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   Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) to Johnny Tindalos   
   Re: Um....where is everybody?   
   23 Aug 18 00:01:18   
   
   From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 8/22/18 1:50 AM, Johnny Tindalos wrote:   
   > Hullo rasfc'ers, where did everyone go? Have we changed venue?   
   >   
   > Had a look at the group and it seems shutters are banging in the wind that   
   blows   
   > tumbleweeds down empty streets...Tina's autoposting the FAQ (if you're   
   reading this   
   > I liked the bit you wrote about the cave people, did you ever finish it?)   
   and Sea   
   > Wasp won an award for something that I will investigate next...   
   >   
   > ...my fault for being away for so long, come home and the planet's been   
   evacuated!   
   >   
   > If anyone sees this please could they let me know where everybody hangs out   
   now in   
   > the electronic ether than permeates our planet? Thanks muchly!   
   >   
   > Cheers, Johnny T. *pulls his coat tighter against the chill and tiptoes down   
   the   
   > rubble-pocked streets, peering into empty windows, ears alert for any sound,   
   but   
   > only the wind keens and the weeds rustle; nothing wings the sky, nothing   
   treads the   
   > ground*   
   >   
      
      
   	Maybe it's time to come back and make this place inhabited again. The   
   people who made it hard to be here are gone.   
      
   --   
                         Sea Wasp   
                           /^\   
                           ;;;	   
   Website: http://www.grandcentralarena.com  Blog:   
   http://seawasp.dreamwidth.org   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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