LNH: Beige Countdown #9 (8/9)
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Chapter Eight:
The Abyss Stares Back
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"So there is such a thing as fluffy-cloud heaven,"
Arthur E.L. Presence said, kicking at the swirls of white
fog that surrounded them. "I frankly could have done
without it."
"Perhaps the afterlife is subjective," Vector Prime
said. "For my part, I see only the most concentrated
stream of encrypted data I have ever encountered."
"We're not dead," Mynabird said, as a silhouette
emerged from what he perceived as an endless field of bran
flakes. "Our minds are doing the best they can to cobble
together a coherent image of what our senses are
experiencing."
"I... see," Presence said. "So that girl standing in
front of us -- the one with black, empty eyes and hair
that looks like it has never once encountered water --
is not, in fact, a girl at all?"
"Why don't we ask her?" Mynabird said, facing the
young, barefoot woman in a long white dress. "Who
are you?"
"I am the one you have sought all this time," the
girl said, coming closer. "I am your final judgment.
I am the Ultimate Black Hole."
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Tick.
Tick.
Tick.
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LEGION ROLL CALL:
Captain Continuity.... Jeff "Drizzt" Barnes and Robert
"Mystic Mongoose" Armstrong
Captain Rat Creature.... Saxon Brenton
Cynical Lass, the Drop Bear and Substitute Lad
.... Rob Rogers
Deja Dude, Linguist Lass and Ordinary Lady.... Martin Phipps
Drabble Girl... Jessica Ihimaera-Smiler
Gaffer.... J.O.S.Hartung
Girlwatcher.... Chris Gumprich
Innovative-Offense Boy and Steak-and-Potatoes Man
.... John "upLink" Scheibeler
Kid Kirby.... H. Jameel al Khafiz
Minority Miss.... Lalo Martins
Obnoxious Ame.rec.a Boy.... Jamas Enright
Obscure Trivia Lad.... Brian Perler
Obsessive Compulsive Boy.... Mitchell "Tarq" Crouch
Parking Karma Kid.... Steve Simmons
Skunk Girl.... Ted "Arsenal" Brock
Ultimate Ninja.... Ray "wReam" Bingham
You're Not Hitting Me Hard Enough Lad.... Arthur Spitzer
SPECIAL GUEST VILLAINS:
Achilles Boddy... K.M. Wilcox
Arthur E.L. Presence.... Steven Howard
Barrage, Boba Fudd, Downyflake, Headzo the Clown,
Londonbroil, Plummet,the Tardigrade, Vector Prime
and Waffle Queen II.... Rob Rogers
The Christicantthinkofagoodname Empire, Mynabird, The
Legion of Net.Villains and Plum Master
.... Arthur Spitzer
The Collector and The Speculator... Mike "Zen" Caprio
Mammal, Rabid Child, The Sun and The Pencil Rain
.... H. Jameel al Khafiz
The Meow Meow Gang.... Dave Van Domelen
Merissa.... Saxon Brenton
Sheepshagger... J.O.S.Hartung
Vapid Veterinarian... Mark Friedman
More information on these and other characters at:
www.lnhq.info/wiki
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Arthur Spitzer, Martin Phipps and the LNH Authors Group
for dialogue and editing assistance
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
"Beige Countdown" created by Arthur Spitzer
based in part on "Beige Noon"
by Todd "Scavenger" Kogutt
"So, my argument is that as we become more and more
scientifically literate, it's worth remembering that the
fictions with which we previously populated our world may
have some function that it's worth trying to understand
and preserve the essential components of, rather than
throwing out the baby with the bath water; because even
though we may not accept the reasons given for them being
here in the first place, it may well be that there are good
practical reasons for them, or something like them, to be
there."
-Douglas Adams
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