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"I'm sorry but I'm going to have to insist on an answer. You have 300 seconds to comply..."
...The 300 seconds elapse. The creature gives you another 100 just to be generous as they've kind of gathered earthlings are a bit dim on balance, but no answer comes. He points his finger at the smart meter guy who whimpering "but I don't want to go..." instantly vaporises into dust. Leering in your direction he says "Last chance..."
"..hey", you protest, "I was going to say smart meter guys, as one of the reasons! They're great! So helpful, & not pushy or anything! but if you're not keen.. um.. well.." after a desperate rethink, the crew start simultaneously blurting out suggestions "The Pyramids! Chocolate Digestives! and.. and..."
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..."go on..."
...the creature gives a massive add-on of time, but finally rolls its beady yellow eyes and shrugs. "I guess they really are that dumb". Before you can even say "nooo" it points, and snarls, you disintegrate and your crew with you, into dust in an untimely end (much like this thread).
The end
But! what's this, rising phoenix-like from the ashes? Why, it's smart-meter guy (well, you never thought a little vaporisation was enough to kill him, off did ya?) With the ship now in his control & his alone, he potters about the place, tapping in data via the master keyboard with little regard for its ultimate pointlessness, and poking about in the system looking for a backup copy of the crew. However, what he actually stumbled upon was a..
Aliorum vitia turbaverunt me
...crate of curry powder, cask of beer and a small piece of metal that looks like an 'H'. The smart-meter guy thinks...
...all he needs is a bison skin and he can march on the capitol...Originally Posted by Output
... tie wraps in hand with a taste of retribution in his mouth. But his thought of salvation is interupted by a ringing phone. He casually answers to the tone of....
sammyc (19-01-2021)
... those cheeky girls again...
... "'I don't have any money" he starts, "but what I do have is a particular set of skills...
...the opposite of certain cabinet members in some ways...
..astronautics, however, was definitely not among the skills in his set.. he was feeling homesick & a little spacesick, and couldn't find a way to override the autopilot. Then, as he stared gloomily at the televiewer, he suddenly saw a Spacebus stop coming up on the left, and waiting at the stop were..
Aliorum vitia turbaverunt me
...one guy who he had the feeling would want to become a pirate if he was on the right island, and...
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...one girl with an uncanny resemblence to the one from futurama, only wearing a maga t-shirt, and....
...the expression of someone who wants to talk to your manager. Oddly, ...
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