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  1. 022000000000000044000000000000000
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  5. 9[..◆.◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆.]0110
  6. üDoyouwantacoke,Severine?
  7. -or-
  8. Letthetruthcomeout
  9. -or-
  10. Reactionswanted
  11. -or-
  12. Whatdoyouthink?
  13. -or-
  14. Isitreallydedicationtime?
  15. ÇAtruestorybyandwith
  16. GardEggesbøAbrahamsen
  17. (ExclusivelyforScribaCommunisResponsi)
  18.  
  19. Onceuponatime,therewasthisboywhowaslookeduponasanoutsider,
  20. andthus,hebecameone.Hehatedthesocietyhelivedin,andworstof
  21. all...hecouldn'tallowhimselftoevensay"Hi,"tofemalesofhisown
  22. age,asthisclearlywouldbemisinterpretedbyhisenvironmentinthe
  23. mostbizarreways.
  24.    Hefeltlonely,andheneededsomeonetotalkto.Forsomereason,he
  25. feltthatonlyfemaleswouldbeabletosatisfyhisenormousdemandsofa
  26. listeningperson.Astohisexperience,hewouldnotbeabletofindsuch
  27. afemaleinthesocietyaroundhim.
  28. Ç   Then,onedayatschool,hegothishandsonamagazinecalled
  29. "Jugendmagazin".ItwasGerman,andhisGermanwaslousy,buthefounda
  30. penpalscolumn.SomeoftheonestherepreferredEnglish.Now,thatwas
  31. somethinghecouldspeakwell.Unfortunately,themagazinewasabitold,
  32. buthefoundaformtofillinandsendtoJugendmagazin.Theywouldthen
  33. makeacomputerpickapenpaltohim.
  34.    Thishedid.
  35.    Andtimepassed,andafterahalfayearorso,hehadtotally
  36. forgottenthathehaddonethis,sohestillfeltabitlonely.Then,
  37. suddenly,hereceivedaletterinthemail.Ithad"Jugendmagazin"
  38. writtenalloverit.Wasthisit?Wasthisthesolutiontoallofhis
  39. mentalproblems?Onlytimecouldtell.
  40.    Thelettercontainedthreeaddresses.AlloftheminFrance.Healso
  41. receivedaletterfromafemalefromDenmark.Hewrotetoallfour
  42. females.
  43.    ThefemalefromDenmarkdidnotwriteback.
  44.    OneoftheletterstooneofthefemalesinFrancewasreturnedwith
  45. somestrangemessageontheenvelopethathedidn'tunderstandashe
  46. didn'tknowawordFrench.
  47.    ThesecondofthefemalesinFranceneveranswered.
  48.    Thethird,however,answered.Herecomeththeminutecollectionof
  49. wordsthatwereexchangedbetweentheboyand...
  50. Ç                              SeverineDiziain
  51.                               Cidex22
  52.                               70240Saulx
  53.                               Frankrike
  54.  
  55. *********
  56.  
  57.                                             EGGESBØNES,01.01.1990
  58. HelloSeverine,
  59.  
  60.   IthadgonealongtimeandIhadtotallyforgottenthatIhadsenta
  61. lettertoJugendmagazinBriefcomputer,anditwasthereforeanice
  62. surprisewhentheirreplyarrivedatmydoor.Thereis,however,one
  63. thingthatmakesmyheadache.Ican'tfindSaulxonanyofmymaps.I
  64. have,though,byexaminingyourpostaddressnumber(70240)foundthatit
  65. probablyissouthofParissomewhere.
  66.   Iamsureyouwon'tfindEggesbønesonanyofyourmaps,soIhave
  67. includedasmallmaptoshowyouwhereintheworldIlive.
  68.   Iama16yearsoldNorwegianboy.Myinterestsincludewriting
  69. letters,playingAvalon(aplay-by-mailgame),programmingcomputers,
  70. readingbooks(Adams(Douglas-"HitchhikersguidetotheGalaxy),
  71. Asimov,Bradbury,Tolkien),playingbridge,chess,makingfriendsand
  72. Çlistentomusic.
  73.   WhenIwas10yearsold,IstartedprogrammingtheancientSinclair
  74. Spectrum,andtwoyearsago,IboughtmyselfanAtari520STM.
  75.   Music?Ilistentoalmosteverything.Myfavouritegroupis,however,
  76. Metallica.Eventhoughtheyplaytrash-metal,Ijustlovetheirguitar
  77. solos.
  78.   IbelieveyouwonderwhatkindofpersonIam.Tobehonest,Ihave
  79. beenaverymodestpersonsinceIwasborn.Onlythelastyear,Ihave
  80. beentryingtogetridofmymodesty,asmymodestyiswhatIhatemost
  81. ofmyself.
  82.   Isufferfromthewellknowndiseasecalledasthma.Iamallergicto
  83. pollenandanimals'hair.IfIbreatheinairwithmuchpollenor
  84. animals'hair,slimegathersinmythroatandIgetsomedifficulties
  85. breathing,butitreallyisn'tasbadasitsoundslike.
  86.   Oneday,Iwillberichandfamous.Thisisnolongeradreamforme
  87. thatcan'tbereached.Iactuallyknowthatthisisquitepossiblefor
  88. me.Throughthenextdays,Iamgoingtodoresearchoncomputer-viruses
  89. andactuallyhelpaDutchprogrammer.IfIcandomypart,Iampromised
  90. thattheprogrammerwilltrytogetmeafull-timejobintheGerman
  91. softwarecompanyThalion.
  92.   AsIdon'tknowyou,yet,andcan'tfindanythingmore"generalstuff"
  93. towrite,Iwillleavethepenforyoutowriteabitaboutyourself,and
  94. ÇI'llhopewe're(asweprogrammerssay)compatible.(Iusuallygetalong
  95. withmostpeople)
  96.   Oh!Nearlyforgot...myaddress!It's:
  97.           GardEggesbøAbrahamsen
  98.           Box71
  99.           N-6092Eggesbønes
  100.           Norway
  101.                                                    Yourstruly
  102.                                                 GardE.Abrahamsen
  103. PS!IHOPEYOUCANREADMYWRITING!
  104.  
  105. *********
  106.  
  107.                                                      Saulx1.02.90
  108.  
  109.   HelloGard!
  110.  
  111. Thankyouverymuchforyourniceletterandyourmap.
  112. I'ma17yearsoldFrenchgirl.I'mbornonJune8th1972.Ihavea
  113. sister(13yearsold)andabrother(9yearsold).
  114. Myinterestsincludewritingletters,playingpianoandtennis,speaking
  115. foreignlanguages,makingfriends,listeningtomusicandreading.
  116. êMusicÇ:Ilistentoalmosteverything.MyfavouritegroupsarePinkFloyd,
  117. Queen,A-ha,U2;myfavouritesingersareStingandfrenchsingerslike
  118. Jean-JacquesGoldman,JohnnyHalliday...Doyouknowthem?
  119. êIspeakÇGermanfor7yearsandEnglishfor4years(That'swhyIdon't
  120. speakverygoodEnglish).For2yearsIlearnGreek.
  121. IhaveacomputertoobutIfinditdifficulttoprogrammeit.I'mnotas
  122. ableasyouthat'swhyIadmireyou.
  123. ThisyearImustworkalotatschoolbecauseImustmakemy
  124. "baccalaureat";itisaveryimportantexam.Afterhavingit,Icangoin
  125. university.
  126. êAndyouÇ,whichclassdoyouattend?Whichlanguagesdoyouspeak?Areyou
  127. interestedinwalkinginthecountry?
  128. Ilikethenaturealotespeciallymountains.Ilikepostcards,cards
  129. andphotoswithcountryandcountryinthesnow.Icollectpostcards,
  130. cards,photosandmysistercollectsstamps!êAndyouÇ,whatdoyou
  131. collect?
  132. NowIleavethepenforyou.
  133.  
  134.                     Goodbye.
  135.  
  136.                     êSeverineÇ
  137.  
  138. ÇP.S:Please,excusemymistakes!
  139.      Iwillsendyouapictureofmyselfinmyfutureletter!
  140.  
  141. *********
  142.  
  143.                                                Eggesbønes11.02.90
  144.  
  145.   HiSeverine,
  146.  
  147. Thankyouforyourniceletterandyourmap.
  148.   IsupposeyouwonderwhenIwasborn.ShallItellyou?Well,OK.It
  149. wasAugust19th1973.And,well,OK.Ihaveabrother(19yearsold).
  150.   Ah!IcanseewehaveêsomeÇinterestsincommon.Iusedtoplaythe
  151. pianoaswell.WhenIwas9yearsold,Ibeganinamusicschool,andI
  152. playedthepianofortwoyears.WhyIquit?IsupposeitwasbecauseI
  153. didsolittlehomework,andIneverseemedtoreallygetthecrackof
  154. it.Ihaveforgottenmostofit,butIsitdownandplayabitnowand
  155. then-whenI'maloneinthehouseandnobodyhears.
  156.   IusedtolistentoA-haandotherpop-bandsbefore,too.But
  157. throughouttheyears,mytasteofmusichadjustbecomeharderand
  158. harder.Ihaven'theardQueenmuch,butwhatIhaveheardhasbeengood.
  159. EventhoughPinkFloydisanoldgroup,Ididn'thearthembeforelast
  160. Çsummer.Theyaren'tactuallyhardenoughforme,butaswesay;Everyman
  161. hashisowntaste,andIbelieveitcountsforwomenaswell.
  162.   IhaveheardofSting,butnoneoftheFrenchones.
  163.   IspokeEnglishwhenIwas5yearsold.Normallywestartin4thgrade
  164. (age10)atschool,butIjusthappenedtostartlearningEnglishatthe
  165. ageoffive.SoIhavehad11yearstolearnEnglishnow.
  166.   IspeakabitGermanaswell,butIstartedin8thgrade(age14)andI
  167. haven'tactuallyworkedtoohardonit,soIhaveanaverageGerman.
  168.   IstartedreadingandwritingwhenIwas4.Therewasn'tmuchtodoat
  169. homewhenbothmyparentswereatwork,soIdecidedtolearntoreadand
  170. write.
  171.   Soyouhaveacomputer.Whatcomputerisit,then?
  172.   Thanks!Thatisthefirsttimesomeonesayshe/sheadmiresme.  The
  173. NorwegianschoolyearbeginsinAugust(Yeah!Usuallysomewherebetween
  174. 18thand20th)andcontinuestoJunethenextyear.
  175.   Ihavefinishedthecompulsaryschool(9years)andmygradesweregood
  176. enoughtobeginintheNorwegianhigh-school(orwhateverwecancompare
  177. itto).Iaminthefirstyeartherenow.Istillhavetwoyearstogo
  178. beforeIcanstudyprogramminginthe"dh"(shortfor"districthigh-
  179. school"butitisakindofuniversity).IfIhaven'tgoodenoughgrades
  180. for"dh",IamfreetostudyattheuniversityinOslo,butIhaveheard
  181. thattheenvironmentthereisn'ttoogood,soI'llprobablygetajobin
  182. Çasoftwarecompanyinsteadofgoingtotheuniversity.Ihavehopesof
  183. gettingajobrightnowaswell.AsIsaidinmypreviousletter,Iam
  184. doingresearchon"link-viruses",andImustsayIhavesucceededin
  185. killingthem.IamnowwaitingforananswerfromThalion.(Icanreport
  186. 2link-viruseskilledoutofthe5theysentme2weeksago)
  187.   Yes,youcouldsayIaminterestedinwalkinginthecountry.Ilike
  188. thenatureandthefreshair.Unfortunately,itrainstoomuchhereat
  189. Eggesbønes,soitisn'toftenIgetout,butwhenIdo,Imostprobably
  190. walkinthemountains(Thereisn'tanywhereelsetogoanyway).
  191.   Idon'tcollectathing.Well,okey.Ifyoureallywanttoknow.Ihad
  192. acollectionofemptyboxesofsomespecialNorwegianpills,butIgot
  193. sickofeatingthemat96boxes,soIquit.NowIcollectletters,
  194. computerviruses,friends,demosandexperiences.
  195.   Ifyouwish,IcansendyouatapewithmusicIlike.Iwilltryto
  196. behavemyselfandletyouhearthenotsohardones.
  197.   Oh!ThisletterislongerthanIhoped.Yourturn!
  198.  
  199. Gard
  200.  
  201. PS!Mistakes?Ohmy!Inmypreviousletter,IwroteTrashmetal.
  202.      Thatisamistake.ItistêhÇrashmetal.(Thrashmeanstohit,
  203.      kick,slayetc.)
  204. Ç
  205. *********
  206.  
  207. Inshort:Theboysentalettertothefemale.Thefemalesentaletter
  208. totheboy,andtheboysentalettertothefemale.Thislastletter
  209. wasn'tanswered.
  210.    Becausehereallywantedananswer,heandhisfriend,StigAF
  211. Antonsen,foundoutthattheywouldsendheralittlelettertellingher
  212. thatshe'dbetterwritesoon.Thisletterwasn'tanswered,either.
  213.    Butsincetheboyfeltinspiredtowriteashortstory,hedidso.
  214. Thisshortstorywascalled"Doyouwantacoke?".Toexplaintheshort
  215. storyandthepersonsinit,hewrotealetterwithitandsentitbefore
  216. Severineeveransweredhispreviousletter:
  217.  
  218.                                              Eggesbønes24.03.1990
  219. üHithere,Severine!Ç
  220.  
  221.   ThisisaminiatureversionofaCrazyLetter.Itisaminiature
  222. versionbecausearealversionismuchtooexpensivetoprint(usually
  223. round40pageslikethis)
  224.   Asusual,Ihavea"story"init(intherealthing,thereareMANY
  225. stories).ThestorytodayisthebiggestIhavewrittensofar.Ialso
  226. Çuserealcharacters.However,thenameshavebeenslightlychangedby
  227. writingthembackwards.Sinceyoudon'tknowallthecharacters,Iwill
  228. introducethemtoyounow:
  229.  
  230. êGitstheViolentOne
  231. Ç
  232. Youhavealreadyheardofthisguybefore.HisnameisStigAFAntonsen,
  233. heisoriginallyfromBergenandhe"helped"mewritingtheprevious
  234. letter.WecallhimtheViolentOnebecauseheisamilitaryfanatic.He
  235. isayearolderthananyofusotherguys,butheisinourclassat
  236. schoolanyway.
  237.  
  238. êRiegsathePeacefulOne
  239. Ç
  240. FullnameisAsgeirOsnes.Heisfrom"Ulsteinvik"andheisanNGU
  241. fanatic.NGUisaNorwegiananti-alcoholorganisationforyouthor
  242. somethinglikethat.However,heisnotaspeacefulasinthestory.The
  243. factisthathelikeshittingmebecauseIlikethrashmetal.Heisa
  244. PinkFloydfan.
  245.  
  246. êTrebortheSwiftOne
  247. Ç
  248. ÇAstheabovetwo,thisguyisalsoaschoolmate.HisrealnameisRobert
  249. IdarKleppeandheisaNorwegianChampioninathletes.Yeah!Areal
  250. champion!That'swhyheiscalledtheSwiftOne.Withoutexagerating,I
  251. mustsayheismybestfriend(Ithink).
  252.  
  253. êEnirevestheFrenchOne
  254. Ç
  255. Theonlyfemaleinthestory.HerrealnameisSeverineDiziain,andI
  256. supposeyoualreadyknowher.
  257.  
  258. êDragtheInsanelyWittyOne
  259. Ç
  260. Thisguyisaveryclosefriendofmine.HisrealnameisGardEggesbø
  261. Abrahamsen.ThenameDragtheInsanelyWittyOnewasoriginallyinvented
  262. byStefanPosthumaandRichardKarsmakersbeforetheycametoNorwaythis
  263. winter.
  264.  
  265. êEdorftheEvilOne
  266. Ç
  267. RealnameisFrodeSeljesethandheisoneofmymanyneighbours.Bothhe
  268. andAsgeirmakedemosontheCommodore64.Thebothhavedisk-drivesand
  269. noneofthemhavefullyfunctionaltaperecorders.HesaiditwasokeyI
  270. ÇcalledhimtheEvilOnewhenIaskedhim.Hesaysthatheisa"black
  271. angel",ashecandoverymanystrangethings,evilthingsandheloves
  272. todoquitebadthings,butheisanicepersonbyheartandwouldnever
  273. doanythingtoharmanyone.
  274.  
  275. êNrøjbsatheMadProfessor
  276. Ç
  277. Notquiteasevilasinthestory.Infact,heismymathsteacher,and
  278. heletsmesleepinclassaslongasIdon'tsnore.(Iknoweverything
  279. anyway,so...)Well,okey.Maybenotsleep,butatleastIwriteletters
  280. inclass.HisrealnameisAsbjørnGiske.
  281.  
  282.   Okey!That'stheintroductions,andnowthestory.Iused4daysto
  283. writeit,which,onecouldsay,isaveryshorttimewritingsuchalong
  284. story.Let'sjusthopeIdon'tusealltheinkofmyprinteronthis:
  285.  
  286. é(Theshortstorywasinsertedhere.Tomakeiteasiertofindtheshort
  287. storywhenyoudon'twanttoreadthis,theshortstoryisfoundina
  288. separatearticle)
  289. Ç
  290.   HowdoIfindthetime?Iwonder.WheredoIgettheideasfrom?In
  291. fact,Ispentonehouroneofthesedayswalkingaroundinthekitchen,
  292. Çsittingondifferentchairs,relaxing,listeningtovariousthrashmetal,
  293. thinkingofhowtocontinuethestory.Ihadcometotheguardguarding
  294. thetubeandIwascompletelystuck.
  295.   Afterthatonehour,Ihadalltheplansreadyallthewaythroughthe
  296. restofthestory.Thewholestoryjustwentthroughmyfingersthat
  297. reactedbyhittingseveralkeysonthekeyboardandswoosh!Thestorywas
  298. finishedinnotimeatall.
  299.   Ican'trememberwhetherImentionedinmylastletterornotthatIam
  300. nowworkingforJadeGamesInternational.IamprogrammerandGM.Itwas
  301. fortheGMjobIboughttheprinter.SinceIsuspectthatyoudon'tknow
  302. whataGMdoes,Iwilltellyounow.
  303.   GMisshortforGameMaster.AGMcontrolsaPBMbyreceivinggame
  304. turnsfromtheplayer,typeitintothecomputerandsendallwhatthe
  305. computerprintsontheprintertotheplayers.
  306.   PBMisshortforPlayByMail.Itisagamethatonecanactuallyplay
  307. bymail.Everymonth,yougetasheetwhereyougettoknowhowyouare
  308. doing,whatyoursituationislikeandsoon.Allyouhavetodoisto
  309. fillinasheetwithcommandstoallyourimaginaryarmiesandsendit
  310. backtotheGM.Thereareofcourse99otherplayersinthatsamegame,
  311. soyouhavelotsofenemies.However,youhavelotsoffriendsaswell.
  312. Yousee.Thegameisnotsplitintoeverysingleplayer.Wehave20
  313. differentreligionstofightfor.Itisalsopossibletomarryeach
  314. Çother.Wehavegoodandevilplayers.Therearedifferentcreatures.
  315.   Thetape(audio)containsvariousthrash-metaltunes.Justsothatyou
  316. don'tfeeltoolost,thetunesare:
  317.  
  318.   SideA: (Metallica)     Fadetoblack
  319.           (Metallica)     Sanatorium(Welcomehome)
  320.           (Metallica)     Toliveistodie   )äThesetwoareÇ
  321.           (Metallica)     DyersEve           )ä"puttogether"Ç
  322.           (MOD)        äOops!Idon'tknowwhatthisoneiscalled
  323. Ç  SideB: (Sacriliege)    SoulSearch
  324.           (KingDiamond)  "Amon"belongsto"them"
  325.           (Sanctuary)     Sanctuary
  326.           (Vendetta)      BrainDamage
  327.           (Megadeth)      MaryJane
  328.           (DeadKennedys) Takethisjobandshoveit
  329.           ä(????)Ç         Escapefromwithin
  330.  
  331.   Hmmm.Well,IsupposeIhavespentenoughtimeandpaperandsoonon
  332. thisletter,soIsupposeI'lljustfinishitoff.I'llwritemorenormal
  333. crapnexttime,Ithink.
  334.  
  335. Yoursfaithful
  336. Ç
  337.  
  338. DragtheInsanelyWittyOne
  339.  
  340. PS!Writesoon!Ihatewaiting!
  341. PPS!Youdon'tneedtowritestoriesasIdotowritealetter.It'sjust
  342. tositdownand...writeaquitenormalletterorsomethingthatlooks
  343. likeit.
  344. PPPS!Ithoughtofsendingyoua"CV"(CrazyVideo),butsinceFranceand
  345. NorwayhavedifferentTVsystems,youwouldn'tbeabletoseeit.Sorry!
  346. PPPPS!Sinceyouprobablyhavenevertasted"IFA"pills,Iherebygive
  347. yousome.BonApetit!
  348. PPPPPS!DidyouknowthatVendettasings"Christianthrash",andagroup
  349. calledTestamentdoesthattoo?Whosaidanythingaboutheavymusicbeing
  350. satanic???(eh-myparents)
  351.  
  352. ---------
  353.  
  354. Noteventhisletterwaseveranswered,sotheboyeventuallygaveup
  355. tryingtogainananswerfromthisfemale...untilJune8ththesame
  356. year.Hesentahappybirthdaycardtothefemale,butstillthiswasn't
  357. answered.Hedidn'tevengetahappybirthdaycardinreturn,sohe
  358. Çeventuallygaveup.
  359.    Whenitcametothelink-virus,hehadnearlyfinishedoffhiswork
  360. whenthelastvirushewasdoingresearchonruinedhisdisk,andhelost
  361. thedeadlinehehadreceived.Hereprogrammedeverything,andisatthe
  362. timebeingalmostfinished.However,thereseemtobeabuginit,and
  363. sincesomeCprogrammermessedupthelooksofhissourcecode,hegave
  364. uptheoldsourceandisthinkingofdoingitalloveragain-forthe
  365. fourthtime!!!
  366.    AsforthejobasaGM,well,readthearticleaboutJadeGames
  367. Internationalthisissue,aswellastheonecomingupinthenextissue.
  368.    Theshortstory,however,wasalsoreleasedinthescrolltextofan
  369. Amigademo,aswellasadiskmagazine(Fourthdimension)onthesame
  370. computer.Itwasalsoincludedinthe"UltimateCrazyLetter"(the800kB
  371. one),andnow,itisreproducedhere.
  372.    Itisnotyetknownwhythefemaleneveransweredtheboy.Itisthe
  373. beliefofScribaCommunisResponsithatwewanttofindoutthis,even
  374. thoughthishappenedalongtimeago.
  375.    Forthoseofyouwhohaveprinters,whynotprintthisthingoutand
  376. sendittoSeverine.Letherreceiveasmanylettersaspossible,and
  377. perhapsshewilltellusherstory...
  378.    ForthoseofyouwhowishtouseFirstWordtoprintthefile,this
  379. documentiscalled"SEVERINE.DOC"andisfoundintheDATA.BINfile,
  380. ÇwhichisanLZH-archive,butplease,donotinanywaychangethe
  381. contentsofthisarticle.
  382.  
  383. Foranyreactionsonthisstory,sendaletterto
  384. ü               CommuneResponsi
  385.                c/oGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
  386.                POBox71
  387.                6092Eggesbønes
  388.                NorwayÇ
  389.      and/or(preferablyand)
  390. ü               SeverineDiziain
  391.                Cidex22
  392.                70240Saulx
  393.                FranceÇ
  394.