From: friedman@news.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark  Friedman, Crimson)
Subject: Three of a Perfect Pair [part 08/21]
Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 09:59:20 GMT

	Freddy's obligatory headache woke him up the next morning.  It
laughed at him, "Wake up, you hungover bastard! Bwahahahaha!!!"  He
rolled over and sat up in the sofa-bed.  "Man, *why* do I do it?
Maas-Neotek was sooo mega-cushy.  I gotta talk to DiRusso about going
back..."  But he lived to play his music: that was his goal in life.
He stood up and lumbered into the bathroom.

	One night's sleep didn't help Freddy much: he still looked
like shit and felt just as tired.  "Man oh man oh man" he groaned,
looking over his sorry reflection in the mirror.  He took a quick warm
shower but skipped the shave today.  He felt the stubble on his chin
and figured it would help him gauge the passage of time over the next
few days.

	He went back to the "kitchen" (or rather the corner of the
main room with the cooking equipment) and fixed breakfast (or rather
lunch, as it was a bit past 1:00 pm already).  A bowl of "Sugar-Coated
Sweetie Gloppies" worked in this capacity, aided by a half-litre of
Dr. Pepper.  "Nothing like inordinate quantities of sugar to get you
going in the morning," he always said in his defense.

	After breakfast he folded up the sofa-bed and staightened up
the musical equipment that he didn't put away the night before.
Satisfied with the condition of the room, he walked over and sat at
his desktop workstation.

	"Hey hey, Tippy Turtle, time to do your work..."  he muttered
as he powered up the terminal.  Fingers fly on the keyboard, and soon
the Century 22 Real Estate logo was displayed.  He turned off the
novice switch and went straight into expert-mode.

.nf
		Request? [type ? for menu]
		> Homes for Sale
		- Your desired location? [type ? for menu]
		  > Bellvue
		- Your desired arcology? [type ? for menu]
		  > Yarrow Point Arcology
		[processing]
		Request? [type ? for menu]
		> ?
		Arcology submenu:
			1. Floorplans
			2. Utilities
			3. Security
			4. Arcology Features
			5. Video Tour
			6. Address Specifics
			7. More Help
		Request? [type ? for menu]
		> Floorplans
.fi

	A list of floorplans was displayed.  "Hmmmm, not a wide
variety.  Good."  Freddy pulled up yet another window and accessed the
Video Yellow Pages utility.  "Travis, travis...Bob...ahhh.  Robert A.
Travis.  Heh!"  He killed the window and snickered at the initials:
RAT.  'Tacoma Bob' was definately one of the species!  He selected
'Address Specifics' back in the Century 22 window and punched in the
proper address.

.nf
		Specific Address? [type ? for list]
		> 2112 Yarrow Point Arcology
		|--------------------------------------------------
		|Address: 2112 Yarrow Point Arcology
		|Floorplan: Greco-Germanic 3
		|Utilities: Gaetronics
		|Security: Knight Errant
		|Status: *** NOT FOR SALE ***
		|--------------------------------------------------
		Specific Address? [type ? for list]
		> Previous Menu
		Request? [type ? for menu]
		> Floorplans
		Request? [type ? for menu]
		> ESC grep [floor] Greco-Germanic 3 | grep [arc]
			            Yarrow | grep [status] for sale
		|--------------------------------------------------
		|[subshell request completed]
		|	1952 Yarrow Point Arcology
		|	2536 Yarrow Point Arcology
		|--------------------------------------------------
		Request? [type ? for menu]
		> Exit-All
		Thank you, customer!  Have a nice day!
		** EOT **
.fi

	"Bingo!", Freddy smiled.  He switched back to the Yellow Pages
window and queried for Century 22's TeleVid appointment number.  He
wrote this number on a notepad and walked over to his closet.  He
picked out one of his corporate suits and put it on.  He felt the
stubble on his face again.  "Hell, it doesn't matter."

	He walked over to his TeleVid station that he procured from an
(ahem) un-named source.  Freddy then pulled up a chair and stood on
it.  From there he reached up to the ceiling and extended the roll-up
projection screen, which he had chromakey treated.  He dialed the
Century 22 number.

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Everything presented   here is Copyright by  Mark  Friedman  1991, all
rights reserved.  Well, that's  not entirely true!   Basic  story plot
and Matrix help was by Jerry Weiler, but he won't mind: I'm giving him
all the profits from the venture. Let's see, what's 100% of $0.00? :-)
Also, basic Shadowrun backdrops are in extensive use.

Any questions, comments, requests, criticisms, and Chapman Sticks will
be accepted and appreciated at the address in the sig.

					- Mark "Crimson" Friedman

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