Vergon 6: A Narrative Fiction
"'Previously on All My Circuits...'
'I'm sorry, father, but somewhere along the way, I forgot how to be your son.'
'Why, Antonio?'
'Because ... I have amnesia!'"
"Is it me, or is this show starting to suck?" Bender said as he turned off the TV and grabbed another beer.
"Bender! Get in here!" pipes Leela from the other room.
"Do I have to?" whined Bender.
"Yes, we have a meeting now."
"Why do I need to be out there? You can just talk really loud and I will try to hear you."
"Because if you come out here, you get to fly the ship." states Fry.
"Hey! That’s my job!" Leela shouts. "Just get out here."
"Ugh." He pours the rest of his beer into his mouth and strolls into the briefing room. Fry, Leela, Amy, Hermes and Dr. Zoidberg were …show more content…
A tax-deductible mission of charity." He flicks a switch, the lights dim and a translucent holographic image of a planet is projected over the table.
"This is Vergon 6." a monotone computer voice states.
"This is Vergon 6." the professor repeats.
"Buh!" Amy says sarcastically.
"It's a sunny little doomed planet, inhabited by a number of frisky little doomed animals." the professor explains.
Leela seems as if she is interested."Animals?"
"That's right. Animals in desperate need of rescue," the professor continues. "You see, Vergon 6 was once filled with a super-dense substance known as dark matter, each pound of which weighs over ten thousand pounds." Holographic dark matter fills the planet hologram.
"Wait! What about the animals?"
"Well, dark matter is extremely valuable as starship fuel, "the professor keeps on talking as if Leela hadn't asked a question at all. "That's why it was all mined out, leaving the planet completely hollow." The holographic dark matter dwindles to nothing.
"Yes, but what about the animals?"
"The wha?" the professor says, befuddled.
Leela's getting a little annoyed by the professor."The animals."
" I didn't say anything about animals. Now it seems that the planet will collapse within three days. Incidentally, this will kill all the animals. Now get going,
'I'm sorry, father, but somewhere along the way, I forgot how to be your son.'
'Why, Antonio?'
'Because ... I have amnesia!'"
"Is it me, or is this show starting to suck?" Bender said as he turned off the TV and grabbed another beer.
"Bender! Get in here!" pipes Leela from the other room.
"Do I have to?" whined Bender.
"Yes, we have a meeting now."
"Why do I need to be out there? You can just talk really loud and I will try to hear you."
"Because if you come out here, you get to fly the ship." states Fry.
"Hey! That’s my job!" Leela shouts. "Just get out here."
"Ugh." He pours the rest of his beer into his mouth and strolls into the briefing room. Fry, Leela, Amy, Hermes and Dr. Zoidberg were …show more content…
A tax-deductible mission of charity." He flicks a switch, the lights dim and a translucent holographic image of a planet is projected over the table.
"This is Vergon 6." a monotone computer voice states.
"This is Vergon 6." the professor repeats.
"Buh!" Amy says sarcastically.
"It's a sunny little doomed planet, inhabited by a number of frisky little doomed animals." the professor explains.
Leela seems as if she is interested."Animals?"
"That's right. Animals in desperate need of rescue," the professor continues. "You see, Vergon 6 was once filled with a super-dense substance known as dark matter, each pound of which weighs over ten thousand pounds." Holographic dark matter fills the planet hologram.
"Wait! What about the animals?"
"Well, dark matter is extremely valuable as starship fuel, "the professor keeps on talking as if Leela hadn't asked a question at all. "That's why it was all mined out, leaving the planet completely hollow." The holographic dark matter dwindles to nothing.
"Yes, but what about the animals?"
"The wha?" the professor says, befuddled.
Leela's getting a little annoyed by the professor."The animals."
" I didn't say anything about animals. Now it seems that the planet will collapse within three days. Incidentally, this will kill all the animals. Now get going,