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Acolyte VIQer >> GHOST RACING ......................................... Acolyte Serena >> POETRY CORNER ...................................... Enaxtre The Eye >> LETTER TO THE EDITOR ........................... Who sent this to us? >> FIRST IMPRESSIONS ............................... Marianne G Fairlie >> BAR-L OPENS TO THE PUBLIC ............................. Acolyte VIQer >> OUR LOTTO WINNERS ...................................... Acolyte Lynx >> SEEN ON THE STREET ......................................... Rosaleah >> SEEN ON THE STREET PART TWO ........................... Acolyte VIQer >> IN SEARCH OF A PONYTAIL PART TWO ........................ Marianne G >> PHANTASUS EVENT SCHEDULING.................................... MARVL >> RAZZAMATAZZ'S PHANTASTICAL PUZZICAL ....................... RazzaMaTazz ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >> FROM THE EDITORS DESK Already we are publishing our fourth issue! It surely doesn't seem like we've been here this long already. How does that saying go... Time flies when you're havin' fun? We've had two new areas open since our beginning in Phantasus and there are more surprises for us in the future! The BAR-L was the latest of new places to visit. The Vazmart now has much more to offer than it did when we all first arrived on Kymer. So many new things and events are happening that it's just impossible to keep up with it all! And now Kymer is open to the public, we hope you will come join us and enjoy your stay in Phantasus, it's getting to be more colorful every day! We have many new Kymerians arriving every day, almost to many to count. Well, the more the merrier I always say! It's nice to see all the new faces and so many questions ranging from "where can I get new clothes" to "where is all the action". There is plenty to keep you entertained for days, just check the weekly event schedule before you arrive. Our helpful and friendly staff of Acolytes are here to assist you and has been increased to accomodate all the new arrivals into the dreamscape who may need assistance. Please feel free to Page an Acolyte from the Help menu. Above all else, have a great time! May all your dreams be of Phantasus ......THE EDITOR ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >> GHOST RACING By Alcolyte Serena We had a nice turn out and many thanks to Brynne who is willing to help out and put up with all my crashing :D Winners included Acolyte Indigo for two races and 100T, Shaker winning a key to my heart charm and a Barbie Head. He says it will go to a lady of his choice. Miranda Mirage won some paint and a Duck Head, and Acolyte Nicci and Sabertooth each won two races for 100T each. Sweets also walked off with 40Ts. This being the last race of the month, it was time to find out who would be August Ghost Race Champion. It was neck and neck for a while, but when the last race was done, Shaker and Miranda Mirage were tied with four races each. Time for the final race to decide the grand prize winner, and it went to Shaker! He won 200T and a space head. You can see a picture of it in the libraries under ghost1.gif! The other contest going was a chance to guess how many times I would dump. There were three guesses, Acolyte Lynx guessed 2 times, Shaker guessed 5 and Calypso guessed 9. I crashed four times so Lynx, who was closest without going over, won 300T. Thanks to the Oracles who donated a nice Space Head for the Monthly Prize. Hope to see you all there in front of Isle Caribe for all the races next month! ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >> POETRY CORNER Enaxtre the Eye came by our offices the other day with this poem in hand, again a gift from the Waking World, written by one named Dawnne. "as one" Another night in shadows cast even deeper our world breaks forth in silence we walk as one in the face of forever we sing as one Another night in shadows rising further still our Light shines forth in gladness we stand as one in the face of Infinity and cry as one into this night (c) copyright 1993 & 1995, by Dawnne ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >> LETTER TO THE EDITOR DEAR EDITOR: Does anyone know anything about the gate referenced below?? Has anyone seen it?? To where does it take us?? Ahh. Great Oracle in the sky, please tell us! Taken from Waguide.wri: 5.7.4 The Gate A mysterious Gate stands to the north of the city. No one knows who erected the gate or why it's here, marring it's surroundings. Rumor has it that the Oracles know something about the gate, but, when asked, they won't say..... EDITOR: I personally checked this out and it would seem that this Gate stands somewhere in the foothils North of the city. The Oracles of course are stil being as tight lipped as ever. Will the Gate ever open up? I hope so! (Special note: All comments to the Editors are welcome! Send your letters to the waking-world CIS e-mail address of 75664,663 with the subject: LETTER TO EDITORS until the Temple Priests bring their own mail system into the Dreamscape. Please mark all letters you do not wish published as NOT FOR PUBLICATION. All mail to the Editors not so marked will be considered for publication, subject to editing for clarity and space considerations.) ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >> FIRST IMPRESSIONS By Marianne G Fairlie If you have any you'd like to send along, please send them in private forum mail or E-Mail to Marianne G 72007,221 and thanks in advance for your contributions! Ravens - You've seen them, the Raven statues on the fountain area. Am I the only one that when I click on them hope to see, Quote the Raven - Nevermore! ?? Dancing - Guys get the funky chicken and gals get the WA stomp, that seems to be very close to the WA temper tantrum. What gives? The men are airborne and the women are kicking such a ruckus up on the ground that they lose their legs! Bar-L Bar - Brings memories back of the Silver Token Saloon. Did you see the saddle in the vending machine? Did you see the horse head in the other? So, if one avatar had the head on, and another had the saddle, could one ride the other around town? Speaking of the Vending machines, the head one says it's Western heads, but not a single cowboy hat in there! Ok, so maybe I was thinking of a cowgirl with a ponytail, but still... Street Markers - Nice little compass points, telling us which way the view is, which way to go. First time I got inworld I thought they were just fancy sewer openings, but can't seem to get any of them open to check out below ground. Hmmm, this place has to have some kind of sewer system, right? ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >> BAR-L OPENS TO THE PUBLIC By Acolyte VIQer A long awaited Wednesday August 30th, 5 PM WA time had arrived in Kymer. Everyone was attending the opening of the BAR-L that day. Must have been a lot of thirsty customers too. We can remember seeing a new record set for number of ghosts in one locale, that magic number is now set at 56 Ghosts! Can you believe that? And six other Kymerians wating to crash open the door, all out of an insane thirst for their favorite Kymerian beverage, bringing the total outside the door to 62 people. It wasn't just the beverages that they were all waiting for. Rumor had it that the Acolytes had something very special for everyone! It was a gift from Morpheus himself, brought through Kymer Customs with a special authorization. As the moment arrived everybody was poised at the door. Suddenly Oracle Vaserius shows up and uttered a few appropriate ceremonial words. He was ready and opened the door for us to let the *wild hoards* in. These people were thirsty!! All 62 of 'em. There was a mad rush on the door. Everyone wanted to squeeze through the door at the same time! As we all entered the new establishment an announcement was heard from an Acolyte in the room: Pizza! Everyone get your Pizza here! Well, pizza to go along with the Martini's and Red Eye found in the Vendroid at the right room! There is still a locked chest in there who's contents remain a mystery, no one seems to have the key. There were found some new items in the left room of the bar, and one of them was a bowling pin! What? No bowling balls yet?? How are we supposed to use those pins? Maybe a default Bald head would do the trick? This opening was a huge success! It couldn't have been any better! And it was so crowded that most had to enter as ghosts for awhile, all around were people waiting to get their slice of pizza... Phantasus Pizza....Mmmmmmmmmm Yum! Hold the anchovies please! And they were drinking that cheap stuff.... Red Eye, and red eyes they had! Martinis were served very dry, my favorite, so dry there's no liquid in the glass! There will be a picture posted in the library Life In WA, file name BAR-L.gif. this shows our Oracle Vaserius as he performs the opening ceremony, check it out! ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< DREAMSCAPE DREAM LOTTO REPORT! By Acolyte Lynx On Saturday, September 2, the Dreamscape Dream Lotto Numbers drawn were: 03-09-10-13-17-19 The following three Avatars matched four of the six numbers which means they win one free ticket each! 1. Keldar 2. Kari 3. Gigaki Please see Acolyte Lynx inworld to get your free ticket! The September 9, 1995 jackpot is worth: 1000 tokens!! Lucky 3 Lottery numbers were: 8-1-2 Jackpot:250T No winner! For rules on playing the WA Lotteries please read the Lotto file in the WA file Library! ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >> SEEN ON THE STREET by Rosaleah When you run into Mr. O'Roarke and Tattoo, you'll notice that Tattoo, poor fellow, has lost his body! When I spoke to him, Mr. O'Roarke wasn't certain just what had happened to Tattoo's body, but as long as Tattoo hasn't lost his head as well, he figures Tattoo will tell him the tale one day. I asked him to let us know all about it as soon as he knows! Meanwhile, if Mr. O'Roarke claims to be your host and welcomes you to Phantasus Island, remind him that Phantasus is the *city* while Kymer is the *island* !! Wacky Tobacky remarked the other night that he's pleased to see more and more Hippies arriving in Phantasus these days. He was sharing his pipe with one of the newer arrivals the last I saw him, and showing off his broccoli head. I fear his fellow Hippie may have thought the broccoli was the result of the contents of the pipe, but I can't know for sure! Many of our citizens have been hanging out on Cypress Street lately, waiting to give a helping hand to all the new citizens disembarking from the Argo! The most popular place to take the new arrivals seems to be V-Mart, where a change of clothing adds color to everyone. I overheard a remark that soon the whole city will be one big Rainbow! Time for a fashion show, anyone? Among the new arrivals was a group of casually-clothed folks who said they were members of an OLYMPICS committee! Asked what that meant, they explained that they'd heard the citizens of Phantasus enjoyed playing games and sports, so they'd decided to hold an OLYMPICS compe- tition right here during the whole month of October!! Wow!! They even said we could host our own games as part of the OLYMPICS, and they'd be letting everyone know how to do that very soon! "Watch the messages in the Forum!" one of them exclaimed. The Forum? Like Rome? No, no, they said, "Section 3! News and Promotions!" So of course we said we'd watch!! Of course, one of them also thought a fuzzie was a football and was surprised when the fuzzie objected! ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >> SEEN ON THE STREET PART TWO By Acolyte VIQer It seems that before the release of the Dreamscape to the public, there was a new avatar in town from a distant land trying to ask some improper questions of our Kymerians. It turns out he was from a foreign magazine. His name was Uriah and we were careful to be tight lipped and not answer his prying questions, he had not been sanctioned by Morpheus! Soon after this incident involving more than one citizen, Uriah has dissappered into thin air! What could have happened to him? Did he upset Morpheus and pay a severe penalty? The world may never know! And also seen was a one and only Bald default head in possesion of Captain Picard from Trek Trivia. Rumor has it that he had grown a full head of hair overnight. He was so very displeased that the almighty Morpheus had been said to sense his displeasure! And so it came to pass that Morpheus had granted a special request and made him bald again! Captain Picard was very ecstatic to recive from Morpheus such a wonderful gift. Many thanks to the omniscient one from our renewed Captain, and May there be many a Trek Trivia again!! Don't miss Wacky Tobaccy and that pipe of his, he just puffs away! Stop and visit with him awhile and check out his Psychedelic paint job! He finally got the pipe he so badly wanted! He lets his pet rabbit Angora loose in the yard while playing his '64 Gibson guitar! He's also into his Bass and Banjo with his spare time! These are his other pets. His picture will be posted in the forum library #19, file name Wacky.gif as promised from the Oil of Okay story in our previous issues, look for the guy with the Pipe. That's Wacky!! ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >> IN SEARCH OF A PONYTAIL (Part 2 - Vending Machines) By Marianne G Ok, so I was here in the new world with a cheap head and no Choke, but would that stop me? No, I would just have to find a head that was right for me. A head with your basic pony tail. So, I headed for the shopping area, and as I went, I examined the other heads I found. I had headed off in the wrong direction, so I went ALL the way around the fountain almost before I came to the NuYu shop. I don't know how I did it, they did have clearly marked signs as you came off the Promenade. I had not seen one single ponytail on the way there. I had not even seen two tails. It seemed no one else here had them. I was starting to get worried. Into the shop, a very busy place, I went. The very first room off from the main entrance had female heads. Maybe my luck had changed and I'd find it in the first room. I still had to fight the problem of no side view, but I figured, when I saw the head, I would know it. Yea, they had heads, one that reminded me of Lady Godiva, a Rebecca at Sunnybrook Farm type which had some possibilities, an Elf, one that looked like a female vulcan, the Queen of the Nile, and no ponytail that I could see. Course, they had different names, but that was my impression of them. Then I saw the door leading into the next room. Maybe in there? As I went toward the door, I found that it said I would pass through to Produce heads. WOW! I could produce my own head! I could just make my own with a ponytail on it. This was going to be great. Better even then I could have believed. I was so pumped, my heart almost died when I passed through the door to the other side. ;;SIGH;; It was not Produce as in make your own head, it was Produce as in carrots and radishes and pumpkin heads. I guess if I got hungry it would have been nice to have a head I could eat, but hunger was not as great as my disappointment at the moment. Continuing on, I found other heads, cats, dogs, and even a unicorn. Now that one, once I found my real head, I would go back for. Everyone needs a unicorn to depend on. With a tight budget, however, I needed to get my ponytail first. After a search through the entire stock in the vending machines, I knew it was a lost cause. I would not be wearing a ponytail, black, blue or otherwise, any time soon. Heading back out into the streets, I noticed it was getting dark already, and I didn't even have a place to stay. No ponytail, no Choke and no home to call my own. I went to find a quiet corner to cry in. (In two weeks, part 3 of the search!) Marianne G 72007,221 ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< PHANTASUS EVENT SCHEDULE: CONTRIBUTED BY MARVL FROM AU FAIT TODAY ---Monday, September 04, 1995 5:00PM-7:00PM IC, Ghost Races, Serena & Brynne 5:30PM-6:00PM WFL, Lottery Tickets on Sale, Lynx ---Tuesday, September 05, 1995 11:00AM-1:00PM VCL, Word Scramble, To Be Determined 6:00PM-7:30PM VCL, Word Scramble, Holger, Indigo, and Ravenwhyte 9:00PM-11:00PM VCL, Botticelli, MarvL $ ---Wednesday, September 06, 1995 4:00PM-5:00PM Various Places, Hunt for Stuff, Lynx 5:00PM-5:30PM SFC, Lottery Tickets on Sale, Lynx 6:00PM-8:00PM VCL, Worlds of Fortune, Data, Indigo, and Milen ---Thursday, September 07, 1995 5:00PM-8:00PM Somewhere (ESP for a hint), Where Am I, Brynne 6:00PM-8:00PM BBS, Egghead Trivia, Chameleon ---Friday, September 08, 1995 6:00PM-8:00PM VCL, Pitfall, Ravenwhyte, Indigo, and Data $ 9:00PM-11:00PM VCL, Dreaming Insomniac's Society, Milen $ 8:00PM-10:00PM BBS, Trek Trivia, VIQer ---Saturday, September 09, 1995 2:00PM-4:00PM BBS, Bar Quiz, Moria $ 3:00PM-3:30PM FCR7, Lottery Drawing, Lynx 3:30PM-4:30PM SFC, Lottery Tickets on Sale, Lynx 6:00PM-8:00PM BBS, Dance Contest (Male), Marianne G, Serena, Lynx, BLD 6:00PM-8:00PM VCL, Worlds of Fortune, Data & Indigo $ 9:00PM-11:00PM VCL, Dreaming Insomniac's Society, Milen $ ---Sunday, September 10, 1995 9:00AM-10:00AM Everywhere, Token Hunt, Khai Joybringer 11:00AM-12:00PM FCR18, Scheduling Conference, Visitors are welcome. 11:00AM-1:00PM HG, Trivia, Gandalf & Nicci 1:00PM-2:00PM FCR2, Games People Play and their Dynamics, MarvL. $ 2:00PM-4:00PM VCL, The Brit's Quiz, Slick Jim Barlow 8:00PM-10:00PM VCC, Relay Races, VIQer KEY: VCC=Visitors Center, Center Room VCL=Visitors Center Left BBS=Bar-L Bar Storeroom SFC=South Fountain Center IC =Isle Caribe HG =Harlequin Games FCR2=WorldsAway Community Forum Conference Room 2 FCR7=WorldsAway Community Forum Conference Room 7 FCR18=WorldsAway Community Forum Conference Room 18 Please note that spontaneous events will be held from time to time and these are but some of the fabulous events in our new world! Best bet is to listen to your Town Crier for more details. ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >> RAZZAMATAZZ'S PHANTASTICAL PUZZICAL Yess! Let's do it again!! I'se still a tokenses-less duckie, but I found my phantasy duckie-babe last week, so I'm a happical duck even if pooorrrr!!! Yah know, I wuz soooo happikans, I wuz celebrating in phine style in the Bar-L-Bar, when dis puzzical just kinda popped up into my duckie brain! I wrote it out on dah table wid some chalk! But I musta had more to drink dan I thought I had, 'cause after I wrote out dah puzzle, I couldn't solve it! Dis is one a dem crytogrammies. If yah knows whut dat iz, yer half way home!! One letter substy-tutes fer anudder! Dis one's a list, but whut's it a list uv? I fergot!!! Tell me da anzer to da question, an' I'll buy ya a drink in da Bar! Hokay? Hokay!! 1. B K J J A L 4. H R X O R M H 2. B L N C 5. R N I F A U 3. C A C L 6. 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