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- From: hgb@catalina.opt-sci.arizona.edu (Hubert Bartels)
- Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo
- Subject: Monthly Archival Posting
- Keywords: archives chatsubo
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.192724.568@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 19:27:24 GMT
- Sender: news@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu
- Organization: Optical Sciences Center
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- A hail of bullets splatter against a concrete pillar. On the
- other side, a cat-eared woman is clearing a stovepipe jam from her
- Ares Predator. She grits her white teeth and works the pistol, trying
- to eject the brass cartridge. She seems young. Kind of pretty, but not
- pretty like a media star. Not short, but not tall either. Her eyes are
- green in color, with vertical slits for pupils. Cat's eyes. A sharp, small
- delicate nose. Adding to her feline appearance, her cat's ears poked through
- long heavy blonde hair. Her hair rides halfway down her back. She is dressed
- in black pants, grey blouse, heavy boots, and a long frock jacket with golden
- braid on the front, somewhat worn at the elbows.
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- She suddenly looks up at the reader. "Hi, I'm Yukipuma. Whenever I'm
- looking for past articles from Alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo, I use the Anonymous
- FTP archives at {catalina.opt-sci.arizona.edu}. IP # [128.196.206.60]."
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- The spent casing tumbles from the heavy pistol. Yukipuma chambers
- another round and straightens up. "Files can be found in pub/chatsubo.
- The back issues are divided into files, roughly corresponding to the time
- that the articles where posted. However, in 1992, articles are filed by
- article number (400-499, etc.)"
-
- When the gunfire stops, Yukipuma leans against the concrete pillar
- and takes a deep breath. Then she jumps from behind the pillar and pops
- off a succession of snap shots. From the darkness comes a scream of pain.
- Yukipuma raises the pistol and blows off the thin wisp of gunsmoke. "Articles
- are compressed, and up to date as of December 9, 1992," she says with a
- smug smile. "If there are any problems, write to Hubert at the address below."
-
- The cat-earred woman begins to walk into the shadows. "Oh, and try to
- restrict FTP'ing to evening and weekend hours," she will add, disappearing into
- the darkness. "Or, I'll come visiting..."
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