Title: In Times Of Trouble
Series: Chronicle
Writer: P E Leody
SYNOPIS: MANKIND PROGRESSES THROUGH ITS TRICKY LIFE WITH ONE WISH OUTSTANDING. EVENTUALLY WHEN REDUCED TO MERE ENERGY SOURCE THE VALIDITY OF THIS WISH IS BROUGHT INTO REPUTE
PAGE 1
WOMAN: I WISH, I WISH, I WISH
WOMAN: I WISH, I KNEW EVERYTHING
CONNIE: IT IS SO
WOMAN: I WISH, I WISH, I WISH. I WISH TO MASTER OF MY DOMAIN
WOMAN: IT IS SO, CLOTHE YOURSELF
CONNIE: THAT'S 2 OF YOUR 3 WISHES CHOOSE YOUR 3RD VERY CAREFULLY, GOODBYE
WOMAN: I WISH, I WISH
MAN: NOT NOW DARLING, LETS SAVE A WISH UNTIL TOMORROW
WOMAN: WHATEVER YOU WISH
MAN: NO ONLY WHEN WE AGREE TO
PAGE 2
Caption: AND SO WE KEPT BACK THE FINAL WISH UNTIL IT WAS REALLY NECESSARY.
Caption: WE SURVIVED SOME THOUGH TIMES. ONE OF THE EARLIEST STILL ON RECORD WAS A TYRANNICAL RULER
Caption: HE HAD AN EYE FOR THE LADIES
Caption: THEY LIVED A DANGEROUS LIFE, ON A KNIFE EDGE LITERALLY
Caption: HE MET WITH VIOLENT OPPOSITION IN EXCHANGING THEM WHEN THEY BROKE
Caption: AND CAME UP WITH THE MOSTLY DRASTIC REVENGE SOLUTION
Caption: BUT IF THE WISH WAS NOT USED FOR THE SAKE OF ONE MAN IT WOULD NOT BE USED FOR A RAT
Caption: A SINGLE RAT THAT ENTERED THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY
Caption: BRINGING WITH IT AN EVEN MORE UNWELCOME SURPRISE FROM ABROAD
Caption: THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD ITSELF WAS SUFFERING IN TORMENT
Caption: HOWEVER THE FEW BRAVE SURVIVORS DID NOT WISH THEMSELVES OF OUT IT
Caption: THINK NOT OF WHAT YOUR CAPITAL CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT MORE WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR CAPITAL
PAGE 3
Caption: THE COUNTRY WAS SPLIT BETWEEN THOSE POOR, TOO PROUD TO USE THE WISH
Caption: AND THOSE OPPRESSORS WHO WERE TOO ARROGANT
Caption: A REVOLUTION THREATENED TO MAKE THE POOR EVEN MORE OF A SUB CLASS
Caption: THEIR MEAGERNESS WAS REDUCED TO BEING WORTH NOTHING
Caption: BUT THEY DID NOT WISH THEMSELVES OUT OF THE PREDICAMENT
Caption: THEY LET THEMSELVES BE CAST OUT FOR THE GOOD OF THEIR COUNTRY'S FUTURE
Caption: WAR WAS THE MOST TRYING TIME, IT POLARISED PUBLIC OPINION. A WAR OF EMPIRE
Caption: A WAR DRAGGED INTO
Caption: A WAR TO END ALL WARS
Caption: A WAR THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
Caption: ALMOST BEATEN, ALMOST CRUSHED, ALMOST ANNIHILATED
Caption: THERE WERE MANY MEETINGS AND THE WISH WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP
Caption: THEY WOULD FIGHT THEM HERE, FIGHT THEM THERE, FIGHT THEM DEFINITELY EVERYWHERE
PAGE 4
Caption: IN THE ABSENCE OF MAJOR WARS, A POLITICAL STABILITY FROTHED AROUND THE PLANET
Caption: POWER PRESSED IN TO THE HANDS OF SINGULAR PEOPLE, GENERALLY PAST THE AGE WHEN THEY ARE BEST SERVED BY THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL FACULTIES
Caption: THE MOST POWERFUL NATION ON THE PLANET, WAS A YOUNG COUNTRY NOT ABLE TO GO AROUND EMPIRE BUILDING LIKE THE OLD DAYS
Caption: NASTY THINGS HAPPENED WHEN COMPLACENCY SET IN OVER THE THREAT OF WAR
Caption: SURELY IT WAS SO DEADLY NO ONE WOULD REALLY PUSH THE BUTTON
Caption: IT WAS ASSURED, SO THEY DIDN'T WISH
Caption: WHOOPS
Sfx: KERMUSHROOM
Caption: SO THERE WERE NO MORE WHOLE PEOPLE LEFT TO WISH
Caption: HUMANITY ONLY SURVIVED IN BITS AN PIECES
Caption: THEY REBUILT THEMSELVES AS BEST THEY COULD WITH THE BITS LYING AROUND
Caption: THEY WERE NOT UNITED IN THEIR PREDICAMENT
Caption: SOME CLAIMED THEY WERE MORE HUMAN THAN MACHINE, SOME MORE MACHINE THAN HUMAN
Caption: THIS WAS A QUESTION OF PURITY, THE WISH GRANTER WAS IMPURE TO BOTH SIDES
PAGE 5
Caption: STRIFE CONTINUED WHEN THE HUMAN RACE CEASED TO BE AND BECAME PURE ENERGY
ENERGY: MY ANCESTORS TAMED THESE LANDS
ENERGY: YOUR ANCESTORS WERE PHYSICAL BEINGS
ENERGY: WERE NOT
ENERGY: JUST BECAUSE YOURS COULD BE OUT THOUGHT BY A MACHINE
ENERGY: YOURS REQUIRED OTHERS TO DO YOUR BIDDING
ENERGY: YOURS BELIEVED THERE WAS A HIGHER AUTHORITY THAT THEY COULD CALL ON AT ANY TIME AND WOULD WIELD IMMENSE POWERS
ENERGY: THAT'S GOING TO FAR
ENERGY: ARE YOU SAYING I'M IN THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM
ENERGY: YOU'RE SO VISIBLE YOU'D BE ABSORBED BY A BLACK HOLE
Caption: THEN LETS CALL FOR THE HIGHER AUTHORITY
CONNIE: WOW IT'S BEEN ALONG TIME, YOU HAVE LET YOURSELF GO
ENERGY: IS IT TRUE TO CAN GRANT US ANYTHING
CONNIE: JUST, ONE MORE TIME
ENERGY: WE WISH TO KNOW EVERYTHING
CONNIE: ONLY 2 CAN KNOW
Sfx: KERBANG
ENERGY: DO IT
CONNIE: IT IS SO
CONNIE: GOODBYE, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN NOW
MAN: WHO IS THAT AND WHY IS SHE COVERED UP
WOMAN: I WISH I KNEW
CONNIE: IN YOUR DREAMS
PunDing.com/skript/51121
