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Matthew Fluxington
11:17 / 20.11.03
Oh man. I can't believe how bad things went yesterday.

Just to let you know, Eddie, Theo, Qalyn, and I are safe. As Merline posted yesterday, we are in a safe mob-free location that I should not disclose. I'm glad to know that most of you are alright, though I'm really sorry about what happened to Deric and Jermaine Jr.

Flyboy, you've got to pull yourself together, man! Dozens of people are dead or injured because of your mistake. The only good thing about it is that apparently a lot of those people were involved in the mob. So, um, thanks. Now they are even more mad at us, and we're probably going to get blamed for blowing things up.

So listen, people, we need to accomplish four things. It may seem totally hopeless and impossible, but we have to do what we can. We need to:

1) Find that crazy guy in leather and fur who was after me and Eddie, and shot Hammer with his crossbow.

2) Stop the mob, and bring them to justice.

3) Stop the mob hackers from further disrupting the code matrix of Barbelith and turning it into a porn/gambling site.

and most important of all,

4) SURVIVE!
 
 
The Apple-Picker
11:41 / 20.11.03
Are Deric and Jermaine Jr. okay? Did they eat all the no-bake cookies?
 
 
8===>Q: alyn
11:46 / 20.11.03
Wait, something got blown up? I must've missed that. Otherwise, I'm not sure yesterday's horrible disaster was that big a deal. I mean, this is New York, this kind of stuff happens all the time. I don't think the cops even bothered to show up.

Okay, I think I have a plan to accomplish a and c, at least, and possibly d. I think b is a little unrealistic, personally.

I just got an email from Dooley. That guy in the fur and leather is named Roy, but he's part of this New Jersey Fight Club circuit where they call him KillRoy. I've issued a challenge through the New Jersey Fight Club message boards for KillRoy to meet me in personal combat on the Williamsburg bridge. Everyone on Barbelith should bet all their money on me to win (Flux, that includes the take from yesterday's concert). We should be able to make enough money to hire our own hackers and save the Barbelith matrix from corruption and maybe get some evidence on the mob or something--though again I think that's more trouble than it's worth.

My New Jersey Fight Club name is Massykr.
 
 
rizla mission
12:14 / 20.11.03
I hope you've got plenty of dirty tricks up your sleeve, Qalyn.

If this guy's fooling around with poison darts an' shit, I think a fair fight is out of the question.
 
 
8===>Q: alyn
12:18 / 20.11.03
Oh, don't worry, Rizla. I've got my killing stick and I've seen Crocodile Dundee about a million times. KillRoy is dead meat.

Remember Barbelith--Always Bet On Black!
 
 
whisperingfist
13:35 / 20.11.03
come on Massykr!

And don't take no notice of people telling you Killroy's body is made of electrics, nylon and spikes. This is merely conjecture. Furthermore, they're just haters.
 
 
whisperingfist
13:37 / 20.11.03
oh yeah.....crazylove.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
13:39 / 20.11.03
Qalyn, this sounds really, really risky and crazy. Nevertheless, I'm going to defer to you because pretty much everything I've been in charge of over the past two days has gone to hell.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
16:41 / 20.11.03
It's really weird that none of us have heard from Todd in a while. I hope that he's okay.

Merline is a really weird girl, Q. She makes me nervous.
 
 
MJ-12
16:51 / 20.11.03
Qalyn, KillRoy has really fast left, but can't handle chokeholds. If you can get him to the ground, you should be able to fold him up like a cheap paper bag.
 
 
Papess
17:28 / 20.11.03
Ok, I am bringing my squad over for back up Qalyn. No one should be takking down mob hackers all by themself. (Actually, they are my army, but they are small in numbers at the mo' so I am just going with "squad". Besides, there are eight of us and "squad" sounds so much like "squid"...who could resist?) We have highly skilled team here of trained assassins with various areas of expertise. We are currently finished with making a few thousand blow darts for subversive attacks...When you smackdown the KillRoy, which I am assuming you want to handle in a personal manner, we can head over to the mob hackers HQ and take them out ninja stylee...and if anyone mentions a pirate after this and fux up this thread, I'll cut you.

Now Squid Squad! get ready...aaaaand.... BLOW!
 
 
Ethan Hawke
18:35 / 20.11.03
You know, "Flux," some people would know enough not to schedule a Jermaine fucking Stewart fucking Jr. concert on a day their friend had to work. Is this how you treat your friends? There are probably no no-bake cookies left for me, either, nor any fajitas. You guys suck. All of you.

And Qalyn? Killing Stick? Please. Merline brought it over here one night because she thought I might want to check it out. It's just a stick of pepperoni wrapped in tinfoil. And furthermore....KillRoy was there? Geez, the Purple Horse? Killroy? the Mafia? you guys are the worst pulp novelists ever. I bet there wasn't even a concert and you were making this whole thing up.

Don't bother me.
 
 
I'm Rick Jones, bitch
18:38 / 20.11.03
wasps




oh dear god



wasps wasps WASPS!!!!!

THERE! ARE! WASPS! EVERYWHERE!!!!
 
 
Murray Hamhandler
21:36 / 20.11.03
Good day, fellows. I surmised that an update was due, so I shall supply one.

Jermaine, Jr. and I were released from the hospital late this morning. J.J. is, unfortunately, slightly worse off than I. It turns out that he has multiple compound fractures over 90% of his body, which should have been obvious to me yesterday when I noticed bits of bone protruding from multiple places on his body. I suppose I simply thought that it was some new form of body modification of which I was previously unaware. I, on the other hand, am apparently quite lucky that the blade of that foul villain KillRoy managed to miss any major organs when it pierced me. My spleen is shot, but otherwise I'm doing fairly well.

It took a bit of doing, but I managed to persuade J.J. to remain by my side so that I could protect him from further possible attack. I suppose that I could have just commandeered his wheelchair without his permission, but I felt that course of action would be rude (especially given his star status). After checking the computer in the hospital cafeteria for the latest news on this week-long tragedy, we decided that the best course of action would be to make for Bio's deceased grandmother's house, where we've been for the better part of the day.

Everything is fine here at the moment. As stated before, I'm holding up well, considering the abuse that my body endured yesterday. My medication seems to have worn off completely and I'm feeling very strangely indeed. An alarming sense of clarity has eclipsed the warm blanket of befuddlement that the Welbutrin generally swaddles me in. The one good thing that has come out of my unmedicated state is that I've suddenly recalled that I have a B.S. in computer information systems, which, with the help of Bio's Commodore 64, should come in quite handy in the ensuing battle with the mob hackers. My skills are in your corner, fellows.

I'm pleased to hear that everyone is at the very least healthy and alive. Together, we will get through this trying time. Flux, keep your chin up and be a brave father for the sake of your children. Theo and Eddie Willis, be a good daughter and son and make this as easy on your daddy as possible. Todd, you should be ashamed of yourself. Flyboy, if you drop the soap, leave it where it lies. Q, we're going to try to make it to your battle with the fiend KillRoy. I shall take great relish in seeing his sorry end. But for now, I believe that I shall join Bio and J.J. in the parlor, where they're in the middle of some video called Messy Tentacle Scat 4. It sounds like just the kind of light-hearted romp I need right now to take my mind off of the situation. I bid you a hearty adieu.
 
 
8===>Q: alyn
21:50 / 20.11.03
Maaaaannnnn morphikne is good srtuff.

okay, O'm in the hospital. KillRoy broke my jaw in three places and punctured a lung but I won! I jammed that pepperoni right through his eyesocket into his braoin. I think I got his brain, anyway, I'm not sure. He fell off the bridge at that point. I hope you all got your bets in. Special shoutout to to the Bay Ridge Knights of Columbus for making up those Massykr t-shirts, they were really rad and inspired me to "Whomp that sucker!" If anyone wants one, contact massykr-ts@bayridgekofc.org. All proceeds go to the Knights of Barbelith Foundation.

I gotta go, Nurse Chan is here to shave my backl. Hey, the panda got here with my car keys. Great!

May Trix, good luck at mafia headquarters tomorrow, dude. YOU MUST MAKE THEM FACE THE SQUID!
 
 
The Apple-Picker
21:55 / 20.11.03
Oh my god. You've made Jermaine, Jr. sound like he's pudding. A broken and crushed human mass of chocolate pudding. And some cherry wine. Uh-huh.
 
 
Murray Hamhandler
22:09 / 20.11.03
Oh, no no, Miss Apple-Picker. He's slightly more gelatinous than pudding at the moment, I assure you.

By the by, J.J. wanted me to let you know that the no-bake cookies and Rice Krispie treats were a delight. You could say that he's actually eating some right now. Or you could say that he's trying to drink an impromptu cookie/Rice Krispie treat shake that I whipped up for him. "Trying" being the operative word.

The fisticuffs were an absolute marvel to witness, Q! You showed that ruffian how it's done! Kudos on your win, and here's to hoping you're tip-top and back on your feet in no time!

P.S. I have discovered, I'm afraid, that there is more than one definition of the word "scat".
 
 
bio k9
22:11 / 20.11.03
Shit!

Hey everyone, Deric and I are down at the coffee house across the street from the apartment and we're in a bit of trouble. My Uncle George came over unannounced and flipped out about the video Deric and I were watching. He started yelling and waving his arms and switching from english to german and back again so fast I had trouble understanding exactly what he was saying. Something about grandmas corpse, feces and hiroshima. It made no fucking sense at all. Anyway, the problem is that Deric and I have been kicked out of grandma ruths house and Jermaine Jr. is still up there, passed out on her bed. I tried to tell my uncle but he wasn't listening to anything. He locked us out of the apartment and my wallet and all my stuff are still up there. I had a little bit of change in the zipper pocket of my KangaROOS but it isn't going to cover much more than the use of this computer.

We need some help here people!
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
12:06 / 21.11.03
Just to update you all on my situation: shit was fucked up for a while there, but I got things under control. Right after I posted in the last thread, my front door was kicked in by a couple of heavies in black suits and ties, and guys in balaclavas and black jumpsuits come crashing threw my bedroom window. Even though I had a couple of booby-traps set up to deal with uninvited guests (based on the teachings of Richard Dean Anderson, these all involved harnessing the earth's natural resources and whatever household objects were handy at the time - eg, by forcing the door, one of the creepy agents unleashed a swarm of killer wasps who had been sealed in an empty hot chocolate jar - they promptly stung him repeatedly as he shouted "wasps! wasps!" in agony), they were able to overpower and choloroform me.

When I woke up, I was half-way over the Atlantic ocean. That scumfuck Tony Blair had allowed the NSA to extradite me, and I was in a Black Ops plane on my way to be tortured and interrogated by Pointdexter. FORTUNATELY on our arrival at a secret US base, I was liberated by Pointdexter's teenage daughter, who is a martial arts expert and computer whizzkid as well as kinda hot. However, when I explained to her that my heart belongs to another, she engaged me in mortal combat and I was sadly forced to tear off her arms.

Anyway, as I type this I am steering a small dolphin-powered dingy up the East Coast of the USA. I should be arriving in NYC within a few hours - I just pray that it's in time, because I have to warn Flux about something, something I dare not even type here. Flux may be in terrible danger... Faster, children of the ocean, faster!
 
 
bitchiekittie
12:58 / 21.11.03
goddamned dolphin-oppressor
 
 
I'm Rick Jones, bitch
13:08 / 21.11.03
THE WASPS!!!!!!!!

THEY'VE BEEN TRACKING ME ALL NIGHT

YOU HAVE TO HELP



YOU HAVE TO
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
13:31 / 21.11.03
Look bitchiekittie, flyboy called them his "children of the ocean". He's like a fucking father to them.

I even heard a rumour he was the long lost King of Atlantis.

Anyway, my point is, if you disrespect any of us again I'll hit you so hard it'll make you fart!

(Insult stolen from RZA's grandad. FACT.)
 
 
bitchiekittie
13:56 / 21.11.03
look, stankdrawers, you keep getting aggro with me I'm gonna havta snap on some rubber gloves and snatch you baldbottomed.
 
 
I'm Rick Jones, bitch
13:57 / 21.11.03
Suedehead, you punch, is nothink. I am writting new subway commercial, in it Green Beret is punchink you so hard in heart you die
 
  
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