0F. JACK D.
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Legend have re| 00000210: 6C 65 61 73 65 64 20 54 72 61 63 6B 26 0D 0A 5E |leased Track&..^| 00000220: 6D 46 69 65 6C 64 2B 34 2C 20 61 20 67 61 6D 65 |mField+4, a game| 00000230: 20 74 68 61 74 20 64 61 6D 61 67 65 73 20 36 34 | that damages 64| 00000240: 73 20 61 6E 64 0D 0A 5E 6D 73 70 72 65 61 64 73 |s and..^mspreads| 00000250: 20 63 68 61 6F 73 20 6F 76 65 72 20 53 63 65 6E | chaos over Scen| 00000260: 65 74 6F 77 6E 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 67 23 20 20 4E |etown.....^g# N| 00000270: 65 77 73 63 6F 70 79 20 61 6E 64 20 43 6F 75 6E |ewscopy and Coun| 00000280: 74 5A 65 72 6F 20 61 72 65 20 62 65 69 6E 67 0D |tZero are being.| 00000290: 0A 5E 67 74 72 65 61 74 65 64 20 66 6F 72 20 74 |.^gtreated for t| 000002A0: 68 65 20 71 75 69 74 74 65 72 73 2D 73 79 6E 64 |he quitters-synd| 000002B0: 72 6F 6D 2E 20 49 74 0D 0A 5E 67 69 73 20 73 74 |rom. It..^gis st| 000002C0: 69 6C 6C 20 61 20 73 65 63 72 65 74 20 74 6F 20 |ill a secret to | 000002D0: 74 68 65 20 72 65 73 74 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 0D |the rest of the.| 000002E0: 0A 5E 67 63 6F 6D 6D 75 6E 69 74 79 2E 0D 0A 0D |.^gcommunity....| 000002F0: 0A 5E 61 23 20 20 FF 03 52 20 61 6E 64 20 4D 61 |.^a# ..R and Ma| 00000300: 72 63 20 61 72 72 65 73 74 65 64 20 66 6F 72 20 |rc arrested for | 00000310: 66 61 6B 69 6E 67 20 6E 65 77 73 20 6F 6E 0D 0A |faking news on..| 00000320: 5E 61 48 6F 6D 65 62 6F 79 20 61 6E 64 20 48 6F |^aHomeboy and Ho| 00000330: 6D 65 67 69 72 6C 2E 20 4D 61 72 63 20 69 73 20 |megirl. Marc is | 00000340: 72 65 6C 65 61 73 65 64 0D 0A 5E 61 77 68 69 6C |released..^awhil| 00000350: 65 20 FF 03 52 20 69 73 20 73 74 69 6C 6C 20 69 |e ..R is still i| 00000360: 6E 20 63 75 73 74 6F 64 79 20 66 6F 72 20 66 75 |n custody for fu| 00000370: 72 74 68 65 72 0D 0A 5E 61 71 75 65 73 74 69 6F |rther..^aquestio| 00000380: 6E 69 6E 67 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 6F 23 20 20 57 68 |ning.....^o# Wh| 00000390: 6F 20 77 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 61 6E 6F 6E 79 6D |o was the anonym| 000003A0: 6F 75 73 20 74 69 70 70 65 72 20 61 74 20 54 48 |ous tipper at TH| 000003B0: 45 0D 0A 5E 6F 46 4F 52 55 4D 3F 20 54 68 65 20 |E..^oFORUM? The | 000003C0: 74 69 70 70 65 72 20 6B 6E 65 77 20 65 76 65 72 |tipper knew ever| 000003D0: 79 74 68 69 6E 67 20 6F 6E 0D 0A 5E 6F 74 68 65 |ything on..^othe| 000003E0: 20 4C 65 67 65 6E 64 2D 61 66 66 61 69 72 2E 0D | Legend-affair..| 000003F0: 0A 0D 0A 54 6F 20 67 65 74 20 74 68 65 20 6D 6F |...To get the mo| 00000400: 73 74 20 6F 75 74 20 6F 66 20 53 63 65 6E 65 74 |st out of Scenet| 00000410: 6F 77 6E 2C 20 77 65 0D 0A 61 64 76 69 63 65 20 |own, we..advice | 00000420: 79 6F 75 20 74 6F 20 72 65 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 |you to read the | 00000430: 65 61 72 6C 69 65 72 20 63 68 61 70 74 65 72 73 |earlier chapters| 00000440: 2E 0D 0A 53 6F 6D 65 68 6F 77 2C 20 74 68 65 79 |...Somehow, they| 00000450: 27 72 65 20 61 6C 6C 20 63 6F 6E 6E 65 63 74 65 |'re all connecte| 00000460: 64 20 2D 20 6A 75 73 74 20 6C 69 6B 65 0D 0A 74 |d - just like..t| 00000470: 68 65 20 73 63 65 6E 65 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 0D 0A 0D |he scene........| 00000480: 0A 0D 0A 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 61 43 48 41 50 54 45 52 |.......^aCHAPTER| 00000490: 20 31 0D 0A 5E 40 2D 20 4A 61 7A 7A 63 61 74 27 | 1..^@- Jazzcat'| 000004A0: 73 20 73 6F 6C 75 74 69 6F 6E 20 2D 0D 0A 0D 0A |s solution -....| 000004B0: 49 74 20 77 61 73 20 74 72 75 65 2E 20 54 72 61 |It was true. Tra| 000004C0: 63 6B 20 61 6E 64 20 46 69 65 6C 64 2B 34 20 66 |ck and Field+4 f| 000004D0: 72 6F 6D 0D 0A 52 65 6D 65 6D 62 65 72 20 77 61 |rom..Remember wa| 000004E0: 73 20 62 65 69 6E 67 20 73 70 72 65 61 64 20 61 |s being spread a| 000004F0: 63 72 6F 73 73 20 74 6F 77 6E 0D 0A 61 74 20 61 |cross town..at a| 00000500: 20 70 61 63 65 20 77 65 20 63 6F 75 6C 64 6E 27 | pace we couldn'| 00000510: 74 20 66 6F 6C 6C 6F 77 2E 20 57 65 20 77 65 72 |t follow. We wer| 00000520: 65 0D 0A 73 74 69 6C 6C 20 73 69 74 74 69 6E 67 |e..still sitting| 00000530: 20 61 72 6F 75 6E 64 20 6D 79 20 6F 6C 64 20 6F | around my old o| 00000540: 61 6B 2D 74 61 62 6C 65 0D 0A 73 69 6E 63 65 20 |ak-table..since | 00000550: 61 20 63 6F 75 70 6C 65 20 6F 66 20 68 6F 75 72 |a couple of hour| 00000560: 73 2C 20 74 72 79 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 66 69 6E |s, trying to fin| 00000570: 64 0D 0A 61 20 73 6F 6C 75 74 69 6F 6E 20 74 6F |d..a solution to| 00000580: 20 6F 75 72 20 70 72 6F 62 6C 65 6D 2E 20 57 65 | our problem. We| 00000590: 20 77 65 72 65 20 61 6C 6C 0D 0A 74 69 72 65 64 | were all..tired| 000005A0: 2C 20 75 70 73 65 74 20 62 75 74 20 6D 6F 73 74 |, upset but most| 000005B0: 20 6F 66 20 61 6C 6C 20 61 66 72 61 69 64 20 6F | of all afraid o| 000005C0: 66 0D 0A 77 68 61 74 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 68 61 |f..what would ha| 000005D0: 70 70 65 6E 20 6E 6F 77 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 65 |ppen now that we| 000005E0: 20 6B 6E 65 77 20 77 68 61 74 0D 0A 4C 65 67 65 | knew what..Lege| 000005F0: 6E 64 20 68 61 64 20 70 6C 61 6E 6E 65 64 2E 0D |nd had planned..| 00000600: 0A 0D 0A 5E 6F 22 54 68 65 72 65 27 73 20 67 6F |...^o"There's go| 00000610: 74 20 74 6F 20 62 65 20 73 6F 6D 65 74 68 69 6E |t to be somethin| 00000620: 67 20 77 65 20 63 61 6E 20 64 6F 2C 0D 0A 5E 6F |g we can do,..^o| 00000630: 6D 75 73 74 6E 27 74 20 69 74 3F 22 2C 20 73 61 |mustn't it?", sa| 00000640: 69 64 20 4D 72 2E 57 61 78 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 6D |id Mr.Wax.....^m| 00000650: 22 57 65 20 63 61 6E 27 74 20 6A 75 73 74 20 73 |"We can't just s| 00000660: 69 74 20 68 65 72 65 20 61 6E 64 20 64 6F 20 6E |it here and do n| 00000670: 6F 74 68 69 6E 67 2E 0D 0A 5E 6D 54 68 65 20 63 |othing...^mThe c| 00000680: 6C 6F 63 6B 20 69 73 20 74 69 63 6B 69 6E 67 22 |lock is ticking"| 00000690: 2C 20 4C 69 6F 6E 20 63 6F 6E 74 69 6E 75 65 64 |, Lion continued| 000006A0: 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 6F 22 49 20 6B 6E 6F 77 |.......^o"I know| 000006B0: 2C 20 49 20 6B 6E 6F 77 2C 20 67 65 74 6C 65 6D |, I know, getlem| 000006C0: 65 6E 2E 20 46 69 72 73 74 20 74 68 69 6E 67 20 |en. First thing | 000006D0: 77 65 0D 0A 5E 6F 6E 65 65 64 20 74 6F 20 64 6F |we..^oneed to do| 000006E0: 20 69 73 20 74 6F 20 67 6F 20 6F 75 74 20 69 6E | is to go out in| 000006F0: 20 70 75 62 6C 69 63 20 61 6E 64 0D 0A 5E 6F 77 | public and..^ow| 00000700: 61 72 6E 20 74 68 65 20 70 65 6F 70 6C 65 20 6F |arn the people o| 00000710: 66 20 54 72 61 63 6B 20 61 6E 64 20 46 69 65 6C |f Track and Fiel| 00000720: 64 2E 20 49 0D 0A 5E 6F 73 75 67 67 65 73 74 20 |d. I..^osuggest | 00000730: 77 65 20 75 73 65 20 54 56 2C 20 6D 61 67 61 7A |we use TV, magaz| 00000740: 69 6E 65 73 20 61 6E 64 20 61 6C 6C 20 6F 75 72 |ines and all our| 00000750: 0D 0A 5E 6F 72 65 6C 65 61 73 65 73 20 74 6F 20 |..^oreleases to | 00000760: 67 65 74 20 74 68 65 20 6D 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 |get the message | 00000770: 73 70 72 65 61 64 0D 0A 5E 6F 61 63 72 6F 73 73 |spread..^oacross| 00000780: 20 74 6F 77 6E 2E 22 2C 20 49 20 73 61 69 64 2E | town.", I said.| 00000790: 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 40 22 57 68 61 74 20 61 62 6F 75 |....^@"What abou| 000007A0: 74 20 61 6C 6C 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 72 65 73 6A |t all the waresj| 000007B0: 75 6E 6B 69 65 73 20 75 70 20 69 6E 0D 0A 5E 40 |unkies up in..^@| 000007C0: 74 68 65 20 52 65 64 20 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 64 |the Red Sector d| 000007D0: 69 73 74 72 69 63 74 3F 22 2C 20 43 42 41 20 61 |istrict?", CBA a| 000007E0: 73 6B 65 64 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 43 42 41 20 77 61 73 |sked.....CBA was| 000007F0: 20 61 20 63 61 72 69 6E 67 20 6D 61 6E 2E 20 54 | a caring man. T| 00000800: 68 65 20 77 61 72 65 73 6A 75 6E 6B 69 65 73 0D |he waresjunkies.| 00000810: 0A 77 65 72 65 20 68 69 73 20 62 69 67 67 65 73 |.were his bigges| 00000820: 74 20 63 6F 6E 63 65 72 6E 2C 20 65 76 65 6E 20 |t concern, even | 00000830: 74 68 6F 75 67 68 0D 0A 74 68 65 79 20 77 65 72 |though..they wer| 00000840: 65 20 63 6F 6E 73 69 64 65 72 65 64 20 74 68 65 |e considered the| 00000850: 20 73 63 75 6D 20 6F 66 20 6F 75 72 0D 0A 73 6F | scum of our..so| 00000860: 63 69 65 74 79 2E 20 44 61 79 20 61 6E 64 20 6E |ciety. Day and n| 00000870: 69 67 68 74 20 74 68 65 79 27 64 20 73 6E 65 61 |ight they'd snea| 00000880: 6B 20 61 72 2D 0D 0A 6F 75 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 |k ar-..ound the | 00000890: 73 74 72 65 65 74 73 20 62 65 67 67 69 6E 67 20 |streets begging | 000008A0: 66 6F 72 20 77 61 72 65 73 20 74 6F 0D 0A 72 75 |for wares to..ru| 000008B0: 73 68 20 74 68 72 6F 75 67 68 20 74 68 65 69 72 |sh through their| 000008C0: 20 73 79 73 74 65 6D 73 2E 20 4F 76 65 72 20 74 | systems. Over t| 000008D0: 68 65 0D 0A 70 61 73 74 20 66 65 77 20 79 65 61 |he..past few yea| 000008E0: 72 73 2C 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 72 65 73 6A 75 6E |rs, the waresjun| 000008F0: 6B 69 65 2D 70 72 6F 62 6C 65 6D 73 0D 0A 68 61 |kie-problems..ha| 00000900: 64 20 63 6F 6C 6C 61 70 73 65 64 20 61 6E 64 20 |d collapsed and | 00000910: 77 65 20 68 61 64 20 6D 6F 72 65 20 70 65 6F 70 |we had more peop| 00000920: 6C 65 20 61 62 2D 0D 0A 75 73 69 6E 67 20 77 61 |le ab-..using wa| 00000930: 72 65 73 20 74 68 61 6E 20 77 65 20 63 6F 75 6C |res than we coul| 00000940: 64 20 63 6F 6E 74 72 6F 6C 2E 20 43 42 41 0D 0A |d control. CBA..| 00000950: 68 61 64 20 64 65 76 6F 74 65 64 20 68 69 6D 73 |had devoted hims| 00000960: 65 6C 66 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 69 73 73 75 65 |elf to the issue| 00000970: 20 61 6E 64 20 77 6F 72 6B 2D 0D 0A 65 64 20 61 | and work-..ed a| 00000980: 72 6F 75 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 63 6C 6F 63 6B 20 |round the clock | 00000990: 64 6F 69 6E 67 20 63 68 61 72 69 74 79 20 66 6F |doing charity fo| 000009A0: 72 0D 0A 74 68 65 20 70 6F 6F 72 20 62 61 73 74 |r..the poor bast| 000009B0: 61 72 64 73 2E 20 4E 6F 74 20 6C 6F 6E 67 20 61 |ards. Not long a| 000009C0: 67 6F 2C 20 43 42 41 20 68 61 64 0D 0A 6F 70 65 |go, CBA had..ope| 000009D0: 6E 65 64 20 61 20 68 6F 75 73 65 20 77 68 65 72 |ned a house wher| 000009E0: 65 20 74 68 65 20 6A 75 6E 6B 69 65 73 20 63 6F |e the junkies co| 000009F0: 75 6C 64 0D 0A 67 65 74 20 61 20 62 6F 77 6C 20 |uld..get a bowl | 00000A00: 6F 66 20 68 6F 74 20 73 6F 75 70 20 61 6E 64 20 |of hot soup and | 00000A10: 61 6E 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 20 6F 6E 0D 0A 74 68 |an update on..th| 00000A20: 65 20 6C 61 74 65 73 74 20 72 65 6C 65 61 73 65 |e latest release| 00000A30: 73 20 2D 20 66 6F 72 20 66 72 65 65 2E 20 49 6E |s - for free. In| 00000A40: 64 65 65 64 2C 0D 0A 43 42 41 20 77 61 73 20 61 |deed,..CBA was a| 00000A50: 20 63 61 72 69 6E 67 20 6D 61 6E 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A | caring man.....| 00000A60: 5E 6F 22 4C 69 73 74 65 6E 20 6D 61 6E 2C 20 77 |^o"Listen man, w| 00000A70: 61 72 65 73 6A 75 6E 6B 69 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 |aresjunkies are | 00000A80: 74 68 65 20 6C 65 61 73 74 0D 0A 5E 6F 6F 66 20 |the least..^oof | 00000A90: 6F 75 72 20 70 72 6F 62 6C 65 6D 73 20 72 69 67 |our problems rig| 00000AA0: 68 74 20 6E 6F 77 2E 20 57 65 20 61 72 65 20 6C |ht now. We are l| 00000AB0: 6F 6F 6B 69 6E 67 0D 0A 5E 6F 61 74 20 61 20 6C |ooking..^oat a l| 00000AC0: 6F 74 20 6F 66 20 67 72 6F 75 70 73 20 77 68 6F |ot of groups who| 00000AD0: 20 77 6F 6E 27 74 20 62 65 20 61 62 6C 65 20 74 | won't be able t| 00000AE0: 6F 0D 0A 5E 6F 72 65 6C 65 61 73 65 20 69 66 20 |o..^orelease if | 00000AF0: 77 65 20 64 6F 6E 27 74 20 64 6F 20 61 6E 79 74 |we don't do anyt| 00000B00: 68 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 68 65 6C 70 0D 0A 5E 6F |hing to help..^o| 00000B10: 74 68 65 6D 20 6F 75 74 22 2C 20 43 6F 75 6E 74 |them out", Count| 00000B20: 20 5A 65 72 6F 20 73 61 69 64 2E 20 48 65 20 77 | Zero said. He w| 00000B30: 61 73 0D 0A 5E 6F 61 6E 6E 6F 79 65 64 20 61 74 |as..^oannoyed at| 00000B40: 20 68 69 73 20 67 72 6F 75 70 6D 61 74 65 2E 0D | his groupmate..| 00000B50: 0A 0D 0A 5E 61 22 49 20 61 6D 20 6A 75 73 74 20 |...^a"I am just | 00000B60: 74 68 69 6E 6B 69 6E 67 20 68 65 72 65 2C 20 62 |thinking here, b| 00000B70: 75 74 20 69 6D 61 67 69 6E 65 20 61 6C 6C 0D 0A |ut imagine all..| 00000B80: 5E 61 74 68 6F 73 65 20 77 61 72 65 73 6A 75 6E |^athose waresjun| 00000B90: 6B 69 65 73 20 6F 75 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 6E |kies out there n| 00000BA0: 6F 74 20 67 65 74 74 69 6E 67 0D 0A 5E 61 61 6E |ot getting..^aan| 00000BB0: 79 20 77 61 72 65 73 20 73 69 6E 63 65 20 74 68 |y wares since th| 00000BC0: 65 69 72 20 6D 61 63 68 69 6E 65 73 20 68 61 76 |eir machines hav| 00000BD0: 65 20 62 72 6F 6B 65 6E 0D 0A 5E 61 64 6F 77 6E |e broken..^adown| 00000BE0: 2E 20 57 68 6F 20 6B 6E 6F 77 73 20 77 68 61 74 |. Who knows what| 00000BF0: 20 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 63 61 70 61 62 6C | they are capabl| 00000C00: 65 20 6F 66 0D 0A 5E 61 64 6F 69 6E 67 20 77 68 |e of..^adoing wh| 00000C10: 65 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6E 65 65 64 20 6F 66 20 74 |en the need of t| 00000C20: 68 65 20 77 61 72 65 20 67 65 74 73 20 74 6F 0D |he ware gets to.| 00000C30: 0A 5E 61 62 69 67 3F 20 54 68 61 74 27 73 20 61 |.^abig? That's a| 00000C40: 6C 6C 20 49 27 6D 20 73 61 79 69 6E 67 2C 20 62 |ll I'm saying, b| 00000C50: 75 74 20 69 66 20 79 6F 75 27 72 65 0D 0A 5E 61 |ut if you're..^a| 00000C60: 73 61 79 69 6E 67 20 74 68 61 74 27 73 20 61 20 |saying that's a | 00000C70: 6D 69 6E 6F 72 2E 2E 22 0D 0A 5E 6F 22 48 65 27 |minor.."..^o"He'| 00000C80: 73 20 72 69 67 68 74 2C 20 77 65 20 68 61 76 65 |s right, we have| 00000C90: 20 74 6F 20 64 6F 20 73 6F 6D 65 74 68 69 6E 67 | to do something| 00000CA0: 20 61 62 6F 75 74 0D 0A 5E 6F 74 68 61 74 22 2C | about..^othat",| 00000CB0: 20 56 65 6E 67 65 61 6E 63 65 20 73 61 69 64 2E | Vengeance said.| 00000CC0: 0D 0A 0D 0A 54 68 65 72 65 20 77 61 73 20 61 20 |....There was a | 00000CD0: 6B 6E 6F 63 6B 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 64 6F 6F |knock at the doo| 00000CE0: 72 20 61 6E 64 20 6D 79 20 6D 61 69 64 0D 0A 65 |r and my maid..e| 00000CF0: 6E 74 65 72 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 72 6F 6F 6D 2E |ntered the room.| 00000D00: 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 64 22 54 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 |....^d"There is | 00000D10: 61 20 6D 61 6E 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 64 6F 6F |a man at the doo| 00000D20: 72 20 77 68 6F 20 77 61 6E 74 73 20 74 6F 0D 0A |r who wants to..| 00000D30: 5E 64 73 65 65 20 79 6F 75 2C 20 73 69 72 2E 22 |^dsee you, sir."| 00000D40: 2C 20 73 68 65 20 73 61 69 64 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E |, she said.....^| 00000D50: 66 22 57 65 6C 6C 20 73 68 6F 77 20 68 69 6D 20 |f"Well show him | 00000D60: 69 6E 2C 20 66 6F 72 20 50 65 74 65 27 73 20 73 |in, for Pete's s| 00000D70: 61 6B 65 21 22 2C 20 49 0D 0A 5E 66 72 65 70 6C |ake!", I..^frepl| 00000D80: 69 65 64 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 64 22 48 65 20 69 6E |ied.....^d"He in| 00000D90: 73 69 73 74 73 20 6F 6E 20 73 65 65 69 6E 67 20 |sists on seeing | 00000DA0: 79 6F 75 20 61 6C 6F 6E 65 2C 20 73 69 72 22 0D |you alone, sir".| 00000DB0: 0A 0D 0A 5E 66 22 57 65 20 61 72 65 20 69 6E 20 |...^f"We are in | 00000DC0: 74 68 65 20 6D 69 64 64 6C 65 20 6F 66 20 61 6E |the middle of an| 00000DD0: 20 69 6D 70 6F 72 74 61 6E 74 0D 0A 5E 66 6D 65 | important..^fme| 00000DE0: 65 74 69 6E 67 2E 20 49 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 2D |eting. If this -| 00000DF0: 6D 61 6E 2D 20 77 61 6E 74 73 20 74 6F 20 6D 65 |man- wants to me| 00000E00: 65 74 20 77 69 74 68 0D 0A 5E 66 6D 65 2C 20 68 |et with..^fme, h| 00000E10: 65 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 6D 6F 76 65 20 68 69 |e better move hi| 00000E20: 73 20 61 73 73 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 74 68 69 73 0D |s ass into this.| 00000E30: 0A 5E 66 72 6F 6F 6D 22 2C 20 49 20 79 65 6C 6C |.^froom", I yell| 00000E40: 65 64 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 64 22 56 65 72 79 20 77 |ed.....^d"Very w| 00000E50: 65 6C 6C 2C 20 73 69 72 2E 20 49 20 77 69 6C 6C |ell, sir. I will| 00000E60: 20 67 6F 20 67 65 74 20 68 69 6D 22 0D 0A 53 68 | go get him"..Sh| 00000E70: 65 20 63 6C 6F 73 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 64 6F 6F |e closed the doo| 00000E80: 72 2C 20 63 6C 65 61 72 6C 79 20 69 6E 73 75 6C |r, clearly insul| 00000E90: 74 65 64 20 62 79 0D 0A 6D 79 20 62 65 68 61 76 |ted by..my behav| 00000EA0: 69 6F 75 72 2E 20 49 20 73 65 6C 64 6F 6D 20 79 |iour. 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It wa| 000032F0: 73 20 68 6F 74 0D 0A 6F 75 74 73 69 64 65 20 61 |s hot..outside a| 00003300: 6E 64 20 61 20 77 6F 6E 64 65 72 66 75 6C 20 64 |nd a wonderful d| 00003310: 61 79 20 66 6F 72 20 61 20 74 61 6C 65 2E 0D 0A |ay for a tale...| 00003320: 5E 40 FF 21 5F 0D 0A 0D 0A 0D 0A 0D 0A 0D 0A 0D |^@.!_...........| 00003330: 0A 0D 0A 5E 67 43 48 41 50 54 45 52 20 33 0D 0A |...^gCHAPTER 3..| 00003340: 5E 6D 2D 20 43 6F 6D 69 6E 67 20 68 6F 6D 65 20 |^m- Coming home | 00003350: 2D 0D 0A 0D 0A 22 44 69 64 20 79 6F 75 20 67 65 |-...."Did you ge| 00003360: 74 20 61 6C 6C 20 74 68 65 20 36 34 27 73 3F 22 |t all the 64's?"| 00003370: 2C 20 49 20 61 73 6B 65 64 0D 0A 65 61 67 65 72 |, I asked..eager| 00003380: 6C 79 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 70 68 6F 6E 65 2E |ly on the phone.| 00003390: 20 4A 61 7A 7A 63 61 74 20 77 61 73 20 6F 6E 0D | Jazzcat was on.| 000033A0: 0A 74 68 65 20 6F 74 68 65 72 20 73 69 64 65 2C |.the other side,| 000033B0: 20 63 61 6C 6C 69 6E 67 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 53 63 | calling from Sc| 000033C0: 65 6E 65 0D 0A 46 6F 72 63 65 20 4F 6E 65 2E 20 |ene..Force One. | 000033D0: 54 68 65 20 63 6F 6E 6E 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 20 77 |The connection w| 000033E0: 61 73 20 6C 61 6D 65 0D 0A 62 75 74 20 77 65 20 |as lame..but we | 000033F0: 63 6F 75 6C 64 20 61 74 20 6C 65 61 73 74 20 68 |could at least h| 00003400: 65 61 72 20 65 61 63 68 20 6F 74 68 65 72 2E 0D |ear each other..| 00003410: 0A 0D 0A 5E 67 22 59 6F 75 20 62 65 74 20 49 20 |...^g"You bet I | 00003420: 64 69 64 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 61 20 6C 6F 74 20 6F |did, and a lot o| 00003430: 66 20 6F 74 68 65 72 0D 0A 5E 67 74 68 69 6E 67 |f other..^gthing| 00003440: 73 20 74 6F 6F 21 22 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 66 22 57 68 |s too!"....^f"Wh| 00003450: 61 74 20 61 72 65 20 79 6F 75 20 74 61 6C 6B 69 |at are you talki| 00003460: 6E 67 20 61 62 6F 75 74 3F 22 2C 20 49 20 61 73 |ng about?", I as| 00003470: 6B 65 64 2E 0D 0A 5E 66 4E 6F 20 74 69 6D 65 20 |ked...^fNo time | 00003480: 66 6F 72 20 70 75 7A 7A 6C 65 73 2C 20 49 20 74 |for puzzles, I t| 00003490: 68 6F 75 67 68 74 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 22 4C 69 73 74 |hought....."List| 000034A0: 65 6E 20 4E 65 77 73 69 65 2C 20 49 20 6A 75 73 |en Newsie, I jus| 000034B0: 74 20 68 61 70 70 65 6E 65 64 20 74 6F 0D 0A 73 |t happened to..s| 000034C0: 74 72 6F 6C 6C 20 61 63 72 6F 73 73 20 73 6F 6D |troll across som| 000034D0: 65 74 68 69 6E 67 20 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 61 6D |ething rather am| 000034E0: 75 73 69 6E 67 0D 0A 64 6F 77 6E 20 74 68 65 72 |using..down ther| 000034F0: 65 2E 22 2C 20 74 68 65 20 6C 69 6E 65 20 77 61 |e.", the line wa| 00003500: 73 20 74 65 72 72 69 62 6C 65 2E 0D 0A 22 41 6E |s terrible..."An| 00003510: 79 77 61 79 2C 20 61 73 20 77 65 20 77 65 72 65 |yway, as we were| 00003520: 20 64 72 69 76 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 0D | driving to the.| 00003530: 0A 77 61 72 65 68 6F 75 73 65 20 77 65 20 6E 6F |.warehouse we no| 00003540: 74 69 63 65 64 20 73 69 67 6E 73 20 6F 66 20 6C |ticed signs of l| 00003550: 69 66 65 20 6F 75 74 0D 0A 69 6E 20 61 20 66 69 |ife out..in a fi| 00003560: 65 6C 64 2C 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 6F 75 74 20 74 |eld, right out t| 00003570: 68 65 72 65 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6D 69 64 64 |here in the midd| 00003580: 6C 65 0D 0A 6F 66 20 6E 6F 77 68 65 72 65 2C 20 |le..of nowhere, | 00003590: 74 68 65 72 65 20 77 61 73 20 61 63 74 75 61 6C |there was actual| 000035A0: 6C 79 20 73 6F 6D 65 62 6F 64 79 2E 0D 0A 53 6F |ly somebody...So| 000035B0: 6D 65 62 6F 64 79 20 77 68 6F 20 68 61 64 20 73 |mebody who had s| 000035C0: 75 72 72 76 69 76 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 65 6E 74 |urrvived the ent| 000035D0: 69 72 65 0D 0A 68 6F 6C 6F 63 61 75 73 74 21 22 |ire..holocaust!"| 000035E0: 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 64 22 53 6F 20 79 6F 75 27 72 65 |....^d"So you're| 000035F0: 20 62 72 69 6E 67 69 6E 67 20 68 69 6D 20 61 6C | bringing him al| 00003600: 6F 6E 67 2C 20 74 68 61 74 27 73 0D 0A 5E 64 73 |ong, that's..^ds| 00003610: 77 65 6C 6C 2C 20 4A 61 7A 7A 63 61 74 2E 22 2C |well, Jazzcat.",| 00003620: 20 49 20 73 61 69 64 2E 20 49 20 77 61 73 20 6E | I said. 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And..I'll | 000037C0: 62 65 20 64 61 6D 6E 65 64 2C 20 74 68 65 79 27 |be damned, they'| 000037D0: 72 65 20 61 6C 6C 20 36 34 2D 70 65 6F 70 6C 65 |re all 64-people| 000037E0: 0D 0A 61 6E 64 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6E 20 |..and have been | 000037F0: 63 6F 64 69 6E 67 20 67 61 6D 65 73 20 61 6E 64 |coding games and| 00003800: 20 64 65 6D 6F 73 20 61 6C 6C 0D 0A 74 68 65 20 | demos all..the | 00003810: 74 69 6D 65 2E 20 49 20 74 65 6C 6C 20 79 6F 75 |time. I tell you| 00003820: 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 67 75 79 73 20 61 72 65 20 | these guys are | 00003830: 73 6F 0D 0A 64 65 76 6F 74 65 64 2C 20 74 68 61 |so..devoted, tha| 00003840: 74 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 68 61 |t their right ha| 00003850: 6E 64 20 68 61 73 20 64 65 76 65 2D 0D 0A 6C 6F |nd has deve-..lo| 00003860: 70 65 64 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 61 20 6A 6F 79 73 74 |ped into a joyst| 00003870: 69 63 6B 2D 68 61 6E 64 2E 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 |ick-hand. It is | 00003880: 6A 75 73 74 20 61 0D 0A 6C 75 6D 70 20 77 69 74 |just a..lump wit| 00003890: 68 20 61 20 68 6F 6C 65 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 |h a hole and the| 000038A0: 79 20 70 6C 61 63 65 20 69 74 20 6F 76 65 72 0D |y place it over.| 000038B0: 0A 74 68 65 20 6A 6F 79 73 74 69 63 6B 20 61 6E |.the joystick an| 000038C0: 64 20 70 6C 61 79 22 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 61 22 41 6C |d play"....^a"Al| 000038D0: 6C 72 69 67 68 74 2C 20 49 20 61 6D 20 68 61 6E |lright, I am han| 000038E0: 67 69 6E 67 20 75 70 20 6E 6F 77 2E 20 59 6F 75 |ging up now. You| 000038F0: 72 0D 0A 5E 61 62 75 6C 6C 73 68 69 74 20 69 73 |r..^abullshit is| 00003900: 20 72 65 61 6C 6C 79 20 72 75 6E 6E 69 6E 67 20 | really running | 00003910: 6F 75 74 20 6F 66 20 6D 79 20 65 61 72 73 0D 0A |out of my ears..| 00003920: 5E 61 72 69 67 68 74 20 6E 6F 77 22 2C 20 49 20 |^aright now", I | 00003930: 73 61 69 64 2E 20 49 20 77 61 73 20 6E 6F 74 20 |said. I was not | 00003940: 61 6D 75 73 65 64 2E 0D 0A 5E 61 4A 61 7A 7A 63 |amused...^aJazzc| 00003950: 61 74 20 6A 75 73 74 20 6B 65 70 74 20 67 6F 69 |at just kept goi| 00003960: 6E 67 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 22 41 6E 64 20 79 6F 75 20 |ng....."And you | 00003970: 77 6F 75 6C 64 6E 27 74 20 62 65 6C 69 65 76 65 |wouldn't believe| 00003980: 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6D 65 73 0D 0A 49 20 68 61 | the games..I ha| 00003990: 76 65 20 73 65 65 6E 2E 20 41 6C 6C 20 63 6F 64 |ve seen. All cod| 000039A0: 65 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 6D 73 65 6C 76 65 73 |ed by themselves| 000039B0: 2E 0D 0A 53 75 6D 6D 65 72 20 4A 75 6D 70 6D 61 |...Summer Jumpma| 000039C0: 6E 2C 20 31 34 34 30 20 64 65 67 72 65 65 73 2C |n, 1440 degrees,| 000039D0: 20 43 61 6C 69 66 6F 72 6E 69 61 0D 0A 53 61 62 | California..Sab| 000039E0: 6F 74 65 75 72 20 2D 20 74 68 65 20 77 65 69 72 |oteur - the weir| 000039F0: 64 65 73 74 20 67 61 6D 65 73 20 49 20 63 61 6E |dest games I can| 00003A00: 0D 0A 74 65 6C 6C 20 79 6F 75 20 74 68 61 74 2E |..tell you that.| 00003A10: 20 41 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 6D 6F 73 20 6D | And the demos m| 00003A20: 61 6E 2C 20 77 68 61 74 0D 0A 66 75 63 6B 69 6E |an, what..fuckin| 00003A30: 67 20 64 65 6D 6F 73 21 22 0D 0A 0D 0A 49 20 67 |g demos!"....I g| 00003A40: 69 67 67 6C 65 64 20 73 6C 69 67 68 74 6C 79 20 |iggled slightly | 00003A50: 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6D 65 74 69 74 6C 65 |at the gametitle| 00003A60: 73 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 22 54 68 65 73 65 20 67 75 79 |s....."These guy| 00003A70: 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 6E 6F 74 20 73 65 65 6E 20 |s have not seen | 00003A80: 61 20 64 65 6D 6F 20 73 69 6E 63 65 0D 0A 31 39 |a demo since..19| 00003A90: 38 38 20 61 6E 64 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6E |88 and have been| 00003AA0: 20 6C 69 76 69 6E 67 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 73 | living on the s| 00003AB0: 61 6D 65 0D 0A 74 72 65 6E 64 73 20 77 65 20 68 |ame..trends we h| 00003AC0: 61 64 20 62 61 63 6B 20 74 68 65 6E 2C 20 73 6F |ad back then, so| 00003AD0: 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 73 74 75 66 66 0D 0A 69 73 | their stuff..is| 00003AE0: 20 63 6F 6C 6F 72 62 61 72 73 20 61 6E 64 20 6F | colorbars and o| 00003AF0: 6E 6C 79 20 63 6F 6C 6F 72 62 61 72 73 20 2D 20 |nly colorbars - | 00003B00: 62 75 74 0D 0A 6D 61 6E 20 64 6F 20 74 68 65 79 |but..man do they| 00003B10: 20 6B 6E 6F 77 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 63 6F 6C 6F | know their colo| 00003B20: 72 62 61 72 73 21 20 49 27 6D 0D 0A 62 72 69 6E |rbars! I'm..brin| 00003B30: 67 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 6D 20 68 6F 6D 65 2E 20 |ging them home. | 00003B40: 49 20 61 6D 20 62 72 69 6E 67 69 6E 67 20 74 68 |I am bringing th| 00003B50: 65 6D 0D 0A 68 6F 6D 65 20 74 6F 20 6F 75 72 20 |em..home to our | 00003B60: 77 6F 72 6C 64 21 20 57 65 27 72 65 20 67 6F 69 |world! We're goi| 00003B70: 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 73 65 65 0D 0A 73 74 75 66 66 |ng to see..stuff| 00003B80: 20 77 65 27 76 65 20 6E 65 76 65 72 20 73 65 65 | we've never see| 00003B90: 6E 20 62 65 66 6F 72 65 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 73 6F |n before, and so| 00003BA0: 0D 0A 77 69 6C 6C 20 74 68 65 79 21 22 0D 0A 0D |..will they!"...| 00003BB0: 0A 5E 61 22 57 68 6F 20 61 72 65 20 74 68 65 73 |.^a"Who are thes| 00003BC0: 65 20 66 65 6C 6C 6F 77 73 20 74 68 65 6E 3F 22 |e fellows then?"| 00003BD0: 2C 20 49 20 77 61 73 0D 0A 5E 61 73 74 61 72 74 |, I was..^astart| 00003BE0: 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 4A 61 7A 7A |ing to like Jazz| 00003BF0: 63 61 74 27 73 20 6A 6F 6B 65 20 61 6E 64 0D 0A |cat's joke and..| 00003C00: 5E 61 64 65 63 69 64 65 64 20 74 6F 20 70 6C 61 |^adecided to pla| 00003C10: 79 20 61 6C 6F 6E 67 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 40 22 53 |y along.....^@"S| 00003C20: 70 68 69 6E 78 2E 22 2C 20 68 65 20 73 61 69 64 |phinx.", he said| 00003C30: 20 61 6E 64 20 73 6F 75 6E 64 65 64 20 75 74 74 | and sounded utt| 00003C40: 65 72 6C 79 0D 0A 5E 40 73 69 6E 63 65 72 65 2E |erly..^@sincere.| 00003C50: 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 61 22 53 70 68 69 6E 78 3F 22 0D |....^a"Sphinx?".| 00003C60: 0A 0D 0A 5E 40 22 53 70 68 69 6E 78 2C 20 79 65 |...^@"Sphinx, ye| 00003C70: 73 2E 22 0D 0A 5E 61 22 54 68 65 20 6F 6E 6C 79 |s."..^a"The only| 00003C80: 20 67 72 6F 75 70 20 74 68 61 74 20 6E 65 76 65 | group that neve| 00003C90: 72 20 6D 61 64 65 20 69 74 20 74 6F 0D 0A 5E 61 |r made it to..^a| 00003CA0: 54 72 69 62 75 74 65 20 32 FF 03 30 3F 22 0D 0A |Tribute 2..0?"..| 00003CB0: 0D 0A 5E 40 22 54 68 61 74 27 73 20 63 6F 72 72 |..^@"That's corr| 00003CC0: 65 63 74 2E 22 0D 0A 0D 0A 49 20 70 61 75 73 65 |ect."....I pause| 00003CD0: 64 20 73 6C 69 67 68 74 6C 79 2E 20 49 20 64 69 |d slightly. I di| 00003CE0: 64 6E 27 74 20 6B 6E 6F 77 20 77 68 61 74 20 74 |dn't know what t| 00003CF0: 6F 0D 0A 74 68 69 6E 6B 2E 20 45 69 74 68 65 72 |o..think. 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They..nev| 00003DC0: 65 72 20 68 65 61 72 64 20 61 62 6F 75 74 20 74 |er heard about t| 00003DD0: 68 65 20 70 61 72 74 79 2C 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 |he party, the sc| 00003DE0: 65 6E 65 0D 0A 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6C 61 74 65 |ene..in the late| 00003DF0: 72 20 79 65 61 72 73 20 6F 72 20 61 6E 79 74 68 |r years or anyth| 00003E00: 69 6E 67 2E 20 42 75 74 20 74 68 65 79 0D 0A 70 |ing. But they..p| 00003E10: 72 65 64 69 63 74 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 32 FF 03 |redicted the 2..| 00003E20: 30 2D 68 6F 6C 6F 63 61 75 73 74 20 61 6E 64 20 |0-holocaust and | 00003E30: 73 75 72 2D 0D 0A 72 76 69 76 65 64 2E 20 53 6F |sur-..rvived. So| 00003E40: 20 49 20 61 6D 20 62 72 69 6E 67 69 6E 67 20 74 | I am bringing t| 00003E50: 68 65 6D 20 68 6F 6D 65 2C 20 6D 61 6E 2E 0D 0A |hem home, man...| 00003E60: 4C 69 73 74 65 6E 2C 20 69 66 20 79 6F 75 20 64 |Listen, if you d| 00003E70: 6F 6E 27 74 20 62 65 6C 69 65 76 65 2C 20 68 61 |on't believe, ha| 00003E80: 76 65 20 61 0D 0A 63 68 61 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 |ve a..chat with | 00003E90: 61 6E 20 6F 6C 64 20 66 72 69 65 6E 64 20 6F 66 |an old friend of| 00003EA0: 20 79 6F 75 72 73 2E 22 0D 0A 54 68 65 72 65 20 | yours."..There | 00003EB0: 77 61 73 20 61 20 6E 6F 69 63 65 20 61 73 20 4A |was a noice as J| 00003EC0: 61 7A 7A 63 61 74 20 70 61 73 73 65 64 20 6F 76 |azzcat passed ov| 00003ED0: 65 72 0D 0A 74 68 65 20 70 68 6F 6E 65 20 74 6F |er..the phone to| 00003EE0: 20 73 6F 6D 65 6F 6E 65 20 65 6C 73 65 2E 0D 0A | someone else...| 00003EF0: 22 48 65 6C 6C 6F 3F 22 2C 20 61 20 76 6F 69 63 |"Hello?", a voic| 00003F00: 65 20 73 61 69 64 2E 0D 0A 49 20 77 61 73 20 64 |e said...I was d| 00003F10: 65 61 64 20 73 69 6C 65 6E 74 2E 20 49 20 63 6F |ead silent. I co| 00003F20: 75 6C 64 20 68 65 61 72 20 6D 79 20 70 75 6C 73 |uld hear my puls| 00003F30: 65 0D 0A 62 65 61 74 69 6E 67 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 22 |e..beating....."| 00003F40: 55 68 6D FF 03 2E 55 68 6D 2C 20 77 68 6F 20 69 |Uhm...Uhm, who i| 00003F50: 73 20 74 68 69 73 3F 22 2C 20 49 20 61 73 6B 65 |s this?", I aske| 00003F60: 64 20 61 6C 6D 6F 73 74 0D 0A 77 68 69 73 70 65 |d almost..whispe| 00003F70: 72 69 6E 67 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 22 49 20 61 6D 20 74 |ring....."I am t| 00003F80: 68 65 20 66 6C 69 63 6B 65 72 20 79 6F 75 20 63 |he flicker you c| 00003F90: 61 6E 6E 6F 74 20 66 69 78 21 22 2C 20 68 65 20 |annot fix!", he | 00003FA0: 73 61 69 64 0D 0A 61 6E 64 20 6C 61 75 67 68 65 |said..and laughe| 00003FB0: 64 20 6E 69 63 65 6C 79 2E 20 22 49 20 77 69 6C |d nicely. "I wil| 00003FC0: 6C 20 73 65 65 20 79 6F 75 20 69 6E 20 73 6F 6D |l see you in som| 00003FD0: 65 0D 0A 68 6F 75 72 73 2C 20 6B 65 65 70 20 74 |e..hours, keep t| 00003FE0: 68 65 20 63 6F 66 66 65 65 20 68 6F 74 2C 20 77 |he coffee hot, w| 00003FF0: 69 6C 6C 20 79 6F 75 3F 22 0D 0A 0D 0A 22 47 61 |ill you?"...."Ga| 00004000: 6C 6C 65 6F 6E 3F 22 2C 20 49 20 61 73 6B 65 64 |lleon?", I asked| 00004010: 2E 20 49 74 20 77 61 73 21 20 49 74 20 77 61 73 |. It was! It was| 00004020: 20 72 65 61 6C 6C 79 0D 0A 47 61 6C 6C 65 6F 6E | really..Galleon| 00004030: 2C 20 6D 79 20 6F 6C 64 20 66 72 69 65 6E 64 2C |, my old friend,| 00004040: 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 64 65 72 2C 20 74 68 65 0D | the coder, the.| 00004050: 0A 69 6E 76 65 6E 74 6F 72 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 |.inventor of the| 00004060: 20 43 72 75 65 6C 63 72 75 6E 63 68 65 72 21 20 | Cruelcruncher! | 00004070: 54 68 65 72 65 20 77 61 73 0D 0A 61 20 6E 6F 69 |There was..a noi| 00004080: 63 65 20 61 73 20 4A 61 7A 7A 63 61 74 20 74 6F |ce as Jazzcat to| 00004090: 6F 6B 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 63 65 69 76 65 72 0D |ok the receiver.| 000040A0: 0A 61 67 61 69 6E 20 61 6E 64 20 73 74 61 72 74 |.again and start| 000040B0: 65 64 20 62 61 62 62 6C 69 6E 67 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A |ed babbling.....| 000040C0: 22 4C 69 73 74 65 6E 20 4E 65 77 73 69 65 2C 20 |"Listen Newsie, | 000040D0: 49 20 77 61 6E 74 20 74 68 65 20 62 69 67 20 73 |I want the big s| 000040E0: 68 6F 77 20 6E 6F 77 2E 0D 0A 49 20 77 61 6E 74 |how now...I want| 000040F0: 20 79 6F 75 20 74 6F 20 61 6C 65 72 74 20 74 68 | you to alert th| 00004100: 65 20 70 75 62 6C 69 63 2E 20 43 61 6C 6C 20 74 |e public. Call t| 00004110: 68 65 0D 0A 6D 61 67 61 7A 69 6E 65 73 2C 20 63 |he..magazines, c| 00004120: 61 6C 6C 20 74 68 65 20 54 56 2D 73 74 61 74 69 |all the TV-stati| 00004130: 6F 6E 73 2C 20 61 6C 65 72 74 0D 0A 74 68 65 20 |ons, alert..the | 00004140: 70 65 6F 70 6C 65 21 20 54 65 6C 6C 20 74 68 65 |people! Tell the| 00004150: 6D 20 61 6C 6C 20 74 6F 20 62 65 20 61 74 20 74 |m all to be at t| 00004160: 68 65 0D 0A 61 69 72 70 6F 72 74 20 61 6E 64 20 |he..airport and | 00004170: 77 65 6C 63 6F 6D 65 20 75 73 21 20 49 27 6D 20 |welcome us! I'm | 00004180: 6E 6F 74 20 62 72 69 6E 67 69 6E 67 0D 0A 6F 6E |not bringing..on| 00004190: 6C 79 20 36 34 27 73 2C 20 49 27 6D 20 62 72 69 |ly 64's, I'm bri| 000041A0: 6E 67 69 6E 67 20 68 6F 6D 65 20 74 68 65 20 6C |nging home the l| 000041B0: 6F 73 74 0D 0A 74 72 69 62 65 2E 20 53 70 68 69 |ost..tribe. Sphi| 000041C0: 6E 78 20 69 73 20 63 6F 6D 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 |nx is coming to | 000041D0: 74 6F 77 6E 21 20 49 20 77 61 6E 74 0D 0A 69 74 |town! I want..it| 000041E0: 20 74 6F 20 62 65 20 61 20 62 69 67 20 73 70 65 | to be a big spe| 000041F0: 63 61 74 63 6C 65 2C 20 49 20 77 61 6E 74 20 65 |catcle, I want e| 00004200: 76 65 72 79 0D 0A 67 6F 64 64 61 6D 6E 20 67 75 |very..goddamn gu| 00004210: 79 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6E 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 |y in the nation | 00004220: 74 6F 20 6B 6E 6F 77 20 74 68 65 72 65 0D 0A 69 |to know there..i| 00004230: 73 20 61 20 70 61 72 74 79 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 |s a party at the| 00004240: 20 61 69 72 70 6F 72 74 2E 20 53 70 68 69 6E 78 | airport. Sphinx| 00004250: 20 69 73 0D 0A 63 6F 6D 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 77 6E | is..coming town| 00004260: 21 22 0D 0A 0D 0A 5E 67 22 53 70 68 69 6E 78 20 |!"....^g"Sphinx | 00004270: 69 73 20 63 6F 6D 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 74 6F 77 |is coming to tow| 00004280: 6E 2E 22 2C 20 49 20 72 65 70 6C 69 65 64 0D 0A |n.", I replied..| 00004290: 5E 67 61 6E 64 20 68 75 6E 67 20 75 70 2E 0D 0A |^gand hung up...| 000042A0: 0D 0A 41 73 20 49 20 68 75 6E 67 20 75 70 20 6F |..As I hung up o| 000042B0: 6E 20 4A 61 7A 7A 63 61 74 2C 20 49 20 73 74 69 |n Jazzcat, I sti| 000042C0: 6C 6C 20 64 69 64 6E 27 74 0D 0A 6B 6E 6F 77 20 |ll didn't..know | 000042D0: 77 68 61 74 20 74 6F 20 74 68 69 6E 6B 2E 20 42 |what to think. B| 000042E0: 75 74 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 74 72 75 |ut if it was tru| 000042F0: 65 2C 0D 0A 77 65 27 64 20 68 61 76 65 20 6D 6F |e,..we'd have mo| 00004300: 72 65 20 63 6F 6C 6F 72 62 61 72 73 20 74 68 61 |re colorbars tha| 00004310: 6E 20 65 76 65 72 0D 0A 62 65 66 6F 72 65 2E 20 |n ever..before. | 00004320: 41 6E 64 20 77 68 6F 20 63 6F 75 6C 64 20 72 65 |And who could re| 00004330: 73 69 73 74 20 74 68 61 74 3F 0D 0A FF 21 5F 0D |sist that?...!_.| 00004340: 0A 0D 0A 0D 0A 0D 0A 1A |........ |
...N.. .......: S...........A......: N.. ........................^@.._....^A.. RE AL LIFE IS ONLY AN ILLUSION...^M.. SCENT ETOWN IS NOT...^@.._................^GTH IS HAS HAPPENED....._.. ..# IRATA FOUND MURDERED. HE'S ONLY ONE..OF MANY FAMOUS QUITTERS BEING BRUTALLY..STABBED TO DEA TH FOUND WITH SIDS PINNED..TO THE SKIN. THE SCUM IN THE RED SECTOR-..DISTRICT AR E IN TERROR.....^M# BURLGLAR KIDNAPPED BUT LATER FOUND IN..^MTOTAL SHOCK. HIS M EMORY HAS BEEN ERASED..^MFOR KNOWING TOO MUCH ON THE LEGEND-..^MCOMEBACK. LEGEND HAVE RELEASED TRACK&..^MFIELD+4, A GAME THAT DAMAGES 64S AND..^MSPREADS CHAOS O VER SCENETOWN.....^G# NEWSCOPY AND COUN TZERO ARE BEING..^GTREATED FOR THE QUITT ERS-SYNDROM. IT..^GIS STILL A SECRET TO THE REST OF THE..^GCOMMUNITY.....^A# .. R AND MARC ARRESTED FOR FAKING NEWS ON.. ^AHOMEBOY AND HOMEGIRL. MARC IS RELEASED ..^AWHILE ..R IS STILL IN CUSTODY FOR FU RTHER..^AQUESTIONING.....^O# WHO WAS TH E ANONYMOUS TIPPER AT THE..^OFORUM? THE TIPPER KNEW EVERYTHING ON..^OTHE LEGEND- AFFAIR.....TO GET THE MOST OUT OF SCENET OWN, WE..ADVICE YOU TO READ THE EARLIER CHAPTERS...SOMEHOW, THEY'RE ALL CONNECTE D - JUST LIKE..THE SCENE...............^ ACHAPTER 1..^@- JAZZCAT'S SOLUTION -.... IT WAS TRUE. TRACK AND FIELD+4 FROM..REM EMBER WAS BEING SPREAD ACROSS TOWN..AT A PACE WE COULDN'T FOLLOW. WE WERE..STILL SITTING AROUND MY OLD OAK-TABLE..SINCE A COUPLE OF HOURS, TRYING TO FIND..A SOL UTION TO OUR PROBLEM. WE WERE ALL..TIRED , UPSET BUT MOST OF ALL AFRAID OF..WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NOW THAT WE KNEW WHAT..LEGE ND HAD PLANNED.....^O"THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO,..^OMUSTN'T IT?", SA ID MR.WAX.....^M"WE CAN'T JUST SIT HERE AND DO NOTHING...^MTHE CLOCK IS TICKING" , LION CONTINUED.......^O"I KNOW, I KNOW , GETLEMEN. FIRST THING WE..^ONEED TO DO IS TO GO OUT IN PUBLIC AND..^OWARN THE PEOPLE OF TRACK AND FIELD. I..^OSUGGEST WE USE TV, MAGAZINES AND ALL OUR..^ORELE ASES TO GET THE MESSAGE SPREAD..^OACROSS TOWN.", I SAID.....^@"WHAT ABOUT ALL TH E WARESJUNKIES UP IN..^@THE RED SECTOR D ISTRICT?", CBA ASKED.....CBA WAS A CARIN G MAN. THE WARESJUNKIES..WERE HIS BIGGES T CONCERN, EVEN THOUGH..THEY WERE CONSID ERED THE SCUM OF OUR..SOCIETY. DAY AND N IGHT THEY'D SNEAK AR-..OUND THE STREETS BEGGING FOR WARES TO..RUSH THROUGH THEIR SYSTEMS. OVER THE..PAST FEW YEARS, THE WARESJUNKIE-PROBLEMS..HAD COLLAPSED AND WE HAD MORE PEOPLE AB-..USING WARES THAN WE COULD CONTROL. CBA..HAD DEVOTED HIMS ELF TO THE ISSUE AND WORK-..ED AROUND TH E CLOCK DOING CHARITY FOR..THE POOR BAST ARDS. NOT LONG AGO, CBA HAD..OPENED A HO USE WHERE THE JUNKIES COULD..GET A BOWL OF HOT SOUP AND AN UPDATE ON..THE LATEST RELEASES - FOR FREE. INDEED,..CBA WAS A CARING MAN.....^O"LISTEN MAN, WARESJUNK IES ARE THE LEAST..^OOF OUR PROBLEMS RIG HT NOW. WE ARE LOOKING..^OAT A LOT OF GR OUPS WHO WON'T BE ABLE TO..^ORELEASE IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP..^OTHEM OUT ", COUNT ZERO SAID. HE WAS..^OANNOYED AT HIS GROUPMATE.....^A"I AM JUST THINKING HERE, BUT IMAGINE ALL..^ATHOSE WARESJUN KIES OUT THERE NOT GETTING..^AANY WARES SINCE THEIR MACHINES HAVE BROKEN..^ADOWN . WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF..^A DOING WHEN THE NEED OF THE WARE GETS TO. .^ABIG? THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, BUT IF YO U'RE..^ASAYING THAT'S A MINOR.."..^O"HE' S RIGHT, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT.. ^OTHAT", VENGEANCE SAID.....THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR AND MY MAID..ENTERED T HE ROOM.....^D"THERE IS A MAN AT THE DOO R WHO WANTS TO..^DSEE YOU, SIR.", SHE SA ID.....^F"WELL SHOW HIM IN, FOR PETE'S S AKE!", I..^FREPLIED.....^D"HE INSISTS ON SEEING YOU ALONE, SIR"....^F"WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN IMPORTANT..^FMEETING. I F THIS -MAN- WANTS TO MEET WITH..^FME, H E BETTER MOVE HIS ASS INTO THIS..^FROOM" , I YELLED.....^D"VERY WELL, SIR. I WILL GO GET HIM"..SHE CLOSED THE DOOR, CLEAR LY INSULTED BY..MY BEHAVIOUR. I SELDOM Y ELLED AT MY STAFF..BUT I WAS BEGINNING T O GRASP A WORST-CASE..SCENARIO AND FELT I HAD BETTER THINGS TO..DO THAN TALKING TO THEM.....^A"GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN." ....WE ALL LOOKED AT THE MAN IN THE DOOR WAY...SILENCE CAME INSTANTLY AND GOD KNO WS WHAT..ALL OF US WERE THINKING. WHAT W AS WESTBAM..DOING AT MY PLACE?....^M"WEL L, WELL, WELL - YOU HAVE A LOT OF..^MNER VE SHOWING UP HERE! WE SHOULD KICK..^MYO UR FACE, RIGHT HERE AND NOW", MARC..^MRO ARED ACROSS THE TABLE......."EASY, GENTL EMEN, EASY. I KNOW WHAT YOU..THINK. I HA VE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT...JUST GIVE SOM E TIME TO EXPLAIN.",..WESTBAM SAID. HE W AS TREMBLING TERRIBLY..BUT WHO WOULDN'T? HE HAD JUST WALKED IN-..TO A ROOM OF HA TRED. EVERY SINGLE ONE IN..THE ROOM WAS PREPARED TO KNOCK HIM DEAD...INSTANTLY. WESTBAM WORE A LONG, PALE..COAT - LEGEND ERS ALWAYS DID. HIS HEAD..WAS ONLY PARTL Y VISIBLE, COVERED BY AN..ELEGANT HAT. I F IT WASN'T SCENETOWN, I..WOULD HAVE GUE SSED HE WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY..FROM A 50'S CRIMENOVEL.....WESTBAM GESTURED TOWARDS US AND STARTED..TO TALK. WE WERE ALL ANN OYED, MARC IN..PARTICULAR WHO WAS TAPPIN G HIS FINGERS..ON THE TABLE.......^A"BEL IEVE ME, I AM ASHAMED TO STAND IN..^AFRO NT OF YOU LIKE THIS. I AM HERE TO..^AASS URE YOU THAT I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH..^ AWHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. I ..^AJUST FOUND OUT MYSELF SOME HOURS AGO ...^APOWERPLANT TOLD ME THE ENTIRE STORY . I..^AJUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT THEN I..^ASPOKE TO YOUR SECRETARY (GESTU RING TOWARDS..^ANEWSCOPY) AND SHE WAS KI ND ENOUGH TO LET..^AME KNOW THAT YOU WER E ALL GATHERED HERE."....THE ROOM REMAIN ED SILENT. WESTBAM SEEMED..TO BE BOTHERE D BY THE PRESSURE AS AN..ODEUR OF SWEAT FILLED THE ROOM....."I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BELIEVE ME. BUT..I WANT YOU TO KNOW T HAT I HAVE KICKED..POWERPLANT FROM THE L EGEND-ENTERPRISE...AND I HAVE TOLD SEVER AL OF THE CITYS'..SYSOPS TO DELETE THE F ILE. HELL, I EVEN..WENT LIVE ON SCENETV AND EXPLAINED THE..ENTIRE AFFAIR ON THE NEWS JUST ONE HOUR..AGO!"....^O"YEAH WES TCRAP! AND POWERPLANT IS TO..^OBLAME FOR ALL OF THIS! SUCK MY SHORTS!",..^OJEAN SAID AMUSED BUT STILL SERIOUS.....^A"NO. ONLY PARTLY. ANTITRACK CAME UP WITH..^A THE PLAN. HE HAD BEEN MOANING ABOUT REV- ..^AVENGE AND KICKING PEOPLE FROM THE BO ARDS...^AI WAS EVEN WORRIED MYSELF AT TI MES, BUT..^AI ALWAYS TRIED TO COMFORT MY SELF THAT..^AANTITRACK IS ANTITRACK AND WOULDN'T HURT..^AA FLY. I GUESS I WAS WR ONG. AND THERE..^AWAS THIS NEW GUY THAT CAME ALONG, RAMIREZ,..^ATHAT MUST HAVE B EEN IN ON IT ALL ALONG..^ATOO."......^F" YEAH, THAT RAMIREZ-GUY SELLS HIMSELF..^F TO ANYONE", SAID VENGEANCE, ANNOYED..^FO VER HIS EX-MEMBER....."WE HAVE TO DEAL W ITH YOU LATER. RIGHT..NOW WE HAVE TO FEE D THE PRESS AND WARN..OUR COMMUNITY. THE ONLY ACE WE HAVE UP..OUR SLEVE IS THAT THE SWAPPERS ARE ON..STRIKE. THAT MEANS THE GAME AT LEAST..WON'T BE SPREAD BY MA IL - YET.",..COUNT ZERO SAID.....IT WAS FORTUNATE FOR US. WITH SWAPPERS..ON STRI KE, LEGEND'S PLAN COULD FAIL...WALKER AN D RACOON, HEAD OF THE SWAPPERS-..UNION H AD ANNOUNCED THE STRIKE TWO DAYS..AGO TR YING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE BIG..GROUPS F OR BETTER SALARIES. I SIGHED AND..LOOKED AT THE OTHERS. WESTBAM WAS CLOSE..TO TE ARS AND SAT DOWN IN AN EMPTY CHAIR..."WE NEED NEW 64'S IN SCENETOWN. BADLY...AND THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN GET THEM",..COUN T ZERO CONTINUED....."JUST WAIT A MINUTE . I THINK ONSLAUGHT..CAN BE OF GOOD HELP HERE. BEFORE WE..HEADED FOR TRIBUTE 2.. 0 AND LEFT TASMANIA,..WE TOOK PRECAUTION S. WE HAD A FEELING WHAT..WAS GOING ON, BUT DIDN'T KNOW IF WERE..COMING BACK OR NOT. ME AND THE GUYS LOCKED..UP A LOT OF MACHINES DOWN THERE. COMMO-..DORE USED TO HAVE A FACTORY BUT IT..CLOSED DOWN. W E JUST MADE SURE THE..MACHINES WEREN'T T HROWN AWAY. I THINK..IT'S ABOUT TIME WE GO FETCH THEM",..JAZZCAT SAID AND LOOKED AT US PROUDLY...IN FACT, SO PROUDLY ONE COULD THINK..THIS WAS HIS BIG MOMENT LI FE. WE DEPENDED..ON HIM, AND HE HAD WHAT WE NEEDED. VEN-..GENANCE NODDED IN A VE RY CONVINCING WAY...^A"JUST HOW MANY MAC HINES ARE YOU TALKING..^AABOUT?", CBA AS KED.....^B"ABOUT 950...0", VENGEANCE FIL LED IN..^BWITH CERTAINTY.....^F"JESUS, W HAT WERE YOU PLANNING? AN..^FONSLAUGHT-S UPER COMEBACK?"....WE ALL LAUGHED BUT SA W THE POTENTIAL..IMMEDIATELY.....^A"LET' S GO FEED THE PRESS, BOYS.", I SAID..... _............^GCHAPTER 2..^@- THE LOST TRIBE -....JAZZCAT TOLD HIS DRIVER TO SP EED UP AS..THEY ROCKETED THROUGH POKE&PE EK AVENUE..ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT. HE HAD CALLED..THE AIRPORT JUST AFTER CLOS ING THE..MEETING TELLING THEM TO FUEL SC ENE FORCE..ONE, THE OFFICIAL GOVERNEMENT -PLANE. THE..MISSION WAS SIMPLE; FLY TO TASMANIA, GET..THE 64'S AND RETURN AS A HERO. JAZZCAT..SMILED AND GRUBBED HIS HA NDS AS HE THOUGHT..OF ALL THE WONDERFUL REACTIONS HE WOULD GET..WHEN COMING BACK ....."MAN, I WILL BE ON EVERY CHANNEL, E VERY..SHOW AND IN EVERY MAGAZINE. SOME.. DOMINATION", HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF...... .HE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW OF THE CAR AND ..SAW MITCH FROM EAGLESOFT DRIVING HIS P OOR..OLD CAR. MITCH WAS ONE OF THE SCENE 'S MOST..NOTORIOUS QUITTERS IN THE COMMU NITY. MITCH..HAD HAD SEVERE PROBLEMS IN ADAPTING TO A..LIFE WITHOUT AMERICAN GAM ES. WHEN THE USA..STOPPED PRODUCING GAME S BACK IN THE EARLY..90'S HE HAD PURCHAS ED AN OLD DODGE, VERY..SIMILAR TO THE ON E THE BLUES BROTHERS HAD..IN THE OLD CLA SSIC MOVIE. EVERY DAY, HE'D..DRIVE THE F AMOUS AVENUES IN SCENETOWN,..DRESSED UP IN IS EAGLE-SUIT PLAYING THE..R1-D1 MUSI C THROUGH IMMENSE LOUDSPEAKERS...HE NEVE R DID IT FOR THE ATTENTION, BUT..IT MUST HAVE MEANT SOMETHING TO HIM,..SOMEHOW. EVERY TOWN HAD IT'S LOONEYS. SOME..COLLE CTED CANS FROM WASTEBASKETS, SOME..PLAYE D THE GUITAR FOR A HARDEARNED COIN..AND SOME JUST STROLLED AROUND PREACHING..ABO UT JUDGEMENT DAY. IN SCENETOWN, THERE..W AS MITCH....."NOW THIS IS AN OPPURTUNITY TO GET SOME-..BODY INTO BUSINESS AGAIN. ", JAZZCAT THOUGHT..AS HE QUICKLY SIGNAL ED MITCH THROUGH THE..WINDOW TO STOP THE CAR.....WITH MITCH COMING ALONG TO TASM ANIA,..THEY WOULD BOTH COME BACK TO SCEN ETOWN..AS HEROES, AND JAZZCAT COULD GET ONE OF..THE MOST LEGENDARY CRACKERS ACTI VE IN..ONSLAUGHT. AS THE CARS PULLED OVE R, JAZZ-..CAT PRESENTED THE IDEA. MITCH LOOKED AT..HIM FOR A SECOND AND DECIDED TO COME..ALONG. MITCH WAS BACK...^A.!_.. ........AS THEY LANDED THE DESERTED FIEL DS OF..TASMANIA IT OCCURED TO JAZZCAT HO W DE-..PRESSING THE REST OF THE WORLD OU TSIDE..SCENETOWN WAS. NOTHING WAS LEFT S INCE..THE HOLOCAUST. NOT THE SLIGHTEST S IGN..OF LIFE ANYWHERE. HE JUST WANTED TO GET..HOLD OF THE 64'S AND GET THE HELL OUT OF..THERE. THE SILENCE WAS NOTHING B UT..CHILLING.....IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES DRIVE FROM..THE LANDING-POINT T O THE OLD WAREHOUSE...JAZZCAT DROVE THE CAR THEY HAD BROUGHT..ALONG IN THE PLANE AND DID SO WITH GREAT..PLEASURE. FEW KN EW WHAT A GREAT DRIVER..HE WAS, BUT HE H AD ONCE BEEN AN ALLTIME..RECORD BEATER I N BOTH OUTRUN AND LOTUS..CHALLENGE IN TH E WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SOME..YEARS EARLIE R.....AS THEY CLOSED IN ON THEIR DESTINA TION,..THEY NOTICED SIGNS OF LIFE OUT IN A FIELD...JAZZCAT LOOKED PUZZLED, AS DI D MITCH...CIVILIZATION HAD CEASED LONG A GO AND LEFT..WAS ONLY SCENETOWN, BUT THE RE WAS REALLY..SOMETHING GOING ON NOT FA R TO THE RIGHT..FROM THE DESERTED ROAD.. ...^A"WHAT THE HELL? DID YOU SEE THAT?", MITCH..^ASCREAMED SURPRISED....."SURE D ID, LET'S PULL OVER AND HAVE A..LOOK", J AZZCAT DID. HE WAS GLAD MITCH WAS..WITH HIM BUT DIDN'T LIKE THAT HE DRESSED..LIK E AN EAGLE. NOR DID HE LIKE THAT HE..SME LLED BAD AND BEHAVED LIKE A BUM. HE..COM FORTED HIMSELF BY SAYING LIFE WAS TOUGH. .ON THE STREETS HE COMFORTED HIMSELF...T HAT'S THE LEAST YOU CAN SAY ABOUT A..QUI TTER...THEY STOPPED THE CAR AND LOOKED A S A TINY..MAN WITH VERY PUZZLED LOOKS AP PROACHED..THEIR CAR. HE MOVED SLOWLY, AS IF SCARED,..TOWARDS THE VEHICLE. IN ONE HAND, HE..CARRIED A DISK WHILE THE OTHE R HAND WAS..A MYSTERY. IT WAS NOT A HAND WITH FING-..ERS, BUT JUST A LUMP WITH A BIG HOLE IN..IT. YOU CHOULD ACTUALLY SE E RIGHT THROUGH..IT. JAZZCAT WAS ALL FIR ED UP TO SEE SOME-..BODY ACTUALLY ALIVE ON HIS OLD ISLAND...HE OPENED THE DOOR A ND APPROACHED THE..MAN SLOWLY....."GREET INGS.", HE SAID TO THE MAN. HE USED..TRA DITIONAL SCENELANGUAGE....."WHO ARE YOU? ", THE MAN ASKED. HE DID NOT..SOUND HOST ILE AT ALL. JUST CURIOUS AND..PUZZLED. H E OBSERVED JAZZCAT CAREFULLY..THROUGH HI S SMALL EYES...^@"I AM JAZZCAT, LEADER O F ONSLAUGHT,..^@EDITOR OF DOMINATION. TH E GUY IN THE..^@CAR IS MITCH FROM THE OL D EAGLESOFT."....^A"I HAVE NEVER HEARD O F YOU, BUT EAGLE..^ASOFT I KNOW WELL. PL EASED TO MEET YOU..^ABOTH, I AM ABS3001 FROM SPHINX."....JAZZCAT ROLLED HIS EYES , AND GASPED...RIGHT THERE, OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF..NOWHERE HE HAD FOUND A M EMBER FROM..SPHINX, THE ONLY GROUP THAT NEVER MADE..IT TO THE TRIBUTE 2..0-PARTY , BEFORE..THE BIRTH OF SCENETOWN! HOW DI D THEY..SURRIVE THE HOLOCAUST? WHAT DID THEY DO..IN TASMANIA? WERE THEY MANY? AN D WERE..THEY ALL SCENERS?....JAZZCAT CON VINCED ABS3001 TO GET IN THE..CAR OFFERI NG HIM A DRIVE TO WHAT ABS3001..SAID TO BE HIS HOUSE. ON THE WAY, JAZZCAT..EXPLA INED THE ENTIRE SCENETOWN-STORY, FROM..B IRTH TO TODAY, HE EXPLAINED THE CULTURE, ..THE RELEASES, THE PEOPLE AND EVERYTHIN G..THERE WAS REALLY. ABS3001 WAS THRILLE D,..PUZZLED BUT MOST OF ALL EAGER TO SEE ALL..OF IT - AND BRING HIS PEOPLE ALONG .....WHEN ARRIVING TO ABS3001'S COTTAGE, THEY..SAT DOWN ON THE PORCH, POURED A G LASS OF..ABSOLUT F4CG. ABS3001, STILL GA SPING,..STARTED TELLING HIS STORY. IT WA S HOT..OUTSIDE AND A WONDERFUL DAY FOR A TALE...^@.!_..............^GCHAPTER 3.. ^M- COMING HOME -...."DID YOU GET ALL TH E 64'S?", I ASKED..EAGERLY ON THE PHONE. JAZZCAT WAS ON..THE OTHER SIDE, CALLING FROM SCENE..FORCE ONE. THE CONNECTION W AS LAME..BUT WE COULD AT LEAST HEAR EACH OTHER.....^G"YOU BET I DID, AND A LOT O F OTHER..^GTHINGS TOO!"....^F"WHAT ARE Y OU TALKING ABOUT?", I ASKED...^FNO TIME FOR PUZZLES, I THOUGHT....."LISTEN NEWSI E, I JUST HAPPENED TO..STROLL ACROSS SOM ETHING RATHER AMUSING..DOWN THERE.", THE LINE WAS TERRIBLE..."ANYWAY, AS WE WERE DRIVING TO THE..WAREHOUSE WE NOTICED SI GNS OF LIFE OUT..IN A FIELD, RIGHT OUT T HERE IN THE MIDDLE..OF NOWHERE, THERE WA S ACTUALLY SOMEBODY...SOMEBODY WHO HAD S URRVIVED THE ENTIRE..HOLOCAUST!"....^D"S O YOU'RE BRINGING HIM ALONG, THAT'S..^DS WELL, JAZZCAT.", I SAID. I WAS NOT..^DSU RPRISED SOMEBODY HAD ACTUALLY SURVIVED.. ^DBUT WAS MERELY IMPRESSED BY JAZZCAT'S. .^DGOOD WILL TO GET THE MAN INTO SCENETO WN....."HOLD ON, THERE'S MORE", JAZZCAT WAS..REALLY GETTING FIRED UP NOW..."SO I T TURNS OUT THERE IS AN ENTIRE..TRIBE OF SOME 20-25 PEOPLE DOWN THERE...THEY HAV E BEEN LIVING OUT THERE IN THE..MIDDLE O F NOWHERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS,..NOT FAR FR OM OUR OLD WAREHOUSE. AND..I'LL BE DAMNE D, THEY'RE ALL 64-PEOPLE..AND HAVE BEEN CODING GAMES AND DEMOS ALL..THE TIME. I TELL YOU THESE GUYS ARE SO..DEVOTED, THA T THEIR RIGHT HAND HAS DEVE-..LOPED INTO A JOYSTICK-HAND. IT IS JUST A..LUMP WIT H A HOLE AND THEY PLACE IT OVER..THE JOY STICK AND PLAY"....^A"ALLRIGHT, I AM HAN GING UP NOW. YOUR..^ABULLSHIT IS REALLY RUNNING OUT OF MY EARS..^ARIGHT NOW", I SAID. I WAS NOT AMUSED...^AJAZZCAT JUST KEPT GOING....."AND YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE GAMES..I HAVE SEEN. ALL CODED BY TH EMSELVES...SUMMER JUMPMAN, 1440 DEGREES, CALIFORNIA..SABOTEUR - THE WEIRDEST GAM ES I CAN..TELL YOU THAT. AND THE DEMOS M AN, WHAT..FUCKING DEMOS!"....I GIGGLED S LIGHTLY AT THE GAMETITLES....."THESE GUY S HAVE NOT SEEN A DEMO SINCE..1988 AND H AVE BEEN LIVING ON THE SAME..TRENDS WE H AD BACK THEN, SO THEIR STUFF..IS COLORBA RS AND ONLY COLORBARS - BUT..MAN DO THEY KNOW THEIR COLORBARS! I'M..BRINGING THE M HOME. I AM BRINGING THEM..HOME TO OUR WORLD! WE'RE GOING TO SEE..STUFF WE'VE N EVER SEEN BEFORE, AND SO..WILL THEY!"... .^A"WHO ARE THESE FELLOWS THEN?", I WAS. .^ASTARTING TO LIKE JAZZCAT'S JOKE AND.. ^ADECIDED TO PLAY ALONG.....^@"SPHINX.", HE SAID AND SOUNDED UTTERLY..^@SINCERE. ....^A"SPHINX?"....^@"SPHINX, YES."..^A" THE ONLY GROUP THAT NEVER MADE IT TO..^A TRIBUTE 2..0?"....^@"THAT'S CORRECT."... .I PAUSED SLIGHTLY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT T O..THINK. EITHER JAZZCAT WAS A CRACKPOT OR..HE WAS MAKING A FOOL OUT OF ME....." LISTEN, I KNOW IT ALL SOUNDS WEIRD, BUT. .MOST OF THEM MOVED OUT THERE IN THE LAT E..80'S, WHEN THEY LEFT THE 64 BEHIND. T HEY..NEVER HEARD ABOUT THE PARTY, THE SC ENE..IN THE LATER YEARS OR ANYTHING. BUT THEY..PREDICTED THE 2..0-HOLOCAUST AND SUR-..RVIVED. SO I AM BRINGING THEM HOME , MAN...LISTEN, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE, HA VE A..CHAT WITH AN OLD FRIEND OF YOURS." ..THERE WAS A NOICE AS JAZZCAT PASSED OV ER..THE PHONE TO SOMEONE ELSE..."HELLO?" , A VOICE SAID...I WAS DEAD SILENT. I CO ULD HEAR MY PULSE..BEATING....."UHM...UH M, WHO IS THIS?", I ASKED ALMOST..WHISPE RING....."I AM THE FLICKER YOU CANNOT FI X!", HE SAID..AND LAUGHED NICELY. "I WIL L SEE YOU IN SOME..HOURS, KEEP THE COFFE E HOT, WILL YOU?"...."GALLEON?", I ASKED . IT WAS! IT WAS REALLY..GALLEON, MY OLD FRIEND, THE CODER, THE..INVENTOR OF THE CRUELCRUNCHER! THERE WAS..A NOICE AS JA ZZCAT TOOK THE RECEIVER..AGAIN AND START ED BABBLING....."LISTEN NEWSIE, I WANT T HE BIG SHOW NOW...I WANT YOU TO ALERT TH E PUBLIC. CALL THE..MAGAZINES, CALL THE TV-STATIONS, ALERT..THE PEOPLE! TELL THE M ALL TO BE AT THE..AIRPORT AND WELCOME US! I'M NOT BRINGING..ONLY 64'S, I'M BRI NGING HOME THE LOST..TRIBE. SPHINX IS CO MING TO TOWN! I WANT..IT TO BE A BIG SPE CATCLE, I WANT EVERY..GODDAMN GUY IN THE NATION TO KNOW THERE..IS A PARTY AT THE AIRPORT. SPHINX IS..COMING TOWN!"....^G "SPHINX IS COMING TO TOWN.", I REPLIED.. ^GAND HUNG UP.....AS I HUNG UP ON JAZZCA T, I STILL DIDN'T..KNOW WHAT TO THINK. B UT IF IT WAS TRUE,..WE'D HAVE MORE COLOR BARS THAN EVER..BEFORE. AND WHO COULD RE SIST THAT?...!_.........
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