Nero's Short Story
Exfiltration orders: take the second tunnel to the left
‘That show never really got off the ground,’ Nero observes to SH as they are being bundled ever further down a winding tunnel.
From somewhere the MC’s voice, ‘Look, we wanted some razz-matazz out there tonight, but things are not really working out. You’ve at least discovered that Story Hunter is not dead meat.’
With frustration shining through in voice SH complains, ‘Yeah, it is all well and good to have found me, but now we have lost Buiteboer to the netherworld, it seems.’
The MC sounds unconcerned about Buiteboer’s whereabouts, ‘The guards will leave you now. Just walk on further down the second tunnel, take every third one right from there, and remember to turn left when you reach …show more content…
. .’ Nero waves abruptly, ‘you’re saying that you need us? Is that why we had to be dragged out here and gutted out of historical depth to plummet headlong into the front-line of the war? That is, if I understand you correctly, happening simultaneously on the shores of Mound Zep and the multiplicity of battle fronts that scar the earth’s unforgiving human crust?’
The response comes quickly, ‘Yes, that’s exactly it. We decided our efforts out here require, possibly, a bit more publicity down on earth. You know, some of these guys have been out of action for a few thousand years.’ Gilgamesh looks at him with a predictably challenging snarl.
‘Oh, so that’s what it’s about? Information war on earth to rally forces behind your cause to liberate Mound Zep?’
Ptah bends to Nero, ‘This means, simply put, like we believed from the ancient times, the only way in which a singularity, Demiurge, or as you guys believed, Nasionale God, singularity can be defeated on the flanks of Mound Zep, only if the actions of the Virus of the End can be dealt with down there on Planet of the Apes. Get your fat asses back to the killing fields of planet earth! Otherwise, I will promote you to Fully Dead right here on the spot to join our Army as we march
‘That show never really got off the ground,’ Nero observes to SH as they are being bundled ever further down a winding tunnel.
From somewhere the MC’s voice, ‘Look, we wanted some razz-matazz out there tonight, but things are not really working out. You’ve at least discovered that Story Hunter is not dead meat.’
With frustration shining through in voice SH complains, ‘Yeah, it is all well and good to have found me, but now we have lost Buiteboer to the netherworld, it seems.’
The MC sounds unconcerned about Buiteboer’s whereabouts, ‘The guards will leave you now. Just walk on further down the second tunnel, take every third one right from there, and remember to turn left when you reach …show more content…
. .’ Nero waves abruptly, ‘you’re saying that you need us? Is that why we had to be dragged out here and gutted out of historical depth to plummet headlong into the front-line of the war? That is, if I understand you correctly, happening simultaneously on the shores of Mound Zep and the multiplicity of battle fronts that scar the earth’s unforgiving human crust?’
The response comes quickly, ‘Yes, that’s exactly it. We decided our efforts out here require, possibly, a bit more publicity down on earth. You know, some of these guys have been out of action for a few thousand years.’ Gilgamesh looks at him with a predictably challenging snarl.
‘Oh, so that’s what it’s about? Information war on earth to rally forces behind your cause to liberate Mound Zep?’
Ptah bends to Nero, ‘This means, simply put, like we believed from the ancient times, the only way in which a singularity, Demiurge, or as you guys believed, Nasionale God, singularity can be defeated on the flanks of Mound Zep, only if the actions of the Virus of the End can be dealt with down there on Planet of the Apes. Get your fat asses back to the killing fields of planet earth! Otherwise, I will promote you to Fully Dead right here on the spot to join our Army as we march