*You are magically transported, and find yourself in the place known as "diamond room". It's too dark to see now. *glow Your spell worked! You have suddenly and magically started glowing! It's light enough to see now! *ql Diamond room. The strange door is locked shut. A diamond weighing about an ounce is glinting here! Brisa the necromancess is here. *Brisa the necromancess makes some magical gestures. Brisa the necromancess has started glowing! *Brisa the necromancess grins. *gr OK, Crowley the cabalist grins. *l Diamond room. When you enter the room, you feel a sudden sense of change around you, although you cannot pinpoint the exact reason behind the instinct. You soon forget this, however, as your eyes catch sight of the floor: it is studded with diamonds! You leap down to pick them up, but most are solidly fused in place. Looking around you, you see a deathly passage sloping upwards to the west, and a strange doorway to the east... The strange door is locked shut. A diamond weighing about an ounce is glinting here! Brisa the necromancess is here. *\Hello Brisa! For those who don't know you as Brisa, what other names are you known as? If you don't mind saying... *Brisa the necromancess grins. *Brisa the necromancess says "Well, oldies would be Poledra or Briana...new one would be Vordai". *\Thanks for standing in for Joejitzu as our MT interviewee! A salutory lesson to anyone considering AOL as an Internet provider *Brisa the necromancess grins. *Brisa the necromancess says "No problems..under duress". *Brisa the necromancess looks quickly at you. *Brisa the necromancess sticks out her tongue. *\Since I'm unprepared, let's go with the questions I have: What's it like being a wizard? *Brisa the necromancess rolls on the floor, laughing. *Brisa the necromancess thinks. *\... *Brisa the necromancess says "Well....". *ponder OK, Crowley the cabalist ponders. *Brisa the necromancess says "Erm...". *qw Brisa the necromancess Crowley the cabalist *sh hey, what's it like being a wizard? *Brisa the necromancess grins. *:shuffles his cuecards You act as if Crowley shuffles his cuecards *Brisa the necromancess waits. *\ok! *Brisa the necromancess smiles. *\Why have you chosen the Diamond Room to be interviewed in *Brisa the necromancess says "Because it's one of the things in MUD that has so far eluded me". *Brisa the necromancess grins. *\oho! *\I bet that makes you cross *Brisa the necromancess says "It's first on my list of things to figure out". *Brisa the necromancess grins. *\When did you first start playing MUD2? *Brisa the necromancess says "Oh....erm..". *Brisa the necromancess thinks. *Brisa the necromancess says "In the wireplay years, probably about 7 years or so ago". *Brisa the necromancess says "Ish". *\Me too! *Brisa the necromancess grins. *\How did you discover it? *Brisa the necromancess says "Well, I got a bit fed up of my other half giggling in the spare room every night and wanted to know what the hell he was up to..". *Brisa the necromancess exclaims "It was my duty as an interested wife!". *la OK, Crowley the cabalist laughs. *Brisa the necromancess says "The I kind of...erm...". *\Your other half being... (for the uninformed) *Brisa the necromancess says "took over a bit...". *Brisa the necromancess says "Marlight :)". *cough the useless shirker OK, Crowley the cabalist coughs, the useless shirker *Brisa the necromancess laughs. *\Any fond memories of newbiedom? *Brisa the necromancess says "Hmmm...apart from someone telling me to go to the dense forest...no the other dense forest..no the OTHER dense forest..". *Brisa the necromancess says "I guess it would have to be the people". *gr OK, Crowley the cabalist grins. *\People play mud?! *Brisa the necromancess says "Marly had made some friends and they kind of took me under their wing". *Brisa the necromancess smiles. *For some reason, Brisa the necromancess has just prodded you! *\who were they? *Brisa the necromancess says "Foz, of course, Agrazag, Seamus, Zordell, Cloud, oh my...". *Brisa the necromancess says "Jincks, Ciara..". *\bunch of reprobates! *Brisa the necromancess says "Fruitbat,..". *gr OK, Crowley the cabalist grins. *Brisa the necromancess nods. *Brisa the necromancess grins. *Brisa the necromancess says "I fitted in". *Brisa the necromancess grins. *Brisa the necromancess jokes. *\Who do you think had the biggest influence on you? Marlight excepted! *Brisa the necromancess ponders. *Brisa the necromancess says "Hard question". *\You can choose more than one! *Brisa the necromancess says "Foz, Fruitbat and Zordell". *\Any reasons? *\I notice you've chosen two PKs *Brisa the necromancess laughs. *Brisa the necromancess asks "Zor is a PK?". *Brisa the necromancess gasps. *\She is the queen PK! *Brisa the necromancess says "Fruitbat was the teacher...as in...you are summoned..". *Brisa the necromancess says "what - slash... have....smack..you...bang..forgotten..? hithithithit..". *Brisa the necromancess says "Not updating persona". *\that would be the school of hard knocks... *Brisa the necromancess says "Quite literally...made me learn tho..". *Brisa the necromancess grins. *Lauraguest the guest tells you "I came on here an hour ago, and no one was here.". *re tsk! *qw Brisa the necromancess Crowley the cabalist Lauraguest the guest *Brisa the necromancess says "And Fruity has the dubious honour of turning me away from the socialiser and towards the explorer". *\how rude! *Brisa the necromancess smiles. *\What attracted you to a text game over the more exciting graphical adventures? *\well, more visually exciting *Brisa the necromancess says "Well, we did go over to the darkside for a while...". *Brisa the necromancess coughs, EQ *Brisa the necromancess says "But then real life issues came up, I had less time to spend on it, and that was that". *\I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! *Brisa the necromancess looks quickly at you. *cough OK, Crowley the cabalist coughs. *\hehe. Babies kill EQ ;-) *Brisa the necromancess grins. *\Are you only really interested in online games? *Brisa the necromancess says "Not least cos you can't reach the keyboard..". *la OK, Crowley the cabalist laughs. *Brisa the necromancess says "I play some RPG on the ps2, but only now and again". *\next question: The worst thing about online games is the other players. Discuss :-p *Brisa the necromancess laughs, out loud. *Brisa the necromancess asks "Oh, make this easy why doncher?". *\(the question after that: The best thing about online games is the other players. Discuss) *Brisa the necromancess grins. *Brisa the necromancess says "I guess the worst thing is any form of abuse". *\Have you ever experienced the more unsavoury of player interactions? *qw Brisa the necromancess Crowley the cabalist Lauraguest the guest *Brisa the necromancess says "And yes, unfortunately...that was a major factor in stopping playing all those yrs ago". *Brisa the necromancess says "MUD is different from other MUDs as it is more personal, so any abuse gets cloaked in the old role-playing argument". *\Do you think that was just a fact that it was a free game - so any abusive kiddy could play? *Brisa the necromancess says "That may have had something to do with it, I really don't know. What I do know, is that I pay for my connection, and my phone bills and I sure as hell won't waste my time or money playing a game that gets abusive". *nod OK, Crowley the cabalist nods. *Brisa the necromancess says "So, we stopped playing". *\Do you think there's ever a call for baiting? Perhaps to goad timid players out to exceed themselves? *Brisa the necromancess says "I think it's hard to draw the line..personally, I don't like it, but that's more because it gets annoying and interrupts my game, if that makes sense..". *nod OK, Crowley the cabalist nods. *:was playing devil's advocate You act as if Crowley was playing devil's advocate *Brisa the necromancess grins. *\anyone tries to bait me, they go instantly on ignore :-p *\Anyway, moving on *\Do you think there's a place for text-based games in this day and digital age? *Brisa the necromancess nods. *\What do they offer? *Brisa the necromancess says "Yes, of course, or I wouldn't be paying this, but i think it needs to evolve.". *Brisa the necromancess says "Erm, playing". *Brisa the necromancess sighs. *\Evolve how? *Brisa the necromancess says "We're onto dangerous ground with personal opinions..". *Brisa the necromancess grins. *\gowaaaan *sm OK, Crowley the cabalist smiles. *Brisa the necromancess says "I know there's been lots of discussion about it". *Brisa the necromancess looks quickly at you. *Brisa the necromancess grins. *\I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT *\I should make a hotkey for that *\C'mon, shoot. Your chance to get it in print, and no-one can argue with you (I won't!) *Brisa the necromancess says "Personally, I'd like to see more items around the land. Maybe even collectibles that can stay with you when you qq". *\customised items? *Brisa the necromancess says "As there are less players around, everything is more set up for achievers..". *Brisa the necromancess says "As more of an explorer, I prefer to stroll rather than sprint..". *Brisa the necromancess grins. *Hovering before you is Eros, wearing a blindfold. Out of nowhere, Eros suddenly produces a bow and looses an arrow straight at your heart! It's a direct hit, but almost immediately the missile disappears! You feel a strange longing... (89/90). Eros pulls his bow and shoots Brisa the necromancess! Eros gives a satisfied smile, and flies away. The name "Brisa" pops into your head. *\Do you have hope for the promised coming game changes? *Brisa the necromancess gives you a great big kiss! Your heart goes all a-flutter! (+84 = 1,090). *gr OK, Crowley the cabalist grins. *Brisa the necromancess grins. *\Structural changes, that is. Following the big mud conversation, all we've had from wizards is "wait and see"! *Brisa the necromancess says "Of course! Anything new is good...you either get better or you learn from any mistakes". *\Have you entered the new area competition? *Brisa the necromancess says "I had an idea, but there's so much going on atm...I got the idea to Foddy, but not the room descriptions". *Brisa the necromancess shrugs. *nod OK, Crowley the cabalist nods. *Brisa the necromancess says "Needless to say it was puzzle-based". *gr OK, Crowley the cabalist grins. *Brisa the necromancess grins. *\OK, last questions! *\Favourite item, and why! *Brisa the necromancess says "erm....". *Brisa the necromancess says "Key1 and pointers...". *Brisa the necromancess whispers "souper sekretts". *chuckle OK, Crowley the cabalist chuckles. *Brisa the necromancess says "OPh". *Brisa the necromancess says "Oh that is...". *Brisa the necromancess says "Sceptre as well". *Brisa the necromancess says "Because it's pretty..". *gr OK, Crowley the cabalist grins. *Brisa the necromancess exclaims "And it hits damn hard!". *Brisa the necromancess cackles. *\heavy, mind you! *Brisa the necromancess says "Still nice". *Brisa the necromancess sticks out her tongue. *nod OK, Crowley the cabalist nods. *\Mobile? *Brisa the necromancess thinks. *Brisa the necromancess says "For some reason, I like the ogre...". *Brisa the necromancess says "And draggy is growing on me". *Brisa the necromancess grins. *\He's kinda cuddly... *\Ok, that one's anything but cuddly *Brisa the necromancess smiles. *\Do you plan on making wizard ever? Would you like to? *Brisa the necromancess says "Erm, if you'd asked me that when I first played, I'd've laughed you out of here..". *gr OK, Crowley the cabalist grins. *Brisa the necromancess says "Now..". *Brisa the necromancess shrugs. *\You're definitely better by the week! *Brisa the necromancess says "Who knows? I'm nowhere near good enough". *Brisa the necromancess says "Would be nice to see Vordai the witch tho". *Brisa the necromancess grins. *\it would! *\what would your prefix be? *Brisa the necromancess says "The way I feel right now?....Ageing...". *Brisa the necromancess grins. *la OK, Crowley the cabalist laughs. *Brisa the necromancess says "Of the fens". *Brisa the necromancess smiles. *\Vordai the killer witch! *Brisa the necromancess laughs, out loud. *\the fens? literary reference? *Brisa the necromancess nods. *Brisa the necromancess says "Eddings..". *Brisa the necromancess whispers "sorry". *tsk OK, Crowley the cabalist tsks. *forgive brisa You forgive Brisa the necromancess. *Brisa the necromancess smiles. *\ok, thanks for talking to us! Anything you'd like to say before we finish up? *Brisa the necromancess says "Erm, not really m'dear, just hope it's not too boring :)". *\Always a pleasure, never a chore :) *Brisa the necromancess laughs. *hug brisa You give Brisa the necromancess a great big hug! *Brisa the necromancess beams. *\and look, you get a free diamond! *Brisa the necromancess laughs. *ql Diamond room. The strange door is locked shut. A diamond weighing about an ounce is glinting here! Brisa the necromancess is here. *qw Brisa the necromancess Crowley the cabalist Lauraguest the guest *wave OK, Crowley the cabalist waves. *Brisa the necromancess waves. *bid all toodleoo And toodleoo from me, too! Cheerio! Overall, you scored 84 points this game. You have 5 hours 29 minutes of play remaining.