[MaxKojote]

>>>>>[Out of  curiosity Herr Ouroboros, how many runners have tried to use your name? Or variants thereof?]<<<<<
          -- Fang (16:03:00/03-15-2076)

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

>>>>>[ Knowledge of the Greek-specific term 'ouroboros' is generally regulated to the literati, someone who's had a classical (or at least wide-spanning) education.  Right now I'm solo, but there have been six, worldwide - three deckers, a street sam, a mage, and a relatively newly-awoken dragon a few years back who thought to use the name.  Deckers who want to stay unique have a kind of a 'high noon' challenge - you both meet, then go hack something.  Who ever gets there, or gets through first, keeps the name.  The sam (Midwest UCAS) and the mage (Greece) both got waxed, roughly two years after taking the name - no, not my fault.  And the dragon ... well, I had some 'high level' help convincing him that it wasn't a good idea to get us confused.  Lessers tend to listen to greaters when they start talking all 'high affrontedness'.  I think the line I liked best would be 'I would see it as a sign of growing maturity if you chose to be known by another name.'
          Talking about 'local equivalents', though, Jormungandr and the Midgard Serpent are a lot more famous, so you find bunches of them - or at least you did, up until the second Crash.  Not so much since then.  'Hoop snake', on the other hand, there's a bunch in the NAN and 'round Tibet's borders ... ]<<<<<
          -- The Wyrm Ouroboros (02:00:00/03-15-2076)

[Longshot23]

>>>>> [Never seen anyone calling themselves Feathered Serpent/Queztalcoatl/Kulkulcan for that matter, which in hindsight seems a little odd - but I suppose people inclined to those names would have their own boards . . . ] <<<<<

-- Longshot (04:12:38/03-15-2076)

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

>>>>>[ ... who wasn't a World Serpent or symbol of infinity - sorry, Longshot.  People who used those names would be using things like Fafnir.  Or the names of gods - Tezcatlipoca, or Odin, or Zeus, or whatever.  Granted, using Aztec names is going to suck in both sides of that fight ... ]<<<<<
          -- The Wyrm Ouroboros (05:30:00/03-15-2076)

[Longshot23]

>>>>> [I have run into a fragger - sorry, fraggette  - who called themselves Lamashtu.  Imagine my surprise when I found out the name came from almost the same mythological cycle/tradition as Tiamat, which turned up on shadowboards before Crash 2.0.] <<<<<

-- Longshot (06:02:16/03-15-2076)

[Nightmare]

>>>>> [Wyrm, I know a lot of folks use the name Nightmare but how many of them have kept them since the EuroWars?  Or frag, how many of them were even around back then.  Oh well, I don't give a drek anymore, I just don't like the 'weeners, that's all.

Longshot, where'd you run into this Lamashtu?] <<<<<

-- Nightmare (09:17:16/03-17-2076)

[Longshot23]

>>>>> [Here in Seattle actually, just before that drekstorm with tempo kicked into high gear. She seemed to be bodyguarding a corp big noise just south of the Snohomish-Bellevue boundary. No, I don't know what the deal was - I just know she power-bolted a friend of mine, while we were passing on our way into Snohomish. I ID'd her by description afterwards - only run across her that one time.] <<<<<

-- Longshot (09:27:44/03-17-2076)

[Nightmare]

>>>>> [Interesting.  Wonder if she was hooked up with the Cartels or not?  Had to ask, cause I used to know a merc that went by that name some time back but I'd heard she got geeked during the Yucatan-Azzie battle.  At least, I think that was her name.  Oh well, it doesn't matter cause the one I'm thinking about didn't throw mojo.] <<<<<

-- Nightmare (09:27:48/03-17-2076)

[Chrona]

>>>>> [Didn't throw Mojo then..] <<<<<

-- Chrona (17:19:48/03-21-2076)

[Nightmare]

>>>>[True.  Though I doubt the Lamashu I knew is still alive.  She was down in the Yucatan when the quakes hit.  Course it could be her.  Hey, Longshot, what this mojo-slinging slitch look like?]<<<<

--Nightmare (09:06:23/03-24-2076)

[Longshot23]

>>>>> [Couldn't pick metatype at the time, apart from probably not troll or dwarf. How many 'runners do you know of who wear a mask painted in a stylised snake skull? Also she was wearing a greatcoat over light sec-armour (I think). Bear in mind this was 4 years ago] <<<<<

-- Longshot (04:39:46/03-24-2076)

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

>>>>>[ Y'know, a surprising number ... though I suppose I've known more 'runners than most. Security armor, on the other hand, in the circles in which I work, tends to be either a dead giveaway (literally) or else nowhere near sufficient. ]<<<<<
          -- The Wyrm Ouroboros (07:00:00/03-25-2076)

[Nightmare]

>>>>[Yeah, there's only three reasons I know that folks wear sec armor - either their in a war zone, their corp-sec, or their going in loud.  The first and last will get you killed for two different reasons and the second, well I've never been in that situation.  But this does tell me that it wasn't the Lamashu I knew.  She would've been a bit more discrete ,than sec armor and a greatcoat, if she was doing bodyguard duty.  And if the one I knew was going in loud, well, I would think she would've gone and got her milspec armor she was issued by her merc unit's quartermaster instead.  Man, I miss having those quartermasters around to issue stuff for free.  It's been so many years since I had that luxury.]<<<<

--Nightmare (09:08:56/03-26-2076)

[Kylen]

>>>>>[Alright, now that the rush is over, I return myself. Busy few months, and I'm comfortable. At least insomuch as I have rent and food taken care of for a few months. I really do miss Money, and I saw Smiley and Autumn the other day. At least I'm smart enough not to say hi or wave. Didn't even nod...after hanging out and partying with those two, I know when they are busy. And they were BUSY.

On the other hand, I just got back from Phoenix, and found a couple of fraggers who wanted to say hi and join in. I invited them, if you all didn't mind.]<<<<<

     -- Card (10:15:30/03-28-2076)

>>>>>[Helloooo from the PCC/Aztland boarder, specifically, Metro Phoenix! I'm Liminal, distraction and SMG specialist! I never see many groups like you guys who have so many people from around the world, so I hope some Sun Valley chummers can fit in!]<<<<<

    -- Liminal (10:18:40/03-28-2076)

>>>>>[On a less hyper note, thanks again for the invite, Card. Does the heart good to see fellow followers of Coyote sticking together. I'm Spirit Caller, and if the moniker doesn't tell you what I do, you don't need to know. I look forward to trading stories and info with all of you.]<<<<<

     --Spirit Caller (10:21:23/03-28-2076)

[Nightmare]

>>>>>[Well, someone stationed on the PCC/Aztlan border, eh?  What's the news about the Aztlan military Liminal?]<<<<<

--Nightmare (09:09:23/03-31-2076)