From: wolf@cheshire.oxy.edu (Clinton Richard Wolf)
Subject: Mother's getting kinda pissed off : )
Summary: Just what's been goin' on down there, anyway?
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 18:10:56 GMT

     Deep beneath the Shunned Center of Generica, Great Mother stirs and
rumbles in her pool. Above her, the riots still rage, and She is pleased
by the chaos She has created. Things go as planned, now that the priest
has been dealt with... although a good portion of her mass still sizzles
from the flame bolt he called down. Yet something is wrong... she has not
been able to absorb the priest as She has done with all others... but he
is trapped within her mass and unable to move... She can afford to be pat-
ient. It may take time, but the priest shall soon be one with her... 

     Once again, she turns her attention out upon Her city. The Dragon's Inn
has not been burned to the ground as she had wished. A pity. On the water-
front, she feels a strange presence as a slaver ship pulls up to the docks...
it seems tainted with a familiar residue... could it be that another of Her
kind has come to Generica to vie for the city. She must take steps to elim-
inate such competition. She gives birth to a few loathsome entities from
her mass, who crawl forth and slither off towards the harbor to investigate
the new arrivals. Scanning again, she finds that ...sage has returned, and
has not been destroyed. Another pity. She will deal with him soon enough,
as she will Iglyarch, his accursed ally. She feels another familiar pres-
ence near Iglyarch, but is unable to probe further. Mother feels... worried?
by this?... she moves her vision elsewhere, this time to find Kron and his
friends. They are feeding to the violence and chaos rampant in the City to-
night, and She is pleased by this. But when they come near, they must die.
They will die... the creatures of the Center, Her children, will see to that.
All except Kron, who shall join her... (but what if She fails to do away with
them?) No! Nonsense! She always succeeds! She never doubts! (until now)...
Great Mother is angry at this voice... she searches for the offender among
the millions of beings encased in her flesh, but finds none. Frustrated, she
ignores it and continues her scan. Hmm. A strange field surrounds the recently
built temple, a field designed to resist probes. It cannot stop her... She
pushes her way past it, wondering why She did not notice it before, and finds..
INVADERS! Seeking to undermine her... to take her city from Her... It cannot
be a coincidence... the priest, ...sage, Iglyarch, the ship, the temple...
All must be part of a grand plot to destroy Her! No! I cannot be destroyed!
I am immortal! (you can be defeated) NO! (you will be rendered impotent) NO!
(more powerless even than the pitiful humans you scorn) NOOOO!!!!! She lashes
out wildly against herself, seeking to silence the voice. Then She pulls her-
self together. (Panic will not help) I DO NOT PANIC!
   Action, action is called for. Terrible vengeange shall she wreak upon her
enemies! ALL her enemies! But she must be discreet. She shall help the pit-
iful mortals of Generica to resist the intruders and drive them out. She shall
be subtle, cunning, so much so that none shall suspect she is involved... and
she shall save Her city for Herself, as it should be...
   How to begin? Her gaze falls on Seer's unconscious body, lying in the spot
where she flung him less than an hour before. Her command returns him harshly
to the conscious world.

   S E E R !

   Seer screams at the intensity of her call, and staggers to his feet.

   S E E R .  T H E R E  A R E  M A N Y  A B R O A D  I N  T H E  C I T Y
W H O  W O U L D  C H A L L E N G E  M Y  P O W E R . . .  T H E Y  M U S T
B E  D E A L T  W I T H . . .

   "Tell me what you wish done and it shall be, Mother..."

   G O  T O  T H E  N E W  T E M P L E .  S O M E  O F  T H E S E  P L O T -
T E R S  C O M E  O F  Y O U R  O W N  R A N K S .  J O I N  W I T H  T H E M
A N D  T H E I R  L E A D E R S .  B R I N G  T H E M  D O W N  F R O M      
W I T H I N ,   A N D  B R I N G  T H E I R  S O U L S  T O  M E...

    "Yes, Great Mother. It will be done..." Seer leaves, his pain forgotten
in the intense purpose of his new mission...

    And Mother burbles in her pool, perhaps doubting her plans once again...

ADMIN: This may or may not get Mother involved in many plotlines, but none that
       didn't ask for it in the first place ;). In particular, she will be
       doing all in Her power to prevent Elysium and his army from succeeding
       in their invasion, perhaps popping the knowledge of it into the heads
       of powerful people in the City, and guiding them along from the back-
       ground. Of course, if Andrew says no, disregard the whole thing... but
       it's my opinion that Mother would certainly take exception to a group
       of upstart sorcerors planning a coup...
 
       Also, you may have noticed that Mother has started feeling a bit more
       paranoid and insecure...

       Ever wonder what happens to someone (or something) who stays in close
       proximity to Lucas for awhile? You're gonna find out ;)
       The inner conversation between Mother's personalities (and Lucas!) will
       be posted soon... it's basically going to be occuring simultaneously.
       
       Don't worry, Andrew. Mother isn't going to get completely depressed.
       The reason the uncertainty is striking her is because some of her dom-
       inant personalities who organize strategy, security, etc. are starting
       to be affected. Mother as an entity probably has too alien a mindset
       to really experience any human emotions...


Hate and War and Large Mounds of Lovecraftian Ooze...

                                      --- Clint :)
 
 
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