckles. "Hmmmm. You and Alisa go evacuate the island. Heres the parachutes for every one. Oh! Heres two for you guys," The Chipmunk and the Armadillo gave Knuckles a thumbs up. Knuckles threw them the parachutes. "Well?,"Vector asked. "Me and Espio will go hunt down Mecha. I think we will have an easier time finding him if we split up." "What about me?" "You will stay here and wait for Sonic and the other freedom fighters." "Sigh. I always get stuck with the boring stuff!" Chapter 2 ......AND BRING SOME POWER RINGS. I HAVE A FEEL ING THAT THEY WILL WORK LIKE A CHAOS EMERALD. "Whos crazy idea is this?!" Sonic yelled at the Bee. He crumbeled up the paper. Charmy shrugged. "SONIC! Little ole Ant left this note" Bunnie said. She was practiculy in tears. "It broke my little ole heart." .........AS BUNNIE REFERS TO ME AS HOW YOU SAY 'LITTLE OLE ANT' I HAVE FOUND SHE IZ RIGHT. I'M WORTHLESS. I RESIGN FROM THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS...... "Bunnie, Antoine would never admit he was 'Little Ole Ant' it's just not an Ant thing to do. To be continued....... By LINDSAY CIBOS A.k.a Bunnie From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 5 14:53:49 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id OAA07822 for sonic-ll; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 14:25:39 -0400 Received: from sard.mv.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id OAA07817 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 14:25:37 -0400 Received: from ns2.ac.edu by sard.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id OAA09703 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 14:26:33 -0400 Received: from jaguar.ac.edu by ns2.ac.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA16325; Thu, 5 Oct 95 14:31:20 EDT Received: by jaguar.ac.edu (wcGATE v4) id 41706W Thu, 5 Oct 1995 18:22:00 GMT From: rhaynie@jaguar.ac.edu (Robert Haynie) Subject: Is the list dead? Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:32:21 GMT Message-Id: <95100514220017054@jaguar.ac.edu> Organization: Augusta College, Augusta GA To: sonic@sard.mv.net Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net I haven't heard anything on the list in three days... You guys out there? Just in case I got dropped... rob From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 5 15:23:45 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id PAA08009 for sonic-ll; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 15:10:20 -0400 Received: from ns.ge.com by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id PAA08004 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 15:10:16 -0400 Received: from engr.erie.ge.com ([3.14.4.3]) by ns.ge.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id PAA17490 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 15:11:16 -0400 Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 15:11:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Ron Bauerle To: sonic@bort.mv.net CC: BAUERLE@engr.erie.ge.com Message-Id: <951005151114.1be33@engr.erie.ge.com> Subject: Re: Is the list dead? Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net >From: rhaynie@jaguar.ac.edu (Robert Haynie) >I haven't heard anything on the list in three days... You guys out there? Yes, but other than fan-fic and the comics, there's not much to say. I myself haven't had time to read the latest 3 or so stories (and to be honest, if they're as depressing as Bloodlines (sorry, Dan), I'm in no hurry to _make_ time)... Where were you (and everybody else) when I posted my comments on #29? Either everybody agreed with them, or didn't care enough to reply, or they haven't gotten their copies yet... And another one for _you_: when are you going to finish "Other Sonics"? I still chuckle at that comment of yours in the Foreword: >But what are these other realms like? What are the others like in them? >Is Bunnie always such a babe in them (Sorry, that just slipped out)? So where's the rest? :^) RDB From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 5 16:26:24 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id QAA08443 for sonic-ll; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:12:20 -0400 Received: from piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id QAA08436 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:11:57 -0400 Received: (hk512@localhost) by piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu (8.6.12+cwru/CWRU-2.1-bsdi) id QAA14838; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:12:58 -0400 (from hk512) Message-Id: <199510052012.QAA14838@piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:12:58 -0400 From: hk512@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Delacroix) To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Is the list dead? Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net BAUERLE@engr.erie.ge.com chose to say: >>From: rhaynie@jaguar.ac.edu (Robert Haynie) > >>I haven't heard anything on the list in three days... You guys out there? > >Yes, but other than fan-fic and the comics, there's not much to say. >I myself haven't had time to read the latest 3 or so stories (and to be >honest, if they're as depressing as Bloodlines (sorry, Dan), I'm in no >hurry to _make_ time)... Well, you don't have to worry about `Ring of Truth' being depressing. It's weird, it sounds like a bad B-movie at times, but it's not depressing. (And I'm working on another one, no less.) >Where were you (and everybody else) when I posted my comments on #29? >Either everybody agreed with them, or didn't care enough to reply, or they >haven't gotten their copies yet... I haven't ever picked up a StH Archie comic yet. I got into the fandom by the StH series, and the WWW page I found on day wandering around randomly. But since they seem to be pretty good (by what I've heard), I think I'll look into picking a few up. >And another one for _you_: when are you going to finish "Other Sonics"? >I still chuckle at that comment of yours in the Foreword: > >>But what are these other realms like? What are the others like in them? >>Is Bunnie always such a babe in them (Sorry, that just slipped out)? Perhaps that topic deserves another list entirely... ;) >So where's the rest? :^) Yeah! =) >RDB -- That cyberpunk. -- Send $1.00 or more The SubGenius Foundation and a SASE on over P.O. BOX 140306 to this address -> Dallas, Texas 75214 Tell 'em "Bob" sent ya! From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 5 18:08:45 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id SAA08869 for sonic-ll; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 18:00:23 -0400 Received: from rgfn.epcc.Edu by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id SAA08864 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 18:00:20 -0400 Received: by rgfn.epcc.Edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA17473; Thu, 5 Oct 95 16:01:21 MDT Date: Thu, 5 Oct 95 16:01:21 MDT Message-Id: <9510052201.AA17473@rgfn.epcc.Edu> From: ab360@rgfn.epcc.edu (John W. Johnston) To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Is the list dead? Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Thur 05 Oct, you wrote: >I haven't ever picked up a StH Archie comic yet. ...I think I'll >look into picking up a few. There are three ways you can get them. One - go anywhere that sells Archie comics. It's a sure bet that if you see Archie and his gang, you will also find Sonic, too. I suggest Waldenbooks or B. Dalton or at a convience store, or wherever. Two - if you get an issue, subscribe directly to Archie comics. They always have a deal where 13 comics go for $15 (not including S&H). Three - if you deside you like it, you can order or find back issues. You can get them either from Archie comics or Toys R' Us. Archie comics sells them for aprox. $1.50 each. Toys 'R Us sells two issues for $2. I hope you decide you like these comics. I sure do. ;-) -- ab360@rgfn.epcc.edu| "Do you wanna | "Well, he certainly has John W. Johnston | watch me pretend| courage." "It won't do Jedi Knight, | to throw up?" | him any good if he gets Freelance | - Animaniacs | himself killed." Star Wars From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 5 21:38:58 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id VAA09535 for sonic-ll; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 21:26:54 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id VAA09530 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 21:26:52 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id VAA13403; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 21:21:45 -0400 Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 21:21:45 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: For Sale:Sonic Stuff---The Complete Listing (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message submitted to the Sonic Mailing List and forwarded as a service to those without access to alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog. If you want to reply to the submitter, be sure your reply is addressed to bauerle@crypt.erie.ge.com. If you want to reply to the original author, be sure your reply is addressed to breezypt@atc.ameritel.net. The Sonic Mailing List is not a party to this offer. The list owners assume no liability for results of any transaction conducted between a subscriber and the original author. /* Many of these items will not be added to the Merchandise List due to insufficient information on the products. Any person interested in making a submission to the Merchandise List should send mail to sonic@rat.org.) */ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 20:24:45 -0400 From: Ron Bauerle To: sonic@sard.mv.net Subject: For Sale:Sonic Stuff---The Complete Listing In article <451j57$8lu@news.ameritel.net>, breezypt@atc.ameritel.net (breezypt) writes: >Hello Out There! > >Here what all I have to sell..... >Abbreviations: >**-Obtained From HOJO Promotion ***-Imported >S&K-Sonic and Knuckles > >-Coin Bank -Card/Sticker Set >-Set of Cracker Jack Pencil Toppers -Paint n Marker Book >-Sonic 2 and 3 GAMEPRO Strategy Guides(2 Parts to each one) >-Sonic Happy Meal Toy -Tails Happy Meal Toy >-Dr.Robotnik Happy Meal Toy -Sonic Doll by Caltoy >-Sonic Doll by Dakin -***Ninja Sonic Doll >-Super Sonic Pinball(Not Working) -Sleeping Bag >-***Sports Bag -Lunch Kit >-Road Racer Set -Board Game >-Card Game -4 Puzzles >-All Over Print Hat -Sonic 1, Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 LCD Games >-Sonic LCD Wrist Game -Painter's Cap >-Sonic 2 Cap -Mylar Balloon >-Mask -Video Game Gloves >-R/C Car -Bubble Gum Figure >-**Button -**Cardboard Standup(Nearly 5 Feet Tall) >-**Banner -**Mini Display >-**Balloon -Small Comic Book from 1991 >-The Full Mini-Series(Comics) -Comics #1-25 >-Party Pack -***Enamel Pin Set >-Denim Jacket -11 Different T-Shirts(Some Imported) >-Posters -Towel >-2 Kites -**T-Shirt >-TV Bedside Light -Flip Open Watch >-Valance -Throw Pillow >-Hat w/Sonic Running -S&K Bookcover >-Happy Birthday! Happy Meal Toy -Dinnerware Set >-Canteen -Cup >-Sonic Cyclone Game -In Your Face Comic >-Sonic and Knuckles Comic -The Full P.Sally Mini Series > >E-mail me with an offer if you see anything you like! Thanks! > >-Emily"Robin" >Pocket Dragon Lover >breezypt@atc.ameritel.net From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Fri Oct 6 12:54:30 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA12856 for sonic-ll; Fri, 6 Oct 1995 12:52:35 -0400 Received: from dekalb.vf.mmc.com by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA12851 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 1995 12:52:20 -0400 Received: from franklin.vf.mmc.com (franklin.VF.GE.COM [166.17.5.51]) by dekalb.vf.mmc.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id MAA14344 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 1995 12:53:20 -0400 Received: from master.astro.ge.com (MASTER.Astro.GE.Com [144.222.20.12]) by franklin.vf.mmc.com (8.6.12/8.6.10) with ESMTP id MAA21458 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 1995 12:53:19 -0400 Received: from ew0125.astronis (EW0125.Astro.GE.Com [144.222.44.40]) by master.astro.ge.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA10184 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 1995 12:54:47 -0400 Received: by ew0125.astronis (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA08479; Fri, 6 Oct 1995 12:55:58 -0400 Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 12:55:58 -0400 From: sback@astro.ge.com (Steven Back) Message-Id: <9510061655.AA08479@ew0125.astronis> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Tail of his own. X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII content-length: 943 Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net OK Just got the first part of the Tail's series. (OK so I'm late) Just wanted to make a few comments, *spoilers?* The writers need to take a back seat to the artists. Tail's is way to wordy, expressing every thought or idea (is a way too dramatic self narration) rather than let a picture of a action tell the tale. The first two pages made me think they had everyone WAY off model, then I realized that it was Tail's own drawings we were seeing, and of course Tail draws like 10 year old. :-) Interesting view of Sally, though. Hated to see the Seafox go, kinda strange they decided to junk it so early. Didn't care for the undersea freedom fighters. They don't fit in too well. I like it better with the freedom fighters be few and far between in small cells. These just seemed to convenient, though I did like the way they saved Tails from drowning as a flashback rather, made the drowning of the fox seem more dramatic. Steve From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sun Oct 8 13:26:27 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id NAA25174 for sonic-ll; Sun, 8 Oct 1995 13:15:57 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id NAA25169 for ; Sun, 8 Oct 1995 13:15:54 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id NAA00945; Sun, 8 Oct 1995 13:10:39 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 13:10:38 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Sonic Merchandise List v3.2.0a Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net SONIC THE HEDGEHOG MERCHANDISE LIST v3.2.0a (8 October 1995) Compiled by Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) This is the plain ASCII version of the Sonic Merchandise List. A hypertext version can be viewed on the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://rat.org/sonic/merchandise.html. Although the WWW version contains some information not in this plain text version, all products appear in both versions. Send submissions and corrections to sonic@rat.org. All information on Sega products was cut and pasted from a session log on CompuServe. Some information was cut and pasted from Sonic mailing list postings, Usenet postings, and personal e-mail. Contributors: Alessandro Sanasi, Dan Drazen, Chris Baird, David M. Pistone, Dan Ramos, Fred Sloniker, Robin Hood (Kris Kelley), James Firmiss, Jan Barrows, Cameron Bennett, Brad Clark, Paul Castiglia, William T. Graham, Jane Bright, John W. Johnston, Emily Robin, Theodore Patri Perrotti Merchandise Categories ====================== Section 10: Games Section 11: Toys (non-game) Section 20: Food Section 30: Apparel Section 40: Cards and collectibles Section 50: Publications Section 60: Video and audio Section 90: Miscellaneous What's New In This Version ========================== Revised Listings: 90-07, 90-08 New Listings: 20-04, 30-17 Section 10: GAMES ================= 10-01: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 LCD Game from Tiger Electronics. 10-02: Sonic the Hedgehog LCD Wrist Game from Tiger Electronics. This was offered in conjunction with some of the video cassettes. 10-03: Amazing Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Arcade from Sega. The diaboloicol Dr. Robotnik has created a robot factory and it's up to Sonic to stop the mass production of metal mutants! Sonic works his way through the maze-like rooms in an effort to find and remove the Emeralds, the factory's only power source. 10-04: Game Gear Sonic 2 System from Sega. 10-05: Genesis Sonic 2 System from Sega. 10-06: Sonic CD from Sega. Sonic goes head to head with The Metal Sonic, Dr. Robotnik's head with The Metal Sonic, Dr. Robotnik's evil Hedgehog creation! Sonic discovers Robotnik wants all of the Time Stones from The Little Planet so he can bend time and rule the world! The CD contains 34 audio selections which can be played on a regular CD player. 10-07: Sonic Chaos for Game Gear from Sega. Sonic The Hedgehog and his feisty friend Tails blast into hyperspeed to save the Chaos Emeralds. If evil Dr. Robotnik snatches the Emeralds first, he'll make a Super Bomb! 10-08: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 LCD Game from Tiger Electronics. Section 11: TOYS (NON-GAME) =========================== 11-01: Sonic plush toy, about 12" from Caltoy. 11-02: Tails plush toy, about 12" from Caltoy. McDonald's Happy Meal toys, 1st promotion (11-03, 11-04, 11-05, 11-06) 11-03: The Sonic toy had Sonic on a fireball and you could launch him off from it. 11-04: The Tails toy was a simple handheld launcher with a flat picture of Tails on a rotary (though four-tailed) tail shaped helicopter thing. 11-05: The Knuckles toy was a whirlwind toy you pushed/pulled along a tabletop and watched Knuckles spin as you moved it. 11-06: Robotnik: This toy looked exactly like the weekday syndicated Robotnik on his hover thingy. When it moved, it would move all over the place bumping into walls. 11-07: McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 2nd promotion. One of 12 different toys, but only 1 of those 12 related to Sonic. The toy looks like a purple/pink TV with a dark purple back. On the top is a black Sega Genesis console with a 3-button controller. 11-08: Sonic radio-controlled car by Nikko 11-09: Rubber ball in the shape of Sonic (curled up).. with spines. Manufacturer name not available. 11-10: Sonic figure. Plastic, 3.5" tall. The arms move, but not independently. Manufacturer name not available. 11-11: Kids Go HoJo FunPak. Paperboard, opens at sides. One side shows a Sega Game Gear with the "Kids Go HoJo with SEGA" logo on the display. The other side is for Ecco the Dolphin. Contains several Ecco items, a "Sega Visions" offer, and 3 crayons. All but the crayons have the "Kids Go HoJo" logo. From Howard Johnson. 11-12: Kids Go HoJo FunPak. Plastic bag. One side shows a boy holding a Sega Game Gear with the "Kids Go HoJo with SEGA" logo on the display. The other side is for Tempo Jr. Contains a Ristar post card, a Tempo Jr. post card, a Ristar and Tempo Jr. activity book, and 4 crayons. The crayons are in a box with the "Kids Go HoJo" logo, but the crayons themselves do not have the logo. All other items have the logo. From Howard Johnson. Section 20: FOOD ================ 20-01: Fanta (Coca-Cola product) can from England with Sonic on it and the text "Orange Zone - Sonic cool can - the drink with attitude". 20-02: Fruit Roll-Ups by Betty Crocker (General Mills). 20-03: Sonic the Hedgehog bubblegum in a 1.05oz/30g Game Gear-shaped container distributed by Amurol Confections. Has 5 bubblegum pieces and 5 Sonic Game Gear trading cards. 20-04: Sonic the Hedgehog Pasta with Meatballs in Tomato Sauce. From Franco-American. Section 30: APPAREL =================== 30-01: Boys' briefs from Fruit of the Loom. 30-02: Sleeveless Sonic and Knuckles denim jacket from Sega. 30-03: Sonic and Knuckles "2nd to None" T-Shirt from Sega. 30-04: Sonic and Knuckles low-crown cap from Sega. 30-05: Sonic and Knuckles moving disc watch from Sega. 30-06: Sonic the Hedgehog "relaxed" cap from Sega. T-Shirts, sizes M to L, full color, cotton (30-07, 30-08, 30-09, 30-10, 30-11, 30-12) 30-07: Front: Large portrait of Sonic doing that "standard" pointing pose, with the rest of the black cotton shirt covered (all over) in a dark yellow collage of scenes from the original(?) video game. Back: cheesy rear view of same. Size M. From Top Heavy. 30-08: A black cotton T-Shirt -- small picture of Sonic "in action" over the pocket area with "Sonic" banner underneath. From Acme, in Acme's "SEGA Mega Wear" line. 30-09: Black cotton shirt with warm yellow and orange picture of a combat troll(?) poking his head out from a tank on the front. Large banner with "Pretend its a Game" in faux-bitmap text on back. From Acme, in Acme's "SEGA Mega Wear" line. 30-10: Black cotton shirt with several faux-bitmapped Sonics to show him running about (the final and largest pic with his arms folded) with the banner "Think Fast". Manufacturer name not available. 30-11: Black or white cotton shirt with the canonical "Sonic 2" portrait (with Tails) and S2 banner. Manufacturer name not available. 30-12: Black cotton shirt with a "television's eye view" of Sonic frantically playing with a game controller. Exaggerated comic-eqsue line work by "Brad". Manufacturer name not available. 30-13: Sonic sneakers. Manufacturer name not available. 30-14: Sonic silk necktie. Shows Sonic and various robot things on a solid black background. Adult size. From The Tie Rack. 30-15: Sonic and Tails necktie in adult size. Manufacturer name not available. 30-16: Halloween costume with mask of Sonic. Blue, white, and light brown with a Sonic logo at the top of chest area on the wearer's left side. Manufacturer name not available. 30-17: Sonic 3 sweatshirt. It shows Sonic clenching his fist while Tails airlifts him, Robotnik torching a part of Angel Island, and a pair of eyes hiding in a bush. This is similar to what you see on the box cover. Offered with pre-orders for Sonic 3. Available in either Large and X-Large. Manufacturer name not available. Section 40: CARDS AND COLLECTIBLES ================================== Sonic Game Gear trading cards -- see Sonic the Hedgehog Bubblegum entry under Food (Section 20). 40-01: Valentine's Day cards. Manufacturer name not available. 40-02: Collector cards from Topps (from 1993). 33 sticker cards, 33 game tips cards and 6 (very rare) prism cards. 40-03: Official SEGA sticker album from Panini. 228 stickers showing scenes from the games and the weekday Sonic cartoon. Available at least in England and Germany. 40-04: Button. "Kids Go HoJo with SEGA" logo with Sonic in the center of red, purple, and light blue concentric circles and the text "The Official Hotel for SEGA Video Game Fun!" at the bottom in purple. Logo and text on a white background. About 3" diameter. From Howard Johnson. 40-05: Animation cel. Features Sally from the intro of the Saturday morning series as she is about to throw the rope. From DiC Animation City. Section 50: PUBLICATIONS ======================== 50-01: "Sonic Strategy Guide" from Sega. 50-02: "Sonic the Hedgehog" comic, issued monthly plus occasional special editions. From Archie Comics. 50-03: "Sonic the Comic" comic, issued fortnightly. From Fleetway Publications. 50-04: "Sonic the Hedgehog" (1993) By Michael Teitelbaum. From Troll Associates. ISBN 0-8167-3199-3. Ages 4-8. 50-05: "Sonic the Hedgehog: Robotnik's Revenge" (1994) By Michael Teitelbaum. From Troll Associates. ISBN 0-8167-3438-0. Ages 9-12. 50-06: "Sonic the Hedgehog: Fortress of Fear (1994) By Michael Teitelbaum. From Troll Associates. ISBN 0-8167-3582-4. Ages 4-8. 50-07: "Sonic the Hedgehog and the Silicon Warriors" (1993) By Martin Adams. From Virgin Books, London. ISBN 0-426-20403-4. 50-08: "Sonic the Hedgehog in the Fourth Dimension" (1993) By Martin Adams. From Virgin Books, London. ISBN 0-426-20402-6. 50-09: "Sonic the Hedgehog in Robotnik's Laboratory" (1993) By Martin Adams. From Virgin Books, London. ISBN 0-426-20401-8. 50-10: "Sonic the Hedgehog in Castle Robotnik" (1994). By Martin Adams. From Virgin Books, London. ISBN 0-426-20405-0. 50-11: "Sonic the Hedgehog" Look and Find Book from Publications International. Artwork by Archie Comics. 50-12: "Sonic the Hedgehog: Friend or Foe?" (1995) By Michael Teitelbaum. From Troll Associates. ISBN 0-8167-3672-3. Ages 4-8. 50-13: "Sonic and Knuckles" (1995) By Michael Teitelbaum. From Troll Associates. ISBN 0-8167-3781-9. Ages 4-8. 50-14: "Sonic the Hedgehog Activity Book" (1995) By Michael Teitelbaum. From Troll Associates. ISBN 0-8167-3787-8. Ages 4-8. 50-15: "Sonic: The Story" (10/1994) From Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7214-3439-8. 50-16: "Sonic the Hedgehog Storybook 01 Invisible Robotnik" (10/1994) From Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7214-1739-6. 50-17: "Sonic the Hedgehog Storybook 02 Robotnik's Oil" (10/1994) From Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7214-1740-X. 50-18: "Sonic the Hedgehog - Joke Book" (1995) From Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7214-3481-9. 50-19: "Sonic the Hedgehog (Adventure Gamebooks v.1)" (10/1994) From Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7214-3432-0. 50-20: "Sonic the Hedgehog (Adventure Gamebooks v.2)" (10/1994) From Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7214-3433-9. 50-21: "Sonic the Hedgehog (Adventure Gamebooks v.3)" (1995) From Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7214-3494-0. 50-22: "Sonic the Hedgehog (Adventure Gamebooks v.4)" (1995) From Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7214-3495-9. 50-23: "Sonic (Puzzle Gamebook, v.1)" (10/1994) From Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7214-3434-7. 50-24: "Sonic (Puzzle Gamebook, v.2)" (10/1994) From Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7214-3435-5. 50-25: "Where's Sonic? (Search Books, v.1)" (10/1994) From Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7214-3436-3. 50-26: "Sonic the Hedgehog (Poster Colouring S., v.1)" (1994) From Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7214-3437-1. 50-27: "Stay Sonic" (1993) By Pattenden M. From Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-14-090390-9. 50-28: "Sonic Adventure Gamebook Vol. Bk. 1 Metal City Mayhem" (08/1993) By James Wallis. From Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-14-090391-7, ISBN 0-14-037629-1 (1995). 50-29: "Sonic Adventure Gamebook Vol. Bk. 2 Zone Rangers" (06/1993) By James Wallis. From Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-14-090392-5, ISBN 0-14-037630-5 (1995) 50-30: "Sonic Adventure Gamebook Vol. Bk. 3 Sonic versus Zonik" (04/1994) By Nigel Gross & Jon Suitherland. From Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-14-090406-9, ISBN 0-14-037631-3 (1995) 50-31: "Sonic Adventure Gamebook Vol. Bk. 4 The Zone-Zapper" (04/1994) By Nigel Gross & Jon Suitherland. From Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-14-090407-7, ISBN 0-14-037632-1 (1995) 50-32: "Sonic the Hedgehog Album No. 1 Beats the Badniks" (02/1994) From Ravette Books Ltd. ISBN 1-85304-256-0. 50-33: "Sonic the Hedgehog Album No. 2 Spin Attack" (02/1994) From Ravette Books Ltd. ISBN 1-85304-259-5. 50-34: "Sonic Hedgehog" (1994) From Golden Books. ISBN 0-307-75401-4. 50-35: "Power Cheats Guide to Sonic 1 & 2: The Complete Solutions Vol., Sega Megadrive and Master System Versions" (02/1993) By David Gibbon. From Kumba Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7457-0085-3. 50-36: "Sonic & Hedgehog Golden Mini Play Lights" (09/1993) From Golden Books. ISBN 0-307-75401-4. 50-37: "Sonic the Hedgehog: An official Guide" (02/1994) By Crey Sandler. From Brady Computer Books. ISBN 1-56686-146-2. 50-38: "An Official Player's Guide to Sonic the Hedgehog: An authorized Guide" (1994) By Jason R. Rich. From Compute Publications Int. Ltd. ISBN 0-87455-283-4. 50-39: "Official Player's Guide to Sonic the Hedgehog" (1994) By Jason R. Rich. From Compute Publications Int. Ltd. ISBN 0-87455-299-0. 50-40: "SEGA Genesis Complete Sonic Play Guide" (03/1994) By Eddie McKendrick. From Prima Publishing. ISBN 1-55958-536-6. 50-41: "Official Sega Mega Drive Sonic 3 Play Guide" (06/1994) From Titan Books Ltd. ISBN 1-85286-567-9. 50-42: "Winning Tips for Sonic Hedgehog" (04/1994) By Nal Dutton, Consumer Guide Staff. From Signet Books. ISBN 0-451-82285-4. 50-43: "Sonic Collection" (07/1994) By Russel Demaria. From Prima Publishing. ISBN 1-55958-524-2. 50-44: "Sonic & Knuckles" (10/1994) From Brady Robert J. & Sams. ISBN 1-56686-218-3. 50-45: "Master Games: Sonic the Hedgehog" (1993) By T. Takoushi. Manufacturer name not available. ISBN 0-590-55377-1. 50-46: "Sonic the Hedgehog" comic, Issue 1/2. From Archie Comics. /* Issue number is read "one-half". This comic included with "Sega Visions" and was also distributed by Howard Johnson. It contains the first 6-8 pages of regular Issue 0. */ 50-47: Advertising supplement (7 pages) in "Disney Adventures" magazine (November 1991). From Disney Adventures. Section 60: VIDEO AND AUDIO ============================ All video listings are VHS cassettes. All tapes marked (A) are the "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" weekday series, and those marked (S) are part of the Saturday morning series. All tapes marked (M) are known to be copy-protected using the Macrovision system. Sonic CD (audio selections) -- See Games (Section 10) 60-01: (S) (M) Super Sonic (Buena Vista 2850) Episodes: "Super Sonic", "Sonic and Sally" 60-02: (S) (M) Hooked On Sonics (Buena Vista 2849) Episodes: "Hooked On Sonics", "Warp Sonic" 60-03: (S) (M) Sonic Racer (Buena Vista 2851) Episodes: "Sonic Racer", "Sonic Boom" 60-04: (A) Grounder the Genius (Buena Vista 2380) Episodes: "Grounder The Genius", "Black Headed Eagle" 60-05: (A) Road Hog (Buena Vista 2381) Episodes: "Road Hog", "Tails In Charge" 60-06: (A) Robotnik Express (Buena Vista 2382) Episodes: "Robotnik Express", "Tails' New Home" 60-07: (A) Slowww Going (Buena Vista 2383) Episodes: "Slowww Going", "Over the Hill" 60-08: (A) Sonic's Song (Buena Vista 2379) Episodes: "Sonic's Song", "Best Hedgehog" 60-09: (A) Super Special Sonic Search Squad (Buena Vista 2385) Episodes: "Sonic Underground", "Lovesick Sonic" 60-10: Audio CD "Sonic Boom" Label and number not available. Section 90: MISCELLANEOUS ========================= 90-01: Drink bottles (attach-to-bicycle-frame) -- robust-looking plastic moulding printed with a STH banner and 2 pictures of Sonic -- one a typical running pose, the other of him reclining in a sun chair wearing dark glasses. Manufacturer name not available; made in Australia. 90-02: Bike helmets -- made from expanded polystyrene and a thin plastic shell covered with multiple pictures of Sonic lifting weights. Available in sizes SM/M and with a black or white background. From Headstart. 90-03: Sewing pattern, manufacturer name not available. Sonic appears to be running alongside a body of water. There are 4 power rings behind him. A Sonic logo and a star in a circle are at the top. 90-04: Sega Forum on CompuServe (GO SEGA). Message and file sections for all Sega games. 90-05: Lunch kit showing Sonic from Aladdin. 90-06: Sonic and Knuckles sports drink bottle. White plastic with Sonic and Knuckles logo in red, black, blue, and white, the text "SONIC & KNUCKLES" in white with a black outline and the text "SEGA PRO" in red with a black outline. Included with the Dec. 1994 issue of "Sega Pro". From Dalatek Ltd. 90-07: Temporary tatoo set. Features Sonic waiting and tapping his toe, Sonic sitting on a director's chair sipping a drink, and Tails. From Highgate Products, Inc. 90-08: Temporary tatoo set. Features Sonic jumping, Sonic standing with his arms folded, and Sonic standing while pointing one finger into the air. From Highgate Products, Inc. SUPPLIERS ========= Acme Aladdin 703 Murfreesboro Rd Nashville, TN 37210 Amurol Confections Co. Yorkville, IL 60560 Archie Comic Publications 325 Fayette Ave. Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Brady Computer Books Brady Robert J. & Sams Buena Vista Home Video Burbank, CA 91521 Caltoy, a division of C&H Toy of America Inc. La Palma, CA Coca-Cola Co. One Coca-Cola Plaza N.W. Atlanta, GA 30313 CompuServe Information Service P.O. Box 20212 5000 Arlington Centre Blvd. Columbus, OH 43220 (telnet://compuserve.com/) Compute Publications Int. Ltd. Dalatek Ltd. Notts, NG17 5G5 United Kingdom DiC Animation City 303 North Glenoaks Blvd. Burbank, CA 91502 Disney Adventures -- Subscriptions P.O. Box 420200 Palm Coast, FL 32142-0200 Advertising Editorial P.O. Box 861 New York, NY 10113-0861 (mailto:DAZip@AOL.COM) Fleetway Editions Ltd. 25/31 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9SU United Kingdom Tel. 071 344-6400 (mailto:stc@richb.demon.co.uk) Franco-American Campbell Soup Co. Campbell Pl. Camden, NJ 08103-1701 Fruit of the Loom 6300 Sears Tower Chicago, IL 60606 General Mills One General Mills Blvd. Minneapolis, MN 55426 Golden Books - New York Western Publishing Co., Inc. Racine, WI 53404 Headstart Highgate Products, Inc. 4435 Simonton Road Dallas, TX 75244 Howard Johnson Franchise Systems, Inc. 339 Jefferson Rd. Parsippany, NJ 07054 Kumba Books Ltd. Ladybird Books Ltd. Nikko McDonald's Corp. McDonald's Plaza Oak Brook, IL 60521 Panini -- PANINI PUBLISHING LTD Tunbridge Wells 2TN2 5TT United Kingdom Distribution in Germany: ASV Vertriebs GmbH Suederstrasse 77 20097 Hamburg Distribution in Austria: Pressegrossvertrieb Salzburg Niederalm 300 5081 Salzburg Penguin Books Ltd. Prima Publishing Publications International Ravette Books Ltd. Sega of America 255 Shoreline Dr. Redwood City, CA 94065 Signet Books (Back issues of "Sonic the Comic") SONIC BACK ISSUE ZONE Aim Ltd. PO Box 10 Sunderland, SR4 6SN United Kingdom The Tie Rack Tiger Electronics Inc. 980 Woodlands Parkway Vernon Hills, IL 60061 Titan Books Ltd. Top Heavy Sydney, Australia The Topps Company Inc. Duryea, PA 18642 Troll Associates 100 Corporate Drive Mahwah, NJ 07430 Virgin Books, London Western Publishing Co., Inc. RETAILERS ========= Video Express (VOX) 5339 Prospect Road #336 San Jose, CA 95129 (telnet://videoexpress.com/) Whole Toon Catalog P.O. Box 369 Issaquah, WA 98027 EOF Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) [Team OS/2] A net.freedom-fighter for Mobius! "Freedom Fighters are #1!" -- Sonic the Hedgehog A! JW2 WAR++ PI0>+ BR+i SL++++i SK+++ RI0>++/++^ RU+ GDF0>+ BU++ MI- MM- KK-- Do $++ E59 Ee5 TRita Ay68 M Mail: acme@use.usit.net | WWW: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~eschulma From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sun Oct 8 23:36:38 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id XAA28724 for sonic-ll; Sun, 8 Oct 1995 23:23:19 -0400 Received: from granite.mv.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id XAA28714 for ; Sun, 8 Oct 1995 23:23:17 -0400 Received: by granite.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id XAA11618; Sun, 8 Oct 1995 23:24:35 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 23:24:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Ratman To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: More fleetway images. Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net And this time... They're in color. :-) ftp://rat.org/pub/sonic/images/comic/ fleetw06.jpg thru fleetw17.jpg are the new color ones. fleetw01.jpg though fleetw05.jpg are the old B&W scans. I think the artwork is a hell of a lot better than Archie, but Tails is a little too red for me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW : http://rat.org | FTP : ftp://rat.org/pub ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 9 10:22:48 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id KAA02412 for sonic-ll; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:20:45 -0400 Received: from emout04.mail.aol.com by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id KAA02407 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:20:42 -0400 From: Sugahhog@aol.com Received: by emout04.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA11915 for sonic@bort.mv.net; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:17:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:17:07 -0400 Message-ID: <951009101706_72270960@emout04.mail.aol.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Comments on Sonic Comic #29 (spoilers) Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net RDB >Subj: Re: Comments on Sonic Comic #29 (spoilers) Date: 95-09-25 07:58:29 EDT From: sfstbr@frog.thpl.lib.fl.us (James Walt) Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Reply-to: sonic@bort.mv.net To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Sun, 24 Sep 1995, Ron Bauerle wrote: > Here are my comments on Sonic 29, FWIW: ---------- > > I'll let somebody else summarize all the plot and credit details... > And isn't it convenient that the portable de-roboticizer would have only > _one_ charge left (and of course I assume they can't figure out how to > recharge it or anything...) >Yeah, it's a puzzlement. Especially when Bunnie and Uncle Chuck have a real need of it. (but then, what would that do to the plot?) Sometimes unfortunately, to keep the plot moving, I would suspect that writers would hope that fans like us overlook logical things like this..... > > I'll let somebody else comment on how Antoine was holding Bunnie... >To quote Lurch: You Rang? >Frankly, what drooling fanboy wouldn't want to put their arms around Bunnie? A point that I can't argue with in the slightest. I sure would want to!! > > Why should Sally have volunteered to be roboticized when Uncle Chuck's > already there? Or was this story set before he had regained his will? > (Maybe the next issue will clarify this - Uncle Chuck's on the cover...) > While I appreciate the comic's move towards the Sat. AM Sonic, I wish they'd > note how it fits into the continuity, sort of like the Gargoyles comic is > doing (or at least _was_ doing) with respect to the daily show. >Since in the SatAm Uncle Chuck had been revealed as a spy, Robotnic would probably dismantled him to find out why he broke conditioning. It isn't out of continuity (much) so I'll pass on flaming them here. And yet, as it's shown so clearly below, this story would probably start *before* the second season, unless we assume that the comic has a bit of a different continuity, and The Doomsday Project will never occur in this timeline......... >Subj: Re: Comments on Sonic Comic #29 (spoilers) Date: 95-09-25 13:41:32 EDT From: bauerle@engr.erie.ge.com (Ron Bauerle) Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Reply-to: sonic@bort.mv.net To: sonic@sard.mv.net In article <950924205749.15b2c@engr.erie.ge.com>, BAUERLE@engr.erie.ge.com (Ron Bauerle) writes: >Why should Sally have volunteered to be roboticized when Uncle Chuck's >already there? Or was this story set before he had regained his will? >(Maybe the next issue will clarify this - Uncle Chuck's on the cover...) >While I appreciate the comic's move towards the Sat. AM Sonic, I wish they'd >note how it fits into the continuity, sort of like the Gargoyles comic is >doing (or at least _was_ doing) with respect to the daily show. >Duh, the intro. of Dulcy in this story apparently puts this before the second season... Indeed. RDB From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 9 10:37:49 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id KAA02381 for sonic-ll; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:19:13 -0400 Received: from mail02.mail.aol.com by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id KAA02375 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:19:10 -0400 From: Sugahhog@aol.com Received: by mail02.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA16971 for sonic@bort.mv.net; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:19:59 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:19:59 -0400 Message-ID: <951009101957_72270575@mail02.mail.aol.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Comments on Sonic Comic #29 (spoilers) Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Just a few words on Sonic #29, commenting about comments already made........ >Subj: Comments on Sonic Comic #29 (spoilers) Date: 95-09-24 21:42:13 EDT From: BAUERLE@engr.erie.ge.com (Ron Bauerle) Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Reply-to: sonic@bort.mv.net To: sonic@sard.mv.net CC: alt-fan-sonic-hedgehog@cs.utexas.edu, aa2043@freenet.lorain.oberlin.edu, bradc@unix.infoserve.net, pearse@rpi.edu, quozl@netcom.com, ray.rooney@dscmail.com, rune@delphi.com, BAUERLE@engr.erie.ge.com >Here are my comments on Sonic 29, FWIW: >I'll let somebody else summarize all the plot and credit details... >Spoiler alert: >Well, I see they know how to give green eyes to _somebody_ (namely, Dulcy). >Now if only they'd get Bunnie's right... Not to mention the lower half of her body. As they brought in Dulcy *as is* from the show for which I'm forever grateful, and the Archie people saw fit to change their first two attempts at Sally to the one we all know and love from the show, why do these guys have such a sticking point on Bunnie with robotisizing her waist and that cute little bunny behind of hers? (I mean, they're even going to be bringing Uncle Chuck in as we know him to look like from the show) Well, I can't complain *too* much. At least she's been a pretty full time character for the last few issues, instead of just a background bunny, if she was to be put in the story at all as she hasn't been for awhile. >And isn't it convenient that the portable de-roboticizer would have only _one_ charge left (and of course I assume they can't figure out how to recharge it or anything...) Not to mention the fact that even with all of Rotor's technical skill, along with Sally and Tails' computer savy, they didn't first de-robotisize Uncle Chuck or Bunnie or both, (couldn't they have just stood together under the ray?) and then taken the thing apart to see what exactly made it tick so that they could have built more of the little godsends to have in reserve before attempting something so risky as what Sally did, and ended up losing the de-robotisizor in the first place, ending up back at square one. I know they needed a plot, but as I always look for the logic, this one had a few holes to deal with (I also find it a little too convienient that 1) A derobotisizor would pop up at all. Why would Robotnik need such a thing? Time off for good behavior for one of the robotisized animals (cheap shot, and a sick joke I know. Sorry.)? 2) That a Robotisizor would be a large, telephone booth sized contraption that would probably weigh a couple of tons, yet the derobotisizor is this little hand held gizmo that Ducly could stuff in her pouch, or Sonic in his backpack with ease. A bit of a reach to make that plot work, no? >I'll let somebody else comment on how Antoine was holding Bunnie... Agreed. >Why should Sally have volunteered to be roboticized when Uncle Chuck's already there? Or was this story set before he had regained his will? (Maybe the next issue will clarify this - Uncle Chuck's on the cover...) While I appreciate the comic's move towards the Sat. AM Sonic, I wish they'd note how it fits into the continuity, sort of like the Gargoyles comic is doing (or at least _was_ doing) with respect to the daily show. I wish they would as well. >I don't know whether to be glad or disappointed at them not showing Sally's roboticization - by not doing so, they spare us a possibly horrific sequence; but OTOH this might have given the story even more drama... Very true. As disappointed as I was with the plot holes I mentioned, it *was* a good story, and it would have been more dramatic (as I like a story to be) with seeing Sally robotisized. All I know is when I saw that cover pic, I got one hell of a feeling of horror. That cover was one creepy piece of fantastic art! >And of course the widget that was supposed to preserve her free will "fell off" during the process - again, how convenient. Why didn't Rotor clip it to her or something? (Or even stick it _in_ her ear?) Here's another surpising thing. From what we know, you can't robotisize something that's already robotisized. Ie: You can't turn something from flesh to metal, if it's already metal. Now. With this in mind, once that Robotisizor ray hit Sally, why didn't the "Free will" disc blow up? If the writers forgot this, a good thing that the disc fell off, no? The explosion wouldn't have been all that great, but even so.... (if I'm missing something for which the FW disc wouldn't have blown up for some logical reason, then in her ear would indeed have been a good place to put it. ) I'm also surprised that since the disk, should have blown up, Sally and Rote didn't consider the plan a bust before trying it, as there would have been no way for that Disc to give Sally back her will.... >Odd that the process preserved all of Sally's coloring... Indeed, while Bunnie just gets a cold steel gray, while she isn't even a grey hare! (Insert rim shot wav..) >And while they at least showed _some_ struggle on Sally's part to obey Robotnik while roboticized, given her intense feelings for the Freedom Fighters (and presumably Sonic), I'd've thought she'd've struggled a bit harder and longer (maybe we can blame it on the shock of being roboticized)... Well in "Ultra Sonic" it took a power ring for Uncle Chuck to come out of his "programming" the first time, and he has feelings just as intense for the FF. I thinnk Sally did okay that she had any free will left at all! >But the art by Mawhinney and Koslowski was excellent as usual... I wonder what Spaza would have done with it though......... (I wasn't at all disappointed in the art though. Loved it in fact!) >The fan art isn't too shabby this time out (fanboys check out Sally's outfit); but I wouldn't think Bunnie and Sally are into tattoos and pierced ears, Nor I . Fans have some *pretty strange* concepts of the FF for them to be drawing this stuff. Still, there are those alt worlds along the cosmic interstate that they could be drawing these sketches from....... "Biker Babes from Mobius!" (Forgive me, Girls!) >and Bunnie's _left_ arm is the robot one, not her right... Exactly. >Now onto the Tails story: >That was a rather lame escape by Tails: using fur from his tails to clog up the roboticizer??? They didn't look too threadbare after he got out, and I would think anything that could handle a whole two-tailed fox could handle whatever loose fur he could shake off... As far as Tails' tails not looking too threadbare, perhaps he's a really good shedder? ;) Seriously though, it was a lame escape, unless he was somehow able to throw that extra fur from his Tails into a vent where it *did* clog up the air system for the machine. >I also find it hard to believe Tails' tails are strong enough for him to pull out a mechanical tree by the roots and swing it like a golf club (but it was still amusing :^)). Agreed. And yet, as David Bruce Banner demonstrated to the world for years and years, (The Incredible Hulk to all you who've never picked it up) there's no telling what one is capable of, in a fitted pique of emotion, particularly *anger*..... (Wonder how many FF Tails could fly out of danger in one shot if he really needed to? He could be as good as Dulcy! ) >That bit about "robbing me of my _innocence_" was a bit much - at the risk of getting a bit crude, just how realistic _was_ that Fiona automaton? Not to mention that with that explanation in mind, this is still a children's book by all accounts....;) >(And note that the letter column for this issue has a quasi-explanation for Tails being 10 not 5, but 10 is still a bit young for this sort of thing, isn't it? Or do Mobians hit puberty quicker than we do?) And again, Tails' comment about "my lost youth" was a bit overdramatic; while it may be true, I doubt most people recognize the loss of their youth *when it happens* - I'd say it takes years for it to sink in (and for us toon fans, maybe it never does :^)). I agree wholeheartedly. The explanation about Tails' age was quite lame (sounded like D.C.'s attempt at merging all the multi universes). If they're going to be basing the comic from here on in on the Sat A.M. series, why don't they just *do* it, (Lose that crabmeat character) start over from the ish where Sally from the show first appeared (Ish #16 I think, while still keeping important issues like "This island Hedgehog" in the continuity.) and say that Tails is ten years old through nothing else but the natural action of ol father time (and the timekeeper with his timestones of course. ) The "Lost innocence" and "lost youth" bit, was quite out of character for Tails. He's only Ten, and he's talking more dramatically than Sally was in her miniseries! Come on people! Match age to appropriate dialogue, would ya? >And another cliche: the nearly-instantly-rusting-out-when-wet-robot; I could've believed a short-circuit, but not rust. And I don't know whether to applaud Fiona's final tear as a nice touch, or sneer at it as yet another predictable cliche... Indeed. I really found the whole part of Tails' reaction to Fiona's betrayal to be the worst part of this story, and I *really* wish that they hadn't done the story this way, or at least they could have chosen it as a story on it's own that I could have convieniently and gratefully forgotten about, instead of having it lead into the miniseries, which I'm really looking forward to. If this story was just one of those not so great short one-shot stories that seem to come about every so often, then I would have been okay with it, but now it's a part of the larger continuity........*sigh*. I mean, Tails was with this robot girl for one day or so we can assume, and already he's so in love with her, that he outright denies the fact that she's a robot? She's trying to kill him, and he keeps coming back with "Don't do it Fiona! You love me!"? GAG! Spare me! And then the whole "I'll make him fix you and then we'll be together again." Oh please! (First off, if she's simply rusted, why don't you just get some of that oil from your crankcase that you <*snicker*> filled up from that oiled seagull? (I know from videos of the Alaskan oil spill that those birds get a lot of oil in their feathers, but not enough to fill a crankcase for a sub!)) And second of all, *hel-o-hoooo!* Tails? Anybody home? I've heard of a girl stealing your heart and mind, and even your common sense and logic, but this is rediculous! Are you so desperate for companionship that you deny that this girl is not a flesh and blood being? Yes this does bring up arguments of how a robot could perhaps grow to full or near sentience, (The Vision from "The Avengers", who was married after all to a mutant ie: The Scarlet Witch,....Then there's Data from ST:TNG, who did pretty good in his personal growth before getting his full range of emotions in "Generations" with that chip...and of course, most recently there's EVE....), and how a person could grow to love a being that isn't flesh and blood, but I really don't think that Fiona has had any time (considering her behavior) to evolve any, like the other mechanical being's I've listed. After all, there's no guarantee that she would anyway, unless Robotnik had incorporated some of the "self awareness and adaptability programs from his EVE schematics into Fiona and the other robots he created.......hmmm.....I'm suddenly beginning to be reminded of "Batman:The Animated Series" with the ep: "His silicon soul..." Batman (To Alfred about his robotic duplicate) : "Could it have had a soul alfred? A soul of silicon, but a *soul* nonetheless?" Still, even with this possibility, as I've said, I don't think with Fiona's behavior, at the moment, this possibility took place. (I'm kinda marveling here how I suddenly switched positions from flaming a story that made no sense and was dumb, to musing about a story, if they had explained it a bit more, would've had some good posibilities......) >Finally, with the part with the tear in Fiona's eye at the end, some may think it cliche, some may think it touching, but considering that Fiona showed *no* repeat, *NO* remorse or hesitancy about trying to robotisize or strangle, or drown our favorite young fox, the only thing that I can think of, is that her sheded tear was for the fact that she failed in her mission to Robotnik to destroy the young "mongrel" (as Robotnik put it.) I'll admit that I *did* like the scenes of Tails being in love with Fiona (strange though that as a protector of the environment, Tails would do an act of vandalism like carving his and Fiona's initials on a living tree.....), but unless we see *some* evidence of Fiona developing a soul as I've mentioned, I hope that this is last we see of Fiona, and that Tails in the meantime, can find another love on his own in the miniseries with one of the Freedom fighters "down under". With Fiona coming back and joining the FF as some of the other posters to this list have said, well, it would be nice, but only if they have it make sense. Maybe you could pass these comments on down to the editor, Paul old pal? One last note on this story that I have just *got* to say, is thus: Did this this whole story remind *anyone else* besides me (through overdramatics and stupidity (at certain points) to the point of it being comedy) of the Bugs Bunny Cartoon where Bugs gets lured to the lair of an Evil Scientist by a cute little robotic bunny that he finds to be as such later on. Then, when the ES (Hmmm...Eric Shwartz? ) and the monster (Rudolph) are defeated, Bugs says in overdramatic fashion.... Bugs: "And soooo, having re-*re* disposed of the monster......" (At this point, another mechanical Bunny babe (the first one was destroyed earlier in the short) goes walking by and gives him a comes hither look....) Bugs (to audience, giving them a confident and calmly knowing look as he hooks a thumb over toward the babe): It's mechanical. (Bunnybabe give Bugs a smooch on the cheek at this point, dazing Bugs before walking off camera) Bugs: (regaining himself and speaking to audience in a near frenzy of emotion) SO?!!... IT'S MECHANICAL!!! (With this, Bugs starts off in earnest, walking in lovesick robot fashion toward bunnybabe off camera). I can't help laughing at the similarity. Well, here's hoping that "notes from the net" starts up again so I can put at least some of my critiques to good use.... >But the art by Manak and Harvo was fairly good; Tails really did look half-dead when Fiona was about to dunk him for the third time (although he seemed to make a typical toonish quick recovery from it :^)). Agreed. They couldn't have showed him crawling up onto shore? When Tails had gotten whipped by Sonic in the last issue, he didn't get up again as soon as he hit the floor.... > I hope they do as good a job in the Tails miniseries... Personally, I hope they do a better job. If its as good as or better than Princess Sally's first mini series (from "In your face" and the three previous connecting stories from the back issues before it) with the emotions it drew out, I'll be a writing some praises in the mail once more... >Tidbits from the letters page: I'll let Dan Drazen flame the continuing office humor; Dylan is revealed to be a porcupine (then why didn't they name him Patrick or Percy or something?); What's wrong with Dylan? >Antoine is said to be 18 (then isn't Sally a bit young for him? But he sure doesn't _act_ 18...); In the show, Ant is the same age as everyone else. Why would they say he's 18 here? They lost me on this one. >and Boomer was a former nickname for Rotor supposedly because of his voice (O-kayyyy...). ::Echo:: >I suppose all the above seems a bit harsh; I'll confess I've been in a bit of a bad mood this weekend due to various things (not having a life being part of them), but I still think the observations above are valid. I know that my own comments were a bit harsh in some places, but I'll make no claim to being in a bad mood. If I see holes, I'm gonna point em out. >Also, I'd rather have flawed stories like the above that at least try to live up to the Sat. AM Sonic, then the lame ones of the earlier days that weren't much better than the daily shows. Agreed. Something that's good though flawed in spots, is better than not having something good at all....(an ironic comment if you think about it, since we don't have new eps of the show while drek has grown on ABC in it's place...). From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 9 19:38:57 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id TAA06069 for sonic-ll; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 19:32:40 -0400 Received: from sard.mv.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id TAA06064 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 19:32:39 -0400 Received: from ns.ge.com by sard.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id TAA26502 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 19:33:58 -0400 Received: from getns2.erie.ge.com ([3.14.4.56]) by ns.ge.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id TAA11134 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 19:33:55 -0400 Received: from crypt.erie.ge.com by getns1.erie.ge.com with SMTP; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 19:33:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from csp189.ge.com by crypt.erie.ge.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA06729; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 19:33:52 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 19:33:52 -0400 Message-Id: <9510092333.AA06729@crypt.erie.ge.com> To: sonic@sard.mv.net Subject: Re: :):)AUCTION:):) Original Princess Sally Animation Cel Newsgroups: junk References: <456str$dne@news.ameritel.net> From: bauerle@engr.erie.ge.com (Ron Bauerle) Organization: GE Transportation Systems, Control Engineering Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net In article <456str$dne@news.ameritel.net>, breezypt@atc.ameritel.net (breezypt) writes: >Hello Sonic Fans! > >I am starting a new auction for my Princess Sally original animation cel >and sketch. The cel is from the opening sequence of the SONIC Saturday >morning cartoon. It shows Sally about to throw a rope. The cel is an >original production cel and is handpainted. The sketch is of the same >pose but is drawn in gray and blue pencils. The cel comes with a color >copy background and a certificate of authenticity. These cels are scarce >do to the cancellation of the show. They were sold without Sega's know- >ledge of it. I will start the bidding at $350 for the framed Princess >Sally cel and sketch. If you are interested, please e-mail me with your >bid. Thanks and good luck! > >-Emily"Robin" >Pocket Dragon Lover >BreezyPt@atc.ameritel.net From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 9 22:21:28 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id WAA07461 for sonic-ll; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 22:08:01 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id WAA07456 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 22:07:59 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id WAA18704; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 22:02:55 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 22:02:55 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Re: Comments on Sonic Comic #29 (spoilers) (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message. If you would like to reply to its author directly, please be sure your reply is addressed to cjb@brushtail.hna.com.au. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 10 Oct 1995 07:12:36 +1000 From: Chris Baird To: sonic@sard.mv.net Newgroups: brush.lists.sonic Subject: Re: Comments on Sonic Comic #29 (spoilers) , [...] but I really don't think that Fiona has had any time (considering > her behavior) to evolve any, like the other mechanical being's I've > listed. After all, there's no guarantee that she would anyway, unless > Robotnik had incorporated some of the "self awareness and adaptability > programs from his EVE schematics into Fiona and the other robots he > created... Don't forgot Robotnik also has the technology from the replicants appearing in Sally's miniseries. Maybe the original Fiona is around somewheres... >> Finally, with the part with the tear in Fiona's eye [...] Weird Hypothesis[tm] time-- the hydrolic fluid used in the robots is acutely hygroscopic, and immersion in water causes this fluid it to expand (blame cheap manufacture for the robots not being osmosis- proof :), the articulated joints then cease, and sometimes the internal tubing ruptures and the machine begins to leak... My flatmate gives a lot of attention to the braking system in his Mini-Minor, I get to see this all the time. :) -- Chris,, From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 9 23:06:28 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id XAA07838 for sonic-ll; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 23:01:08 -0400 Received: from tibalt.supernet.ab.ca by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id XAA07833 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 23:01:05 -0400 Received: from [204.209.1.47] (rd-p15.supernet.ab.ca) by tibalt.supernet.ab.ca with SMTP (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA235054130; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 21:02:10 -0600 X-Sender: sologar@mailhost.supernet.ab.ca (Unverified) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 21:07:33 +0100 To: sonic@bort.mv.net From: sologar@tibalt.supernet.ab.ca (Nomad) Subject: RPGs????? Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net I need to know something, does a Sonic RPG exsist? If one doesn't, can I make one? If I made one, would anyone want it? Thanks, Tarl PS: I will not have access to the net from Oct. 23 to around Christmas. This means that if you want an RPG, you'll have to wait sometime. Please reply ASAP. Thanks! From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 9 23:36:31 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id XAA08024 for sonic-ll; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 23:27:58 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id XAA08019 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 23:27:56 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id XAA22413; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 23:22:51 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 23:22:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: RPGs????? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Mon, 9 Oct 1995, Nomad wrote: > I need to know something, does a Sonic RPG exsist? If one doesn't, > can I make one? If I made one, would anyone want it? To my knowledge, the only Sonic games are those from Sega (and listed in the Merchandise List), unless you include MUCK's. I'm sure there would be interest in a Sonic RPG one could play on their system, but you should probably get clearance from Sega even if you plan to make the game freeware. Or you can join in on FurToonia. Several list subscribers have a character there, as do the list owners. Bring up telnet://red_panda.tbyte.com:9999/ . BTW, my primary character has nothing to do with Sonic, but a few subscribers/FT'ers have met my "puppet" from the Archie comics. Please make any further inquiries about FT in private e-mail or in alt.fan.furry.muck instead of the Sonic list. Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) [Team OS/2] A net.freedom-fighter for Mobius! "Freedom Fighters are #1!" -- Sonic the Hedgehog A! JW2 WAR++ PI0>+ BR+i SL++++i SK+++ RI0>++/++^ RU+ GDF0>+ BU++ MI- MM- KK-- Do $++ E59 Ee5 TRita Ay68 M Mail: acme@use.usit.net | WWW: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~eschulma From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 10 12:38:18 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA11255 for sonic-ll; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 12:29:05 -0400 Received: from sard.mv.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA11250 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 12:29:03 -0400 Received: from ns2.ac.edu by sard.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA08857 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 12:30:26 -0400 Received: from jaguar.ac.edu by ns2.ac.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA01796; Tue, 10 Oct 95 12:35:56 EDT Received: by jaguar.ac.edu (wcGATE v4) id 32338W Tue, 10 Oct 1995 16:26:59 GMT From: rhaynie@jaguar.ac.edu (Robert Haynie) Subject: RPGs????? Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 14:54:05 GMT Message-Id: <95101012265917965@jaguar.ac.edu> Organization: Augusta College, Augusta GA To: sonic@sard.mv.net Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net -> From: sologar@tibalt.supernet.ab.ca (Nomad) -> To: bort.mv.net!sonic -> Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 21:07:33 +0100 -> Subject: RPGs????? -> -> I need to know something, does a Sonic RPG exsist? If one doe -> can I make one? If I made one, would anyone want it? -> -> Thanks, -> Tarl -> -> PS: I will not have access to the net from Oct. 23 to around -> Christmas. This means that if you want an RPG, you'll have to wait -> sometime. Please reply ASAP. Thanks! -> -> I was....adn to a small extent, am-- working on modifying the Mekton Zeta rules to the Sonic universe... don'ty know if I'll ever finish it, tho... rob From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 10 12:51:30 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA11243 for sonic-ll; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 12:26:00 -0400 Received: from sard.mv.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA11238 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 12:25:58 -0400 Received: from sonic.segaoa.com by sard.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA08768 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 12:27:22 -0400 Received: from blackhole.segaoa.com by sonic.segaoa.com (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA25881; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 09:29:18 +0800 Received: by blackhole.segaoa.com with Microsoft Mail id <307A9EF5@blackhole.segaoa.com>; Tue, 10 Oct 95 09:27:33 PDT From: "Wallis, Mike" To: Sonic mailing list Subject: RE: RPGs????? Date: Tue, 10 Oct 95 09:23:00 PDT Message-Id: <307A9EF5@blackhole.segaoa.com> Encoding: 16 TEXT X-Mailer: Microsoft Mail V3.0 content-length: 611 Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net > I need to know something, does a Sonic RPG exsist? If one doesn't, >can I make one? If I made one, would anyone want it? I know that no Sonic RPG video games exist. The reason for this is that some folks in Marketing don't seem to believe role-playing games make good sellers. But the truth is, ANY type of game done correctly will sell (IF it has advertising support). If you folks want to see a Sonic RPG for the Sega Saturn, I would encourage you to check out the Sega WWW site (www.segaoa.com) and write your request to the Webmaster. If we get enough demand... Who knows? :) -Mike From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 10 15:41:29 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id PAA12493 for sonic-ll; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 15:34:37 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id PAA12488 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 15:34:35 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA05274; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 15:29:33 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 15:29:33 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Re: RPGs????? (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message. If you would like to reply to its author directly, please be sure your reply is addressed to lazuli@eskimo.com. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 08:10:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Fred M. Sloniker To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: RPGs????? On Mon, 9 Oct 1995, Nomad wrote: > I need to know something, does a Sonic RPG exsist? If one doesn't, > can I make one? If I made one, would anyone want it? I was going to run a "Sonic: The Next Generation" PBEM a bit back, using Toon rules, before life got in the way. If people are still interested, I'll dust off the stats and relaunch it. ---Fred M. Sloniker, cleric at large L. Lazuli R'kamos, FurryMUCKer lazuli@eskimo.com DISCLAIMER: My ideas are mine, and you can't have them. From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 10 21:38:00 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id VAA15217 for sonic-ll; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 21:25:18 -0400 Received: from peter.cs.andrews.edu by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id VAA15212 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 21:25:15 -0400 Received: from edmund (edmund.cs.andrews.edu) by peter.cs.andrews.edu (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA19559; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 21:26:37 -0400 From: drazen@andrews.edu (Dan Drazen) Received: by edmund (5.x) id AA16707; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 21:26:35 -0400 Message-Id: <9510110126.AA16707@edmund> Subject: Sonic #29 (addendum to FAQ File) To: sonic@bort.mv.net Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 21:26:35 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net In response to statements that the FAQ File has become too much of a good thing, I'm going to try a cut-and-paste posting approach. I guess I'll let the custodians of Sonic home pages which carry the file worry about keeping the whole thing available. Frequently Asked Questions 10) Why was Rotor called "Boomer" in the early comics? They finally got around to providing an answer to this one in Sonic #29 (Dec 1995). The explanation: "Rotor is Rotor's real name. Boomer was something we used to call him when we were kids to make fun of his voice." So basically we're supposed to believe "Boomer" is really Rotor's nickname. ======================================================================= #29 [Dec 1995] [Better double-bag this one, gang; it's a keeper for a number of reasons. DJD] Cover by Spaziante -- this stunning work alone deserves recognition! Not as powerful as the roboticization of Sally sequence in "Sonic's Nightmare" but close enough. "Steel-belted Sally" (three parts) Story: Angelo Decesare/Art: Art Mawhinney After a one-page introduction to Dulcy (which was more than she got when she debuted in the second season), we move on to the story. Sonic finds a "portable deroboticizer"(!!!) in a crashed hover unit. So Rotor takes it apart, figures out how it works, begins mass-producing them, the residents of Mobius are deroboticized and they drive Robotnik off the planet. Wrong answer! Instead, Sally allows herself to be captured by Robotnik and roboticized, trusting in a small disc that looks like a battery for a calculator that's supposed to prevent her mind from coming under Robotnik's influence after being roboticized. Unfortunately, the "neuro-overrider" falls off and Sally is totally transformed. As the others are on the verge of being roboticized by Robo-Sally, Dulcy shows up and uses the portable deroboticizer (remember THAT plot device?) to restore Sally and foil Robotnik. Good artwork by Mawhinney, but readers have been quick to point out the flaws in the plot of the story. Why NOT use the portable deroboticizer to restore Bunnie, or even Uncle Chuck (scheduled to appear in issue #30)? After it's used on Sally it's never heard of again; shabby treatment for a pivotal device. And why wasn't the neuro-overrider more securely fastened to Sally? They couldn't find a bobby pin? They never heard of super glue? They couldn't take the time to surgically implant the thing? And finally, whose idea was it at Archie Comics to have Bunnie wearing metallic panties? Her legion of fanboys are glad she's putting in more of an appearance, but how about keeping her on-model? Sonic Art: Reid Price's drawing of the girls elicited some comment because of the tattoos and pierced ears. Still a pale imitation of the erotic "Bambioids" of Jerry Collins which are at ftp://avatar.snc.edu/pub/furry/images/downloads/j/jc[001 through 108].gif. Of this collection I am in awe. "Growing Pains, Part 2" Story: Mike Gallagher/Art: Dave Manak When we last left Tails, he had been betrayed by his new girlfriend, Fiona, who turned out to be one of Robotnik's automatons. Tails has just been consigned to the desert island's roboticizer. Fasten your safety belts, return seats and tray tables to their upright position and assume the crash landing position: a promising story is about to go down in flames.... The roboticizer explodes because of "fur from [Tails'] tails." Wonder why this problem never came up when Robotnik was roboticizing other furries; next time, Ivo, don't put your prisoners in the air intake. Fiona attacks Tails, who is then almost crushed boa-style by one of Robotnik's palm trees. Fiona attacks again and attemps to drown Tails in the shallows. However, before she can finish the job she grinds to a halt. Apparently she is able to rust solid in a matter of seconds. Tails should have noticed this little problem when he and Fiona were running along the beach during the romantic interlude on page 5 of Part 1, but maybe Tails and Gallagher both learned story structure and continuity from the same teacher. While Tails mourns his lost (or at least immobilized) love in unbelievably heavy-handed prose, Robotnik escapes. Tails may be blue, but he's also green: he starts picking up the trash along the beach. This is how he discovers "absolute proof" that O.J. Simpson murdered Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman...oops, wrong story. What he discovers is "absolute proof" of a "satellite operation functioning on the other side of Mobius." Same level of credibility, IMHO. Having been handed the premise of his miniseries on a silver plate without any connection whatever to the two-parter he just endured, Tails is off on his solo adventure. This isn't Shakespeare, Heaven only knows...it isn't even Bacon, but Tails' acting in this story is 100% ham! In writing for comics you have to take shortcuts, and sometimes you have to put massive amounts of plot development into a couple of word balloons. "Growing Pains", however, manages to wade through 15 pages before setting up the plot of the miniseries on the very last page. Which wouldn't be so unforgivable if the dialogue that preceeded it weren't so extravagent. "I'll put you here as a monument to my lost youth...but I'll make him repair you and we'll be together again, my love!" Typical 10-year-old, right? OK, when did you totally give up on this story? I managed to hang in until page 7. When I got to the line "Robotnik created the perfect woman, but forgot to waterproof her!", I knew this was the cue for Sonic's line: "I think I shall hurl!" What galls me is the promise with which the story began. It's easy to tell the Trekkers in the audience because after Part 1 they've been rooting for Fiona to switch allegiances and join up with Tails (call it the Mr. Data Effect). The questions raised by Part 1 were full of promise: Will Fiona cross over and join the Freedom Fighters? Did Tails get to second base with Fiona during their romantic interlude? The readers were ready to grant Gallagher and Manak a lot of latitude in the beginning, but the second part was a total bringdown. The traps were unbelievable, Fiona was written out of the story too easily, and Tails was stuck with some of the most melodramatic lines this side of Yiddish theater. And by the last page you had the sense of "Forget it, let's get on to the miniseries." With more thought to the story, "Growing Pains" could have been a decent miniseries in its own right, ending with a Tails whose character has actually grown by the end of the story. It's a bad sign when the readers take the story more seriously than the writer! Sonic Grams: For the last time, guys, LOSE THE OFFICE HUMOR! We buy the product so we can read about Sonic and Tails, not Scott and Paul. Buried in Scott's prose is the news that despite the Spaziante covers, the team who perpetrated "Growing Pains", Gallagher and Manak, will be doing the Tails miniseries! So much for anticipation. Can you say "coherency?" More important, can you DO coherency? November promises Sonic #30 and the return of Uncle Chuck, Tails miniseries #2, and the Knuckles Chaotix special, just in time for your holiday shopping. On to the letters themselves, and these stuck in my craw even more than the flaws in "Growing Pains." First they punt a question on whether Tails is 5 or 10 years old, then they run a letter to Dylan, then they casually mention that Antoine is 18 (without offering any proof that he's older than the rest), and even though they go some ways in explaining the Boomer/Rotor name game they have to deal with a question about Sonic and Robotnik being half-sibs. Two words: PUH-LEEEZE! From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 10 21:52:50 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id VAA15309 for sonic-ll; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 21:36:56 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id VAA15304 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 21:36:54 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id VAA22317; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 21:31:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 21:31:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Re: RPGs????? (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message. If you would like to reply to its author directly, please be sure your reply is addressed to danramos@ix.netcom.com. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 18:29:21 -0700 From: Dan Ramos To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: RPGs????? >Or you can join in on FurToonia. Several list subscribers have a >character there, as do the list owners. Bring up >telnet://red_panda.tbyte.com:9999/ . BTW, my primary character has >nothing to do with Sonic, but a few subscribers/FT'ers have met my >"puppet" from the Archie comics. > >Please make any further inquiries about FT in private e-mail or in >alt.fan.furry.muck instead of the Sonic list. I'll also be very happy to help anyone with any questions regarding FurTooniaMUCK or MUCKing in general (but PARTICULARLY about FurTooniaMUCK, since I'm a HELPSTAFFer there--I'm more than happy to help newbies with questions!) If you wish to speak to me with questions/comments, Email danramos@ix.netcom.com or you can catch me online in FurTooniaMUCK (red_panda.tbyte.com 9999) as Sonic or as Miles. And on FurryMUCK (furry.org 8888) as Sonic. Seeyas!! :) From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Wed Oct 11 06:51:50 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id GAA18468 for sonic-ll; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 06:31:26 -0400 Received: from ddi2.digital.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id GAA18463 for ; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 06:31:24 -0400 Received: from outdoor.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by ddi2.digital.net (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id HAA24016 for sonic@bort.mv.net; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 07:29:07 -0400 To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: RPGs????? From: john.mankowski@outdoor.com (JOHN MANKOWSKI) Message-ID: <8B2D170.0001004F45.uuout@outdoor.com> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 06:08:00 -0500 Organization: The Outdoor Sportsman BBS - Cocoa, FL - 1 (407)635-9590 References: X-Mailreader: PCBoard Version 15.22 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.20 Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net -> I'm sure there would be interest in a Sonic RPG one could play on -> their system, but you should probably get clearance from Sega even if -> you plan to make the game freeware. Well I will break the scilence. I was reading up on a program called Inform and am planing on writeing a sonic Text Adventure (More like an Interactive Story) that whould be somewhat easy to finish. and yes you can get killed in it! Inform the program that I whould use to compile it if I ever did write it is simalar to a system that made games for the famus Infocom co. Games like Zork,Hitchhiker's guide and Planetfall to name a few. The point is It will be freeware but if I give all credit do I need to still get premission from sega? Let me know PS. The good part is that the data file the .z5 file which is the game itself can be played on any computer as long as you have an interprater for it. From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Wed Oct 11 23:00:06 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id WAA24542 for sonic-ll; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 22:30:06 -0400 Received: from tibalt.supernet.ab.ca by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id WAA24537 for ; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 22:30:03 -0400 Received: from [204.209.1.47] (rd-p15.supernet.ab.ca) by tibalt.supernet.ab.ca with SMTP (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA140245077; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 20:31:17 -0600 X-Sender: sologar@mailhost.supernet.ab.ca Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 20:36:37 +0100 To: sonic@bort.mv.net From: sologar@tibalt.supernet.ab.ca (Nomad) Subject: Well????? Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Did anyone get my last message? Does anyone want a pen and dice RPG for Sonic? Tarl From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Wed Oct 11 23:54:12 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id XAA25029 for sonic-ll; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 23:51:17 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id XAA25024 for ; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 23:51:15 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id XAA26797; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 23:46:16 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 23:46:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Nomad cc: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Well????? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Wed, 11 Oct 1995, Nomad wrote: > Did anyone get my last message? Does anyone want a pen and dice RPG > for Sonic? If you saw your own message on the list, it was sent out by the mail server. In extreme cases, it could take 4 days for a list message to reach a subscriber. Delivery time is affected by the locations of the mail server and subscriber, and also by how big the mailing list is. It normally takes less time for a reply to traverse the net but >1 day does happen. Occasionally, messages do get lost -- but that's an infrequent event. Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) [Team OS/2] A net.freedom-fighter for Mobius! "Freedom Fighters are #1!" -- Sonic the Hedgehog A! JW2 WAR++ PI0>+ BR+i SL++++i SK+++ RI0>++/++^ RU+ GDF0>+ BU++ MI- MM- KK-- Do $++ E59 Ee5 TRita Ay68 M Mail: acme@use.usit.net | WWW: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~eschulma From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 12 02:51:28 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id CAA25919 for sonic-ll; Thu, 12 Oct 1995 02:38:27 -0400 Received: from huey.csun.edu by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id CAA25914 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 1995 02:38:24 -0400 Received: (vboao0f2@localhost) by huey.csun.edu (8.6.12/8.6.4) id XAA12234; Wed, 11 Oct 1995 23:40:22 -0700 Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 23:40:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Sonic the Hedgehog To: SonicMail Subject: Hello All Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net >From Sonic The Hedgehog, After having a pretty hectic week, I have finally put up three pictures for all to view: they may be found at rat.org's ftp site. Sonic&Miles.jpg : a picture taken from the comic book and renovated for more better color clarity and sharpness. Enjoy, everyone! TailsNew2.Jpg : A way past cool picture of our fave. Orange fox doing the classic wave. Notice the sonic sneakers are on. :^) This picture was hand drawn by yours truly and inked with india ink and scanned and polished in Photoshop and uploaded. Enjoy! SonicandTails.jpg : This is hand drawn then inked in with india ink. My artwork has considerably improved since the heydays, thanks to my friend who helped me learn how to use india ink properly. Color is supplied by Photoshop again. Its of Sonic and Tails posing. Tails is smirking at Sonic while Sonic does his WAY PAST COOL thumbs up. One more new picture will be posted soon. keep your eyes out for it, Tails fans! ITs gonna knock all of your socks off! ;^) From the coolest hedgehog, Bryant "Sonic" Melesko Sonic The Hedgehog http://www.grcom.com/sonic4 P.S.: Please feel free to send feedback to me regarding the pictures and how I can improve on them. I am going to draw more sonic and tails pictures as soon as midterm week clears up. email: vboao0f2@huey.csun.edu From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 12 11:21:45 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id LAA27798 for sonic-ll; Thu, 12 Oct 1995 11:10:26 -0400 Received: from granite.mv.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id LAA27793 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 1995 11:10:24 -0400 Received: by granite.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id LAA08672; Thu, 12 Oct 1995 11:11:57 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 11:11:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Ratman To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Hello All In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Wed, 11 Oct 1995, Sonic the Hedgehog wrote: > Sonic&Miles.jpg : a picture taken from the comic book and > renovated for more better color clarity and sharpness. Enjoy, everyone! ftp://rat.org/pub/sonic/images/drawn/mileson1.jpg > TailsNew2.Jpg : A way past cool picture of our fave. Orange fox > doing the classic wave. Notice the sonic sneakers are on. :^) This > picture was hand drawn by yours truly and inked with india ink and > scanned and polished in Photoshop and uploaded. Enjoy! ftp://rat.org/pub/sonic/images/drawn/tails3.jpg > > SonicandTails.jpg : This is hand drawn then inked in with india > ink. My artwork has considerably improved since the heydays, thanks to > my friend who helped me learn how to use india ink properly. Color is > supplied by Photoshop again. Its of Sonic and Tails posing. Tails is > smirking at Sonic while Sonic does his WAY PAST COOL thumbs up. ftp://rat.org/pub/sonic/images/drawn/mileson2.jpg Next time, make sure they have been added to the site before you advertise to the list. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW : http://rat.org | FTP : ftp://rat.org/pub ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Fri Oct 13 17:21:38 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id RAA07452 for sonic-ll; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 17:16:24 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id RAA07447 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 17:16:22 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA20457; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 17:11:36 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 17:11:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: New rules: Notes from the Net (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message. If you would like to reply to its author directly, please be sure your reply is addressed to bauerle@crypt.erie.ge.com. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 23:18:59 -0400 From: Ron Bauerle To: sonic@sard.mv.net Subject: New rules: Notes from the Net In a.f.s-h, In article <45j6hh$3j3@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, benny7dude@aol.com (Benny7dude) writes: >To all those who wish to have their comments considered for publication in >Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog comic books, please follow these rules: > >1.) email all comments to Benny7dude@aol.com and INCLUDE THE SUBJECT >HEADING: "Notes From The Net" on ALL email > >2.) Please send only comments specifically about the comic books. I know >a lot of you post "general" messages about the games, animation and comic >books (all in one message); but it makes our job easier if the email you >send to us is JUST about the comics, so please edit the mail you send to >us to our specifications. (also, remember-- this is for the Archie >version, not Fleetway). > >3.) Please note that getting your letter in the comic is at the sole >discretion of Archie Comics and the editor, and there is no guarantee that >your letter will see print. Archie also reserves the right to edit your >letters for space, content or grammatical considerations. > >Thank you. > >Paul Castiglia >Archie Comics From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 14 01:56:05 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id BAA10005 for sonic-ll; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 01:45:13 -0400 Received: from pimaia1y.prodigy.com by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id BAA10000 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 01:45:11 -0400 Received: from mail.prodigy.com (mail.prodigy.com [199.4.137.13]) by pimaia1y.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id BAB99456 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 01:39:27 -0400 Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 01:41:50 EDT From: AHVT94B@prodigy.com (MR THADDEUS R BOYD) X-Mailer: PRODIGY Services Company Internet mailer [PIM 3.2-342.56] Message-Id: <013.02895536.AHVT94B@prodigy.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Comments on Sonic Comic #29 (spoiler Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net >Tails really did look half-dead when Fiona was about to dunk him for the >third time (although he seemed to make a typical toonish quick recovery >from it :^)). Must be something about comic book characters and water. Remember the X-Men ish where Rogue dives in the pool, which is frozen by Ice Man, and then in the next frame her hair's back to its normal fluffy nature? >< Somebody's got to do it! From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 14 02:02:19 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id BAA10039 for sonic-ll; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 01:49:11 -0400 Received: from pimaia2w.prodigy.com by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id BAA10034 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 01:49:09 -0400 Received: from mail.prodigy.com ([199.4.137.13]) by pimaia2w.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id BAA57818 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 01:39:24 -0400 Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 01:41:47 EDT From: AHVT94B@prodigy.com (MR THADDEUS R BOYD) X-Mailer: PRODIGY Services Company Internet mailer [PIM 3.2-342.56] Message-Id: <013.02895534.AHVT94B@prodigy.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Comments on Sonic Comic #29 (spoiler Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net >Here's another surpising thing. From what we know, you can't robotisize >something that's already robotisized. Ie: You can't turn something from >flesh to metal, if it's already metal. Now. With this in mind, once that >Robotisizor ray hit Sally, why didn't the "Free will" disc blow up? If >the writers forgot this, a good thing that the disc fell off, no? The >explosion wouldn't have been all that great, but even so.... True, which gives me a GREAT story idea...why didn't they send Bunnie instead of Sally? I mean, you COULD say "Robotnik's not THAT stupid", but OTOH, he was stupid enough to let Sonic live in #27 when he had a chance to kill him... >< NOTE: My story, The Hunt Begins, is underway. Any smoothly functioning technology will have the appearance of Magic. - Arthur C. Clarke From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 14 13:38:18 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id NAA11902 for sonic-ll; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 13:24:52 -0400 Received: from nic.data.net.mx by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id NAA11897 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 13:24:48 -0400 Received: from ts11.data.net.mx (ts11.data.net.mx [200.13.16.50]) by nic.data.net.mx (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA18665 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 11:23:49 -0600 Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 11:23:49 -0600 Message-Id: <199510141723.LAA18665@nic.data.net.mx> X-Sender: alexmon1@mailer.data.net.mx X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: sonic@bort.mv.net From: alexmon1@data.net.mx (ALEXANDRA MONCAYO ORTEGA) Subject: Someone sells his/her Sonic Triple Trouble comic? Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Hello I=B4ve heard that someone was selling his Triple Trouble comic.If yes,can= you tell me if we can make a deal?Thanks. Your friend=20 ALEX From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 14 23:09:50 1995 Received: by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id WAA13866 for sonic-ll; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 22:57:13 -0400 Received: from sard.mv.net by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id WAA13861 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 22:57:12 -0400 Received: from ns.ge.com by sard.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id WAA07409 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 22:58:56 -0400 Received: from getns2.erie.ge.com ([3.14.4.56]) by ns.ge.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id WAA20025 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 22:58:52 -0400 Received: from crypt.erie.ge.com by getns1.erie.ge.com with SMTP; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 22:58:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from csp189.ge.com by crypt.erie.ge.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA04173; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 22:58:43 -0400 Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 22:58:43 -0400 Message-Id: <9510150258.AA04173@crypt.erie.ge.com> To: sonic@sard.mv.net Subject: (fwd) Another new rule: notes from net Newsgroups: junk References: <199510030258.WAA03801@access2.digex.net> From: bauerle@engr.erie.ge.com (Ron Bauerle) Organization: GE Transportation Systems, Control Engineering Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net In a.f.s-h, In article <45o8fe$hvj@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, benny7dude@aol.com (Benny7dude) writes: >As an ammendment to my earlier post, please only email me personal >comments about the comics-- not your responses to other people's comments. > Thanks! Also, forget about posting to both the list and a.f.s-h by mail - the gateway at cs.utexas.edu has been removed due to excessive abuse :^( RDB From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 16 13:52:47 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id NAA01383 for sonic-ll; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 13:24:47 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net (use.usit.net [199.1.48.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id NAA01378 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 13:24:45 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id LAA01971; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 11:38:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 11:38:40 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: New sound on ftp site Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net I have placed a new sound on the ftp site. ftp://rat.org/pub/sonic/sounds/so-diff.zip This sound is Sonic saying, "Why does everything have to be so difficult?". It is a 8-bit mono 22kHz .WAV recorded on a SB16 card under Warp 3 MMOS/2. Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) [Team OS/2] A net.freedom-fighter for Mobius! "Freedom Fighters are #1!" -- Sonic the Hedgehog A! JW2 WAR++ PI0>+ BR+i SL++++i SK+++ RI0>++/++^ RU+ GDF0>+ BU++ MI- MM- KK-- Do $++ E59 Ee5 TRita Ay68 M Mail: acme@use.usit.net | WWW: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~eschulma From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 19 20:02:46 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id TAA27508 for sonic-ll; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 19:58:20 -0400 Received: from serv0.cae.wisc.edu (serv0.cae.wisc.edu [144.92.4.11]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id TAA27503 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 19:58:17 -0400 Received: from hp-11.cae.wisc.edu (firmiss@hp-11.cae.wisc.edu [144.92.4.42]) by serv0.cae.wisc.edu (8.6.12 CAE/8.6.10) with ESMTP id SAA26381 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 18:58:14 -0500 From: James Firmiss Received: (firmiss@localhost) by hp-11.cae.wisc.edu (8.6.10 CAE/8.6.9) id SAA17793 for sonic@bort.mv.net; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 18:58:11 -0500 Message-Id: <199510192358.SAA17793@hp-11.cae.wisc.edu> Subject: Archie SONIC #30 To: sonic@bort.mv.net Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 18:58:07 CDT X-Mailer: Elm [revision: 109.14] Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Archie Sonic #30 is out... I just never have the time to go and do full-blown reviews of these any more but in this episode we see the return of Uncle Chuck. Its very unlike the Sat-AM version so we've definitly on a different 'time line' here. :) For some reason Archie artists draw Chuck the same shade of blue as Sonic. They also draw the eyes as blue on a while background as opposed to the cartoon's red with black background. I think I like the red and black better. We also get to see what kinds of evil schemes Snively comes up with when not held down by Robotnik. We also get a quick story involving the badnik 'Coconuts'... We also get some good views of Robotnik's teeth.. That's all I'll say about the story. In Sonic-Grams there was only room for one letter (long letter w/ long reply)... Here's some things we might see in upcoming issues according to the reply: * We'll something something like' a Mecha-Knuckles soon. * It doesn't happen often but Sonic will become Super Sonic again and join up with Hyper Knuckles in an upcoming issue. * Geoffery St. John and the rebel underground will make a brief appearence in Knuckles Chaotix. * Amy Rose will come back one of these days. * The identity of the mysterious stranger in the Knuckles stories will be revealed in Knuckles solo-stories in issues 31-33. From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 19 20:47:31 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id UAA27769 for sonic-ll; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 20:45:52 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net (use.usit.net [199.1.48.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id UAA27764 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 20:45:50 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id UAA13361; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 20:39:27 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 20:39:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Archie SONIC #30 In-Reply-To: <199510192358.SAA17793@hp-11.cae.wisc.edu> Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, James Firmiss wrote: > Archie Sonic #30 is out... And I've still not seen my copy of #29 in the mail. I guess I'll have to see if I can still find it locally. I'm getting to wonder what my subscription is for. Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) [Team OS/2] A net.freedom-fighter for Mobius! "Freedom Fighters are #1!" -- Sonic the Hedgehog A! JW2 WAR++ PI0>+ BR+i SL++++i SK+++ RI0>++/++^ RU+ GDF0>+ BU++ MI- MM- KK-- Do $++ E59 Ee5 TRita Ay68 M Mail: acme@use.usit.net | WWW: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~eschulma From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 19 21:32:43 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id VAA28191 for sonic-ll; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 21:25:23 -0400 Received: from granite.mv.net (rat@granite.mv.net [199.125.70.1]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id VAA28186 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 21:25:21 -0400 Received: by granite.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id VAA22031; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 21:25:21 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 21:25:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Ratman To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Archie SONIC #30 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2 wrote: > On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, James Firmiss wrote: > > > Archie Sonic #30 is out... > > And I've still not seen my copy of #29 in the mail. I guess I'll have to > see if I can still find it locally. I'm getting to wonder what my > subscription is for. Funny, I was thinking of subscribing. Have you been unhappy with the service? If it ends up being late all the time, I'd just as soon buy it at the newsstand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW : http://rat.org | FTP : ftp://rat.org/pub ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 19 22:19:05 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id WAA28571 for sonic-ll; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 22:09:15 -0400 Received: from sard.mv.net (root@sard.mv.net [192.80.84.2]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id WAA28566 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 22:09:14 -0400 Received: from pimaia2w.prodigy.com by sard.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id WAA24435 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 22:09:12 -0400 Received: from mail.prodigy.com ([199.4.137.13]) by pimaia2w.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id VAA30306; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 21:33:12 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 21:20:51 EDT From: ZCSN36B@prodigy.com (MISS LINDSAY L CIBOS) X-Mailer: PRODIGY Services Company Internet mailer [PIM 3.2-342.56] Message-Id: <013.03230866.ZCSN36B@prodigy.com> To: alexmon1@data.net.mx, rotor@PrimeNet.Com, sonic@sard.mv.net Subject: To be or not to be- two sonic storys. Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Here are two Sonic storys I am working on. they have the same title but don't be confused. One is meant to be a continuation of From Amy Rose, with Love The other story features Knuckles. I need imput on these storys, because I have no idea what should happen next. Also, I plan on changing the name of the Knuckles story, this name is just a 'promo' Here they are! By Lindsay Cibos- Prologue (continued from "From Amy Rose, with Love) "I'm sorry I slapped you Sonic." Sally started, "I'm going out with Antoine now. He's a prince. Anyway I think we should see other animals." "I guess so." Sonic said. A tear formed in his eye. "Comeon my princez." Antoine said, he smiled. Sally smiled. She took Antoines hand. "Antoine....yes."Sally said, her words full of meaning. Sonic glared at Antoine. Antoine smiled and slid the ring on Sally's hand. They held hands as they walked off into the sunlight. To Be Or Not To Be Chapter One THE NEXT DAY..... Antoine slid out of bed slowly. Antoine opened his eyes,and saw Sonic. Sonic had an angry look on his face. Antoine fell out of bed. "ECKKK!" Antoine screamed. "Yo, Shut-up Ant. You want to wake everybody?!" Sonic said. A red hand-print wear Princess Sally slapped Sonic was still visable. Sonic wore green boxers. He looked like he was angry, but the way he told Antoine to shut-up, it was clear that he was not mad at Antoine, he was mad at Sally. "Whatz to youz want?" Antoine said, wide awake now. "It's Tails! He's gone! I woulda' gone to someone else, but they went on a mission. The only ones left are supposed to be Bunnie, Amy- Rose, and Tails. "Thank-you so much for you're ze encoragement" Antoine said. He then quickly got dressed and they went outside. "I thought you mightze want to knowz that me and my mon-sherie,Sally iz ouw you zay, engaded. Pleasez excuse my french." "Is that a joke Antoine?" Sonic asked. "No joke,me an ze Sally iz en-" Antoine started, but Sonic interupted. "Not that 'twain! The part about "Excusing your french" "I am ze french, am I not?" Antoine said, now becoming confused. "Never mind Ant." They walked towards Tails hut. When they got there, Sonic pointed out that there was no sign of struggle, and no sign that Tails had ran away. The only possible thing Tsils could have done was followed the others on the mission. A top secret mission that is. "Sonic, I zay we not worries about Tails. He's probally fine, no?" "No." "Sonic,trust me." THIS IS THE SECOND ONE. To Be or not to Be Chapter One Knothole II on the floating island..... "Knuckles, this is the last straw!!!!,"Espio yelled. "Why? What did I do?!," Knuckles asked the chameleon. She turned her back to him. Vector leaned back in his chair at the meeting table, studying a map of the island. There were several circles on the map where they had spotted Mecha Sonic. He had his legs proped up on another chair. He had an odd smile on his face, like he was HAPPY about the argument that was taking place..... "I saw you with that 'Princess Sally'! You kissed her, you know tha- " "She kissed me!! It was a kiss on the check! Besides you and me are not going together! Thats why I didn't conplain when you kissed Vector." Knuckles glares at Vector. The crocodile simply shrugs; in such a way as saying 'leave me out of this'. "Listen you two, drop it. We have much more IMPORTANT things to worry about, like finding Mecha, he has the chaos emerald after all! The floating island IS still falling!! Worry about personal matters later!,"Vector screamed. Charmy Bee flew into the hut and almost knocked Vector over. "GeEz! Whats YOUR promblem, lil' bee?" "You're right! There are more important things to do!" Knuckles said. "Charmy!," Espio called,"Find Sonic. You are the only one who can get there the fastest. Tell him to- er here," Espio wrote out a note for Sonic to read. Charmy Bee couldn't speak and that was a major weakness for him. She handed the note to Charmy Bee. He looked it over, and gave her a quick thumbs up. Charmy Bee flew out of the room. "What should I do?," Mighty the Armadillo asked Knuckles. He paced around the room. "Hmmmm. You and Alisa go evacuate the island. Heres the parachutes for everyone. Oh! Heres two for you guys," The chipmunk and the Armadillo gave Knuckles a thumbs up. Knuckles threw them the parachutes. They held hands as they left. "Well?,"Vector asked. "Me and Espio will go hunt down Mecha. I think we will have an easier time finding him if we split up." "What about me?" "You will stay here and wait for Sonic and the other freedom fighters." "Sigh. I always get stuck with the boring stuff!" Chapter 2 ......AND BRING SOME POWER RINGS. As Sonic read this, he looked troubled. The lil' waited for Sonic to respond. Sonic handed Charmy his note back, and sat down at the end of the bridge, the bee mimicing what Sonic did. They dangled their legs off the end of the bridge, undistrubed, thinking. Bunnie broke the peace. She came running up to Sonic, and almost tripped on Charmy, which would have resulted in her falling into the lake. "SONIC! Little ole Ant left this note" Bunnie said. She was practiculy in tears. "It broke my little ole heart." I have how you say, decided to quit the Freedom Fighters. I've met those who treat me better- ANTOINE "Good riddins!" Sonic said with a laugh. "SONIC! How could you say that? Ah mean the Sugah-fox has some good points!" "Like?" Sonic crossed his arms. "Um" "I see." "Who would treat Antoine better?" "WHO CARES?" Sonic said, rolling his eyes. The Bee thrashed his arms in the air, trying to get some attention. Bunnie and Sonic both looked down at him. Charmy handed the note for Bunnie to read. "Sonic, get a power ring." Sonic stood up obediantly and put out his hand over the water, just in time for the power ring to float up. Charmy and Bunnie grabbed hold of Sonic. To be continued....... Ideas? Comments? By LINDSAY CIBOS A.k.a Bunnie From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 19 22:48:50 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id WAA28905 for sonic-ll; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 22:45:50 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net (use.usit.net [199.1.48.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id WAA28900 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 22:45:48 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id WAA23776; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 22:39:25 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 22:39:24 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Re: Archie SONIC #30 (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message. If you would like to reply to its author directly, please be sure your reply is addressed to danramos@ix.netcom.com. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 19:01:02 -0700 From: Dan Ramos To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Archie SONIC #30 You wrote: >> > Archie Sonic #30 is out... >> >> And I've still not seen my copy of #29 in the mail. I guess I'll have >> to see if I can still find it locally. I'm getting to wonder what my >> subscription is for. > >Funny, I was thinking of subscribing. Have you been unhappy with the >service? >If it ends up being late all the time, I'd just as soon buy it at the >newsstand. I don't know how many of you on the list went to ConFURence East just recently in New Jersey... but didn't it seem really funny but COOL that they had LOTS and LOTS of Sonic comics? They had issues #28, 29 and 30 as well as #1 of the TAILS comic and #1 of IN YOUR FACE. :) Sonic & Co. are invading the furry fandom!!! @Wheeee!!! :) -Dan Ramos Miles / Sonic @ FurTooniaMUCK Sonic @ FurryMUCK From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 19 23:03:47 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id WAA28853 for sonic-ll; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 22:43:57 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net (use.usit.net [199.1.48.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id WAA28848 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 22:43:55 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id WAA23671; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 22:37:31 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 22:37:31 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Archie SONIC #30 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, Ratman wrote: > On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2 wrote: > > > On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, James Firmiss wrote: > > > > > Archie Sonic #30 is out... > > > > And I've still not seen my copy of #29 in the mail. I guess I'll have to > > Funny, I was thinking of subscribing. Have you been unhappy with the service? > If it ends up being late all the time, I'd just as soon buy it at the > newsstand. They always reach me well after they hit the newsstands in my area. I would guesstimate by 10-20 days, but in hindsight, I wish I had been taking notes. Unfortunately, the comics are a pain to find locally, so I was hoping a subscription would save me from having to go running all over town every month. It's even harder for me to get the "Animaniacs" comic locally, but that's another show. It also took quite a while to get Sally #1, but I may have been the first on the list to get Sally #2. Or I was the first to post anything about Sally #2. Other orders seem to arrive slowly but surely. I had nothing in my mailbox this afternoon. Maybe #29 will be waiting for me tomorrow. But then again, maybe not. Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) [Team OS/2] A net.freedom-fighter for Mobius! "Freedom Fighters are #1!" -- Sonic the Hedgehog A! JW2 WAR++ PI0>+ BR+i SL++++i SK+++ RI0>++/++^ RU+ GDF0>+ BU++ MI- MM- KK-- Do $++ E59 Ee5 TRita Ay68 M Mail: acme@use.usit.net | WWW: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~eschulma From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Fri Oct 20 16:12:54 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id QAA05881 for sonic-ll; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 16:04:22 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net (use.usit.net [199.1.48.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id QAA05876 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 16:04:20 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA11796; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 15:57:56 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 15:57:56 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Archie SONIC #30 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2 wrote: > I had nothing in my mailbox this afternoon. Maybe #29 will be waiting > for me tomorrow. But then again, maybe not. For the record, #29 finally arrived today. Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) [Team OS/2] A net.freedom-fighter for Mobius! "Freedom Fighters are #1!" -- Sonic the Hedgehog A! JW2 WAR++ PI0>+ BR+i SL++++i SK+++ RI0>++/++^ RU+ GDF0>+ BU++ MI- MM- KK-- Do $++ E59 Ee5 TRita Ay68 M Mail: acme@use.usit.net | WWW: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~eschulma From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 21 00:52:31 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id AAA08942 for sonic-ll; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:39:23 -0400 Received: from pimaia2w.prodigy.com (pimaia2w.prodigy.com [192.207.105.46]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id AAA08937 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:39:21 -0400 Received: from mail.prodigy.com ([199.4.137.13]) by pimaia2w.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA53212 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:36:35 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:37:23 EDT From: AHVT94B@prodigy.com (MR THADDEUS R BOYD) X-Mailer: PRODIGY Services Company Internet mailer [PIM 3.2-342.56] Message-Id: <013.03297026.AHVT94B@prodigy.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Lateness in Subscriptions Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Well, I got my copy of Issue #29 in the mail...of course, since I hadn't gotten it earlier, I'd assumed my subscription hadn't been processed yet, so I'd been out and bought it at the comix shop anyway. Go figure. >< Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 21 14:07:14 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id NAA13566 for sonic-ll; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 13:46:26 -0400 Received: from pimaia2w.prodigy.com (pimaia2w.prodigy.com [192.207.105.46]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id NAA13561 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 13:46:23 -0400 Received: from mail.prodigy.com ([199.4.137.13]) by pimaia2w.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA33246 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 13:41:54 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 13:42:39 EDT From: AHVT94B@Prodigy.com (MR THADDEUS R BOYD) X-Mailer: PRODIGY Services Company Internet mailer [PIM 3.2-342.56] Message-Id: <013.03314373.AHVT94B@prodigy.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Lateness in Subscriptions Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Glad to see you've finally gotten on the list, Amaroq. FINALLY my nagging does something! Anyways, as to what you said... > The "late comics" deal only seems to be with Archie. That's odd...I had a subscription to X-Men for a while, and those came in later than the ones at the newsstand, too...of course, they didn't come as late as Archie's. >< 'Nuff Said. From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 21 16:57:40 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id QAA14340 for sonic-ll; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 16:40:27 -0400 Received: from siue.edu (clavin.isg.siue.edu [146.163.5.4]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id QAA14335 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 16:40:24 -0400 Received: from LAB_C_01 (lib1.aclib.siue.edu [146.163.16.31]) by siue.edu (8.7/8.7) with SMTP id PAA07189 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 15:39:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199510212039.PAA07189@siue.edu> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 95 15:51:48 -0700 From: David Gonterman Organization: FoxFire Studios X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Hi there! Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net To: Sonic Mailing List Hello. I'm David Gonterman and I've been on America On-Line for over two months now. During that time, I've been writing what I call a continuation of the STH SatAM cartoon entitled 'Blood and Metal.' It's becomming very popular on the cartoon Bulitin Boards on AOL. I'm writing on the fifth episode right now. I also have the entire story available on the World Wide Web. The URL address is [http://users.aol.com/dgonterman/home/htm] Well, that's all I've got to say for right now. I've gotta catch up to date on the messages here (First, I've gotta read the FAQ sheet on this system. Does anobody know where I can get it?) For a Free Mobius and all that jazz. David Gonterman (DGonterman@aol.com) From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 21 22:21:20 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id WAA16285 for sonic-ll; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 22:06:48 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net (use.usit.net [199.1.48.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id WAA16280 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 22:06:46 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id WAA22700; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 22:00:23 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 22:00:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Hi there! In-Reply-To: <199510212039.PAA07189@siue.edu> Message-ID: X-Anon-To: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Sat, 21 Oct 1995, David Gonterman wrote: > date on the messages here (First, I've gotta read the FAQ sheet on this > system. Does anobody know where I can get it?) There are two FAQ's for the mailing list: ftp://rat.org/pub/sonic/faq-dd.txt ftp://rat.org/pub/sonic/faq-jf.txt Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) [Team OS/2] A net.freedom-fighter for Mobius! "Freedom Fighters are #1!" -- Sonic the Hedgehog A! JW2 WAR++ PI0>+ BR+i SL++++i SK+++ RI0>++/++^ RU+ GDF0>+ BU++ MI- MM- KK-- Do $++ E59 Ee5 TRita Ay68 M Mail: acme@use.usit.net | WWW: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~eschulma From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 21 22:51:15 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id WAA16539 for sonic-ll; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 22:50:09 -0400 Received: from pimaia2y.prodigy.com (pimaia2y.prodigy.com [192.207.105.55]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id WAA16534 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 22:50:06 -0400 Received: from mail.prodigy.com ([199.4.137.13]) by pimaia2y.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAB14600 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 22:42:22 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 22:43:04 EDT From: AHVT94B@prodigy.com (MR THADDEUS R BOYD) X-Mailer: PRODIGY Services Company Internet mailer [PIM 3.2-342.56] Message-Id: <013.03337036.AHVT94B@prodigy.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: My site Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Well, it's pretty undoubted that there aren't many visitors to my site...I don't even NEED a usage counter; I'm probably the only one who ever uses it! Anyhoo, I'm trying to fix it up to make it worth my time and yours...you might want to check it out about once a week, cuz I change it about that often. Anyway, for those of you who are too lazy to go through the Sonic Resource Page, it's at [http://pages.prodigy.com/AZ/x/x.html]. Right now it's got a bit of information on my upcoming story, The Hunt Begins. >< Somebody's got to do it! From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 23 12:17:59 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id MAA28597 for sonic-ll; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:03:33 -0400 Received: from peter.cs.andrews.edu (peter.cs.andrews.edu [143.207.1.4]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id MAA28592 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:03:30 -0400 Received: from edmund (edmund.cs.andrews.edu) by peter.cs.andrews.edu (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA29646; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:03:18 -0400 From: drazen@andrews.edu (Dan Drazen) Received: by edmund (5.x) id AA22206; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:03:11 -0400 Message-Id: <9510231603.AA22206@edmund> Subject: Re: My site To: sonic@bort.mv.net Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:03:10 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <013.03337036.AHVT94B@prodigy.com> from "MR THADDEUS R BOYD" at Oct 21, 95 10:43:04 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net > > Well, it's pretty undoubted that there aren't many visitors to my site...I > don't even NEED a usage counter; I'm probably the only one who ever uses > it! Anyhoo, I'm trying to fix it up to make it worth my time and > yours...you might want to check it out about once a week, cuz I change it > about that often. Anyway, for those of you who are too lazy to go through > the Sonic Resource Page, it's at [http://pages.prodigy.com/AZ/x/x.html]. > Right now it's got a bit of information on my upcoming story, The Hunt Begins. > > >< > > Somebody's got to do it! > I can only speak for myself as to why I've yet to pay you a visit: My office moved to a different room in the library last Wednesday (Oct 18). Since then, the techies have discovered a million things more important to do than hook my machine up to the net. The only reason I can answer this post is that I'm using a spare terminal in the Computer Lab to check 5 days' worth of e-mail. No WEB access, either. As I've got two stories in active development myself, I'd be interested in the work in progress of yours. We now return you to your regularly scheduled rodent. ================================================================ || ___------__ || || |\__-- /\ _- || Daniel J. Drazen || | / __ _ || drazen@andrews.edu || //\ / \ /__ || || | o| 0|__ --_ || Custodian of one of the Sonic || \\____-- __ \ ___ - || the Hedgehog FAQ Files || (@@ __/ / /_ || || -_____--- --_ || ASCII Sonic by Han J. Lee ================================================================ From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 23 20:24:00 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id UAA03385 for sonic-ll; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 20:09:51 -0400 Received: from seagoon.newcastle.edu.au (seagoon.newcastle.edu.au [134.148.24.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id UAA03380 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 20:09:46 -0400 Received: from brushtail.hna.com.au (uucp@localhost) by seagoon.newcastle.edu.au (8.7.1/8.7.1) with UUCP id KAA27723 for sonic@bort.mv.net; Tue, 24 Oct 1995 10:09:25 +1000 (EST) Received: (from cjb@localhost) by brushtail.hna.com.au (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA05025; Tue, 24 Oct 1995 09:56:42 +1000 Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 09:56:42 +1000 Message-Id: <199510232356.JAA05025@brushtail.hna.com.au> To: sonic@bort.mv.net From: list-brush-sonic@brushtail.hna.com.au In-reply-to: rat@granite.mv.net's message of 20 Oct 1995 17:02:19 +1000 Subject: Re: Archie SONIC #30 References: Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net James Firmiss, >>> Archie Sonic #30 is out... Erich Schulman, >> And I've still not seen my copy of #29 in the mail. I guess I'll >> have to see if I can still find it locally. I'm getting to >> wonder what my subscription is for. Just for the rec., Sonic#30 showed up here in Newcastle, Oz, this past weekend. (Fri Oct 20) From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 23 21:25:20 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id UAA03838 for sonic-ll; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 20:53:21 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net (use.usit.net [199.1.48.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id UAA03833 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 20:53:18 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id UAA16194; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 20:46:55 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 20:46:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Archie SONIC #30 In-Reply-To: <199510232356.JAA05025@brushtail.hna.com.au> Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Tue, 24 Oct 1995 list-brush-sonic@brushtail.hna.com.au wrote: > Just for the rec., Sonic#30 showed up here in Newcastle, Oz, this > past weekend. (Fri Oct 20) Do you mean you have received it by post, or has it appeared in shops in your area? I have only checked 2 of my local stores so far. One has no Sonic comics and the other has only #28. Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) [Team OS/2] A net.freedom-fighter for Mobius! "Freedom Fighters are #1!" -- Sonic the Hedgehog A! JW2 WAR++ PI0>+ BR+i SL++++i SK+++ RI0>++/++^ RU+ GDF0>+ BU++ MI- MM- KK-- Do $++ E59 Ee5 TRita Ay68 M Mail: acme@use.usit.net | WWW: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~eschulma From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 23 22:44:30 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id WAA04809 for sonic-ll; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 22:33:31 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net (use.usit.net [199.1.48.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id WAA04804 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 22:33:28 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id WAA22247; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 22:27:06 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 22:27:05 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Opps! Davey did a boo-boo!! (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message. If you would like to reply to its author directly, please be sure your reply is addressed to DGonterman@aol.com. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 21:15:26 -0400 From: DGonterman@aol.com To: acme@use.usit.net Subject: Opps! Davey did a boo-boo!! A few people told me that I've got the URL wrong in my BAM Web Page. My mistake. Here's the correction: http://users.aol.com/dgonterman/home.htm Sorry about that :-) David Gonterman (mail:DGonterman@aol.com) From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Wed Oct 25 04:08:14 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id DAA17117 for sonic-ll; Wed, 25 Oct 1995 03:52:32 -0400 Received: from huey.csun.edu (huey.csun.edu [130.166.1.6]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id DAA17112 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 1995 03:52:30 -0400 Received: (vboao0f2@localhost) by huey.csun.edu (8.6.12/8.6.4) id AAA21656; Wed, 25 Oct 1995 00:51:09 -0700 Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 00:51:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Sonic the Hedgehog To: SonicMail Subject: Comments? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net >From Sonic The Hedgehog, Thought I would drop in on the list and ask any of you for comments on the latest uploads that I did to the ftp site. If you have forgotten the filenames, let me know in e-mail and I'll forward u a list of the filenames to look at. Much is appreciated always. BTW, the in-progress Tails picture is still being colorized by computer and should be completed by the end of week hopefully! Sonic-Fully Yours, Sonic The Hedgehog Bryant Melesko ___------__ +------Sonic The Hedgehog-----+ |\__-- /\ _- | Headquarters of the | |/ __ - | Sonic and TAILS Fan Club | //\ / \ /__ +-----------------------------+ | o| 0|__ --_ \\____-- __ \ ___- Internet address: (@@ __/ / /_ VBOAO0F2@huey.csun.edu -_____--- --_ // \ \\ ___- //|\__/ \\ \ Snail mail Address: \_-\_____/ \-\ Attn: Sonic/Tails Fan Club // \\--\| 17950 Lassen St. #4-307A ____// ||_ Northridge, CA 91330 /_____\ /___\ USA Sonic The Hedgehog Special Thanks to Nick "Sonic_tm" Lehmann for the Artwork! From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Wed Oct 25 15:52:42 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id PAA21400 for sonic-ll; Wed, 25 Oct 1995 15:36:44 -0400 Received: from seagoon.newcastle.edu.au (seagoon.newcastle.edu.au [134.148.24.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id PAA21395 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 1995 15:36:40 -0400 Received: from brushtail.hna.com.au (uucp@localhost) by seagoon.newcastle.edu.au (8.7.1/8.7.1) with UUCP id FAA12099 for sonic@bort.mv.net; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 05:36:19 +1000 (EST) Received: (from cjb@localhost) by brushtail.hna.com.au (8.6.12/8.6.12) id BAA00384; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 01:46:32 +1000 Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 01:46:32 +1000 Message-Id: <199510251546.BAA00384@brushtail.hna.com.au> To: sonic@bort.mv.net In-reply-to: acme@use.usit.net's message of 24 Oct 1995 17:28:13 +1000 From: list-brush-sonic@brushtail.hna.com.au Subject: Re: Archie SONIC #30 References: <199510232356.JAA05025@brushtail.hna.com.au> Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net >> Just for the rec., Sonic#30 showed up here in Newcastle, Oz, this >> past weekend. (Fri Oct 20) ^ UTC Erich, > Do you mean you have received it by post, or has it appeared in > shops in your area? I have only checked 2 of my local stores so > far. One has no Sonic comics and the other has only #28. They're `Direct Editions', beamed straight into my folder along with my other regular orders at a franchise comic store here. (I think the regular newsagents are still at issue #26/27..) The owner told me after I came to collect Tails#1 that I'm definitely the most eclectic reader in the area. :) Is Tails#1 the first time that Manak has drawn Sally with the `Mawhinney' vest? I liked the Wing Dingoes (I've heard that somewhere before..) and the Ockerified Swatbots. :) How else thinks that the last story in Sonic#30 might have been a big surprise planned by Mawhinney to introduce his new design for Bunnie? Naah, unlikely. :) -- Chris,, (would be very happy if he no longer sees that ugly `Kewpie-doll' look) From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Thu Oct 26 13:06:50 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id MAA29829 for sonic-ll; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:42:07 -0400 Received: from sard.mv.net (root@sard.mv.net [192.80.84.2]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id MAA29824 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:42:05 -0400 Received: from ns.ge.com by sard.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA01931 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:42:04 -0400 Received: from getns2.erie.ge.com ([3.14.4.56]) by ns.ge.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id MAA08017 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:41:58 -0400 Received: from crypt.erie.ge.com by getns1.erie.ge.com with SMTP; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:41:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from csp189.ge.com by crypt.erie.ge.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA05400; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:41:19 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:41:19 -0400 Message-Id: <9510261641.AA05400@crypt.erie.ge.com> To: sonic@sard.mv.net Subject: Re: Archie's response to subscription concerns Newsgroups: junk References: <46je9c$hgp@newsbf02.news.aol.com> From: bauerle@engr.erie.ge.com (Ron Bauerle) Organization: GE Transportation Systems, Control Engineering Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net In a.f.sh, In article <46je9c$hgp@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, benny7dude@aol.com (Benny7dude) writes: >Dear Valued Sonic The Hedgehog comic subscribers: > >We have read your various posts detailing your unfortunate subscription >delays. We are as embarrassed as you are upset by this unexpected >situation. In an effort to greatly improve our on-time delivery of all >our subscription copies, we have instituted a new system as well as using >a new outside service. Due to unforseen "teething" problems, we >encountered some difficulties which resulted in late deliveries. The >system has now been debugged and our subscriptions are now running >smoothly. We apologize for the delays and we believe the end result of >our changes will meet with your approval. If anyone encounters further >dufficulties with their Sonic subscriptions, please email me directly and >immediately at Benny7dude@aol.com. > >Thank you, >Paul Castiglia: ARCHIE COMICS From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Fri Oct 27 12:10:57 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id LAA08981 for sonic-ll; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 11:58:35 -0400 Received: from rgfn.epcc.Edu (rgfn.epcc.edu [206.42.175.2]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id LAA08976 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 11:58:32 -0400 Received: by rgfn.epcc.Edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA27022; Fri, 27 Oct 95 09:58:14 MDT Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 09:58:14 MDT Message-Id: <9510271558.AA27022@rgfn.epcc.Edu> From: ab360@rgfn.epcc.edu (John W. Johnston) To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Breaking Net Silence.... Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Hello? Is anyone there? if so, please respond. My net connection has been acting screwey in the past few days. I just want to know if my E-Mail is still working or not. Thanx in advance... -- ab360@rgfn.epcc.edu| "Do you wanna | "Well, he certainly has | John W. Johnston | watch me pretend | courage." "It won't do | Jedi Knight, | to throw up?" | him any good if he gets | Freelance | - Animaniacs | himself killed." Star Wars| From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Fri Oct 27 13:08:18 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id NAA09500 for sonic-ll; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:03:56 -0400 Received: from peter.cs.andrews.edu (peter.cs.andrews.edu [143.207.1.4]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id NAA09495 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:03:53 -0400 Received: from edmund (edmund.cs.andrews.edu) by peter.cs.andrews.edu (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA02058; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:03:46 -0400 From: drazen@andrews.edu (Dan Drazen) Received: by edmund (5.x) id AA03967; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:03:47 -0400 Message-Id: <9510271703.AA03967@edmund> Subject: Re: Breaking Net Silence.... To: sonic@bort.mv.net Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:03:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <9510271558.AA27022@rgfn.epcc.Edu> from "John W. Johnston" at Oct 27, 95 09:58:14 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net > > Hello? Is anyone there? if so, please respond. My net connection > has been acting screwey in the past few days. I just want to know if my > E-Mail is still working or not. Thanx in advance... > > So far you came across OK. BTW, thanx for the summaries of Sonic #30 and Tails 1/3. Maybe I missed something in my read of the synopsis, but was the original intent to simply send Uncle Chuck into and out of the Void? If so, what was THAT supposed to accomplish? It also sounds as if the story is based on the Gallagher miniseries to explain origins (as opposed to the Allee/Hurst Tradition in "Blast to the Past.)" And is it me, or does the idea of a blimp with a cloaking device that doesn't cover the underside make no sense unless you plan on installing it upside-down? We now return you to your regularly scheduled rodent. ================================================================ || ___------__ || || |\__-- /\ _- || Daniel J. Drazen || | / __ _ || drazen@andrews.edu || //\ / \ /__ || || | o| 0|__ --_ || Custodian of one of the Sonic || \\____-- __ \ ___ - || the Hedgehog FAQ Files || (@@ __/ / /_ || || -_____--- --_ || ASCII Sonic by Han J. Lee ================================================================ From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Fri Oct 27 13:23:12 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id NAA09577 for sonic-ll; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:21:11 -0400 Received: from peter.cs.andrews.edu (peter.cs.andrews.edu [143.207.1.4]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id NAA09572 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:21:09 -0400 Received: from edmund (edmund.cs.andrews.edu) by peter.cs.andrews.edu (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA02888; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:20:54 -0400 From: drazen@andrews.edu (Dan Drazen) Received: by edmund (5.x) id AA05696; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:20:55 -0400 Message-Id: <9510271720.AA05696@edmund> Subject: Bookshire Home Page Blues To: sonic@bort.mv.net Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:20:54 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Anyone else having this trouble: I keep trying to get into the Bookshire Home Page (using Netscape 1.1) and am consistently told that the file contains no data (or something like that). Is it me, or has the home page crashed? ================================================================ || ___------__ || || |\__-- /\ _- || Daniel J. Drazen || | / __ _ || drazen@andrews.edu || //\ / \ /__ || || | o| 0|__ --_ || Custodian of one of the Sonic || \\____-- __ \ ___ - || the Hedgehog FAQ Files || (@@ __/ / /_ || || -_____--- --_ || ASCII Sonic by Han J. Lee ================================================================ From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Fri Oct 27 13:38:23 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id NAA09642 for sonic-ll; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:34:38 -0400 Received: from rgfn.epcc.Edu (rgfn.epcc.edu [206.42.175.2]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id NAA09637 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:34:35 -0400 Received: by rgfn.epcc.Edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA20904; Fri, 27 Oct 95 11:34:26 MDT Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 11:34:26 MDT Message-Id: <9510271734.AA20904@rgfn.epcc.Edu> From: ab360@rgfn.epcc.edu (John W. Johnston) To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Breaking Net Silence.... Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net > >So far you came across OK. BTW, thanx for the summaries of Sonic #30 >and Tails 1/3. > >Maybe I missed something in my read of the synopsis, but was the >original intent to simply send Uncle Chuck into and out of the Void? If >so, what was THAT supposed to accomplish? It also sounds as if the >story is based on the Gallagher miniseries to explain origins (as >opposed to the Allee/Hurst Tradition in "Blast to the Past.)" As far as I know, sending Sir Charles into and out of the Void was the original intent. As you read, later on, Robotnik was also sent into the Void. Perhaps he was anticipating someone sending him into the Void. So he must have created a failsafe, just in case (And it did happen). However, for the king, if you remember the Sonic second season episode, "The Void", when they brought back the king, he started to turn into crystal. So, to save his life, they had to send him back. >And is it me, or does the idea of a blimp with a cloaking device that >doesn't cover the underside make no sense unless you plan on installing >it upside-down? Hey, Robotnik is just like a "shade-tree" mechanic - will spend $200 to save $5. Besides, he didn't anticipate Tails seeing through the cloak so quickly. -- ab360@rgfn.epcc.edu| "Do you wanna | "Well, he certainly has | John W. Johnston | watch me pretend | courage." "It won't do | Jedi Knight, | to throw up?" | him any good if he gets | Freelance | - Animaniacs | himself killed." Star Wars| From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Fri Oct 27 16:39:19 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id QAA11156 for sonic-ll; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 16:25:51 -0400 Received: from mailhost1.primenet.com (mailhost1.primenet.com [198.68.32.51]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id QAA11151 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 16:25:44 -0400 Received: from usr6.primenet.com (root@usr6.primenet.com [198.68.32.16]) by mailhost1.primenet.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id NAA03382 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:26:42 GMT Received: (from rotor@localhost) by usr6.primenet.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) id NAA13287; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:25:42 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:25:41 -0700 (MST) From: Bookshire Draftwood To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Bookshire Home Page Blues In-Reply-To: <9510271720.AA05696@edmund> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Fri, 27 Oct 1995, Dan Drazen wrote: > Anyone else having this trouble: > > I keep trying to get into the Bookshire Home Page (using Netscape 1.1) > and am consistently told that the file contains no data (or something > like that). Is it me, or has the home page crashed? > Last time I looked, it was working. I access it all the time. In fact, I'm currently working on upgrading it to include graphics and backgrounds and such. Be sure you're typing in the correct address without any errors. http://rat.org/bookshire Thanx for your patronage! +----------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ |David M. Pistone | | |The 100% Furry and Anime Maniac!!! | The Rat's Nest: | | | bookshire@rat.org | |WWW: http://rat.org/bookshire | | +----------------------------------------+ Glendale Community College: | | __ __ ____ ___ ___ ____ | 67116@ef.gc.maricopa.edu | | /__)/__) / / / / /_ /\ / /_ / +----------------------------------+ | / / \ / / / / /__ / \/ /___ / rotor@primenet.com | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Fri Oct 27 16:57:26 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id QAA11430 for sonic-ll; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 16:48:37 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net (use.usit.net [199.1.48.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id QAA11425 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 16:48:35 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id QAA11203; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 16:42:10 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 16:42:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Re: Breaking Net Silence.... (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This is a forwarded message. If you would like to reply to its author directly, please be sure your reply is addressed to danramos@ix.netcom.com. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 10:21:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Ramos To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Breaking Net Silence.... You wrote: > Hello? Is anyone there? if so, please respond. My net connection >has been acting screwey in the past few days. I just want to know if my >E-Mail is still working or not. Thanx in advance... Hiya! Well, you asked, I responded! :) Since I'm writing this, just curious.. anyone know if USA Network will INDEED do anything to continue the show's production? What's USA's Email, if they have one? From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Fri Oct 27 19:38:23 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id TAA12756 for sonic-ll; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 19:36:32 -0400 Received: from mailout1.h1.usa.pipeline.com (data1.h1.usa.pipeline.com [38.8.56.2]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id TAA12751 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 19:36:30 -0400 Received: from by mailout1.h1.usa.pipeline.com (8.6.9/2.1-PSINet/Pipeline) id XAA26664; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 23:34:07 GMT Received: by (5.0/8.6.9) id AA28865 for sonic@bort.mv.net; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 19:35:10 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 19:35:10 -0400 Message-Id: <9510272335.AA28865@> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Breaking Net Silence.... From: SirKain@usa.pipeline.com (Eric Goodwin) X-Pipeuser: SirKain X-Pipehub: usa.pipeline.com X-Pipegcos: (Eric Goodwin) X-Mailer: Pipeline USA v3.3.0 content-length: 648 Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Oct 27, 1995 09:58:14, 'ab360@rgfn.epcc.edu (John W. Johnston)' wrote: > Hello? Is anyone there? if so, please respond. My net connection >has been acting screwey in the past few days. I just want to know if my >E-Mail is still working or not. Thanx in advance... > > >-- >ab360@rgfn.epcc.edu| "Do you wanna | "Well, he certainly has | >John W. Johnston | watch me pretend | courage." "It won't do | >Jedi Knight, | to throw up?" | him any good if he gets | >Freelance | - Animaniacs | himself killed." Star Wars| I'm getting your e-mail anyways. For a while mine was acting anal, but today it seems fine. From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 28 01:23:16 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id BAA15120 for sonic-ll; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:15:58 -0400 Received: from pimaia2w.prodigy.com (pimaia2w.prodigy.com [192.207.105.46]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id BAA15115 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:15:56 -0400 Received: from mail.prodigy.com ([199.4.137.13]) by pimaia2w.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id BAA43214 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:14:35 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:15:04 EDT From: AHVT94B@prodigy.com (MR THADDEUS R BOYD) X-Mailer: PRODIGY Services Company Internet mailer [PIM 3.2-342.56] Message-Id: <013.03714566.AHVT94B@prodigy.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Subscription info Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net The letter that Archie guy sent the list pretty much summed it up. I got issue 30 in on time, and that tells me I shouldn't be having any more trouble...8) >< 'Nuff Said. From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 28 01:27:11 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id BAA15127 for sonic-ll; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:18:45 -0400 Received: from pimaia2w.prodigy.com (pimaia2w.prodigy.com [192.207.105.46]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id BAA15122 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:18:43 -0400 Received: from mail.prodigy.com ([199.4.137.13]) by pimaia2w.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id BAA43218 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:14:35 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:15:09 EDT From: AHVT94B@prodigy.com (MR THADDEUS R BOYD) X-Mailer: PRODIGY Services Company Internet mailer [PIM 3.2-342.56] Message-Id: <013.03714568.AHVT94B@prodigy.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Breaking Net Silence.... Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Well, I WOULD be here more often, except I can't be here on school days...ah well. The 1st quarter's over now, which means I have no homework for the weekend, so (drumroll, please) I should be able to advance pretty far in The Hunt Begins... >< Somebody's got to do it! From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 28 01:37:45 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id BAA15135 for sonic-ll; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:20:40 -0400 Received: from pimaia2w.prodigy.com (pimaia2w.prodigy.com [192.207.105.46]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id BAA15130 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:20:38 -0400 Received: from mail.prodigy.com ([199.4.137.13]) by pimaia2w.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id BAA43242 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:14:38 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:15:14 EDT From: AHVT94B@prodigy.com (MR THADDEUS R BOYD) X-Mailer: PRODIGY Services Company Internet mailer [PIM 3.2-342.56] Message-Id: <013.03714571.AHVT94B@prodigy.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Breaking Net Silence.... Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net >Maybe I missed something in my read of the synopsis, but was the >original intent to simply send Uncle Chuck into and out of the Void? If >so, what was THAT supposed to accomplish? I guess it was, and I have no idea what it was supposed to accomplish, unless Robotnik wants to help the Freedom Fighters by finding a way to free creatures from the void, which I somehow find highly unlikely! Something tells me Snively's plot to suck all of Mobius into the void is not exactly what Robotnik had in mind. To quote Gestahl in Final Fantasy III: "You fool! If you destroy the world, we won't have anything to rule!" (Well, I don't think that's EXACTLY what he said, but something like it.) I think the best line in the whole comic was Antoine's "I am allergic to ze total destruction!" >< "Don't worry, team, I'll beam us all out of here! Oh, wait, we're supposed to be PROTECTING Mobius, not abandoning it. Forgot." C> (A)bort (R)etry (I)nfluence with large hammer From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 28 17:12:05 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id RAA19821 for sonic-ll; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 17:01:58 -0400 Received: from use.usit.net (use.usit.net [199.1.48.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id RAA19816 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 17:01:56 -0400 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id QAA11465; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 16:55:34 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 16:55:33 -0400 (EDT) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Subscription info In-Reply-To: <013.03714566.AHVT94B@prodigy.com> Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Sat, 28 Oct 1995, MR THADDEUS R BOYD wrote: > The letter that Archie guy sent the list pretty much summed it up. I got > issue 30 in on time, and that tells me I shouldn't be having any more trouble...8) > > > >< > > 'Nuff Said. Or in my case, as Sonic himself might say, "I'm waiting .... [foot tapping]". I still don't have it, and I've not found it locally either. For the record, he did not post his announcement to the list; it was only posted to a.f.s-h. Another list subscriber forwarded a copy of the Usenet post to the list, and if not for that, I wouldn't have seen it. I no longer have access to a.f.s-h on usit.net, and though I still have access on Nyx, expiration of articles seems to be every 24 hours. Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) [Team OS/2] A net.freedom-fighter for Mobius! "Freedom Fighters are #1!" -- Sonic the Hedgehog A! JW2 WAR++ PI0>+ BR+i SL++++i SK+++ RI0>++/++^ RU+ GDF0>+ BU++ MI- MM- KK-- Do $++ E59 Ee5 TRita Ay68 M Mail: acme@use.usit.net | WWW: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~eschulma From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sat Oct 28 18:25:55 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id SAA20230 for sonic-ll; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 18:11:33 -0400 Received: from rgfn.epcc.Edu (rgfn.epcc.edu [206.42.175.2]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id SAA20225 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 18:11:30 -0400 Received: by rgfn.epcc.Edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA19172; Sat, 28 Oct 95 16:11:28 MDT Date: Sat, 28 Oct 95 16:11:28 MDT Message-Id: <9510282211.AA19172@rgfn.epcc.Edu> From: ab360@rgfn.epcc.edu (John W. Johnston) To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Subscription info Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net > >> The letter that Archie guy sent the list pretty much summed it up. I got >> issue 30 in on time, and that tells me I shouldn't be having any more trouble...8) >> >> >> >< >> >> 'Nuff Said. > >Or in my case, as Sonic himself might say, "I'm waiting .... [foot tapping]". > >I still don't have it, and I've not found it locally either. > >For the record, he did not post his announcement to the list; it was only >posted to a.f.s-h. Another list subscriber forwarded a copy of the >Usenet post to the list, and if not for that, I wouldn't have seen it. I >no longer have access to a.f.s-h on usit.net, and though I still have >access on Nyx, expiration of articles seems to be every 24 hours. > Well, I did get my Sonic #30 in the mail, but I still haven't seen #29 yet. I picked up a copy yesterday at 7-11, after waiting a whole month for it. But, knowing my luck, I will get #29 in the mail, probably, this week. This is not the first time this happened. BTW. I got Tails #1 at Waldenbooks last week, and it is great. Readers Beware!!! There isn't 5 pages without using atleast one bad pun in it. [For those who have read it, you know what I mean. For those of you who haven't, I don't want to spoil the supprize. ;-) ] -- ab360@rgfn.epcc.edu| "Do you wanna | "Well, he certainly has | John W. Johnston | watch me pretend | courage." "It won't do | Jedi Knight, | to throw up?" | him any good if he gets | Freelance | - Animaniacs | himself killed." Star Wars| From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sun Oct 29 14:46:08 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id OAA27423 for sonic-ll; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 14:35:48 -0500 Received: from peter.cs.andrews.edu (peter.cs.andrews.edu [143.207.1.4]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id OAA27418 for ; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 14:35:44 -0500 Received: from edmund (edmund.cs.andrews.edu) by peter.cs.andrews.edu (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA25809; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 14:35:38 -0500 From: drazen@andrews.edu (Dan Drazen) Received: by edmund (5.x) id AA05781; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 14:35:36 -0500 Message-Id: <9510291935.AA05781@edmund> Subject: Holy +!*#, Batman! To: sonic@bort.mv.net Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 14:35:35 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <9510271734.AA20904@rgfn.epcc.Edu> from "John W. Johnston" at Oct 27, 95 11:34:26 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net > > >And is it me, or does the idea of a blimp with a cloaking device that > >doesn't cover the underside make no sense unless you plan on installing > >it upside-down? > > Hey, Robotnik is just like a "shade-tree" mechanic - will spend $200 to > save $5. Besides, he didn't anticipate Tails seeing through the cloak so > quickly. > > I've been rethinking the strategy and [extreme ;-) mode ON] I think I've discovered Robotnik's true weak spot: If you're going to install a cloaking device on a flying machine (whether heaver- or lighter-than-air), you have to assume that your greatest concern is being seen from the ground. That didn't occur to Robotnik, who was more concerned about being seen from above. Now, since the freedom fighters don't have anything like a real air force, what could Robotnik possibly be worried about? The only thing he COULD be worried about, then, are small flying creatures relieving themselves on the blimp from above (if you've ever washed a car you know where this is leading). And if this is indeed Robotnik's greatest fear, then we might have stumbled upon his one weakness: GUANO! Now, if we can only get ahold of enough fruit bats and some prunes.... ================================================================ || ___------__ || || |\__-- /\ _- || Daniel J. Drazen || | / __ _ || drazen@andrews.edu || //\ / \ /__ || || | o| 0|__ --_ || Custodian of one of the Sonic || \\____-- __ \ ___ - || the Hedgehog FAQ Files || (@@ __/ / /_ || || -_____--- --_ || ASCII Sonic by Han J. Lee ================================================================ From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sun Oct 29 20:08:30 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id TAA29471 for sonic-ll; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 19:53:28 -0500 Received: from emout06.mail.aol.com (emout06.mail.aol.com [198.81.10.43]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id TAA29466 for ; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 19:53:26 -0500 From: DGonterman@aol.com Received: by emout06.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id TAA05307 for sonic@bort.mv.net; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 19:52:55 -0500 Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 19:52:55 -0500 Message-ID: <951029195253_78857217@emout06.mail.aol.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Sonic and Tails Fan Club Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Hey Bryant, What's this 'Sonic and Tails Fan Club' all about? How can I join? l8r David Gonterman (dgonterman@aol.com) The Blood and Metal WWW Page now has an INDEX.HTML jump-in page! See if this works: http://users.aol.com/dgonterman Rat-man told me that this URL will automatically call up the INDEX.HTML file in that FTP, but I don't know for sure.... From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sun Oct 29 20:18:59 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id UAA29532 for sonic-ll; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:01:14 -0500 Received: from piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu (hk512@piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu [129.22.8.16]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with ESMTP id UAA29527 for ; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:01:11 -0500 Received: (hk512@localhost) by piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu (8.6.12+cwru/CWRU-2.1-bsdi) id UAA09656; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:01:08 -0500 (from hk512) Message-Id: <199510300101.UAA09656@piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:01:08 -0500 From: hk512@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Delacroix) To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Two Stories: This Island Floating and Changes [Part 1] [0/2] Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Okay, you wacky StH fans, I've got two lovely stories to submit today. The first one, `This Island Floating', is a short, pre-Doomsday tome about an encounter between Joseph and Knuckles. In a few words, it's a slugfest. It's also not my finest work; so take it with a grain of salt. The main reasons I wrote it were because I needed a stepping stone into `Changes', I needed to establish some vital facts about Joseph that couldn't be fitted into the second story, and that I occasionally like to write a slugfest just to see how I'd do on it. (Not very well.) Think of it as a preface to my next adventure in creative writing. The second story, and the beginning of my first major story arc, is called `Changes'. This story is much better. In fact, it's one of the best stories I have ever written, in my opinion. It is also very long. I would have made it longer, but then I'd have to split it up, and I don't like to do that. So, this is the first part of a...uh, multi-part post-Doomsday story. (I haven't written the rest of it yet.) Lots of angst and cool special effects here. Enjoy! -- That cyberpunk. -- -- Joseph deLaCroix -- Professional Idiot Exterminator -- Information wants to be sold for exorbitant fees, then totally devalued An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, an account for an account "Act like a dumbshit, and they'll treat you as an equal." -- "Bob" Dobbs From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sun Oct 29 20:23:33 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id UAA29540 for sonic-ll; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:02:17 -0500 Received: from piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu (hk512@piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu [129.22.8.16]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with ESMTP id UAA29535 for ; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:02:07 -0500 Received: (hk512@localhost) by piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu (8.6.12+cwru/CWRU-2.1-bsdi) id UAA09811; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:02:04 -0500 (from hk512) Message-Id: <199510300102.UAA09811@piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:02:04 -0500 From: hk512@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Delacroix) To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: This Island Floating [1/2] Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net This Island Floating by -- Joseph DeLaCroix This story is based on characters created by Service and Games (SEGA), and on characters created by Archie Comic Publications, Inc. Any resemblance to actual characters are not coincidental. ;) Joseph, Bahb, and all other independent creations of Joseph DeLaCroix are the copyrighted property of JoCo Inc. All rights reserved. Etc. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Timeline: One day before Doomsday. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A pure, green-pigmented plain placed upon the northern continent on Mobius. Some dried leaves fluttered in the gentle breeze, warmed by the noonday sun. Birds sung the ancient melody of the world, and a few non-evolved rabbits hopped through the shorter grass. It was a scene beautiful enough to melt even the most jaded heart; for on this world, scenes like that might become rare... In the middle of this scene, barely visible in the high grass, was a 3 foot tall hedgehog. But this was not one of the usual variety of bipedal hedgehog. Nor was this particular hedgehog even a child of this world; rather, he was a misplaced, genetically scrambled member of a dead planet millions of light years from the spot where he now laid, calmly enjoying the beauty of his new home. This was the lot of Joseph, the descendant of two DNA helii; his natural, Ur'thaen brand, and the current Mobian hedgehog variety which he was experiencing now. However, his genetic identity crisis didn't appear to be bothering him now, as he silently laid in the sun, soaking in the yellow star's warming rays. The wind drifted over his motionless form as if it was a mother's gentle movement, tucking him in for a night's rest. A butterfly alighted on one of his longer headquills, and slowly came to peacefully rest there. This was paradise, Joseph thought, as he continued to simply lay there and revel in the sublime beauty of Mobius. He wondered why Robotnik would wish anything like this harm. Had he never simply walked outside on a glorious day as this, sat down in a field, and merely admired the handiwork of Nature? Was all of his destruction merely due to him being a homish sort? Nay, he pondered, Robotnik had been out in the wilderness. He'd sit in a field like this, take a deep breath, and think...how he'd first cut down those trees to create housing, then drill holes in the earth for oil, then ponder mining for precious metals...no, Robotnik could simply not appreciate nature. It was simply not his to appreciate this one. Probably all those simian genes. But Joseph let those unpleasant thoughts leave him. He didn't want to think about Robotnik or Robotropolis or the damned pirated Ur'thaen roboticizer now. That would only impede intuitive thought of solutions to those problems. Alas, he had only allotted himself only a few more days of being au naturale before returning to Knothole and resuming work on the deroboticization process. He needed to value this vacation time as a period to let his strained mind adjust to the myriad of changes that had affected him; landing on a foreign world, finding out that he was not the first of his kind to land here, being mutated...it made his head spin to ponder all that had occured in only a few months. However, Joseph realized that looking backward would only impede his progress. He had to overcome the obstacles placed in his path, and continue on. He had people to help now, so brooding wasn't going to do any good. But he wasn't going to think about that anymore. No, this was a vacation, and Joseph knew that thinking about work would only slow it down in the long run. So, he laid there in the field, took a deep breath, and continued staring into the sky. After a moment, he felt much better about his situation again. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Meanwhile, a different sort of conteplation was occuring an a craft speeding away from Robotropolis. The sole passenger of the craft was pondering what to say to his new friend to get him to return with him this time. He had still been reluctant to leave his precious island the last time he had visited him, but he knew that he could convince him to return with him today... Laughter echoed through the small craft as it sped further away from the dark outline of Robotropolis. Soon, the short human thought, soon, Robotnik would be out of the way; and then he, Snively the Great, could take his rightful control over Mobius! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Eventually, Joseph grew tired of just laying in the field, thinking about nothing. If it's one thing his new body demanded, it was activity. So, he chose to get back to the activity that he had engaged in for most of his vacation; exploring Mobius. He had searched most of the Southern continent last week, and the Northern continent was already throughly charted. Perhaps he would visit the sea again. It was certainly beautiful enough to warrant a second look. Besides, he had a yearning for seafood. A boiled lobster about then seemed mighty good. He licked his lips and stood up. He hadn't yet mastered the whole powering-up thing with his running. He always seemed to mess something up. He'd either fall on his head, slip on something and fall backwards, or lose control entirely and fly into a tree. So, with some trepidation, he started running in place like Sonic did, slowly picking up speed at first, but quickly picking up speed. After a few seconds of this, he took his foot off the clutch (so to speak) and blasted forward. Surprisingly, he was able to maintain control of his propultion well enough to direct himself to the shore. Within minutes, he was able to see the line of the horizon reflecting off the sea. Now, he had to stop. He didn't particularly *like* stopping. He had never been able to cease his propultion on a 1 Mobian coin like Sonic did. He had always gone up some extreme surface without speeding up to come to a halt. The water was now in plain sight. It looked awfully blue today. He wondered how deep-- Unconsciously speeding up, he sucessfully breached the coast, and was suddenly running over the water. Whoa, Joseph thought, this is cool! He ran straight off the coast for a few minutes, and then tried a left turn. After sucessfully turning left, he tried turning right. This also was accomplished easily. Deciding to put his navigation skills to the test, he ran in a figure-8 a few times, and then shot off in a different direction. Way Past Cool, he mentally snickered, and headed off further off the coast. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The small craft landed on the far side of an anonymous island somewhere in the Great Ocean. Snively departed the craft, told the SWAT Bot pilot to maintain a holding pattern, and walked away. As the craft took off, Snively disappeared into the island's jungle-like foilage. After walking on a roughly-beaten path for a while, he came to a clearing that he had visited countless times before. And, like every time, he walked over to a small stump, took a seat upon it, and waited for his host to appear. "Welcome, Snively-mon," a voice said, "back to my island." "Knuckles, cut the dramatics." Snively looked around. "Just tell me your answer. Will you return to Robotropolis with me, or not?" Some leaves rustled behind Snively, and a red-quilled figure appeared. "I tol' you, mon, I canno' leave dis island. I gotta guard my Ruby." "Echidna," Snively falsely smiled, "there is no one left on Mobius with the capability to find this island but myself. How could someone steal your precious `Ruby' if they don't even know this alcove exists?" "But ev'ryone wants my Ruby, mon. It's special." Snively internally chuckled. This foolish creature of the forest was so paranoid about some idiotic reddish rock. It probably was a piece of glass, or maybe it *was* a tiny little ruby. Either way, it was unimportant to Snively what it was. "I told you," he said, "you can take it with you if you want." "I can' take it. I tol' you, it don' wanna be took." Snively sighed. "Look, I could station some robot-soldiers..." Knuckles grimaced. "No! No robots! Dis island shall NOT have robots on it!" Snively recoiled. "Okay, I won't put any here. I just thought you'd want some protection for your stone." Knuckles grew silent, obviously considering some things. Snively talked as he thought. "Look, I promise you that nothing shall happen to your `Ruby' until you return." Snively put his hand on the echidna's shoulder in a false gesture of empathy. "You will return here. I *promise*." "You promise?" the echidna spouted. "Yes, I do." Knuckles hmmed. "Okay, I go wit' you. But I want one mo' day here on the island before I go. Dat okay?" Snively smiled. "Yes, that will be fine." *JUST* fine, he thought, and just in time... "I'll be back here at sundown tomorrow to pick you up. Go to the north shore, and a ship will come for you." As Snively got back up, Knuckles disappeared back into the underbrush. The short human smiled evilly, and walked back up the path to flag down his vehicle. This was too easy, he thought, as the ship landed, allowed him to board, and rocketed back toward Robotropolis. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Joseph sped over miles of water, going in no particular direction for very long, nor really planning to go anywhere. He thought he might eventually circumnavigate the world if he kept at this long enough. And, when he saw the patch of land over on the eastern horizon, he thought he had. He sped curiously over to it, wondering which coast it was. After a second or two, he was running along the coast of the land, and then realized it was an island. He hadn't quite circled the globe yet, obviously, but this phenomenon still deserved investigation. He went ashore, and started to slow-- *BONK* When he came to, it was nighttime, and he was staring up into a pair of eyes. "Uhh..." he groaned as a pair of hands grabbed him and pulled him to his feet. "How did you get 'ere!? 'Ave you come to steal my Ruby?!?" "Huh?" Something that felt like a brick nailed him across the face, causing blood to drip from his mouth. "I ASKED you a ques'ion, intruder!" "Muggaahh..." "Arrgh! "What are you, stupid?!" "I...don't understand...intruder?" *POW* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Joseph woke up a few hours later in a bamboo cage, hanging over a large pit. A few rails had been redded with the liquid that had poured from his oral cavity after the figure had decked him. (With what, he wondered, a brick?) In addition to that painful injury, a few more additional cuts had been inflicted (but healed) on parts of his stomach and arms; obviously caused by being dragged through some sharper underbrush. Struggling to his feet, he tried to regain his bearings. He was in a dense part of the jungle. The cage was hanging from a single treebranch, but it looked stable...for now. There was solid ground closeby the pit (which he now saw having sharp spikes at the bottom) and a single path leading away from it deeper into the forest. He quickly came to the decision to try and swing the cage out from over the pit, and onto solid ground, where it would probably break open. As he began to rock it back and forth, he heard (as expected) the branch beginning to go. He rocked a little harder, and he started to hear it crack. He finally gave the cage a teriffic shake, and the branch broke, plummeting it to the earth below. The cage began falling soon after that; it tumbled toward the ground, shattered open, and spilled its contents onto the forest floor. What Joseph had forgotten to anticipate was the pain factor involved in being inside of a cage when it crushed into the earth. He agonizingly climbed out of the wreckage, picking small pieces of bamboo out of his quills. He was beginning to hate this place. A lot. After he had gotten himself together, he wandered silently down the path. Luckily, his martial arts training had not been effected by his transformation, so he was able to stealthily traverse the path without distrurbing a single item in the forest. Hopefully, he could find the shore, rev up, and get off this island before anything bad-- << WARNING: POWER LEVELS AT: 5% AND DROPPING. REQUIRE REFUELLING BEFORE DEPARTURE BACK TO DOME ALPHA. ACQUIRE POWER CRYSTALS. PRIORITY: ONE PRIORITY: ONE. PRIORITY: ONE. PRIORITY: ONE. PRIORITY: ONE........ >> --happens. He emitted a series of vile Ur'thaen curses, and snarled. This irritated Joseph to a great degree. His internal power cells were supposed to last for about 1000 years before ever dipping below 50%, and here were his systems crying 5% 6 months after it had been activated. Then, he realized exactly how much load he had put on his body in the last 6 months, and was able to calm his fears of his body having leaky fuel cells. But, it still left the problem of finding fuel. He was going to have difficulty finding something digestible without having to confront whatever it was that struck at him. It was about as strong as he was at this point, and certainly didn't like him very much...he thought Joe wanted to steal his `Ruby', whatever the hell that was. So, he did some quick internal calculations. If he went at a normal speed, didn't use his augmented strength much, and avoided further injury, he could last about a year on the island. After all, the food looked edible, and the water was fairly clean...but he didn't want to be here a year. He didn't want to be there a day! He wanted to go home. He pounded his fist against his hand. No, there had to be crystals on this island. There were crystals everywhere on this planet! All he had to do was look. He turned his optical scanners to detect energy signatures, and went off to find some. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - At daybreak, Joseph reached the shore. He had covered half the island, and he was down to about 4% of his total energy. So far, he hadn't detected much of anything. Some small pebbles were all that carried any sort of juice in them, but they had not enough to even make a spark. The sun beamed down upon Joseph, trying ineffectually to give him some solar energy. Alas, but he had no solar panels on him, and no means to make any. It did, however, warm him up enough so he physically felt better, and made him think to sweep the horizon and admire the view. As he looked around, he noticed a small, craft-shape energy imprint upon the ground. He walked over to it to examine it further. A ship had landed there earlier, no more than a day ago, and quickly had taken off again. (He could understand why someone would do that.) However, it appeared that it was a Robotropolis-brand ship that had landed there, by the blackish residue that was left on the ground. Had someone else decided to take a holiday here? He hadn't seen anyone else but the figure that attacked him...but Robotnik wasn't into bamboo, he thought. This was becoming a really strange situation, Joseph pondered, as he wandered toward the other side of the island. Mysterious guardians of unknown jewels, unknown landings of Robotnik-made crafts...it was all connected somehow, but Joe couldn't see it. He started walking down a path that led through the other side of the island. He began to mull over exactly what could be so important that whoever was guarding it would savagely beat whomever seemed to threaten it... Then, a blip appeared in front of him. A large crystal vein was on this side of the island, toward the center. He smiled. His ticket home was right on the beaten path. Perhaps this is what the strange one was guarding, Joe thought. Well, he won't mind if I take a few off his hands for lunch now, would he? He wasn't going to take any chances either way. He returned to his stealthy mode of walking, and seemed to disappear into the underbrush. Within a few hours, he was in the center of the island. He was on the very edge of the clearing. A cave was directly in front of him, giving off an reddish glow deep inside of it. This is what the person who had attacked him was guarding. "I wonder what's inside of it," Joseph whispered aloud. "My Ruby's inside o' dere." He didn't turn around. He *knew* what would happen if he turned around. So, he just burst forward toward the cave. "GET BACK 'ERE!!!" shouted the figure as Joseph hit the sound barrier halfway through the cave. << WARNING: POWER LEVELS AT: 2% AND DROPPING >> He got to the back of the cave, no longer caring whether or not that person liked him or not. When he got to the inside of the cave, he pushed a large boulder in front of the opening out, so that the individual trying to kill him would at least be slowed down. He heard thumping on the rock, and muffled shouting, but he had not broken it down enough to get through...yet. Having that out of the way, he ran as fast as was prudent to the back of the cave. He was stuck dumb with awe when he entered the area where the light was coming from. The walls of the domed area were covered in glowing, sparking energy crystal. In the center of the room, there was an energy core that was being powered by a reddish rock...his `Ruby', obviously. But why did this undeveloped island need this much power? What was this `Ruby' really? He took a closer look at it, and accessed his records of Mobian geological history. No, he thought, it couldn't be. But it *had* to be. This `Ruby' was actually a Chaos Emerald. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This explained a lot, thought Joseph. Chaos Emeralds were mythical, mystical power crystals that are capable of generating extreme amounts of clean, emissionless energy. They were also said to have special powers of their own, depending on their color. But this was unimportant to Joseph right now. All he knew was that the red rock in the center of the room was best left where it was. It was probably incompatible with his digestive system, anyway. So, instead of attempting to acquire that particular crystalline morsel, he started trying to break off bits of the more digestible power crystal on the walls. Meanwhile, the boulder in the front of the cave suddenly formed a large crack in the center of it, and seconds later it crumbled to the ground. A very pissed-off Knuckles then strode in, looking to beat the tar out of the `thief' inside by his delicate `Ruby'. Joseph was too busy trying to chip off a mouth-sized crystal off the wall to notice the boulder crumbling to dust in back of him. He hoped that if he ate this one it would be enough to keep him going long enough to get back home. Unfortunately, he never got a chance to find out. Knuckles swiftly went into a flying tackle onto the weakened and bleeding hedgehog, knocking the crystal out of his hand. It flew across the room and shattered on the wall, directly next to Joseph's hope of leaving here peacefully. He was then slammed against the wall and kicked in the back. He yelped as he felt a quill snap off one of his lower rows and scatter onto the floor. Being driven to even more savagery by Joseph's acknoledgement of his abuse, he punched Joseph repeatedly in the face, yelling on each impact. "STAY!" *POW* "'WAY!" *SOCK* "FROM!" *BAMF* "MY!" *WHACK* "RUBY!!!" *CRACK* By the time "FROM!" had rang out, Joseph had begun to go somewhat blind, and his eyes freely bled blackish fluid. He coughed up a few mouthfuls of bloods after the 5th or 6th sucessive hit, giving Knuckles a sense of great personal pride. But, he grew tired of this, and decided to switch from his face to some other part. Making a split-second decision, he threw him to the ground and started kicking Joe in the stomach. Joseph was blinded completely, and was beginning to lose his sense of hearing. All that was left to his sensors was the pain. After a few more kicks, Knuckles grabbed him by the throat, pushed his face inside the engine core, burning a centimeter or two off of it. Joseph tried to scream; but the echidna closed his fist around his throat, choking his howl to a squeak. "You betta take a nice, GOOD look at my Ruby, 'cuz it's the LAST thing you're EVER gonna see!" << WARNING! WARNING! CRITICAL DAMAGE LEVELS! WARNING! WARNING! >> He weakly struggled to break the echidna's grip, but he barely had enough power to writhe around in agony. He got a few good kicks in around Knuckles' midsection, but nothing that could make him let go of him long enough to let him breathe... << WARNING! WARNING! ENERGY LEVELS CRITICAL! WARNING! WARNING! >> He felt like he was gagging on his own pancreas. He knew his eyeballs were about to pop out from the pressure, and his mind was beginning to go... << TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE IN 10 SECONDS >> He clawed at Knuckles' quills, but only managed to prick himself in the fingers. He kicked and swung his arms, but Knuckles knew he was almost dead.... << TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE IN 5 SECONDS >> No! Not again! Not before I-- << SYSTEM SHUTDOWN >> For Joseph, time stopped. He lost all memory of his life, his world, his entire existance. The struggling ceased; the static died down to silence, his sensors stopped recieving information...the world grew cold, spun, and slowly faded to black... But then, a miracle occured. Actually, a biological miracle occured. His body used the remaining volts of his internal power to mutate his tongue into an energy reciever. Then, running on sheer exhaust fumes, it gave it just enough length to wrap itself around the crystal, and shot it out to try to siphon off as much energy as it could. It got far, far more than it bargained for. In fact, it got more than enough. Immediately, ruby-red energy carressed Joseph's limp form, catapaulting Knuckles across the room and out of the cave. Slowly, Joseph's energy levels went up, slightly dimming the crystal's light. However, as Joseph was recharging, the island was beginning to sink. The beaches slowly started to retreat under a blue wall of water. Small animals desperately ascended trees, rocks, anything they could find in order to avoid being drowned. << ENERGY LEVELS RISING. 10%. 20%. 30%. 40%. 50%. 60%.... >> After a few moments, Joseph's power levels were back to 100%. As he disengaged his tongue from the crystal, and returned it to a normal length, his healing systems came back on-line, and started to repair the damage that had been done. He barely noticed the small earthquake that occured after he fell from the crystal, nor did he care what it meant. He just wanted to repair his screaming shell of a body. He slowly rubbed against the energy crystal-covered wall. He was too exhausted to even move. He doubted he was going to be able to go anywhere for 15 minutes or so as he renewed hiself. The creature had beat him up pretty bad. His vision was just coming back, and his hearing was still fuzzy. Not only that, it seemed like his entire body core hurt. He coughed up some blood and spat it onto a nearby rock. It hissed, bubbled, and ate right through it. He was relieved. He wasn't internally bleeding anymore; or else the clotting agents would have neutralized the blood's acidic effects. His sight clarified seconds later. That was much better. Checking his power levels, he was somewhat discouraged...it was eating up most of his power. He'd be back to 50% after all the repairs were complete. But that'd be enough to finish his host off... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Knuckles was laying unconscious in a clearing about 1000 yards from the cave. The charge had knocked him clear through the forest, and he was cut up pretty bad. Of course, he didn't notice this, because he was in a stupor, but it still appeared awfully painful. His gloves were also somewhat singed, but they were at least not on fire any longer. He began to come out of it. Shaking his head, he groaned at the amount of damage the hedgehog had done to him. Ruby had shocked both of them pretty good. Hopefully, the stupid orange hedgehog thief was dead, and nobody would bother Ruby until he got back. He hated trespassers. He stood back up. Ruby was still there, by the glowing that came from the cave. But he had to be sure the hedgehog was dead. Had to. Could be alive, FAKING dead. He wandered back into the cave, and slowly returned to the crystal room. Joseph was there, acting dead. Since he didn't have any pupils to dilate, he simply gave off a pheromone that denoted deadness. Hopefully, the echidna would smell it, and think him demised. Knuckles entered. He looked over at the puddles of blood laying around, seeping into the ground. The hedgehog bled a lot. Dirty hedgehog. Bad hedgehog. He looked at the dead hedgehog. Good. His instincts told him he was dead, so he had to be. He decided he didn't like the dead hedgehog with Ruby, making the place smell bad. So, he grabbed him by the shoulders, and pulled him out of the cave. The sun was beginning to set, so Knuckles hurried along, dragging the hedgehog through the dirt. He'd leave him outside the cave as a warning. Nobody would go into a cave where a dead animal laid outside. Just the way it was. He dropped him in front of the cave, right in the center of the enterance. Thinking no more of it, he turned his back on the `dead' hedgehog, and started to walk up the trail. << REPAIRS COMPLETE >> Joseph stood up, and ran over to Knuckles as silently as the wind. He grabbed the naive echidna by the throat. "Miss me?" he whispered into his ear, and threw him into a tree. A few teeth fell out of Knuckles' mouth, accompanied by a few droplets of blood. Smiling psychotically, Joseph peeled him off the tree and spiked him on the ground. "So..." He punched him in the snout. "You *actually* think--" He fit his left ear, making it squirt most reddish fluid. "--you can go around beating--" He kicked him in the head. "--people--" He stomped on his abdomen. "--up?" He threw him down the path. "Huh?" Knuckles stumbled toward the beach, trying to escape the enraged hedgehog. He pursued Knuckles, anxious to pummel him some more. Knuckles ran toward the beach. Bad hedgehog not dead! Got strong from Ruby! Now was angry at Knuckles for stopping him from stealing Ruby. Help! Help! Snively would help. Snively powerful. Has powerful machines. Lazers that blow things up. Joseph relentlessly chased his attacker. He was going to be sure he was throughly punished for beating him up when he was defenseless, and without provocation. He didn't want to kill him, mind you--he was not a overzealous member of the warrior caste--just rough him up enough to teach him to be more tolorant. Knuckles stood on the north shore nervously. He looked back toward the path, and saw the outline of the hedgehog coming close. He looked to the horizon, and just then saw the shadow of a single ship...Snively's ship! He'd save him! He'd blast the bad hedgehog into dust. Teach him a lesson. He saw Knuckles standing on the beach, and noticed the small craft fly down, pick him up, and go back into the air. "Oh, no you don't," Joseph said, and projected some energy at the ship. It locked onto him and shot some beams back. He ran along the shore, trying to trick the ship into dropping down low enough so he could get a clear shot in. Unfortunately, it did not. Meanwhile, while the SWAT Bots were firing at Joseph, Knuckles was trying to tell Snively what had happened. He ignored most of the foolish babble about `Ruby', of course, but realized he'd have to kill this fast, nigh-invincible (hmm) hedgehog before Knuckles was going to leave. Knuckles, of course, had an idea... Joseph had now almost ran a total circuit around the island. He was wondering how he was going to escape their fire, and not let them get the Chaos Emerald at the same time. But then, Knuckles jumped out of the craft, and (instead of running at him) ran back toward the cave. Hopefully, he'd find some way of hiding it, or destroying it. He thought no more of the odd occurance, and continued dodging the fire of the SWAT Bots. He ran beneath a series of cliffs, trying to dodge the continual bursts of plasma. However, he neglected to notice the large boulder directly above him, and hid there from the ship. It apparently didn't see him...but Knuckles did. He had ran around in front of the cave, taken a path to the other side of the island, and climbed up the cliff where the boulder was. Then, he had gotten a piece of wood, lodged it under the rock, and was waiting for the hedgehog to get in position....NOW! The boulder, after being dislodged from its resting place, raced down to the ground, making hardly a sound. When Joseph finally noticed it, it was too late. It slammed into him, and shoved him deep within the moist earth. Knuckles, of course, *knew* this had to have killed him. He cheered, did a victory dance, and rapelled down the cliff. He then stumbled out to the ship, and hopped in. Seconds later, they were both gone. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - An hour passed. The rock didn't move. A small puddle of blood was forming next to it, and it was beginning to attract various insects. The tide came in, and started to wash softly against the rock, cleansing the earth of the reddish pool. The occasional bubble began to hiss up from the wet crater, making it sound like a boiling mud pool, but instead of mud, there was hemoglobin. It looked like some sort of macabre metorite had crashed. Then, as if a geyser was forcing it away, the rock split in half, and Joseph crawled out of the hole, vomiting up sand and dirt. He felt absolutely miserable. It had taken him what seemed like aeons to charge up anouther energy in his index fingers (the only part that was touching the rock after it pushed him 2 3/4 feet underground) to start cutting the rock, and it had drained him down to 25% again. This *sucked*. He had been beaten, electrocuted, buried, crushed, burned, nearly drowned, and shot at. His energy levels had gone from 100% to 1% to 50% to 25%. It felt like a really nasty form of vixen PMS. He just wanted to charge up, teleport home, and not leave the dome for 2 weeks. As he continued to wash himself off, he began to realize how fortunate it was to be able to teleport home. Sure, he'd have to get fully charged, have to pretty high up, and his broadcasting array on his body wasn't the best, but it'd be just enough to tell Bahb to teleport him home to his own power charger. He made a mental note never, never, never EVER to take another vacation the rest of his life. At least not without a plasma shotgun. Man, he could have used one of those. He wandered back up the path to the cave. The interior of the forest looked like it had seen a world war. Trees were bent over, there was blood everywhere, and nothing dared move. He grumbled. He had lost control, and messed up this entire ecosystem for everyone. Good one, moron. Hopefully, it'd heal itself in 5 years or so, with luck. It would look a little better, anyway. Approaching the cave, it didn't look much better. He'd really beaten the tar out of that echidna here. Little red quills were sticking out of the dirt like a bad hair weave. A few teeth were also intermixed with the quills, giving the whole area the stink of death. It made him sick. He wandered into the cave, which didn't look as bad. It was only *his* blood in here, and the crystals on the walls were vaporizing it pretty quickly. He went over to the Chaos Emerald, placed his hands around it, and boosted his power back to 100%. A few repairs and a minor earthquake later (possibly caused by the Emerald's draining) pursued later, he charged himself again. Now he was back to where he was supposed to be. He hoped he wouldn't have to do that again for a long time. A few minutes later, he had left the cave and ascended the cliff where the boulder was. Looking down, he realized that it had to have nailed him really freakin' hard. The cracks in the mud looked like something you'd see on one of the three moons of this planet. A complete wreck. Thank goodness it had happened in an out-of-the-way place, or else the entire island would look like a war zone. He pointed his eyes to the rising moons. He calculated his exact location in relation to Knothole, triangulated the angle of the moonbounce, and transmitted an encrypted transporter call, with full coordinates, to his teleporter in his lab. The transmission shot to the 1st moon, bounced off of it at a 34 degree angle, and refracted to the secret reciever unit by the original crash site. It traveled from there by buried wire 1 mile down into the earth, went back up the hyperfast eribrum-doped fiberobtic backbone Joseph had strung down into the earth, and back into the dome. Bahb intercepted the transmission, decrypted it, and sent it down to the 3rd level of the Dome, the laboratory. The automatic servos began pumping, and the teleporter powered up. Joseph was then surrounded by an opaque bubble, which lifted into the air momentarily and popped, leaving no trace of either bubble or passenger. With that, Joseph left the Floating Island...a wreck. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A second or two later, he rematerialized, looking like a refugee, in the 3rd SubBasement of his home. Ahh. Home sweet home. He'd never want to leave it again. He didn't even acknoledge the computer. He hopped on the minielevator pad and went straight to the 1st level, his bedroom. Then, he plowed right into the bathroom, showered, dried off, walked back into the bedroom, laid down on the bed, and passed out. He slept for 5 days. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - But what of Knuckles and Snively? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Here," Snively said, "put this on your face. It'll heal it faster." Knuckles could only moan quietly. He hurt. "Muhguh." "Oh, stop complaining. You'll be fully healed by the time we enter Robotropolis. By now, Robotnik should be throughly crushed by the hedgehog." Before Knuckles could groan something, Snively said, "No, it wasn't that one. The one I talk about is blue. Don't worry, you'll get to meet him..." He smiled evilly. "I promise." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Epilogue - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - About 5 days later, Joseph woke back up. He mumbled as he stumbled out of bed and gave himself yet another through scrubbing. He still felt echidna quills sticking out of his back. Not only that, he'd slept for a really long time, according to his internal chronometer. He'd probably needed it. Alas, he was going to have to mine some crystal pretty soon, because he knew his energy levels weren't going to be constant for long... He got himself back to a tolorable state and went back to the surface of his home. The Dome looked especially lovely today. Bahb had made sure the windows had stayed especially clean, and the light streamed in with impunity. The entire room was warm with the power of the sun. It made him feel much better about himself, and far more vibrant-- He got an idea. Solar energy! Of course! The entire Dome was almost a perfect focusing tool; it was a massive upside down lens. All he had to do was to install another lens in the reverse direction in front of his skylight, and he could focus the rays of the sun into an extremely high-frequency energy beam. Then, he could create some sort of battery to store it, and get recharged off of the light of the Mobian sun. Just like how he powered the rest of the house! And he wouldn't have to take any more of the house's energy to do it. Quickly, he set to work on drawing up the plans for the new device, wondering what else he could use the excess energy for.... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE END? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- That cyberpunk. -- -- Joseph deLaCroix -- Professional Idiot Exterminator -- Information wants to be sold for exorbitant fees, then totally devalued An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, an account for an account "Act like a dumbshit, and they'll treat you as an equal." -- "Bob" Dobbs From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sun Oct 29 20:24:52 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id UAA29548 for sonic-ll; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:03:36 -0500 Received: from piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu (hk512@piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu [129.22.8.16]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with ESMTP id UAA29543 for ; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:03:29 -0500 Received: (hk512@localhost) by piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu (8.6.12+cwru/CWRU-2.1-bsdi) id UAA10030; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:03:26 -0500 (from hk512) Message-Id: <199510300103.UAA10030@piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:03:26 -0500 From: hk512@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Delacroix) To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Everything Changes (part 1) [2/2] Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Everything Changes [Part 1] by -- Joseph DeLaCroix This story is based on characters created by Service and Games (SEGA), and on characters created by Archie Comic Publications, Inc. Any resemblance to actual characters are not coincidental. ;) Joseph, Bahb, and all other independent creations of Joseph DeLaCroix are the copyrighted property of JoCo Inc. All rights reserved. Etc. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "The more things change, the more they stay the same." -- Anonymous. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Timeline: A month or two after Doomsday. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It was nearing noon over the Great Forest. The day's activities were in full swing for most of the world, and save one--nay, make that two--places, it was bathed in a glorious yellow tint from that world's local star. However, the place we shall be focusing on would soon be bathed with light as well. When the sun reached its zeinth above it, focusing mirrors would bounce an amplified beam of light off a series of mirrors and focusing devices, until the light was a tight, hard beam of energy. Then, it would be shot down from the final mirror, and hit an energy port on a certain still figure laying on a slab in the center of the area. For 3 minutes, this beam would strike the port, raising the object's energy levels back to its full capacity. Then, the mirrors would fall out of alignment, and the area would return to its normal, dim state. Seconds later, the sun reached its full height above that area of Mobius' horizon, and beams of the life-giving orb fell upon the Dome's clear skylight. The beams reflected off a series of mirrors, through a myraid of lenses, and finally struck the lifeless figure's opened abdomen. The ray crashed into a ultraefficent, recently-installed solar panel, and created gigawatts of energy within seconds. It continued like this for several minutes, gradually raising the temperature inside the glassy structure to an almost unbearable, fog-inducing high. Finally, the sun started to descend toward the other parts of Mobius, causing the beam to weaken, dim, and finally die. As the abdomen of the figure closed up, the ventilation system kicked in and started pumping the hot air out of the structure. It traveled through a long pipe along the forest floor, and finally was permitted to escape several yards away, into another glassy structure. This one, however, was rectangular, and was completely opaque. It was the size of a small hut, and appeared to have no door in or out of it. The mysterious structure released nor admitted a single particle. Its purpose is only known to Joseph, and he has yet to choose to explain its purpose to the common populace... Meanwhile, Joseph was beginning to regain his senses. His power levels were back where they should be, and the Dome had cooled off rapidly. He felt pleased with himself over the device he had constructed, and the deroboticizer was coming along nicely. So, since he had worked so hard the last few days, he decided to allow himself a day of leisure. He took a cleansing breath of the charged air, and set himself to the remainder of the pressing work that he had to accomplish before going out to `play'. Thus, after he cleaned up the public area in which he now stood of the Dome, and doing some minor body maintanence, he emerged into the warm sunlight of the forest floor. It was a lovely afternoon around Knothole, he noted. The wind was blowing toward the wreckage of Robotropolis, so one couldn't smell it. The sun shone through the forest in places, illuminating parts of the well-trod path to Knothole irratically. A few non-evolved rabbits hopped by, looking for clover or grass to eat. In the distance, he could see the secret entrance to the village, with a few Mobians lurking around it on guard duty. Smiling slightly at the rustic scene, he blasted toward the secret entrance at nearly full speed, and stopped just short of flying through it. His control over his new form was improving daily. Who knows, he thought, perhaps it was an even better form than his initial one? Meanwhile, the two guards were gradually getting used to Joseph's blazing entrances. It was usually the way he entered the village, because it was the way Sonic usually entered it. The two were becoming more alike than either of the hedgehogs would like to admit. Yet, Joseph's behavior was still more unpredictable than Sonic's...he was slightly more mature than his blue twin, and far smarter. But before either guard could muse on this topic further, the orange hedgehog nodded at them and shot through the stump with a flourish; to a lower clearing in the forest where Knothole was located. He popped out of the log, and rolled to a halt upon the pile of hay that served as a cushion for incoming Mobians. He slid off the pile and brushed himself off. Few were around the entrance today...security had become slightly more lax since Robotropolis was mostly destroyed. The mood of the village had also become lighter, and a bit more hopeful. More roboticized citizens wandered into the Great Forest daily, and they almost all regained their free will within days...thanks to a quick hack called a `Cerebral Re-Activator' Charles and himself had created. However, the newly-reborn roboticized citizens' reaction to Joseph occasionally was not always positive, he ruefully mused. After someone that had been in the village relayed the story of Charles and Joseph to one of them, the odd cold stare could be felt creeping up his neck by a few irate roboticized citizens. They didn't dare say anything, of course--Sonic would zealously defend his new intergalactic `brother' as if he were Tails--but he could feel their hatred. He honestly couldn't blame them for it, either...his guilt was not to be purged until the deroboticizer was running, and all damaged were healed. And even then, he thought, it'd still be there, albeit weaker than before. Sighing at this, he walked toward the hub of Knothole, hoping to snag a chili dog or two off Sonic. He walked (he preferred walking within the city limits) into the town square, where Sonic was leaning against a tree, munching a chili dog. When Sonic saw Joseph wandering into the village, he waved him over to him, and tossed over a chili dog. "Yo, Joe!" he hollered, and continued to gnaw on his pork product. "Hello, Sonic," Joseph said, and started eating his. "Anything new?" "Nope, just havin' some of Unc' Chuck's chili dogs." He looked at the one which he had almost completed, and sighed. "Mmm, I didn't know how much I missed these--" He polished that one off in a single motion, and began eating the other, half-eaten, one. "--chili dogs." Joseph nodded. He sometimes envied Sonic's simple approach to life; running fast, thwarting `badniks', eating chili dogs, and pursuing the mutual affection of the Princess. No guilt, no internal demons gnawing on his soul about someone else's mistakes, no constant, nagging feeling that he's going to fail miserably, or that one of his mistakes could destroy the entire world. No loneliness, no yearning for a home that was annhilated centuries ago, or even one pang of misery from the cold looks of a roboticized citizen that would make his eyes sting from woe. Just speed, heroism, and the fufillment of carnal desires. Oh, how that life appealed to him! He wished he could just return to nature; go feral, live in the woods, eat berries...but, alas, his new form demanded technology to survive. He was no longer a simple organic construct, he was the last remaining creation of his father, his world, his entire culture...he might as well wish for a purple sky instead of wishing to escape the technological plague that his mind, body, and soul were infected with. Both were about as likely! It didn't stop him from wishing, tho. That's all he had; hope, wishes, and dim memories and the collected knowledge of a world that nobody could ever see, ever again. He actively despised the last part, especially. If he was just blind to what had happened, and was just a rogue being crusing the galaxy for cheap beer and cheaper women, his soul would be far purer. But the knowledge made his soul blacker than night. The evils that his world had perpetrated, the curses they had heaped upon themselves...they laid only on his shoulders now. It was his only inheritance. At night, he looked for the star that Ur'thae used to orbit, and waited patiently for the one moment when the light of the explosion would finally reach Mobius. Only then would he believe it was actually gone. He didn't want to believe it was dust...he so wanted to blame the live body of his father for this, just to get the hatred away from him. But his father was dead, as was his world. He was the only target left for Mobius' anger, so he would take it all upon himself. He was glad his father couldn't see this world now-- "Joe! Snap out of it!" Joseph returned to his normal mental state. "Sorry," he embarrassedly said, "I was thinking about something." "You think too much." was Sonic's reply. "Yes," Joseph said, "I do." Sonic kept eating his chili dog. "Anyway, nothin's up now." He smirked. "It's just another boring day in Paradise." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Meanwhile, in the smouldering wreckage of Robotroplis: Snively flew around the perimeter of Robotropolis in Robotnik's hovercraft (which gave him a great deal of satisfaction) assessing the progress of the reconstruction of Robotropolis. For the most part, the progress was positive; without bothering to rebuild all the useless, smoke-belching factories, and only rebuilding the essential parts of Robotropolis, the reconstruction would only take another 6 months or so. SWATBot production was up, so soon regular patrols could start again. However, Snively was becoming progressively more irritated with the lack of Worker-Bots remaining to do the menial work of Robotropolis. Apparently, most of them were simply wandering off into the Great Forest. Also, a good portion were being abducted by Freedom Fighters. This was really beginning to bother him, because he was forced to call in other platoons of Worker-Bots from other installations all over the planet. If this kept up, soon Mobius would be liberated from sheer lack of an occupying force. But Snively let not this bring him down. After all, he was Snively the Great, Ruler of Robotropolis, Conqueror of Mobius, Master of All He Surveyed! No problem could hold *him* back for long. He'd just think of a way around it! He laughed fiendishly. And soon, he'd destroy the Freedom Fighters once and for all! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Back in Knothole: Sonic and Joseph were leaning against a tree, and they were up to about their 4th chili dog each when Charles walked over to them and greeted them. "Hello, boys," Charles' metallic voice spoke, as he took a seat on a nearby stump. "What are you up to today?" Sonic shrugged. "Not much, Unc. I'm chillin' until Sal needs me for somethin'. Maybe I'll get to go to ex-'BUTT-nikland to kick some more SWATBot tail!" Charles smiled. "Son, at the rate you kick 'Bot butt, we're not going to have a single one left standing for target practice." "I know! Isn't that Way Past Cool?!" Charles laughed. "Yes, Sonic, it is." He turned toward Joseph as Sonic started into another chili dog. "How about you, lad? Are you just going to take a break today...you should, considering you haven't left that dome in 2 weeks." The metallic hedgehog smirked. "I'm surprised you haven't discovered the secrets of the universe yet; you've not stopped work in all this time to go out and relax." "I'm not quite the vacationing type," smirked Joseph, "and besides," He regained a more serious expression. "it's important to all of Mobius that I perfect this device. Then, Robotnik will truely be dead." "Well," said Charles, "give yourself SOME time to relax. We don't want you to have a nervous breakdown or anything like that. We do have a good chunk of time left for you and I to work in." Joseph nodded somberly. "It's as much for your benefit as it is mine." Charles understood this silently. "Look, just don't work yourself to death." He smirked. "You're the other resident expert on the roboticizing process, so stay alive long enough to finish the deroboticizer, okay?" Joseph chuckled. "Okay, okay, I get the idea." Sonic chose then to complete his dog. After gulping it down, he said, "Anyway, how're you doing, Unc?" "Me? Oh, I'm fine. I just completed work on the Cerebral Re-Activator Ray--something I had in the works after Joseph and I completed the nonmobile chamber--and it should greatly raise the number of roboticized citizens we're able to return here. All you have to do is make sure the beam hits the head of the target, and their mind will override the programming Robotnik put in them." He smirked. "And I'll have it in the stores by Christmas." Sonic smiled. "Way Past Cool, Unc! That'll make Sal happy." Joseph nodded. "Affirmative. That will really be a big help." Charles bowed. "I try." Then, Bunnie wandered over from a nearby hut. "Hi, sugahhogs!" she shouted, and hopped over to the tree. "Anythin' new?" Whenever Joseph looked at Bunnie--ever since he learned of the true nature of the roboticizer, that is--he always felt a pang of sorrow for the damaged rabbit. Her body had been cursed with those ugly steel limbs, yet she continued to be as she always had been. His awe of her sheer will to be happy was only exceeded by his shock of her lack of external bitterness toward her life. She was a survivor, and she still considered herself (publicily, anyway) beautiful...yet, Joseph could not help but feel a dagger plunged into his psyche from the sight of her. He knew it wasn't his fault for any of this, but he still felt responsible...she was one of the main reasons he worked so hard on the deroboticizer. It was one thing to see someone who was totally roboticized: at least that person had lost all of their external links to nature. But Bunnie still was warm to the touch, still had sparkling blue eyes to admire the world with...and a steel arm to touch things with, and metal legs to walk across it. He felt that she was a metaphor for Mobius; damaged, sick from the contaminants that seeped into her; yet still strong and determined to be well again. Sonic shook his head. "Nope." He smirked. "The metalheads are just talkin' shop." Charles and Joseph laughed. "That we are," said Joseph, suddenly breaking from his internal anguish. Bunnie smiled. "Well, god forbid Ah keep y'all from yaur work." Joseph shrugged. "Well, we're not accomplishing a whole lot now." He smiled at her. "How are you doing? Are you doing anything interesting?" "Nah," she said, "Ah'm jus' killing tahm until Sal needs muh." She looked around a bit. "It's a slow day in Knothole today, sugah. Nuthin's gonna happen 'til tonight, when we'll get s'more people outa Robo-tropolis." Joseph raised an eyebrow. "There's gonna be a mission tonight?" Bunnie bemusedly looked at him. "Yah, sugah, there's been a mission ev'ry night. Didn'--" Then, she realized something. "Oh yah, you've been inside the whole time. You wouldn' know." While Joseph mulled this over, Charles broke into the conversation. He smiled, and said, "Excellent. Now my new device can be tested!" Before Bunnie could ask, Charles explained what he had made. "Y'all better tell Sal about that, sugah." She waved to Sonic and Joseph, and took Charles by the hand. "She's planning the mission now," she said, "So c'mon, let's go." She dragged the disoriented Charles off to see the Princess, while Sonic and Joe looked on. "Well," Sonic said, "if that thing works, it'll be Way Past Cool! No more dragging spastic 'bots back to Knothole!" Joseph nodded, and smiled. "It'll certainly save you a lot of time." "I hope so," he said, "Joe, how I hope so." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Snively sat down in the large green chair that was the main piece of furniture in the control center. He observed the various screens that displayed live video of areas all over Robotropolis, not to mention Mobius itself. It looked quiet today; the Freedom Fighters still only became overtly active at night. He pushed some buttons, and reveled in the fact he was sitting in Robotnik's chair. He spun it around a few times to gloat. After growing tired of that, he talked into the intercom. "Attention all SWATBots!" he piped, "roboticize all remaining prisoners, and send them to work in Sectors 5A, 6G, and 436A-5." A metallic voice on the other side acknoledged his transmission. He smirked evilly. "And do it slowly." A quiet beep was heard from the speaker, and it fell silent. Satisfied with that, he thought of other things he needed to do that day. He had covered Robotnik's usual itinerary; He'd surveyed the landsdscape, ordered the daily robotization, had lunch, sneered at the Great Forest, brooded about the domination of Mobius, and abused a SWATBot. The Worker-Bots and SWATBots were able to handle the actual repairs by themselves, and the refinaries would do just fine without any Sniv-intervention for a year. He sighed, as bored badniks are wont to on occasions such as these. What to do, what to do... Then, his eyes brightened as he realized what he could do to pass the time. He walked over to a R&D laboratory close by to the Control Center. He entered it, and gazed upon an object he was keeping in here for its own good. A Worker-Bot on the far side of Mobius, while in a crystal mine, hit the large stone while trying to dig out a particularly tenacious formation. It broke the pickaxe on contact. So, following its programming, it called over a SWATBot for assistance. It blasted the stone out, and when it could not determine its nature, sent it to Robotropolis a few days after Doomsday had miserably failed (...as expected). Since then, Snively was trying to figure out exactly how this stone, the Amber Chaos Emerald, worked. He decided against trying to make it power Robotropolis...Robotnik had tried something similar once, and Snively thus reasoned that that course of action would be suicide until the Freedom Fighters could be eliminated; they would notice the sudden lack of smoke being belched out of the city, and go to in to investigate, and then they'd find some way of stealing the emerald from him. So, he decided to pick a less obvious use for the emerald, yet one totally predicitable to any individual familiar with Snively's mind: convert it into a weapon that could destroy the Great Forest, and reveal Knothole. However, this course of action was mysteriously difficult to accomplish. The Emerald Ray would destroy non-natural things completely; SWATBots, Worker-Bots, garbage, anything that was manufactured. But if it was fired at a tree, or a small animal, it'd heal it and make it stronger. That annoyed him to no end. But, he was determined to bend the emerald to his will, no matter how difficult it would be to do so. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The sun was beginning to set, which signaled Knothole to begin to prepare for the night's activities. The Mobian village put away its things from the day's work, ate its dinner, and cleaned up everything else before preparing for a restful sleep. Everyone, that is, but the Freedom Fighters who were about to go out for a night's mission. Sonic, Sally, Antoine, Charles, Dulcy and Bunnie were standing around the updated holographic depiction of Robotropolis, planning their route in and out in order to get as many people out as they could in a night. The Cerebral Re-Activator Ray dramatically increased this number, so they figured on getting (at the least) about 20-25 people out that night. While they were discussing their plans, Joseph sat outside the hut, silently listening to their plans. He'd never been on a mission, and he always had wondered how one had been organized. Quite well, by his observations. Maybe they'd ask him to tag along one day... He heard movement in the hut, and disappeared up a tree. Using his martial arts training, he slipped into the shadows without a sound. Sonic was the first to emerge. "I'm gonna bag a ring, Sal," he said into the hut, and ran off to the Power Ring Pool. A few seconds after he left, the rest of the Knothole crew went outside the hut. They divided into teams, and the leader of each team recieved a pistol to zap roboticized citizens with. A second later, Sonic arrived with his ring. "Charles, you're with Antoine," Sally said, "and Bunnie, you're with me. Sonic will provide the diversion, and we'll ship the roboticized citizens out on you, Dulcy." She looked at the dragon. "Do you remember the rendezvous point, Dulcy?" The dragon nodded. "Good." She took another deep breath. "The last ride out is at 00:00, at the predetermined rendevous point." She looked at her watch. "Okay, sync your watches at 21:00.....now!" A round of beeping later, everyone had the same time. "Everyone ready?" A round of nodding. "Okay, everyone on Dulcy but Sonic." They boarded the dragon. "Sonic, you rem--" "Like the recipe for Unc Chuck's chili dogs, Sal." Sally smirked. "Then go!" Sonic, with a wink and a flourish, took off toward Robotropolis. After waiting a minute or two, Dulcy got a running start, and also took off toward Robotropolis. After they had left, Joseph lept out of the tree, and landed quietly on the ground. He vaguely considered going home, and waiting for them to return, which would be what a logical, rational person would do. But, for some reason, he had a yearning to pursue them. He wanted to kick 'bot butt as well. (Such feelings were becoming more common as the hedgehog DNA began to sink deeper in to his genetic makeup.) He pondered for about 5 minutes, but finally snapped. He was going to follow them. But he wouldn't interfere; he'd watch from a distance cloaked. To study Mobian guerilla warfare. That's it. He would *study* them. It wasn't tagging along when he was forbidden to, it was science! He checked Bahb's energy levels. Once he was sure they were up to 100%, he took off toward Robotropolis as well. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Snivley stared into the control center's screens. So far, the Freedom Fighters hadn't shown up for the night's attempt at freeing Worker-Bots. He had, like he had done for the last several nights, dedicated himself to killing them all tonight. He put Robotropolis on full alert, and had his aerial forces circling the perimeter, as usual. There would be no mistakes tonight. I(vos)H(yper)A(c)T(iv)ET(rackerof)H(e)AT(fromthe)HEDGEHOG (Robotnik's last joke. The acronym is I.HATE.THAT.HEDGEHOG. He always did make really, REALLY stupid jokes, Sniv thought.) radar beeped, detecting Sonic roaring in to start the eternal diversion. Sniv wondered what he'd hit tonight. He was running out of things to destroy...Robotropolis wasn't much now to begin with. The lazer fire he heard, and the SWATBot calls for backup seemed to denote that Sonic was assulting one of their primary refineries again. Snively growled. He either let the hedgehog weaken Robotropolis further by destroying the refinary, or let the hedgehog weaken Robotropolis further by his abduction of Worker-Bots. Snively was beginning to DESPISE these Catch-22s. Resources for SWATBot production was going from 300% to 500% tomorrow, he vowed annoyedly. Then, Snively angrily activated the intercom. "Attention all SWATBots! Hedgehog alert! Report to Refinery 24-A!" he bellowed, "AND SHOOT TO KILL!" Snively realized that this was going to leave the Worker-Bots in Sectors G, H, and I unguarded and ripe for FF attack. But the refinery was more important to Sniv, so he forced himself to tolorate the FF damage of his labor force. (Needlenose isn't the brightest bulb in the box, y'know.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sonic raced through the refinary, smashing the hell out of anything that looked fragile or important. Dodging SWATBot fire, he swerved to and fro inside the building, spin-dashing through the metallic menaces. It would normally take him maybe 5 minutes to totally disable one of these establishments, but he needed to buy lots of time for the rest of the FFs who were rescuing citizens. So, he simply continued to race back and forth irratically, damaging and destroying as much stuff as he could. Meanwhile, the first 5 people they were able to grab and zap were loaded onto Dulcy, and were flown back to the Great Forest as fast as Dulcy could manage. They were disoriented, but they got themselves together enough to hang on to the dragon for dear life. Joseph was watching the whole scene from a safe distance on the eastern limits of Robotropolis. He'd tapped into the security system, and was getting a Sniv's-eye view of what was happening. (He was also blanking certain screens at random times, so to make it appear like simple technical problems as a result of Doomsday, to keep Sniv from knowing where the FFs were...but it wasn't directly hurting anything, so it was okay!) It appeared to Joseph that what Sonic had told him about Snively was correct. He was a freakin' moron. He was concentrating a majority of his forces in one localized area to fight one Freedom Fighter from destroying something that would be vital in the short-term; while the majority of the Freedom Fighters were all over Robotropolis, taking a resource away that would be vital for the long-term survival of Robotropolis. His brother would have a cerebral hemorrhage from watching this. Joseph smiled when he thought of his brother. Jhack was a big, tough high-ranking member of the warrior caste, a master of all things tactical. He always kicked Joseph's butt in jed'ar (a game similiar to chess). He would have loved to watch this conflict unfold; it was a classic example of unconventional warfare toppling a conventional regime. He missed him sometimes. Sighing, he went back to watching the chaos unfold... Then, he noticed something. There were no SWATBots around the Command Center. Nary a one. They were all either at the Refinary, or guarding the prison blocks. Sniv left his front door wide open, but locked the back! Quickly, Joseph debated how to utilize this information. Should he sneak into it and directly sabotage the command center, and risk capture, or should he try and tell someone else? He shook his head. No, telling someone else would endanger the mission. If anything was to be done, he'd have to do it himself. What to do... He took a 25 Mobium coin from the side of his boot. He examined it. The side he was looking at had a grim-faced King Acorn on it, with some writing along the side. "Heads, I go, tails, I don't." He flipped the coin, and caught it in midair. He opened his hand; heads. He smiled. "Very well, I go." He quickly removed all evidence he had ever been there, threw the coin over his shoulder, and stealthily stalked toward the egg-shaped Command Center. The coin flipped over again when it hit the ground; on that side, Acorn was smiling. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sonic was beginning to tire of bouncing off the refinary walls. He was not only running out of things to smash, but the whole thing was getting old. He just wanted to trash the damn thing, and move on to something more interesting. But what? This was the only distraction Sally had given him. He didn't know what other targets to hit. There wasn't much left! Then, it occurred to him that he could drag all the SWATBots into the center of 'BUTT-nikville by attacking the control center. Then, the rest of the place would be nearly empty, and Sal could grab LOTS of guys and gals. He was rather pleased with himself for thinking at such a supersonic pace. So, the next pass by the control room, instead of blasting past it, he blasted into it. This bought him a few precious seconds while he pressed every button in the room, pulled every switch, and generally started trashing the place. Alarms upon alarms went off as the entire plant went critical. "WARNING! AUTODESTRUCT MODE ENGAGED! 30 SECONDS UNTIL AUTODESTRUCT. 29. 28. 27. 26. 25...." Sonic took that cue to juice on outa there. He engaged a little bit of power ring, and left a deafening sonic boom to be the harbringer of the larger orange-yellow explosion seconds later. Snively went spastic. Now not only had the Freedom Fighters gotten several more Worker-Bots than usual out of Robotropolis, his favorite refinary was totally destroyed. He screamed and pounded his fists against the chair, a la Robotnik. "I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!!" he hollered as he ordered every resource he had available to stop the hedgehog from escaping. But meanwhile... Joseph approached the central entrance point for the egg-shaped control center. As more SWATBots streamed out of it, he quickly snuck in against the flow of traffic and got past the 'bot dispatch point without a hitch. Sniv was too irate at the recent destruction of some installation he liked to put up floating spybots inside his own inner sanctum. Joseph took this as a good omen, and traversed his way up the access stairs. After walking for a few minutes (and hiding from a few SWATBots that were rapidly streaming down the stairs as well) up the stairs, he finally came to the outer fringes of Sniv' innermost sancti sanctum. This was obviously where all the really important stuff was. Various sensitive and fragile computers were hidden all the way up here, not to mention Sniv's R&D labs. He was really losing a lot of respect for Needlenose. And since he didn't have a lot to begin with, that's saying something. He walked into the center of the room, and observed some monitors. Ooohing at the stuff he saw, he extended his dataspike from his right arm and started downloading all of it. After an incredibly short period of time, he got it all. 200 virus checks later (2 seconds), he compiled it and mulled over the information. The latest version of the roboticizer software, plans for everything Robotropolis had, locations of bases, codes, everything Sniv didn't want anyone to know about he had. Joseph cackled quietly. This would certainly be useful--he heard a noise. Quickly, he hid behind a pile of old boxes, and waited to see who drew near... Snively stomped down the stairs, and rushed into his R&D room. He *thought* he heard the sound of rapid downloading, but there was obviously nobody there. Quickly, he ran to the back of the room to fetch his Emerald Ray. He kicked some boxes out of the way as he reached the zero-energy field in which he kept it--a shadow--he turned to look behind the pile... ^L Nothing. Sniv shuddered. He must be so angry, he thought, his mind was starting to play tricks on him. He took a breath, and took the gun from the field. He wanted to be sure that he had it with him if the hedgehog tried to attack him tonight, and he believed he'd figured out how to make it kill. He didn't know, tho, but he didn't want to have it laying out, anyway. He rushed out of the room and shot back upstairs to the central control center, beginning to snarl somethin' fierce. After he had left, Joseph cautiously poked his head out. Sniv had taken some sort of weapon from the far side of the room, and rushed back upstairs. Obviously, it was meant to attack Sonic with. He hoped he'd be able to evade it once Sniv started pursuing Sonic actively. Either way, he had what he basically needed. Now, he'd just set up a nice cat's-cradle program within the Robotropolis computer system OS, and... "RED ALERT! RED ALERT! HEDGEHOG PRIORITY ONE!" Alarms! Had he been discovered? Arrgh! He had no time left now. Quickly, he looked around for an exit. He couldn't take the door--footsteps! Shit! He spotted a vent and jumped up and through it, closing it behind him. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - But it was not Joseph that set off the alarms. It was the first Mobius-biased Freedom Fighter hedgehog, Sonic, who set off the alarms. He managed to set off every alarm system that Sniv had downstairs, calling every SWATBot in Robotropolis back home to defend it from the blue blaze of vengence that was Sonic. He started his usual smash-and-run technique there, attempting to take down the central Robotropolis SWATBot dispatch grid, the food machines, and anything else that looked somewhat valuable. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - But Snivley knew the alarms to be the work of the hedgehog. Immediately, he rushed down the stairs, through his lab, and to a secret minihangar. There, Snivley kept *his* new pride-and-joy, Robotnik's old hovercraft. He'd dug it out of the wreckage, and refurnished it himself. It looked as good as new, and now he'd add one more accessory to it; his (hopefully) new Emerald Death Ray. He slapped the turret into place in front of the hovercraft, and jumped inside of it. Wasting no time, he started the formitable craft and blasted out through a nearby wall. The unexpected explosion was felt all over the remains of Robotropolis. When the Freedom Fighters spotted the hovercraft, several of the weaker-hearted (namely, Antoine) quickly panicked. "Aaaa!! It is zee Robotnik! Ze has come back from ze dead to make us dead like heem! Aaaaa!" Charles didn't even try to calm him down. "Run!" shouted Sir Charles, and took the petrified Antoine by the paw as the remainder of the rescued roboticized bretheren followed suit. Meanwhile, Sonic rushed out of the building, dodging some irksome SWATBot fire, and was observing the hovership's flight path. He was apparently circling the center of Robotropolis, looking for where the hedgehog might have hidden. He quickly came to the conclusion that he'd give the ship something to look for. He rushed over to the center of the street, and started yelling. "HEY, NEEDLENOSE!" he yowled from the streets below, "YEAH, YOU IN RO-CLUCKNIK'S RIDE!" This sucessfully got Snively's attention. "PREPARE TO DIE, HEDGEHOG!" he bellowed, and started firing amber beams down upon him. "Uh-oh." Sonic thought, and swiftly began swerving through the center of Robotropolis to avoid the beams. "Stand still!" Snively muttered as he continued aiming, firing, and missing the hedgehog. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Joseph was watching the battle unfold from inside the intake vent for the Control Center, high up on the remains of the `roof' (if an egg-shaped structure can have a `roof'). He had noted that even though Snively believed he was weaving around as irratically as the hedgehog, he passed through a certain area of space every few seconds or so. Joseph was working on refining the exact target area, and was beginning to time his envelope so he'd know when to....now! Snively had passed through a section of space every 2.3 minutes. In another 2.3 minutes, he'd be there again, and then would be the time Joseph would enact his plan. He watched silently from his perch, continuing to watch the battle unnoticed. Sonic was irritating Snively rather efficiently. Apparently, whatever sort of `ray' he was using was constantly missing the hedgehog, and he was making sure Snively knew it. "HEY SNOTLEY! NICE AIM!" "YOU WILL EAT THOSE WORDS, HEDGEHOG!" And then another barrage of firing from the hovercraft, even more badly aimed than the first. He prepared himself to enact his plan. 30 seconds. 20. 10...9..... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - At the exact moment Snively first entered an area directly below Joseph's vent, he jumped into the hovercraft, taking the repugnant imp by surprise! With a smooth movement, Joseph grabbed Snively by the neck, and started throttling him. "Die, you hideous excuse for a semi-evolved simian!" he shouted into Snively's ears, and attempted to take control of the craft. But Snively didn't fight fair. (Or well.) He kicked at the hedgehog's stomach, only to fracture a few toes on the android's chestplate. Yelling in agony, he pulled a small dirk from his belt, and tried to shove it through the hedgehog's armpit. It penetrated it, but didn't even seem to slow the creature down...then he got a good look at him, and then that's when he really became frightened. He looked like Sonic's body double, aside from the bright silver eyes. Also, the hedgehog didn't look like he took prisoners. After a quick assessment of the mood of his attacker, he came to the conclusion that he was about to-- Joseph knocked the little rodent out with a single punch. He tore the knife from his armpit, and threw it out the window. Now, while trying to regain control of the odd craft, he was also attempting to disarm the strange weapon, which seemed to be approaching overload levels. Apparently, whatever this thing was powered by, it was too much to be withheld by the weapon for very long, once it was fired up. He feared it was going to explode, and he was still far too high up to jump--he quickly pulled hard to the right, barely missing a tall buidling. He was still too high to jump, and he didn't know how powerful the power source was. As he fumbled around with the access port for the fuel cell, he mused what Sniv could have found that was so powerful? Some sort of radioactive isotope? Alien technology? Perhaps a Keld'yrian had lost something again... All this time, Sonic had been hanging out, watching the aerial battle. He was surprised to see his `brother' here, but he was glad he'd shown up. Joe'd given Snotley the pounding of his life. And soon, he'd just bring the ship down to Mobius, and then they'd REALLY have him... He finally fumbled with a octogon-shaped thing, and quickly removed it from the gun. He threw the powerless weapon off the ship, and tossed the stone casually into the back seat, not bothering to examine it (steering a unfamiliar ship tends to discourage scientific discovery), and continued to attempt to regain control of Robotnik's round hovership. He tried to make it go lower by cutting the power, but all that suceeded in doing was make the ship slow down. That wasn't the effect he'd desired, but at least he could concentrate on the altitude control. As he fiddled with the lever, he realized he was now drifing around on the eastern outskirts of Robotropolis. He was rather surprised. This vehicle travelled rather quickly. It must be the lack of its usual load. He snickered at his joke. Robotnik must have needed a whole lotta thrust to move this thing, he pondered, and took the lever in his hand. Then, taking a breath, he began to slowly pull the lever down... While Joseph had been trying to regain control, Snively had slowly regained consciousness, and gradually came to the conclusion that this passenger was not wanted in his hovership. Reaching silently under the seat as the craft started to come to a halt, he pulled out a short pipe Robotnik had kept under the seat to club things with if they came too close to him in flight. With a slow, purposeful movement, he raised the club above his head, and swung just as Joseph was starting to lower the ship slowly to the ground. The impact from the club didn't hurt Joseph as much as it surprised him. The metallic `thud' from the club attempting to damage his right lobe did, however, make his teeth rattle unpleasantly. He fell forward from the blow, suddenly sending the small ship on a course straight up into the sky. As it rocketed upwards, it began exerting strong g-forces against the contents of the craft. Snively, being a runty little weakling, was immediately forced to the floor of the craft after the second g, while Joseph (being an android and having more resistance to such things) merely readjusted his stance a bit, and desperately tried to regain control of the reddish blur before it entered a low Mobius orbit. Sonic watched the ship bob downwards, stop, and then scream up into the upper stratasphere. Needless to say, this surprised him. Obviously, Joe wasn't the world's greatest pilot. Or maybe he was going to fly all the way up there to drop Snively, or--lazer fire from behind him. Uh-oh. The SWATBots had wised up, and now had figured out where he was. He quickly poured on some speed, and raced away from the area, hoping to buy Joe some time... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - With a small degree of difficulty, he stuck out his hand and took hold of the lever. Not wanting to be thrown out of the craft, he slowly started to pull it back down; and slowly, the ship began to stop. It came to a halt again near the center of the lever's pull-area, to just about the limit of the Mobian atmosphere. Taking the opportunity to relax, seeing that Snively was too weak at this height above Mobius to put up any sort of a fight, Joseph looked up to note this unique perspective. He could see the darker areas with almost no ozone above it from the lighter, bluish areas that had a higher level. It was odd to observe such a thing; one comes to believe after long examinations of the sky on a clear day that the sky seems to be an impervious bubble from which the rest of the universe is seperated. But, he thought, as one gets closer to the fringe of the atmosphere, one can see the small gaps that are formed as air currents cause the air to flow around in erratic patterns, leaving for minutes at a time small holes in the atmosphere; yet, from the ground, the sky always appears to be a solid blue bubble. It brought to mind a proverb his grandfather had taught him... "Even the strongest wall has a hole." He waved his hand around in the small, black gap. "A hole." he logically said, and exhaled a breath into the hole, filling it. "Filled." After looking into the sky some more, he decided to return to a more Snively-compatible altitude, before the now quite-cold and weak human went and died. He was sure that Sonic could figure out what to do with him. Probably put him on trial and lynch him, or maybe throw him in Ironlock. Either way, it was an affair of state, so he'd try to stay out of it. He was probably in enough trouble as it was going off to Robotropolis without telling anyone. Ruing Sally's potential wrath, Joseph pulled the lever slowly back, and gradually brought the hovership back closer to Mobius. As he got nearer to the blackish cloud above Robotropolis, Snively began coughing himself back to consciousness. As he entered the murky depths of the pollution cloud, all vision became temporarily obscured. After penetrating the center of the cloud, Snively gasped out a few words. "Where... *cough* are you tak-- *cough* ing me?" "You're going back to Robotropolis, Snively." "*cough* Huh? *cough*" "Yeah, you're going back to Robotropolis, and Sonic is going to decide what to do to you next." The ship broke through the cloud, and the air slowly began to clear up. They were still high above the tops of the buildings, tho, but they could now both see each other clearly. "The hedgehog won't have the chance to. My SWATBots will finish him before we even hit the ground!" "Oh, really?" Joseph snarled, and grabbed Sniv's green collar. "I don't think so, Snotley." He lifted the protesting Snively outside the hovercraft. "You're going to call off your marauding SWATBot armies right now." He grabbed the microphone for the com-unit with his other free hand, and shoved it into Snively's face. "Aren't you?" Searching for any sort of retort, Snively could only gasp. After a second of hanging precariously over the ground, tho, he finally stuttered, "Att-t-tention all SWATBots!! Cease Priority One pursuit and await further orders!" Joseph clicked the microphone off. "Good work, monkey. Perhaps we'll keep you around to read commercials." Snively could only stare blackly at his obnoxious orange opponent of his overtaking of Mobius. "Now, stop squirming around, or I'll save Sonic the trouble and snap your neck right here." The human stopped wiggling. "Good." The ship finally came to a slow halt 3 inches above a stretch of road somewhere within the center of Robotropolis. Joseph dragged the whining Snively back into the ship, and took him with him as he dehovercrafted out the other side. Looking around, he realized that it was almost time for the Freedom Fighters present to go to the rendezvous point on the outskirts of town, and then return to Knothole for the night. Quickly, he realized he'd have to get their attention in order to bring them back here. So, he shook Snively again. "Flares! I need a flare gun! Now!" Snively quickly gesticulated to the glove compartment, where there was a loaded, largish flare gun. Joseph quickly grabbed it, and fired the device into the air. It shot into the sky, and into a bank of explosive gas that one of the factories had recently set off. The ignited phosphorous in the flare reacted with the various methanes in the cloud, and created a large explosion that quickly became a massive one. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Meanwhile, Sonic and the rest of the Freedom Fighters had assembled with a large group of recently renewed roboticized Mobian citizens. Sonic was attempting to explain what had happened to him as quickly as possible. "...and then, Joe comes flyin' off the roof of Sniv's command center, right?! He must've said something cool like me, and done some of that wicked kung-fu stuff he does, 'cuz Sniv went down for the count in a Sonic Second! Then, he starts joyriding in 'BUTT-nik's hovercraft, and was tryin' to land but Snotley musta done somethin' 'cuz Joe fell forward and hit some lever and then the ship went screamin' up, up, Way Past Up into the sky, right about--" and just as he pointed to where it went up, a small flare went up into a small cloud. Within seconds, the whole sky seemed to be on fire. "--there." "He must be in trouble!" Sally said, "Sonic, go--" When Sonic heard the word `go', he figured out the rest for himself. Quickly (which is the way he did most things), he took out a power ring and ultra-juiced toward the center of Robotropolis. As he entered Robotropolis, the usual entourage of SWATBots arrived, and began chase. Normally, he'd be pelted by lazer fire, but this time they only followed him. Sonic found this odd, naturally, and came to a temporary stop a few blocks from the flare's origin. The SWATBots came to a halt about 30 feet away, and floated in mid-air omniously. They stared at each other for a few moments. Then, Sonic broke the silence. "Hey, bucketheads! Why don't you shoot me?! I'm the Hedgehog Priority One! Your JOB is to shoot me!" The SWATBots looked at each other for a few moments, obviously relaying information back and forth. Then, the bot on the pursuit module closest to him said, "Snively has overrode our programming, and has ordered all units to pursue, but not damage or terminate Hedgehog Priority One." Sonic looked puzzled. "Why?" "Unknown," the 'bot said. "Way Past Weird," Sonic thought, "maybe Snively's captured Joseph, and wants me as ransom." With that, Sonic took off again, toward the center of Robotropolis. A second later, the 'bots took off after him. Joseph was beating Snively's head against a wall to sedate him when Sonic arrived seconds later, being trailed by the oddly non-violent SWATBots. Sonic's view of the situation changed rapidly after that. "Yo, Joe!" he shouted, and ran closer to the orange doppleganger. Joseph stopped clobbering Snively for a moment, and allowed his stunned body to slump to the ground. "Hey, Sonic." Sonic looked at Joseph, then at Snively. "I see you've been busy," Sonic smirked, "but you didn't leave a lot for me to play with!" Joseph shrugged. "The opportunity presented itself, so I seized it." Sonic kicked Snively lightly in the chest, which didn't seem to phase him. "Looks like he's just about ready to die." "You want to do the honors, Sonic?" "Huh?" "Do you," Joseph plainly spoke, "want to finish him off?" Sonic looked at Joseph strangely. "You mean..." "Kill him. Yes." Sonic's face went blank as he considered this. If he killed Snively, it would finally put an end to all of Robotnik's legacy in one blow. No more roboticized people. No more pointless deaths. The world could be beautiful and clean again. Joseph would make a deroboticizer, Uncle Chuck and Bunnie and everyone else would be well again, and they'd find a way to bring back King Acorn. And everything would be beautiful and clean again. But Sonic had never killed anything before. He didn't think he could.... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - He remembered when he was a young hedgehog, and he'd built a small rabbit trap. He'd built it because he'd overheard Uncle Chuck complaining to one of his friends about how rabbits kept getting through the fence he'd built somehow, and eating his produce. So, Sonic decided he'd make Unc Chuck proud of him, and kill the rabbit that kept getting in the next time it tried. He thought of the proper way of constructing such a trap, collected enough stuff to make it out of, and snuck into Uncle Chuck's workshop to build it. He'd been proud of that trap, he recalled, and he'd tested it throughly to be sure it'd work. It was a small wooden cage, held together with bits of twine. The front of it opened up with hinges, and a small stick would hold it up. A little piece of string could then be attached to it, and close the cage. In retrospect, it was a pathetic, primitive device, but it did the job... He'd set it out in the back yard, in the middle of the garden. In it, he'd put a carrot, covered with a layer of peanut butter. (Uncle Chuck had told him once that small animals loved the taste of it, so Sonic put it on as additional `bait'.) Then, he covered the string with a thin layer of dirt, so to be sure the animal couldn't see it, and hid in a bush. About 15 minutes later, the rabbit hopped into the yard. It sniffed around, nibbled on some lettuce, and then noticed the peanut-butter carrot. As planned, it hopped into the cage. The second it was all the way in, he pulled the rope, and closed the cage. The rabbit frantically tried to push its way out, but it was far too weak to push open the door. Sonic cheered upon capturing the rabbit. Uncle Chuck would be so proud of him! He'd get a few extra chili dogs for this! But, he thought, he'd have to finish the job. So, he found a large rock that would eclipse the cage, and difficultly picked it up. By slowly walking toward the cage, he was able to keep the rock above his head so to more easily smash the rabbit. He finally arrived close enough to the cage to see the rabbit. The pathetic look in its eyes drained Sonic of its resolve. No matter how much vegetables it had eaten, Sonic had thought, it didn't deserve to die for it. He just threw the rock in the opposite direction, toward a small creek, and ran away from the cage. A minute or two later, he was able to find Uncle Chuck at the chili dog stand. He waited until he was done serving a customer, and then explained the situation to him. Oddly enough, Charles had said, "Sonic, I'm proud of you for not killing that rabbit." Sonic blinked. "I don't get it, Uncle Chuck. Why? I chickened out. I choked." Charles put his hand on his shoulder. "Sonic, you didn't kill that rabbit not because you're not brave, you didn't because you felt it was wrong. Your conscience told you not to, because you know it is wrong to kill. That's not a bad thing. In fact, it's good. If more people were like you, Mobius would be a perfect world." "Really?" Sonic said. "Yes." And then, Uncle Chuck gave him a hug, and they walked back to his garden. Charles picked up the cage (after commenting on its handiwork positively) and wandered over to a neighbors' house and borrowed a small burlap bag. Then, he carefully dropped the contents of the cage into the bag, and put the wooden construction down. After that, he signaled for a PeaceBot via a special watch he had on his arm for that purpose, and gave it some very specific instructions on what to do with it. The PeaceBot beeped in compliance, took the bag carefully, and zipped off to parts unknown. He'd remembered hearing Uncle Chuck tell him later that the rabbit was released on a different part of Mobius, where it wouldn't eat anyone's garden up. He smiled when he remembered that Uncle Chuck had always been proud of him for never killing anything, and that he'd promised never to... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - But, if he didn't kill Snively, he could escape from whereever they'd put him, and return to Robotropolis. Then, he'd keep hurting people and destroying things and doing things that were Way Uncool. Maybe he'd get lucky and kill one of his friends. Maybe he'd even kill Sally! Or him! Then, something or other would cause Joseph to NOT make a deroboticizer, and everyone who'd been roboticized would die...Uncle Chuck... No, Sonic thought, he'd have to break his promise. The cycle had to end. If he didn't, too many more lives would be put in jeopardy. He had the chance, and he had to make the most of it. "It would be," Sonic said, "a pleasure." With a fluid movement, he grabbed the semi-unconscious Snively by the collar, and threw him against the wall. He punched him a few times in the stomach, yelling and cursing at him the whole time. He'd occasionally shout out, "This is for--", nail Snively in the face, and then yell a name of a FF, friend, or just some innocent person who had been killed or roboticized. After a while, Sonic began to sense that Snively was just about to buy it. He knew if he was going to complete what he had started, he had an obligation to make it impressive. Then, he knew what he had to do. He curled up into a ball on the ground, and started to power up a Sonic Spin Dash Attack... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The rest of the FFs around arrived there seconds later. Dulcy had returned home, with the last load of citizens they'd get that night. Antoine had also been taken home as well, because he was just too mental at that time to even join the rest of them to find out what had happened to Sonic and Joseph. So, just Bunnie, Sally, and Charles arrived at the scene. Needless to say, they were surprised that Snively was nearly dead on his feet, and his large nose (not to mention the rest of him) looked all bloody and bruised. However, they were more surprised to see Sonic getting ready to do a Sonic Spin Dash Attack right into him! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Charles knew he had only seconds to act. While the rest of them were simply struck dumb with shock, he rushed toward Sonic and shouted "STOP!" The shout distracted the hedgehog just long enough for him to slow down to a low enough speed so Charles could rush into him to knock him over. "No, Sonic!" This was one of the times Sonic was simply struck speechless. He tried to form a complete sentence explaining why he was about to kill an Enemy of the State, that it was worth a life to save a million others, etc, but he simply could open and shut his mouth and make the articulate conjunction, "Uhh...". But Charles was far more verbal. "Sonic, it is not for you to decide who lives or dies! I don't care if Snively *has* nearly destroyed this world, and I wouldn't care if Robotnik was in the same position Snively is in! Killing is wrong! It would make you no better than Robotnik to destroy this pitiful creature!" He pointed at the area that Snively was occupying. "We will take him back to Knothole, and--" But when he, and everyone else who had been intently listening to Charles, turned to look at the spot he was pointing at, he was gone! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sonic broke the silence with "Oh, man..." "Where'd the smeg he'd go?" Joseph said. "Never mind that," Sally said, "we better get out of here before he finds out where the...uh...smeg WE went!" "Agreed," Charles said nervously, "we can discuss this back at Knothole in the morning." Sonic, silently damning himself for blowing it, let everyone join hands, each person linking to another in a chain, and grabbed the last link in the chain, Sally. He looked back, checked that everyone was attached, and took a ring from his backpack. He looked at Joseph, but said nothing. Joseph understood his silence, and spoke softly. "No, Sonic, I'll run interference," he said to the blue (in more ways than one now) version of his body, "You just get everyone safely back to Knothole." The hedgehogs nodded, and Sonic fired up the ring, albeit grimly, and took off out of Robotropolis. Distant lazer fire was heard seconds later, but none of it seemed to hit its mark, as usual. However, Joseph chose to stay behind not to run interference, but to get the rock that he had taken out of Snively's weapon. He grabbed it from the backseat of the idling hovercraft, and examined it closely for the first time. Within seconds, he realized exactly what it was; Snively had somehow gotten the Amber Chaos Emerald from somewhere. He didn't even want to guess, tho. What was important now was that he had it, not him. He was already thinking of all the good ways he could use it when lazer fire started raining toward him. SWATBots! Now he was in `the deep merde', as Antoine might have called it. He quickly turned on the hedgehog drive, and zipped away at a rapid pace. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Meanwhile, a familiar figure was tapping some buttons on Robotnik's chair, and ordering various SWATBot batallions out to capture the stone from the orange hedgehog... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Joseph dodged the lazer fire as best he could. He wondered how Snively had recovered so quickly. Or perhaps this was an automatic program in case of the injury of either Robotnik or Snively. He didn't know, and didn't care a whole lot at the moment, either. He tried to devise a plan of escape. If he could get free of Robotropolis proper, then he could lose the 'bots in the maze of garbage. The only problem was that there were a LOT of SWATBots left, and Joseph couldn't stop to fight them, or risk the Chaos Emerald falling back into Snively's hands. He continued to dodge some 'bot plane fire and the pursuing platoon of SWATBots. He was able to trick one of them into flying into a wall, and another by splitting it in twain on the corner of a building. But there were still a lot of them around! And they were *gaining* on him! Quickly, he knew he had to really throw on the speed, or be overtaken by the SWATBots. But how? He didn't have a power ring or anything. He certainly couldn't fly away; he had neglected to bring his antigrav belt. Returning fire was right out because he was plasma cannonless. And surrendering meant death. Then, he remembered the glowing Chaos Emerald he had in his hand. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sonic had told him a week or two ago how he fired up a power ring. "It's like...well, imagine having a chili dog in your right hand." He lifted up his hand to demonstrate. "Now, imagine the dog's chili and sauce starting to run over your hand. That's the energy from the ring. Now, you certainly can't *eat* the power ring...it'd blow off your jaw." He smirked. "Besides, they don't taste very good." He lifted his empty hand higher in the air, like he'd hold a power ring in his hand. "Now, try to imagine the chili starting to run down your arm," he said, starting to trace the path with his left hand. "tingling over your forearm, elbow, and finally all the way to your armpit." He paused to let this sink in, and moved on. "After it's covered your arm, imagine the flow of chili starting to move down your ribs, becoming stronger after jumpin' over each one. After that, have it fall down your stomach, and finally have it dribble down your leg." Sonic resumed a more relaxed posture. "After that, your body should probably take over. It's reflex to me, but you should be able to do it right one day. It's a Way Past Cool feeling, like you're a big blue--" He smirked. "--well, orange, in your case. A big, orange lightning bolt." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - And if that could be done with a power ring, he thought... As Joseph ran, he began to lift the emerald above his head, in his right hand. He imagined the chili dog.... The figure in the chair watched the orange hedgehog lift the emerald above his head, seeming to begin some sort of meditation ritual. The figure wondered what the hedgehog was trying to do. As he began to visualize the chili dog beginning to drip down his hand, the emerald began to glow brighter and brighter...seeming to power up for the occasion. The person in the chair was entranced by the brighter-glowing emerald. Could it be that a Chaos Emerald could also be used as a power source for organic beings? Down his arm....and the emerald's light went from orange to yellow to green to blue to indigo to violet and beyond in under a second. "Wow," Joseph said, and continued to visualize the chili dog exercize. The figure quickly kept up with the emerald's frequencies, altering the scanning units to counter. He imagined the power flowing down to his ribs, lapping over each one. The emerald was now giving off strong x-rays. This was beginning to frighten him. But he could not stop. Even if there weren't any SWATBots chasing him, the feeling was intoxicating. He was high on the sheer amount of power he had in the palm of his hand. The figure was glued to the screens. The level of power from the emerald was far higher than had ever been calculated in such a small crystal. It could be even more powerful than the total collective energy from the Mobian sun... When the energy rolled onto his stomach, the crystal started giving off gamma rays. If it wasn't for the fact Joseph's body was designed to be spaceworthy, it would have instantly killed him. This led him to the conclusion that only he would be able to safely use the emerald in this way. Of course, he was too busy trying not to fly into a dead end to mull that thought over further. The figure was passionately awaiting what would happen next. The SWATBots had almost steered the hedgehog right into a dead end, where'd he either stop, or become a greasy spot on a wall. Either way, he'd get what he wanted. He laughed at the simplicity of it all... Joseph kept running. The final stage of powering up must take the longest, he noted, and ran down an alley. Oh no. The alley ended in a wall. There wasn't enough room to turn around. The SWATBots were pursuing him, and were now firing at him with extreme prejustice. The power hit his legs. The wall stretched before him now, and in one second he'd-- All reality snapped away in one blast of light. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The figure in the control room screamed, and pounded his fists against the armsrests. No! That was impossible! Nobody could bend reality! How?! Why?! He couldn't think of an answer, which even made him madder, and just contented himself with screaming, and bludgeoning things. The hedgehog had powered up the crystal to a level that his instruments couldn't even measure, been surrounded by an ultra-powerful version of Sonic's usual nova effect, and shot *through* reality. The wall had literally bent IN, and he had blasted through it. A second later, the wall had normalized, like nothing had even happened, and his platoon of SWATBots slammed into it, destroying them instantly. The night had been a tour de' force by the Freedom Fighters. They'd not only gotten about 25% of the remaining Worker-Bots out of Robotropolis, but they'd destroyed a few good refinaries and somehow (and the figure had no explaination for this) downloaded the sum of the main computer's knowledge. That fact just made him madder. And the figure didn't even have a Chaos Emerald left to experiment on, to boot! However, even this horrid experience had an upside. He smirked unpleasantly as he turned the chair around, toward a slab in the back of the room. The figure looked over at the unconscious form of Snively, who occupying the slab, and was plotting a way to give Snively a very, VERY unpleasant surprise when he woke up.... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Meanwhile, back at the ranch: Everyone had arrived back at Knothole but Joseph. The night's activity had exhausted the Freedom Fighters, and they still had to instruct the new rescuees on basic procedure. But that could wait until the morning. They gave all who needed it temporary lodging somewhere, reunited as many families as possible, and put the rest of the village to sleep. Two hedgehogs, however, were still awake. They sat by the Power Ring pool, staring out at the ripples that formed in the water. Occasionally, one of them would skip a rock over the surface of the liquid, attempting to break the tension. After a while, one of the hedgehogs spoke. "Sonic?" Sonic nodded. "Yeah, Unc?" "Do you want to talk about this now?" Hesisitation. "Well, if you want to." Charles coughed. "Yes, I do." He paused. "I'm not angry at you, boy. Not in the least. If I had been in your place, and Joseph had given me the option, I would have done the same thing. It was just that I didn't expect you to think of doing that..." He sighed. "In retrospect, I suppose killing Snively might have been a feasible option; seeing that he escaped somehow. However, I still feel it would have been morally wrong to do so, no matter how evil he is." Sonic put his face in his hands. "I'm confused." Charles put his hand on the hedgehog's shoulder. "Boy, so am I. These kind of situations are always the worst. This war....god, this war...it's starting to take its toll on you kids. I wouldn't wish the position you've been in on Robotnik. All this death. I'm surprised you didn't crack earlier; you've had the opportunity countless times, when you could have just killed Robotnik and/or Snively, and ended it." Sonic mumbled, "It was because...because I would have endangered others if I woulda killed 'BUTT-nik or Snotley in those situations. Yeah, I coulda spin-dashed 'BUTT-nik open, and finished off Snively a few times, but I always had to save someone else, or stop a berzerk machine from destroying somethin' important. This time, I had a Way Past Clear shot, and I knew I might not get another." Charles nodded. "Sonic, it's okay...everyone is entitled to act on impulse occasionally--" Sonic stood up and angrily pointed to himself. "But I let you down! I became as bad as Robotnik when I got pumped up to kill!" Charles' eyes glowed a surprised red. "You certainly did not! Your father would have done the same thing, and he was the finest man I ever knew!" Sonic's resolve fell as Charles said this. "H-he would?" "Yes, he would have. Your father was so much like you, boy, that I sometimes have to remind myself not to call you by his name." Sonic dazedly sat back on the ground, and stared back over the water. "Everything's gone crazy." Charles scooted closer to Sonic, and gave him a hug. "It will be right again some day, boy. It will." Sonic whimpered softly, and let his head fall upon Charles' shoulder. "But what if I go crazy like that again? What if I lose control, and--" Charles comforted the confused hedgehog. "You won't." Nothing more needed to be said. Nothing more could be said. All that was left for Charles to do was to hold his nephew in his arms, watch the sun rise in the east, and make him right again... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It was the gap between realities. It had been called the `Void' by some, `Creation' by others. But it was everywhere and nowhere, at alltime and notime. It was the universal nexus, where all dimentions combined. This is where Joseph found himself after breaking through the alley wall. He drifted through nothingness for a moment while the emerald idled down. It took an incredible strain on him, but he was able to return the mighty object to orange status again. He felt weak, and he so wanted to sleep... He saw the floating crystal `iceberg' a few miles....feet....inches? Length, width, height, volume, mass, location; they meant nothing here. Everything was as close as anything else in this strange semi-universe. Either way, he drifted for some period of time before finally pulling himself onto it. He looked around. There was a small crystalline home here. He wondered what else could survive in this odd omnispace...he walked over to the door, and knocked upon it a few times. A voice. "Hold on, Nagus, I'm coming." So there were at least two other people here, he thought, and stepped a polite distance away. The door opened. He looked at the figure. He was dressed in a outfit that looked like it'd seen better days. It was kind of ratty, and there were stains on the lapels from what looked like a few years of dinners. Yet, it appeared to have once been regal, and it denoted authority. The figure was tall for a Mobian fox, about 4' something rather than the usual 3'. He had a tarnished, dented crown on, and his eyes gave the impression he'd been to Hell and back again on several occasions. "You aren't Nagus," he said, evaluating the strange creature. "Who are you? How did you get here?" Joseph bowed. "Greetings, citizen. I am Joseph. I seem to have ran a hole through the time/space continuum. Would you have any idea how to leave this strange world?" "That depends," he said, intrigued. "Where did you come from." "Mobius, specifically around Robotropolis. Time 'round 3237." The figure was surprised. "Oh? Well, I'm from Mobius too. In fact, I'm--" "Look," Joseph interrupted, "excuse my rudeness, but it's vital I get back to Mobius before my friends start panicking and go back to Robotropolis to look for me. You understand, right?" The figure looked a bit hurt, but quickly got over it. "Yes, yes, of course. Now," He pointed to a bluish hole on the horizon. "go over to that hole, and run through it as fast as you can. And KEEP running through it. After a minute, you'll pop out in the Great Unknown. The Great Forest is to the east." Joseph nodded. "Thanks, citizen!" "Please," the figure smiled, "just call me Acorn!" While running off, Joseph smiled, and yelled back, "Sure, Acorn! See you some other time!" With that, he fired up the crystal, and shot through the hole as fast as he could. As the figure zoomed out of sight, King Acorn smiled. "Oh, you will, orange one. You will." Then, he walked back into his hut, and closed the door quietly behind him, leaving no evidence of any activity there at all. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Snively groggily awoke on the cold, hard steel plate in the back of the semi-operational control center. He pulled himself to a sitting position, and hopped off the uncomfortable table. He rubbed his head. The hedgehog had beaten the crap out of him. He wondered how or why he had either escaped from them, or was rescued... He walked over to the wall-intercom, and pushed the button. "Please send some aspirin up to the command center, anyone." It beeped, noted the order, and set to work delivering it. He walked over to the drink dispenser and poured himself a cold glass of water. Chugging it rapidly, he felt some of his memory returning.... He'd been tottering on his feet while Charles was yelling at Sonic for attempting to kill him, with the unknown orange hedgehog looking on. Then, someone had snuck up behind him and roughly grabbed him, pulling him into the shadows. He remembered someone ordering a SWATBot battalion out to capture the Freedom Fighters-- "Hello, Needlenose!" a too-familiar voice shouted. Uh-oh. He turned around to look for the source of the voice, and saw someone he did NOT want to see. He screamed upon recognizing the evil features of... Commander Packbell?! "Miss me?" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE END...? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- That cyberpunk. -- -- Joseph deLaCroix -- Professional Idiot Exterminator -- Information wants to be sold for exorbitant fees, then totally devalued An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, an account for an account "Act like a dumbshit, and they'll treat you as an equal." -- "Bob" Dobbs From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Sun Oct 29 20:39:39 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id UAA29737 for sonic-ll; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:26:46 -0500 Received: from emout04.mail.aol.com (emout04.mail.aol.com [198.81.10.12]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id UAA29732 for ; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:26:44 -0500 From: DGonterman@aol.com Received: by emout04.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA26465 for sonic@bort.mv.net; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:26:12 -0500 Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 20:26:12 -0500 Message-ID: <951029202611_57774281@emout04.mail.aol.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Breaking Net Silence.... Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net In response to this passage: >> However, for the king, if you remember the Sonic second season episode, "The Void", when they brought back the king, he started to turn into crystal. So, to save his life, they had to send him back.<<< The crystalization occurred because King Acorn spent way too much time in the void, more than two TV seasons! In that episode, Sonic, Sally, and Bunnie got back safely because their visit was short, and their bodies didn't have the chance to adjust to the void's effects, unlike Nagus and His Majesty, who found the sudden change in enviroment too much for their well-re-adjusted bodies. It is just the same reason why you'll won't find a crystal Robotnik statue where Lard-butt stands comes Sonic #31. However, there are some alternatives being thought up to bypass this problem...... David Gonterman email: dgonterman@aol.com Blood and Metal WWW Page: http://users.aol.com/dgonterman/index.html From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 30 06:54:45 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id GAA03302 for sonic-ll; Mon, 30 Oct 1995 06:49:03 -0500 Received: from use.usit.net (use.usit.net [199.1.48.3]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id GAA03297 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 1995 06:49:01 -0500 Received: (from acme@localhost) by use.usit.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) id GAA00487; Mon, 30 Oct 1995 06:42:36 -0500 Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 06:42:36 -0500 (EST) From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" To: Post Sonic Subject: Re: Sonic the Hedgehog Movie In-Reply-To: <199510300204.UAA22051@sun-5.cae.wisc.edu> Message-ID: Organization: Rebel Alliance of Mobius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Sun, 29 Oct 1995, James Firmiss wrote: > I remember at my first Trek Convention (ugh... those things are scary) > I noticed they had scripts to upcoming movies... I would expect that > movie studios would be upset that bootlegged copies of scripts were > floating around at conventions but I don't think this is strictly > 'illegal' (I don't know how the law would view this but, how could > dealers at cons sell them if it WERE illegal?) Anyway... how do movie > studios feel about having scripts of movies which aren't going to be > made getting out into 'public view' (or are 'rejected' movies the > author's responsibility) ? Most scripts not written by the employees of the studio or producer are written "on spec" in hopes of finding a buyer. They are owned by the screenwriter until sold and beyond the studio's control. The use of copyrighted characters (like Sonic) would make it hard for the spec writer to do much with the script if it is rejected. Normally, a script written by an employee is a "work for hire" and automatically owned by the employer. If a studio or producer hires a freelance writer not intending for them to be an employee, it's negotiable. The studio or producer will probably want to prepurchase the script (they wouldn't have asked that writer if they didn't have enough confidence in him/her), but the writer could ask to retain ownership until the studio has decided to buy and has paid at least xx%. A writer may be able to negotiate a "right of first refusal" where the studio that asked him/her is guaranteed to have the first opportunity to buy, and if they say no, the writer is immediately free to try to sell the script to someone else. Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) [Team OS/2] A net.freedom-fighter for Mobius! "Freedom Fighters are #1!" -- Sonic the Hedgehog A! JW2 WAR++ PI0>+ BR+i SL++++i SK+++ RI0>++/++^ RU+ GDF0>+ BU++ MI- MM- KK-- Do $++ E59 Ee5 TRita Ay68 M Mail: acme@use.usit.net | WWW: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~eschulma From owner-sonic@bort Mon Oct 30 16:14:20 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id QAA07357 for sonic-ll; Mon, 30 Oct 1995 16:14:08 -0500 Received: from rgfn.epcc.Edu ([206.42.175.2]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id QAA07327 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 1995 16:12:49 -0500 Received: by rgfn.epcc.Edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA18102; Mon, 30 Oct 95 14:12:05 MST Date: Mon, 30 Oct 95 14:12:05 MST Message-Id: <9510302112.AA18102@rgfn.epcc.Edu> From: ab360@rgfn.epcc.Edu (John W. Johnston) To: sonic@bort Subject: Re: Breaking Net Silence.... Sender: owner-sonic@bort Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort > >In response to this passage: > >> However, for the king, if you remember the Sonic second season episode, >>"The Void", when they brought back the king, he started to turn into crystal. >>So, to save his life, they had to send him back.<<< > >The crystalization occurred because King Acorn spent way too much time in the >void, more than two TV seasons! In that episode, Sonic, Sally, and Bunnie >got back safely because their visit was short, and their bodies didn't have >the chance to adjust to the void's effects, unlike Nagus and His Majesty, who >found the sudden change in enviroment too much for their well-re-adjusted >bodies. It is just the same reason why you'll won't find a crystal Robotnik >statue where Lard-butt stands comes Sonic #31. > >However, there are some alternatives being thought up to bypass this >problem...... > Perhaps Robotnik has encountered some problem that he alone is not able to handle. So, he maybe trying to bring back Nagus to help him with this problem, whatever it is. Hypothetically speaking, of course. ;-) -- ab360@rgfn.epcc.edu| Reality is for | "Well, he certainly has | John W. Johnston | those who | courage." "It won't do | Jedi Knight, | cannot handle | him any good if he gets | Freelance | Science Fiction. | himself killed." Star Wars| From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Mon Oct 30 20:54:14 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id UAA09506 for sonic-ll; Mon, 30 Oct 1995 20:35:11 -0500 Received: from quack.kfu.com (265@quack.kfu.com [204.147.226.1]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id UAA09501 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 1995 20:35:08 -0500 Received: (from vision@localhost) by quack.kfu.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA25961; Mon, 30 Oct 1995 17:35:02 -0800 Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 17:35:01 -0800 (PST) From: Vision To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Breaking Net Silence.... In-Reply-To: <9510302112.AA18102@rgfn.epcc.Edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Mon, 30 Oct 1995, John W. Johnston wrote: > > [snip] > > Perhaps Robotnik has encountered some problem that he alone is not able to > handle. So, he maybe trying to bring back Nagus to help him with this > problem, whatever it is. Hypothetically speaking, of course. ;-) > > [snip] After the session of polymorphing that Naugus put him through, which both Snivley and all of us found quite amusing, I seriously douby Crazy Ivo would wanna be within ten miles of that wacky sorcerer ever again. :) /---------> ##### ##### ##### # <---------------------------------------\ |Peace, -> # # # # # <- Vision (Pat Carson in RealLife(TM)) | | Love, -> ##### ### # # <- vision@quack.kfu.com | | and -> # # # <- /-----------------------------------\| \---------> # ##### ##### # <--| Nakedness is a concept created by |/ | Humans with fur envy :) | \-----------------------------------/ From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 31 01:33:14 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id BAA11532 for sonic-ll; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 01:04:28 -0500 Received: from sard.mv.net (root@sard.mv.net [192.80.84.2]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id BAA11527 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 01:04:26 -0500 Received: from ns.ge.com by sard.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id BAA28648 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 01:04:25 -0500 Received: from engr.erie.ge.com ([3.14.4.3]) by ns.ge.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id BAA28092 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 01:04:19 -0500 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 1:04:19 -0500 (EST) From: Ron Bauerle To: sonic@sard.mv.net CC: BAUERLE@engr.erie.ge.com Message-Id: <951031010419.489@engr.erie.ge.com> Subject: Re: Subscription info Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net >From: "Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2" >For the record, he did not post his announcement to the list; it was only >posted to a.f.s-h. Another list subscriber forwarded a copy of the >Usenet post to the list, and if not for that, I wouldn't have seen it. I >no longer have access to a.f.s-h on usit.net, and though I still have >access on Nyx, expiration of articles seems to be every 24 hours. Glad I could help :^) RDB From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 31 08:02:13 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id HAA13376 for sonic-ll; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 07:57:24 -0500 Received: from mail02.mail.aol.com (mail02.mail.aol.com [152.163.172.66]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id HAA13371 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 07:57:21 -0500 From: Benny7dude@aol.com Received: by mail02.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id HAA16444 for sonic@bort.mv.net; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 07:56:42 -0500 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 07:56:42 -0500 Message-ID: <951031075641_94023694@mail02.mail.aol.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Subscription info Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Hi, Erich: I just assumed that the message would automatically go out to those on the mailing list. I guess I don't know how to get it to the mailing list. If you could please explain this to me, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you. Paul Castiglia ARCHIE COMICS From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 31 08:15:43 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id IAA13557 for sonic-ll; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 08:11:53 -0500 Received: from mail02.mail.aol.com (mail02.mail.aol.com [152.163.172.66]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id IAA13552 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 08:11:51 -0500 From: Benny7dude@aol.com Received: by mail02.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id IAA23278 for sonic@bort.mv.net; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 08:11:20 -0500 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 08:11:20 -0500 Message-ID: <951031081120_94030886@mail02.mail.aol.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Subscription info Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net BAURLE: As I mentioned to Erich, I assumed that posting the info to the newsgrooup would automatically get the message forwarded to the mailing list. I don't know how to get it direct to the mailing list. How do I do this, for future reference? Thanks! Paul Castiglia ARCHIE COMICS From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 31 12:37:46 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id MAA15414 for sonic-ll; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 12:17:14 -0500 Received: from sard.mv.net (root@sard.mv.net [192.80.84.2]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id MAA15409 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 12:17:11 -0500 Received: from ns.ge.com by sard.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id MAA10239 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 12:17:10 -0500 Received: from engr.erie.ge.com ([3.14.4.3]) by ns.ge.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id LAA01017 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 11:28:33 -0500 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 11:28:32 -0500 (EST) From: Ron Bauerle To: sonic@sard.mv.net CC: BAUERLE@engr.erie.ge.com Message-Id: <951031112832.ec7@engr.erie.ge.com> Subject: Re: Subscription info Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net >From: Benny7dude@aol.com >BAURLE: Ron will do, or at least spell it right :^) >As I mentioned to Erich, I assumed that posting the info to the newsgrooup >would automatically get the message forwarded to the mailing list. I don't >know how to get it direct to the mailing list. How do I do this, for future >reference? Beats me; I think there are ways to gate a newsgroup to a list and vice versa, but I'm not enough of an Internet/Usenet geek to know how to set them up. There used to be an email gateway through utexas.edu, but as I recently posted to the list, it's been removed :^( Pity, because that way you could have e-mailed the same post to both the list and the group. I use the xvnews newsreader, and it recently added a feature where you can both post and e-mail at the same time, which is what I use to forward stuff from a.f.sh to the list (by reposting it to the junk newsgroup). Ron Bauerle From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 31 14:05:30 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id NAA16198 for sonic-ll; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 13:56:07 -0500 Received: from mail06.mail.aol.com (mail06.mail.aol.com [152.163.172.108]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id NAA16193 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 13:56:03 -0500 From: Benny7dude@aol.com Received: by mail06.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA13581 for sonic@bort.mv.net; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 13:55:32 -0500 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 13:55:32 -0500 Message-ID: <951031135531_8845105@mail06.mail.aol.com> To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Subscription info Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net Sorry about the mispelling-- things get hectic here and I tend to type fast. Anyway, thanks for the info... From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Tue Oct 31 16:59:55 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id QAA17707 for sonic-ll; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 16:53:25 -0500 Received: from sard.mv.net (root@sard.mv.net [192.80.84.2]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id QAA17702 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 16:53:22 -0500 Received: from ns.ge.com by sard.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-941101) id QAA19212 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 16:53:21 -0500 Received: from engr.erie.ge.com ([3.14.4.3]) by ns.ge.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id QAA17594 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 16:53:13 -0500 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 16:53:12 -0500 (EST) From: Ron Bauerle To: sonic@sard.mv.net CC: BAUERLE@engr.erie.ge.com Message-Id: <951031165312.ec7@engr.erie.ge.com> Subject: Re: Subscription info Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net >From: Benny7dude@aol.com >Sorry about the mispelling-- things get hectic here and I tend to type fast. "here" = Archie comics? I wonder if I and/or the rest of the list want to know just how hectic... :^| Ron, overworked GE engineer From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Wed Nov 1 04:03:39 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id DAA21781 for sonic-ll; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 03:46:09 -0500 Received: from freenet.calgary.ab.ca (root@srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca [198.161.243.11]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with SMTP id DAA21776 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 03:46:06 -0500 Received: from srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca by freenet.calgary.ab.ca (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA77240; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 01:47:11 -0700 Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 01:47:10 -0700 (MST) From: "William T. Graham" To: sonic@bort.mv.net Cc: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Subscription info In-Reply-To: <9510282211.AA19172@rgfn.epcc.Edu> Message-Id: Organization: Calgary Free-Net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net On Sat, 28 Oct 1995, John W. Johnston wrote: > Well, I did get my Sonic #30 in the mail, but I still haven't seen #29 > yet. I picked up a copy yesterday at 7-11, after waiting a whole month > for it. But, knowing my luck, I will get #29 in the mail, probably, this > week. This is not the first time this happened. I received my subscription copy of Sonic #29 Oct. 30. Of course, I already had picked up a copy at Another Dimension Comics about 3 weeks ago. As for #30, "I'm waiting..." Time to renew my subscription for #31, too! - William Graham - a net.freedom-fighter for a free Mobius! - From owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Wed Nov 1 06:44:39 1995 Received: (majordomo@localhost) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) id GAA22311 for sonic-ll; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 06:34:29 -0500 Received: from piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu (hk512@piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu [129.22.8.16]) by bort.mv.net (8.6.10/mv(b)/mem-951016) with ESMTP id GAA22306 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 06:34:26 -0500 Received: (hk512@localhost) by piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu (8.6.12+cwru/CWRU-2.1-bsdi) id GAA14050; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 06:34:24 -0500 (from hk512) Message-Id: <199511011134.GAA14050@piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 06:34:24 -0500 From: hk512@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Delacroix) To: sonic@bort.mv.net Subject: Re: Just what I needed Sender: owner-sonic@bort.mv.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sonic@bort.mv.net cherann@quito.digi-net.com spammed: >Hello There, >My name is Anna Cherman. You misspelled `Dave Robotnik^H^H^H^H^H^Hhodes'. [rest of BS routed to /dev/null] Fellow Freedom Fighters, please don't do what this weiner tells you to. For one thing, Ponzi schemes haven't been legal in several hundred years. Another, I hate spammers by general principle, especially those who fill up *mailing lists* with this sort of garbage. The best thing to do, which I have already done, is to send a complaint to root@quito.digi-net.com and postmaster@quito.digi-net.com, and tell them of this user's inappropriate behavior. Thanks, -- That cyberpunk. -- -- Joseph deLaCroix -- Professional Idiot Exterminator -- Information wants to be sold for exorbitant fees, then totally devalued An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, an account for an account "Act like a dumbshit, and they'll treat you as an equal." -- "Bob" Dobbs