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From: guest@carusso.ime.gov.sg (guest)
Subject: A Balrog's story... part I of many(?)
Cc: guest@carusso.ime.gov.sg
Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.33]
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 05:07:24 +0000


Hi there. I'm wondering how many people in Callahans still remembers that old
Balrog. Anyway, yesterday, at 5:30 pm I was wondering how I was going to 
kill the last 30 min remaining before I could go out of the office.
So, I switched on the old 286 that was dutyfully collecting dust on my deck.
Then, I ran 'edlin'... the only text processor available on that machine. 
At 10:05 pm... at called it a day. Here is what came out : 

Of course any comments, flames and other, are most welcome. I'm so lonely in 
Singapore that *any* mail is welcome in fact. 
Ah.... one last word... you should blame Danger Mouse... *he* told me to keep
trying. 


Daaa... enough nonsens. Here is the story...well, the prologue of the story...
... well , only Part I in fact ... 
BTW, my Email adress is, until the 25 of September, 
	guest@carusso.ime.gov.sg

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 		Mille x Mille Mondes
		(A thousand thousand worlds)

	Prologue

	A fierce landscape of tall, snow covered mountains.
	Slow zoom on the slope of one mountain. Two black dots move
	with great speed, hoping from rock to rock... always going up.
	The two are moving too fast for us to clearly distinguish them.
	The camera stops on one huge frozen black rock. One of the black
	silhouette lands on it, shattering the ice that covers the rock.
	It pauses for on heart-beat, long enough for us to see a
	fully armored man. The armor is mostly black and has a wolfish
	look. The helmet even resembles a wolf head. In a single
	jump, the man reaches an other rock that seems several dozen
	meters away. The rock crumbles under the impact but the man
	is already jumping farther up the mountain.
	The top of the mountain. A small corniche overlooks a mountains
	-filled horizon. Suddenly, one of the black silhouette jumps 
	several meters above the corniche, stay suspended in mid air 
	during an incredible long second then lands on the snow covered
	corniche. Its black cap falls back around him. Soon enough,
	the other one jumps past the corniche and lands near its twin.
	Both apparitions wear wolf-armor... they look very much alike.
	The first arrived slowly reach for his helmet... a `sluch'
	sound is heard and vapor pours from the helmet as the man takes 
	it of.His face is angular, he wears a short black beard.
	He scrutinizes the mountains with an emotionless face. Soon 
	enough, the other removes his helmet too. The two men look alike...
	but the second seems to have less control over his emotions.
	He looks at his brother with concern and seems ill-at-ease as
 	his twin keeps staring at the opposite mountain.
	`Shouldn't we go now?'
	No reaction. The second man looks at his feet, a drop of sweet
	slowly running down his face.
	 He bursts in a false laugh, scratching the back of his head.
	`Surely she will be all-right!'
	The other man doesn't even blink.but slowly, raises his helmet to put 
	it back.
	`The snow is treacherous here' he says then lower the helmet
	over his face.
	`Be careful' he adds... and launches himself in the void. He
	lands one hundred meter below... only to jump again... going
	down and down again. His brother quickly follows him... but
	as he first lands, he unsettles a whole part of the snow 
	covering the slope. Unaware of this, he jumps farther down.
	A more distant view of the mountain. We can see the two
	black dots hoping down... followed by a huge avalanche...
	Close up on the faulting brother. He is a little behind his
	twin... so the avalanche is on him sooner. At the last instant
	he looks back... see a towering wall of snow ruching on him!
	He scream `BROTHER!' and jumps skyward to try to avoid the
	avalanche. His jump his really impressive! The snow miss him
	by less than an inch. His jump carries him far above the avalanche
	but soon enough... the gravity pulls him down!
	`Uh Oh...' he manages to say before his right foot touches the
	rushing flow of snow. In a second he is engulfed in the speeding
	snow and carried away.
	Close up on the second man as he hears his brother screaming his
 	warning. He slowly turns and sees the avalanche about to 
	engulf him as well. But instead of trying to escape it, he
	stands his ground, shielding himself with his arms. As the
	snow ruches on him, he cries out `YAAASH' and a shield of
	pure energy seems to appears from his crossed arm. We see the
	snow be deflected away by what seems to be the man's sheer will.
	The pressure on him build up and up but he braces himself and 
	his energy shield holds firm against the rushing snow. Nothing
	seems to be able to move the armored man... but then, the ground
	collapses under his feet. He tumbles head first in a vast 
	dark underground cavern! In mid air, he performs a spectacular
	series of move, and lightly lands on the ice-covered ground.
	He stays motionless, one knee on the ground as his cap falls
	around him. Then he slowly stands up... only to be buried by
	a ton of slower-falling snow! `SLOP' Somehow, he now looks like
	a clumsy snow-man. Nothing moves for a dozen of silent seconds...
	Then grey-black sparkling lines of energy run on the snow 
	surface... and suddenly the whole snow-man his blown apart
	by an incredible powerful blast. The projected snow melt 
	in mid air... turning into speeding small drop of water that
	reflect the light falling from the crack in the ceiling. As this
	 drops extend in a dazzling cloud, a female voice starts to sing
	the title song. The cloud still extends in every directions...
	a globe of shifting rainbow colors. The melody ends as the 
	last drop fades. 
	The title appears: A red `x' is slashed on the screen, centered
	on the man... then, with three loud notes, three words appear
	`Mille' above and to the left of the man... then
	`Mille' again above and to the right... then 
	`Mondes' below the red `x'... so that it reads:
	`Mille x Mille Mondes' (A thousand thousand worlds)
 	The Title shatters and the black cap falls back around the
	wolf armor.
	Once again, he slowly reaches for his helmet. `Sluch' vapor
	surrounds his face and shoulder. The same expressionless
	face makes a complete exam of the surrounding. It's an huge
	underground cavern, the sun somehow falls from the far
	away ceiling. Something seems to attract the man attention.
	A close-up of one of the wall shows strange runes engraved
	in one of the wall where the sunlight is falling. An
	heavy layer of ice is covering it all. The man closes his eyes.
	Suddenly the picture turns into inverted black and white colors
	A view of the other armored man appears. He is buried under
	snow, but not very deep. 
	The man opens his eyes again, the color return to the picture
	`He is all-right' he thinks. His helmet under his left arm, he
	makes a step toward the sun lighted wall. Close up on his foot
	touching the black ice. Ziiip! During a clumsy second, the
	man tries not to fall, making comical circular moves with both
	arms! However powerful he is, ice skating isn't his best
	talent... he helplessly slides with increasing speed toward...
	a wall. At the last instant, he looks up... just to see
	the incoming obstacle... `Uh?'
	Back to the other man. He is still lying under the snow.
	The sound of wind is very strong... giving a impression
	of desolation and death.
	Back to the underground cavern... The moaning of wind can
	faintly be heard... We see the ice covered wall... with a 
	large human-shape, arms and legs well spread, imprinted on
	the ice. Inside the imprint, green-grey-black runes are
	glistening. All we see of the man is his two feet...
	Back to the other man, he suddenly sits up, his chest popping
	out of the snow. The wolf-head turns right and left...
	`Brother? Brother! BBROOOOO-THERRRRRRRRR!.....'
	Since only the wind replies to him, he bends his head... and
	soon enough, the picture turns in inverted black and white.
	Close up of the man face inside the helmet. His eyes are closed
	and a drop of sweet runs down on his forehead. `Brother?'
	The camera travel down, passing meters of packed snow, then
	further down in the cavern. We see exactly the same view
	as before... a human-shaped imprint... but the feet are gone...
	and a blue light seems to travel inside some runes in a strange
	pattern... the camera zooms back and we discover that the 
	whole cavern is covered with runes! A wild blue fire runs
	on those runes as a frightening chorus of girls voice underline
	the strangeness of the whole scene. The chorus rises crescendo
	until it's almost deafening... and abruptly stops as the
	scene shifts to the man sitting in the snow. He opens his
	eyes with a start. `I can't find him!' 
	`He is... HE IS.... HE IS DEAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!'			
	As he shouts this last word, his voice full of grief, the 
	camera quickly zoom out, until he is but a crying black
	spot against the perfect white snow.
	New scene. The same man, holding his helm in his hands, is
	head bowed with grief, is speaking to a pregnant woman. 
	They are at the entrance of a wooden farm, huge mountains
	are filling the horizon. We can't hear what is being said... the
	moaning wind is very loud. The woman turns her head away, her
 	eyes filled with tears. 
	New scene... inside one room of the farm... the sound of wind
	is covered by the cracking of a fire... and the sounds of a
	woman in birth-pain. The man is holding her hand.
	`You can't keep it... or you'll die!...'
	She turns her head to him `Save the baby... please...'
	The pain makes her bit her lip. For some time, she can't even
	say more. Then `Please... it's all that remains of him...'
	She closes her eyes as the pain grows worse.
	Through tight closed lips: `Please...'
	New scene. A old woman holds a newborn in warm cloth and babbles
	meaningless words to him. The man is bowed above the still form
	in the bed. He still holds her hand and openly weeps.
	Fading to black.
	A word appears on the black screen.
	`Sifrieg'
	The same girls chorus rises... When it becomes deafening, it
	stops... new scene.
	Bright dazzling sun. The camera moves down... we discover
	a warm blue-green sea. Close up on a frail primitive boat
	A deep-tanned man and woman extend their nets in the sea.
	Something catches the girl's net as she is putting it down!
	Her hand is entangled in the net so she can only scream
	before falling into the water. The man shouts, and while
	drawing a bone-knife jumps after his wife. From other
	boats, people are screaming and can only watch the drama.
	The sleek form of a shark briefly appears and red taints
	the green sea. The man is still shouting and is slashing
	his knife to the invisible foe. But he is then dragged
	underwater... but a dazzling golden form shouts from the
	sky right into the water. Split second after, golden
	light erupts from the sea and the shared form of the
	shark is thrown skyward and then explode as a golden
	fire ball coming from the water hits it.
	For a second, calm falls on the sea. Then, a golden
	armor rises from the water. Huge golden wings come out
	of its back and in its arm, it carries the severely injured
	seaman. The golden apparition lands on the sea-shore. It
	slowly lays the dying man on the humid sand.
	The man tries to speak, the golden armor bows to listen to
	him. 
	`G...God'
	`Yes'
	`Take...take care... of my son.'
	The golden figure looks down on the dead body.
	`I will.'
	Fading to black.
	A name appears on the black screen
	`Gomlo'
	No sounds. Fading to black
	New scene. Green light, noises of birds and strange animals...
	We are now over a tropical forest. The camera travels above
	the luxurious forest and soon reach a large opening in the trees.
	A small village rests there, surrounded by cultured fields
	hard-won to the forest. One of the building is made of stone.
	The views travel to one of the window and enters a room filled
	by various primitive objects... spears, painted bucklers, 
	wooden statues. One large bed, a pregnant woman inside... her
	husband nearby. They are both smiling and happily chatting.
	Against one wall, two full armors are waiting, in a seated
	position, gauntlet resting on the lotus-folded legs. 
	The green light comes from the window and reflects on the two
	helmet, shoving their hollow eyes. One armor is slightly
	bigger than the other. It is made of a glistening black
	metal and the same strange runes are engraved on it. The
	other is of a light pink silver. The two breasts on the cuirass
	clearly shows it's a woman's armor.
	One second the scene is utterly peaceful and the other, it's
	filled with chaos. A brown-black bolt of energy hits the man
	in the chest. As he falls backward, we can see a burned hole
	in the wall. The camera shoots through the hole... We see
	several men and women, wearing dull-colored armors. Their
	leader is openly laughing, smoke rising from his left hand.
	`Kill those two bastards'
	The woman tries to rise to help her husband. He is lying
	on the floor, his teeth clenched by pain. A shimmering black
	aura appears around him... the black armor seems to rise!
	Then all the different pieces of the armor separate,
	black light engulfs the room during a tenth of a second. Then
	the man is on his feet again, wearing his armor around him... but he
	is still clenching his wounded torso.
	New scene, the woman tries her best to help her husband 
	walking. His armor is badly damaged by several burned holes.
	The camera goes pass them, back to their home. Several 
	corpse and pieces of torn armors are laying everywhere. 
	The primitive spears are nailing one of the assailant.... while an 
	other one seems to have swallowed the ten inches wide 
	wooden statue. A third one had his head popped deep amid 
	his shoulders by one powerful blow of the buckler.
	Only the leader seems still alive. He is on his back, a boot
	imprint is deeply engraved in his cuirass. He painfully raises his 
	head from the ground...
	`I just don't believe this' he says then simply dies.
	The man and the woman have reached a stone `U'. The `U'
	is made by three two-meters by two-meters stones. The stones
	are of a black color and are covered with now familiar looking
	runes. The man rests a moment on his wife shoulder, then
	with his last strength, starts touching some runes in what
	seems a precise order. After a few second, a blue light
	runs through the runes. The man weakly smiles... then collapses.
	He makes absolutely no sounds as he hits the ground. A total
	silence has fell inside the stone `U'. Then, as the woman
	bends on her dead husband, night seems to fall outside the
	strange stone walls. Total black... soon filled with stars.
	The U is now floating in mid-space. The journey has begun.
	Inside the stone portal, time flows in strange manners.
	The man is still lying where he felt. The woman is seated
	against one of the two walls. But then, birth pain sizes her.
	The child is coming... and something is going wrong.
	New scene. A huge medieval town. Its streets filled with people.	
	And a good part of them are wearing colorful armors... as if it
	was a common things. A girl rushes through the crowd.
	She arrives breathless in a plaza full with people. She makes her way	
	to the center of the plaza where the stone U is resting. 
	She can't get closer... a man with a golden
	armor blocks her way. She tries to avoid him, and catches a glimpse
	of the still form of the woman. But the man in the golden
	armor blocks her view again.
	He gently goes on one knee before her so that there face are
	at the same level.
	His voice his very sad.
	`Shanjine. You parents... are dead.'
	We now see that he his carrying a new born in his arms.
	`This... is your brother'
	Close zoom on the baby face. He has large intelligent eyes and
	stares right back to the girl, without blinking.
	Fading to black
	A word appears on the black screen
	`Seularim'
	No sounds. End of Prologue Part I

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I know, I'd rather write in French since my English is obviously not very good
... but how many people would understand it on the net ?

	Balrog

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