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not good enough
Chapter 10
>Not Good Enough
>Tomorrow? Half the galaxy? Natural world order? What the hell is any of this?
>Is the bomb going off tomorrow? There has to be a bomb, BUT WHERE? Would Val even bother to help you disarm it if you guys found it?
>What is happening? A planet that hosts the beauty and excitement of life is going to destroy itself and so many others for what?
>Coming to this planet, doing this job, it was all a mistake. If it all comes to such a brutal end, why even enjoy it? Why entertain myself with something that I know will end? Why go through this pain right now of grieving something that has yet to even succumb? It’s not worth it. It’ll never be worth it.
>Is the bomb going off tomorrow? There has to be a bomb, BUT WHERE? Would Val even bother to help you disarm it if you guys found it?
>What is happening? A planet that hosts the beauty and excitement of life is going to destroy itself and so many others for what?
>Coming to this planet, doing this job, it was all a mistake. If it all comes to such a brutal end, why even enjoy it? Why entertain myself with something that I know will end? Why go through this pain right now of grieving something that has yet to even succumb? It’s not worth it. It’ll never be worth it.
>Val has been pretty strict about listening to BOSS and fleeing the planet as soon as you get your answer. Although the answer is still unclear, Val still looks determined to set things right. Her HEART OF GOLD shines through her terrifying anger.
>Meanwhile, our other COSMIC ANGEL is having his METAPHORCIAL GROWING SHADOWS OF DESPAIR return.
<VAL> Mib, what the FUCK do you mean by half the galaxy? What the fuck are you guys doin’ here? What was the whole point of this broadcast? What is happening tomorrow?
<MIB> HAVE Y0U GUYS NOT HEARD OF 0UR CAUSE? THE RECENT CATASTR0PHES THAT HAVE 0CCURRED IN 0UR VERY 0WN UNIVERSE?
>Meanwhile, our other COSMIC ANGEL is having his METAPHORCIAL GROWING SHADOWS OF DESPAIR return.
<VAL> Mib, what the FUCK do you mean by half the galaxy? What the fuck are you guys doin’ here? What was the whole point of this broadcast? What is happening tomorrow?
<MIB> HAVE Y0U GUYS NOT HEARD OF 0UR CAUSE? THE RECENT CATASTR0PHES THAT HAVE 0CCURRED IN 0UR VERY 0WN UNIVERSE?
[M] - The Last Judgement
<MIB> THE TALE BEGINS LONG AG0 THAT G0D CAME TO 0UR VERY PLANET AND WARNED US AB0UT THE REBIRTH 0F A NEW UNIVERSE. YEARS LATER, PLANETS STARTED DISAPPEARING 0UT 0F N0 WHERE. R0GUE PLANETS, ENTIRE S0LAR SYSTEMS, AND EVEN GALAXIES, G0NE WITH0UT A TRACE.
<MIB> EVERY0NE HERE AT N3R-DV13W DIDN’T BELIEVE THE TALE, UNTIL WE SAW TH0SE PLANETS DISAPPEAR WITH 0UR VERY 0WN EYES. N0W, WE WANT T0 PLEASE 0UR MIGHTY BEING AND HELP HIM EXPEDITE THE PR0CESS.
<MIB> WE HAVE MADE IT 0UR S0LE PURP0SE 0F LIVING T0 FINISH THE J0B. WE WILL WIPE 0UT 0URSELVES ALONG WITH HALF 0UR GALAXY.
<MIB> EVERY0NE HERE AT N3R-DV13W DIDN’T BELIEVE THE TALE, UNTIL WE SAW TH0SE PLANETS DISAPPEAR WITH 0UR VERY 0WN EYES. N0W, WE WANT T0 PLEASE 0UR MIGHTY BEING AND HELP HIM EXPEDITE THE PR0CESS.
<MIB> WE HAVE MADE IT 0UR S0LE PURP0SE 0F LIVING T0 FINISH THE J0B. WE WILL WIPE 0UT 0URSELVES ALONG WITH HALF 0UR GALAXY.
<VAL yells> And how the hell do you plan on doin’ that!? Wipin' out half the galaxy is nearly impossible! How are you guys going to manage that?
>Any sign of Val retreating from this job has vanished. Any sense of CONFUSION and UNCERTAINTY is gone as she is now clearly being MATURE and trying to solve this situation.
>That goddamn HEART OF GOLD.
>Any sign of Val retreating from this job has vanished. Any sense of CONFUSION and UNCERTAINTY is gone as she is now clearly being MATURE and trying to solve this situation.
>That goddamn HEART OF GOLD.
>Mib reaches under the control panel and grabs rolled-up blueprints. He lays them out right in front of our COSMIC ANGELS.
<VAL> What the hell is this…
<MIB> DEEP BEL0W GR0UND, US MIB HAVE C0NSTRUCTED 3 NEEDLES THAT SH00T INT0 0UR PLANET’S C0RE. WE HAVE 0VERL0ADED THE NEEDLES AND C0RE WITH ALL S0RTS 0F CHEMICALS AND ELEMENTS THAT ALL WE HAVE T0 D0 IS PUSH THE NEEDLES INT0 THE C0RE AND 0UR PLANET WILL EXPL0DE.
<MIB laughs> THE EXPL0SION WILL BE S0 CATSTR0PHIC IT WILL CAUSE 0THER STARS AND PLANETS T0 EXPL0DE INDUCING A CHAIN REACTI0N THAT'LL TRAVEL 600 LIGHT YEARS!
<VAL> What the hell is this…
<MIB> DEEP BEL0W GR0UND, US MIB HAVE C0NSTRUCTED 3 NEEDLES THAT SH00T INT0 0UR PLANET’S C0RE. WE HAVE 0VERL0ADED THE NEEDLES AND C0RE WITH ALL S0RTS 0F CHEMICALS AND ELEMENTS THAT ALL WE HAVE T0 D0 IS PUSH THE NEEDLES INT0 THE C0RE AND 0UR PLANET WILL EXPL0DE.
<MIB laughs> THE EXPL0SION WILL BE S0 CATSTR0PHIC IT WILL CAUSE 0THER STARS AND PLANETS T0 EXPL0DE INDUCING A CHAIN REACTI0N THAT'LL TRAVEL 600 LIGHT YEARS!
>The METAPHORICAL GROWING SHADOWS OF DESPAIR are starting to look too real as the situation becomes more dire.
<FINN> You’re laughing… All of the lives on this planet… All of the lives gone across this galaxy… and you’re laughing…
<MIB> THE PE0PLE ARE 0KAY WITH IT. EVERY0NE 0N THIS PLANET KN0WS 0UR CAUSE. IT HAS BEC0ME EVERY MIBS LIFE W0RK T0 W0RK WITH G0D. THE P0INT 0F THESE BR0ADCASTS ARE T0 LET 0THERS KN0W THE RULES 0F THE UNIVERSE. B0MB RUNS THOUSANDS 0F BR0ADCAST CHANNELS ALL MEANT T0 C0NVERT AND ACQUIRE THE ATTENTION 0F THE NEARBY CIVILIZATI0NS. WE HAVE BEEN VERY V0CAL AB0UT 0UR CAUSE. WHETHER THEY BELIEVE IT 0R N0T, THEY WILL KN0W ITS ALL TRUE AND THEN BE F0RCED T0 BELIEVE.
<FINN> You’re laughing… All of the lives on this planet… All of the lives gone across this galaxy… and you’re laughing…
<MIB> THE PE0PLE ARE 0KAY WITH IT. EVERY0NE 0N THIS PLANET KN0WS 0UR CAUSE. IT HAS BEC0ME EVERY MIBS LIFE W0RK T0 W0RK WITH G0D. THE P0INT 0F THESE BR0ADCASTS ARE T0 LET 0THERS KN0W THE RULES 0F THE UNIVERSE. B0MB RUNS THOUSANDS 0F BR0ADCAST CHANNELS ALL MEANT T0 C0NVERT AND ACQUIRE THE ATTENTION 0F THE NEARBY CIVILIZATI0NS. WE HAVE BEEN VERY V0CAL AB0UT 0UR CAUSE. WHETHER THEY BELIEVE IT 0R N0T, THEY WILL KN0W ITS ALL TRUE AND THEN BE F0RCED T0 BELIEVE.
<FINN> Beliefs, beliefs, beliefs! You’re running YOUR lives off beliefs, and now you’re making it a consequence for millions around you because of what YOU believe in. How many listeners do you guys even average when compared to the amount of lives at stake? Is this some majority vote win, or are you guys actually this stupid to kill everyone just because YOU BELIEVE IN IT?
<FINN> Who says your God would want you to kill all these people? What if he likes destroying these planets on his own and you guys are just butting in and being a bunch of assholes? What gives you the right to play God?
>Val smiles, she's never seen Finn take charge like this before. Ever since he saw that LOST MEMORY he’s been trapped in his own head. Then as soon as he saw the city of Nucleia, everything changed.
<FINN> Who says your God would want you to kill all these people? What if he likes destroying these planets on his own and you guys are just butting in and being a bunch of assholes? What gives you the right to play God?
>Val smiles, she's never seen Finn take charge like this before. Ever since he saw that LOST MEMORY he’s been trapped in his own head. Then as soon as he saw the city of Nucleia, everything changed.
<MIB> 0UR T0TAL LISTENER C0UNT IS N0NE 0F Y0UR BUSINESS AND FRANKLY I D0N’T KN0W WH0 THE [CENSORED] Y0U 2 ARE BUT N0NE 0F THIS ARGUING IS G0ING T0 MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE NEEDLES ARE IN PLACE AND THEY’LL INJECT THE C0RE T0M0RR0W.
<MIB> WE WILL F0LL0W THE RULES 0F NATURE AND PR0CEED WITH 0UR JUDGMENT. [B]LESS [0]UR [M]IGHTY [B]EING.
<MIB> WE WILL F0LL0W THE RULES 0F NATURE AND PR0CEED WITH 0UR JUDGMENT. [B]LESS [0]UR [M]IGHTY [B]EING.
>Mib completely gives up on arguing about his pretentious cause. Finn continues to lash out in anger.
<FINN> Do whatever the hell you want you blocky four eye-ed freak, me and Val are going to stop this fucking thing even if it gets us killed—
<FINN> Do whatever the hell you want you blocky four eye-ed freak, me and Val are going to stop this fucking thing even if it gets us killed—
>...
>Gone. Just like that.
>Gone. Just like that.
>Mib is relieved that those two random psychopaths are gone. He was nervous he’d have to call security as he was starting to feel threatened.
>That poor soul called him a four eyed freak, if only he knew these COOL SUNGLASSES are actually Mib’s REAL EYES.
>Mib is confused on how they left. They completely vanished out of thin air. Looking around the room for answers, Mib sees something on a table across the station.
>That poor soul called him a four eyed freak, if only he knew these COOL SUNGLASSES are actually Mib’s REAL EYES.
>Mib is confused on how they left. They completely vanished out of thin air. Looking around the room for answers, Mib sees something on a table across the station.
>Mib gets up and looks at the clipboard. He notices that there is only one piece of paper attached. He looks at the contents written on the paper and understands.
>He runs back to the control panel, clears his throat, and prepares for another broadcast.
[V] NEXT SLIDE>>
>He runs back to the control panel, clears his throat, and prepares for another broadcast.
[V] NEXT SLIDE>>
[V] - God and his Angels
TO BE CONTINUED...
[END OF VOLUME II]
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