V - the Visitors
I’m posting a picture story on my tumblr, but hit a wall where I have finished the script, but little motivation to take any more screenshots. Maybe if I post here, too, I’ll find that motivation agai...
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It was night already when Hank and Gavin, running on donuts and lots of coffee, took Daniel, running on lots of spiders and the bright desk lamp, into the interrogation chamber. The atmosphere was tense, but not hostile. In fact, Hank likened the short-fused alien to the equally easy to anger Gavin. Different metabolisms aside, psychologically the higher mammals and the higher reptiles seemed similar enough.
Praying silently that he’d be able to read the Visitor’s mimic and body language well enough, the detective opened the conversation.
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Hank: “So, Daniel, you may wonder why you are in this room and I’m obligated to tell you before we start: You are suspected of impersonation.”
Daniel: “I’m pretty sure we do not use masks of individual humans.”
Hank: “Impersonating a whole species! Or, more prosaic, Intent to Mislead.”
Daniel: “That’s hard to deny after the mask came off, I guess…”
Hank: “Yeah. But I get it! Reptiles disguising themselves as humans makes sense. Humans fear everything that’s different. We have a long history of subjugating even members our own species on that account.”
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Daniel: “Indeed! The masks make this contact so much easier! Without them, you’d never have let us mingle freely in your society, let alone get close to your children. Thank you for understanding!”
A relieved smile appeared on the Visitor’s face. But Hank wasn’t finished yet…
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Hank: “Why would befriending our children be such a priority for you, one wonders? I’ll tell you: Kids are easily impressed. They already love you to pieces and my own son would probably jump if you said frog.”
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Hank: “Molding the younger generations… making the older ones dependent on your products… probably factory seconds or stuff that’s outdated on your planet, but that aside… These are the baby stages of colonialism!”
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Hank: “I seem to have hit a nerve, but I have a haunch that there’s more.”
Gavin: “Maybe we should let Cole talk to the Visitor? Would you be okay with that?”
It was night already when Hank and Gavin, running on donuts and lots of coffee, took Daniel, running on lots of spiders and the bright desk lamp, into the interrogation chamber. The atmosphere was tense, but not hostile. In fact, Hank likened the short-fused alien to the equally easy to anger Gavin. Different metabolisms aside, psychologically the higher mammals and the higher reptiles seemed similar enough.
Praying silently that he’d be able to read the Visitor’s mimic and body language well enough, the detective opened the conversation.
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Hank: “So, Daniel, you may wonder why you are in this room and I’m obligated to tell you before we start: You are suspected of impersonation.”
Daniel: “I’m pretty sure we do not use masks of individual humans.”
Hank: “Impersonating a whole species! Or, more prosaic, Intent to Mislead.”
Daniel: “That’s hard to deny after the mask came off, I guess…”
Hank: “Yeah. But I get it! Reptiles disguising themselves as humans makes sense. Humans fear everything that’s different. We have a long history of subjugating even members our own species on that account.”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/051b7da1857f7409502b943cdd65955e/06cff8501b7bb79b-27/s500x750/ec1dfe0b9d412a6d4ba865fcaf3db77e026f386a.png
Daniel: “Indeed! The masks make this contact so much easier! Without them, you’d never have let us mingle freely in your society, let alone get close to your children. Thank you for understanding!”
A relieved smile appeared on the Visitor’s face. But Hank wasn’t finished yet…
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Hank: “Why would befriending our children be such a priority for you, one wonders? I’ll tell you: Kids are easily impressed. They already love you to pieces and my own son would probably jump if you said frog.”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/61e1d07166724d1fb7f7dd74fa783483/6adafd71a2ee0502-f4/s500x750/4c8127cb2b15a7f290e7de498f5e707f303bf59c.png
Hank: “Molding the younger generations… making the older ones dependent on your products… probably factory seconds or stuff that’s outdated on your planet, but that aside… These are the baby stages of colonialism!”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/76d49eba6527eb18dba47e6554bc8388/6adafd71a2ee0502-2b/s500x750/e8a3779bf05f77e242b1cce2009d4f2c970521fa.png
Hank: “I seem to have hit a nerve, but I have a haunch that there’s more.”
Gavin: “Maybe we should let Cole talk to the Visitor? Would you be okay with that?”
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