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From: owner-arfic-l-digest@lists.xmission.com (arfic-l-digest) To: arfic-l-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: arfic-l-digest V1 #38 Reply-To: arfic-l-digest Sender: owner-arfic-l-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-arfic-l-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk arfic-l-digest Saturday, September 22 2001 Volume 01 : Number 038 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 16:41:16 -0400 From: "Michele Bumbarger" <mbumbarger@hotmail.com> Subject: (arfic-l) ADMIN: American Tragedy I would like to take time out right now to acknowledge the tragedy that has befallen the US at this time. I would like to extend sympathies and prayers to those who have lost family members, and support to those still waiting to hear some word. I pray that those of you in and around the NYC and DC area are safe and well. Please also, allow me to point out there there is a critical blood shortage out there, and to urge everyone who can to please make a donation. Particularly if you are in or near NYC or DC, this is when your help and aid is needed desperately. While this list has in the past only been used as a forum for fiction, please feel free to use this list as a place to communicate with others. Use this as a sounding board for your fears and a place to find a sympathetic shoulder. Everyone,please take a moment to remember, to grieve, and to pray. ********************************************** Michele B. Archivist, Author & Webmistress Alternate Realities Fan Fiction Archive http://www.alternate-realities.net ********************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - - To unsubscribe to arfic-l, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe arfic-l" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 19:17:42 EDT From: Slayervick@aol.com Subject: Re: (arfic-l) ADMIN: American Tragedy - --part1_69.1ad717c0.28cff596_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey everybody. Sounding board, thank god. I sure as hell needed somewhere to talk. First of all, however, I would like to say thank you to Michele for helping me out his morning; I was in the bubble they call High School when the attack began, and she supplied me with details as to what was going on while i was disconnected to the radio or television. About what Michele said in terms of donating blood, if you are in or around the areas of need, then go to your local hospitals, call them, and see if they not only need donors, but volunteers. there are so many who are stepping up to donate their blood to the cause, but not enough are volunteering to help process these poeple. go to your hospital: take down histories, give out apple juice: anything. Take a stand, don't take all of this lying down. If your school is cancelled or work called off- if you are free at any time-, go to a place of worship if you ascribe to such things and give support to those who need it. Go to your hospitals, like i will be doing tomorrow. find a way to help! And most of all, folks, a point that i can't emphasise enough at this critical juncture in united states history, do not place blame on anyone or ignite hatred in our country. what we need now is peace, between our neighbours and ourselves. be supportive, not instigative. I love you all, and extend my deepest condolences to all affected in this tragedy. if anybody wants to talk about it, please email me privately. Peace and Prayers, Victoria RED CROSS #: 1-800-HELP-NOW 1-800-GIVE-LIFE - --part1_69.1ad717c0.28cff596_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML>Hey everybody. Sounding board, thank god. I sure as hell needed somewhere to talk. First of all, however, I would like to say thank you to Michele for helping me out his morning; I was in the bubble they call High School when the attack began, and she supplied me with details as to what was going on while i was disconnected to the radio or television. About what Michele said in terms of donating blood, if you are in or around the areas of need, then go to your local hospitals, call them, and see if they not only need donors, but volunteers. there are so many who are stepping up to donate their blood to the cause, but not enough are volunteering to help process these poeple. go to your hospital: take down histories, give out apple juice: anything. Take a stand, don't take all of this lying down. If your school is cancelled or work called off- if you are free at any time-, go to a place of worship if you ascribe to such things and give support to those who need it. Go to your hospitals, like i will be doing tomorrow. find a way to help! And most of all, folks, a point that i can't emphasise enough at this critical juncture in united states history, do not place blame on anyone or ignite hatred in our country. what we need now is peace, between our neighbours and ourselves. be supportive, not instigative. I love you all, and extend my deepest condolences to all affected in this tragedy. if anybody wants to talk about it, please email me privately. Peace and Prayers, Victoria RED CROSS #: 1-800-HELP-NOW 1-800-GIVE-LIFE</HTML> - --part1_69.1ad717c0.28cff596_boundary-- - - To unsubscribe to arfic-l, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe arfic-l" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:36:44 -0400 From: "Michele Bumbarger" <mbumbarger@hotmail.com> Subject: (arfic-l) OT: Fandom's New Menace I've saw this on another mailing list and thought I would post it . . . Fandom's new menace: áMunchausen by Internet You never really know the people that you meet online. áAt least not at first. If you're lucky, you get to meet your cyberfriends in real life. Talk to each other on the phone. áReally get to know the person behind the computer screen. áBut sometimes, even the best of us get taken in by people. á Some people enjoy being the center of attention and play on people's emotions to get it. áThe emails start out simple enough...hi, hello, how are you. áThen things start to go bad. áAnd it's all behind the scenes. Just a select few are chosen to know the most intimate details. áThe rest of the list is treated to the general details, but not before the person has thoroughly made themselves a place on the list. áAnd then all hell breaks loose. áThis happens, that happens, sometimes the personality even dies and a relative or other person comes online and accepts all the comfort for the victim. áThe ultimate hurt/comfort story. It's a relatively new phenomenon on the net, but Munchausen's is by no means a new disease. áIt has affect people of every race and colour world wide. áMunchausen's is a need to be the center of attention, garnering emotional support from those who most often give it freely. In the real world, these people pepper our Emergency Rooms with real and imagined disorders. áThey hurt themselves to gain the attention they so crave. á The internet, on the other hand, offers a fresh avenue of emotional support. áThere is no need to physically hurt themselves, only click the mouse, find a convenient disease, and take on its characteristics. áOr perhaps take advantage of a natural disaster, such as the massive floods in Venezuela or the earthquakes in Turkey and Mexico. These people are con artists of the worst kind. áLists are torn apart, friendships ended, all because of the selfish actions of this one person. But it is the victims who are hurt the most by this terrible disease. The people who hold the hands of the perpetrator. áGive them emotional support. áListen endlessly as the perpetrator spins longer, deeper and more involved scenarios. áIt's akin to emotional rape. á These are the people who are the victims. áTheir trust is shattered and it may take months for them to feel normal again. áDon't be fooled, learn the signs. áTrust is all we have to share with fellow listsibs. á Some articles of interest: á http://www.shpm.com/articles/chronic/faking.html http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0126/russo.php This condition has already been identified in the Wild Wild West & Phantom Menace fandom and is currently affecting the Stargate fandom. á Also, Dr. Feldman, who identified this condition, has his website here: http://www.munchausen.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - - To unsubscribe to arfic-l, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe arfic-l" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:08:21 +1200 From: "Anne Olsen" <anneo@paradise.net.nz> Subject: (arfic-l) All That Glitter (0/20) - Disclaimer and Prologue This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C1434E.82211200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All That Glitters (0/20) by Anne Olsen Disclaimer The characters of Adam Newman, Megabyte Damon, Kevin Wilson, Ami = Jackson, Jade Weston, General William Damon, Colonel Masters, Millie = Damon and Caroline Damon belong to Roger Damon Price, Thames Television = and Nickelodeon. So do any other names or events linked to the Tomorrow = People TV series. Max Evans, Liz Parker, Maria DeLuca, Michael Guerin, Isabel Evans, Alex = Whitman, Kyle Valenti, Sheriff Jim Valenti and Milton belong to Melinda = Metz, Jason Katims and WB. All other concepts and events linked to = Roswell also belong to them. The characters of Joe Dawson and James Horton (who appear in name only) = belong to Panzer/David, Rysher/Gaumont Television. So do the concepts of = immortality, the Watchers and the Hunters. The characters of Geoff Anderson, Gil Hawkins, Jim Beckett and Simon = Trent belong to me and should not be used without permission. Author's notes This is the third story in the series Tears in Heaven. For further = information regarding the series please check out the web site at=20 http://www.alternate-realities.net/tearsinheaven/=20 The events that take place during the prologue of this story happen = during the first story in this series The Medusa Stone. .The remainder of the story takes place during the first season of = Roswell between the episodes 'The Convention' and 'Blind Date.' Slight = spoiler for season two opening episode. Summary All that glitters isn't gold. A case of mistaken identity leads an old = enemy to the Tomorrow People. (A NS Tomorrow People/Roswell xover) Telepathy is indicated by [] Rating: PG Fandoms: NS Tomorrow People / Roswell / Highlander (mention only) Archive: Yes please, but let me know first Thanks to Jocelyn, John, Nicole, Sarah, Caroline and Kristin for their = feedback and support while I was working on this story. Special thanks to Wendy, beta reader extraordinaire. We had many long = chats about this story as I was writing, and she helped with the = fine-tuning of quite a few of the ideas. Feedback to anneo@paradise.net.nz ******** Prologue November 1999 Jade Weston paced up and down on the beach outside the Tomorrow People's = ship, trying not to think about the last telepathic message they had = received from Adam and Megabyte. Every few moments she glanced over her = shoulder at the tip of the spaceship protruding out of the white sand, = and then back again at the foam crested waves surrounding the island. It = was almost as though she was hoping against hope that either of the boys = might suddenly appear out of thin air in front of her and that the whole = situation had been nothing but a bad dream. "Jade, are you okay?" Kevin Wilson put his arm around the young British = girl, trying to reassure her that everything was going to be fine. "No, I'm not!" snapped back Jade. "I'm really worried about Megabyte and = Adam. What if General Damon doesn't find out what's wrong with them? = Kevin, what are we going to do if they stay in that coma, or if they." = Her voice tailed off. The two boys had gone with Megabyte's father, General Damon, to Cheyenne = Mountain in Colorado, to the NORAD base there. What was supposed to be a = simple tour of the base had soon turned into something much more = dangerous. Jade, Ami and Kevin had received some very disturbing images = from both their fellow Tomorrow People, followed by pain. Adam had told = them all to stay away until he and Megabyte had found out what was = affecting them and why. Jade remembered arguing with Adam, but the older boy had been quite = insistent. Shortly afterwards Megabyte had sent her some strange images = involving a tall dark haired man. All telepathic contact had then been = lost with her two friends.=20 "Jade, I'm sure that's not going to happen. You've got to think = positive. Come on, let's go back to the ship, Ami's worried too you = know." Ami had rang General Damon on his cell phone, surmising that if he had = been with Adam and Megabyte he would know what had happened to them. Megabyte's father had sounded worried. Both boys were hooked up to life = support, and growing steadily weaker. Jade had talked to him and = explained about the flash Megabyte had sent her, and he was going to = look into it. That had been a good ten minutes ago and still they hadn't = heard anything, or received any form of telepathic communication from = either of their friends. Jade backed away. "Look, Kevin, I think I need time to myself. I need to = find something to keep my mind off things." She saw the worry in his = eyes as she spoke, a mirror of what she was feeling herself. "I'll come = back if anything changes, or when I feel I can cope better, promise." She closed her eyes and concentrated, disappearing in a flash of white = light, leaving Kevin on the beach, staring at the spot she had just = been. ************** Jade materialised in the small town of Roswell, New Mexico. She smiled = to herself, a small shaky smile. Looking around, she noticed with relief = that no one had seen her arrival. It makes sense I suppose, she thought to herself. Megabyte and Adam are = involved in something weird so I go and visit something equally weird. = Strange way of keeping your mind off things, she chastised herself. = Still, watching that programme about the Roswell landing with Megabyte = the night before had made her curious about the whole thing. It was = better she occupied herself here checking it out, than mope around the = ship worrying. Jade started walking through the town when a building with what she = supposed was meant to be a flying saucer on a big sign, caught her eye. = UFO centre, she read, noticing the pictures of so called aliens in the = windows. Might be a giggle. After all it's not as though these people = actually know what aliens really look like. Jade shivered, remembering = her encounter with the alien pod people.=20 "Can I help you?" asked a dark haired middle aged man coming towards = her. Jade noticed all the UFO buttons and badges on the man's jacket as = he came closer. Well, he looked normal enough, she thought, if maybe a = bit on the geeky side. "I was just thinking about looking in the UFO centre," she replied. To = her surprise the man burst into a huge grin and took her by the arm.=20 "Ah," he gushed. "Are you a believer? You're in luck young lady. I'm = just about to open up for the day. You can be our first visitor. I'm = Milton by the way and you are?" Jade backed off a bit. He seemed a bit.weird. Still, why not? The way = the guy was rabbiting on, he would certainly take her mind off her = current worries. If he got too much, she could always make her excuses = and disappear anyway. She noticed he was still talking. In fact he = hadn't even noticed she hadn't told him her name. Jade followed the man in through the front door. The place was really = quiet. Quiet, apart from Milton talking on and on that was. He turned = and asked her a question directly, and she realised with a touch of = guilt, that she hadn't really been taking in much of what he had been = saying. "I've just given my young assistant a very interesting book to read. In = fact he seems quite taken with it. Have you read James Atherton's 'Among = Us?" "No, I don't think I've heard of that one," Jade replied honestly. She = looked around the museum, and spotted a display which took her interest. = "Do you really think the UFO crash in 1947 was a weather balloon?" Old = newspaper clippings were tacked to the board. There were also a couple = of models of weather balloons of the time sitting on a nearby table. An = artist's impression of a spaceship looking suspiciously like a weather = balloon sat framed next to it. It was there to emphasis the likeness = between the two, she surmised.=20 "No, of course not. It was a government cover up, don't you think? I = mean there are probably aliens and the like walking around among us = right now and we'd never know. The government likes to keep all that = stuff to themselves you know. I mean, how do you know I'm not some sort = of mind reading alien, knowing exactly what you're thinking right now?" Milton's last question took Jade a bit by surprise, and she stared at = him, not sure how to answer. 'Well, I'd know because I'm a Tomorrow = Person' didn't really seem to be the answer to give under the = circumstances. She was about to change the subject when she heard a = familiar telepathic voice in her mind. [Hiya, squirt.] [Megabyte! Are you and Adam okay?] [Yeah, we're fine, but keep the volume down okay? My head still hurts.] = Jade could feel the red head mentally wince as he 'spoke'. [We're fine, Jade,] Adam sounded quiet, as though he had a lot on his = mind. [I'm still not sure the danger's over though.] Ami's mental voice interrupted the telepathic conversation. [Jade, come = back to the ship.] Jade was aware of a hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay?" Milton seemed concerned. "I didn't mean to scare you with all that talk = about government cover ups and aliens you know." He lowered his voice. = "It's just that most people don't realise that stuff exists. It's = important that they do, that's why I told you." "I'm fine." How was she going to get away from the man, she thought? He = certainly seemed to enjoy having a captive audience. She giggled to = herself, as she thought of her next course of action. Adam wouldn't be = impressed, she knew, at what she was about to do, but hey, she needed a = bit of a laugh after the last few hours. "Hey," she said, pointing to the other side of the room. "Isn't that one = of those mind reading aliens you were talking about earlier?" As Milton turned around to look where she was pointing, Jade closed her = eyes and teleported. ******************* End Part 0 - ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C1434E.82211200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> All That Glitters (0/20) by Anne Olsen Disclaimer The characters of Adam Newman, Megabyte Damon, Kevin Wilson, Ami = Jackson,=20 Jade Weston, General William Damon, Colonel Masters, Millie Damon and = Caroline=20 Damon belong to Roger Damon Price, Thames Television and Nickelodeon. So = do any=20 other names or events linked to the Tomorrow People TV series. Max Evans, Liz Parker, Maria DeLuca, Michael Guerin, Isabel Evans, = Alex=20 Whitman, Kyle Valenti, Sheriff Jim Valenti and Milton belong to Melinda = Metz,=20 Jason Katims and WB. All other concepts and events linked to Roswell = also belong=20 to them. The characters of Joe Dawson and James Horton (who appear in name = only)=20 belong to Panzer/David, Rysher/Gaumont Television. So do the concepts of = immortality, the Watchers and the Hunters. The characters of Geoff Anderson, Gil Hawkins, Jim Beckett and Simon = Trent=20 belong to me and should not be used without permission. Author's notes This is the third story in the series Tears in Heaven. For further=20 information regarding the series please check out the web site at = <FONT=20 size=3D2> <A=20 href=3D"http://www.alternate-realities.net/tearsinheaven/">http://www.alt= ernate-realities.net/tearsinheaven/</A>=20 The events that take place during the prologue of this story happen = during=20 the first story in this series The Medusa Stone. .The remainder of the story takes place during the first season of = Roswell=20 between the episodes 'The Convention' and 'Blind Date.' Slight spoiler = for=20 season two opening episode. Summary All that glitters isn't gold. A case of mistaken identity leads an = old enemy=20 to the Tomorrow People. (A NS Tomorrow People/Roswell xover) Telepathy is indicated by [] Rating: PG Fandoms: NS Tomorrow People / Roswell / Highlander (mention only) Archive: Yes please, but let me know first Thanks to Jocelyn, John, Nicole, Sarah, Caroline and Kristin for = their=20 feedback and support while I was working on this story. Special thanks to Wendy, beta reader extraordinaire. We had many long = chats=20 about this story as I was writing, and she helped with the fine-tuning = of quite=20 a few of the ideas. Feedback to <A=20 href=3D"mailto:anneo@paradise.net.nz">anneo@paradise.net.nz</A></U= ><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2> ******** Prologue November 1999 Jade Weston paced up and down on the beach outside the Tomorrow = People's=20 ship, trying not to think about the last telepathic message they had = received=20 from Adam and Megabyte. Every few moments she glanced over her shoulder = at the=20 tip of the spaceship protruding out of the white sand, and then back = again at=20 the foam crested waves surrounding the island. It was almost as though = she was=20 hoping against hope that either of the boys might suddenly appear out of = thin=20 air in front of her and that the whole situation had been nothing but a = bad=20 dream. "Jade, are you okay?" Kevin Wilson put his arm around the young = British girl,=20 trying to reassure her that everything was going to be fine. "No, I'm not!" snapped back Jade. "I'm really worried about Megabyte = and=20 Adam. What if General Damon doesn't find out what's wrong with them? = Kevin, what=20 are we going to do if they stay in that coma, or if they…" Her = voice tailed=20 off. The two boys had gone with Megabyte's father, General Damon, to = Cheyenne=20 Mountain in Colorado, to the NORAD base there. What was supposed to be a = simple=20 tour of the base had soon turned into something much more dangerous. = Jade, Ami=20 and Kevin had received some very disturbing images from both their = fellow=20 Tomorrow People, followed by pain. Adam had told them all to stay away = until he=20 and Megabyte had found out what was affecting them and why. Jade remembered arguing with Adam, but the older boy had been quite=20 insistent. Shortly afterwards Megabyte had sent her some strange images=20 involving a tall dark haired man. All telepathic contact had then been = lost with=20 her two friends. "Jade, I'm sure that's not going to happen. You've got to think = positive.=20 Come on, let's go back to the ship, Ami's worried too you know." Ami had rang General Damon on his cell phone, surmising that if he = had been=20 with Adam and Megabyte he would know what had happened to them. Megabyte's father had sounded worried. Both boys were hooked up to = life=20 support, and growing steadily weaker. Jade had talked to him and = explained about=20 the flash Megabyte had sent her, and he was going to look into it. That = had been=20 a good ten minutes ago and still they hadn't heard anything, or received = any=20 form of telepathic communication from either of their friends. Jade backed away. "Look, Kevin, I think I need time to myself. I need = to find=20 something to keep my mind off things." She saw the worry in his eyes as = she=20 spoke, a mirror of what she was feeling herself. "I'll come back if = anything=20 changes, or when I feel I can cope better, promise." She closed her eyes and concentrated, disappearing in a flash of = white light,=20 leaving Kevin on the beach, staring at the spot she had just been. ************** Jade materialised in the small town of Roswell, New Mexico. She = smiled to=20 herself, a small shaky smile. Looking around, she noticed with relief = that no=20 one had seen her arrival. It makes sense I suppose, she thought to herself. Megabyte and Adam = are=20 involved in something weird so I go and visit something equally weird. = Strange=20 way of keeping your mind off things, she chastised herself. Still, = watching that=20 programme about the Roswell landing with Megabyte the night before had = made her=20 curious about the whole thing. It was better she occupied herself here = checking=20 it out, than mope around the ship worrying. Jade started walking through the town when a building with what she = supposed=20 was meant to be a flying saucer on a big sign, caught her eye. UFO = centre, she=20 read, noticing the pictures of so called aliens in the windows. Might be = a=20 giggle. After all it's not as though these people actually know what = aliens=20 really look like. Jade shivered, remembering her encounter with the = alien pod=20 people. "Can I help you?" asked a dark haired middle aged man coming towards = her.=20 Jade noticed all the UFO buttons and badges on the man's jacket as he = came=20 closer. Well, he looked normal enough, she thought, if maybe a bit on = the geeky=20 side. "I was just thinking about looking in the UFO centre," she replied. = To her=20 surprise the man burst into a huge grin and took her by the arm. "Ah," he gushed. "Are you a believer? You're in luck young lady. I'm = just=20 about to open up for the day. You can be our first visitor. I'm Milton = by the=20 way and you are?" Jade backed off a bit. He seemed a bit…weird. Still, why not? = The way the guy=20 was rabbiting on, he would certainly take her mind off her current = worries. If=20 he got too much, she could always make her excuses and disappear anyway. = She=20 noticed he was still talking. In fact he hadn't even noticed she hadn't = told him=20 her name. Jade followed the man in through the front door. The place was really = quiet.=20 Quiet, apart from Milton talking on and on that was. He turned and asked = her a=20 question directly, and she realised with a touch of guilt, that she = hadn't=20 really been taking in much of what he had been saying. "I've just given my young assistant a very interesting book to read. = In fact=20 he seems quite taken with it. Have you read James Atherton's 'Among = Us?" "No, I don't think I've heard of that one," Jade replied honestly. = She looked=20 around the museum, and spotted a display which took her interest. "Do = you really=20 think the UFO crash in 1947 was a weather balloon?" Old newspaper = clippings were=20 tacked to the board. There were also a couple of models of weather = balloons of=20 the time sitting on a nearby table. An artist's impression of a = spaceship=20 looking suspiciously like a weather balloon sat framed next to it. It = was there=20 to emphasis the likeness between the two, she surmised. "No, of course not. It was a government cover up, don't you think? I = mean=20 there are probably aliens and the like walking around among us right now = and=20 we'd never know. The government likes to keep all that stuff to = themselves you=20 know. I mean, how do you know I'm not some sort of mind reading alien, = knowing=20 exactly what you're thinking right now?" Milton's last question took Jade a bit by surprise, and she stared at = him,=20 not sure how to answer. 'Well, I'd know because I'm a Tomorrow Person' = didn't=20 really seem to be the answer to give under the circumstances. She was = about to=20 change the subject when she heard a familiar telepathic voice in her = mind. [Hiya, squirt.] [Megabyte! Are you and Adam okay?] [Yeah, we're fine, but keep the volume down okay? My head still = hurts.] Jade=20 could feel the red head mentally wince as he 'spoke'. [We're fine, Jade,] Adam sounded quiet, as though he had a lot on his = mind.=20 [I'm still not sure the danger's over though.] Ami's mental voice interrupted the telepathic conversation. [Jade, = come back=20 to the ship…] Jade was aware of a hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay?" Milton seemed concerned. "I didn't mean to scare you with all that = talk about=20 government cover ups and aliens you know." He lowered his voice. "It's = just that=20 most people don't realise that stuff exists. It's important that they = do, that's=20 why I told you." "I'm fine." How was she going to get away from the man, she thought? = He=20 certainly seemed to enjoy having a captive audience. She giggled to = herself, as=20 she thought of her next course of action. Adam wouldn't be impressed, = she knew,=20 at what she was about to do, but hey, she needed a bit of a laugh after = the last=20 few hours. "Hey," she said, pointing to the other side of the room. "Isn't that = one of=20 those mind reading aliens you were talking about earlier?" As Milton turned around to look where she was pointing, Jade closed = her eyes=20 and teleported. ******************* End Part 0</DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C1434E.82211200-- - - To unsubscribe to arfic-l, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe arfic-l" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 11:55:59 +1200 From: "Anne Olsen" <anneo@paradise.net.nz> Subject: (arfic-l) All That Glitters (1/20) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0179_01C14426.B5C33600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All That Glitters (1/20) by Anne Olsen Feedback to anneo@paradise.net.nz **** Disclaimer The characters of Adam Newman, Megabyte Damon, Kevin Wilson, Ami = Jackson, Jade Weston, General William Damon, Colonel Masters, Millie = Damon and Caroline Damon belong to Roger Damon Price, Thames Television = and Nickelodeon. So do any other names or events linked to the Tomorrow = People TV series. Max Evans, Liz Parker, Maria DeLuca, Michael Guerin, Isabel Evans, Alex = Whitman, Kyle Valenti, Sheriff Jim Valenti and Milton belong to Melinda = Metz, Jason Katims and WB. All other concepts and events linked to = Roswell also belong to them. The characters of Joe Dawson and James Horton (who appear in name only) = belong to Panzer/David, Rysher/Gaumont Television. So do the concepts of = immortality, the Watchers and the Hunters. The characters of Geoff Anderson, Gil Hawkins, Jim Beckett and Simon = Trent belong to me and should not be used without permission. ********* February 2000 Part One Jade looked around as she and Megabyte materialised on the outskirts of = Roswell. "Five minutes walk and we should be at the UFO centre," she = told him. "Five minutes walk?" Megabyte complained. "At least you could have found = a spot closer to town, couldn't you?" "Considering the amount of breakfast you helped yourself to when you = picked me up, its not going to do you any harm is it?" Jade still found = it amazing the amount of food her fellow Tomorrow Person managed to pack = away. She had a sneaky suspicion he'd already eaten when he'd teleported = in too.=20 "Hey all this TP stuff makes me hungry," retorted the redhead. "It's a = long trip teleporting between my house and yours."=20 "Yeah right, Megabyte." Jade said. "I think you'll like this UFO centre. = A lot of the alien artefacts reminded me of those cheesy movies you like = so much." "Attack of the Killer Cucumbers is a classic," protested Megabyte. "Did = I ever take you to see the sequel?" Jade shuddered. "Yes you did, unfortunately. It's an experience which = haunts me to this day." Megabyte ignored her in favour of a small dog being chased by two = children down the footpath of what she presumed was the main street. As = Jade watched the dog skidded to a halt as it approached the kerb and one = of the children, a small darkhaired girl, slipped a leash around its = neck and waited for her companion to catch up. "This place is quiet for = somewhere that supposedly had an alien landing back in the forties. I = always thought Roswell would be bigger for some reason. " Trust Megabyte = to come out with a statement like that, she thought. "You mean in comparison to Vermont?" Jade watched the other townspeople = going about their business. There were children playing ball in the = nearby park and a couple of high school age boys talking to each other = enthusiastically as they headed for what looked like some sort of = sporting practice. At least that 's what she presumed they were heading = for. She ducked as their football sailed over her head. "Sorry," yelled one of the boys as he ran past her enroute to saving his = ball from the oncoming traffic. A car skidded to a halt, narrowly = missing both the boy and his ball. He waved to the driver and continued = on his way. "Hold up," yelled his companion and broke into a sprint, as a couple of = middle-aged women with toddlers in tow looked up to see where the noise = was coming from. She hadn't thought it was that quiet, but Megabyte was used to the = middle of London these days, she supposed, even though he still seemed = to think of Vermont as *the * place to be on the planet. "Do you still = think it's quiet?" she asked him. Megabyte reached out and ruffled Jade's hair with his hand. "I suppose = where you come from this is as much excitement as you get in a week. You = forget I don't come from a small English village where nothing ever = happens. Oh yeah, apart from the odd alien invasion, but who's = counting."=20 Jade grinned at Megabyte's reaction to her dig at his own hometown in = the States. Roswell was a lot bigger than her village in England and = they both knew it. As to the size of Vermont, well she only had = Megabyte's word on that one. One of these days she'd talk him into = taking her there and giving her the grand tour. "The UFO centre is over = this way." Jade pointed to the building across the street.=20 "You mean it's that building that says UFO centre?" Megabyte's voice had = a touch of sarcasm in it. Jade turned around to say something equally = sarcastic back and noticed Megabyte was looking at something in the = window of a nearby building. You have got to be joking, she thought as = she noticed what it was he was reading. "Hey this looks interesting squirt. Maybe we should check this out = first." Megabyte gestured to the sign on the door. "I think all this = walking has given me an appetite." Jade groaned. "I'm beginning to think everything gives you an appetite, = Megabyte." Crashdown Caf=E9 she read, noticing the alien spaceship over = the door. These people certainly seem to have aliens on the brain. I = wonder what they'd think if they knew there really were aliens out = there, she thought. "Okay, we'll stop and eat first. You have to pay = though, I've only got English currency on me." "You mean you brought me to the States without any money? Typical." = Megabyte started to walk through the door of the caf=E9 when he paused = and turned to Jade. "How were you planning to get into the UFO centre = then?" he asked. Jade shrugged and flashed him a grin. "Isn't the man supposed to pay for = these things?" she asked sweetly. She pushed her way in ahead of him and = sat herself down at the nearest table. As Megabyte sat down across from = her, she noticed with amusement how his face seemed to be changing = colour. Got you, she thought. "No way this is a date." Megabyte started to say, then fell silent as he = started to read the menu. A rather large grin formed on his face as he = eyes travelled down the length of the small piece of laminated cardboard = in front on him. Jade ran her hands through her long blond hair, and wondered what was so = interesting about the menu that it had stopped her friend mid- sentence. = "Honestly, Megabyte, if I didn't know you better, I'd swear you were = more interested in reading the menu than actually ordering." She = wondered again if she had made the right decision in asking Megabyte to = come to Roswell with her. Maybe Kevin would have been a better choice. "So what do you want to try first, Jade? What about the tossed alien = salad, or maybe the unidentified french flying object?" Jade snatched the menu out of his hand. "Very funny, Megabyte. I suppose = you think that's really smart, don't you?"=20 Megabyte laughed as he saw the expression on her face as she started = reading for herself. "Got you, squirt. I knew you wouldn't believe me = when I started reading it out to you." Jade snorted in disgust and was about to say something when a waitress = approached their table. She was about the same age as Jade herself, and = was very pretty with long dark hair. The silver apron over her blue = waitress' dress was shaped to look like an alien's face. There were even = black oval eyes printed on the front to complete the theme of the = outfit. In her hair she wore what Jade presumed were supposed to be = alien antenna.=20 "Hi," said the waitress. "My name's Liz. Are you ready to order yet?"=20 "Almost," replied Jade, kicking Megabyte under the table. Her companion = seemed lost for words for once. She could see him staring at the = waitress. In fact he didn't seem to be able to take his eyes off her. [Megabyte!] she 'pathed. [Don't look so obvious. Keep your mind on the = menu and stop drooling.] You're supposed to be here with me, anyway, she = added to herself. One of these days she was going to give up hoping that = Megabyte Damon was going to ever think of her as anything but a friend. = I suppose I can always dream, she thought. "Sorry, Jade, did you say something?" asked the redhead. Jade felt her face going beet red, and checked her mental shields to = make sure they were still securely in place. "I said that we were just = about to order," she retorted. ***************** "So, are they a couple?" asked Maria DeLuca as Liz gave the order to the = cook. "Did you find out what the redhead is called? I still think he's = really cute. Maybe I should take their order to them when it's ready. = What do you think?" Liz Parker watched the interaction between the two with amusement. They = reminded her in a way of her friends Maria and Michael, constantly = baiting each other while hiding their true feelings. Well at least these = two didn't have the added complication that one of them wasn't exactly a = normal teenager. Scratch the teenager bit, she added to herself as she = eyed up Megabyte again. He was definitely at least a couple of years = older than herself or Jade. "I think you're still trying to make Michael jealous," replied Liz. = "Honestly, Maria, he's not even here to notice." "Well, girlfriend, I might as well just go and check out the talent = then. I mean, at least this guy's not Czechoslovakian. It would be nice = to chat to someone who's not tied up with you know what, for a change."=20 Liz smiled to herself as Maria used the word Czechoslovakian, the word = they had agreed to use instead of 'alien.' Of course Alex had pointed = out that Czechoslovakia hadn't existed for quite some time but that was = beside the point. It reminded her of a time when things were still = simple, before Max had saved her life by healing her when she had been = shot. Before he had told her that he, his sister Isabel, and friend = Michael Guerin, were not, to use the term he preferred, of this earth. = Even though life had been less complicated then, she still wouldn't go = back to the way things were. She couldn't imagine not having Max Evans = as part of her life, even though their relationship still wasn't exactly = the way she would like. Max seemed too worried about how a relationship = with him might put her in danger. Liz was still deep in thought, when the cook finished the order for = table seventeen. Maria grabbed the plates before her friend could change = her mind, and headed for the redheaded guy and his friend. ********** "Hi, I'm Maria, hope you enjoy your lunch. Sorry, I didn't catch your = name." Jade stared at the blonde girl in front of them, wondering what had = happened to the other waitress. "I'm Jade," she said, "And this is my = friend, Megabyte." "Megabyte. That's an interesting name. Are you good with computers or = something?" "Something like that," mumbled Megabyte, glaring at Jade at the same = time. He had noticed the look on her face, and was wondering what she = was going to say. Maybe it hadn't been such a good idea to tease her the = way he had. Hopefully Jade wouldn't say anything *he * might regret = later. Maria was still talking. "You're not from around here are you? I mean I = haven't seen you before, and I didn't think anyone new was moving into = town. You aren't starting at Roswell High are you?"=20 "Sorry I've done my whole torture in high school thing already. I'm = concentrating my efforts on college these days. Jade, though, she's = still into." Megabyte's voice tailed off as Jade kicked him under the = table and said something rude telepathically. He grinned. Funny how Jade = knew what he had been about to say. "Yeah, we're just passing through = for the day. Jade wants me to have a look at this UFO centre that you = guys have." Maria motioned Liz over as she continued. "Actually, we might be able to = help you there. Liz' friend Max works there. If you ask for him, he'll = be able to give you the grand tour. Isn't that right, Liz?" [Told you she had a boyfriend, Megabyte,] 'pathed Jade. "Thanks, that sounds really cool. So if we just ask for Max, we should = find him, then?" Liz nodded again and gave the two Tomorrow People a friendly smile. "I'm = off work in a bit. If you like I can." She noticed the frantic signs = Maria was giving her, and amended what she was saying. "Or rather, we = can, meet you over there afterwards and maybe we can all go out for = coffee or something." ****************** End of Part One - ------=_NextPart_000_0179_01C14426.B5C33600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> All That Glitters (1/20) by Anne Olsen Feedback to <A=20 href=3D"mailto:anneo@paradise.net.nzDisclaimer">anneo@paradise.net.nz</A>= **** Disclaimer The characters of Adam Newman, Megabyte Damon, Kevin Wilson, Ami = Jackson,=20 Jade Weston, General William Damon, Colonel Masters, Millie Damon and = Caroline=20 Damon belong to Roger Damon Price, Thames Television and Nickelodeon. So = do any=20 other names or events linked to the Tomorrow People TV series. Max Evans, Liz Parker, Maria DeLuca, Michael Guerin, Isabel Evans, = Alex=20 Whitman, Kyle Valenti, Sheriff Jim Valenti and Milton belong to Melinda = Metz,=20 Jason Katims and WB. All other concepts and events linked to Roswell = also belong=20 to them. The characters of Joe Dawson and James Horton (who appear in name = only)=20 belong to Panzer/David, Rysher/Gaumont Television. So do the concepts of = immortality, the Watchers and the Hunters. The characters of Geoff Anderson, Gil Hawkins, Jim Beckett and Simon = Trent=20 belong to me and should not be used without permission. ********* February 2000 Part One Jade looked around as she and Megabyte materialised on the outskirts = of=20 Roswell. "Five minutes walk and we should be at the UFO centre," she = told=20 him. "Five minutes walk?" Megabyte complained. "At least you could have = found a=20 spot closer to town, couldn't you?" "Considering the amount of breakfast you helped yourself to when you = picked=20 me up, its not going to do you any harm is it?" Jade still found it = amazing the=20 amount of food her fellow Tomorrow Person managed to pack away. She had = a sneaky=20 suspicion he'd already eaten when he'd teleported in too. "Hey all this TP stuff makes me hungry," retorted the redhead. "It's = a long=20 trip teleporting between my house and yours." "Yeah right, Megabyte." Jade said. "I think you'll like this UFO = centre. A=20 lot of the alien artefacts reminded me of those cheesy movies you like = so=20 much." "Attack of the Killer Cucumbers is a classic," protested Megabyte. = "Did I=20 ever take you to see the sequel?" Jade shuddered. "Yes you did, unfortunately. It's an experience which = haunts=20 me to this day." Megabyte ignored her in favour of a small dog being chased by two = children=20 down the footpath of what she presumed was the main street. As Jade = watched the=20 dog skidded to a halt as it approached the kerb and one of the children, = a small=20 darkhaired girl, slipped a leash around its neck and waited for her = companion to=20 catch up. "This place is quiet for somewhere that supposedly had an = alien=20 landing back in the forties. I always thought Roswell would be bigger = for some=20 reason. " Trust Megabyte to come out with a statement like that, she=20 thought. "You mean in comparison to Vermont?" Jade watched the other = townspeople going=20 about their business. There were children playing ball in the nearby = park and a=20 couple of high school age boys talking to each other enthusiastically as = they=20 headed for what looked like some sort of sporting practice. At least = that 's=20 what she presumed they were heading for. She ducked as their football = sailed=20 over her head. "Sorry," yelled one of the boys as he ran past her enroute to saving = his ball=20 from the oncoming traffic. A car skidded to a halt, narrowly missing = both the=20 boy and his ball. He waved to the driver and continued on his way. "Hold up," yelled his companion and broke into a sprint, as a couple = of=20 middle-aged women with toddlers in tow looked up to see where the noise = was=20 coming from. She hadn't thought it was that quiet, but Megabyte was used to the = middle of=20 London these days, she supposed, even though he still seemed to think of = Vermont=20 as *the * place to be on the planet. "Do you still think it's quiet?" = she asked=20 him. Megabyte reached out and ruffled Jade's hair with his hand. "I = suppose where=20 you come from this is as much excitement as you get in a week. You = forget I=20 don't come from a small English village where nothing ever happens. Oh = yeah,=20 apart from the odd alien invasion, but who's counting." Jade grinned at Megabyte's reaction to her dig at his own hometown in = the=20 States. Roswell was a lot bigger than her village in England and they = both knew=20 it. As to the size of Vermont, well she only had Megabyte's word on that = one.=20 One of these days she'd talk him into taking her there and giving her = the grand=20 tour. "The UFO centre is over this way." Jade pointed to the building = across the=20 street. "You mean it's that building that says UFO centre?" Megabyte's voice = had a=20 touch of sarcasm in it. Jade turned around to say something equally = sarcastic=20 back and noticed Megabyte was looking at something in the window of a = nearby=20 building. You have got to be joking, she thought as she noticed what it = was he=20 was reading. "Hey this looks interesting squirt. Maybe we should check this out = first."=20 Megabyte gestured to the sign on the door. "I think all this walking has = given=20 me an appetite." Jade groaned. "I'm beginning to think everything gives you an = appetite,=20 Megabyte." Crashdown Caf=E9 she read, noticing the alien spaceship over = the door.=20 These people certainly seem to have aliens on the brain. I wonder what = they'd=20 think if they knew there really were aliens out there, she thought. = "Okay, we'll=20 stop and eat first. You have to pay though, I've only got English = currency on=20 me." "You mean you brought me to the States without any money? Typical." = Megabyte=20 started to walk through the door of the caf=E9 when he paused and turned = to Jade.=20 "How were you planning to get into the UFO centre then?" he asked. Jade shrugged and flashed him a grin. "Isn't the man supposed to pay = for=20 these things?" she asked sweetly. She pushed her way in ahead of him and = sat=20 herself down at the nearest table. As Megabyte sat down across from her, = she=20 noticed with amusement how his face seemed to be changing colour. Got = you, she=20 thought. "No way this is a date…" Megabyte started to say, then fell = silent as he=20 started to read the menu. A rather large grin formed on his face as he = eyes=20 travelled down the length of the small piece of laminated cardboard in = front on=20 him. Jade ran her hands through her long blond hair, and wondered what was = so=20 interesting about the menu that it had stopped her friend mid- sentence. = "Honestly, Megabyte, if I didn't know you better, I'd swear you were = more=20 interested in reading the menu than actually ordering." She wondered = again if=20 she had made the right decision in asking Megabyte to come to Roswell = with her.=20 Maybe Kevin would have been a better choice. "So what do you want to try first, Jade? What about the tossed alien = salad,=20 or maybe the unidentified french flying object?" Jade snatched the menu out of his hand. "Very funny, Megabyte. I = suppose you=20 think that's really smart, don't you?" Megabyte laughed as he saw the expression on her face as she started = reading=20 for herself. "Got you, squirt. I knew you wouldn't believe me when I = started=20 reading it out to you." Jade snorted in disgust and was about to say something when a = waitress=20 approached their table. She was about the same age as Jade herself, and = was very=20 pretty with long dark hair. The silver apron over her blue waitress' = dress was=20 shaped to look like an alien's face. There were even black oval eyes = printed on=20 the front to complete the theme of the outfit. In her hair she wore what = Jade=20 presumed were supposed to be alien antenna. "Hi," said the waitress. "My name's Liz. Are you ready to order yet?" = "Almost," replied Jade, kicking Megabyte under the table. Her = companion=20 seemed lost for words for once. She could see him staring at the = waitress. In=20 fact he didn't seem to be able to take his eyes off her. [Megabyte!] she 'pathed. [Don't look so obvious. Keep your mind on = the menu=20 and stop drooling.] You're supposed to be here with me, anyway, she = added to=20 herself. One of these days she was going to give up hoping that Megabyte = Damon=20 was going to ever think of her as anything but a friend. I suppose I can = always=20 dream, she thought. "Sorry, Jade, did you say something?" asked the redhead. Jade felt her face going beet red, and checked her mental shields to = make=20 sure they were still securely in place. "I said that we were just about = to=20 order," she retorted. ***************** "So, are they a couple?" asked Maria DeLuca as Liz gave the order to = the=20 cook. "Did you find out what the redhead is called? I still think he's = really=20 cute. Maybe I should take their order to them when it's ready. What do = you=20 think?" Liz Parker watched the interaction between the two with amusement. = They=20 reminded her in a way of her friends Maria and Michael, constantly = baiting each=20 other while hiding their true feelings. Well at least these two didn't = have the=20 added complication that one of them wasn't exactly a normal teenager. = Scratch=20 the teenager bit, she added to herself as she eyed up Megabyte again. He = was=20 definitely at least a couple of years older than herself or Jade. "I think you're still trying to make Michael jealous," replied Liz.=20 "Honestly, Maria, he's not even here to notice." "Well, girlfriend, I might as well just go and check out the talent = then. I=20 mean, at least this guy's not Czechoslovakian. It would be nice to chat = to=20 someone who's not tied up with you know what, for a change." Liz smiled to herself as Maria used the word Czechoslovakian, the = word they=20 had agreed to use instead of 'alien.' Of course Alex had pointed out = that=20 Czechoslovakia hadn't existed for quite some time but that was beside = the point.=20 It reminded her of a time when things were still simple, before Max had = saved=20 her life by healing her when she had been shot. Before he had told her = that he,=20 his sister Isabel, and friend Michael Guerin, were not, to use the term = he=20 preferred, of this earth. Even though life had been less complicated = then, she=20 still wouldn't go back to the way things were. She couldn't imagine not = having=20 Max Evans as part of her life, even though their relationship still = wasn't=20 exactly the way she would like. Max seemed too worried about how a = relationship=20 with him might put her in danger. Liz was still deep in thought, when the cook finished the order for = table=20 seventeen. Maria grabbed the plates before her friend could change her = mind, and=20 headed for the redheaded guy and his friend. ********** "Hi, I'm Maria, hope you enjoy your lunch. Sorry, I didn't catch your = name." Jade stared at the blonde girl in front of them, wondering what had = happened=20 to the other waitress. "I'm Jade," she said, "And this is my friend,=20 Megabyte." "Megabyte. That's an interesting name. Are you good with computers or = something?" "Something like that," mumbled Megabyte, glaring at Jade at the same = time. He=20 had noticed the look on her face, and was wondering what she was going = to say.=20 Maybe it hadn't been such a good idea to tease her the way he had. = Hopefully=20 Jade wouldn't say anything *he * might regret later. Maria was still talking. "You're not from around here are you? I mean = I=20 haven't seen you before, and I didn't think anyone new was moving into = town. You=20 aren't starting at Roswell High are you?" "Sorry I've done my whole torture in high school thing already. I'm=20 concentrating my efforts on college these days. Jade, though, she's = still into…"=20 Megabyte's voice tailed off as Jade kicked him under the table and said=20 something rude telepathically. He grinned. Funny how Jade knew what he = had been=20 about to say. "Yeah, we're just passing through for the day. Jade wants = me to=20 have a look at this UFO centre that you guys have." Maria motioned Liz over as she continued. "Actually, we might be able = to help=20 you there. Liz' friend Max works there. If you ask for him, he'll be = able to=20 give you the grand tour. Isn't that right, Liz?" [Told you she had a boyfriend, Megabyte,] 'pathed Jade. "Thanks, that sounds really cool. So if we just ask for Max, we = should find=20 him, then?" Liz nodded again and gave the two Tomorrow People a friendly smile. = "I'm off=20 work in a bit. If you like I can…" She noticed the frantic signs = Maria was=20 giving her, and amended what she was saying. "Or rather, we can, meet = you over=20 there afterwards and maybe we can all go out for coffee or = something." ****************** End of Part One</DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0179_01C14426.B5C33600-- - - To unsubscribe to arfic-l, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe arfic-l" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ End of arfic-l-digest V1 #38 **************************** - To unsubscribe to $LIST, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe $LIST" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.