-- Num ---- Username ---- Category ------------- Posted -- Expires --- Pages --- | 76510 | BRANNEAT | CHATTER | 06/02/96 | 06/09/96 | 3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Description: A fond farewell.... | ================================================================================ The city was eerily quiet. Only the occasional scurrying of rats could be heard as Maverick walked through the streets. As she checked each building and locked the doors behind her, she felt both sad and excited. The relocation had been announced long ago and a great new land had been chose, yet leaving the once thriving city that had been her home for over six years was difficult. Each building held great memories. She smiled as she passed Wonderland, The Indigo Palace, The Den of Iniquity, and Shangri La. As she continued toward the city's front gate she became lost in thought. She remembered tank stories, chocolate DAKs, Moria addicts, BUCKS tournaments, Scuz cartoons, SJFJ and "wimps hit the 'n' key", Pudstinia, process name gags, the Eagle Hall beach, Hillside football, Thursday night DAKs, trips to Reddish Knob and G30, RFLs, old fart festivities, 'killer' games, spades tournaments, evil mr. tongue, anonymous mailers, logout screen, term lock screens and the introduction of the 'T' key, "earning my tuition, "cool, is this Rush?", "aren't you at least bi?", and "on the vax often?", xyplex terminals, mock weddings, curse wars, and six foot snow penises. Before Maverick knew it, she was at the front gate. It was beginning to get dark and she knew that the new day would shine brightly upon the new city of Chatterdom. All that was left was to shut and lock the front gate and join the others that awaited her. The large iron doors were rusted and showing their age. They also held the carefully inscribed names of many Chatterites that had moved on before. Slug, Beast, Hawkeye, Basil, Oasis, Baby, Blackrose, Squid, Ivory, Romulus, ronin, Remus, Sandman, Redhotmomma, Shadowcat, Comedian, Tripod, Thorn, Italian Eyes, Spaceman Spiff, freddie, Whistler, fromthebadlands, the Uninvited Guest, orgasmatron, Scruffy the Cat, agentplaid, 7-grain, dear Abby, mumford, Byrd, Rat, ozanqui, blueadept, special agent, VermN, strider, vocalist, cookie woman, artiste, pagan, svieta, spriggin, Rorshach, captain, blackbird, isabeau, bobbin, JOSE~, masochemist, rugged, tree, and tuna were among the many names present. Maverick smiled as she came to the last and most recently added name, super80. His leaving gave her the task she now carried out, for she was now the oldest, most consistently active Chatterite. It was an honor that she wore with pride. She pulled the heavy doors closed and locked them with a loud clang. She smiled as she thought of the great times that had already occured and looked forward to the new land with its young blood and great promise. And as Maverick turned and headed into the darkness, the rats clapped...and then there was silence.