The Phantom of the Private Message

[Miraqariftsky]

Yo, hallo folks.

To any kind soul who would deign enlighten me and lend aid in a time of need...

...the message counter says "Unread 1" and yet when I checked it out, there isn't anything.

Is there really a new message lurking in the ether of cyberspace or not?

Thanks!

[FoE]

When you receive the Phantom PM, seven days later you die.

Nice knowing you, Nexus. :smalltongue:

[Miraqariftsky]

@^: That had me both grimacing and grinning.

Hmm, apparently, ye ain't read SLukyanenko... or have ye?

Yo FoE, if yer prophecy does come true, I'll be a-haunting you.


Ah, but seriously, come on, whaddaheck is this thing?

[Freshmeat]

If you go to your PM box, scroll all the way down. It's possible that you'll have an unread PM sitting there that was sent to you dozens of years ago.

This is not a forum issue. This is actually a message that has been sent to you by the future you that went back in the past to warn you of impending doom.
Unfortunately, you can't read the PM. Try to figure something out so that in the future you'll find a way to make your past self (soon to be your future self and right now your self-self) be able to read the PM and stop the time vortex cycle.
Or something.

[Rawhide]

Nexus-R.C._Mina:
In sleep it emailed me
In dreams it came
That text which calls to me
And types my name
And do I dream again?
For now I find
The phantom of the PM box is there,
Inside my mind

Phorum:
Type once again with me
Our strange duet
My power over you
Grows stronger yet
And though you turn from me
To glance behind
The phantom of the PM box is there
Inside your mind

Nexus-R.C._Mina:
Those who have seen your code
Draw back in fear
I am the mask you wear

Phorum:
It's me they read

Both:
My/Your spirit and my/your text
In one combine
The phantom of the PM box is there
Inside my/your mind

Chorus:
Is that the phantom of the PM box?
Beware the phantom of the PM box

Phorum:
In all your fantasies you always knew
That site and mystery

Nexus-R.C._Mina:
Were both in you

Both:
And in this internet
Where night is blind
The phantom of the PM box is here/there

Nexus-R.C._Mina:
Inside my mind

Phorum:
Type, my angel of writing!

Nexus-R.C._Mina:
Its there,
The phantom of the PM box...


Are there any PMs from 1969/1970?

[Miraqariftsky]

@Freshmeat and Rawhide: Thousand thanks, yo. It has been exorcised.


@Rawhide:

Shadows and dust
Dreams and memories
Restless it roams, black daemon ageless
I'll not brook this spirit speaking
Through lucklorn lightning
Its banishment I bless
That my used space decrease
Perturbed ghost, rest, rest, you must...

[Skippy]

Nexus-R.C._Mina:
In sleep it emailed me
In dreams it came
That text which calls to me
And types my name
And do I dream again?
For now I find
The phantom of the PM box is there,
Inside my mind

Phorum:
Type once again with me
Our strange duet
My power over you
Grows stronger yet
And though you turn from me
To glance behind
The phantom of the PM box is there
Inside your mind

Nexus-R.C._Mina:
Those who have seen your code
Draw back in fear
I am the mask you wear

Phorum:
It's me they read

Both:
My/Your spirit and my/your text
In one combine
The phantom of the PM box is there
Inside my/your mind

Chorus:
Is that the phantom of the PM box?
Beware the phantom of the PM box

Phorum:
In all your fantasies you always knew
That site and mystery

Nexus-R.C._Mina:
Were both in you

Both:
And in this internet
Where night is blind
The phantom of the PM box is here/there

Nexus-R.C._Mina:
Inside my mind

Phorum:
Type, my angel of writing!

Nexus-R.C._Mina:
Its there,
The phantom of the PM box...


Are there any PMs from 1969/1970?

Rawhide, once again you make an awesome post! Gotta love that play!