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üDoyouwantacoke,Severine?
-or-
Letthetruthcomeout
-or-
Reactionswanted
-or-
Whatdoyouthink?
-or-
Isitreallydedicationtime?
ÇAtruestorybyandwith
GardEggesbøAbrahamsen
(ExclusivelyforScribaCommunisResponsi)
Onceuponatime,therewasthisboywhowaslookeduponasanoutsider,
andthus,hebecameone.Hehatedthesocietyhelivedin,andworstof
all...hecouldn'tallowhimselftoevensay"Hi,"tofemalesofhisown
age,asthisclearlywouldbemisinterpretedbyhisenvironmentinthe
mostbizarreways.
Hefeltlonely,andheneededsomeonetotalkto.Forsomereason,he
feltthatonlyfemaleswouldbeabletosatisfyhisenormousdemandsofa
listeningperson.Astohisexperience,hewouldnotbeabletofindsuch
afemaleinthesocietyaroundhim.
Ç Then,onedayatschool,hegothishandsonamagazinecalled
"Jugendmagazin".ItwasGerman,andhisGermanwaslousy,buthefounda
penpalscolumn.SomeoftheonestherepreferredEnglish.Now,thatwas
somethinghecouldspeakwell.Unfortunately,themagazinewasabitold,
buthefoundaformtofillinandsendtoJugendmagazin.Theywouldthen
makeacomputerpickapenpaltohim.
Thishedid.
Andtimepassed,andafterahalfayearorso,hehadtotally
forgottenthathehaddonethis,sohestillfeltabitlonely.Then,
suddenly,hereceivedaletterinthemail.Ithad"Jugendmagazin"
writtenalloverit.Wasthisit?Wasthisthesolutiontoallofhis
mentalproblems?Onlytimecouldtell.
Thelettercontainedthreeaddresses.AlloftheminFrance.Healso
receivedaletterfromafemalefromDenmark.Hewrotetoallfour
females.
ThefemalefromDenmarkdidnotwriteback.
OneoftheletterstooneofthefemalesinFrancewasreturnedwith
somestrangemessageontheenvelopethathedidn'tunderstandashe
didn'tknowawordFrench.
ThesecondofthefemalesinFranceneveranswered.
Thethird,however,answered.Herecomeththeminutecollectionof
wordsthatwereexchangedbetweentheboyand...
Ç SeverineDiziain
Cidex22
70240Saulx
Frankrike
*********
EGGESBØNES,01.01.1990
HelloSeverine,
IthadgonealongtimeandIhadtotallyforgottenthatIhadsenta
lettertoJugendmagazinBriefcomputer,anditwasthereforeanice
surprisewhentheirreplyarrivedatmydoor.Thereis,however,one
thingthatmakesmyheadache.Ican'tfindSaulxonanyofmymaps.I
have,though,byexaminingyourpostaddressnumber(70240)foundthatit
probablyissouthofParissomewhere.
Iamsureyouwon'tfindEggesbønesonanyofyourmaps,soIhave
includedasmallmaptoshowyouwhereintheworldIlive.
Iama16yearsoldNorwegianboy.Myinterestsincludewriting
letters,playingAvalon(aplay-by-mailgame),programmingcomputers,
readingbooks(Adams(Douglas-"HitchhikersguidetotheGalaxy),
Asimov,Bradbury,Tolkien),playingbridge,chess,makingfriendsand
Çlistentomusic.
WhenIwas10yearsold,IstartedprogrammingtheancientSinclair
Spectrum,andtwoyearsago,IboughtmyselfanAtari520STM.
Music?Ilistentoalmosteverything.Myfavouritegroupis,however,
Metallica.Eventhoughtheyplaytrash-metal,Ijustlovetheirguitar
solos.
IbelieveyouwonderwhatkindofpersonIam.Tobehonest,Ihave
beenaverymodestpersonsinceIwasborn.Onlythelastyear,Ihave
beentryingtogetridofmymodesty,asmymodestyiswhatIhatemost
ofmyself.
Isufferfromthewellknowndiseasecalledasthma.Iamallergicto
pollenandanimals'hair.IfIbreatheinairwithmuchpollenor
animals'hair,slimegathersinmythroatandIgetsomedifficulties
breathing,butitreallyisn'tasbadasitsoundslike.
Oneday,Iwillberichandfamous.Thisisnolongeradreamforme
thatcan'tbereached.Iactuallyknowthatthisisquitepossiblefor
me.Throughthenextdays,Iamgoingtodoresearchoncomputer-viruses
andactuallyhelpaDutchprogrammer.IfIcandomypart,Iampromised
thattheprogrammerwilltrytogetmeafull-timejobintheGerman
softwarecompanyThalion.
AsIdon'tknowyou,yet,andcan'tfindanythingmore"generalstuff"
towrite,Iwillleavethepenforyoutowriteabitaboutyourself,and
ÇI'llhopewe're(asweprogrammerssay)compatible.(Iusuallygetalong
withmostpeople)
Oh!Nearlyforgot...myaddress!It's:
GardEggesbøAbrahamsen
Box71
N-6092Eggesbønes
Norway
Yourstruly
GardE.Abrahamsen
PS!IHOPEYOUCANREADMYWRITING!
*********
Saulx1.02.90
HelloGard!
Thankyouverymuchforyourniceletterandyourmap.
I'ma17yearsoldFrenchgirl.I'mbornonJune8th1972.Ihavea
sister(13yearsold)andabrother(9yearsold).
Myinterestsincludewritingletters,playingpianoandtennis,speaking
foreignlanguages,makingfriends,listeningtomusicandreading.
êMusicÇ:Ilistentoalmosteverything.MyfavouritegroupsarePinkFloyd,
Queen,A-ha,U2;myfavouritesingersareStingandfrenchsingerslike
Jean-JacquesGoldman,JohnnyHalliday...Doyouknowthem?
êIspeakÇGermanfor7yearsandEnglishfor4years(That'swhyIdon't
speakverygoodEnglish).For2yearsIlearnGreek.
IhaveacomputertoobutIfinditdifficulttoprogrammeit.I'mnotas
ableasyouthat'swhyIadmireyou.
ThisyearImustworkalotatschoolbecauseImustmakemy
"baccalaureat";itisaveryimportantexam.Afterhavingit,Icangoin
university.
êAndyouÇ,whichclassdoyouattend?Whichlanguagesdoyouspeak?Areyou
interestedinwalkinginthecountry?
Ilikethenaturealotespeciallymountains.Ilikepostcards,cards
andphotoswithcountryandcountryinthesnow.Icollectpostcards,
cards,photosandmysistercollectsstamps!êAndyouÇ,whatdoyou
collect?
NowIleavethepenforyou.
Goodbye.
êSeverineÇ
ÇP.S:Please,excusemymistakes!
Iwillsendyouapictureofmyselfinmyfutureletter!
*********
Eggesbønes11.02.90
HiSeverine,
Thankyouforyourniceletterandyourmap.
IsupposeyouwonderwhenIwasborn.ShallItellyou?Well,OK.It
wasAugust19th1973.And,well,OK.Ihaveabrother(19yearsold).
Ah!IcanseewehaveêsomeÇinterestsincommon.Iusedtoplaythe
pianoaswell.WhenIwas9yearsold,Ibeganinamusicschool,andI
playedthepianofortwoyears.WhyIquit?IsupposeitwasbecauseI
didsolittlehomework,andIneverseemedtoreallygetthecrackof
it.Ihaveforgottenmostofit,butIsitdownandplayabitnowand
then-whenI'maloneinthehouseandnobodyhears.
IusedtolistentoA-haandotherpop-bandsbefore,too.But
throughouttheyears,mytasteofmusichadjustbecomeharderand
harder.Ihaven'theardQueenmuch,butwhatIhaveheardhasbeengood.
EventhoughPinkFloydisanoldgroup,Ididn'thearthembeforelast
Çsummer.Theyaren'tactuallyhardenoughforme,butaswesay;Everyman
hashisowntaste,andIbelieveitcountsforwomenaswell.
IhaveheardofSting,butnoneoftheFrenchones.
IspokeEnglishwhenIwas5yearsold.Normallywestartin4thgrade
(age10)atschool,butIjusthappenedtostartlearningEnglishatthe
ageoffive.SoIhavehad11yearstolearnEnglishnow.
IspeakabitGermanaswell,butIstartedin8thgrade(age14)andI
haven'tactuallyworkedtoohardonit,soIhaveanaverageGerman.
IstartedreadingandwritingwhenIwas4.Therewasn'tmuchtodoat
homewhenbothmyparentswereatwork,soIdecidedtolearntoreadand
write.
Soyouhaveacomputer.Whatcomputerisit,then?
Thanks!Thatisthefirsttimesomeonesayshe/sheadmiresme. The
NorwegianschoolyearbeginsinAugust(Yeah!Usuallysomewherebetween
18thand20th)andcontinuestoJunethenextyear.
Ihavefinishedthecompulsaryschool(9years)andmygradesweregood
enoughtobeginintheNorwegianhigh-school(orwhateverwecancompare
itto).Iaminthefirstyeartherenow.Istillhavetwoyearstogo
beforeIcanstudyprogramminginthe"dh"(shortfor"districthigh-
school"butitisakindofuniversity).IfIhaven'tgoodenoughgrades
for"dh",IamfreetostudyattheuniversityinOslo,butIhaveheard
thattheenvironmentthereisn'ttoogood,soI'llprobablygetajobin
Çasoftwarecompanyinsteadofgoingtotheuniversity.Ihavehopesof
gettingajobrightnowaswell.AsIsaidinmypreviousletter,Iam
doingresearchon"link-viruses",andImustsayIhavesucceededin
killingthem.IamnowwaitingforananswerfromThalion.(Icanreport
2link-viruseskilledoutofthe5theysentme2weeksago)
Yes,youcouldsayIaminterestedinwalkinginthecountry.Ilike
thenatureandthefreshair.Unfortunately,itrainstoomuchhereat
Eggesbønes,soitisn'toftenIgetout,butwhenIdo,Imostprobably
walkinthemountains(Thereisn'tanywhereelsetogoanyway).
Idon'tcollectathing.Well,okey.Ifyoureallywanttoknow.Ihad
acollectionofemptyboxesofsomespecialNorwegianpills,butIgot
sickofeatingthemat96boxes,soIquit.NowIcollectletters,
computerviruses,friends,demosandexperiences.
Ifyouwish,IcansendyouatapewithmusicIlike.Iwilltryto
behavemyselfandletyouhearthenotsohardones.
Oh!ThisletterislongerthanIhoped.Yourturn!
Gard
PS!Mistakes?Ohmy!Inmypreviousletter,IwroteTrashmetal.
Thatisamistake.ItistêhÇrashmetal.(Thrashmeanstohit,
kick,slayetc.)
Ç
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Inshort:Theboysentalettertothefemale.Thefemalesentaletter
totheboy,andtheboysentalettertothefemale.Thislastletter
wasn'tanswered.
Becausehereallywantedananswer,heandhisfriend,StigAF
Antonsen,foundoutthattheywouldsendheralittlelettertellingher
thatshe'dbetterwritesoon.Thisletterwasn'tanswered,either.
Butsincetheboyfeltinspiredtowriteashortstory,hedidso.
Thisshortstorywascalled"Doyouwantacoke?".Toexplaintheshort
storyandthepersonsinit,hewrotealetterwithitandsentitbefore
Severineeveransweredhispreviousletter:
Eggesbønes24.03.1990
üHithere,Severine!Ç
ThisisaminiatureversionofaCrazyLetter.Itisaminiature
versionbecausearealversionismuchtooexpensivetoprint(usually
round40pageslikethis)
Asusual,Ihavea"story"init(intherealthing,thereareMANY
stories).ThestorytodayisthebiggestIhavewrittensofar.Ialso
Çuserealcharacters.However,thenameshavebeenslightlychangedby
writingthembackwards.Sinceyoudon'tknowallthecharacters,Iwill
introducethemtoyounow:
êGitstheViolentOne
Ç
Youhavealreadyheardofthisguybefore.HisnameisStigAFAntonsen,
heisoriginallyfromBergenandhe"helped"mewritingtheprevious
letter.WecallhimtheViolentOnebecauseheisamilitaryfanatic.He
isayearolderthananyofusotherguys,butheisinourclassat
schoolanyway.
êRiegsathePeacefulOne
Ç
FullnameisAsgeirOsnes.Heisfrom"Ulsteinvik"andheisanNGU
fanatic.NGUisaNorwegiananti-alcoholorganisationforyouthor
somethinglikethat.However,heisnotaspeacefulasinthestory.The
factisthathelikeshittingmebecauseIlikethrashmetal.Heisa
PinkFloydfan.
êTrebortheSwiftOne
Ç
ÇAstheabovetwo,thisguyisalsoaschoolmate.HisrealnameisRobert
IdarKleppeandheisaNorwegianChampioninathletes.Yeah!Areal
champion!That'swhyheiscalledtheSwiftOne.Withoutexagerating,I
mustsayheismybestfriend(Ithink).
êEnirevestheFrenchOne
Ç
Theonlyfemaleinthestory.HerrealnameisSeverineDiziain,andI
supposeyoualreadyknowher.
êDragtheInsanelyWittyOne
Ç
Thisguyisaveryclosefriendofmine.HisrealnameisGardEggesbø
Abrahamsen.ThenameDragtheInsanelyWittyOnewasoriginallyinvented
byStefanPosthumaandRichardKarsmakersbeforetheycametoNorwaythis
winter.
êEdorftheEvilOne
Ç
RealnameisFrodeSeljesethandheisoneofmymanyneighbours.Bothhe
andAsgeirmakedemosontheCommodore64.Thebothhavedisk-drivesand
noneofthemhavefullyfunctionaltaperecorders.HesaiditwasokeyI
ÇcalledhimtheEvilOnewhenIaskedhim.Hesaysthatheisa"black
angel",ashecandoverymanystrangethings,evilthingsandheloves
todoquitebadthings,butheisanicepersonbyheartandwouldnever
doanythingtoharmanyone.
êNrøjbsatheMadProfessor
Ç
Notquiteasevilasinthestory.Infact,heismymathsteacher,and
heletsmesleepinclassaslongasIdon'tsnore.(Iknoweverything
anyway,so...)Well,okey.Maybenotsleep,butatleastIwriteletters
inclass.HisrealnameisAsbjørnGiske.
Okey!That'stheintroductions,andnowthestory.Iused4daysto
writeit,which,onecouldsay,isaveryshorttimewritingsuchalong
story.Let'sjusthopeIdon'tusealltheinkofmyprinteronthis:
é(Theshortstorywasinsertedhere.Tomakeiteasiertofindtheshort
storywhenyoudon'twanttoreadthis,theshortstoryisfoundina
separatearticle)
Ç
HowdoIfindthetime?Iwonder.WheredoIgettheideasfrom?In
fact,Ispentonehouroneofthesedayswalkingaroundinthekitchen,
Çsittingondifferentchairs,relaxing,listeningtovariousthrashmetal,
thinkingofhowtocontinuethestory.Ihadcometotheguardguarding
thetubeandIwascompletelystuck.
Afterthatonehour,Ihadalltheplansreadyallthewaythroughthe
restofthestory.Thewholestoryjustwentthroughmyfingersthat
reactedbyhittingseveralkeysonthekeyboardandswoosh!Thestorywas
finishedinnotimeatall.
Ican'trememberwhetherImentionedinmylastletterornotthatIam
nowworkingforJadeGamesInternational.IamprogrammerandGM.Itwas
fortheGMjobIboughttheprinter.SinceIsuspectthatyoudon'tknow
whataGMdoes,Iwilltellyounow.
GMisshortforGameMaster.AGMcontrolsaPBMbyreceivinggame
turnsfromtheplayer,typeitintothecomputerandsendallwhatthe
computerprintsontheprintertotheplayers.
PBMisshortforPlayByMail.Itisagamethatonecanactuallyplay
bymail.Everymonth,yougetasheetwhereyougettoknowhowyouare
doing,whatyoursituationislikeandsoon.Allyouhavetodoisto
fillinasheetwithcommandstoallyourimaginaryarmiesandsendit
backtotheGM.Thereareofcourse99otherplayersinthatsamegame,
soyouhavelotsofenemies.However,youhavelotsoffriendsaswell.
Yousee.Thegameisnotsplitintoeverysingleplayer.Wehave20
differentreligionstofightfor.Itisalsopossibletomarryeach
Çother.Wehavegoodandevilplayers.Therearedifferentcreatures.
Thetape(audio)containsvariousthrash-metaltunes.Justsothatyou
don'tfeeltoolost,thetunesare:
SideA: (Metallica) Fadetoblack
(Metallica) Sanatorium(Welcomehome)
(Metallica) Toliveistodie )äThesetwoareÇ
(Metallica) DyersEve )ä"puttogether"Ç
(MOD) äOops!Idon'tknowwhatthisoneiscalled
Ç SideB: (Sacriliege) SoulSearch
(KingDiamond) "Amon"belongsto"them"
(Sanctuary) Sanctuary
(Vendetta) BrainDamage
(Megadeth) MaryJane
(DeadKennedys) Takethisjobandshoveit
ä(????)Ç Escapefromwithin
Hmmm.Well,IsupposeIhavespentenoughtimeandpaperandsoonon
thisletter,soIsupposeI'lljustfinishitoff.I'llwritemorenormal
crapnexttime,Ithink.
Yoursfaithful
Ç
DragtheInsanelyWittyOne
PS!Writesoon!Ihatewaiting!
PPS!Youdon'tneedtowritestoriesasIdotowritealetter.It'sjust
tositdownand...writeaquitenormalletterorsomethingthatlooks
likeit.
PPPS!Ithoughtofsendingyoua"CV"(CrazyVideo),butsinceFranceand
NorwayhavedifferentTVsystems,youwouldn'tbeabletoseeit.Sorry!
PPPPS!Sinceyouprobablyhavenevertasted"IFA"pills,Iherebygive
yousome.BonApetit!
PPPPPS!DidyouknowthatVendettasings"Christianthrash",andagroup
calledTestamentdoesthattoo?Whosaidanythingaboutheavymusicbeing
satanic???(eh-myparents)
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Noteventhisletterwaseveranswered,sotheboyeventuallygaveup
tryingtogainananswerfromthisfemale...untilJune8ththesame
year.Hesentahappybirthdaycardtothefemale,butstillthiswasn't
answered.Hedidn'tevengetahappybirthdaycardinreturn,sohe
Çeventuallygaveup.
Whenitcametothelink-virus,hehadnearlyfinishedoffhiswork
whenthelastvirushewasdoingresearchonruinedhisdisk,andhelost
thedeadlinehehadreceived.Hereprogrammedeverything,andisatthe
timebeingalmostfinished.However,thereseemtobeabuginit,and
sincesomeCprogrammermessedupthelooksofhissourcecode,hegave
uptheoldsourceandisthinkingofdoingitalloveragain-forthe
fourthtime!!!
AsforthejobasaGM,well,readthearticleaboutJadeGames
Internationalthisissue,aswellastheonecomingupinthenextissue.
Theshortstory,however,wasalsoreleasedinthescrolltextofan
Amigademo,aswellasadiskmagazine(Fourthdimension)onthesame
computer.Itwasalsoincludedinthe"UltimateCrazyLetter"(the800kB
one),andnow,itisreproducedhere.
Itisnotyetknownwhythefemaleneveransweredtheboy.Itisthe
beliefofScribaCommunisResponsithatwewanttofindoutthis,even
thoughthishappenedalongtimeago.
Forthoseofyouwhohaveprinters,whynotprintthisthingoutand
sendittoSeverine.Letherreceiveasmanylettersaspossible,and
perhapsshewilltellusherstory...
ForthoseofyouwhowishtouseFirstWordtoprintthefile,this
documentiscalled"SEVERINE.DOC"andisfoundintheDATA.BINfile,
ÇwhichisanLZH-archive,butplease,donotinanywaychangethe
contentsofthisarticle.
Foranyreactionsonthisstory,sendaletterto
ü CommuneResponsi
c/oGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
POBox71
6092Eggesbønes
NorwayÇ
and/or(preferablyand)
ü SeverineDiziain
Cidex22
70240Saulx
FranceÇ