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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A ruse like that of the Visitors was hard to pull off and indeed in several cities where motherships were stationed, humans had seen through the disguises. The first resistance cells had formed and already perished again, but even so the awareness of the Visitors true nature was slowly spreading. Very few humans were privy to the aliens’ actual plans, though.
While at the West Coast Mike Donovan got to stare at an impressive display of tanks in the L.A. mothership, in Detroit the DPD officers had to take Timothy’s word on that they existed and were holding…
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Timothy: “…the whole of the planet’s water reserves, if the Great Thinker got their way!”
Chris: “That’s a bit hard to swallow, Tim. Not to mention stupid.”
Timothy: “Well, we had no idea that your planet is practically all water. Maybe the original plan has changed to stealing a little water and moving settlers here, but in any case the orders of our fleet are to fill up on water and humans. What you see in orbit are freighters protected by our army. The real battleships are elsewhere.”
Hank: “What would you want to collect humans for? I’m a human and I can tell you it’s a very bad idea to introduce us to a foreign ecosystem. For the ecosystem, that is.”
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Timothy: “That’s exactly why! You’re the ultimate biological weapon, Lieutenant, aggressive in battle while still being generally destructive in your downtime. The Great Thinker intends to use abducted humans as slave soldiers in their wars. And those who aren’t suited for that… You tell them, Daniel.”
Daniel: “…canned food. The idea is that if we have to kill you, we can just as well make use of all the meat.”
Timothy: “Could you please say again that this plan is insane, Chris?”
But Chris said nothing. None of the three humans in the room said anything, and neither did Daniel.
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Timothy: “Our bunch of dissatisfieds has adopted the name “Fifths Column”, because it is our hope to ally with the humans. Right now we’re scattered across all fifty motherships, but despite this presence we’re hardly able to act. Together with the people of Earth we may have a chance, especially with you guys of the local law enforcement.”
Chris: “You got that, pal. Friends, even! Now that I know you’re wearing a mask, I can see your face muscles moving beneath it. It’s scary, but you’re still Tim. And you’re still invited to our fishing trip this weekend!”
Gavin: “Fishing trip? Count me in!”
Chris: “Ugh… see what you’ve done? Gavin wasn’t supposed to learn of it.”
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Timothy: “Thank you, Chris - and sorry!”
Hank: “So what do you propose we should do next?”
Timothy: “You meet with us, either at the DPD or a neutral place. Offer protection to humans and Visitors alike that Amanda might target - that would be the Fifths Columnists and your Scientists for starters. In turn we cover up the Daniel unmasking incident.”
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Daniel: “Do I get a say in this?”
Gavin: “Sure! You can choose between your afterschool club kids getting eaten or dying in the “Great Thinker”’s wars.”
Daniel: “If you put it like that… okay, I’m in. I won’t spill anything about this meeting or anything that comes of it to the officers. But that’s all I can promise.”
Hank: “Fair enough, I suppose. Okay, let’s get Daniel out of here now! Chris - you get us a paper bag from the cafeteria. Timothy - give Daniel your gloves! Gavin - you go to checkout and pay whatever the city demands for spraying those posters. We’ll get the money back from the Visitors, I promise!”
A ruse like that of the Visitors was hard to pull off and indeed in several cities where motherships were stationed, humans had seen through the disguises. The first resistance cells had formed and already perished again, but even so the awareness of the Visitors true nature was slowly spreading. Very few humans were privy to the aliens’ actual plans, though.
While at the West Coast Mike Donovan got to stare at an impressive display of tanks in the L.A. mothership, in Detroit the DPD officers had to take Timothy’s word on that they existed and were holding…
https://64.media.tumblr.com/d9fb673c4e64716df8bf6460a26e58d7/0cce9cd8651c9743-69/s500x750/766fec3a97d40b4fb9eda1e35a2090e9743522b1.png
Timothy: “…the whole of the planet’s water reserves, if the Great Thinker got their way!”
Chris: “That’s a bit hard to swallow, Tim. Not to mention stupid.”
Timothy: “Well, we had no idea that your planet is practically all water. Maybe the original plan has changed to stealing a little water and moving settlers here, but in any case the orders of our fleet are to fill up on water and humans. What you see in orbit are freighters protected by our army. The real battleships are elsewhere.”
Hank: “What would you want to collect humans for? I’m a human and I can tell you it’s a very bad idea to introduce us to a foreign ecosystem. For the ecosystem, that is.”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/30fd63a0cb7c82b027edd10e4eb66812/0cce9cd8651c9743-1a/s500x750/cbedec02d1df05c126f1252fb0cc04e6cd440543.png
Timothy: “That’s exactly why! You’re the ultimate biological weapon, Lieutenant, aggressive in battle while still being generally destructive in your downtime. The Great Thinker intends to use abducted humans as slave soldiers in their wars. And those who aren’t suited for that… You tell them, Daniel.”
Daniel: “…canned food. The idea is that if we have to kill you, we can just as well make use of all the meat.”
Timothy: “Could you please say again that this plan is insane, Chris?”
But Chris said nothing. None of the three humans in the room said anything, and neither did Daniel.
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Timothy: “Our bunch of dissatisfieds has adopted the name “Fifths Column”, because it is our hope to ally with the humans. Right now we’re scattered across all fifty motherships, but despite this presence we’re hardly able to act. Together with the people of Earth we may have a chance, especially with you guys of the local law enforcement.”
Chris: “You got that, pal. Friends, even! Now that I know you’re wearing a mask, I can see your face muscles moving beneath it. It’s scary, but you’re still Tim. And you’re still invited to our fishing trip this weekend!”
Gavin: “Fishing trip? Count me in!”
Chris: “Ugh… see what you’ve done? Gavin wasn’t supposed to learn of it.”
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Timothy: “Thank you, Chris - and sorry!”
Hank: “So what do you propose we should do next?”
Timothy: “You meet with us, either at the DPD or a neutral place. Offer protection to humans and Visitors alike that Amanda might target - that would be the Fifths Columnists and your Scientists for starters. In turn we cover up the Daniel unmasking incident.”
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Daniel: “Do I get a say in this?”
Gavin: “Sure! You can choose between your afterschool club kids getting eaten or dying in the “Great Thinker”’s wars.”
Daniel: “If you put it like that… okay, I’m in. I won’t spill anything about this meeting or anything that comes of it to the officers. But that’s all I can promise.”
Hank: “Fair enough, I suppose. Okay, let’s get Daniel out of here now! Chris - you get us a paper bag from the cafeteria. Timothy - give Daniel your gloves! Gavin - you go to checkout and pay whatever the city demands for spraying those posters. We’ll get the money back from the Visitors, I promise!”
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