Re: [DL] spirit lamps

[Joel Hager <joel_hager@yahoo.com>]

Maybe the alcohol is inhabited by a Manitou (demon
alcohol), and it causes people near it to see what the
Manitou chooses (people become demons, etc.), causing
them to kill or attempt to kill the offending monster.
 The same could work outside the hospital for any
"spirit lamp" that an MS could create as an early
flashlight.  Then again, some could contain helpful
spirits who aid in healing, or who allow you to see
things as they truly are, rather than as the Manitou
chooses for you to see...

--- Wangenstein  <wangenstein@mad.scientist.com>
wrote:
> Nice ideas, both Jeff and Fred!
> 
> Or... the lamp is spirit-powered/possessed, and
> redistributes the life-force in the ward, taking a
> small cut for itself. The strongest patient there
> grows steadily weaker, while the other patients
> miraculously get better. Perhaps they have
> terrifying nightmares while they 'sweat' out
> whatever ails them. In any case, the 'doctor' takes
> credit for all the amazing cures.
> 
> And the formerly strongest patient (who inevitably
> succumbs)? Well, you are going to lose a few. There
> are plenty more to take his place. And in a time in
> which a trip to the hospital was practically akin to
> a death sentence anyway, who would suspect anything?
> 
> Derek D. Bass
> Etheric Musings - The Science of the Sons of Ether
> http://www.steamenginechaos.com/mage/ether.htm
> 
> 
> > Or the "power" of the lamps is a trapped
> luminescent
> > spirit. And every so often the "light" given off
> by
> > the lamp distorts things so that they look more
> > "Deadlands-ish." ;)
> > 
> > Fred J.
> > 
> > --- Jeff Shoffner <shoffner@esper.com> wrote:
> > > ooohhhh... think of the possiblities... An MS
> making
> > > these "spirit lamps"
> > > that use electricity for all the good little
> boys &
> > > girls of Salt Lake City
> > > (ie: the Mormon kids) but instead of driving the
> > > "spirits" away, it draws
> > > them in.....  heh-heh....
> > > 
> > > Jeff S
> > > 
> -- 
>
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Joel Hager

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