Re: [DL] spirit lamps

[Fred Jandt <fajandt@yahoo.com>]

Or, the alcohol could be (to take a HoE bent) Spook
Juice. ;)

--- Joel Hager <joel_hager@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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