Editing City Series:Volume8b Chapter17 (section)

===Telyb’s Board Mode: In DT Park===

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The Yard ambassadors and operators are looking your way.

The woman acting as a representative for the operators stands directly in front of you. She will be temporarily defined as “Operator”.

Telyb: “Fine then. I’ll hear you out. What does permanently neutral Switzerland have to say?”

Operator: “Yes, sir. They say they will leave this in our care. Also, you can check this window for the predicted international reactions.”

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A large window opens above everyone’s head. It displays a world map with DT in the center.

Red parabolas leading to DT are drawn from each state and country on the map.

Operator: “The space inside that defense shield has been boosted 1000 times. Lieutenant Yuo’s data suggests a godtact experiment begins inside there at around 9:30 tonight. As it is 5:50 inside there, she has 220 minutes from her perspective, we have 22 minutes from ours, and the outside world has 13.2 seconds from theirs.”

Fooby: “Not even a missile launched now would arrive in time. The only ones who can possibly stop this are that idiot and Yuo. Although I get the feeling most people outside would consider themselves lucky if the great god were summoned.”

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Fooblicky clicks her tongue.

Fooby: “The truth is, that probably would be best for the world as a whole. Switzerland claims they’re going to leave this with us, but I doubt that’s what they actually want.”

Telyb: “Either way, activating the great god would cause a great Godquake which would devastate the Great Lakes area. And even if you would like the great god to exist in this world, hoping this summoning works is the same as hoping all of us are killed.”

Fooby: “Yes, if the activation works, they would be fine, but if they cheer on the great god and it fails, then there will be an international debate on the ethics of the situation. Switzerland considers itself the world’s bank, so they need the world to consider them trustworthy.”

Telyb: “Which is why they’ve left us in charge. They win if the great god is activated and they receive accolades for trusting us if we succeed in stopping it. But what about the country of freedom we use as our parasitic host – what about the US?”

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One of the Yard ambassadors – a white man – stands up.

He is wearing a Yard strike force jacket over a brown suit. His hair is gray and his eyes are blue.

Unless otherwise specified or an Over Reload is made, he will be referred to as Ambassador1.

Ambassador1: “With the Cold War behind us, they want to prevent a single absolute power from descending upon our world. They are transferring all on-site authority to us, but they promise to provide aid if requested.”

Telyb: “The US has a bad habit of making political decisions based on what makes them most look like a hero. I bet the real reason is they don’t want to hand the great god over to Switzerland.”

Telyb: “But whatever the case, I appreciate the one keeping their neutrality and the other handing all authority to us.”

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One of the Yard ambassadors – a black man – stands up.

He is wearing a Yard machine force uniform. His hair is black and his eyes are black.

Unless otherwise specified or an Over Reload is made, he will be referred to as Ambassador2.

Ambassador2: “I request to speak with my name and nationality left anonymous.”

'''<Notice: Anonymous setting approved. You will now be referred to as Anon1>

Anon1: “What about people like me who were just abandoned by our home countries?”

Telyb: “You have the right to harass your home country and the duty to wish for our victory.”

Anon1: “Are you sure that is wise? I mean, I’m all for it if I know I won’t be found out.”

Telyb: “No worries there. Have you forgotten this is an old hangout for Minus Elites?”

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Anon1’s eyebrows are drooping and his lips are curled into a smile. It is a bitter smile.

Telyb: “Whatever the Plus world decides, our one and only job is to protect DT. So we will all play our parts. If your job is to assist the refugees, do that. If your job is to create the patch for Spell Breaker, do that. And if you have some spare time, use it to harass the bigshots who abandoned us here.”

Telyb: “And top priority for harassment are the countries that abandoned their Yard ambassadors.”

Fooby: “Yes. And if we want to send them a virus program, I suggest a time activated one. Once the countdown reaches 10 seconds remaining, it can display the countdown on all their machines with a big explosion in the background. And once the countdown reaches zero, it can display some kind of nasty message.”

Telyb: “That’s an awfully specific suggestion.”

Fooby: “And for good reason. I finished writing it a moment ago.”

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