G’narsh
The Troll, The Myth, The Legend
by
Kevin Stillwater
chapter 1
# # # Prelude # # #
page 1
I would like to start by thanking you for plugging
in. Although you may have already bought this disc, let’s assume
for a second that you are still in the store. It can be any store
-- a department store, a street corner kiosk, an old time magazine
stand, or a store that specializes in discs. The store itself may
be contemporary -- I’ll let your equipment figure out what that means
-- or it might be like an old time record store complete with wooden
bins and racks overflowing with discs. Whether the store is
crowded and jammed with shoppers or is barren and sparse, I will also
leave up to you and your imagination. Perhaps a beautiful alien,
an elf, or a waif from the gutters is helping you make your selection
-- or then again, maybe not. In truth, these details are
unimportant and your compiler can fill in the details so much better
than I.
The salient point at the moment is
that you are at the point of purchase. Even if you make most of
your purchasing selections over the Inter Server, on the proverbial
street corner, or belong to a “club” on the edge of legality, for now
we will assume you are in a store where -- despite what the media will
tell you -- the vast majority of transactions still occur.