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    Brian Bowhay [email protected]

    FOR MATURE READERS

    All characters and civilizations are purely fictionaland are in no way allegorical to any groups or

    individuals, past or present.

    __________________________________________________________________________________

    META-TRIBES #2:

    SECRET IDENTITIESShe knows me, the jade;

    she is in the secret of my work,

    of my patience, of my trick, routine, or what you may.She lives in my innermost being,

    and into it sees more closely than you or I myself.She knows what machine faultless I have become

    Guy de Maupassant

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    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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    Vyriss and Shun

    It is the hour of sunrise, the shadows are long. Orange and red streaks illuminate the clouds on thehorizon. There is a breeze in the cool morning air.A woman in armor is standing on a hill in Southern Kayn. A short scruffy man is standing next to her.The woman is throwing seeds on the ground all around her. About 20 or 30 black birds are feasting.

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    There are small funnel clouds like dust devils approaching in the far distance.

    The woman is Vyriss, an assassin from Persica.Man, There! Its him, thats where he is.Woman, Thats where he was. She throws the rest of the feed on the ground. Leave me.

    She watches as a band of Plishtim raiders approach a helpless town. A streak of distorted light passesthrough the group.

    The bandits fall to ground.

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    A sonic boom erupts. The birds begin squawking and take flight.

    A dark and shrouded figure is seen in the scattering flock. It is Shunya Naqqarah, the man Vyriss hasbeen looking for.

    Shun, You still think you can take me?

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    Vyriss is quiet for a moment

    and then disappears, shrinking out of sight, I think you dont know me and you have no idea what Iam capable of. Her voice is distorted as if coming from a megaphone, but quite as if on a very narrow

    bandwidth.

    Shun maintains a relaxed posture, slowly scanning the area, Okay, lets find out what you are capableof.Vyriss, You were careless with the birds.

    Shun looks at his left hand, there is a tear in the glove and his skin has been broken. Special deliverya Chronal distortion detector; you wont be sneaking up on me anytime soon.Shun, You put a beacon on me?Vyriss, An early warning system.

    Shun is still looking around, I could cut off your ears before the sound of an alarm ever reachedthem.Vyriss, Not if your divine celerity accelerates my neurotox.

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    Shun looks at his hand again clenching his fist and then slowly releasing it, so the beacon is just a-He looks up, it starts raining dead birds.Vyriss, Their proximity to your distortion field, a wider range of activation than calculated.

    Well, shit. Shun takes off his mask. Not really how I imagined this going...

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    He turns around and starts walking towards town.Vyriss, Where do you think youre going?

    Shun, You won. If Im about to die Im not going to spend my last moments sparing with you. Imgoing to go get a drink, maybe ask a pretty girl to dance.

    Vyriss returns to normal size and watches him walk off.Shun shouts out, You comin?

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    THE TAVERN is musty and lit by torches. The walls are covered with animal skins and tapestries.The women are ugly. Shun is seated in a corner watching a trio play. One old man is standing with asteel drum, another is seated playing two flutes at the same time, the third man is squatting on the floorplaying a sitar.

    Shun raises his fist and shouts like an drunk frat boy at a metal concert, YEAH!!! YEAAAAH!!!

    He looks over and sees that Vyriss has entered the dark tavern. Hello again.

    PAGE 7Vyriss looks around, sits down, and takes off her helmet.

    If someone had struck me with a fatal blow I would fight to the bitter end. I would do everything Icould to kill them before my last breath.

    Shun leans back in his chair and takes a drink, Whats the point? There are endless horrors in thisworld. I do my best to fight them, but at the end of the day I just want to remember why I care, yaknow? Take a walk, watch the sun set. Shun slides the drink across the table to her. When I lookback on my life, I think I did okay.

    PAGE 8Vyriss looks around, Well, your little stroll terminal acceptance saved your life.

    She plops a dead bird on the table, I thought you would timeshift, the poison release is activated bychronal distortion.

    She squeezes bird juice into the cup. If you want the antidote, then the next round is on you.

    There is tense silence for what feels like an eternity.

    Shun erupts into laughter: Actually I was being lazy. Shifting is hard, I was tired.

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    MASKS

    A cloth mask with goggles and a helmet are next to each other on a trunk at the end of a bed. Next tothe gear is a decorative plate with some sliced tomatoes, goat cheese, and two small dried fish.Shun is in his upper twenties is wearing a robe with a towel wrapped around his waist. He is slim andfit and pouring himself a drink in a sparse adobe villa with a few hanging plants and tapestries.Vyriss has strawberry blonde hair and an athletic build is lying on the bed wrapped in a sheet lookingat the gear. She is in her mid thirties.

    Vyriss, Why do you wear this mask, it offers no protection.

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    Shun, It keeps me from swallowing bugs.

    Vyriss, Thats it? Youre not keeping some secret identity?Shun, Secret identity?

    Vyriss gives him a sly grin holding his goggles over her eyes: To keep a clever assassin from findingout who you arewhere you live?PAGE 10

    Shun stands on the bed, Thats funny, matching my face to my name doesnt make me vulnerable,and it certainly doesnt tell you who I am.Vyriss, Then who are you?

    Shun: Shunya Naqqarah means The Empty Shell, the Plishtim call me The Southern Ghost.Being a Judge isnt just what I do, its who I am.

    Vyriss rolls over to look at him, Arent you worried that your enemies will find your family, use themto get to you?Shun, The judges of Kayn are my family, and going after them? That would be suicide. No, I havenothing to hide.

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    Vyriss raises her brow, A life without secrets, you can just be yourself with anyone anywhere.Shun sits down, Well, I wouldnt say that. Im a different person with Eshla. I certainly wouldntdrink around her and I would never speak to her disciples the way I speak to everyone else, thatwould just be stupidyea, now that I think about it, I tend to moderate around the rest of the judgestoo.

    Vyriss, They wouldnt accept you the way you are?Shun smiles, I dont know, maybe maybe not? I guess its not worth the risk to find out.

    Vyriss rolls over again and smiles, Is this thefamily secret of the Kayin Judges? You all wear masks?Doesnt really reveal any weakness that I can use to kill you.

    Shun lays down next to her running his fingers down her spine, Isnt it obvious what my weaknessis?

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    The Plishtim Raiders

    Shun and Vyriss are dressed for a fight. They are standing on a hill over looking a village. They arewatching a group of Plishtim Raiders advancing towards the village. About five of the raiders areriding out in front.

    Shun, Here they come.

    PAGE 13Vyriss looks at him, Ladies first. She shrinks and has sprouted an exotic harness for flight. She zipsaway.

    The raider in front suddenly falls off his horse grabbing his head and screaming in agony.The other riders look at him confused.

    his head explodes.

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    Vyriss emerges out of the mans head growing to full size.

    Before the first two riders can do anything she reaches her sides cross armed and extends her armsthrowing two large discs like shurikens.

    One hits the man on the left in the adams apple.The other hits the second rider right in the middle of his face, inverting his nose.

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    She looks at the next rider charging her.A beam of light shoots through her hands as a trident materializes in her grip.

    She spears the guy in the chest and uses his momentum to vault him over her head.

    She twists the handle and the pole becomes a whip.

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    She snares the last rider by the neck jarring him off his steed and on to the ground

    where she impales him with a spiked jute.

    Vyriss straitens up and Shun is standing next to her.Shun, A little messy. When Im done there wont be a single drop of blood on me or my swords.Vyriss, Funny.

    Shun, Before you put your first weapon away Ill finish this. And then we can see the gratefultownies about some dinner.

    Shun zips away; Vyriss hits a record button on her helmet.

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    Research

    Vyriss is by her self in the villa staring at the mirror. One side of her face is lit and the other side is inthe shadows.

    She has her helmet hooked up to a hand held video monitor. She is watching the footage of Shunframe by frame. The corner of the screen reads Hyper-Time 88%

    Shun is standing in front of a group of bandits on horseback. They look like they are charging at fullspeed, but are moving in slow motion from Shuns perspective.

    Shun pulls out his sword from the sheath on his back and jumps up and cuts off the first riders head.

    The head stays suspended in the air about an inch from the neck.

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    Shun does a jumping back turn kick towards the second rider.

    The riders body slowly starts falling back as the head and limbs start coming off.

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    Shun springs off the second horse and does a flip while pulling out a second sword from the horizontalsheath behind his torso.

    Shun drops to the ground and cuts two riders (leaning forward) and their horses in half.

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    Video screen shot of multiple blurred images of Shun spinning and slashing as he continues down theline.

    Vyriss is pacing and talking into a device on her gauntlet.

    She hits replay on the video.

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    Back at the Villa

    Vyriss, I was in love with a colleague, I never told him. I didnt want to risk the relationship I alreadyhad with him, even if it wasnt everything I wanted, it was still somethingShun, It wasnt worth the risk?

    Vyriss, (sigh) Im sick of talking about my stuff. What about you and your Kayin friends.Shun, Its no big deal. There are things we wouldnt see eye to eye onIt just wouldnt go well, so Ikeep to myself.

    Vyriss, Screw em, who needs the judgment.Shun leans in to kiss her forehead, If youre always wearing armor, you can never be close toanyone.

    Vyriss stares at the ceiling fan for a moment, How do you know who to share your true self with?Shun, Maybe its the person that challenges who you thought you weremaybe its just a risk youtake.

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    Vyriss, But if you think youre untouchableis anything risked?Shun, The fastest man alive can still be killed by misplaced trust.

    FROM GOD A MACHINE

    Atahn Zhamas Ziusustra Saggatur

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    Ninurta Dimmekur Shinza

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    SUSA

    Six Asian people are sitting around a futuristic conference table in a hi-tech observation room.Atahn Zhamas, a bald muscular man covered in piercings and a dragon tattoo peaking out of his 30sstyle British suit.Ninurta, an elegant woman wearing silk and elaborate jewelry.Ziusustra, a young man with rock star hair, also in a vintage suit.Shinza, a grey-purple skinned woman covered in tribal markings and a Mohawk draped over one sideof her head.Dimmekur, a blue cloaked female ghost with strange gears and pistons moving seen as if through aportal in her form.Saggatur, a young man with metal arms and sunglasses and disheveled clothes. He is not payingattention to the meeting, he is looking at a broken toy soldier that he is holding.

    Zhamas stands and motions towards a wall of video monitors.Zhamas, Do you know what that is, its the world. Zyga, Nineva, Kreas

    Weve spent out entire lives saving the people from paradox dragons, the mega-verse specter, and thatannoying creeping curse.

    But these bastards running the rest of the worldthey dont care about the people. Did any of themlift a finger to stop the Meranti? (looks around)

    The Kayin judges spend their days and nights preoccupied with their bizarre ideas of crime. Other

    champions (pauses)

    toil to further the agendas of their gods and empires. They are self serving tyrants, oppressing thecommon man, exploiting the labor.

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    (Zhamas places both hands on the table and leans forward) The champions of this age are just as badas any sentient moon spore that weve had to deal with, just as bad as the Meranti.

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    (folds his arms). This Meranti affair. They simultaneously attacked three citi-states; BShemah,Streinko, and Romati. All of them, gone.

    This magnificent campaign was just a test of the surface worlds defenses. This is just the beginning.(pointing aggressively)

    Inevitability we will be engaging the Meranti. I think this is an opportunity. Kayn restricts our accessto the sea. (slaps his hand on the table)

    We can take our first step towards liberating the world beginning with the Kayns and deal with theMeranti in one move. (lifts up his fist) THIS IS WHO WE ARE!

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    (camera moves to the window behind Zhamas. The scene outside reveals that they are in the middle ofan Asian city. The facility that the Angkar is meeting in looks like a giant cricket sitting in the middleof an eastern city. There are large pagodas with ceramic tile roofs, gaslight posts, steam poweredtrains, all being choked by endless smoke stacks and telegraph poles.

    The camera moves through the city to a neighborhood interspersed with vegetable gardens and street

    urchins. People are burning trash and getting rides on rickshaws. There are a few street performers.But the city overall is sparsely populated.

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    The camera stops in front of a modest house.

    Inside shot of a slovenly man sleeping on a couch. He has no shirt or shoes and has disheveled hair;just beyond him is are several children, 5 to 7 years old, playing outside with a sticks. One boy isyelling and hitting things.

    The father wakes up angry with alcohol.

    The father comes outside swearing, some other older kids run away.Father: ...always making noise when Im trying to rest He takes the stick out of the boys hand.Someones gotta work around here to support you. The man goes to get some rope out of a shed.Whats so special about you? His breath wreaks and his eyes are blood shot. People alwaysbringing you things, how come they never bring me things? You want special treatment?

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    Father grabs the boy by the arm and forcefully pushed him down against a tree. Ill give you specialtreatment. The father starts tying the boys hands up behind him around the trunk of the tree.

    the tight robes are cutting off the circulation to the boys hands, they are turning purple.

    Boy, Daddy it hurts. The Fathers face is beet red, he lumbers back inside the house.

    The father flops on couch,

    looks at picture of him and a pregnant woman smiling. He Passes outcut scene

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    The father wakes up to angry men in uniforms that look like black pajamas.

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    They forcefully grab him and put him in the back of a black steam car.

    The father looks out of a barred window and sees that he is being taken to a hospital.

    The fathers son is in a bed with bandaged stubs on his arms.Zhamas is there with the doctors, he looks angry.Ziusustra whispers to the angry Zhamas, It wont play well if he disappears.

    Zhamas whisper through his teeth, If I see even a hint of pride, hell be a

    Boy says, Daddy, if Im a good boy can I have my hands back?

    Silence, the father has a shamed and horrified look on his face.

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    Zhamas addresses the officers: Get him out of here. Give the neighbor a reward and tell him to keepquiet. If he talks, scourge the whole neighborhood.Officer: We thought

    Ziusustra: GO! He waits for them to leave.

    Out on the street we see the Father is pushed out the front door on to an empty street.

    Ziusustra, I told you we should have taken the boy from that pig.Zhamas: The point was to inspire the people, it wouldnt have looked good.

    Ziusustra: Well this is inspiring, our national treasure, the last son of Susawhats left of him.Can we take him now?

    Zhamas: The people prayed for a child, he was the answer to those prayers, a son no less, the people

    need that symbol of hopeIts still a delicate situation.Ziusustra, What about the actual father, were going to have to deal with him.

    Zhamas, Hes scared, I think the boy will be okay for now. Lets send him home and see whathappens.cut scene

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    Father is home, silent montage

    Father looks at his boy sleeping, still has bandages.

    view from inside a cupboard, he is reaching in past the bottles of alcohol

    Close up of face

    Super close up of something close to his mouth

    the boys sits up in bed, suddenly awake

    Picture of boy crying over his fathers bodyDaddy

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    PAGE 9

    DIMMEKUR MAKES SAGGATUR WHOLE AGAIN

    The Angkar are sitting around a table, the panels on this page are storyboarded like the dinner

    scene from Annie Hall.

    Ziusustra, The Tkele internment camp is having some problems. As expected, the first quarter reportshowed widespread nausea and hair loss, with only 2% resistance to symptoms. But, at the end of the

    second quarter the 2% was gone and the population showed signs of desquamation followed by tumorgrowth. None are fit for the breeding program. It seems the Gila-Jong model will not be repeated.Our acquisitions are deteriorating before they can be bred out of existence.

    The Tkele and Kiwatu children have all been placed and integrated, but it isnt enough.At the current ratio of repopulation rate to captive mortality the Sushan Empire will be gone in 18years.

    Ninurta, Any change with the Lakroa situation?Ziusustra, Unless we move the Ark or get personally involved, the Lakroa campaign will cost us morebodies than we will gain from the conquest.

    Zhamas, I want some good news. What are we doing for the boy?Ziusustra looks at Ninurta, Cant you just snap your fingers and make him whole again?Ninurta looks at him unimpressed, We could, but I think that we can do better than that, somethingworthy of the Angkar. We could give him the hands of the gods.

    Zhamas starts playing with the scruff on his chin, What will it take to make this happen?Dimmekur, The Ark has all the mechanisms necessary. The Nav-com projector has brainwave nets,and AI receptors to translate the input. And the actual-

    Zhamas, Excellent! I think this could be good. I want Susha to see Saggatur standing before them in

    the glory of the Angkar.cut scene

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    Dimmekur is in an operating room that looks more like a computer engineering lab. Dimmekur isstanding above Saggatur who is lying in a hospital bed, Hello dear boy, do you know who I am?Saggatur is looking at her with wonder. I am your fairy god mother. She is smiling and gentlystroking his hair. Im going to make you whole again.cut scene

    Saggatur is testing his new arms, moving fingers. Zhamas and Shinza are outside watching through an

    observation window.Shinza is looking at Saggatur like she is hungry, Is he still human?Zhamas with arms crossed turns to her with a cross expression, He is Angkar and that is all thatmatters.

    Zhamas leans towards the glass close to his reflection, it is our actions that make us who we are.

    Dimmekur is standing next to the boy watching silently. Saggatur is picking up a calligraphy brushand clumsily writing,

    the brush snaps in his grip.

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    A metal joint on his elbow accidentally pinches his leg and he lets out a yelp.

    Dimmekur, Shhhhh, youre okay baby.

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    The rest of the Angkar come in to see how the boy is doing.Saggatur recognizes Ziusustra and points towards him.

    A dart shoots out of Saggaturs finger and shoots Ziusustra in the neck. The boy is surprised andscared,Ziusustra falls to the ground and Saggaturs hands start sprouting out like wild garden hoses.Ninurta starts laughing.

    The boy lets out a short panicked cry and starts to retract his hands.

    A mirror falls off the wall behind Ninurta and breaks over his head, Ow!, damn it.

    Dimmekur turns to the others, There will be a slight learning curve.

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    SAGGATUR MEETS FLYING FOX IN ANTAKYA

    Scene: A bar in Antakya, a neutral party city, rigidly controlled by mobs.The Disciples of Eshla are just finishing up a round of drinks. They are an intimidating bunch,leathery skin, and the kind of muscle that you get from a life of hard labor. Their look is somewherebetween cowboy and pirate. They are all wearing their dark oiled traveling cloaks lightened by dust,they have concealed the standard of Kayn. Flying Fox is the oldest, he has brown hair and a squarejaw. Hanan, she is wearing an oily cowboy hat that is more of a witches hat than anything. Her blackbangs cover one eye and hang at her chin. Rahzel is wearing a biker jacket with a high collar; thepainted designs on his jacket are almost completely worn and scratched off (He is the one that gave

    Dahud a hard time last issue).Hanan, How many shells did you get for mule?Rahzel: Didnt yet.Hanan, Its late; finish up and get the donkeys to the yardie. And load up the rockets.Rahzel smiles, Watch who you call a donkey.

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    Flying Fox, How many times are you going to make that joke; it wasnt funny the first time.They pass by Saggatur who is at a table by himself. Flying Fox is passing his tableSaggatur looks up and takes notice.

    Saggatur (who is now a teenager), That crest on your glove, it is the crest of an Elamite family.Flying Fox, What of it?shouts out excitedly, My mother was from Elam.Flying Fox, Good for you.

    Saggatur, Today is my two-tens birthday! Come have a drink with me.Hanan leans in, Hey kid, take a hint.

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    Saggatur, still smiling, persists, Surely a man of Elam knows how important the day of two-tens is.Tell her my friend. What school did you go to?Flying Fox just looks at him. I aint your friend, and you can take your day of manhood and shove itup your ass. The bouncers crank their neck to check on the commotion.

    Saggatur has an unsure smile, Butwe are countrymenI have no ill will towards you.

    Flying Fox, Theres no countrymen, theres only the ruins of occupied Elam.

    Rahzel puts his hand on Flying Foxs shoulder and motions to the bouncers who are watching.

    Flying Fox, Count yourself lucky that we are having this conversation in Antakya and not theBandoons. Have a good day. The Disciples all turn towards the door,

    FF waves at the bouncers.

    Saggatur stands up, The Angkar are my friends, they took me in when-Flying Fox, Yea, thats why their here celebrating here right?

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    Saggatur steps towards Flying Fox, Sir, I think you have mistaken me with someone else. Thewhole bar gets quite.

    Hanan cups her fist over her mouth, Low profile Fox.Flying Fox isnt listening, Nope, I know who you are; everyone here knows who you are.

    Saggatur touches the emblem on his sleeve, The Angkar are creating a utopia. The enemies of theState are-Flying Fox, Well who the hell are you to tell me whats best? Who appointed you to decide who gets

    to keep their babies, who gets drafted and who goes to the empire to work till their skin melts off?Huh? Who the #&@% are you?

    Saggaturs mouth is trying to say something but he is speechless.

    Flying Fox, What? Whats that? Nothing to say? Go sell your propaganda to plagueland, dont bringthat $#*% around here.

    Saggaturs eyes are watering up. What? Are you going to cry now? Do us a favor, dont cry here,go home and cry to your mommy. Saggatur is stunned. Hello, Did you hear me? I said piss the #$%* off.

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    Hanan is talking under her breath, Theyre calling the Mercs man, time to go.

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    THE MAINFRAME A two-tone montage, hard contrasts and bold shadows, like a Mignola

    sequence

    Saggatur is alone in his room looking at the aged picture of his mother.

    His metal hands accidentally crush the glass and frame.He starts to scream. The whole ziggurat rumbles for a moment.

    Saggatur is surprised, the rumble calms down.

    Saggatur hears a chirping in the distance.

    He follows the noise down, deep into the bowls of the ziggurat.

    He comes to the door of a section that is off limits. He pauses for a moment and hesitantly raises hishand to the lock.

    The door opens by itself, Saggaturs eyes get wide.

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    He hears the chirping coming from the dark corridor.

    He comes to a dark room with a figure in the center.

    It is 12 foot tall cricket.

    Saggatur walks up to it with wonder.

    He reaches out and touches it.

    The thing and the room light up, it is a part of a console. There is a cursor blinking on a screen that ischirping.

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    He reaches out again, this time a console illuminates, the screen reads, Data-galaxy activated, systemready, submit query.

    Saggatur looks at the ports on the console and runs his fingers down the front of them.

    The screen displays a series of files that begin to open and scroll meaningless characters. The files arelabeled: Angkar, Kayn, Meranti, Elam, Saggatur.Saggatur plugs the wire into his hand. He says out loud, I am more than the limits of this vessel.Text: DECOMPRESSION OVERWRITE

    There is a massive surge. Saggaturs body falls back, the metal arms detach from his stumps,connected only by tubes and wires.Text: SUB-CORTEX DETECTED, REFORMATTING

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    The hands start typing things into the console by themselves.Text: DOWNLOADING PROGRAM UPDATES

    Dozens of submenus begin to open and scroll in each file.Text: BIO-DRIVE FORMAT COMPLETE

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    THE PUPPET MASTER

    The Angkar enter their meeting room.Saggatur is already sitting at the table. He looks like he is dead, draped over a chair, feet awkwardlyturned inward.

    They look at each other confused.Ninurta, Saggatur?Ziusustra is pressing two fingers to his right temple, I dont know, hes not reading like Saggatur.

    There is a loud voice.Saggatur, The Meranti. Saggaturs face shows up on all the video screens surrounding the table.

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    Asleep for centuries fleeing a rain of siege engines, the screen shows pictures of Meranti destruction,Text: RUN PROGRAM

    awakening now at the receding of cosmic waters, Saggaturs body is lifted up by the wires on hisarms, still limp, his head hangs to the side, his eyes are open but expressionless,Text: MISSON: SECURE SUSHANESE EMPIRE

    probing the empty shells of the ziggurats, they will inevitably come to us, captors of the last Ark of

    Heaven Wires start coming off of his hands.Text: THREAT: MERANTI INVASION IMMANENT

    This judgment was set in motion at the beginning of time and has now walked the aisle. His bodylowers down to the ground. Long have men been troubled by a great and terrible mystery, what it isexactly that is wrong with this world?Text: OBJECTIVE: SECURE ACCESS TO MERANTI AT MINIMAL COST TO COMBATEFFECTIVNESS

    Saggaturs eyes open up. The solution is the Angkar.Text: WEAKNESSES: KAYN PRESENCE

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    The wires disconnect from his arms. Our procession to engage the destruction of the Meranti willusher in a glorious new era. This is who we are.Text: OPPROTUNITY: EXPLOIT KAYIN WEAKNESSES

    He stands before them and extends his arms and begins wiggling his fingers and speaking from hisown mouth, And consummate our role as the consort of the people.Text: INCEPT DATE: 00:00:01

    The whole ziggurat is shaking. Shots of various people in the ziggurat.

    Zhamas is looking around, What the $&*@?

    Inside, the ancient decaying ziggurat is lighting up, outside it begins to rise above the city.

    Ziusustra, Are we being attacked?Dimmekur, The arc has been awakened. It is ascending to heaven.Zhamas, How is this happening?Shinza, It is the boy.

    Ziusustra, Its a demon. He is possessed.

    Dimmekur, No, it is the boy that possesses the temple; he has made it a pet.Zhamas, Dimmekur, are you sure?PAGE 20

    The ship begins to fire a beam that scars the earth.

    Zhamas, What is it?Ninurta, It is a road. It leads to Kayn.

    Dimmekur, No, it leads to the Meranti.

    THE END