the Book
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 21511
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"There is no time," said the Ib, via his translator. "You must come with
me!" I must what!? "I think you better get lost," I replied, fingering the trigger to my blaster, "before I must do something that you'll regret." The Ib continued to stare at me with those blank eyes. I would hate to play one of these things in a game of poker...The 'droid translated my remarks to the tubeface. As outlandish as their language sounded when they were 'speaking' it, the Ibornite 'tongue' sounded even stranger coming from the animatronic brain 'bot. The translation being finished, the Ib still stared at me with those unmoving eyes before going into another round of it's bug-babble. "Fsss! Klick! Wooot! Thrrrp! Blphhh!" I blurted out, doing my best impersonation of their babble as I could, "...whatever! Get on with it!""My Master says," the android related it's message in it's usual cool, civilized demeanor, "that you are the physical reincarnation of one of the greatest Knights to have ever graced your mother world of Earth. The Ibornites have known for some time..." What? What did that hogwash have to do with the Indefatigable or anything, for that matter!? Had the droid not heard me!? I contemplated whether or not I should fry it's circuits where it stood, but instead replied: "What's your malfunction, you bucket of bolts!? Do you have a faulty capacitor, or something? You got a virus screwin' with your databanks!? Did you not hear me!? Get out of here before things get ugly!"The Ibornite blinked. They blinked!!! Wonders never cease... The droid translated my comments...I hoped. Once done, it fixed it's inhuman eyes on me once again."You sure you got all of that?" I asked. "Go ahead and click and gurgle and whistle or whatever a few more times if you have too. I'm not sure you're translating my words in their full essence. Don't paraphrase anything; tell your master what I said word for word. Cause I'm not going to say it again..." The Ibornite made a move, as if reaching for a weapon. Reacting on instinct alone, I pointed my pistol at it's face at pointblank. I breathed in heavily, trying to contain the adrenaline coursing through me. "Don't ...make ...another ...move..."But then I noticed what it had been reaching for, an old looking book with the faded image of a golden gryphon on the leather-bound cover. Slowly, I lowered my pistol. The droid looked at the Ib and then back at me. "Your life is in danger. We know what you encountered in the space near Ragan IV, and we're here to help. Take this book. Consider it. We will be back within the hour, although we loathe leaving you alone for even that amount of time."I accepted the book and stood there like an idiot for several moments after they left. The book was heavy, and seemed rather fragile. Was this some sort of joke?
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Ib
11/6/2002 1:52:30 AM
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