I guess in a way we're all seeking something new. Some kind of excitement to add to our sometimes often so predictable lives. Some of us may read a book and get trapped in it's magic world for a while. Other's risk their lives by throwing themselves out of steep cliffs and other excessive things as such while then again others jump into a mind-made world of magic and wonders where anything may happen.

Sun has left long ago and the old city looks like something of an Anne Rice novel; dark and gothic. Wicked, distorted shadows dance under the yellow streetlights as we walk on the wetted streets. Who would think Stockholm could look so mystical and comely.
    Emanuel Dohi, 18, Niklas Sedin, 15 and Tarek Ali, 21 are three guys who together are arranging the Live Extraterestru which is due this summer (-98). Emanuel and Tarek knew each other from earlier days while they came in contact with Niklas through the Internet. "A friend of mine had heard of this thing called Live," Niklas says. "We got interested so we went to meet a non-profit association at Tyresöcentrum (my note: located south of Stockholm)." Niklas's first live was "Mörk Gryning 3" (Eng. "Dark Dawn 3"), which was the same live Emanuel and Tarek attended and therefor the reason why Niklas later mailed them.
    When it comes to Emanuel and Tarek things are yet foggy. "I had heard about this thing called Live," Tarek says.
    But Emanuel doesn't agree. "I hadn't."
    "Well I had," Tarek says.and continues telling about his and Emanuel's first live which was Mörk Gryning 2 (Eng. "Dark Dawn 2") where Tarek played a mercenary.
    "Wasn't it assasin?" Emanuel wonders.
    "No, mercenary."
    Emanuel himself played an adventurer and the three of them agree that live gave them something extra. If not they wouldn't had continued.

Emanuel is all words; charismatic as he is, he is not easy to interview as he's constantly switching to a language I do not understand. I thought I had a pretty good insight in RPGs and things as such, but as our conversation continues I soon start realizing my knowledge is less than feeble. Manne is full of ideas and they're coming out in a rapid pace one after another. Sometimes two at once. I guess I'll skip the question of who's idea it was to arrange that live after all. But then suddenly he raises from his chair and announces that he's on his way to a party and he's train is leaving in five minutes. This was not really ment to be an interview; not today, unprepared as I was, so I guess it's alright. And Emanuel disappears, leaving the three of us at the little café with it's enormous glass windows to the street as cafés usually have.

Niklas and Tarek must be tired of all the anti-RPG debates. Is role playing games dangerous?
    "It's just bullshit," Niklas says.
    "It would be as saying that hockey makes people more violent." Tarek adds.
    They have not much to spare for Didi Örnstedt and Björn Sjöstedt who's written the Swedish anti-role-playing-game book: "De övergivnas armé" (Eng. The Army of the Abandoned).
    "But mostly there are positive things said and written about role-playing-games," Niklas says. " Dagens Nyheter¹ for example."