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Fortran Dragon

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Nov 24, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/24/98
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Ophidian has asked me to let everyone know that he has decided to
take a break from the newsgroup to celebrate his birthday and
Thanksgiving. We should be seeing him some time next week.

--

Fortran Dragon -==(UDIC)==- | "There isn't enough darkness in the world
-=[MT]=- | to quench the light of one small candle."
Hidalgo Trading Company: <http://home.earthlink.net/~fortran/index.html>
rgcud FAQ: <http://home.earthlink.net/~fortran/faq/rgcudfaq.html>

cr...@interlog.com

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Nov 24, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/24/98
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Fortran Dragon wrote:
>
> Ophidian has asked me to let everyone know that he has decided to
> take a break from the newsgroup to celebrate his birthday and
> Thanksgiving. We should be seeing him some time next week.

you've killed him! you're just using the time to dispose of the body!
*from out of nowhere, a bolt peirces Annoying's breast (like no breast
breast, but like [deep voice] a chest)*
Ahh, this is not one of Iolo's, it actually hit it's target
*gasp*
*thud*


> --
>
> Fortran Dragon -==(UDIC)==- | "There isn't enough darkness in the world
> -=[MT]=- | to quench the light of one small candle."
> Hidalgo Trading Company: <http://home.earthlink.net/~fortran/index.html>
> rgcud FAQ: <http://home.earthlink.net/~fortran/faq/rgcudfaq.html>

-Annoying Dragon(deceased)

Destrius

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Nov 25, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/25/98
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...and it was written on the heavens that on Tue, 24 Nov 1998 23:51:52 -0500,
the entity named cr...@interlog.com (cr...@interlog.com)
inscribed the following words in rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons:

-clip-


>you've killed him! you're just using the time to dispose of the body!
>*from out of nowhere, a bolt peirces Annoying's breast (like no breast
>breast, but like [deep voice] a chest)*
>Ahh, this is not one of Iolo's, it actually hit it's target
>*gasp*
>*thud*

-clip-

"You mean Fortran is plotting to kill all of us Dragons?!"

"But...but he would never do such a thing!"

Destrius thinks.

"Or could it be...no, that is impossible, but..."

"But....."

"Eff-Fi-"

A portal opens underneath Destrius, swallowing the unfortunate mage into
the depths of nothingness...

--
+------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| Destrius Dragon | |
| Official Mad Mage | "Am I dreaming of the |
| -=*[~UDIC~]*=- -=*[UnSPLUT!]*=- | butterfly, or is the |
| http://destrius.simplenet.com/email.html | butterfly dreaming |
| Follow instructions to email me... | of me...?" |
| Website: | |
| http://destrius.simplenet.com | . o O (...) |
+------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
UDIC: d+++ e+ N++ T-- Om+ U1234567!8!AWS'! u++ uC++++ uF-
uG++++ uLB+ uA+++ nC+ nR nH+ nP++ nI++ nPT++++
nS++++ nT-- wM wC+ wS wI+ wN+ o- y a16
---| 庄心宇 |--Bait:--| ro...@127.0.0.1 |--| postm...@127.0.0.1 |--

Mils

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Nov 26, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/26/98
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> Ophidian has asked me to let everyone know that he has decided to
>take a break from the newsgroup to celebrate his birthday and
>Thanksgiving. We should be seeing him some time next week.

Owwwwwwwww, no more news from Chessgirl and stuff 'till that time ?
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\||/ Moa Dragon =<UDIC>=
| @___oo Mils Michael
/\ /\ / (__,,,,| mi...@club-internet.fr ; ICQ: 11938373
) /^\) ^\/ _) http://perso.club-internet.fr/mils/main.html
"Vous allez finir par vous aimer les uns les autres, bordel de merde?"
(Jesus II : Le retour, bientot dans vos églises.)
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Ibn al-Hazardous Dragon

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Nov 27, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/27/98
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In the hall of rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons the entity commonly
known as Bildo72 on 25 Nov 1998 14:07:34 GMT uttered the following
message:

}>>you've killed him! you're just using the time to dispose of the body!
}>>*from out of nowhere, a bolt peirces Annoying's breast (like no breast
}>>breast, but like [deep voice] a chest)*
}>>Ahh, this is not one of Iolo's, it actually hit it's target
}>>*gasp*
}>>*thud*
}>-clip-
}>
}>"You mean Fortran is plotting to kill all of us Dragons?!"
}>
}>"But...but he would never do such a thing!"
}>
}>Destrius thinks.
}>
}>"Or could it be...no, that is impossible, but..."
}>
}>"But....."
}>
}>"Eff-Fi-"
}>
}>A portal opens underneath Destrius, swallowing the unfortunate mage into
}>the depths of nothingness...
}>

}oh god,who's next.... uhoh, im the next poster...
}
}Lowly starts to run, thinking he'll escape, just as he reaches the ends of the
}world, tommy lasorda suddenly appears over him and falls, killing the poor
}dragon instantly...
}
IT WAS A MISTAKE!!!

I PROMISE, I DIDN'T MEAN TO PRESS THE RE:-BUTTON

NOOOO!!!!

Oh? Is it you? I thought it wa...

<THSKUT>
-- F
Ibn al-Hazardous Dragon /\
-==(UDIC)==- F / \ F
-==(the UnSPLUTables)==- /\ /____\ /\
Wouldst thou reply, /__\/|\__/|\/__\
Eatest the pie! / || || \
_____________________________/______||__||______\___
d++++ e- N++ T+++ Om- U46!7A!W! u uC++ uF- uG-- uLB-
uA++ nC++ nR nH nP nI++ nPT+ nS+++ nT+ wM---- y a25

Blake Hyde

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Nov 27, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/27/98
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On Fri, 27 Nov 1998 00:49:14 GMT, fi...@applepie.blueturtle.a.se (Ibn al-Hazardous Dragon) dared to utter:

Novan looks suprised as Ibn's lifeless body Thskut's to the ground in
front of him. Being a bored American teenager, however, he simply
shrugs and goes on staring mindlessly at the television.

--

Blake Hyde (ROT13: ou...@pbaarpgh.arg)
-==(UDIC)==-
Novan Dragon
--------------
d+ e- N+ T--- Om-- U1347'!S'8!K u uC++ uF uG++ uLB+ uA nC+ nR nH- nP nI--
nPT nS+ nT wM wC+ wS- wI++ wN- o oA++ y a666
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Fortran Dragon

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Nov 27, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/27/98
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From the Void comes Mils bearing this piece of Light...
[Snip]

> Owwwwwwwww, no more news from Chessgirl and stuff 'till that time ?

Nope, but we do have a new game that involves large, flightless
extinct birds.... <cackles insanely>

Ibn al-Hazardous Dragon

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Nov 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/28/98
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In the hall of rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons the entity commonly
known as Blake Hyde on Fri, 27 Nov 1998 04:26:21 GMT uttered the
following message:

}Novan looks suprised as Ibn's lifeless body Thskut's to the ground in


}front of him. Being a bored American teenager, however, he simply
}shrugs and goes on staring mindlessly at the television.

HAH!

You would if your mother Thskuted to the ground before your television
too (unless she did it over the TV - thus obstructing your view of it).
;)

Fortran Dragon

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Nov 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/28/98
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From the Void comes cr...@interlog.com bearing this piece of Light...
[Snip]

> you've killed him! you're just using the time to dispose of the body!
> *from out of nowhere, a bolt peirces Annoying's breast (like no breast
> breast, but like [deep voice] a chest)*
> Ahh, this is not one of Iolo's, it actually hit it's target
> *gasp*
> *thud*

One little dragon...

Fortran Dragon

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Nov 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/28/98
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From the Void comes Destrius bearing this piece of Light...
[Snip]

> "You mean Fortran is plotting to kill all of us Dragons?!"
>
> "But...but he would never do such a thing!"
>
> Destrius thinks.
>
> "Or could it be...no, that is impossible, but..."
>
> "But....."
>
> "Eff-Fi-"
>
> A portal opens underneath Destrius, swallowing the unfortunate mage into
> the depths of nothingness...

Two little dragons...

Fortran Dragon

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Nov 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/28/98
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From the Void comes Colin D. Loughran (Nozumas) bearing this piece of
Light...
> Heh... I'll escape death if I just don't post... err... uh oh.
>
> I'd better get myself over to the police station beforei ejaih jsknf 5.
>
> *Nozumas collapses onto keyboard, if you were here you'd see the dagger
> protruding from his neck.

Four little dragons...

Fortran Dragon

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Nov 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/28/98
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From the Void comes Ibn al-Hazardous Dragon bearing this piece of
Light...
[Snip]

> IT WAS A MISTAKE!!!
>
> I PROMISE, I DIDN'T MEAN TO PRESS THE RE:-BUTTON
>
> NOOOO!!!!
>
> Oh? Is it you? I thought it wa...
>
> <THSKUT>

Five little dragons...

Fortran Dragon

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Nov 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/28/98
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From the Void comes Blake Hyde bearing this piece of Light...
[Snp]

> Novan looks suprised as Ibn's lifeless body Thskut's to the ground in
> front of him. Being a bored American teenager, however, he simply
> shrugs and goes on staring mindlessly at the television.

<thwack!>

Six little dragons...

<thwack! thwack!>

Stay dead will you?

Fortran Dragon

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Nov 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/28/98
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From the Void comes cr...@interlog.com bearing this piece of Light...
[Snip]
> Okay, who dressed me in this uniform? Dis?

<thwack! thwack! thwack!>

<sigh> Have you ever had a day when they just won't stay dead?

Fortran Dragon

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Nov 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/28/98
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From the Void comes Mils bearing this piece of Light...
[Snip]
> WOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
>
> <Moa flies and burn Great Siberian to death, he then disappears into
> the sky...>


<whooooooooooooooooooooshh> BOOOOOOOOOOOM!


Heat seeking missiles. Gotta love 'em. <evil grin>

Seven little dragons...

Fortran Dragon

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Nov 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/28/98
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From the Void comes Green Baron bearing this piece of Light...
[Snip]
> -- Green Baron Dragon hears the sound of Lasorda dropping to the ground.
> He rushes over to see Lowly Dragon - a splat upon the ground.
>
> "What the... No, Fortran would not unleash his secret plan yet... I
> thought Fortran was waiting until U:A came out.. Odd.."

<evil, ominous laugh in the background>

> -- Just as Green Baron was about to leave, a voice - the voice of the
> Guardian - could be heard.
>
> "No..No! The Guardian and Fortran planning to destroy us fans of
> Britannia.. NO!!!"

<muttered "Somebody has to make sure the BRM will do something
intelligent and downright evil. Just be glad Fortran comes before
Frenetic. ;)">

> -- Green Baron begins to fly away. The voice can be heard:
>
> "Dragon! Thou wilt not survive the wrath of me, The Guardian! Batlin is
> truly now within me... And Fortran is part of my plan to destroy all the
> minions of Britannia so as to destroy Britannia itself! HA HA HA!!!"

<In the distance you here a smack! and a "Hey, I get first
billing! It's my idea after all. We'd still be waiting on Garriott
if we listened to you.">

> -- As the Guardian intones these words, clouds gather over Green Baron
> Dragon.
>
> "I knew of Fortran, but you Guardian!? You shall not be able to destroy
> all of us! Our will is too strong! And by Spring of 1999 you shall fall
> from Britannia for good!!!"

<Think shards. {evil howl of laughter} Heehee. Just which shard
is the *real* Britannia. Who is to say that the Avatar has been
visiting the same shard each time or will be returning to the shard he
left in the first place?>

> -- Suddenly, bolts of lightning begin to blast forth from the sky. One
> of them hits Green Baron Dragon and he falls towards the ground. Dazed
> he looks up to the sky. The Guardian intones the following:
>
> "Now Dragon, feel my wrath!!"
>
> -- A massive, stale, and rock hard Cinnabon materializes above Green
> Baron. It floats there for several seconds, and crashes into the ground
> on which Green Baron was residing. A blast of light emanates from this
> crash, and a shock wave is emitted that travels several miles..... Green
> Baron cannot be seen anywhere....

You know way too much. We know what that means according to the
Evil Overlord checklist.

Eight little Dragons...

Fortran Dragon

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Nov 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/28/98
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From the Void comes Great Siberian bearing this piece of Light...
[Snip]
> You probably think that, in this post, I'm going to die as well?
> No-no-no, ha-ha-ha-ha! Fortran is going to need an assistant to clean up
> all the mess and get rid of the bodies and annoying policemen!
>
> - Great Siberian Dragon, master undertaker and cremator

<Starfire shines out trying out all light and setting even the
stones on fire>

A Dragon is his own cremator.


Nine little dragons...

Fortran Dragon

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Dec 1, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/1/98
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From the Void comes -=BuBa Dragon=- bearing this piece of Light...
> From high in the craggy peaks rises a low rumbling sound as a row of
> peaks seem to move and shake off there snowy mantle. Rising from the
> maelstom of swirling snow and dust is BuBa Dragon!
> "Wha,... Who woke me?"
>
> reviewing the last posts he realizes his danger... As he ponders his
> next move, he breathes a huge gout of flame into a cavern,
> <FOOOOOOSH!!!>
> Placing a cinnabon in the cave to warm, he considers if he should fight
> or flee...
> Finally he seems to make a decision and his self preservation instincts
> take hold (he is after all, despite his size a young dragon, and no
> match
> for a greybeard). Poping the now warm cinnabon into his gaping maw he
> rises to flee what is obviously a plot against all dragonkind.
> Raising into the sky he is suddenly gripped by firece convoulsions!
> "ACK! Poisioned CINNABONS!"
> His massive body plunges to the ground as the snow settles over a new
> ridge of mountains...

How in the name of the seven hells am I supposed to move this one?

<scratch>

<scratch>

<scratch scratch>

<scratch>

Aha!

<ppooopp>

<uh>

<ppoOOpp>

<uh>

Damn. Ok, let's give it the old college try.

<pppplllllloooooooooooooppppppppp!>

<whew>

Paul Ryan

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Dec 4, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/4/98
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The Earth Trembles, as the Words of Sven de Ridder Arise from the
Depths...

> >And I seem to forget exactly what DAAMIT stood for; it's been awhile.
>
>
> I've never known (too new, I guess) but I'll wager a bet that AMI stands for
> Ass Maiming Iolo.

Isn't it something like 'Dragons Against Archers Missing Intended
Targets'?

--
Paulon Dragon d++ e- N T+ Om U1!23!4!5!6!7'!S'!8!K!A!L!W!M!
-==(UDIC)==- u++ uC+ uF uG uLB+ uA+ nC nH+ nI nPT nS+ nT+ y?
The Other Codex http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~paulryan/Ultima/Codex.htm

Settle for what you can get, but first ask for the World
Ka'a Orto'o, Gnomic Utterances, C IV

Negate the Spell to Wish Me Well

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