
Counterattack and so long
Synopsis: In the following, clever actors are chatting in the background while natural disasters wreak havoc in all but one continent. That is, things are getting pretty messy. Luckily, cholesterol levels remain low and almost everyone attempts to monitor their health stats on a daily basis.
Looking back at gardens and solar flares, folding their dirty laundry, gossiping about a lovely soldier of fortune, counting down to thirty one unblinded by the shallow light beams, prepping for the worst, looking up at the heavens, walking on eggshells, deciphering your last will while sipping a piña colada, compiling data solely for storage purposes — you name it.
That being said, we have a plan:
On-board a long/far away vehicle ← this will be our headquarters
Next to the filthy/fortunate architect ← this will be our quartermaster
Above corrupt bodies and corpses/lapses ← this will be used as decoy
That being said, we also have a penetration strategy:
We will infiltrate enemy lines. We will corroborate every piece of favorable evidence. We will exfiltrate friendly elements. We will turn them on with our alternative vision of society. We will eradicate traces of the past. We will recode the notebook. We will break into their lives. We will replace the executive team. We will surround them with holographic images of ourselves. We will be irresistible. We will surprise ourselves and let our best colonels take initiatives regarding what to do next. We will, believe me.
And rest assured that we are planning for contingencies:
What if Rob, what if Christy. What if we change our minds. What if we need more horsepower or a cheval-de-frise. What if the compound resists the best of our abilities. What if there’s a ghost in the vault where the notebook is hidden. What if the sun goes down and we don’t see jack in the dark.
innuendo: where have you been, I wonder why, I guess we might
innuendo: just you and I know about the backdoor and so be it
innuendo: remains will be remains and jigsaws
innuendo: to reverse any meaning say it again to my face
innuendo: the band stopped playing, it may be time to go unless they agree to an encore or stick around for a photo shoot
And what if they retaliate by letting go their demons and we are sitting here unprepared in the shade not knowing if this will ever end and why we got so involved with such a grand operation we could have just pursued our miserable destiny and maybe love would have saved us apart, oh…
Unaware of the future and so forth, while oblivious was replacing theatrical, Rob began his journey to Italy, but it was likely too late already, the tree was fading away, the drones had stopped buzzing near the horizon, the war was on pause during the blink of an eye, everything was still and subdued by the pond, achieving nothing else but a dreamy state of silent reluctance
What Happens Next? June the thirty first or Plot extraordinaire or Una romanza monumentale or The wired book of lucid little secrets or The porcupine forest or Per Spec.
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