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                                _,,.....__
   Who is watching          ,--'          ``-._
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                                _,,.....__
   Are the founders         ,--'          ``-._
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                       ,'        ________        `.
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<Quote-O-Matic: Morticon>
  
  
  
   Don't be silly!
   It's the fountain
   that sees and knows                      .......
   all!  Be nice to it.                     ........
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       .-.
    ,-(  _)-.                             We wouldn't be what we
 .-(_    (_  )-.                          are today if we weren't given
(__            _)                         the chance to start over after a
   `-(______)-'                           mysterious server crash.
      `:::\
        `::\
          `:\
          /::'
           ::
        |'''''''''''''''''|
        |Austin says, "Oh,|
        |I'm sure         |
 \      |everything will  |
   \    |be alright."     |  /
    \   |.................| /
     \ ,''''''''''''''''''|/  ::ZAP!::
      \|       |  ------  |
-------| * *   |  ------  |----------
       "------------------'
  
* Austin's words are paraphrased.
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  A small muck gave us a starting database from which to build...
 
 
     +-------------------------------------------+
     |Kansas(#0RD)                               |
     |You are in Room Zero.  It's very dark here.|
     |Obvious Exits:                             |
     |....                                       |
     +-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
                                     |Charter Park(#65RLJ)             |
    +-------------------------+      |        Although a generic park f|
    |(                        |      |Spindizzy is illustrated here, fo|
    |Mail Organization and Sto|      |---------------------------------|
    |Copyright 1996 by Fre'ta |      |>From We, the furs of DreamTime t|
    |                         |      |                                 |
    |This code may be freely d|      |We present this beginning to you |
    |If you make a change, ple|      |The exploration and sharing of cr|
    |string, and give credit w|      |which the limitations of our 'Rea|
    |something that might bene|      +---------------------------------+
    |me about it!  I'm trying |
    |little garage MUCK to the|
    +-------------------------+
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...and the very first newcomers arrived to build our initial areas, code,
characters, newspaper, and RPs.          +-----------------------------+
                                    '`.. |S1 W1 - Neopolis East        |
 +---------------------------------+   `.|Neopolis is Spindizzy's own c|
 |The Rose Garden(#304RLJ)         |    ||roam the sidewalks and hoverc|
 |The Rose Garden is a rather large|  _/ |streamlined, with tall spires|
 |of two wide avenues of grass, one| ,'  |dotting the sky between them |
 |west. The grassy clearing is bord||    |with a slight tang of ozone, |
 |roses interspersed with large eve| \b  |deep dark blue with a handful|
 |and picnic tables are scattered a|   \ | from the hiss and clank of p|
 |brilliant soul has thought to dra|   J|+-----------------------------+
 |stationed before some of the bord| ,'....___-----~'~'``````---_--___......
 +---------------------------------+| +----------------------------------+
  ````~~~~===_____-----____----.....| |Eighteen inches tall, Amalfi is fa|
   +--------------------------+  _,./ |and tail, and red reet.  The left |
   |Gaelic Ruin -- (S1 E1)    | '\.   |padding to fall out.  The right ea|
   |The wind of the plain rare|   `.  |base.  The right arm is folded bac|
   |celtic carvings on the wea|     \ |flat.  One eye is a badly scratche|
   |everything around a large |   _,Y'+----------------------------------+
   +--------------------------+  <'
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   And rather than make it                    .....we now have a
   anarachy like before......                 'benevolent dictatorship'
                                              which operates differently
                                              compared to most mucks.
  
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         .-' __    __ '-.      FRZ                                 `d,
  ____ ,' .-' / /\ \ `-. '.                                          Qb
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     / /'---. ___ `  \____\ \                                  .gP`  JP
    ; ;    / /   `--,  __ `  '.__                         ._   ' ~&.~P
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     \ \/ /            \ \/ /                             jJ           ~'
      \  /              \  /                              ~       MC
      / _ `-.________.-' _ \                    Yes, Comrade!
     './ '-.__________.-' \.'                          \
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 Please,                      take
                 a moment                     .........
      to remember                            ..............
         all the                            .........
                           hard work
              that   went   into          ..........        making us
what we are                            ...............
                              today, ....................
and those that                          ................
                     are
 .............               with us,
  ..............             have been with us,
..................     ......or wish they could still be here....
              _-_       ...........
             /   \   ............
             |RIP|
             |   |      ________
      _..---''''''''''''        ``---.._
    ,'                                  `"..
 ,-'                                        \b
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 ...and look forward to what the future brings!  The future of SpinDizzy
    is in your hands (or paws)!
  
        lbm                                          ((\           /))
         ________.-.                                 (\\\(\     /)///)
  <YOU> (_______(_/ \----                            (\'/ \)   (/ \'/)
           (___()    )                                \/   ;   ;   \/
            (__()                .'\       /'.         './       \.'
             (_()___/----       /\   ;   ;   /\
                               (/.\ /)   (\ /.\)
                               (///(/     \)\\\)
                               ((/           \))
     ((\           /))
     (\\\(\     /)///)        _______                  .'\       /'.
     (\'/ \)   (/ \'/)    ---'   ____)____            /\   ;   ;   /\
      \/   ;   ;   \/               ______)  <YOU>   (/.\ /)   (\ /.\)
       './       \.'             __________)         (///(/     \)\\\)
                        VK      (____)               ((/           \))
                          ---.__(___)
  
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                                       .::::::::   ::sparkle::
                                          :::
  
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