Starsinger notes to MrEd that TamLin says hello.
Vortex slurps a slice of a large nitrous oxide canisters, tabs of mescaline, Thai sticks, valium, and a dusting of MDA pizza.
Trystan waves goodnight to everyone.
Bakunin says, "Zounds, did I forget the ballons?"
MrEd suggests Kougar use a balloon
Starsinger comes up with chocolate. That good enough?
MrEd waves at TamLin via Starsinger
Trystan has disconnected.
TamLin waves back. --Starsinger
Yellow_Guest *loves* chocolate!!! *YUM*
Abraxas . o O ( DPS Level II )
Yellow_Guest wonders why horses have all the fun...
MrEd makes short work of a slice.
Starsinger too
Zippy wakey!!!!!!!!!!!
MrEd <--One Fun Horse.
Ozy says, "ZIP"
Starsinger hmms. "It's cause they're furry, YG. And large."
Bakunin whinnies sympathetically.
Starsinger says, "ZIP"
Zippy QQQQQQQQQQQQQQgR
Bakunin says, "Y Pizp!"
Kougar says, "where it counts."
MrEd says, "Pizpy!"
APHiD says, "Chocolate triggers the chemical in the brain which has been linked to love."
Zippy MERDDERDMEMDRMDER
Kougar qnarfles Zippy groof!
Yellow_Guest recalls being called "Stallion", and suddenly comprehends all...
Abraxas waves at Zippy.
Zippy BAKALAKASHBOOM!
Bakunin sips at some Liquid Sky.
Zippy tackles Kougar!
MrEd eyes Kougar, and regrets being neutered.
Yellow_Guest says, "Hita Zipster!"
Ozy says, "YAY"
Zippy wavey
Ozy says, "NO MORE REDRAW BUGS"
APHiD is NOT a bug, he's a flakey nouveau-punk!
Yellow_Guest (hita == hiya)
Ozy kix aphid's fucking :tell
Zippy TACKLES Ozy and Kougar and Starsinger!
Bakunin <- punky nouveau-flake.
The cockatoo wriggles out of the gag.
Cockatoo squawks, "Starsinger!"
Yellow_Guest says, "the game is FOOTBALL!!"
Ozy uff da
Abraxas | APHiD is NOT a bug, he's a flakey nouveau-punk!
MrEd will give Zippy some Merde!
Kougar makes eyes at MrEd, but then is tackled.
Ozy says, "How bout them cowboys, eh?"
Ozy grins
The fabric of Space itself is torn; from the Black Void without, a huge scaly hand with talons like scimitars gently deposits Euphistopheles from its sofa-sized palm.
Hideous_Yellow_Eye pops out of its socket and levitates nearby.
Ozy edits repro.c
Bakunin says, "Cowboys heap good stack, one horsey."
Kougar says, "how 'bout them *?"
Euphistopheles bows
Starsinger says, "yoof"
APHiD exits to the north.
Zippy has phone-hair.
Euphistopheles says, "hi star"
MrEd eyes Euphistopheles's entrance message amusedly.
Yellow_Guest sees your horsey, and raises three buffalo...
Zippy says, "The hair by my ears is all flat."
Starsinger whugs Zip and Koug and Ye Horse
MrEd . o O ( phone-hair? Totally tubular! )
MrEd whuggles Bakunin
Bakunin says, "Penguin dust, I want penguin dust, give me penguin dust."
Zippy dust, I want etc
Kougar wants cowboy lips.
Yellow_Guest says, "gag me with a pitchfork, fur shurr!"
Bakunin puts on his rawhide nightie, just for MrEd.
Yellow_Guest says, "*COWBOY* *LIPS*?!?!? Ewww!"
MrEd LOL at Bakunin, and keeps those dawgies movin'.
Bakunin yee-hahs desultorily.
*ZIPPY* *LIPS*?!?!? Ewww!
The housekeeper arrives to cart Trystan off to bed.
Grump walks in very softly.
Euphistopheles says, "I don't think we've met previously, Kate."
Euphistopheles bows to grump
Kougar groofs to Grump.
MrEd begs for the riding crop as well.
Cockatoo squawks, "how bout some place more central?"
Prattledancer teleports in.
Bakunin waves to the Grumpster.
Yellow_Guest waves to the G-dude
MrEd whickers a cheery hello to Grump, then chokes on its own insouciance.
Grump wvs
Prattledancer waves to Gruparama
Starsinger says, "grump!!"
Bakunin takes out a hefty insouciance policy on MrEd.
You say, "OOMPA OOMPA"
MrEd hellos Prattledancer
Grump says, "my favorite horse"
look prattle dancer
I see no "prattle dancer" here.
Yellow_Guest heard that a representative from Elmer's Glue is coming over tonight...
look prattledancer
Prattledancer
Prattledancer apppears as a five foot tall crucifix set on a backing of chrysler fenders. He sports ray ban de soleil lotionglasses, has brown hair, and eyes of purest hazelmelba
He is awake and looks alert.
Carrying:

Bakunin says, "Another one? "
Bakunin snickers.
Kougar says, "too many insouciance chefs the brothel."
Starsinger nods Yoof. "We haven't, leastwise not formally. Good to meet you."
MrEd glowers meaningfully at Yellow_Guest.
Prattledancer says, "I'm sorry, Ctulu can't take your call right now, please leave a message at the sound of the AIIYAAAIH!"
Yellow_Guest says, "They just won't leave this place alone... :/"
Cockatoo squawks, "people there are as rude as you"
You say, "More the merrier!"
Euphistopheles bows to starsinger.
Zippy hi5s bird.
Ozy firez up a big make
MrEd . o O ( Kate. Her name is Kate. I like that. )
Bakunin gives the boid some of the good cuttlebone.
Yellow_Guest pauses for the commercials again...
Smith comes out of the closet (so to speak...).
Starsinger . o O ( Why thank you )
Prattledancer says, "who wants trident?""
Bakunin is against nukes, thanks anyway.
Yellow_Guest says, "not me! Ewww!~"
Smith waves to all.
Kougar has more than three, and likes it that way.
Zippy peers atta MrEd.
Grump says, "cukes?"
Cockatoo squawks, "chunder in the ol' Pacific Sea!"
Yellow_Guest says, "Eye Dew! Eye Dew!"
Zippy says, "cukes?"
Ozy wants Clove chewing gum SO BAD
Ozy can't find it anywhere
Prattledancer stabs the respondents with a giant three pronged devil's fork.
Yellow_Guest says, "must be related to Wood Eye..."
MrEd CONFESSES TO SPOOFING< OK????!!!!!!!!
Kougar loved violet gum!
Bakunin wants propolis gum.
You say, "God misses Johnny Carson"
Ozy likes BlackJack chewing gum too, but can't find it, EITHER
Kougar ACKS.
Ozy says, "same company"
Ozy says, "Rare gum (tm)"
Zippy says, "Dam Rair (tm)?"
Bakunin wants a hot & corrosive ATOMIC FIREBALL candy.
Kougar yups.
You say, "I want sum"
MrEd remembers both violet and Blackjack gum. As well as Teaberry.
Ozy doops
Grump says, "Oh, you can't something and chew gum at the same time?"
Yellow_Guest has never tried anchovy bubble gum...
Ozy grins Zippy
Grump forgets what the 'something' was
Starsinger says, "walk"
Ozy eeeeeee YG
Abraxas hasn't chewed gum since Reagan fell asleep in the cabinet.
Bakunin says, "Gonna wash that Nair right outta my gum."
Yellow_Guest unpauses now that Dr D is back
Ozy hasna had Violet gum
Kougar found violet gum in the San Jose Amtrack station.
Look Zippy
Zippy
Too good to be true. He is wearing Zippy's Official Helpful Person Badge, but appears to be off duty. He seems to have a transparent shield surrounding him, rendering him impervious to food fights.
He is awake and looks alert.
Carrying:
pepto bismol
Ozy says, "FISH GUM sounds good"
Ozy's cat would love it
Zippy gum.
Bakunin says, "Herring gum!"
You say, "Kougar, where U B ?"
MrEd [sings] Fish Gum, Fish Gum, Roly Poly Fish Gum....
Yellow_Guest wonders if that's really *violent* gum... causes riots to break out... :/
Kougar says, "Palo Alto, right now."
Ozy wheeee
Ozy is SO CLOSE
Prattledancer hefts his shotgun across the candy store counter.
Bakunin chews on some guar gum.
Kougar can smell Ozy, even.
You say, "AH."
Yellow_Guest wonders what Ozy is Close to...
Prattledancer says, "ain't no looters gettin' the juicy fruit"
Ozy EEEEEEEEEe
MrEd goggles Xanthan gum, and then Gum Arabic.
Ozy dumps core!
Abraxas turns into a bright flash of light and disappears.
MrEd also gobbles.
Kougar says, "Bubble Cud."
chow gum
Kougar hmms.
Yellow_Guest was splashed by that core dump... Ewww!
I don't understand that.
MrEd giggles
jump
I don't understand that.
Ozy makes with -g
Bakunin says, "Is that the kind comes with Terrorist trading cards?"
Prattledancer, due to a spelling error is chewing Guam, much to the chagrin of the island nations inhabitants
Ozy says, "it's actually faster for me to make with -O thanks to NFS and -g making bigger exe's"
Ozy says, "sad, eh"
look yellow_guest
a Mysterious Entity whose origins are lost in the mists of pre-History...
He is awake and looks alert.
Kougar hees.
MrEd giggles at the Prattler.
Zippy too
Yellow_Guest steps through a dimensional vortex and showers off the residue, then returns...
Kougar says, "in three native flavors!"
Bakunin says, "Would you like some Guyana with that?"
Zippy wants some Chad.
Bakunin Jeremy.
MrEd [to Bakunin]: Grape-flavored Guyana. Matches the kool-aid.
Zippy Jeremy the Wicked
Ozy WANTS CLOVE GUM NOW
Q arrives.
Kougar hees.
Yellow_Guest thought he saw Cthulhu chewing his bubble-Guam...
Starsinger says, "Q!!"
Kougar groofs Q.
You say, "Or "
Bakunin nods at the equine one sage-brushly.
Euphistopheles bows
Q waves.
Prattledancer recieves a collect call from cthulu
The fabric of Space itself is torn; from the Black Void without, a huge scaly hand, with talons like scimitars, gently plucks Euphistopheles into its sofa-sized palm; you smell ozone as the Rend seals.
Ozy says, "Q!"
You say, "REPENT!!"
Zippy AIEEEE
MrEd saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand. Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain.
Bakunin says, "Kiribati Kool-aid?"
Cockatoo squawks, "yep, Doctor Demento, on WZLX 100.7 in Boston."
Zippy watches another commercial with MORPHING, AIEEE
Q says, "It's been a while - 40 days, I think. Like the Great Flood, or something."
Ozy gdbs xmice
Starsinger don' wanna repent.
Zippy rips his eyes out!
A speedy and helpful robotic busboy removes the uneaten remains of a large nitrous oxide canisters, tabs of mescaline, Thai sticks, valium, and a dusting of MDA pizza.

Killer has arrived.
Killer says, "Hi"
Orange_Guest has arrived.
You say, "Yo Killer..."
Killer says, "finally we're alone"
You say, "Kill anyone lately?"
Orange_Guest says, "not quite alone..."
You say, "OOOOooo"
look orange_guest
Guest is wearing neatly-pressed, yellow business attire and looking alternatively amazed and lost.
It is awake and looks alert.
Killer says, "well, Shiuittt"
You say, "What's up cyberpholk?"
Killer says, "guess who's next on my list "
Orange_Guest dissolves into a glob of ones and zeros and flows into the screen of an old terminal!
You say, "I hope it's me..."
Killer says, "I wanna party"
You say, "Me too"
You say, "Where?"
Killer says, "take my hands and I'll take you to heaven"
take Killer's hand
I see no "Killer's hand" here.
You say, "Not sure how to do that"
Killer says, "let's go pogoing in the Ballroom!"
You say, "OK"
out
Sixth-floor Atrium
south
You enter the ballroom foyer.
Obvious exits: south to The Ballroom, east to Men's Dressing Room, west to Women's Dressing Room, and north to Sixth-floor Atrium
Cerulean_Guest is here.
Killer steps in from the atrium.
west
You step through the velvet curtain into the women's dressing room.
Women's Dressing Room
The dressing room is a clutter of gowns, hats, and gloves from all different eras. Type 'examine rack' for more information.
Obvious exits: east to Ballroom Foyer and south to The Ballroom
You see women's clothing rack and a gold plaque here.
Violet_Guest and Alan (somber) are here.
Kid_Gloves materializes out of thin air.
Alan searches through the women's clothing rack.
Killer steps through the velvet curtain into the dressing room.
Killer has arrived.
Alan searches through the women's clothing rack.
Killer says, "you can't escape now Alan"
Alan searches through the women's clothing rack.
Alan [to Killer]: "And why would I want to?"
Alan searches through the women's clothing rack.
look alan
A man, five-ten, long black hair, full beard and moustache.
He is awake and looks alert.
look gold plaque
I see no "gold plaque" here.
Killer says, "well, now you want anymore"
Alan searches through the women's clothing rack.
Alan searches through the women's clothing rack.
south
The Ballroom
Plaid_Guest, emr, Michele, and |>oug are here.
look emr
emr is a short woman with bright red hair.
She is awake, but has been staring off into space for 29 minutes.
emr is wearing a floor-length green-sequinned evening gown, matching sling-back heels, and dangling diamond earings.
Michele orders vanilla milkshake
Lucy says, "Lots of calories in that, aren't there?"
Lucy turns away from the counter, and you hear a blender hard at work.
Lucy brings Michele a vanilla milkshake.
Michele says, "thanks"
|>oug says, "When does the music start?"
look michelle
I see no "michelle" here.
Michele says, "the music is on the dance floor... south (but it's got a bug right now.)"
look michele
A grad student who's carrying various books and papers she should probably be reading.
She is awake and looks alert.
Carrying:

Michele is wearing clean but well-worn jeans, a faded Phish t-shirt and a comfortable old pair of Birkenstocks.
You say, "Did you change names, Michele?"
Alan (relaxed) returns to the ballroom.
Alan (relaxed) has arrived.
Looking underdressed, Killer timidly steps into the ballroom.
Killer has arrived.
whois killer
Killer's real name is "Stahl Stenslie".
Killer can be reached via email as: stahl@khm.uni-koeln.DE
Killer says, "Sh...."
You say, "Killer, where's khm.uni-koeln?"
|>oug steps through the velvet curtain into the women's dressing room.
|>oug goes northwest.
Killer steps through the velvet curtain into the men's dressing room.
Killer goes northeast.
Alan says, "Denmark"
|>oug returns to the ballroom.
|>oug has arrived.
whois drave
Drave has no real name.
Alan (relaxed) orders gin & tonic
Lucy says "Ah! A person of refined tastes."
northeast
You step through the velvet curtain into the men's dressing room.
Men's Dressing Room
The dressing room is a clutter of tuxedos, tail coats, cummerbunds, gloves, and hats from all eras. Type 'search rack' to pick an outfit, and 'wear # from rack' to put it on!
Obvious exits: west to Ballroom Foyer and south to The Ballroom
You see Men's Clothing Rack and a gold plaque here.
Grey_Guest, Jeremias, Greg, Jade_Guest, Killer, and andru are here.
whois grey_guest
Grey_Guest has no real name.
Killer says, "well you've found me finally"
You say, "Yes, pas de probleme"
Killer slips into a large eyeball surmounted by a black top hat.
You hear the bips of keyclick, the sliding of mice and the hum of computers in the distance as andru fades slowly out of view, heading towards them.
Kid_Gloves steps through the velvet curtain into the dressing room.
Kid_Gloves has arrived.
The housekeeper arrives to cart Jeremias off to bed.
search rack
You search through the rack and find vibrant shiny fuschia suit-jacket with barbed-wire pleated pants and yellow silk tie ripped halfway down (Outfit #46) which would look fabulous on you.
Kid_Gloves slips into a green on orange double-breasted paisley dinner jacket.
Kid_Gloves goes west.
Killer says, "if you wanna know where I come from you have to come closer"
wear #46
I don't understand that.
There are the light bips of keyclick and the sliding of mice as andru fades into view, shoving himself away from the console, which promptly fades away.
wear #46 from rack
You slip into vibrant shiny fuschia suit-jacket with barbed-wire pleated pants and yellow silk tie ripped halfway down.
Teal_Guest steps through the velvet curtain into the dressing room.
Teal_Guest has arrived.
Teal_Guest searches through the Men's Clothing Rack.
look teal_guest
Guest is wearing neatly-pressed, teal business attire and looking alternatively amazed and lost.
It is awake and looks alert.
Killer says, "hey Greeny, what a look!"
You say, "Yezzum, ain't it nice? 2 layers of clothes! A disguise!"
Teal_Guest says, "Teal, not green..."
You say, "I'm green, DOOD"
Orange_Guest steps through the velvet curtain into the dressing room.
Orange_Guest has arrived.
You say, "How was cyber land Orange?"
Killer says, "I'll go for the wild one"
Killer goes south.
You return to the ballroom.
Looking underdressed, Teal_Guest timidly steps into the ballroom.
Teal_Guest has arrived.
Killer says, "lucy, hand me that cheese of yours!"
You say, "I want some too"
Killer says, "make you deserve some"
You say, "OK. I'll bite..."
Killer says, "It's time for that wild stuff"
You say, "Yezzum"
Killer says, "Greeny, you do the tango with me!"
You say, "OK"
Killer says, "Where?"
Lucy sees the vanilla milkshake going untouched and comes to collect it.
You say, "Anywhere is fine"
Looking underdressed, Orange_Guest timidly steps into the ballroom.
Orange_Guest has arrived.
Killer says, ""
Teal_Guest says, "I beg your pardon?"
Killer says, "Finally it's time for the Blues"
You say, "south"
Gray_Guest pauses in the doorway of The Ballroom, gazing around the ballroom.
A voice announces, "Gray_Guest".
Gray_Guest has arrived.
Killer steps onto the dance floor.
Michele says, "try the dance floor--@dances shows some that are there..."
@dances
I don't understand that.
Alan (relaxed) returns to the ballroom.
Alan (relaxed) steps off the dance floor.
Orange_Guest steps into the foyer.
look gray_guest
Gray_Guest is wearing charcoal grey suit, athletically cut, with an aqua paisley tie.
You say, "Nice touch to your grey grey"
Looking underdressed, Teal_Guest timidly steps into the ballroom.
Teal_Guest has arrived.
Killer returns to the ballroom.
Killer steps off the dance floor.
You say, "Um, gray gray"
Alan looks puzzled. "Green, you talking to me?"
You say, "Not that I know of. Do you want to talk?"
Alan shrugs. "Just trying to figure out what gray/grey had to do with anything.

These pieces are excerpts from the manuscript Whereis Mineral: Adventures in MOO (2002). Two were created in LambdaMOO & one is from MediaMOO, circa 1993-94. MOO combines the Internet’s Multiple-User Dimension (MUD) with Object-Oriented coding to simulate a type of text-based "virtual reality" system where many people connect to a common electronic database and create their own "space," objects, characters, and dialog.

-Chris Funkhouser

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