The Writing on the Wall
Steve Hatherley
	
	The symbols and half-letters scrawled messily on the wall are
not from any recognisable language. They look like the drunken 
attempts of a lone vandal, and are not particularly remarkable.
Except for one thing: they appear elsewhere. On lorries and trains,
schools and churches. In the country, in town. On sheds and walls,
windows and signs. Usually in paint, and once or twice in blood.

Possibilities
1       The symbols indicate the borders of a small but rapidly
growing cult. As they spread alarmingly from town to town the symbols
spread with them.

2       The 'ley lines' of old are now too weak for the Lloigor to
use as energy sources. But, in this age of technology, there are 
other sources - electricity and telephone cables. The Lloigor have 
implanted messages into sleeper's brains, forcing them to daub the 
symbols across the country. They are eventually translated to form an 
artificial intelligence algorithm. The algorithm hides in the 
computer system and 'encourages' the construction of new cables. 
These form circles of power the Lloigor can absorb and begin their 
return to power.

3       The symbols (written by sleepwalkers) originate from a long 
forgotten language. Eventually they are translated to form one word. 
'Rejoice.' What does it mean? Is it a sign from God?
	Then, a second word: 'for.' Then 'He,' followed by 'is' and
'coming.'
	'Rejoice for He is coming.' But who?

Copyright (c) 1990 Steve Hatherley
steve@flar.demon.co.uk