Point and Counterpoint…
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 72183
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Rei “ANSWER MY QUESTION! DID YOU KILL THEM ALL!?” the agitated G-man practically roars into Morbius’ face. THIS is getting way out of hand! Now everyone has to voice an opinion on the matter or shout out questions as to what the devil the G-man is shouting about. Perhaps the most distracting is from yet another newcomer who’s MOST distraught at the change of scenery about her. She’d come running to her daddy to ask what heck happened to their back yard and just happened to witness the G-man talking so roughly with her father. She couldn’t have that and was in the G-man’s (disdainful) face, letting it be known. … Give the girl points for bravery (and a bit of envy at whatever mental shields she must posses to not be taken aback by the G-man’s fear aura or whatever), but . . .her ego’s writing checks her body cannot cash. The G-man looks ready to kill her! Well, we can’t have THAT! “SILENCE!!,” I command, using an old trick I picked up from Jarlath. “Back OFF!!” If nothing else, a command shouted out at painful decibel (augmented with magic in imitation from one scene from the movie Dune) does the trick. Leaves them rubbing ringing ears instead of shouting, if nothing else. Shuts them up. . . . Will have to apologize to my group about this at a later date and time. They don’t deserve to be barked at like that, but . . .the time for more civil methods have past me. Still, it could be worse… With more than a bit of raised voice (thankfully no longer magically augmented) I continue, basically running roughshod over everyone (except for those of my group, who are competent enough to know not to make things even MORE difficult for me). . . . Damnit, I’d looked so forward to a short bit of sanity as we all calmly and rationally talked about things over tea, sorting things out in a civilized manner. But no! But enough whining. Got a job to do here. Took a bit of doing (and a few shouts on my part at people who interrupt with a question or yelps of disbelief), but . . . I finally get an answer from the G-man and Morbius about this brewup between them. Doubt that Half-life ever had the idea of the G-man’s comrades and him actually haling from the race called the Krell! (http:// en.wiki pedia. org/wi ki/Krell). At least that is what he’s implying, and may I add he’s doing a VERY good job at it. More than a few times he’s gone and vocally corrected Dr. Morbius about a few things that the guy’s apparently trying to hide for whatever reasons (maybe he thinks his fellow human beings aren’t ready for all the Krell toys he’s discovered down underground). A machine which was accessible to commands from a mind, granting anything desired with just a thought. Life without Instrumentation… . . . What are these Krell? Stupid? Hello land of the Lotus Eaters, anyone? Stagnation and decline all while being catered after by some godlike machine… Well, if it had not been for the fact that said machine also tapped into the subconscious and unleashed all the hatred and horror upon the world, according the G-man! Tore his civilization to the group except for a small group of . . .throwbacks who had opted out of the grand Krell experiment for various reasons (and survived through incredible luck)… Some of my group see this, but a lot of the others don’t seem to get the danger from what I overhear from whispered conversations off to the side. From snatches of conversation I overhear... Meanwhile Morbius is shaking his head in denial, muttering and crying something about his poor Krell (much to the disdain of the G-man). The G-man. It does not sit well with him, his race being placed upon a pillar and nearly worshipped. Especially when those who’s being worshipped (ancestors he and his kind apparently have grown to despise). . . May have a point there, but still what the G-man had done was build up a lot of credibility here in his outing of Morbius’ (well intentioned) lies. Morbius had been telling of this world’s history (what he’d been able to uncover through his efforts), and the G-man snidely “setting him straight”. Made for an interesting verbal tennis match, if nothing else I wont. Meanwhile, I’d been ignoring the two men who’d come from that flying saucer (!) spaceship while all this is happening. Frankly, their problems are trumped by THIS little crisis before me so shall have to WAIT! Besides, it's not like they're being left out in the dark. My sisters and Akagi haven't been silent but instead had (briefly) described where and how "my" group comes into the picture. Not sure they totally beleive them, but that's not important right now. Bigger fish to fry and all that, considering that I now fully realize why the G-man is so aggreivated here. Morbius represents a danger to everyone and everything around him! Of course, those people from the flying saucer haven't . . .put it all together yet. Have to wonder about that, really. Kind of obvious, really. Then again, maybe they do realize what we've been telling them and do NOT believe? Could be that. Anyway, they look like their ready to explode here with questions, but they’ll wait and THEN I shall have a few words with them. Harsh ones. . . . Besides everything else, it is obvious what they should be doing right now instead of gapping at us, for God’s sake. Their ship has called them and . . . No, one thing at a time. This first! “So I ask again . . .why did you put that damn Enhancccer on your head when it should have been OBVIOUSSS that it was dangerous,” the G-man sneered at a now pale Dr. Morbius. “We not all the bodies around it clue enough that it was dangerous?” |
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