Qt  ۲ ۲۲             ۲                                     ۲                              ۲               ۲         ۲     ۲         MiSTiGRiS  December News Cthul u     ThieisCth uluhere...geez,the holidayseasonisbusy.. .hencethe.. hm. well,Iguessthis packisactuallyLARGER thantheotherones. That's odd.Oh,yes. Iremember.(And thisguyisinch argeofthewhole group!)The reasonthat thispackisso big,isbecause we'veincludedtwo.MODs fromour upcomingmusi cdisk,TheBells ofYule,init.B esuretolisten to'em... It'llfeature talentfromMiST, andlotsofoutside talenttoo.  Well,that explainsthesize ofthepack.There arefewerANSIsand such thismonth,because, well,it'schristmas, andweunchainour artistsandlet them gowalkiesoutside, becausewe'reinsuch afestivemood.But don'tbe fooled!As soonasjanuary comes,backongo theshackles!"Getto work,SLAVE! And stop  your filthy whining!" (cracks  whip)... However, because it  is the holidayseason, wefeaturethree... well...specialthingsthis month.Oneis  thecollaborativeANSI,on awinter/holidaytheme, donebyNitnatsnoc,Mavr ik, Mage,andQuestor. Anotheroneisthe collaborativeLit,onth eholidaytheme. Finally, inthespiritof sharing,weworked withSonicEquinoxmembers (well, actuallywe AREalmostallthe SonicEquinoxmembers)... tobringtoyoua l'il Christmas loader, to  show you that we car e. "Awwwww..."  Alsothis month,wehave, well,Kithe,forwhich thisarticlewas submi ttedtoolate...(what? deadlines?)...andit'l lplaythe.MODs RIGHT thismonth...we hadaproblemlast monthbecauseISAUCEd the.MODswhen  Ishouldn'thave,and, well,badthingshappene d.8)Butthatsh ouldallbe fixed now.Alsobesure tocheckoutthe ANSIwarsarticleto findoutwhat we *really*spendallthe timebetweenpacksdoing .(Andwhythey're always late)...  Ontha tnote...wenowp resent...(dumdada dumdumDAAA!)the MiSTiGRiS FAQ!Yes,we willanswerthemost frequentlyaskedquestions tomistmembers... Here  goes...  Q:"Whydo youguysalways releaselate?"  A:As wehavenoset deadlines,there'snosuch thimgasa"late "pack.We just, aroundthe20th,get allantsytorelease something,andstart spasm odicallytwitchinguntilwe do...so(twitch twitch)...ergh...the med icationiswearingoff... (twitchtwitch)...Well. Expectapackfrom us aroundevery5 weeksorso.  Q: "Whydoyouhaves omuchlit?"  A: Nextquestion...Icould (andhave)filledwhole articlesaboutthis. If you'vealreadyread those,you'rebored enoughalready.Ifyou haven't,godo so. Thensendmeall yourmoney,asyou've justprovedthatyou havenoself- control orwillpower.Then dancenakedina vatofsaltymustard. Take picturesofit. Scanthem,andu ploadthemtoTST, andwe'llbesure toinclude the pics in  the next KiTHE. Don't fo rget to keep the negatives,  though.  A-hem.  Q: "Howdoyoupronounce/say Cthulu/Mistigris/Kitsch/whatever?"   A:Now,fortheFI RSTTIMEEVER,we willshowyouthe MistWordsPronounciation Chart , version .9! (MWPC is  (tm) Useless Acronyms, Incorporat ed.)  MistigrisMisty- gree KitheK-eye-th  KitschK-itch  CthuluKuh-THOO-loo  NitnatsnocNit-Nat-Snoc  Tzeentch'Zine-ch Questo rKw'es-torr Dr. CPUDerrKapoo  Nyarlathotepaww..c'mon..t hisone'sEASY...  Woo. Well,nowthatwe 'vegottenTHATsilliness outoftheway, here'sthe MiST newsofthemonth:   RAiDDIED!Woo!:  Well ,youcanreadabo utitinKithe.N owthatourmajor competitioninour home AC,604,isgone, it'sbeenleftw ithevenSTIFFERcompetition ,Integrity, which is comp osed of all the actual  GOOD members of Raid. Wel l, the good ANSI artists ,atleast.Wepic kedupafewmemb ersfromtheother departments...but all that  in due time...  NEW MEMBERS:  Reanimatorhasc omeoutofnowhere tojoinourMusic andLitdepartments... Ony x,formerlyofSonic EquinoxandHFR,has joinedinMusicand VGA... Psychoskylark,ofC iAandReality,has joinedourlitteam..  CoyoteandKalavekhave appearedfromAHOM toaddtoourlit crewtoo... and fromthebreakupof RaidwegainedSmokescreen andEquinoxinV GA,andEto as partofourcoding staff!Ya-hoo. Wealso gotanewcourier thismonth,DefectiveMind. Spreadthatpack, baby.  TEMPORALLYDISPLACED MEMBERS:  Weregretto saythatMagikE lvisandToxicCockroach havebeenforcefully e jectedfromunderthe MiSTwingforinactivity. Pity.  XMAS:  Well, withalltheplas ticandglitzand chintzandkitsch(mustn't forgetthe kitsch) floatingaroundthistime ofyear,ithelp stokeepinmind thetrue reason forthisholidayseason.   "Butwhilehethoug htonthesethings beholdtheAngelof theLordappeared to himinhissleep, saying:Joseph,sonof David,fearnotto takeuntothee Mary thywife,fortha twhichisconceived inher,isofthe HolyGhost.  And sheshallbringforth ason:andthous haltcallhisname Jesus.Forhe shall savehispeoplefrom theirsins.  Nowall thiswasdonetha titmightbeful filledwhichtheLord spokebythe prophet, saying:  Beholda virginshallbewith child,andbringforth ason,andthey shall callhis nameEmmanuel,whichbeing interpretedis,God withus."  (St.Matthew 1:20through1:23)   (There,thataughtakeep RanmaandInnate Malicesatisfied...)  CHRISTIANITY:   Don'tbeoffended byallourchristian references.I'llbetnon eofusare pra ctising,anyhoo.(Itend towardsTaoistictendencies, myself.)  Onthatnot e,MerryChristmas,Happy Hannuka,GungHay FatChoy,HappyNew  Years,GleefulSolstice, JoyfulShoe-shinine,orwhat ever.  "MiSTsays:Good willtoallarti stsandtherest canburninFIDONet!"  Cthulu BigMama Dec.24th,1994 SAUCE00MiST Decmeber Info Cthulu MiSTiGRiS 19941224VP