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d "Well kids, it's that time again!"
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@ "Kids? What are you talking about? None of our fans are kids!"
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@ "30 year-old NetHack players, yes, miscella-
neous computer geeks, possibly, but KIDS?"
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q - a scroll of mail
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d *sigh* "It's a figure of speech. Anyway, it's time to open fan mail!"
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d "Dudley, the letter please!"
@ "Um, Dogley, this isn't adressed to you..."
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d "WHAT! Don't tell me it's for you!"
@ "Um, apparently it's for..."
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@ "...Rodney Kcahten, 3rd floor, Wizard's tower, 666 Bile Ave., Glendenholm..."
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@d "...a.k.a. the Wizard of Yendor?!?!?!"
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A voice booms out:
"Did somebody say my
name?"------
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@ "Gahh! What are you doing here? I haven't even gotten to Glendenholm yet!"
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@ "What? Can't I make an apperance just to say 'hi!'?"
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@ "Nope."
d "Not really."
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Rodney steals your
scroll of fan mail!
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@ "Tough beans. Give me that!"
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@ "Dear Rodney, what do you do on your spare time?"
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@ "Now that, my friend, is an excellent question! Allow me to explain..."
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A voice booms out:
"So, you thought you
could kill me?"-
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@ "As you know, I have to work double shifts on both NetHack and SLASH'EM..."
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Rodney says: you
will die on level 2.
That will be $5.- --
[[[[||@.| |?G??k| |@
[[[@||@.| |k?h?@| |?
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..G...........G.....
......G....G........
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@ "...but I also freelance as a fortune teller at malls..."
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The newt bluffs! The
GWTWOD zaps a wand
of cheating!...|
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|../ ] \..|
|.@|] $ ]|G.|
|..\__]__/..|
|.....:.....|
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@ "...and on Thursdays, I get together with some friends to play poker!"
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The zombie hits! You
die................#
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.........Z@......#
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@ "I dabble in other Roguelikes, but I never seemed to get the hang of them..."
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|Hello, Rodney! |
|Welcome to NetHack|
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|Rodney the Wizard |
|hp:10 p:9 xp:1/0 |
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@ "And at the end of the day, I like to wind down with a calming game of NetHack?"
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@ "Wait, how can you PLAY NetHack when you're IN NetHack?
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@ "Well, um, there's a good story about that... and..."
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@ "Oh! look over there!"
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@ "Where?!?!"
@ Teleport away
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@ "Not again!"
d *sigh*
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http://dudley.nicolaas.net
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