From: 	Paul, Brett
Subject: 	Bamf [30] Revelation

[OOC:  Well, we heard from everyone except for Jeff.  Any suggestions for "writing 
him out of the story?"  This is your story, too. :) ]

Many questions were asked, and though it may not make exact conversational sense, 
I'll try to answer each in turn, figuring that had a normal conversation taken 
place, these questions would have been answered in time.  This type of stuff is 
*much* easier face-to-face. :)

Saif:  "We noticed his image on several coins we were given."

Steve:  "His image on coins?  Do you still have the coins?  Can I see one?"

Saif OOC: I'm not sure if I still have any of those, but if I do I'll hand them 
to him.

GM OOC:  You have 8 "pennies", 2 "quarters" and one "dollar."  The dollar was the 
one with Medizar's face on it.

Saif hands Steve one of the coins.  He looks at the face on the coin, and says, 
"This is not Medizar.  Medizar is a dark, raven-looking man with beady eyes and a 
brooding appearance."

GM:  You still think that the face on the coin resembles Medizar exactly.

Greg: "First question:  Is the geography the same as our Earth?  This place resembles 
the Carolina coast an awful lot.  

Steve:  "The geography is not really similar.  I imagine this world is much smaller 
than our Earth."

Greg:  "Do we just have an alternate history?"

Steve:  "Our histories are oddly similar in many regards."

Greg:  "Second question:  What are the other refugees from our Earth trying to do?  

Steve:  "Well, given our particular, um, 'talents,' we are working on a way to use 
the Sphere to return us to our homes on Earth.  This place is nice, but it is 
definitely not home."

John:  "What is this 'Sphere'? Can you tell us any information about it?

Steve:  "The Sphere is, as far as we have determined, some sort of powerful entity 
that takes people from their own world into another.  Perhaps, though, it is merely 
a tool of a more powerful entity."

Greg:  "Did you all arrive at once, like we did?"

Steve:  "We arrived pretty close to the same time.  Gwen and Bill didn't think they 
even left their own world, since they came in to this world in a place identical to 
where they came from."

Greg:  "What did the people on the island maintain record of your progress toward?"

Steve:  "Our way back home."

Greg:  "Have the members of your group developed any form of paranormal power.  So 
far, all of us have.  I'd find it odd that none of yours have."

Saif winces.

Steve:  "Well, not so much paranormal power as just a 'talent.'  For example, I can 
detect when the Bamf sphere activates in this world, a 'trick' that I know Medizar 
possesses."

Greg:  "Fourth question:  What was the significance of the plaque on the lighthouse?"

Steve:  "Well, Bill was a historian, and had that plaque made in honor of Pharos, the 
lighthouse at Alexandria.  He had the plaque made at the engraver's shop across town."

Greg:  "Fifth question:  Who is Medizar?"

Steve:  "Medizar is among those of us who came to this world, but as soon as he found 
that he had power, he started trying to take over."

Greg:  "What is he striving toward?"

Steve:  "You've heard of Hitler, yes?  I was once asked, when I was in school, 'If you 
could identify Adolph Hitler as a youth, would you kill him?'  I could never come up 
with a good answer for that, myself.  Would it have changed history?  Would it have 
prevented the holocaust?

"Medizar wants to be the Hitler of this world.  But he has one edge on Hitler - in 
addition to being a very charismatic person, he has these 'tricks.' "

Greg:  "How can we stop him?"

Steve:  "I wish I could answer that.  You see, we (referring to the refugees) don't 
know anything about him.  He arrived at the same time as the rest of us, but not in 
the same place.  It's almost as if some supernatural being has picked us for a game 
of planetary chess, and I feel like a pawn."

Greg:  "Do you have any form of textbooks in this town?  Physics, Chemistry, Biology?"

Saif:  "Are there any book in town that you know of that are written in both the local 
language and a language that might have been spoken on earth?  Say, Latin, one of the 
romance languages, or Arabic?"

Steve:  "You should be able to find some texts for many of these at the library."  Steve 
points towards the north.

Brady:  "So, is Medizar human?"

Steve:  "We believe he was, at least before he came into this world, but has attained his 
'tricks' and is trying to make himself immortal."

John:  "These 'tricks' you refer to...do you know what their nature is? Are they true 
power, or are they tricks in the true sense such as a magician can perform?"

Steve:  "All that I have seen would indicate that he has true magical power.  I caught him 
one night in the market square.  I watched him drain a small boy of his life by biting him, 
like a vampire would.  All that remained was the collapsed husk of the boy's body.  I tried 
to stop him, but when I attacked him, I passed right through him.  Then, before my very 
eyes, the boy's body sunk into the ground and disappeared.  I was very nearly tried for 
murder, as members of the town guard had seen me.  They said they saw me, and saw me kill 
the boy, but there was no body.  I am very lucky to be alive."

Brady:  "Can we reach him and challenge him?  I don't like people playing with me, nor do 
I like evil people..."

Steve:  "I echo your feelings about not liking evil people, and Medizar is definitely evil.  
As far as reaching him, we know that he has built himself a keep somewhere to the west of 
us, but we have not found it."

Saif:  "Saif also watches the exchange between the two Dana's with interest."

Dana, hearing all that is said as if everyone is in another room, walks slowly over towards 
the girl, trying not to frighten her.  

Dana:  "Hello." 

Younger Dana:  "Hullo."

Dana looks closely at the younger Dana, looking for - and finding - a familiar mole, a scar, 
facial features that are very familiar.  The younger Dana returns her glances, wondering at 
the sameness between the two.

Dana asks, "Have you lived in this town long?"  The younger Dana wordlessly shakes her head.  
As if in a trance, the younger Dana reaches out her hand, very tentatively, and touches 
Dana's face.  Leaving her hand where it is, she opens her mouth in amazement.  "You... are 
me," she says quietly, almost inaudibly.

Dana:  Glancing about the room, assuming this is a part of their home rather than part of 
the store, I look for anything familiar or indicating similar interests to my own.

GM:  This is indeed the back room of the store.  If you ask, 

John: Have we just seen our first 'TWIN'? (i.e. are there more to come?) Just 
wondering... :)

GM:  I'm not tellin'! :)

Marshall:  I'd also like to look carefully at Steve and see if, with the addition/removal 
(can't remember which :-) ) of a beard, or something along the same lines, he'd look like 
one of the members of our group.

GM:  You don't notice any resemblance.

Someone knocks on the front door of the shop.

- Brett


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From: 	Animalz[SMTP:dharrod@mindspring.com]
Subject: 	RE: Bamf [30] Revelation

Dana, after (somewhat) getting over the fact that she just met herself in a 
younger version, joins the group conversation....

> Saif hands Steve one of the coins.  He looks at the face on the coin,
> and says, "This is not Medizar.  Medizar is a dark, raven-looking man
> with beady eyes and a brooding appearance."

> GM:  You still think that the face on the coin resembles Medizar
> exactly.

OOC: I don't remember right off hand and I'm sure I no longer have the post 
with Medizar's description (long gone with the AOL account). So maybe Brett 
or someone else can refresh my recollection of what we thought he looked 
like.

If this image is truly different from what we saw, then who is the person 
we saw and how is he related to the real Medizar?  A rival?  A minion?  A 
TWIN?

And what of the other images on the coins?  Who do they belong to?

> Steve:  "Our histories are oddly similar in many regards."

So are our genetics, apparently.  At least for some of us.

> Steve:  "Well, given our particular, um, 'talents,' we are working on a
> way to use the Sphere to return us to our homes on Earth.

Sounds like a good plan. Being able to imitate animals is pretty cool, but 
overall, I'd rather be back home in the real world.  I have internship to 
finish and a wedding to plan.

> Steve:  "We arrived pretty close to the same time.  Gwen and Bill didn't
> think they even left their own world, since they came in to this world
> in a place identical to where they came from."

Were Gwen and Bill the folks on the island with the lighthouse?  Do you   
know what happened to them?  Do you know anything about a flying ghost 
ship?  Is it somehow inolved with Medizar?  Do you know who the female 
voice we heard might belong to?

> Greg:  "What did the people on the island maintain record of your
> progress toward?"
> Steve:  "Our way back home."

How was the information recorded?  On paper? If so, was it written in a 
book or on loose sheets?  We searched the house on the island and found 
nothing that might resemble this.  unless it is writtenin lemon juice 
inside "Great Expectations".  (which would be ironically appropriate  :)

> Steve:  "Well, Bill was a historian, and had that plaque made in honor
> of Pharos, the lighthouse at Alexandria.  He had the plaque made at the
> engraver's shop across town."

Is the engraver one of those who Bamf'd into this world?  Who else in town 
is one of you?  Has anyone got any idea of what this Sphere or its 
controller may want with us?

> "Medizar wants to be the Hitler of this world.  But he has one edge on
> Hitler - in addition to being a very charismatic person, he has these
> 'tricks.' "

Do you know what other "tricks" Medizar is capable of?

>  It's almost as if some
> supernatural being has picked us for a game of planetary chess, and I
> feel like a pawn."

Well I for one don't like being pawned around.  If we can pool our resources 
and intelligence and talents,  we should be able to come up with a plan to 
spoil the Sphere's fun.

> Steve:  "I echo your feelings about not liking evil people, and Medizar
> is definitely evil.  As far as reaching him, we know that he has built
> himself a keep somewhere to the west of us, but we have not found it."

Yes, he mentioned something about that.  Wanted us to make our way there, 
for whatever reason.  (Sorry that's another point I'm fuzzy on and I don't 
have all those old posts to go back to and search through.)  I think if we 
go there prepared, at least prepared as much as possible, we may find the 
answers we're looking for. Of course, we could find a lot of other things 
we're NOT looking for, but what other choice do we have?


> Dana looks closely at the younger Dana, looking for - and finding - a
> familiar mole, a scar, facial features that are very familiar.  The
> younger Dana returns her glances, wondering at the sameness between the
> two.

Does she wear glasses?

> Dana asks, "Have you lived in this town long?"  The younger Dana
> wordlessly shakes her head.

[That means"no", correct?]  If this is Steve's daughter, when did she 
arrive here? (I'll ask him these questions when the right opportunity 
presents itself.) Or is she a product of this world? In other words, was 
she born here?  If so, who is (or was) her mother and where is she?

> Someone knocks on the front door of the shop.

I'll follow Steve's lead - if he thinks we should hide, I'll do so.  If 
things get really hairy, I'll chameleon myself into a dark corner.

Dana - the older one


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From: 	gdinkelm@ccs.lmco.com[SMTP:gdinkelm@ccs.lmco.com]
Subject: 	RE: Bamf [30] Revelation

> > GM:  You still think that the face on the coin resembles Medizar
> > exactly.
> 
> OOC: I don't remember right off hand and I'm sure I no longer have the post 
> with Medizar's description (long gone with the AOL account). So maybe Brett 
> or someone else can refresh my recollection of what we thought he looked 
> like.
> 
> If this image is truly different from what we saw, then who is the person 
> we saw and how is he related to the real Medizar?  A rival?  A minion?  A 
> TWIN?

Maybe he's changing?

> And what of the other images on the coins?  Who do they belong to?

> How was the information recorded?  On paper? If so, was it written in a 
> book or on loose sheets?  We searched the house on the island and found 
> nothing that might resemble this.  unless it is writtenin lemon juice 
> inside "Great Expectations".  (which would be ironically appropriate  :)

Hmmm.  Sure you haven't been watching too many movies?  :)  (GM OOC: This is
a reference to the movie The Name of the Rose.)

> Is the engraver one of those who Bamf'd into this world?  Who else in town 
> is one of you?  Has anyone got any idea of what this Sphere or its 
> controller may want with us?

I think we need to stop Medizar.  The next question is, why would the Sphere 
bamf in Medizar so that we can stop him? 

I agree--it sounds like a chess game.  It makes sense that there's a good guy 
and a bad guy.  I would attribute us to the good guy's team, since Brady's here. 
That means Medizar was pulled in by the bad guy.

The bad guy has other minions, too--the ghost ship, at least--that Medizar seems 
to be in league with.  Perhaps Medizar has tired of the game, and merely wishes 
us to try to return him to our world.

> Well I for one don't like being pawned around.  If we can pol our resources 
> and intelligence and talents,  we should be able to come up with a plan to 
> spoil the Sphere's fun.

Might not be fun for the Sphere--maybe a test of his creation?

> > Someone knocks on the front door of the shop.

I'll follow Steve's lead, as well.  If there's a back door, I'll be ready to go 
through it, if necessary.


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From: 	Adequis[SMTP:Adequis@mindspring.com]
Subject: 	RE: Bamf [30] Revelation

I run to the north window and look around.  Do I see anything?

I say 'Something is out there...'  

Brady

GM OOC:  For why Brady does this, read below...


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From: 	Paul, Brett
Subject: 	RE: Bamf [30] Revelation

>I run to the north window and look around.  Do I see anything?

You run to the window, nearly tripping over people in your rush, and look outside.  To 
the left of the window, you barely glimpse a darkly-clad figure as it rounds the corner 
of the neighboring building.  If you knew the town better, you would probably be able to 
catch up with it, but it is heading towards an area in the town you haven't yet even 
explored.

Whoever is at the front door knocks again, more insistently.  Steve gets a look of fear 
on his face, but begins to move in that direction.

- Brett


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From: 	Adequis[SMTP:Adequis@mindspring.com]
Subject: 	RE: Bamf [30] Revelation

> >I run to the north window and look around.  Do I see anything?
> 
> You run to the window, nearly tripping over people in your rush, and
> look outside.  To the left of the window, you barely glimpse a
> darkly-clad figure as it rounds the corner of the neighboring building.
> If you knew the town better, you would probably be able to catch up with
> it, but it is heading towards an area in the town you haven't yet even
> explored.
> 
> Whoever is at the front door knocks again, more insistently.  Steve gets
> a look of fear on his face, but begins to move in that direction.
> 
> >I say 'Something is out there...'  

And I also say 'And I think that it heard our whole conversation.'


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From: 	John D. Proulx[SMTP:dewelar@ix.netcom.com]
Subject: 	Re: Bamf [30] Revelation

Paul, Brett wrote:
> Saif hands Steve one of the coins.  He looks at the face on the coin,
> and says, "This is not Medizar.  Medizar is a dark, raven-looking man
> with beady eyes and a brooding appearance."
> 
> GM:  You still think that the face on the coin resembles Medizar
> exactly.

"Perhaps he, too, counts shape-shifting among his 'tricks'."

Brady wrote:

> > Whoever is at the front door knocks again, more insistently.  Steve gets
> > a look of fear on his face, but begins to move in that direction.
> > 
> > >I say 'Something is out there...'  

> And I also say 'And I think that it heard our whole conversation.'

"If that's true, it won't do us any good to hide. It might be best to
face the music."

	John Proulx


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From: 	Saif[SMTP:saif@xmission.com]
Subject: 	Re: Bamf [30] Revelation

>Steve:  "His image on coins?  Do you still have the coins?  Can I see
>one?"
>
>Saif hands Steve one of the coins.  He looks at the face on the coin,
>and says, "This is not Medizar.  Medizar is a dark, raven-looking man
>with beady eyes and a brooding appearance."
>
>GM:  You still think that the face on the coin resembles Medizar
>exactly.


"Really!" Saif exclaims in surprise.  "So, who is this man then?" he asks of
the figure on the coin.  "Whoever he is, he, or somebody looking like him,
appeared to us, claiming to be Medizar."  Turning to his companions Saif
continues.  "Who saw Medizar when he came to release you from jail?  It take
it he looked like this? (holding up the coin)  Did he actually claim to be
Medizar, or did you by chance hear another name or title mentioned?"

>Steve:  "Well, given our particular, um, 'talents,' we are working on a
>way to use the Sphere to return us to our homes on Earth.  This place is
>nice, but it is definitely not home."

Saif nods, understanding completly.  "How long have you been here?"

>Greg:  "What did the people on the island maintain record of your
>progress toward?"
>
>Steve:  "Our way back home."

"How did they keep this information?  That would obviously be something we
would like to see to, so we can work together to get us _all_ back home."

>Steve:  "Well, not so much paranormal power as just a 'talent.'  For
>example, I can detect when the Bamf sphere activates in this world, a
>'trick' that I know Medizar possesses."

"How often does this occur?"

>Steve:  "I wish I could answer that.  You see, we (referring to the
>refugees) don't know anything about him.  He arrived at the same time as
>the rest of us, but not in the same place.  It's almost as if some
>supernatural being has picked us for a game of planetary chess, and I
>feel like a pawn."

Saif smiles at the analogy and then reminds Steve "Depending on how the game
plays out a pawn can become a queen, the most powerful piece on the board."

>Saif:  "Are there any book in town that you know of that are written in
>both the local language and a language that might have been spoken on
>earth?  Say, Latin, one of the romance languages, or Arabic?"
>
>Steve:  "You should be able to find some texts for many of these at the
>library."  Steve points towards the north.

Saif nods his thanks.

>Dana asks, "Have you lived in this town long?"  The younger Dana
>wordlessly shakes her head.  As if in a trance, the younger Dana reaches
>out her hand, very tentatively, and touches Dana's face.  Leaving her
>hand where it is, she opens her mouth in amazement.  "You... are me," she
>says quietly, almost inaudibly.

"Dana," Saif says, addressing the younger one in a gentle voice, "were you
born here or did you come through a sphere?"

>Someone knocks on the front door of the shop.

"Do you want us to hide?" Saif whispers to Steve.  "We could leave out the
back way."

Saif


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From: 	gdinkelm@ccs.lmco.com[SMTP:gdinkelm@ccs.lmco.com]
Subject: 	Re: Bamf [30] Revelation

> "How did they keep this information?  That would obviously be something we
> would like to see to, so we can work together to get us _all_ back home."
> 
> >Steve:  "Well, not so much paranormal power as just a 'talent.'  For
> >example, I can detect when the Bamf sphere activates in this world, a
> >'trick' that I know Medizar possesses."
> 
> "How often does this occur?"

"And did you know we arrived?"

> Saif smiles at the analogy and then reminds Steve "Depending on how the game
> plays out a pawn can become a queen, the most powerful piece on the board."

Been reading _Through the Looking-glass_?  :)

Greg


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From: 	Paul, Brett
Subject: 	RE: Bamf [30] Revelation

Dana wrote:

OOC: I don't remember right off hand and I'm sure I no longer have the post 
with Medizar's description (long gone with the AOL account). So maybe Brett 
or someone else can refresh my recollection of what we thought he looked 
like.

From the original post when you met Medizar:

Standing among you all, the shadows coalesce into a defined form of a well-dressed 
man.  His shirt is an odd off-white, as if made up of moonlight.  His suit jacket, 
vest, tie, and top hat are blacker than the night.  His skin is a pale white that 
seems to glow in the star and fire light.  He carries a black cane that seems almost 
to absorb the light around it.  He begins to speak with a voice as smooth as silk, 
as deep as a canyon, that comes from all around you at once.  [ooc:  Imagine Darth 
Vader's voice.]

"Greetings to you all.  I trust your journey was," he chuckles lightly, "comfortable."  
He looks over to the boat that ferried you from the island.  "Do forgive my manners, 
my name is Medizar.  I believe I am the reason you were brought here.  You see, I need 
your help to free this world."  An ominous smile spreads slowly across his face.  As 
he bears his teeth to you in a feral grin, you notice that they are colored nearly the 
same as his shirt.  You also notice that his canines (teeth) are greatly extended.  
"Come to my castle to complete your quest."

Dana continued:
Yes, he mentioned something about that.  Wanted us to make our way there, 
for whatever reason.  (Sorry that's another point I'm fuzzy on and I don't 
have all those old posts to go back to and search through.)  

The above quote should cover that as well.

> Dana looks closely at the younger Dana

Does she wear glasses?

No.

> Dana asks, "Have you lived in this town long?"  The younger Dana
> wordlessly shakes her head.

[That means"no", correct?]  

Correct.

- Brett


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From: 	Paul, Brett
Subject: 	RE: Bamf [30] Revelation part 2

GM OOC:  This is why Brady thought someone was outside...

I said:

>Someone knocks on the front door of the shop.

When you hear the knock on the door, you get an odd sensation in your head, and your 
eyes focus on the north wall of the shop for but a moment.  Unsure of what you felt, 
your eyes linger looking in that direction.  Briefly, a shadow passes across the north 
window of the porch, but is quickly out of the range of the window's view.

- Brett


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From: 	Adequis[SMTP:Adequis@mindspring.com]
Subject: 	RE: Bamf [30] Revelation part 2

Does it feel like the willies, or evil, or what.  I felt odd...  Did I felt drawn 
to look north?  Just wondering

Brady


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From: 	Paul, Brett
Subject: 	RE: Bamf [30] Revelation part 2

>Does it feel like the willies, or evil, or what.  I felt odd...  

It's difficult to describe.  Do you know the feeling when you've been staring at something 
for half an hour trying to see a picture of a wolf's head (or whatever is in the picture), 
but you just don't see it, and suddenly you see it clearly and know that you should've seen 
it all along?  That's the type of feeling.  That realization that there's more to what you 
are looking at than you are seeing.  You get this feeling for just a flash in time, and it 
is gone.  The feeling fades quickly away.

>Did I felt drawn to look north?  Just wondering

Drawn?  No, not especially.

- Brett