I've taken the liberty of reformatting this story and splitting it up into three 100k or so segments.
With the author's permission I'll be reposing it for those who weren't able to get the whole thing... or who got tired of trying to read it due to how the text came through! :) 

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Druid
druid@bbs.chemek.cc.or.us
Bree Duffy
bree.duffy@bbs.chemek.cc.or.us