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    KNAPP 23. Digobert Farol.Science Fiction novel. Chile.Written by Alfredo Francisco Umberto Juillet Frascara. January 2011.Words -- 25870 22 February 2011

    Year = 4.071 E.C.Location = KnappCharacters = Director and general Manager plus actor Mr. Digobert Farol,Female actresses = Lamat Digot; Nadidodula NaderinMale actors = Sarrion Fegal, Marmachucken Fedigoifor; Latigotifor Maginifren; Maschio Latikofagoter.Art Producer= Boskon KorblDaron Hinauer (Admiral of the Second Domicilium Fleet); Foren (Assistant to Hinauer); Myrna Lower (Darons woman)Other data =

    Delta Swastica planetary system =Planet Knapp fRing Knapp XXXIII, wife 2 daughters.Governors: Oxiborion= Ravengo ; Oredloro= Ufogor; Rixiaberg= Sufifodingo Matiforlio; City 20= Tito Chukarno.Ministry of Foreign Relations , Duke FotipotelLubina town, 1230 pop. 840 km north of Rixiaberg.

    Solar system =President of the Solar System = Manuel FiguerasVice President = Manolo IturrietaPresident of MercuryPresident of VenusPresident of EarthPresident of MarsPresident of Jupiter and its satellitesPresident of Saturn, its rings and satellitesPresident of Uranus and its satellitesPresident of Neptune its rings and its satellitesPresident of Pluto

    Stars Aurea =Presidente of Aurea 2 Invor MalurPresident of Aurea 1 MagofaPresident of Aurea 1 Vortelgungen (second president)Chancellor of Aurea 2 Rocko VicintapePresidente del Senado de Aurea Lecron Rytosi

    Aquarius 31b planetary system Brana 1Presidente de Domicilium CorberDomicilium satellite of IV planet at Aquarius 31b Brana 1Cities at Domicilium = Domicilium, Defensio, Contexo, Confessus, Cautes

    Jerifordion in Brana 2 (now deserted)Jerifordion ex planet of the Neongos that now they are at DomiciliumJerifordion is on the Brana 2

    AUREAN 6 =Aurean 6 3 planets 1 , 2 giants, the third is terraformed and with ice. The 3 planet is Albrasa that is from Knappian stock. Administrator Sukor, visited by Dar

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    on on the Gula freighter.

    Aurean 1 star fleet 302 spaceshipsAurean 7 2Aurean 13 13Moll 13 13Moll 23 6Spoon Beta 101Spoon Alfa 84

    Knapp to Aurea 1 2 monthsTo Soyam 3To A Eridany 20To Reticule b 12To A Centauri 10To Earth 3To 935 3To Jerifordion 8

    CHAPTER IDigobert Farol was looking how the spaceship was docking into the Knappian Orbital Station Number 3. Soon they will be going down to the surface of the planet,possibly in a shuttle craft.Hey, where are my valises?Miss Lamat Digot appears saying, while pricking his elbow

    . He looks at hera nice woman indeed, with blue eyes and white skinbut she added Dont stare like that unto me, Mr. Farol! You are a married man!Digobert smiled and said: I really dont know where are your valises, Lamat! Perhaps you forget them at your cabin?No, there are not there!She said, stomping on the metallic floor. Someone appears and give her two valises, saying: Sorry, I thought they were mine!Digobert looked at the one who brought her the valisesit was Sarrion Fegal, the handsome actor (and gay) who was for ever trying to learn everything the women had in their pursesOh, it was you! Thanks, anyway.Lamat Digot said, with a theatrical smile that was like an ice mask.We are going down in a shuttle, I suppose?Mr. Sarrion Fegal said, not directing hisquestion to anybody in particular.

    That or the Transporter! I guess it will be the traditional shuttleremembers we are in Knapp!Digobert said, smiling.Some bells were now ringingthe airlock in place, some personnel from the OrbitalStation enter the Allegro spaceship and went to talk with Render Song, the Captain, while the crew was already getting inside the Orbital Station for a couple ofdrinks, after weeks of Artificial abstinencethey were not going to depart again in weeks.A voice was heard by the loudspeakers, saying: To all the passengers: please walkby the airlock to the Orbital Station to be beamed down to the surface.Digobert Farol paled, afraid to be using that method of transportation. Lamat Digot looked at him and laughed, as she knew he was scared stiff of Transporters,and said: Take heed, Mr. Farol! It doesnt bite!And she went out of that corridor, lughinga crew member carried her luggage to the Orbital Station.

    The Station was not new but well kept; the corridors were painted in green, withlamps on the ceiling and a magnetic rug on the floor.Lamat Digot was directed to the Transporter room, where five white circles on the floor were shown where five persons should be standing if wanting to travel out of the Orbital Stationthis time, to the city of Oredloro, where they were already booked on the Kunushi Hotel.Lamat Digot walked to a circle, saying: I hope my luggage will be carried the same way?Yes, lady! But first are the people.The man in charge of the Transporter said, smiling to her.

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    Thanks, young man.Lamat said, knowing that phrase was pleasant to a middle aged man..Digobert, Sarrion Fegal, Marmachucken Fedigoifor, Latigotifor Maginifren and Nadidodula Naderin stepped to that dais, standing on the white circles together with Lamat, who said: We are all ready, young man! Beam us down!Yes, lady. In a moment.The man in charge hurriedly moved the dials, and soon the image of those five persons begins to flicker until the group disappears in trembling smog.All ready, now the next group of five!The technician said, looking at the rest of the theatrical team, who were waiting next to the dais; the first stepping up wasMaschio Latikofagorten with his black coat as always; then it was the captain of the Allegro , Mr. Renfer Song, and three other crewmen from the same shipthey were with shore leave, and they looked very happy.The technician moves the dials again, and the same procedure was performed; thefigures changes to wavering light and then they were gone.A green light was flickering on the controls, so the technician knew that the whole process was successfulthe people were already on Oredloros soil.From the chamber of the transporter they walked by a corridor and to the Customoffices, where the Electromen functionaries dispatched them very quick; Mr. Digobert Farol asked for the wardrobe set he get to receive from the Allegro spaceship.Its being transported already, Mr. Farol! Gate three, if you want to take it rightnow.An EC said, mechanically.Its very important for usthe wardrobe for our performances in town; we are actors.Digobert said.

    But he had a surprise, as when they get out from Custom office, a crowd was waiting for them at the Reception hall; they were chanting names, especially Miss Lamat Digots name, who was giving now autographs to anyone who wants it.Dear of mine, thanks for this unexpected welcome! I appreciate this gesture of yours with all of my heart!She said, smiling radiantly and apparently moved.Other actors who had fans were Sarrion Fegal and Nadidodula Naderin, the next female in the group.Dagobert Farol takes the opportunity of to say something to the crowd: Ladies andgentlemen, a little moment of silence, please! Miss Lamat Digot and Miss Nadidodula Naderin are here as members of our theatrical team, to perform several classic works such as The battle for Oredloro. The Night of Lady Shurvana, Perion of Jrvia, Astor and the dogwoman, and others! Well be in the Suhrim Theatre performiyou at least for a week!

    The women of the crowd shrieked and the men howled and everyone were happy and excited.A clerk from the Kunushi Hotel come in and rescue them from the fans. Mr. Digobert Farol went with another clerk to the Gate 3, where they received the seven trunks with the wardrobe and some bags with other articles; Digobert was told he could get everything unto a store room on the basement, but he prefers notso his own suite was literally cramped with those valises, trunks and bags full of clothes.In this way I economize money!He said to Lamat Digot, who approaches to his suite to see why there was too much noise.Oh, dear! You should ask the Suhrim Theatre administrator to take care of this stuff! Plenty of room there.She sniffed, as the bags smelled of dust.Good idea, but I must present myself to those people first.He said, sighing.

    Why are you still here? Go, go to that theater now!Lamat said, clapping her hands;Digobert close the door and taking a Flier taxi, he directed the driver to the Suhrim Theatre, that was in a bohemian sector of town; where every kind of Restaurant, Bar and entertainment place was located. By night, the location was brilliantly light with advertisement and signs for all to choose.The Suhrim Theatre was near a plaza and, to the other side, to several Restaurants a faint smell of grilled dinosaur pervaded the air.Digobert went inside the hall, and asks an AB about the management officethe AB said: Go by the corridor, second door to the left. Mr. Boskon is there.Boskon Korbl was the Manager, and he was dictating a letter to his AB (Artificia

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    l Being) secretary when Digobert enters that office. The Manager waved a hand and keeps on dictating some very bored reply to someone named Cassis, giving rowsof numbers in between.When he finished, he said to Digobert: Mr. Farol, nice to see you in person! Please, be seated.And he waved a hand to a couple of armchairs in front of his desk. Digobert seats on a very comfortable dinosaur leather armchair with a sighthe voyage by the ether makes anyone a feeble man, for a while.Nice to meet you too, Mr. Korbl. I arrived just now with my artistic group; Theyare all very anxious to start representing the plays I told you we were ready toperform.Digobert said.Yes, of course! My Suhrim Theatre will open this season with your team! Hope we could have decent revenues! The last time I remember presenting classic plays we barely get enough money to pay the meals!Boskon Korbl said, leaning back on his chair.I assure you we get quite a reception here at the landing strip! People cheeringour actors! Surely that all of those people will certainly buy tickets to see them performing their representations.Digobert said, calmly.Boskon waits three seconds before saying: Yes, of course! But his tone of voice wasdecidedly dubious. Digobert realize that this man will cut or end presentationsthe minute the boxoffice decrease in sells.5Well, as we had an agreement, Im forced to ask for the first installment, Mr. Korbl. Three hundred thousand Credits.Digobert Farol asks.Boskon uses a machine on his desk, saying: A deal is a deal! Here! You already ha

    ve the money on your account, as we talked by holographic set. This entitles meto have your team working three times a day for a lapse of fifteen days. If allgoes well, another equal quantity will be deposited on your account. All of thisdepends on the success you could achieve in here.Digobert gives a sigh of reliefcertainly he cannot assure a success, but he willcertainly try.Korbl stands up, saying: now Ill show you the place; everything is new and well kept.And certainly was like he said: the three levels had new seats, new rugs on thefloor, a nice and well lit scenery, with panels and a screen on the back, to project the necessary backgrounds; a holographic machine to project animals or objects between the playing actors; from there, to see the dressing roomsample and with small bathroom on the back, plenty of mirrors and some chairs, also a bed tolie on.

    This is certainly nice!Digobert said, appraising the place as it should.Yes; well, in three days I want your team working here! Ill be advertising under my own expensedont fail on me!Korbl said, stomping out.Digobert walked out of the Suhrim Theatre in high spiritshe was certain that the acting team will be as happy as him, with the nice rooms and the payment he has already on his Bank account6At the Hotel, he asked for a wagon flier, to carry every item to the Theater. Inthat trip, several actors ask to be carried to the Suhrim Theatre, in order to see where they were going to perform the several plays in schedule.Several men from the staff helps him in this chorespresents were Sarrion, Latigotifor, and Maschio Latiko, who said: We even could sleep on these beds! Pity we must travel to and fro the hotel to perform.

    This he said as the distance was more than forty blocks between the hotel and the Suhrim Theatre.7Sarrion said: You should know by now that the farthest from work, the better! Imagine a crowd furious by your perform, and you living on the same Suhrim Theatre!They all laughed, as the mental scene was funny. Digobert said: We have just three days to begin our works here! I guess we must get hurry hiring the chorus girls!They must look nice! No fat women allowed!Latigofor said.We know that!Maschio said.

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    Ill hire women for the benefit of the male audience! The more naked legs and nicelooking faces, the better!Digobert said.Hope you wont choose The Battle for Oredloro as the first play!Sarrion almost begDigobert looked at him, saying: you know we have a fixed schedule! First we play the Battle and then the restits our tradition: people expect that from us.All right! But for how many times?Sarrion said.We hare hired for two weeks no more! Four days for each of our plays seems fine to me. Any problem with that?Digobert asked.Of course not, Digobert! Four days, means twelve times!Sarrion said.Hope we could abridge those plays!Latigotifor said.Digobert said, in a low voice: It all depends on how much people are in each of the representations! If we get a big crowd, we perform the whole play. But8If not, we simply begin abridging.A one hour play!Maschio asked, smiling.Yes, one hour would be finewe can fill the gaps with musicthe girls dance, and everybody is happy!Digobert said.When are you going to start calling for women? _ Sarrion asked.I will use Model Institutes! They have skilled professionalswomen with lots of enthusiasm and little money! Im sure well have a hit.Digobert said.That night, he invites them all to dance, and a good dinner. They respond with ajoyful attitude.You are such a good fellow!Lamat Digot said, dancing with him, when at the Hotel Restaurant.

    9Thanks, but I must strengthen our ties! We are a team, we must get together.He replied, looking at her beautiful eyes.You are flirting with me? Remember you are a married man!Lamat Digot said.Oh, but thats in the past! I will never return to my home country!He said, sensing he was pressing the matter just to know what his intentions were towards her.All men have idealsyour ideal seems to be this: to perform plays. Acting just likeme.She said, pressing her body against him.Yes, darling. We are birds of a feather! The pity is that my feathers are worn out by the ages!He said, and she laughed his joke.Once at the table, Digobert speak about the rehearsals.We must be ready in two more days! I will hire a chorus, just to backup our performance.He said.

    Nadidodula laughed and said: At least you are being honest! You seems not to appreciate the good taste of this people!Our future clients.Maschio Latikofagorten said, caustically.Oh, yes! We could as well present a vaudeville act!Nadidodula scoffed out.Not in a hundred years I would go down the line to present myself as raw meat!LamatDigot said, while Digobert takes her hand and kissed it.At the next day, the rehearsal was performed from ten to thirteen hoursDigobert playing his role plus the role of Maschio Latikofagorten who was dead drunk at the time.At the foyer, Lamat Digot whispered to him: You did it better than Maschio!10Oh, yes? I was not performing!He said, and Lamat takes a quick glance to his face,and laughed.

    Mr. Boskon Korbl enters the building at that moment, and seeing Digobert, he approaches, saying: The advertisements cost me a fortune! It will be appearing todayin a dozen media formats!:I appreciate your efforts, Mr. Korbl! We will be doing our best.Digobert assured him. Korbl looked at Lamat, and said: I am sure you willlady, your beauty surpassedany holographic film I had ever seen about you!11She blinked her big green eyes, saying: You are a flatterer, Mr. Korbl; but I thank you for your appreciation.yes. Well, I must be going now.The owner of the Suhrim Theatre said, walking insid

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    is den.Hope we could attract lots of people.Digobert said, sighing. She takes one of his hands in hers, saying: I see you are too worried! Lets go to my dressing room to talk about this!They went to the cabin assigned to her, and after locking the door, she kissed him, saying: theres nothing better than love to ease the worries!Digobert was of her same ideaAt the next day, the rehearsal was very much intense; the stage was a place of words and situations more serious than before. Korbl was looking at the actors performance for some time, and accented with his big headinteriorly, he was sure this people were serious actorsthe doubt was: could the Knappian comprehends that they were the best in town?The answer walked one day later, in those persons that filled the chairs and waits religiously for the curtain to be raised.Miss Lamat Digot appears in a common interior of a Knappian house, saying: Whereis my husband? The great diplomat who was going to fight for our well being?A voice comes from another room, which has its door closedsaying: Wait a moment, dear! Im trying to finish something here!Yes! Im sure you are certainly finishing something, but that didnt answer my question: are you going to fight for our freedom in any form?11After the sound of the water flush, appears a man (Digobert Farol) in a very homely dress, saying: My wife, how could you possibly ask me to go out and fight theNeongos? I am a simple disarmed man, and they had a fleet of warships!

    Yes! I am well aware that you are a simple man!Said she, provoking more laughs, when pronouncing those eleven words with marked irony.Two men arrive abruptly (Sarrion Fegal and Marmachucken Fedigoifor) -- bumps onDigobert, who said: Neighbors in my living room! What are you doing here, Sirs?The cannons fired to a spaceship! Oh, the retaliation could be terrible!Sarrion said, rubbing his hands.Wish they are blown up sky high! But, do you see more?Miss Lamat uttersYes! The spaceship Bursa into flames!Marmachucken said, and in that instant terrible blows were heard in the scenery: angry red flames fluttered by the corners, and ayes of pain were also heardthe floor seems to rumble and rock.What was that? The spaceship falling on us?Miss Lamat said, and run to take a peekto a side of the scenery.What happens?The three men asked, not moving from their sites.

    Fires are all over the city of Oredloro! Seemingly, the spaceship explodes and the igneous pieces fall on edifices and the fires is on everybody!Miss Lamat said, in a hurt voice.Let me see!Sarrion said, running to see to a side and the others followed him. Thescenario changes and they were on a roof, looking some buildings aburning fiercely.This is no debris that causes this!Sarrion said.These were missiles!Marmachucken said.We are all doomed!Digobert yelled, and after a couple of seconds, Miss Lamat said:hat are you doing there, staring as old turtles?12Lets go there to help!She said, and walked out of the scenario.What a fiery woman! She is really brave.Sarrion said.

    I cannot risk myself! I have too many debts.Digobert said, and some laughs spurtedamong the audience.A woman has more guts than us? Let us go there and be of help!Marmachucken said, also departing from the scenery. Sarrion looks unto Digobert, saying: And you, worrying for your debts! If you die helping, I am sure your debtors arent going to Hades to pursue you for your debts!You are right! Lets go!Digobert said, running alter him.Curtains down.A row of applause was heard, and the five actors embrace one another, saying: Success! Good acting!Others also come to express their congratulations. Then Digobert

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    said: Three minutes for the next act! Next group, be ready!When the curtains goes up, the scene was inside a big Hospital roomrows of beds were seeing at both sides; doctors and nurses were very busy, going from bed to bed, and a surgeon was cutting and stitching at a sideNadidodula Naderin was one of the nurses, the doctor who was cutting was Maschio Latikofagorten, Marmachucken Fedigoifor was the anesthetist the person who was being operated was; of course sedated and asleep. (Digobert).The doctor said: This is a severe case of liver failurepieces of metal all around,severed veins.Poor people! This ward is full of people who was happy on their homes, and now look at them! Yelling in pain, members of their bodies to be cut, eyes that will not see!Nadidodula said.Pass me the forceps! Yes, it is a pity! But, one moment we are here, and at the next we are gone!Doctor Maschio said, moping the wound.There was a child with half a head! Terribleher mouth was open and she was panting. Oh, I dont know how she was still alive!Nadidodula said.Life finds the waysometimes the body finds the way to stay working no matter if without parts of what was had previously.Maschio said, now stitching.The place rocks, and some nurses falls to the flooralarms and sirens were heard.A soldier come in, saying: Stay calm! Its not an attack, but some buildings leaking gas!This sick person needs your help!A nurse said to Maschio, who waved to his aids tobring that stretcher to his postthe already operated person was moved to a side,and this new one was set in place. The doctor moves the sheet to a side and a te

    rrible wound on a leg was shown: it was Lamat, fainted.Oh! This leg must be amputated! Pass me the scalpel! Doctor Maschio said, after applying pincers to the bigger veins and arteries.He begins to cut, and when only the bone was in view, he cut the bone with a small sharpened chirurgical saw. The noise of it working on that body filled the audience with horror.Poor woman! She will be not able to walk again!Nurse Nadidodula said.Why not? She will get a new cloned legin time, of course. Right now, she will haveto wait for a couple of months!Doctor Maschio said, taking the severed leg and throwing it on a bucket.You meanthey are going to grow another legand footby the remnants?Nurse Nadidoduled.Of course not, lady! There is special growing techniqueit will grow from the wound

    down to the toe! Cloning legs and then stitch together to the body is a thing of the past!Doctor Maschio said, repeating what was the last achievement in the realm of Knapp (In Earth, it was an old technique already!).This attack was made by people who lost a war against usthey were living in a planet named Jerifordion.Dr. Maschio said, stitching the remains of that leg.So this is a payback?Nadidodula asked.Of course yes! Now we havent a star fleet anymore! The Neongos had won the celestial battle!Marmachucken replied, who was the second assistant.Ready! Take her to the Recovery room! She will need a psychiatrist, pronto!Dr. Maschio said.All the while, wailing was being heard and sound of fire trucks and people yelling from the street.14

    The curtain falls on that terrible scene, and the people applaudedthey had memories of those days.Digobert said: Fast! Now the next scene must be as fast as we could be ready! Miss Lamat! You have plenty of time to clean your leg now! Digobert said, knowing that she was not appearing in this next scene.When ready, the curtains went up, showing a new scene, plus the omnipresent holographic smaller things and/or people, that just appears to give the necessary atmosphere.Characters: King Knapp 33= Sarrion Fegal; AB Assistant to the king= Maschio;Chancellor Forgas= Digobert;

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    It was the kings chamberruling Knapp 33-- the same person that was ruling the planet outside the fiction! And it was been impersonating by Sarrion Fegal, who wastall and handsome. The king was seated at a royal desk of golden appearance; athis side was an AB an Assistant, and he was leafing through a yellow book.Plenty of recommendations from my royal parents here, AB 030.The king said.Sire, you have an appointment with the Chancellor Forgas in five minutes more.AB 030 said, who was impersonating by Maschio.All right, tell him to come in!King Knapp 33 ordered.Chancellor Forgas (Digobert) enters, salutes and the King said: Seat down, Chancellor! I call on you because, in my recent conversations with the man in charge of the alien Starfleet from Domicilium satellite, I promise him the post of Chiefof our Army Forces. This was so, because they had the power to make us stay without aerial communication between our cities. Also I obtain the opening of the space commerce between us and the rest of the planetary systems!Good negotiation, Your Majesty! Chancellor Forgas said, adding: The chief of the Ary are you, of course.Yes, me. I am above this Daron who appears to me as a mighty Admiral with profusion of battle ships but now I know he has only one Cruiser and one armored spacefreighter with capacity to fire C beams!Chancellor Forgas was surprised to hear it, and said: Remarkably! In fact, this Admiral has no fleet at all!The king paced the room (the stage) saying: I give my word and I am as good as myword. But I will call on the Federation of planetsI need their help.Of course, Your Majesty. The Army Forces had several small spaceships capable of

    to fly into the first Brana. I will be honored if Your Majesty designs me as your special envoy to Earth!Chancellor Forgas said.King Knapp 33 smiled briefly and said: Right to the point! Of course, this mission is dangerousbut if you volunteer, I will give you some memory pills to deliverto the high council of the Federation of Planets, explaining with films and pictures what happened hereplus the demise of their spaceships at the hands of the Neongos!I accept, Your Majesty! Permits me to use a vessel.Chancellor Forgas asked and of course, the King Knapp 33 accepts. The curtain was drawn and when raised again, abeautiful vista of planet Knapp was in sighta silvery vessel departs from it, travels through space, traverse through the Branas and appears next to the Solar Systemall of it with wonderful music that transported the audience to the marvelsof the cosmosthen the curtains went downfor the next scenethis time ,on a terrene s

    treet, with a big building to the right, and the silvery spaceship to the left.From a side, appears a dozen persons to give the welcome, most of them beautifulyoung women in short pants and small shirtsand they sing: Welcome to Earth, you who arrives today from the far away Knapp, the planet of the dinosaurs! Welcome,happy traveler; be assured we meant well to anyone coming from Knapp, the beautiful planet of the dinosaurs!After the song was played, the Chancellor Forgas walked to the center of the stage, saying: I salute you, mighty Ministry of Foreign Policies! I am Chancellor16Forgas, envoy from His Majesty the King Knapp 33! I am the bringer of bad news and I am here to ask for your help!A man from the earthian group detached from the right, saying: Welcome, Chancellor Forgas from the Knapp realm! I am Justo Valenzuela, the Ministry of Foreign Po

    licies! I am sorry to hear bad news and happy if we could provide your planet and community of any help! Speak, that we are prone to hear and offer help to ourfriends from beyond our Brana!Chancellor Forgas said: The Neongos Star Fleet had won the war against your VI Star Fleet at Knapp planet and destroyed our Royal Armada! Now we are waiting yourhelp to reduce the Neongos Starfleet to nothing!The Ministry of Foreign Policies said: Of course! But let us talk at my office! This place was for a jolly receptionthat now it was out of place! Please, follow me, Chancellor!One portion of the scenery darkened and the other transforms into an office, des

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    k and all. The chairs were brought by Assistants of the Ministry of Foreign Policies, and Chancellor Forgas seats in front of that holographic desk, while the Ministry reads the information carried by the Chancellor in those memory pills. Then he raises his eyes and said: But this is grave! I am sure the President ManuelFigueras will be moved with this notice do you have where to stay, Chancellor?No. But I will choose any Hotel for me and Assistants, of course.Chancellor Forgasreplied.No, no! We will offer you our full hospitality! We have a special and safe hotelfor important visits: the Curahuilla Hotel. Let me tell my Assistants to help youarrive thereThe Ministry said, and calls an Assistant to give him the necessary instructions17Forgas said: When could I receive a reply, Sir? Every day of delay countsas I said, now there are only two enemy vesselslater, it could be more.Of course, and I understand your urgency, Chancellor. But first I must inform thePresident Manuel Figueras and the Chamber of the Senate. It will require some timea matter of days. I should say: Replied the Ministry Justo Valenzuela.I thanks you in the name of the King Knapp 33 and the people of Knapp. Chancellor Forgas said, standing up and walking out of the stage. The Ministry uses a holographic set, and soon he was talking with the President Manuel Figueras of the Solar System, who said: What is this time, Valenzuela? You know Im in vacations!Yes, President Figueras, but this is urgent! I had received Chancellor Forgas from the kingdom of Knapp.Ministry Valenzuela said.18

    Oh. And what happens with himor his Majesty the King Knapp 33?The President Figueraasked.Invaded by a race of humanoidsthey are called the Neongos. The spaceships we sentthere to visit the kingdom help them against the Neongos, but were defeated entirely. I read the memory pills, and the enemy now has only two space vessels remainingone of them a space cruiser, the other a space freighter! Ministry Valenzuelasaid.What a catastrophe! Call the Chief of the star fleet command! I will give ordersto begin a retaliation on the Neongos! Its an outrage as well as a tragedy for usallthe demise of so many able astronauts! The President Figueras said.Are you going to return from your Vacations, Sir? People are very touchy in thesecases19

    A president that didnt cut his vacations no matter a whole wing of the Starfleetis lost, could be criticized acidly.The Ministry Valenzuela said and recommended.You are right, Ministry Valenzuela! I will return to my post tonight! See you atmy office, later.The President Figueras said, ending the conversation.The Ministry Valenzuela keeps on looking at the holographic set (now without images) and then said: Yes, Mr. President! Your Vacations are over!The curtains went down, and the people of the audience clapped their hands for awhile.Romantic music ensued, with vistas of the Earth and their citiesbehind the curtains, the actors were busy locating themselves on high chairswith the magic of holographic, they soon appears as astronauts in one of the mighty Star Cruisers of the Terran Starfleet.20

    The curtains went up again, and the interior of a flagship was in plain sight; the actors seems to be dressed in astronaut outfits and in front of command consoles. The captain (Digobert Farol) says: Enemy ship in front! Gunner! Fire photontorpedoes!Sarrion, the gunner, pushed figures at his console, says: Five photon torpedoes fired, Sir! The space-freighter will be fried in just a moment!Fried is not an acceptable military expression, Gunner!The captain scoffed him, andfrom the audience somebody laughed.Several concussions and explosions later, and the Captain said: Its fighting back!Use the C beam cannon on them!

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    The gunner said: They will be demolished with that, Captain!Worst for them! They refused to surrender!The captain said, and before he ends thephrase, a flash of light and a mighty rumble was heardthen, silencebroken by the radar man (Marmachuken) saying: There is nothing left of that armored space freighter now, Sir! Other spaceships also had fired against the freighter!Good! Wheres the other enemy vessel?The Captain asked.Out of range, Sir! But wait! Its escaping to the next Brana!The longRadar man said.21Lost! But apparently we defeated the Neongos fleet!The captain said, and in a moment, the confirmation arrives by the holographic setan officer, with enough stars on his breast pocket to represent a whole galaxy, said: To all the spaceships fromthe Star Fleet : present you at the Knappian kingdom: the enemy has been defeated! Long and free life to the realm of Knapp!They all cheeredin the public tooand the curtains went down, to raise one minute laterto show a gay street in Oredloro city, full of people dancing happilyhere themusic was used to danceevery actor was dancing, some of them with astronaut outfitthe female models with scant clothes, showing beautiful legs, danced and smiledfor the benefit of the male audience.Eight minutes later, the curtains went down, finally, and the words The End were projected there, but the music keeps resounding until the final group of people leaves the Suhrim Theatre.At the dressrooms, everyone was happy, saying how glad were the public, how longthey had applauded, and things like that.

    22The same performance was repeated at 20 hours and at 23.00 hours.Mr. Boskon Korbl, who had attended the three representations, said: I congratulate you all! Keep in this way, and we will get rich!23Digobert was sure the actors will keep on performing in a good manner, but thatwas the half of the equation: the audience was the important half.The critics about their play were magnanimous and the advertisements keep on, sothey could work at the Suhrim Theatre for those fifteen days and more! When the 90th. representation was worked out, Mr. Boskon Korbl talks with Digobert Farol,saying: I guess its time to change the play, dont you think? We dont want to fatiguthe audience, wont us?Yes, Mr. Korbl! Well change the play right now. The next play was The nights of Lad

    y Shurvana, do you know something about it?Digobert asked him.I dont recall her name. Was she some obscure queen of old?Mr. Korbl asked.No, she was a governor! But never mind! Her story is very interestingyou will likeit!Digobert said.Please dont forget the starlets! Young women appearing on the stage, dancing and singing! Men likes thatyour play could be saved by those niceties.Mr. Boskon Korbl said, and invited the group to a dinner party, to celebrate the change of play. At that dinner, in a fine Restaurant, he said: I congratulate you because successwas the name of our last play!They cheered, and more than one asks for an increase in their wages. Digobert said: this trip is becoming successful. Now well begin playing The nights of Lady Shurvana. I must say that our group of dancing young ladies has to play a part! Herepeople love singing, and men loves pretty women. So our success will be certain

    if we just did what in the past has been donned: play our individual parts as best as we are able to do.We always do!Miss Lamat Digot proudly said.Digobert added: We know that the play The nights of Lady Shurvana is half fiction.The poor lady was a widow and she takes refuge on a half completed and little town. His relations with the others are mainly circumstantial. But here, to enlighten the drama, we present a Lady Shurvana prompt to have delight on love affairs. So in this play are lots of ceremonies and dancing parties.Who tells the truth? Truth is very commonly a boring episode!Miss Lamat Digot said.Well said!Sarrion Fegal said, rising his glass of wine. Latigotifor was munching so

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    me piece of Lambeosaur*, and said: What impress me the most is the spirit of thatlady, alone in a wild environ, but all the while, commanding and being respected by everyone.There are a few of us that has guts!Nadidodula said, eating some lettuce with mayonnaise.I love this play! You can stop lunching, with all that food that will be ready toeat on stage!Maschio Latikofagorten said.26Some days later, at the Suhrim Theatre, they present the first act with the SuhrimTheatre full of people/The curtains went up and the scene starts on an office, with a man seated in front of a big mahogany desk. A person enters, saying: Lady Shurvana is here, Ministry! She has an appointed with you at this hour. Remember the Queen is requestinga good job for her.Yes, now I remember! This recommendation is like an order, I will give her the town of Lubina to be administrated. Not many people down there, so she cannot screw up things too much.The Ministry said, not in the best of moods.After some time, Lady Shurvana appears. (She is, of course, Miss Lamat Digot).She looks full of energy, and is wearing a black dress with no decoration, ringsor necklace. She bows a little and seats on the chair in front of the desk, saying: Good afternoon, Minister. Im Lady Shurvana, widow of lord Bifeno. Im here as the Queen Maculla said that you can give me the administration of a town. Im sureI could handle itI have some diplomas and experience to prove it.Yes, lady Shurvana, good to know you. The town of Lubina is located at 840 kilome

    ters from here. Maybe youll be out of place in there, as theres no social life atall. Moreover, there are only peasants and a couple of merchants, apart than a Bank.The Ministry said.So more the better, Ministry! After the decease of my husband, I had lost any interest in dancing parties or social reunions with people who had so much money that they bored in life. At Lubina, I am sure; I will be working from sunrise to sundown while helping others. Lady Shurvana said, and some people at the audience applauded.As you wish, Lady Shurvana. The title is governoryou will be the second governor in town. Three AB assistants will go with you, and theres a building there for your use.The Ministry said, after looking at the personal holographic set.I thanks you, Sir. But I must ask you some other questions of importance, beforeI depart.Lady Shurvana said.

    Ask whatever you like, Lady; I have in here all the available information.He said,looking at the holographic set.How much money I will have to help people down there? And about my wages, I wantto know how much its going to be.Lady Shurvana said, thinking probably in her daughters.You, as the governor, will receive three thousand Credits a month. Theres an amount to expend in wages, machinery and developments of 300.000 Credits a year.The Ministry said.All right. When I will be counting with that money?Lady Shurvana asked.Before your departure, Lady Shurvana; I think in a week elapsing time;28And there will be an Army aerial vehicle to carry you and your assistants to Lubina town.The Ministry said.

    Well, I think I will read this memory pills to the full, and then if I have any question, I will come here againif you permits it.She said, dreamily.Yes, of course, Lady Shurvanayou are now a Governor, and the title is important, Iassure you.The Ministry said.After she was gone, he calls his Secretary, saying: She is the new Governor of Lubina: Lady Shurvana, recommended by the Queen Maculla herself. Prepare her wagesand the money that place is assigned with. Call the Aerial Royal Forces, to prepare a Wagon Flier to travel when we decidedpossibly in five or six days more.Very well, Sir. I will advise the Ministry of Colonization for it, and the AerialForcesa bigger aerial vehicle could be of use too, Sira Wagon Flier for a full Go

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    vernor is not too impressive.The Secretary reminded him.Or a Frigate! Perhaps to impress those simpletons a big spaceship could dono matter how old it could be. The Ministry said, smiling his own joke.29At the stage, the lights were dimmed and then another scene ensuedthis time was apparently a hotel room, with Shurvana lying on a bed, looking at a portable holographic set, and a small box with memory pills. After some seconds, she said: Well, I guess I have a real problem in my hands!The holographic set gives a beep and she pressed a section in the controlsa womansface appears, saying:Hi, dear! Hope Im not bothering you at this hour of the night!Of course not, Your Majesty! I was looking at the information the Ministry of Foreign Policies just gives me, about Lubina administration!Shurvana said.Yes, of course. Too many troubles?The Queen Maculla asked.30Not for me, Your Majesty. I know I cannot cope with it all in a day or two, but give me time and Ill solve them all.Shurvana said.Of course, my dear! Dont forget to blame me if the town its too boring.The Queen Mlla recommended.I only want you to stay in touch with me, Your Majesty! Perhaps a communication once and then could be possibly?Shurvana said, not willing to go to the oblivion inone stroke.Of course I will not forget you, my dear! Well, good night and have a nice trip!Bye.The Queen Maculla said, ending the conversation.

    The scene ends with the curtains going down. Digobert Farol said: Hurry! Now it comes the scene of the welcome!And he takes Lamat Digot by the hand.31How did I do it?She asked, while they climb by a wooden structure or ramp.Fine, just fine! Now you descend from the ramp and are received by the militaryattach.Of course! I almost dont say a word, in this scene!Lamat Digot said.Yes, it is music and dance!Digobert said, leaving her on top of that ramp, and he descended rapidly.An assistant approaches him, saying: All its ready, sir.All right! Holographic on! Curtains up!He said, and the people at the Suhrim Theatrcould see now a splendid panoramaat their right, the Cruiser and Lady Shurvana descending; to the right, a small town with a building three stories high and a ma

    n approaching, who finally said to her: Welcome to our Lubina Town, Miss Shurvana! Please accept some music and dance we had prepared for your welcome!She smiled, seeing men and women dressed in green and yellow costume, and said: Of course, and Im happy to be here.And then the music begins, with the female dancers using their tight dresses, and the males jumping and capering around. This takes fifteen minutes of the play,and then the man said: Hope you like it, Governor Shurvana!Yes, it was very interesting! Now, show me the Governors building!The man said. I am but the general manager of the only Bank here on Lubina. Please accept my apologizes.Of course. Who was replacing the Governor?Lady Shurvana asked.32* The Chief of police, Milady! Here he comes!Said the Bank ManagerA big man in his

    forties arrives, saying: Welcome, Governor Shurvana! I am the Chief of Police andhere are the keys of your new home!Thanks you. Assistants, follow me!Lady Shurvana said to her seven AB artificial persons body guards. Some military men from the aerial vehicle precedes them.There was a fleeting image of the building, and then of some dusty rooms.But this is unacceptable! Theres no order nor maintenance here?Lady Shurvana askedto the Chief of Police.My Lady, we didnt know you were coming today! But dont worry: I will send some townwomen to mop the place!The Chief of Police said.No way! I will sent my own people to do this job! But youll be presenting your res

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    ignation tomorrow morning at my new office!Shurvana said, enraged.The AB begin cleaning and Miss Shurvana was at the street, looking at the peasants= a woman approaches her, saying: Governor: I invite you to my home for tonight! Its not fair that you must to be waiting in the cold for a dusty bed!Shurvana looked at her and said: Certainly this situation is very disappointing!Let me call a couple of Assistants and I will be with you!She calls for two AB synthetic persons, and they walked by the streeta nice housethey enterand next to the fire, an old man bowed and said; Good evening, Governor!Dont you want33A nice glass of wine?Yes, thanks you.Shurvana said, coughing.Once seated in front of the fireplace, she drinks the wine and fell asleep. Theold man calls his wife and whispered; Lets awake her! This is not a good way to besleeping!34The woman touches an arm of Lady Shurvana and she stared at the woman, saying: what? Oh, I feel asleep! It had been a long day for me!Yes, please follow me to your bedchamber! The town woman said; soon they were at avery ordinary room, with a big bed made of beams.Here youll be fine! Its our guest room for rent. Here you have a belljust sound it f you want anything!The woman said.Of course, there must be a bathroom somewhere?Shurvana asked, looking at the solitary lamp hanging from a fly specked ceiling.

    Oh, yes, Milady! Down the corridor, to the left!The woman said, bowing ridiculously.Shurvana looked at the synthetic men, saying: I want you on the corridor outsidemy bedroom, for protection!They went outside, with the hostess; she close the door and went to sleep at thebed, but soon she was standing and saying; What? It smell like rat urine!She stomped to the ground floor, with the AB men behind, and walking out to thestreet she finds a military man and said: Lead me to the governors house! I cannotresist a poor house with rats in it!This way, Milady!The soldier said, afraid to dissatisfied her request.The Governors house was now radiantthe old door was painted blue; the bedroom wasclean and more lights were shining at the corners.This is better!She said.

    We use an aspirator, Governor! The dust was aspirated and expulsed to the street!Aman said.Fine. I want emen on the corridors, two on the front door, and with weapons! I dontwant to be harassed in any form. Shoot if you must!Shurvana said, her mind reeling with so many memories of dead functionaries killed the first week they take command on some small towns all over the planet.35The scene changesa very ordinary bedroom, with blankets. Shurvana said: What a cold! Its not a stove in here?No, Governor! But I can bring you a bucket with red hot coals.An AB said.No, I detest that smell! I have a better idea: you will sleep at my side. Set your external temperature to 30 Centigrade!Shurvana said, and she went to bed with the Assistant, who smiled.

    36The scene blurred and darkened. At another side of the stage, appears the PoliceStation and then a room. A deskthe Captain of the Police was seated in front ofa group of farmers and said: And now, what do you want in here, Mr. Darude? Morecomplains about the seeds you dont get?Yes, seeds! We want seeds! Now that a lady is the Governor, I am sure you could ask her for an appointmentI need to talk with her about our problems.The man said: he was Darude, the president of the Farmers association and spokesperson.I tell you what: you go to the Governors office and ask for that appointment yourself! I have a lot of things to do in here!The Chief of Police said, not willing to

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    goes there, or the lady could remember she fired him from office.Darude looks on his wristwatch and said: I guess its too late to go bothering thelady! Ill be going37There tomorrow! And as Im in town, I will get some fun of it!And he walked out of that office.Another section of the stage was now alighted, showing a Bar, with people drinking on a long table. Darude seats at the end of it; suddenly the music start, andeighteen beautiful ladies, dressed in brown leather, short pants and yellow blouses, appears dancing to the utmost merriment of the male audience.After the dance, each woman chooses a gentleman and after some small talk, the music begins again and they all cabriole ,yelled and danced with those exquisitewomenbut somebody wants to dance with an already coupled female, and a big row ofa fight ensued. After the place was badly broken, the police chief and his assistants carried the guys to jail, with the Chief of Police yelling everybody at hearts content.Curtains downa break. People could go out and buy drinks, candies, sandwiches, etc. at the Parlors hall. Then, some rings, and after they were all seated again, the curtains went up, and a river was seen, showing a lot of trees, grass, rocksand a group of females appearsin the center of them, Lady Shurvana walks like a queen, saying; Its a hot day for everyone! I will take my daily bath at the riverthat small shower room at the Governments house is really disgusting.38Now the scene shows her on the water, mainly walking and throwing water over her

    head [time to admire the good shape Miss Lamat Digot (Shurvana) is having). A soft music accompanies this scene, with the three efemales dancing and laughingshowing a lot more skin than the actressDarude appears at the end of fifteen minutes of this , asking for a conversationwith Shurvana. She was told about this by one of her assistantsshe said to Darude: What do you want from me, good man?Seeds, Governor Shurvana! Seeds! The previous Governor never gave us all the seeds we wanted! And you are here, to help us!Darude said.Silly you! I am here to take a bath!Lady Shurvana retorted, and her maids laughed.Oh , yes! I see you are in the river! But take care! There are crocodiles in thiswaters!Darude informed her.I am not afraid of crocodiles!She said, but soon she was out of the water, being dried by her assistants. She takes a towel and wrapped in it, then said: I grant yo

    ur request! Go to the Administration and ask for your seeds! And go right now: dont you see Im taking a bath?Yes, Madam! Yes, Im going right now.Darude said, throttling out of the scene, for te merriment of the public.Shurvana takes the towel from her body and said: bring me my clothes!The maids brought her the clothes,39While she takes her swimming dress out, and dressed calmly giving a view of herbeautiful back to the audience, for the delight of more than one gentleman.The scene goes to black, and at the other side of the stage, an angry couple ofVelociraptor appears, eating a cow. A road at the back, where a truck appears running as hell. The truck turns right, and now we are following it to a towna signpost with the name Lubina Town in it appears, and a close up of the driver is see

    n. Its a man (Sarrion Fegal); then the scene shows the interior of a barn. Darudeappears there, looking to all sidesa truck stops at the entrance, and the driver, who is also the barn keeper, stepped down.Good morning, young fellow! What do you want in here?The man from the truck asked him.I am Darude Bean, the Director from the Lubina Farmers Association. I come from atalk I had with the new governor, Miss Shurvana, and she told me to take the rest of the seeds you can have here! Hope you have a lot.Darude said.The man seats on a sac of grains, saying: Oh, yeah! Plenty of seeds! Mainly beans, soy beans. Three hundred kilos of it.

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    Only that? Soy beans?And lettuce, carrot seeds, some potatoes, some corn. Well, mainly samples of it.If you40Said you want it all, no problem! You can take it those, toohave you a truck?Oh, yes! I come to town in a truck I used at the field.Darude said.OK, buddy! But take heed: I saw a couple of Velociraptor eating something on theroad to herewatch that they dont eat you on your way out!The barn keeper said, merrly.During the next twenty minutes, the audience could see Darude toiling with the sacs of grains, carrying it up to the back of his truck, not being aided by the barn keeper, who was listening to a radio that was playing gaily music (for the entertainment of the people, who could see some ballerinas dancing on a corner).Then, a sudden change: Darude at his truck, fully loaded and going fast by the roadthe couple of Velociraptor saw it and run to intercept itone goes by the right,making Darude turn leftout of the41Road, dirtaflyingthis change of direction slows down the truck, permitting (or allowing) the next Velociraptor to jump to the rear, ripping sacs in its way to thecabin.The beast almost catch Darude unawares, because he was bumping while returning to the road) and so he close the doorbut the creature smashes it with a blow of its head.Go away!Darude said, firing the brute with his old bullet gun. The blood spurted al

    l around, and the Velociraptor begin kicking the door as good as a pneumatic hammerthe door hinges gives way, and disappear together with the dinosaur.Darude looks by the left mirror, saying: Good riddance, you grain robber!The scene ends with the truck going by a road to the mountainsThe scene changes againto a side: a group of rude farmers standing on the side ofthe road, complaining about the lack of aid from the government.Wish the government believe in our plight!Yes! So many promises and here we are almost abandoned in the wild.I brought my family here and look how they pay me!We need seeds!42Soon they see a cloud of dust in the distanceLook! Seems a stampede of Lambeosaurus!

    Yeah! Hope they turn and avoid us!No! Its a truck! Must be Darude!Well, yes! I think theres no other truck as the one he gets from the Governorold and clacking!The truck stops at their side and Darude descended, saying: Hi, Guys! Guess what?I brought seeds! The new Governor gives me everything they had on that warehouse!Lets see it!A farmer said, and Darude lift the tarpaulin, showing them the seeds thy were asking for.Now we are secured for a couple of years! Another farmer said.We must protect this seeds. We must secure seeds at the time of the harvest. Forthe future.Darude recommended. But many of them just believe the government has the obligation to provide just as well

    A group of women from the village appears by the side, and danced and there waslively music for the audiencetime of the dancing, twenty minutes.Another change of sceneryfrom the left, a picture develops to the sight until theaudience could only see the side of a mountain and a big stone wall. Several workers appears, and soon a truck brought stones and mortar , the workers begin their toil, using ladders and stairsShurvana appears being carried in a palanquin by her Artificial Beings; a man appeared also, coming from the other side. Shurvana stands up and said:! You lazy engineer! How come that you hadnt finished my tower?But ,Governor! I had only twenty workers and one truck to do all the work! I need

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    at least 200 workers and 10 trucks!The man said, bowing.Inept! I will call for more workers! But pay attention: if in half a year you didnt finish this tower, I swear Ill cover my bed chamber with your body under the ground!Yes, Milady.Shurvana walked to inspect the walla man appearedhe was Darude.You call for me, Governor?Yes! Two days ago! Why you didnt come here at once?Shurvana said, staring at him wih rage.44I was busy with the harvest, Governor, and the truck we own breaks up! I come onfoot, Milady! Darude said, visibly afraid.You have experience delivering good excuses! I barely believe you! But here is what I want of you: I need trucks and workers to finish this tower! You will be going to Oredloro and beg for trucks and AB peoplemore than 200 is what I need! Tell them Im building an Hospital! Tell them I need doctors, nurses, and medicines!-- Shurvana said.45An hospital for the people? Good idea, Governor! The people will be certainly most happy to hear it!Darude said.Yeah, whatever. Now you are my Chancellor, as man with power! I will ask for a flier to the government! Be ready to departyou will stay at the governors house by now! Shurvana commanded.Oh! But my landand my wife?Darude asked her.

    Call her here! Perhaps she could serve me at the kitchen!Shurvana said, climbing tothe palanquin, the Artificial Beings takes it and departed, crossing the scenery under a glorious march, while Darude stays there fumbling his hat on his hands. When alone, he said: and they are still people who say women are the weak sex!Curtains.During the 18 minutes that the curtains are down, the actors dressed themselvesfor the finals; they were now using the best clothes, and all the hired young lovely women are dressed (scanty dressed) in translucent clothes.Curtains up and the scene is the same tower, but this time finishedDarude and thefarmers at a side; the Chief of Police and the women at the other sidethe palanquin is now brought by six AB males and Shurvana descends with a long dark red dress, but that shows more than it hides.And taking the shy Darude to dance, the music begins and everyone danced on the

    stage.20 minutes later, curtains down and it was the end of the play.46The producer and owner of the Suhrim Theatre, Mr. Boskon Korbl, was at the exit, looking at the faces and hearing what they say about the play and the performance in all, men were satisfied and women happy to see them portrayed by Shurvana, the woman who notwithstanding being a young widower, fights for an important place in society.Later, Korbl visits the actors at their dressing rooms, saying he was very pleased by their acting and announcing they were all invited to his home, where he will offer a banquet to celebrate their success.Fine! At last somebody understands we are valuable!Marmachucken said, cleaning hisface from the powders he had used while acting.

    The future representations could be spared! I recorded it all! We can project thewhole drama with holographic visionfor once; the people will not notice a thing.Mr. Korbl said, opening a big leeway for them= less work. Considerable lest work!47Lamat Digot said: But we must appear coming to work!Of course! You just appear here everyday at every representation! And waits at your dressing room! I am sure you could do that!The owner of the Suhrim Theatre said,blinking an eye to everyone.Wellas long as our wages keeps on being untouchedDigobert Farol said, looking at tProducer with utmost suspicion.

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    Of course! Nothing else changes!Mr. Boskon Korbl said.They celebrate their sheer luck and the presentations keep on for two weeks; then, Mr. Korbl calls on Digobert Farol, saying: we need another play! People is coming in less quantities now.I see no problemFarol said, but he was discouraged.he was certain the present playuld had been going for more than a month!You dont believe me? See the charts! Full sells the first week, and now its a 27% less! I cannot wait for a 40 or 50 % less!Boskon Korbl shows him a graphic.All right, in two days we could play the next playyou should close for that day.No! Why? You just play in front of the audience!Korbl laughed, understanding that these actors need some rehearsals first, but too in a hurry to wait.No problem, then! We will work hard, beginning now.Digobert Farol said, and two hours later, they were all in a room, at the Suhrim Theatre, talking about it.Why the hurry? I see people waiting in files in front of the vendor...! I am surethe Producer wants us to play all of our repertory, so he could keep on filming48And giving the people holographic versions of us.Lamat said.As long as he paysNadidodula said, lazily. She was happy that some machine could dothe job for her.Mr. Korbl was adamant, I tell you! If we refuse, Im sure this job is over for us.Diobert Farol said, looking in despair.Maschio said: We have a signed contract, why the worries? Lets play our next obra!I need some acting, myself. I am an actor! Not some old fat merchant!They all realize he was right, and begin rehearsing that same day. In two days,

    they were ready to begin acting, as they had represented that same play in previous occasions.The play was Perion of Janarvia, and when the curtains lift up, two days later, the whole team was in custom there. The audience applauded. The seats were all occupied, and Mr. Boskon Korbl laughed at his office, looking at the amount of money he had collected that dayThe curtains goes up, and a spaceship was seeing traveling on the backwards, andseveral actors were shown at a side, apparently on an office. There was the usual big and long table and seated around it the actors begin to speak.Digobert Farol portraying Mr. Perion said: I have this project of mining as you expect.Miss Lorenfa Magnin, 34 % shareholder, represented by Lamat Digot said: We chooseyou because we know you have good ideas.

    49Perion (Digobert Farol) said: With one single cargo spaceship we could earn millions! The Brana jumps are available and we could grab planets with a bucket and for half the price than in our own Brana.Miss Lorenfa said: The Brana voyages are dangerous, but we need a safe jacket, soIm with you in this silly project.Gomer, another director (Sarrion Fegal) said: This Corporation needs money to survive and I adhere to your idea, Perion, but hear this: the spaceship must be a rented one; the operation cannot last more than three years and the mineral mustbe a very valuable one.I know of several planets where with a little digging we could extract copper andgold to replenish the hauls of a cargo vessel.Perion explained.You have a green light for your project, Mr. Perion.The lady Lorenfa saidBut you m

    be aboard in that spaceship! We cannot be sure of personnel newly met for thisenterprise.50Perion almost fall from his chair when hearing that, and said: Me? But Im an important person in the commercial section! I have a list of important clients that confides in me to buy our products! They will confide in the second man at that section, Im sure of it, Mr. Perion.Gomegrowled from his chairand as he was the general Manager, the case was settled right thereThe scene obscured and at the other corner was now appearing a table at a Restau

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    ranta female (Nadidodula Naderin portraying Perions fiance, Miss Lamar Fewrio). Soon Perion approaches her, kissing her cheek, and seats in front of her at the table. She said: Oh, dear! You left me waiting here for 20 full minutes! Where had you been?Sorry, darlingI was at work.Perion said.Oh! That work gets the most of you!She said,51Looking at him.Its money, dear, I must look for the future! Perhaps I will need it for my futurewife.Oh! I thought love is the more important thing in this world!Lamar Fewrio said, making a grimace.You are the most important thing in the world for me, darling! Money is only to put the world at your feet!Perion said, taking her hands An attendant appears witha cellphone, saying: Theres a phone call for you, Mr. Perion.Thanks you. Hello? Yes, wait!Perion said, and then he looks on his fiance, saying:is will take a minute, darling. Its about my job.Yes, your job. Go, attend it!She said, visibly upset.Perion walked to a corner, saying: What do you want, Nogar?A voice said: Well, Im hired or not?Yes, you are hiredyou and your cargo spaceship! We need to bring back copper and some other materials. A piece of cake! I know of several desert planets full of those minerals! Perion said, and the voice responded: You are a genius! Who will begoing with me?

    The Board of Directors wants me in charge! I will be saying good bye to my dozenfiances! So I will be going there as the man in command! I will give you the right coordinates and maps where to start digging.Soyou go in this trip?The voice asked.Of course ! I will be there, waiting for my prompt returnIll pay you handsomely now, and the rest at our went back! What do you say about that?Perion asked, and thevoice replied: All right, buddy! Come to my place with the maps and dont forget tobring me the money!Of course, man. See you!Bye.The voice said. Perion returns to that table, but the lady was gone. A waiter appears, saying: Dinner for one, Sir?Yes, Pancho. Bring me a couple of bottles of wine, tooIm celebrating!The waiter laed, and departs to comply with the order.

    The lights dims and the scene was now at the opposite corner of the stage. An iron door is visibly on a brick wall; Perion appears, pressed a white rectangle onthe door; it opens with a rasping noisein front of him there is a man dressed ina black and silver uniform, looking intently.Captain Nogar at home?Yes.Im Perion, your passenger and the man in charge of this expedition. Nice to meet you.He said, while the other let him pass insidethen, by a corridor, he guided Perion to a small room where Captain Nogar was seated playing cards with two other men.Hi, Perion! Takes a seat! Were finishing a game, here.Nogar said, puffing smoke froa pipe. Soon he was winning the game, and the rest went out, grumbling their defeat. Nogar pocketed a handful of money, and said: So you are going with us!

    Yeah, theres no way out of this! It is because the gains are much.Perion said, lookng at the stained glasses that were on the table.Welcome, of course. Im glad you go with usthe mining fields have a lot of work to do; and Im only a spaceships captain! Profits and percentages are your lot; mine, its a nice wage.Nogar said, handling him a cigar, which Perion lights with a match.Were to depart as soon as some other passengers arrivesno problem with themyou juststorage them on the deep sleep coffins you have.Perion said, meaning the cryogenicpods.Some people calls them hibernation tanks, cryogenic pods or chambers of deep sleep. The truth its we get in there and loose a chunk of our life, for sure.Nogar sai

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    d.The machinery will be ready in a week, same with the passengers! Where do you have your spaceship?Perion asked.Orbiting the planet! But you just go to the space port, Pole 4, Section Btheres a nice shuttle craft thereable to carry all the load you want to the orbit! Lets puta date to our departure, shall we?_ Nogar asked.All right, the 151st day of this year. But of course, we must start before that with the carrying of machinery.Perion said.My shuttle is there right now! You can begin taking your stuff right now, and beready by that date.Nogar said, puffing at his cigarthe room was now blurred with somany smoke.So be it! Ill start making things tick! Bye, Nogar.Perion said, standing from his cair, but the hand of Nogar retains him at the chair, while he said: Wait! Give mesome juice now, buddy! Too many words and no cash?Perion gives him a check, and said: Its forty grandenough to put a smile on your face?Of course, patron!Nogar said, laughing.The lights goes dim, and then appears a shuttle craft posed on the ground of a spaceport, and trucks and other vehicles coming and going from itthen another scene shows the interior of a space cargo vessel, and Captain Nogar was a corridor,saying: All the passengers to the Pods! No time to waste!And some crewmen in black guide them through the corridorPerion appears saying: Ihadnt eat a sandwich in six hours! Give me a cup of coffee, Nogar!You better go with an empty stomach! Youll save yourself from an infection! Chambe

    r six for our patron!And a crewman guided him along the corridor54Perion said: Is he always so funny?No, Sir. Sometimes he is worst!The crewman chuckled.The Scene now shows captain Nogar on the main cabinin front of him (back of the stage) a huge screen shows stars and constellationsobviously, a front view of thesky seeing from the prow of the cargo spaceship.55A man at the right seat said: Two months to the best departing point, Captain! Full throttle in one hour!Yes, Warp 5 must be maintained. The I.A. electric people will be in charge from now on.Nogar said.

    Well get hibernated.Of course, two months of eating and drinking its too much waste.Captain Nogar saidDo you trust in those coordinates they give you?Why not? /Furthermore, the Brana 2 is a total mystery nowadays. Any planetary system is as good as the next.Captain Nogar said, yawning.The scene changes and at the background the cargo spaceship was seen speeding towards a wormholecrossing it in a flash, and reappearing in front of a huge red planet coming on its accustomed orbit.56On the main cabin, two robots looking like persons said: Planet ahead.Robot 2: No time to awaking Captain Nogar.Robot 1: Never minds that. We are in collision course.The electronic man said, punching a big red button, giving the alarm through the whole cargo spaceship; robot

    #1 said: Planet unavoidable. Crash is imminent.Well try to circle the planet. Set engines at full power.A grinding noise was heard. The scene now turns in red hues. A voice said: Main engine failure. The auxiliary engines are now in use.The scene changes to a primeval forest, with high hills to the right. Suddenly aroaring, approaching sound, and a huge machine appears descending from the sky,then avoids a total crash by turning to the left, and begin chopping tree trunks like they were boiled carrots. The spaceship ends its flight stomping on a group of boulders with a bang; a cloud of dirt and smoke darkened the view for someseconds.

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    57The scene changes and the view travels through corridors that had light in somesections onlythe floor is wet with blood; corpses are lying everywhere, some of them not humans (cables and wires are seeing protruding from gashes at their bodies). Cracking noises all around, air hoses releasing hot fumes.The Captain Nogar is seen half buried below a huge machinea crack on a side showsthe green foliage of a forest.A man appears and walked out of the spaceshiphes a middle aged man, Doctor Teciolar (Maschio Latigofagorten). He is seeing dragging people out of the crashed spaceshipa funereal music is playing all along this scene, together with soft explosions, grinding noises and puffs of vapor from the wreckage.There were several bodies lying on the ground, and doctor Teciolar leaning on them until night come and darkness fell over the sceneonly stars and shadows are seeing now.The daybreak come and there were now six able persons and eleven injured ones, plus doctor Teciolar changing bandages.When Perions shift arrives, doctor Teciolar said: You will be resting here, my friend. You have a big concussion on your head. I dont want to see you walking around at least after one or two days more!And he gives him a fruit to eat.Oh, my head throbs! The movements to eat this fruit makes me puke!Perion said, andlater he vomits.Teciolar says: By the look of it (the vomit)58Your stomach was retaining some blood inside. No great deal, but enough to make

    you throw.Several sketches shows some healthier men collecting fruits, and the doctor looking on broken legs, and at night fall, doctor Teciolar and others lit a fire next to the group. One of the injured men die, and Doctor Teciolar sent others to dig and bury the corpse.Morning come, and Perion try to stand up but fails. Doctor Teciolar approaches,saying: You cannot be asking for a quick recovery without proper care! The brainis a delicate organ; it was sure a nice blow you get inside the spaceship!Certainly it was, Doctor! I felt my brain swimming up there, turning around whenI move my head sidewise.Perion informed.Dont move it! One of the natural ways to surpass this shock you received, its to stay put.The doctor Teciolar recommended.59

    Then a series of short vistas or sketches ensuedpeople clearing he place next tothe wreckage, planning beams to prevent animals that prowl by night, and the first snow. Doctor Teciolar speaks when everyone was resting from the days labors: The fruits will collapse soon and we must turn ourselves in hunters rather than ingatherers.A man said; I can shoot an arrow to a fly and hit it! Just give me time to make abow and some arrows!You, an archer, Mr. Rashog? From mechanic to hunter in a single crash!Some other man said, laughing.60Doctor Teciolar pointed to a man lying on the ground, and said: I am worried about Rabol! He have some kind of fever I cannot quench!That same man was found dead, at the next morning, and again the remaining crew

    digs a hole on the ground, burying him at noon time.61Perion now could walk and with the others went to hunt at the forest. As he hasno bow or lance, he was making traps for the animals using knotted branches.A man was near him, who said: We will find animals in these traps! I am sure there are many hidden species around here. Too wild to show up, of course.Perion was left alone braiding weeds and suddenly behind some trees, he saw a quadruped with a white headhe moves, startled, and that animal goes in a second.He takes the cord and finding that man seeing before, he said: I saw a freaky animal down there! It was very spooky!

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    I had seen several animalsthat we could hunt and roast!The man said, laughing. Perin replied: I could swear it has a humanlike head, but the rest was like a dog!62The man said; Wow! I remember some tales! Half animal, half dog! Human! Hope youdidnt see one of those!Perion said: I am not sureit was there just for a second!Well, you could close your eyes the next time it appears!The man said, laughing hisown remark.Perion was going to retort, when a growling voice was heard: both men jumped ontheir feet and run to the woods, finding some kind of half sizes dinosaur struggling to get free from a trap.Stone it!The man said, and with rocks they end the life of that creature. Using scraps of metal from the wreckage, they stripped and cut the animallater they roastit, while everyone looks. When ready, each one received a piece from Perions handsand perhaps because he saw so much half roasted meat, he didnt eat.Doctor Teciolar approaches and gives him some fruit, saying: I know the feeling,young man! Take this!Thanks, doctor.Perion said, smiling.63The face of Perion enlarged on the screen, asleepit fades and yes, its on some bushes, sleeping. Doctor Teciolar appears in a hurry, awakening him and saying Wakeup! Theres trouble!Perion stands upeveryone was moaning and saying their stomachs hurt and they werehaving pain at their arms and legs.

    What is the cause, doctor?Perion asked.Im sure its trichinosis! He was with his hands lying at the sides. Im also sick havent drugs to fight this!The man said: I barely could move my arms and my head is about to explode!The doctor said: that animal you kill! Must have been with the disease already!I didnt eat meat! So Im safe?Perion asked.I will remember to be a vegetarian in my next life!Moaned the doctor64The scene changes to black, and then Perion is arriving to a cave on a mountain.He is alone and to prevent animals to crawl inside, but when doing that, a dog-like creature appearsit has long hair and a human female face! Daron looked at it in terror but didnt move.The being barked something, looking at him. Perion said: Pretty doggy!

    The animal moves its tailobviously doesnt fit in the realm of dinosaursit was clearly a mammal being. It grows dark, and the animal keeps on being there.Perion close the entrance and prepares to sleep. Two hours later, he heard a growl from a big animal, and the small creature yelped for help, rasping and scratching the rocks with its paws.As he realizes the danger, he said: Silence! Silence or the beast will catch up with you and me! And so, he let the animal gets inas soon as it enters, he closes the gapthe growling faints and he said: Well, that was very close!65He went to sleep, and in the morning (the light at the stage grows) and the people could see that the she-dog was sleeping close to Perions legs.Nice dog!He said when awakeninghe walked out, and departed to the forest, looking fr fruits. He also found a pond, and when washing himself there, the dog with a h

    uman head also bathed, with her face now looking clearly.Several scenes ensued: Perion walking and the strange dog trotting along; sleeping, and the shedog at his side, until some kind of barking66language was developed among them. To Perions amazement, the brain capacity of that creature was not to be disdained, in one of those scenes, he said to the she-dog: Certainly someone makes you half humanhalf dog through genetic manipulationarethere more of you?The she-dog pointed with a paw in some direction, half yelping half speaking.Lets go there to see them!He said, but the she-dog mimic a big dog, showing the tee

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    h and67bristling the hairs at her back.Oh, wild dogs?Perion asked, and the she-dog yelped in accordance, and he laughed about it.That night and in the obscurity of the cave, unmistakably sounds of a sex relation was heard, and in the morning the womans head was at his chest, with the dog appearance at a side.The realization of what he had donned befell unto Perion, who run to the river in despair, with the she-dog happily trotting at his wake!68And in here was the first break of the play; a time to think in what was seen andthe necessary time to recover the sense for what was about to happen.People went to the bathroom or to the Foyer to buy something to drink or eat. Also, it was a time to interchange opinions about the play.Mr. Boskon Korbl has his informants, people hired to listen what the important persons says about the playand he receives good newsthey said its a nice playwomen laughing about a she-dog, but males are saying its history.Boskon said: Thanks for this information, and remember to applaud and yell at theend of this play. We need a success to keep on going.Yes, sir!The nine assistants replied and returns immediately to their seats, because the actors were ready to keep on.The curtains went up, and the scene was the same cavethis time a lot of humanoiddogs were at the cave Perion appeared, blandishing a stick and the she dog behin

    d him.Get away, you dogs!Perion said, trying to hit someone with the stick\A big dog stops barking and said; He is a human!Another said: -- I saw him before. Twice! He lives in this cave! And he has nothunted our Bellane!Bellane, come up here! A she dog half barked, half speak in the tongue of man.Perion was surprised to hear them talk and said. How is that you can talk?69I am the daughter of Astor the Hunter! This that you see here are Torio, Sake, Rizka and Myrna! Our little Bellane, daughter of Rizka, was lost, but now we see that you had it in here!Good to know you! Perion said, half amazed to be talking with Humanoid dogs.Rizka said: our little Bellane cannot speak by nowshes only two years old. At four

    years of age our vocal cords are able to work with as little air as our lungs are capable to give and then we can speak the language of Man.A growling sound was heard. Torio, the big male, said: Its big and eats meat. We better leaveour smell is attracting it. Come on with uswe dont eat meat.The whole group was around him and they walked through the forest.How many more of you are in this forest?Perion asked. Rizka the mature shedog saide are but one family but we expect to grow and have a share of this planet. We already know, thanks to Grandpa Astor, that there are several sentient species onthis planet.And do you know the name of this planet?Perion asked.This is Knapp.Rizka the shedog answered.After eating fruits, Rizka said: I wonder if you want to be with humans. There is a city not far from here.

    70Perion, who was not willing to spent time with doglike people, said: I will be glad to know where they are.In that direction.Rizka said, pointing with her tail.Perion said: Well, its still morning. I guess this is good bye.Good bye.Torio, the big male, said, going away with his pack. Perion was seen walking by the woods, and the night come soon, so he search for a place to sleep, among branches and bushes. When the morning comes, he awoke and saw that a big shedog was at his side.What!He yelled, standing up.

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    I am Rizka! Dont get afraid!The shedog said, and added: I am sure you dont mind ad you to town?Perion said: You can go with me, but remember71Youll be away from the pack!Rizka laughed, trotting in front of him, showing her buttocksas she was not wholly a dog, Perion admire her body at a certain amountthe shedog was a meter eighty centimeters long and seventy centimeters high. Her hair was long and blackexcept in the face, that was like a womans.She finds fruits on some bushes and they eat; the sun was shining bright but a breeze was blowing so the heat was bearable.Perion saw some mountains ahead and said: are those mountains dangerous to cross?I have never come this far, so I cannot tell you. But Torio did, and he told me that theres a pass between those mountains.When the night came, they find a shelter on the roots of a big tree. There was asnoring sound72In the vicinity, and she said: That must be a rairl.What is a Rairl? Meat eater?Perion asks.Rairls eat plants.Good to hear that!Perion said.I smell fear in you.Rizka said.Me, fear? Im not afraid.Perion said, and Rizka get close to him, who was lying betwen roots, and kissed him with her human lips. Soon they were kissing each other,

    and then they make love.At dawn, Rizka said: Guess Ill be going now.Why? Its too far from your home-den. I meanPerion was saying, and Rizka said: I wif you get attached to me?_ And kissed him.Of course. That is the cause you must accompany me further.Perion said, kissing heravidly.Durint the next three days, with scenes of them walking by day and moaning by night, they crossed the mountains and arrives to a plaina city was in sight.There is the city of man!Rizka said, pointing with her lean tail.Its beautiful; a walled city.Perion said.Nightfall is closing on us. Do you want another night together?Rizka asked, smiling.Yes.Perion said, and the scene of that night was real hot.

    The next scene was showing him presenting to the guards at the gate.Who are you and what businesses have you here?A bored guard asks him.Im Perion the merchant, and I wish to speak with the governor.Perion replied.Very well, a reunion with the Governor! I guess you want to have a chat with theman? And about what issue?The guard asked, ironically.I know many secrets: how to build things.Perion said.All right, wait me here!The guard said, and went to the other corner of the scenery, where now there was a fat officer eating something from a plate.Sergeant Owoerfion! Theres a guy who wants to talk with the governor! He said hehas inventions to sell.73Must be another wacko! Bring him in!The sergeant said. When Perion arrives in frontof him, the sergeant said: From where are you, Sir?

    From Janarvia, a planet from the constellation of Pisces. My vessel crashes beyond those mountains, all crewmen dies! I have knowledge Im sure you could use.Perionsaid optimistically.I see. Well, I will call on the governor. Guard! Please show this man our guest room.Yes, Sir.The first guard said, smiling, and soon Perion was inside a cell with locked doors. The night come and nobody went to see him.At the next scene, it was daylightSergeant Oweorfion appears with a lady, who said: I am lady Goshingerion; so you come from Janarvia?Yes, lady! My vessel crashed beyond the mountains. Perion said.

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    Im sorry to hear that. The last person from Janarvia arrives here several years ago, and was very clever.Lady Goshingerion said, and turning her head to the sergeant, she said: Carry this man to the royal palace and tell there he needs a bath and new clothes.Yes, Madam.The sergeant said.The next scene shows him taking a bath in a luxury room; maids gives him new clothes; days passed and he eats the food they give him and rest the whole daythis,for many days. Then, one morning a guard come into his bedchamber, saying: The Queen Maculla request to see you immediately, Sir.Im ready.Perion said, standing from his bed.The new scene shows a richly decorated room, a small throne and the queen seatedthere, surrounded by four elder women in dark red robes. The Queen Urta lookedat him for a moment, and said: You are the Janarvian? Tell me if you can improveour finances!Perion said; I know about strategies to increase sells and have good profits, Your Majesty.Queen Urta Maculla said: Good. But dont fail on me, Sir. I will recommend your services to the king himself. You can go now.Perion was guided to a new locationhis quarters now were more luxuriously furnished and has seven assistants (three males and four females).74The maids guide him to take a bath, rubbing his body with soap and their bare hands. He said: I wonder if they call on me, Ill be soaking wet!Oh, no, Sir! The court does not work in the afternoons!A maid informs him.

    After that bath, he rest on a sofa. The guards appear, saying: you will be attending a dinner with his Majesties!All right! Im going!He said, putting on a pair of sandals to his feet.The royal dinning room was huge. The king was already seated and eating from several dishes at random at his side was Queen Urta Maculla . The guests were milling in front of their table, but cannot eat except from some tables at the otherside of the room.This lasted for two hours; from time to time, a larger man robbed in black callson the people and asks questions in the name of the King, who apparently was indifferent to the answers.When Perion was called by the Chamberlain, the question was: From where are you ,foreigner, and what do you want from our Majesty?I am Perion from Janarvia planet and I am offering my financial skills for the be

    nefit of His Majesty!Quite understable. You can go eating now.The Chamberlain said, so Daron walked to aside table and eats something, wondering about the queer way of things the Knappian King had in his inner circle.Later, the King went out of the room by a side door, followed by Queen Urta, andsome noblementhe rest went out of there, chatting and laughing.One of the maids at his charge takes him by the hand, saying: I am Ballaria, thechief of your servants. I will guide you to an important person.Soon they were in front of an old man seated behind a huge mahogany desk full ofpapers. That man said: So you are the Janarvian. I am75The Ministry of the Royal Treasure Chamber. They told me about youan expert in finances! Here we have more outgoings than incomings.

    I wish I could be able to revert the situation, Ministry.Perion said.Very well, start with this bookand tell me what you think of it.The Ministry said, andling it to him. Perion looked and said: Sorry, But I dont know this signs! Yourlanguage I did understand, but not your writing.My friend from above! You should learn them! Remember: numbers here are only ten!How many signs do you think they were?The Ministry asked.Ten? Then Im sure I will be revising your books as soon as I memorize those ten figures!Perion said, relieved.The Ministry teaches him, and Perion begin to read, using his knees to sustain the book. The Ministry said: No, No! Take a seat! Use a desk!And he make way for Per

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    ion to use the other side of the mahogany deskalso, he gives him a penholder, paper and a bottle of black ink to write.After some minutes, the Ministry said: Guards!Perion raise his head, afraid he was going to be taking out, but the Ministry said to the Guards: This person has permission to stay working in here! Bring me mystretcher! Youll be carrying me home! The damned gout is killing me!When the Ministry was already on the stretcher, he turns to Perion and said: Janarvian! You will revise those seven volumes and when finished, you just tell my Chief of the Guards that you want to see me! Guards! Take me home!And he was gone. Perion sighed and walked around the big but stuffed room, and then seats to study those copybooks. The day was at an end, hours later, and a guard comes in, saying: We are closing the office now, Sir. Please come back tomorrow.Perion said: But Im new in towncall on my maids to carry me home.Your place is very near this palace, Sir. At the next block to the right. I willdirect you there.The guard said.Which is your name?-- Perion asked.Pitzar, Sir.All right, Pitzar, lets get going!Perion said, and he was guided to the stony buildng while people walking by the street looked at him with overt curiosity. They arrived to a stone buildingwalking to the other extreme of the stageand soon Perionwas inside a luxurious bathroom, where the maids clean his body with soap and warm water on a bathtub. He has the same routine for three daysat the fourth; he asks to be presented to Gowen the Minister of the Treasuresoon he was at Gowens hom

    e, presenting his report.Gowen reads the papers and said: So theres four millions and two thousand Credits(sopes) missing! Well its not so surprisingly! The King has access to the vaultsany time he needs it.Perion accented with the head, and the Ministry said; So we know where that moneygoeswith no trace on any copybook.I am sorry to hear that, Ministry. Perion said.Who cares? Perion asked, and calls for two dishes with soup to a maid. Soon they brought them soup and a small bread to eat; they did it on the desk, and then theMinistry said; Hot stuff, isnt it? I like to take soup this way!They finished the soup and Minister Gowen said: And tomorrow some tax collectorsofficers are going to deliver some money at my office! You will be there to collect the bags, because Im with this gout that is killing me! And dont try to cheat