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Wednesday, 31 May, 2006

by Nameless

---.--------- \|`%...F....`\| -%(...`.....+ \|%..-----wM.\| \|...\|.{.\|QD.\| \|..`\|{@{@`..\| \|...\|.{.\|...+ \|...-----...\| \|.....`.....\| Q "So, if you wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province, "notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase." The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins, halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears, had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from eating infants on a fast day. [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. to perhaps have a charm 'people' or charm 'beings' spell, that would..."	---.--------- \|`%...F....`\| -%(...`.....+ \|%..-----wM.\| \|...\|.{.\|QD.\| \|..`\|{@@.`..\| \|...\|.{.\|...+ \|...-----...\| \|.....`.....\| @ "Hey, Orrie. It's been twenty-seven turns, and I'm still alive! I demand a refund!"	---.--------- \|`%...F....`\| -%(...`.....+ \|%..-----wM.\| \|...\|.{.\|QD.\| \|..`\|{@@.`..\| \|...\|.{.\|...+ \|...-----...\| \|.....`.....\| @ "Didn't you read the sign? It says: 'No refunds'. That's what it says. On the sign. Did you read it?"
---.--------- \|`%...F....`\| -%(...`.....+ \|%..-----wM.\| \|...\|.{.\|QD.\| \|..`\|{@@.`..\| \|...\|.{.\|...+ \|...-----...\| \|.....`.....\| @ "That sign wasn't there before!" @ "Too bad. No refunds."	---.--------- \|`%...F....`\| -%(...`.....+ \|%..-----...\| \|...\|.{Q\|w..\| \|..`\|{@@MD..\| \|...\|.{.\|...+ \|...-----...\| \|.....`.....\| @ "ahem"	50 goldA metal of characteristic yellow colour, the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. Symbol, Au; at. no. 79; at. wt. 197.2. It is the most malleable and ductile of all metals, and very heavy (sp. gr., 19.3). It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. [ Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. pieces. \|`%...F....`\| -%(...`.....+ \|%..-----...\| \|...\|.{Q\|w..\| \|..`\|{@@MD..\| \|...\|.{.\|...+ \|...-----...\| \|.....`.....\| @ "I mean, certainly sir! Refunds are fine. Heh."
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