December News            ▐█▌Cthul

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 .9ß!  (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