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...why would anybody do that?

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They wouldn't, which is why he's not worried about thereby prompting alien intervention.

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Countries with varying levels of reluctance arrange angeling. Some of them insist on the marked IDs for ex-reds even though it is explained that this will affect their ability to extract funding from the reds.

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Are they planning to prosecute people who murder their ex-reds like they'd prosecute people who murder anyone else.

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Cross that bridge when they come to it.

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"Telkam -"

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"Yeah, you bet."

 

He gets a boyfriend to make him a projector he can use to summon fairies. He gets a different boyfriend to pay the fairies. He doesn't have enough for one-per-ex-red but he can make it work if they move in groups. Ex-reds will have bodyguard aliens since their government is not adequately committed to their protection.

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It's hard to find that many fairies who are willing to agree to not tell random people how to summon daeva.

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The minute they do that tens of millions of people will be murdered. Just so they're clear on that.

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"I just have your word on that, man," says a fairy.

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"If you want to spend a while reading our internet you're welcome to."

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"Sure, sounds fun. This is a huge project though, somebody'll probably slip."

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"It's not a slip, it's teaching someone something complicated."

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"It's not complicated if you want somebody in particular without a binding, 's just a circle that says I summon the fairy whoever."

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Sigh.

 

 

Telkam announces that if any country fails to prosecute people who attack ex-reds, Anrik will arrest the persons responsible and execute them itself with the help of their alien allies. 

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"That's a really bad idea."

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"I know what I'm doing."

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"No! You don't!"

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Telkam and a girlfriend spy on countries' private communications.

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There's a lot of stuff to go through.

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Well, yeah, he has her conjure it regularly and then searches for references to reds, his name, aliens, Anrik, and planned operations. He can hire some ex-reds to help.

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Ex-reds assist. Things they find include:

- Countries debating whether to just dump their angeled reds on Anrik
- Elaborate extermination fantasies presumably intended to blow off steam based on recipient lists and level of formality
- Persistent bewilderment about his caste
- Confusion about how much prosecution would be enough prosecution (surely he doesn't expect anyone to actually convict? they could have trials?)
- Copious frustration that they can't directly talk to the aliens except for the angels who don't seem to know much or aren't talking

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He clarifies that you do in fact need to convict them or he'll do it himself. He has his boyfriend of the day dye his hair black.

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Sometimes the cops actually arrest the wrong person!

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Oh he and the aliens would be delighted to help using mysteriously advanced alien forensics!

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