Title: My Kingdom For A Choice
Series: Chronicle
Writer: P E Leody
SYNOPIS: AN APPROACHING ASTEROID ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH CAUSES A TYRANT MONARCH TO TURN TO OPPRESSED SCIENTISTS FOR HELP.
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Caption: MONARCHY IS A KIND WORD, THIS WAS MORE OF A TYRANNY. ULTIMATE RULE, SUPREME POWER, WHEN THERE WAS GOVERNMENT TO GET IN THE WAY
Caption: THIS DOES NOT GENERATE SECURITY IT GENERATE PARANOIA
KING: GO OUT AN ELIMINATE THOSE THAT THREATEN MY RULE
Caption: THE DIVINE ORDER OF WIZARDS AND THE DARK ARTS WERE PASSED BY
Caption: THE NOT SO DIVINE DISORDER OF POLICEMEN AND TORTURERS RECEIVED NO VISIT
Caption: BUT THOSE WEIRD SCIENTISTS, THOSE SMUG GEEKS WITH THEIR STRANGE IDEAS AND BIZARRE CONCOCTIONS, GOT THE FULL TREATMENT
GUARD: ARE YOU GOING TO COME QUIETLY OR DEAD QUIETLY
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Caption: THE MONARCHY WAS SECURE ONCE MORE, APART FROM THERE WERE A FEW LESS PEOPLE TO COLLECT TAXES FROM
Caption: ITS LONELY AT THE TOP AND THERE ARE ONLY A FEW PEOPLE CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING AND ASSURANCE
GUARD: WHERE'S MY ASTROLOGER
GUARD: THE KING WANTS YOU NOW
ASTROLOGER: NO GOOD, LOST THE POWER LIKE, MY MOTHER
KING: WHAT IS ONE'S FORTUNE WOMAN
ASTROLOGER: SIRE THE SKIES HAVE TURNED AGAINST ME, THEY NO LONGER TALK TO ME, THEY ARE TAINTED IN THEIR WISDOM
ASTROLOGER: STARS ARE DISAPPEARING, I FEEL THE WORLD IS ENDING
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Caption: THE END OF THE WORLD IS CONSIDERED A PERSONAL ATTACK ON THE MONARCHY
Caption: YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE ONE TRUSTS, FIND A WAY TO STOP THE WORLD ENDING OR DIE TRYING
KING: AND IF ONE FIND YOU'VE BEEN MEDDLING WITH ONES ASTROLOGER
PRINCE: UNDERSTOOD FATHER,
Caption: THE DIVINE ORDER OF WIZARDS AND THE DARK ARTS WERE PASSED BY
Caption: THE NOT SO DIVINE DISORDER OF POLICEMEN AND TORTURERS RECEIVED NO VISIT
PRINCE: MY FATHER THE KING REQUIRES YOUR HELP ON A SCIENTIFIC MATTER
SCIENTIST: SCIENCE IS NOBODIES MASTER
PRINCE: HE BELIEVES THE END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH
SCIENTIST: ONLY IF HE'S DISCOVERED THE SECRET OF IMMORTALLY OR LEARNT HOW TO TRANSFER HEALTHY ORGANS
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Caption: HAVE YOU COME TO LIVE OR TO DIE
PRINCE: FATHER ONE BEGS YOUR INDULGENCE AND ASK THAT ONE DOES NOT PRY INTO ONES METHODS, THEY MAY BE BLASPHEMOUS, ILLEGAL AND DANGEROUS
KING: EXCELLENT. SEEMS LIKE THIS MISSION HAS TURNED ONE INTO A MAN AT LAST, OUR DYNASTY IS SECURE
PRINCE: ONE IS MORE MODERN THAN ONE'S FATHER, HOWEVER AS ROYALTY ONE CANNOT BE TOLD ANYTHING, ONE MUST DISCOVER IT FOR MYSELF, SO YOU WILL TEACH ONE
SCIENTIST: FIRST LESSON GRAMMAR
PRINCE: IF ONE DOES IT, SORRY, IF I DO IT, IT IS NOT TREASON
PRINCE: SIX MONTHS OF TUITION AND POLLUTING MY PURE BLOOD, SORRY ONES PURE BLOOD, WITH HERESY AND ALL I HAD TO DO TO FIND THE PROBLEM WAS LOOK UP
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KING: WELCOME SON HOW HAS ONE FARED?
PRINCE: I, SORRY, ONE HAS MADE A QUITE OBVIOUS DISCOVERY, THE EXPLANATION IS SO SIMPLE, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SCIENCE IT IS PLAIN COMMON SENSE
KING: THE WORD COMMON IMPLIES ANY URCHIN COULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS, YET ONE DID NOT AND ONE DOES NOT CONSIDER ONESELF TO BE COMMON
PRINCE: HISTORY RECORDS OUR REALM THE SUN ROTATES AROUND ONE. THE IS ANOTHER LUMP OF ROCK OBSCURING THE STARS BEING DRAGGED IN TOWARDS US. AND HERE ENDETH THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
PRINCE: HOWEVER IN FACT IF THE SUN IS STATIONARY AND ALL ELSE ROTATES AROUND IT THE ROCK IS DRAGGED TOWARDS ONE BUT WILL MISS ONE
PRINCE: DAD, IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE BASED ON OBSERVATION
KING: WHAT TREACHERY IS THIS, CALL THE EXECUTIONER, KILL ONES SON. EITHER ONE IS RIGHT AND ONE PERISHES OR ONE IS WRONG AND ONE IS DETHRONED
PRINCE: TIME WILL TELL FATHER
KING: FIND THIS TIME AND LOCK HIM UP
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