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Meet the Royal Pagans
Leo the Patriotic Lion: (narrating) Leo the Patriotic Lion here. We pick up where we left off in our attempts to play catch-up with some of these adventures, and here we present some highlights from our trip to Miami, FL, before and during this year's Super Bowl, won by the Kansas City Chiefs. Cripto didn't go with us because his grandmother was recovering from broken vertabrae (she broke 3 out of 7), and the fact her neighbor was stealing water.
One momentous highlight of this trip is the fact we would soon add a new group to our list of allies: the Royal Pagans. You'll learn more about them as the journal goes on.
*Later, all the American heroes go to Miami. Cripto is not present, however, due to a family emergency, as well as the fact Furry Fury is still boycotting the NFL. They won't even sing the national anthem.*
Juno: Oh, good heavens! This city was even way more crowded than I thought!
Zax: How many people are there?!
Jack: This makes all of California spacious in comparison!
Colton L.: As someone who was born from California, I agree!
Zachary/Zihao: You're right, my fellow coyote! It's like canned sardines here!
Jill: This wasn't what I was expecting. At least we have reserved seats.
Dawn: Got a stadium hotel suite reserved for me!
Zax: Lucky you!
Dawn: But, yeah; it sucks here! And the beach here? Good luck finding space there!
Zax: Anyways, nice to see a fellow American arctic fox here, even though you're from the Gardnerian Society.
Dawn: American member, yes. I wanted the Patriots to win, but now we have something different so I'm just going to enjoy the ride. Also, nobody told me that Wildcat City has a lot of Chiefs fans.
Zax: Hey, now! The team technically represents both Kansas and Missouri!
SWAT Police Sniper 1: Oh, great! This is worse than Area 51! There's people, after people, after people, nonstop!
SWAT Police Sniper 2: Just focus on your job and make sure there are no enemies. We got the G-52s helping out.
Diamond Knight: This is worse than the Superclásico, and yet everybody is calm and happy?! How are these Americans so used to this kind of environment? Do they normally cram themselves into a city like this just to see how many of themselves they can fit or see if the stadium can handle everybody?! And yet outside on the seats, everybody is sitting down on their assigned seats in such an organized manner.
Juno: Actually, the majority of Americans prefer not to do this. However, if their teams make it to the Superbowl, in a way, I guess it's one of those things where we voluntarily shove each other in here just to see if the stadium can hold. Actually, this is how we make friends during the Superbowl, and the more people that become our friends, the better, and the merrier. Plus, Miami is one of America's major vacation destinations so... Yeah.
Diamond Knight: I notice that you don't have a barrier between the fans and the players.
Juno: We like to see the whole action unfold before us; that's why.
Diamond Knight: If only that was the same, but nope! Fans of Boca and River Plate have contraband, such as pepper spray, and use them out in the open to affect the players and cheating, as well as dirty playing, is common during the Superclásico. Yet here I am, I see women here with pepper spray and they don't use them.
Juno: Self-defense purposes, plus they know using them illegally will put them in jail, so it is not worth it. We Americans don't want to lose our jobs over stupid things.
Diamond Knight: If only that was the same back in my country but apparently, employers don't seem to care about how their workers act during the Superclásico. In America, just a picture of you drinking beer can get you fired.
Juno: Usually depends on the occupation. Military or doctor? Yes. That can happen. If you're just some engineer, probably not but still not worth the risk. As a government employee, that's extremely risky since the majority of government employees are veterans meaning they hire internally from the military first. If you're a trade worker like a plumber or HVAC tech, you're more likely safe but still not worth the risk.
Diamond Knight: Back in Argentina, background checks that involves social media isn't common unless its something involving the government or the healthcare field. Sometimes, I hate my country's sports culture; the fanaticism is nuts. Moderation isn't part of the Argentine sports vocabulary. Poor Leocadio the Gaucho Lion... But he's here with us to learn how your people behave.
Juno: Yeah, but Miami needs better crowd control, since we Americans get really antsy when a place gets overcrowded. That's usually a breach of fire codes, meaning that if a place catches fire and there's too many people in it, evacuation is going to be a pain. It's common to see signs listing occupation capacity in many places in America indoors. Then with sensors counting the number of people inside a room, the owners are responsible in making sure there's no more people than the listed occupation capacity provided by the city government inspector.
Diamond Knight: We need that in Argentina so bad. Occupation capacity is a global requirement but sadly, that concept is often overlooked in my country. Worse is that even if we have occupation capacity signs, they're going to get ignored by our sports fans. Meanwhile in Spain, that's strictly enforced there.
Leo: I do remember Leocadio saying about that.
Leocadio: That is exactly what I am doing here. This is your Superclasico, and I keep wishing each one we do is the very last one.
Super C: The riots are that bad?
Leocadio: Exactly. Most often it involves pepper spray and broken glass.
Snare Soldier: No wonder all the Forsythians left.
Crush: No wonder your teams in 2018 had to move the game to Madrid, Spain.
*Some Forsythian-Argentine immigrants, upon sighting Leocadio, rush to give him hugs.*
Forsythian-Argentine Immigrant 1: Leocadio! It's you!
Forsythian-Argentine Immigrant 2: So good to see you again. I hope we didn't overreact; I know you must have been upset when we left.
Leocadio: It saddened me to see that, but at the same time, I think you did exactly the right thing. You came here (legally, of course) in search of a better life, and you found it. Ask, and you shall receive. Just make sure you're asking the right person.
Zax: Welcome to the USA, then! We got plenty of spaces to go around about! Wildcat City is pretty crowded these days.
Dustin: Florida is booming! But if you are looking to live here in this state, avoid Miami, since it's expensive to live here.
Zachary/Zihao: Broken glass?! What?!
Diamond Knight: Yeah; it is that bad. We have to install military-grade bulletproof glass in our stadiums. By that, the glass are as thick as my fist!
Zachary/Zihao: Good heavens!
Diamond Knight: And they're not cheap! On the bright side, we are becoming one of the world's major global exporters of bulletproof glass. Sad that we are using military-grade materials just to control our riots. Military carriers for riot control anyone? That's when we know we have failed as a society. We're not there yet, but it's getting close. Here, you don't even have to use a soldier in full gear for riot control.
Zachary/Zihao: Uhm... We have a hidden squad of Army National Guard snipers in full gear hiding around the stadium just to prevent terrorism. That's about it really. The rest of our troops are in uniform for ceremonial purposes and that's it.
Diamond Knight: I don't even see police marching in riot gear here. The police here are just everywhere being casual in uniform.
Zachary/Zihao: They do plenty of patrolling, observation, and searching. To the average American cop, this is a lot of work.
Diamond Knight: Really? You know how much our cops would kill for a day like this? To them, it's like being paid on break! I don't see any cops here with an assault rifle!
Zachary/Zihao: We got SWAT caravans hiding in the back with cops in SWAT gear on standby. Not to mention, they're using observation drones that their caravans come with.
Diamond Knight: Just sitting inside with a tablet piloting their drones and probably watching the game on the built-in monitor in those caravans. At least you don't have to use Israeli military weaponry to control rioting.
Zachary/Zihao: *Laughs* Cities around Washington D.C. have police stations where Israeli assault rifles have been imported, but are in their armory as storage just in case their riots get bad, since they are political hot spots, and political riots can escalate quickly there. One of those cities' police forces have used such assault rifles, but only once.
Diamond Knight: I wished it was just once with us. I mean, do you know how embarrassing it is when we have to explain to Lior the Lion of Zion that we import his country's military weaponry to control our riots? The Israelis put so much passion and love into developing many of Earth's finest military weaponry and guns the world has ever seen, so that other countries can use them for self-defense purposes. Of course, the Americans do the same, but the Israeli military engineers are extremely devoted. We import American military weaponry to control our riots and soon, Israeli guns at least are going to come to Argentina to control our riots if they don't stop. It's embarrassing, tragic, sad, and ugly. At one point, the United Nations had sent an inquiry to my country about alleged excess police force on citizens, but our politicians had to explain to them that it's our stupid soccer riots that's getting everybody killed. I really hope this year, we never have to resort to such extreme measures again.
Zachary/Zihao: Israeli military engineers are passionate in what they do because they know that their tech will only be used for the right reasons, and if someone tries to use them for evil and they are built with electronics, all they have to do is flip the switch and they can't use them. On top of that, Israel produces such fine weapons is because they have to after dealing with frequent terrorism from groups like ISIS. Oh, and there's Bendraqi's robots that were after their tech and they finally pushed them back. That's why Israeli military tech are often featured in the latest sci-fi movies these days.
Zax: I love Israel; they mastered the art of modern self-defense from krav maga to their military tech. You also see a lot of their tech featured in action-packed anime that is usually military-themed.
Leocadio: Oh, that's good.
Leo: Indeed. We also thank Lior for teaching Cripto a bit of krav maga.
Super C: He's also trying to relearn tae kwon do because that was the original art we thought he should learn.
Danger Dawg: But you would see some of our police tell you they're glad they're not in Argentina. Nothing personal.
Leocadio: No. As Diamond Knight said, they'd kill for a day like this. It's still a lot of work.
*While rehearsing for some of their roles in the pre-game show, the Drumbums approach Zachary, play a cadence, and then salute him.*
Zachary/Zihao: *Returns salute.* This game shall be epic. Drumbums, you have performed very well! Look around you and notice the crowd. This is what they come here to see as well. Do us proud and let's make this very festive and fun!
Diamond Knight: I am very surprised that despite the number of people here, they still managed to make way for marching bands and cops. I wished my people were like this more.
Juno: Because roads are for vehicles and parades. If roads have to be walked on like this, police would close off a section of the road. Then again, the city government sent text notifications to everybody here that they cannot use their personal vehicles.
Zax: Even the condos here are packed! Oh, look! Food trucks!
Jack: They're going to be sold out before their lines are finished.
Macho Major: That is exactly what we intend to do. Obviously we don't care about halftime, but that's another story.
Macho Major: (narrating) Jennifer Lopez and Shakira were the halftime show performers, but even they were saying it should have been Furry Fury. When even big names like those two acknowledge that our beloved Nathan Knight (Cripto) is the biggest celebrity in the world, and deserves bigger applause than them (as well as all the Forsythian marching bands), it goes to show that even the music industry is suffering. Also, Furry Fury is genuine talent; there's no autotune used for their music, and they don't use any computers either; it's all by hand. That's how music was meant to be.
Meanwhile, cue the newcomers.
Jack: I just want to see who wins first. *His smartphone beeps.* It seems there's a new group among us; the Royal Pagans.
Dawn: They're allied with the Gardnerian Society in which I am a part of. They are described as lawful neutral. Their general roles are to reconstruct ancient pagan religions to support national identity of the countries they are in. Some countries on Earth that used to be Islamic are now secular kingdoms under them. They're chill, but they tend to be rather isolationist, and don't like taking risks.
*On one of the higher floors, an Iraqi female chukar partridge with long white hair and blue eyes (Queen Hamdan), an Egyptian male brown steppe eagle with long black hair and golden eyes (King Higazy), and an Iranian male lion (King Kazemi), are hanging around in a private lounge.*
King Higazy: The Americans have came a very long way. *Drinks his glass bottle of Coca-Cola.*
Queen Hamdan: Indeed they have. People have no idea that we are actual monarchs of our countries. Just like the Queen of England, we are political figureheads whose purpose is to advice our world leaders.
King Kazemi: They say monarchies cannot come back in the modern world. They are wrong. I wonder who will win?
Queen Hamdan: Who knows? I hope the GSAF doesn't come here.
King Higazy: *Laughs* Most of them are ghosts. Why would a ghost want to come to such a noisy and bright place like here? This place is a fortress!
Queen Hamdan: And a comfortable and fun one, too. Modern life is interesting, but the past shall not be forgotten. Remember the Crusades and the imperial invasions. Also remember how the Japanese are able to maintain their country and always revive them after disaster hits. Their concept of humanism should be how the world should follow suit. Now wonder why Japan has the most fans on Earth.
King Kazemi: Yet America is second. Asides from superheroes, you have all these great companies here. Everybody loves Japan, yet they import so much from this wonderful country. I just hope the G-52s don't know who has been supporting our new governments. The explanation would be way too long. We just want to have fun.
King Higazy: Tell me about it! Being a monarch isn't always luxurious and fun. It can be stressful since you have to watch and listen to what your world leader is saying and doing, along with their advisers. One bad move, the court is going to get involved and the judges will be steamed. Imagine if your prime minister was Justin Trudeau and everybody in the legislation is spending more time sharing photos of him in blackface than focusing on actual issues.
King Kazemi: Humorous, yet childish. I'd rather tell these politicians to go home and take a vacation for a week than to fire them over those photos. That way, the trolling won't intensify like it did back in Canada when the raccoon performed Day-O with a marching band for kicks.
King Higazy: I've seen things myself too, though not as stupid as those photos. But I do agree with you and Levi; if you are in political office, you serve your country and people first, not spend time sharing stupid photos with your coworkers. However, the way Levi handled it was clearly an overreaction. Major embarrassment right there and in my opinion, worse than those photos themselves.
Levi the Mountee Lion: (narrating) I don't think I'll ever live that one down. It not only made it worse, it proved I am one of Leo's parallels, because while the CNG effects of sub-separation mean we are no longer spirtually connected to one another, we are still judged as if we are, and thus, I got the punishment I deserved: paying Super C a ton of cash, and losing my office to Justin Trudeau. Rather bizarrely, the drug that is nostaliga soon became Canada's latest addiction, and they put me back in office instead of doing what I thought they would do, which was put Courtney into office in charge of a caretaker government. I am, however, still employing her as my Minister of Health, and the new additions to Canada's Parliament are teaching me that not all Liberals are bad.
Queen Hamdan: Maybe we shouldn't be talking about those photos. We should just enjoy the game. But watch out for proselytizers who claim to be Christian or Muslim since, as far as I know, the others do not do so as much.
King Higazy: Evangelical Christians are known to proselytize a lot. They have forgotten the history of the Crusades. Our countries have been through too many religious wars; we don't need more of those. We respect them, but at the same time, our countries need to maintain their history that made their cultural identities. I'm a Kemetist, you're a Zuist, and you're a Zoroastrian. Lisimba the Mameluke Lion in my country of Egypt knows our history, and yes we do have Coptic Christians, but they are our minority. You have Babar the Golden Lion in Iran, and he knows your country's history as well.
Queen Hamdan: I'm speaking with the Icelandic government to stop recognizing Zuism in their country because that is not their religion; that belongs to us. I get it that a bunch of Icelandic kids want to practice that religion to skirt their tax laws and criticize tax policies, but this is nuts. I feel offended that they are practicing our religion; the religion of the Iraqis today. If it is Sumerian-Mesopotamian related, then it is of Iraqi origin. We got tons of museums across the nation that explains Zuism and the ancient civilizations behind it. We practice that today to carry on our national traditions and history.
Leo: I wonder how Levon feels about that? If they want to reconstruct the ancient pagan religions, then they do not support proselytism, and the Christian religion wants its people to convert nonbelievers to evangelical believers. Or do they?
Super C: Either way, we must respect their neutrality.
Super Leo: Especially me.
Super C: But if you, the Gardnerian Society, are classified as valuable allies to the G-52s, then the Royal Pagans can be as well. The G-52 organization does not discriminate because of religion, gender, race, or any category in that regard.
Leo: Not forgetting, of course, that Arslan practices Islam.
Doughty Dog: But he doesn't practice jihad.
Leo: No. Then again, do we have the right definition of jihad, or have we confused it because of all the terrorism attacks of 9/11?
Super C: I'd better look that up. I know it comes from an Arabic word meaning struggling. *He checks.* Hmmm. In an Islamic context, it can refer to almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with God's (or Allah's) guidance, such as struggle against one's evil inclinations, proselytizing, or efforts toward the moral betterment of the ummah, though it is most frequently associated with war. That probably is why people associate it with al-Qaeda and all those terrorist groups.
Leo: But the Sharia Law should also have something to do with it.
*Armenia*
*Upon learning about the Royal Pagans, Levon leads his people in prayers for them that not only will they see the truths that there is only one God, but at the same time, succeed in getting the peoples to stop following the other religions.*
Zax: The UN1024s have a lot of Muslim members who don't practice the extremist definition of jihad. Then again, we are all part of the modern and future world.
Juno: Sharia Law does intend to enforce family and social morality. Yet parts of it are discriminative against the non-Muslims or the kaffir, as well as women in general. Hence critics have compared Krieglandonian morality to Saudi morality when in reality, in my opinion, is much closer to Singaporean morality.
Dawn: You also have a lot of members who are considered pagan as well. Buddhism, for example, can be argued as pagan, despite their followers worshipping the deity known as the Buddha. Chuong can be argued as one of pagan background because of that belief, and like many Vietnamese, he practices ancestor worship. In the end of the day, we all are part of the modern world where religious wars are dying. Sadly, one evil is always replaced with the other. In this case, the GSAF and their ghosts.
*The Royal Pagans leave their private lounge to go down one level to check out the shops until they encounter Dawn and the others.*
Queen Hamdan: Oh, look! Dawn has made some friends!
King Higazy: The G-52s. I hope they're not only working on their overreaction issues, but also know the fact that Japan is not a Christian country since that's where the Olympics will be held at. The UNs are an interesting bunch.
King Kazemi: Even more ironic is that most Christians do not know who Date Masumune is.
Zax: I know who he is! He's the Christian samurai who helped Japan forge relations with Spain!
King Kazemi: And the only one, too. Yet, like the other samurais, he did a lot of slaughtering. But none as brutal as what Masakado Taira, the demon samurai, did. Nobunaga Oda not only unified Japan, but also purified it from evil, despite not being Christian. It took a lot of work to make sure Oda's people at the time did not anger Masakado's spirit. Even today, the Japanese fear the demon samurai hence they must take care of their country diligently. Anyways, I hope you are enjoying your stay for the Superbowl. This shall be exciting.
Marching Wonder: (me) *to Juno* If you ask us, we'd say Singapore, not Saudi Arabia. Yes; we sadly had our strict laws of executing criminals for the stupidest things, but the only ones that really died for the most part were all those Golbarkan pirates.
Brad the Bulldog: The pirates would consider themselves martyrs for their cause, but they really weren't. They did it for nothing.
*The G-52s introduce themselves and the Drumbums to the Royal Pagans.*
Super C: *to King Higazy* All of us have taken counseling sessions in order to correct any of the overreaction issues that we've had, and this includes the aforementioned case of Levi Peterson. Thus, it's not surprising to see that the people voted him out of office. Rather bizarrely, they changed their minds later and voted him back in. Go figure. *shrugs*
Leo: We look forward to the Super Bowl. I, though, have a parallel you might know or at least know of, and that's Levon the Christian Lion. What I'm not sure of is what he thinks of you and the agendas that you carry out.
*The Royal Pagans introduce themselves in return.*
King Higazy: The Royal Pagans wanted Courtney to be their Prime Minister who has better understanding of the pagan world, but Levi is fine since it is what it is. Our agenda is to revive lost traditions in countries that were conquered by Abrahamic religions, especially Islam, due to their notorious intolerance towards others, and help those countries focus on themselves first before the world, just like what Japan does.
Queen Hamdan: As for the Armenian lion and his country, there is indeed a small pagan population there known as the Arordiners, who have been there before Christianity came around about there. As far as we know, the Arordiners get along with Armenian Christians and want them to remember their pre-Christian history. We are also aware of the fact that Christianity did help Armenia have an empire before they're a republic.
King Kazemi: Armenia is not a threat to us or anyone, and we know they're the world's oldest Christian country so we respect them for who they are. We rather focus on our countries first since governments are supposed to care for their people and their homeland first. Whatever Armenia does, as long they're not a threat, I don't see why we, the Royal Pagans, would have any problem with them. In fact, I have visited that country before and people there are kind and welcoming. Despite their old customs, they adapt to the modern world well. We also support their cause in humanist efforts as well.
Leo: Oh, that's good. Levon said he didn't want any conflicts.
Super C: I'm not surprised you wanted Courtney. Instead, she's still acting as Levi's Minister of Health if I have the position correct.
Queen Hamdan: That is a perfect position for her. I really hope China stops their flu. Luckily for Canada, despite having large amounts of Chinese visitors, the risk of the virus is very low in Canada. Turns out eating bats isn't a wise idea there. I prefer Cantonese cuisine since there's usually less of those "exotic" dishes.
King Kazemi: Preferably the ones from Macau and Hong Kong where they respectively have Portuguese and British influences. Coronoavirus has always existed; the media likes to make a big deal out of this.
Zax: That's why we take the flu vaccine every fall hence risk is low here. We have combat medics on standby here but so far, nothing to worry about.
King Higazy: I don't see why Americans have to worry. *To Leo* I doubt there would be any; especially the fact that modern Armenia is built on Christianity.
Dawn: So, where are you staying here to watch the game?
King Higazy: We have a private lounge on the floor above us. You can follow us to that lounge. It has a perfect view.
Dawn: Perfect! You guys can take the G-52 ally oath with Super C there, which applies to any new members who join your group! Espen is thinking about recruiting more Dissidents.
King Kazemi: There better be less trolling from them then. Last thing I want is their actions interrupting our royal functions in our kingdoms. We need to make sure our governments continue to serve our people and help maintain diplomacy with the world. Worse if any of them hide in our kingdoms and we have to order our entire military forces to find them before questioning them of why they're running from trouble. As constitutional monarchs, we shouldn't use our powers to take over the government over petty stuff like that since we're supposed to represent our nations not manage them directly.
Jack: Nah; nothing to worry about. Espen knows.
Super C: Well, the trolling has gone down, I think. You saw what Rainier did to free Levi.
Leo: That's true.
D.W.: *to Queen Hamdan* Gross!
Doughty Dog: Why would one eat a bat?
Queen Hamdan: Exactly! Yet this has been happening for centuries for some reason.
King Kazemi: But even that, cuisine around Earth has modernized despite keeping true to their original ingredients as others are replaced by better ones. So these days, bats aren't really popular on the menu anymore.
King Higazy: Rainier did stop the GSAF in Canada after that. So there's that.
Queen Hamdan: Yet we still face their threats.
Jack: The Bible does talk about what was considered edible and what was not. Yet, most of this comes from the Kashrut dietary laws from the Jews.
Queen Hamdan: You're correct to state that. But do note that most of the Jewish dietary laws do not apply to Christians and other goyim. Hence Christians can consume shellfish, but Jews cannot.
Zax: So any of you know how the G-52 oath works?
*The Royal Pagans shake their heads.*
Juno: That's okay. We can walk you through it. They're also in the G-52 handbook, too, since each ally gets this.
*Super C hands out G-52 handbooks to the Royal Pagans.*
Super C: I always carry a few on me just in case. You'll find the oath on page 32. Note there's an extra section that doesn't apply to you because you're just allies.
Zax: These lines here, you don't need to say those since none of you are American G-52s. Instead of saying you're a G-52, you say you're a G-52 ally. You don't have to say this line either since you do not have a codename. Any questions?
*The Royal Pagans shake their heads.*
King Higazy: We have more in our group, but they know what's going on. Also note that our group is not limited to monarchs installed in certain countries to combat ISIS and restore law and order. We have supporters in our group who are not part of any government; they call themselves shadow lords. Their roles in our group is to provide support to native pagans around the world and educate the world the religions before Christianity. Some of us Royal Pagans have mixed views on newer forms of paganism that tends to be syncretic, since they combine views of multiple religions. Then there are parody religions that many of us question and dislike. For example, Pastafarian is a parody religion that began as a meme on the internet where people who follow this garbage wear pasta strainers on their heads in public and worship what they call the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Their purpose is to challenge religious laws in their respective countries. To us Royal Pagans, we find it dumb.
Cripto: (narrating) Hi; though I wasn't on this trip, I did find about Pastafarian followers later on. It was the stupidest thing I ever heard of, and I promise you the Mario Bros. were also grossed out over it. Pasta's their favorite thing on Earth.
Diamond Knight: We have one back in Argentina; Iglesia Maradoniana. It's a church where followers believe Diego Maradoniana is the best player of all time in Argentina's history. My country is infamous for their obsession with soccer. Leocadio and I are here to learn why Americans are so civilized. There's at least 200,000 followers of this parody religion.
King Higazy: Wow... That's textbook definition of a cult right there.
Queen Hamdan: I'm not going to bother to touch on your country's infamous soccer rivalry with Brazil. The world has seen too much.
King Kazemi: They also need to cut back on the alcohol consumption if that's how they act. Japan already has peaceful protestors against the Olympics who calmly explained to Ryo about the potential types of foreigners they may have to put up with. Yet, Ryo is confident that they will behave.
King Higazy: We Egyptians will respect the Israelis despite our rivalry with them. We have had our moments, but they moved on and my people must do the same. And if I remember right, the Bible mentioned how Moses liberated the Jews in Egypt from slavery. We Egyptians today can confirm this being true, and it is what it is.
Jack: I remember that; the Ten Plagues.
Dustin: They were called Israelites at the time, but yes.
Leo: Pastafarian? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard! But, let's put that aside for a brief second.
*Super C then has the Royal Pagans raise their hands and take the G-52 oath, asking them to repeat after him. The Royal Pagans take their oath as instructed.*
Dawn: Congratulations! You are now allies!
Zax: Another alliance formed!
Super C: And thank you for the opportunity to let us work with you.
King Kazemi: Our pleasure.
*Shadow Lord Margarid Kazarian, an Armenian female brown eagle and member of the Royal Pagans, hurls an empty Coca-Cola glass bottle at a spying GSAF drone to destroy it.*
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Really, GSAF? Not during this game!
Police 1: What was that?
Police 2: A GSAF spying drone. I'll let the janitors know to clean up the mess.
*A janitor arrives to clean up the debris.*
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Those communist stalkers get on my nerves. They'd do anything to push their agendas even as far as to destroy paganism, too.
Queen Hamdan: One of those GSAF spying drones again?
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Likewise. I see you made some friends. *To the G-52s and others.* I am one of the Shadow Lords of the Royal Pagans where we provide support to the monarchs of their respective nations while helping the world preserve the history of their native pagan religions. I am Shadow Lord Kazarian.
Zax: Nice to meet you! Zax Arctic!
Shadow Lord Kazarian: And I see the coyote is here as well.
Zachary/Zihao: Yeah that's me; interim governor of Virginia because the governor before me is an idiot with bricks for brains and wants to enforce gun control laws that breach the 2nd Amendment.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: I hope you are doing well. If you are wondering, there won't be any GSAF demons nor ghosts here. There's too many people, lights, noises, cameras, everything that would repel them.
Queen Hamdan: Not even the hikeshi baba could enter here. Too cheery as well, too.
Zax: Hikeshi baba?
Queen Hamdan: A Japanese ghost who is an old woman who blows out candles and turns off lights so that the environment is easier for yokai to do their things in a dark environment. A yokai refers to any Japanese spirit, demon, or ghost.
Zax: So many yokais...
Queen Hamdan: Many to learn about them before we all go to Japan for the Olympics just to be safe.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: I doubt there's a need to worry. We Armenians will bring our holy water with us. We also have Levon the Christian Lion as well.
Zax: But aren't you pagan?
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Yes; I am an Arordiner. Arordiners practice a religion known as Hetanism, or native Armenian faith. We exist so mainstream Armenia can remember their pre-Christian history. Armenian Christians exist to uphold and maintain our homeland as Armenians.
Leo: That's the GSAF for you. They interrupt everything.
*The G-52s and Drumbums introduce themselves to Shadow Lord Kazarian.*
Super C: And this year marks the 50th anniversary of the G-52 organization.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Happy anniversary then!
Queen Hamdan: Were you surprised to learn that paganism is making a come back?
Juno: In a way, I kind of was. At the same time, I wasn't. Many of us knew someone who claimed to be pagan one way or another. In America, we have these things called renaissance festivals, which are festivals that re-enacted life from medieval Europe. There was a lot of pagan circles there where they invited everybody to learn about them. It is nice to know that actual paganism never had any form of evil worship that our media once claimed.
Zax: What surprises me the most is the rise of parody religions and the number of followers they have. It just seems to funny and stupid.
Queen Hamdan: I agree, and we know what renaissance festivals are. We want to revive ancient traditions around the world to keep history alive. Yes, we are aware of the fact that in history, there were pagans who committed genocide against Christians, and we strongly condemn that. I'm sure you know who Nero was; the evil Roman emperor who decided to set his own capital on fire and blame the Christians for it.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Now that is evil right there. Today's Italian pagans condemn Nero for that. History can be so cruel, but it is what it is.
King Higazy: Egypt has seen a lot of invaders and empires in its past.
Jack: Wasn't Nero the guy who played the fiddle as he watched Rome burn before him?
Queen Hamdan: That's what everybody says but nobody knows if he used such a musical instrument. But he was there watching his very own home burn before his eyes after setting it on fire. Nero was so evil, not even Benito Mussolini could beat him in that. Even Hitler wouldn't set fire to Berlin before blaming the Jews.
Zachary/Zihao: Talk about a low blow there. Sounds like something the old Bendraqi would do.
Super C: Thank you.
Leo: It certainly does. Luckily for the world, the new Bendraqi is nothing like that.
Crush: It's also good to hear you condemn genocide.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Exactly. The Royal Pagans are doing our hardest to get our voices to the United Nations about actual paganism and the history behind them. We, like every other religion, engage in philanthropy and help our communities too. We even fund our hospitals through donation drives and perform humanitarian acts too.
*A buff Estonian male grey wolf with long black hair that tapers to white then light blue ends with amber eyes joins the conversation.*
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: I am Shadow Lord Uukkivi from Estonia. First time being here in this part of America. Miami looks very fun.
Dustin: And expensive to live in too because too many people want to live here. On top of that, it is crowded to the brim! Every summer of course, it's like this here.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: You Americans are blessed with quite a party city here.
Jack: I guess you could say that. California has a lot of fun cities too; notably San Diego. But at the moment, we'll be partying in St. Louis or San Francisco depending who wins. So, first time in America?
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Not really. I've been to Salem in Massachusetts with the Gardnerian Society to pay respect to the victims of the Salem Witch Trials. It was clear evidence that back then, there was great misunderstanding of paganism and genocide against the pagans. It may have been centuries ago, but it is what it is.
Dawn: We Americans still learn about it in history class to this day. This was of course way before America became a country, but even as a British colony then, it is still part of American history.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Salem is a very beautiful and compact city. Very comfortable, too. It just happens to be unfortunate that's what happened back then. No doubt that several children of pagan origin back then were executed too.
Zax: True but that's history for ya! The United States of America didn't even exist back then, and Salem was just a tiny British village colony founded by Puritans fleeing from the UK to avoid persecution back then. So at the time, freedom of religion wasn't an issue until the colonies grew and we noticed how Maryland was predominantly Catholic and Rhode Island was predominantly Baptist. That's when freedom of religion was needed to unite all of us Americans together against the British Empire then.
Queen Hamdan: For humanity to move forward to where we are at today, millions of mistakes had to be made.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, but had to make thousands of mistakes to perfect it. But instead of calling them mistakes, he called them discoveries of why the light bulb would not work.
Leo: Have you met Leho, my Estonian parallel?
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Yes, I have. Both of us are modernists with deep concerns about traditions. Both of us are Estonian nationalists with minor differences in our views. For example, Estonia has a flat tax that everybody enjoys, but I think taxes should be higher on some things, but lower on others. Singapore's tax system is a world class example in most aspects.
Leo: That's interesting.
Super C: What do you say should have a higher tax or lower tax?
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Asides from the obvious, like alcohol and cigarettes, cars should have higher taxes and our income taxes should be lower. Why? Estonia is a small country, and our population is starting to grow quickly again. That means more apartments. Not to mention, with less personal vehicles on the streets, there's more room for more important vehicles from police cars to military trucks. Even if we are not as tiny as Singapore, the electronic road pricing system that they use should still be an option in Singapore. Look how crowded Miami is. Estonia isn't too far away from this.
Dustin: So by your logic, you believe property taxes on detached personal homes and town houses should be increased to make up for lower income taxes?
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: That, and corporate taxes can be lowered too in Estonia. I think Estonia's tax system is lazy and a consumption tax in my opinion is stupid. We already pay utility bills, which goes to the city government. City governments then pay taxes to their state or provincial governments. Then those governments pay taxes to the national government. Our current tax system may be described as competitive, but I think it can do much better than this. Estonia is a stable country, but we have room for improvement. We can always do better.
Dustin: Every country has room for improvement; even Singapore.
Zachary/Zihao: So, you believe import taxes should be increased as well?
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: A little, since I did say income taxes should be decreased, which means the other taxes have to go up to make up for that. Not to mention, our tariffs need to be increased to help encourage foreign businesses to build factories in our country to provide jobs for our people so we can make their products in our country for our people. This sounds like what Trump has done, because instead of importing Japanese and German vehicles, he got their companies to build their factories in America more so that your people can work in them and build their products here for your people. Since imports are going to come to Estonia anyways, hey that's tax revenue for our national government there, too. I think my tax plans would bring Estonia more tax revenue and provide more jobs and income to our people. That is if I were put into the national government in Tallinn.
Zachary/Zihao: Interesting.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: This is also extremely important with companies from Israel, too; especially their armaments industry. Getting them to build their offices and factories in your country is a win for them and your countries. We like to see more of that in Estonia with Israel.
King Higazy: My country may be rivals with Israel, but we are working with them to not only get them to invest in Egypt more, but to also assist us in securing our borders together, since we share our borders with them. That particular area in the eastern Sinai Peninsula has seen a lot of terrorism activities crossing over the borders, and we want to put a stop to them.
Queen Hamdan: We Iraqis have been welcoming the Israelis to invest in our country and help us secure our borders more to prevent terrorism. We do rely on the Chinese for their public surveillance technologies, which are some of the most advanced we have seen, and the Israelis for their military and security tech, to help our country prevent and fight terrorism. With the GSAF becoming more vicious these days, we need all of what we can get to stop them. Understand that Iraq has a very rich culture and history as we were once home to the people who once called themselves the Sumerians and the Mesopotamian. We have museums across our nation to preserve their history so that visitors can learn why Iraq was known for such a culture and how that affected world economics back then and today.
Zachary/Zihao: Iraq has seen some conquests too since they were part of the Silk Road; there was Alexander the Great and his Greek Empire, there was Genghis Khan and his Mongols, and there was the British Empire there at one point.
Queen Hamdan: And several others too like the Ottoman Empire. Everybody was jealous of our resources at the time to the point they would literally battle against each other on who would conquer Iraq first.
Leo: There's a few things I can agree with you on there. Leho would say the same, I'm certain.
*Some others arrive, and introduce themselves to the Royal Pagans, using photos.*
Cicero: So as you can tell by the way we're dressed, he (Ulysses) is Leo's counterpart from the North, and I am his from the South, but that doesn't mean we're rivals anymore.
Ulysses: It also means that we limit our times wearing these uniforms to re-enactments. But for the purposes of this gathering, we're dressed casually. Otherwise, I run a bowling alley back home.
Cicero: And I compile puzzles.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Oh, very nice. Very nice. *To Cicero* What kind of puzzles you like to compile?
Shadow Lord Kazarian: We're dressed casually as well. In battle, we have our own customized military armor suits where we usually don a flag of our nation on our back as battle flags or a cape with the symbol of the local religion we practice on it.
Queen Hamdan: Or in my case, I have a cape that dons the takbir, just like my country's flag. Even though Iraq is no longer an Islamic nation, we still keep some of their influences for historical purposes as we are very careful not to change history. The takbir, which says "allah akbar", means "God is greatest," so we Iraqis are still keeping that for historical reasons. I am aware that we Zuists are polytheistic in nature, but that's because of our history. Our neighboring nation, Kuwait, is surprisingly diverse, where there's a rather large Christian minority community there and they are actually treated well. So we applaud them for that.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: I'm a Taaraist, and even though we are pagans in this regard, we are monotheistic. Our god is Tharapita; the thunder god. We also have a second local pagan religion in Estonia as well; Maausk. Maausk is a nature-based religion and they tend to be polytheistic in nature. Even if both of us are separate native religions, we have an organization called the Maavalla Koda, which represents us, which works with our government in promoting our beliefs as part of our national identity as well as protecting several places in nature that we believe are sacred to us. Yes it is true that we have Estonians practice both of these religions but they're rare.
Zachary/Zihao: Funny how religion was once seen as something that can be pushed on others. Yet Queen Hamdan reacted in the opposite way with a small group of Icelandic trolls when they practices Zuism to skirt the country's tax laws.
Queen Hamdan: That's because Zuism belongs to us Iraqis and other than Christianity, their actual pagan religion in Iceland is Asatru. Iceland has Asatru organizations too where they are recognized by the Icelandic government as religious organizations. Icelandic people who practice religion are either Christians or Asatru. We do appreciate Iceland's archaeologists and historians for successfully reconstructing a lost religion but they should've let us Iraqis know about this and help us bring that back in our country.
Zachary/Zihao: Leonhard probably wasn't too impressed with some of his people setting up a religion that is Iraqi in origin to skirt his country's tax laws. Then again, Christianity's origin is in Israel due to Jewish roots. Yet, that's what contributed to the rise of European empires and influences. Without them, we wouldn't have things like Christmas.
Juno: Or the influences of the Roman Catholic Church. That is what changed the world though. We have stuff like the Christmas trees and Easter chocolate eggs is because of the Catholics. This is also why American churches have those things, too, whether we like it or not.
Cicero: *to Shadow Lord Uukkivi* The puzzles I compile range from mazes to crosswords and sudoku puzzles. Sometimes you have your basic logic problems as well. And it is interesting to hear about all the different things you believe and/or promote; the only thunder god I'm familiar is Thor, so I have to keep reminding myself that if you are referring to the comic book superhero Thor, his full name is Thor Odinson.
Super C: Odin is Thor's father? I didn't know that.
Leo: I do remember Leonhard grumbling about that, but I didn't know what he was talking about. Obviously I do now. But he says it's either Christianity, Asatru, or nothing. He doesn't practice any religions himself, though.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Lennart would talk about Thor, too, and so would his people.
King Kazemi: *Uses his phone to send $52 million USD in foreign aid to China, along with construction 3D printers and equipment, to help them build more hospitals and medical research facilities to help them contain and eliminate the coronavirus.* There! I just sent $52 million from Iran's economy in foreign aid to China and sent them more equipment to help them build more medical facilities to treat their people and help eliminate the coronavirus. A virus is still a virus, even if it is a flu virus.
Queen Hamdan: We haven't had any of those cases in Iraq, yet but we are monitoring very close there.
Leo: (narrating) This was happening just as the outbreak of COVID-19 was starting, and so any of my parallels, one being Liu, were granted special access to certain areas provided they were dressed appropriately, and they were.
*Wuhan, Hubei, China*
*The provincial government invests all of Iran's aid into constructing more healthcare facilities and pharmaceutical factories to combat the coronavirus.*
Combat Medic 1: *In Chinese* Is that Liu?
Combat Medic 2: *In Chinese* That's him. He's in a hazmat suit with gas mask.
Combat Medic 3: *In Chinese* Excellent. He's one of the few authorized personnel allowed in Hubei. *To Liu* We just received financial aid and advanced construction equipment from Iran to help us build more medical facilities to combat this monster flu virus. This should be a big relief to us!
Combat Medic 4: *In Chinese* We should at least contain this deadly outbreak in a week.
Combat Medic 5: *In Chinese* We got another dead GSAF spy from pneumonia again!
Combat Medic 6: *In Chinese* How do these guys managed to sneak in here undetected?! Watch out for CNG, too! That and the virus is what's killing these GSAF agents here! Cleanup is going to be a long one.
Super C: (narrating) And as the C.I.D.F. would tell you, CNG has done more damage to the world than viruses such as COVID-19 ever did. Sometimes it even contributes to C.I.D.F. disasters!
*Geneva, Switzerland*
*The media clamors together for doctors on behalf of the World Health Organization about the coronavirus.*
Doctor 1: Everybody just calm down, now. This is a flu virus. We have these epidemics before. Remember the Spanish Flu and the Hong Kong Flu? What about the SARS virus or bird flu? Over these times, we have developed medicine so advanced, we can cure virtually any viral disease out there. We even developed medicine that eliminated AIDS. All we ask of you is to tone down the alarmist tone in your articles. What we need is support and hope. Universities around the world are engaging in comprehensive global collaboration to prevent this flu virus. So far, there has been no deaths outside of Wuhan. In fact, the Chinese government are confident in eliminating this outbreak in a week thanks to global support from other countries. Iran just donated a large sum of financial aid and advanced construction equipment to help China fight this outbreak and other countries are helping out too. So there's nothing to worry about but common sense.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Leo: That's going to help out big time.
Super C's thoughts: Where did the money come from? Did Trump approve of this?
*China*
Liu: *in Chinese* I think that aid came from the United States of America. We do need to contain the virus fast. I'm not happy about the GSAF being here, but I prefer to let them see the consequences of their actions. Instead, they're dying from this virus as well as any CNG outbreaks.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Zachary/Zihao: Wait until our foreign aid arrives in China. They won't be expecting us.
*Wuhan, Hubei, China*
Combat Medic 1: *In Chinese* Those came from Iran. The ones from America always come like this. *Motions at a fleet of US Army mobile clinics entering the city.*
Combat Medic 2: *In Chinese* Whoa! They got clinics on their freight trucks!
American Combat Medic 1: Did someone say foreign aid?
American Combat Medic 2: I may not speak your language, but your doctors called for us.
American Combat Medic 3: Did someone say Tamiflu? We got more than just that! We'll help you clean up the mess!
Combat Medic 3: *In Chinese* The Americans! They're here!
Combat Medic 4: *In Chinese* Oh man someone better explain to them what the provincial government of Hubei is planning to do. There's going to be mass demolition on condemned buildings to destroy the virus and make more room for the new hospitals and medical research facilities!
*The Americans deploy their mobile clinics on the streets in an orderly fashion as Chinese doctors enter the mobile clinics as American combat medics get ready to work with them. Citizens line up to get their advanced flu shots as the local government plans on demolishing several buildings they deem unsafe and too contaminated as well as compensating affected citizens.*
Combat Medic 5: *In Chinese* Oh man I hope the new buildings have self-cleaning and self-decontamination systems! Hubei will look squeaky clean and new again as well as way more updated than before!
American Combat Medic 4: *To Liu* We Americans have developed the most advanced flu medication and we are extremely confident that this will put an end to your coronavirus problem. We got you!
American Combat Medic 5: Y'all got very impressive cities! Don't worry though! It won't look like something from Resident Evil once we get this taken care of soon!
American Combat Medic 6: Man the cities in Hubei are ginormous! I'm from Miami and y'all got a lot of super tall buildings and big cities!
*Washington D.C.*
Pelosi: Did you just invade China?
Trump: No. They asked for us to come on over so we did. We can't let epidemics like this happen today.
Pelosi: Mr. Trump, you have American soldiers on foot on Chinese soil!
Trump: So? Xi specifically asked us to send our Army combat medics over, so I did. Do you want the virus here to get everybody sick? Do you realize how hard it is for me to send the feds over to clean up your [BLEEP] hole of a city that is San Francisco? We don't want people [BLEEP] on the streets in your city. And besides, if the 49ers win, the party will be in your city and it will look good for our people only.
Pelosi: And if Kansas City wins, I will resign as Speaker of The House. You're lucky that they're choosing a hacker German shepherd named Mr. Letterman instead of choosing the American lion that we all know of.
Trump: The Dissident is the better choice since he knows a lot about cyber defense. He will work with me in protecting America from everything as well as helping America to lead the world again.
Pelosi: What, you don't like Leo?
Trump: Oh, I love Leo! He loves me! Or at least deep down inside. But he already did his thing in the Jones Administration as Secretary of Education. But we can do things better. That's why I lean towards the dog over the lion when it comes to taking your position. He doesn't act on emotions. He's a great guy you know. I like to meet him in person.
Pelosi: *Groans* Fine. And besides, with those like AOC having already resigned, I already have to put up with a handful of Krieglandonians in the House.
Trump: Well, I think that's a good thing. They come here to help America and put us first. And the ones from Argentina came here legally because they prefer our culture more. They love us more. They say we are very civilized and innovative. But most importantly, we are free and safe in our own land. And this summer, we'll beat the Canadians in the gold medal count in the Olympics. That little island is going to have our flag flying on it. The best part? We won't have to fight over it.
Pelosi: So, where's our universal healthcare?
Trump: Oh; I'm letting our states work that one out. Even the cities and towns are working theirs out. But let me tell you something about Wildcat City; they actually have a local form of universal healthcare. Many cities have their own public healthcare system. So, I think we're doing things the right way. Actually, the better way. And with the illegals out the way, wait time for our citizens in these systems are much shorter than ever and service is better than ever. The other countries now have their own healthcare resources to help their people too where no one in this world has to leave their country to find better care overseas. Anyways, you know the deal. If the Chiefs win, you will voluntarily resign like you promised. If the 49ers win, you will go to your home city and be one of the hosts of the party there and you better be good because the G-52s will be there.
Leo: (narrating) Nancy Pelosi is on the list of people I wish would just shut up! Yet here she was, betting her job on the Super Bowl. That's the dumbest thing she ever did!
*Portland, OR, USA*
Mr. Letterman: I can't take over California as interim governor because I don't live there. Instead, if Newsom resigns, then the colonel from the California National Guard would have to take his place and enforce martial law and do what it takes to protect American citizens first.
Citizen 1: You have the leadership to go into politics.
Citizen 2: Rainier changed Canada. I'm sure you can change America.
Mr. Letterman: But its something I cannot do alone. It is a difficult task.
Citizen 3: If you do your duty, you can change anything for the better and always for the better.
Mr. Letterman: We'll see where things go from here. Let's hope for the best and hope China gets their flu under control. This city just shut down their services to and from China just to be safe. Also, if you see any Chinese tourists stranded here because of the virus in their homelands, take good care of them. I already paid for one family for another week stay in their hotel here. That way once things settle down and its time for them to go home, they can tell their people how much we Americans care about them which would strengthen our ties with China.
*Miami, FL, USA*
*Our communicators beep twice.*
Leo: Looks like the aid is already there.
Super C: Meanwhile, it seems there's a chance Mr. Letterman might be pushed into California as interim governor.
Doughty Dog: Why do they want to do that?
Leo: I don't know, but better him than me. *He looks again.* Then you have the impeachment trials going, but apparently, Pelosi is gambling her career on the Super Bowl; if the Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl, she says she will resign. She's that disgusted with our troops working in China.
Super C: They're working to contain the coronavirus, not spread it!
*China*
Liu: *in Chinese* Oops, sorry. I had it backwards. Anyways, let's keep the clinics up and running, shall we?
*elsewhere*
*Other countries take their precautions against the coronavirus.*
*Miami, FL, USA*
Zachary/Zihao: China doesn't want war with us; why would we go to war with them? Actually, it's Mr. Letterman being the interim House Speaker if Pelosi resigns. We don't know what is going to happen to California's governor if he resigns, but if he does, it's either the colonel of the California Army National Guard or someone else. If that colonel takes his place, whoever they are, they will enforce martial law in that state along with a curfew just so that California's state government remains stable. Also note that Mr. Letterman is a resident of Montana, but was born in Oregon. But these days, he visits Oregon more due to improvements there.
Zax: Pelosi is more obsessed with impeaching Trump despite the fact that Pence will take his place. She is stubborn and incredibly stupid.
Jack: And one of the most corrupt politicians in America according to the average American citizen. Even the majority in California hates her.
*Wuhan, Hubei, China*
*Everybody nods.*
Combat Medic 1: *In Chinese* We are doing everything we can to contain and eliminate the coronavirus. Once things settle down after containment, we're having several buildings marked for demolition and cleanup to make sure the virus is completely eliminated. Then on top of that, bats as food will be banned in China.
Combat Medic 2: *In Chinese* Not many Chinese eat bat as food these days. That's so gross!
Combat Medic 3: *In Chinese* Don't forget that after construction and cleanup, everything needs to be sprayed down with antiviral solution.
Taikonaut Tiger: *In Chinese as he's wearing hazmat armor complete with gas mask armored helmet.* Things should be good. *To Liu in Chinese.* We're getting massive amounts of financial foreign aid from around the world to help us fight this coronavirus outbreak. I'm quite excited to see the new medical facilities throughout Hubei.
*Singapore*
*The government sends $10 billion USD in foreign aid to China to help them stop the coronavirus.*
Politician 1: That should do it!
Politician 2: Once things settle down a bit, we're sending some of our workers there to assist with the Chinese provincial government in Hubei to rebuild their cities and build plenty of hospitals and medical research centers.
Politician 3: I can't wait to see what these world-class medical facilities and hospitals will look like in Hubei. I've seen the computer files of their plans; they look like something you would see in alien spaceships. Glossy, clean, high-tech, updated, fresh, and innovative.
Politician 4: Hopefully this will be the last time we'll ever hear of an epidemic on Earth.
Politician 5: Better yet, no more flu virus of any kind.
*Washington D.C.*
Trump: Oh, look, Pelosi! *Uses a remote to pull up a live chart on a monitor.* We're building more biomedical factories in America! That means more high-quality biomedical equipment made in America with jobs for Americans. *Pulls up another live chart.* And look how much China is spending on us to import our medical supplies. And that's not even mentioning our nonprofit organizations doing donation drives to send medical supplies and face covers to China. Wildcat City is real busy on their donation drives and efforts to help China contain their coronavirus. You see Pelosi, whenever the world needs help, they call on us first. When there's a virus going on, we'll be there to stop it first.
Pelosi: But why send American troops there?
Trump: Military forces have large amounts of mobile clinics in their inventory. I don't know of any other organizations outside of that does have that many mobile clinics. And besides, we're the world exporter in high-quality mobile clinics. Innovation is what drives America.
Pelosi: Guess you don't even care about the Ford Motor Company, do you?
Trump: You mean the one that built more factories in America for their Transit vans for small businesses and other organizations? They just opened a factory near Wildcat City in hopes of attracting workers from that city.
Pelosi: Stop taking credit for everything.
Politician 1: Stop wasting our time by forcing us to impeach Trump!
Politician 2: We have a lot of big issues going on, and now we have this coronavirus topic to add on to this! Trump is doing everything he can to help America first and save the world from a potential pandemic! He sent the US Army there because they got the mobile clinics for the job and second, it wouldn't be safe to go to Hubei without extra protection! In fact, the Chinese government specifically asked us for help and we are giving them help! So stop saying its an invasion! Same goes for the media that supports you too by making fake news that we're invading China!
Politician 3: People like you is why we have domestic terrorism in America. I hate arguing hence I've been using my phone to record this nonsense live to post on Twitter and share them with the G-52s. We got to prepare against natural disasters, we must encourage and reward businesses for providing more jobs to our citizens first, we need major tax reforms and eliminate more federal taxes, we need to take care of our Native Americans first, everything! We have these issues we need to take care of first, and on top of this the coronavirus, and here you are stealing our tax money to stuff in your bank accounts by saying that Trump is the most important issue compared to all of this.
Politician 4: My gosh! Impeaching Trump is so important to you, you'll even spend more time on that than how to stop the coronavirus! I'm so glad Chuck Schumer resigned! I hope you will follow his footsteps in shame too! We have a few cases of the coronavirus here and luckily they are contained and stopped quickly.
Politician 5: I'm going to be blunt with you and I don't care if Leo the Patriotic Lion chews me out for profanity. Take your head out of your [BLEEP] and focus on the real issues first! You work for the American people like we do! They do not work for you! We are their servants, their concerns go first. Our duty is to protect the livelihood and rights of American citizens first. This impeachment is a waste of time and money as well as the fact that it's full of [BLEEP]!
*Miami, FL, USA*
Leo: Okay. That makes more sense.
*China*
Liu: *in Chinese* So am I.
*Singapore*
Liwei: Do all you can do as well to ensure the virus doesn't reach Singapore itself. I don't want any further outbreaks.
*Miami, FL, USA*
*Florida Army National Guard dispatch combat medics throughout the city as more ambulances surround the stadium to be on standby.*
Juno: You're positive that everybody has been scanned and that no one recently visited China right?
Dustin: Very positive. Everybody has been vetted 100% with no one left behind. So nothing to worry about with the virus here.
Zax: Hopefully the world doesn't look like something off of Resident Evil minus the zombies. Oh wait, nobody bothered to take out Gen. Saqqaf and his GSAF zombie horde yet?
Jack: That'll be taken care of soon.
Queen Hamdan: None of us Royal Pagans visited China recently either. American customs agents made sure we are good. We did see a lot of combat medics here and they made sure we are okay.
*Our communicators beep again.*
Leo: But the world is now free of those pesky EP-2900 robots now and forever, so that's out the way.
Super C: But this time it wasn't Lennart's doing; it was all your major martial artists serving as parallels to you. That's a lot less gruesome than a Norseman going berserk, I suppose.
*We hear a roar.*
Leo: *to the Royal Pagans* That's their victory roar.
*Kyrgyzstan*
*Lian, Lemboe, Loy, Leng, and Lek had been summoned to help fight the remaining robots, because other robots had already been self-destructing at the sights or thoughts of Lennart. They use their righteous punch move after the last of the robots merge themselves into one super robot, but the beam of light that forms a fist instead punches the super robot first, sending it flying into the heavens, never to return. All other robots are destroyed. The lions then pose, and let out a roar that is literally heard all around the world. The citizens, however, who had been hiding, slowly come out and start to clap, but they're all crying because they're sore afraid of the lions.*
*Sweden*
*Lennart makes the announcement to his people.*
Lennart: *in Swedish through a megaphone* Do not be alarmed; the sounds of the roars you heard came from several of my counterparts who practice those lethal martial arts. But help me let the news be spread; the last of Bendraqi's old robots now is dead!
*Forsythians strike up stirring tunes as the people cheer.*
*Germany*
Civilian 1: *in German* Oh, no. Not again!
Civilian 2: *in German* Are we busted for being buzzed? I only had one beer today!
Luitpold: *in German* No, you're fine. One beer is more than enough, really, but well done on controlling it. That was me who let out the roar; it was those Asian counterparts of mine. But let's get the press working on that story; the world is now truly 100% rid of Bendraqi's old EP-2900 robots. They're all gone!
Civilian 3: *in German* I must say to you that is good news.
*The press reports.*
*elsewhere*
*All the world's news media reports on the story of the lions defeating the last of the robots.*
*Miami, FL, USA*
Queen Hamdan: Our nations and kingdoms are finally saved from those evil robots at last!
King Higazy: But we still have to watch out for the coronavirus. It's a flu virus, but it could be anything for all we know.
King Kazemi: But this is not the first time China went through this. People forgot about the SARS virus apparently, but China and the WHO still remembers. Right now, all airports and seaports around the world are closed until further notice. Trains are functional but access into China is difficult.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: I'm sure this will be contained. The media these days love to drive the world into panic and chaos.
*Beijing, China*
*National politicians roll out a comprehensive healthcare bill that will increase China's healthcare research spending.*
Politician 1: *In Chinese* We are going to do something that's never been done before. This will be the only way. We are going to build at least one infection control research clinic in every city and town in China complete with the latest telemedicine technologies available. This will allow our doctors and virologists to monitor the health of their patients 24/7 from anywhere and anytime even outside of work.
Politician 2: *In Chinese* And by encouraging telecommuting as well, we are reducing outdoor traffic congestion which will decrease the likelihood of these infections from happening again.
Politician 3: *In Chinese* This spending bill would make China the biggest spender on healthcare research in the world making America second. Are you sure about this?
Politician 4: *In Chinese* We don't have a choice. Even Liu said to go ahead. If that's what it takes to protect our country and the world, so be it. The health of our people is important as we must maximize our productivity and research so might as well. After all, the wealth we collect in taxes must be invested back into our people.
*The People's Congress passes their comprehensive healthcare bill and gets approved through the government anyways as construction for medical research clinics and hospitals against contagious diseases are being planned and built in every Chinese city and town.*
*Wuhan, Hubei, China*
Taikonaut Tiger: *In Chinese* Whew, that's the last of those robots! Now our government can finally fund these clinics and hospitals to be available in every city and town in China. We're also funding telemedicine research to help prevent these outbreaks from happening again!
Shi: *Is in his hazmat armor suit as he speaks in Chinese.* I really hope this would make China the global leader in medical research. Of course those Americans will always find a way to keep a leg up over us.
*Washington D.C.*
*Words of America dropping out as the largest spender on healthcare research with China taking its place reaches around the world.*
Trump: Oh, look! We're not longer the world's largest spender on healthcare research. China beat us to that! Our healthcare spending is going down and the health of our citizens are going up. See? With a health savings account for every American and a healthcare plan that makes it easier for their companies to provide them private health insurance, we do it better. We don't need high taxes to solve everything. Then again, China is importing our medicine and medical technologies and we're just helping out. So what do you have to say against me now Pelosi? Do you still want to impeach me? Because I know who will be resigning next; Maxine Waters. You've been here for too long. I think you should retire. The government is not your piggy bank.
Pelosi: How dare you talk about her like that!
Trump: Hey at least I didn't use a 3D printer to make a toy mocking her. Too bad that idea flew over a certain Canadian raccoon's head.
Pelosi: Don't give him any ideas!
Politician 1: Can we not?
Politician 2: Okay, so all the robots are gone and yet you're still obsessed with getting rid of Trump and Pence. Keep this up, someone is going to pull a Rainier Belrose on you!
Politician 3: Yeah! We should be celebrating that all of Bendraqi's robots are gone! And here you are wanting to get rid of Trump more than anything else!
*Ottawa, Ontario, Canada*
Rainier: Thank the heavens the EP-2900 madness is finally over! What a relief!
Dominique: Don't get too comfy now. We have a lot of worse enemies ahead. You cannot guarantee everything.
Courtney: I already posted a travel warning about China to Canadian citizens and we managed to evacuate our people from China and none of them were tested positive for the virus. Thank goodness that's taken care of.
Dominique: Right. Well anyways, China just beat the United States in healthcare research and expansion spending and knowing how China is prone to these flu viruses, I think this is an exception that can be made where we can provide foreign financial aid since several countries are doing this.
Rainier: Personally, I would agree in sending financial aid to China for this. A lot of that money will be spent on importing medical equipment from America and us.
*Parliament votes with Levi to decide if Canada should provide financial aid to China to help them contain the virus and if so, how much.*
Politician 1: This is a big yes. China's universities allow for global collaboration with other countries in medical research so might as well.
Politician 2: China has opened their doors for companies around the world to invest in opening their clinics and medical facilities and factories so big fat yes to this.
Politician 3: We have Liu the Confucian Lion and he's seen more than enough flu outbreaks in his country so its a yes. How much should we send them Levi?
Politician 4: A yes from me, since we don't want the flu to be spreading to us.
Courtney: How much are we sending China for this?
Dominique: Their government said that they will make sure every single Chinese city and town has a medical research clinic that is dedicated to containing and eliminating infectious diseases; especially viral ones. They will also utilize telemedicine on their citizens and encourage telecommuting to monitor the health of their citizens using live data from them and to help prevent these outbreaks.
Courtney: Personally, we should send them financial aid for this; a big one. We're going to show Trudeau that foreign financial aid is appropriate for stuff like this. So what do you say Levi?
Rainier: If yes to foreign aid, how much are we sending them?
*Mexico City, Mexico*
*The government sends $100 million USD to China in their fight against the coronavirus.*
Politician 1: *In Spanish* We already had the swine flu once and once is too many.
Politician 2: *In Spanish* That should do it! Hopefully we can learn a thing or two about China's intensive medical research against these outbreaks and how to prevent them.
Politician 3: *In Spanish* Leandro the Revolutionary Lion shouldn't mind us helping out China in stopping a disease that could have gone global in seconds. We can't have that here!
*Seoul, Korea*
*The government sends $500 million USD to China.*
Politician 1: *In Korean* China is a key ally of ours and we must make sure the virus doesn't get here. One case is too much as it is.
Politician 2: *In Korean* Thank heavens that's taken care of!
Politician 3: *In Korean* China has big plans to prevent these outbreaks. Telecommuting, traffic restriction, telemedicine, intensive medical research, the list goes on. China has one of the world's most comprehensive tax plans which allows them to collect large tax revenue without slapping high taxes on most items.
Politician 4: *In Korean* They should be more like Singapore; especially with their electronic road pricing system. That's going to bring China plenty of tax revenue and help reduce traffic congestion.
Politician 5: *In Korean* You think Kyu the Hwarang Lion is okay with us sending that much money to China?
Politician 6: *In Korean* Of course! Anything to prevent the virus from coming here! On the brighter side, no more evil robots!
Politician 5: *In Korean* The Japanese lion sliced many of them apart before they made it here. His name is Ryo the Samurai Lion and he represents Japan.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Leo: Exactly why I hate the media. Journalism outside our home city's network, WBC, is dead.
*Our communicators beep again.*
Super C: They sure are working overtime. *He looks.* Oh. This one says tomorrow is to be the day Brexit finally happens.
Leo: All my parallels wanted to see that happen.
Crush: It officially happens at 11 p.m. GMT, and then they have until the last day of the year to figure things out with the EU.
*Ontario, Canada*
Levi: Let me see here. I do want us to send them some aid. What does our budget allow us if 1 Canadian dollar equals only 76 cents in US currency? *He types numbers into a calculator.* Do you suppose $75 million will do the job?
*Mexico*
*Leandro reads a newspaper mentioning the virus.*
Leandro: *in Spanish to himself* Oh, good. We can't have that coming here.
*Korea*
*Kyu is present because the politicians later ask for his opinion.*
Kyu: *in Korean as he arrives* No, I don't mind. Do what you have to do, but don't let that virus get to anybody!
*Miami, FL, USA*
Queen Hamdan: The world can rejoice with the UK on Brexit then. I support it because the EU does not respect national borders let alone the borders of others. The EU has allowed illegal immigrants to cross borders and are also responsible for dumping their leftists in countries like Canada. *Checks her phone and texts briefly on it.* There! $80 million in USD is being sent out from Iraq to China since my politicians have been discussing on how much to send to China.
King Higazy: Egypt, with my approval, sent $50 million to China since that's the best we can do and we're hoping it helps.
Zachary/Zihao: Hey we'd be working overtime if we had an outbreak. Then again, we'd work overtime to rebuild a community because we Americans have one infamous problem that the world tends to forget about; natural disasters. The state of Texas is the worst and yet many Americans still live there. Unlike viruses, natural disasters cannot be contained. It happens, it happens. You can't control it. That's just nature you know.
Dawn: Yay Brexit! The Gardnerian Society will be happy that the UK is free and that the British government will finally dedicate itself to their people, including the native Wiccans in Blundellsands, again! BoJo is funny but he's a great guy!
Queen Hamdan: He has a very dirty mouth... Why would you want to deal with him?
Dawn: He cares about the British people and the British fathers who work. After all, the good politicians are usually the ones who take their time to visit an average workplace with a helmet on at least to inspect their productivity. BoJo did just that and so did Trump.
Queen Hamdan: You really know the right people then. I don't blame you for supporting BoJo.
King Kazemi: My ears bleed when BoJo talks because he tends to be crass in his country. But overseas, he's surprisingly elegant. But I still hide in my palace when he does his diplomacy in Iran. My kingdom will never allow profanity on the TV.
Zachary/Zihao: Brexit is going to be sweet!
Zax: Hallelujah to our former archenemy if you know what I mean.
Zachary/Zihao: Oh yeah the time when we declared independence from the UK to become the United States of America.
Jack: Best decision ever made since then for America's future.
*Ottawa, Canada*
Dominique: That's perfect!
Rainier: $75 million will do just fine!
*Parliament agrees to have $75 million sent to China as foreign aid to combat the coronavirus.*
*China*
*Inspectors from the World Health Organization (WHO) arrive in hazmat suits to inspect the freshly built clinics.*
WHO Inspector 1: Definitely world class for sure.
WHO Inspector 2: They got tablets ready too which just arrived.
WHO Inspector 3: Spotless and perfect. Lots of computers at the desks. This would make the jobs of the healthcare workers much easier here.
WHO Inspector 4: Nice labs. I love the computers and tablets here. Very organized.
WHO Inspector 5: *Uses his tablet to make sure the clinics meets WHO criteria.* All checks out and ready for certification!
WHO Inspector 4: *To Liu* We're from the World Health Organization and we are inspecting the hospitals and clinics across China. So far, every single one of them have exceeded our standards so we are excited to see how China will lead the world in healthcare.
WHO Inspector 6: This will guarantee that there won't be anymore outbreaks. Every disease will soon be eliminated.
WHO Inspector 7: So much hard work and passion into this facility.
*Stockholm, Sweden*
*The government sends $200 million USD to China.*
Politician 1: *In Swedish* There! That should do it!
Politician 2: *In Swedish* I like how they're having infection control clinics in every place like that. We should do the same.
Politician 3: *In Swedish* We kinda have that because we have telemedicine too.
Politician 2: *In Swedish* Oh yeah I forgot. I can't wait to see how China utilizes their telemedicine system.
Politician 4: *In Swedish* Telecommuting seems to help prevent these outbreaks. I think China will have more workers do that since they have the tech and resources.
Politician 5: *In Swedish* I hope unmanned stores work well in China because we have those here and so far, they work well. Strange at first, but it works. We may be a nation of Vikings, but we are also a nation of innovation as well.
Politician 6: *In Swedish* Lennart knows that Sweden is one of the top nations for scientific research and innovation on Earth. Then of course, we have Swedish steel; forged for Viking swords and axes now used in Volvo automobiles. Goes to show that innovation is linked with tradition in Sweden.
*Moscow, Russia*
*The government sends $1 billion USD to China.*
Politician 1: *In Russian* The money that could've been used for our Olympics is now spent in helping the Chinese fight their outbreak.
Politician 2: *In Russian* China gets it right! They would never let their athletes dope! Perhaps, we should utilize telemedicine on everybody so that we can catch a doper instantly!
Politician 3: *In Russian* Telemedicine; where patients utilize medical devices for their health which provides live data to their doctors, who use the internet to communicate to their patients about their health in real time. Say that's what we need more of against these dopers! That way even if both the athletes and doctors are at home, the doctors will still know if they dope! And when they know it, they'll message local law enforcement about their doping complete with evidence! Genius! Leonid would be down for this!
Politician 4: *In Russian* I don't think he's much into technology and he won't know what telemedicine is.
Politician 5: *In Russian* Actually, he approves of telemedicine; especially being used for this purpose! Makes the healthcare job much easier than before! That way it will be much harder for cheaters to dope in secret!
*Miami, FL, USA*
Super C: Fingers crossed, then; we'll see how it goes.
*China*
Liu: *in Chinese* I wish you all the best in this crusade. Let's work together to end these things, or at least stop them from spreading. Medical science hasn't found a cure for anything that is a virus.
*Canada*
Levi: $75 million it is.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: It will go well. Remember, this isn't the first time China has gone through this. Even better is that we are here in Miami to chill around a bit.
King Kazemi: We got a few days left to chill here, so plenty of time before the opening ceremony starts in the Superbowl.
*Later, the impeachmentment against Trump ends and Brexit occurs.*
*Miami, FL, USA*
*Citizens cheer for the end of Trump's acquittal.*
Civilian 1: Trump has been acquitted at last!
Civilian 2: Told ya it's a waste of time!
Civilian 3: Our British friends are celebrating because they finally got Brexit through!
Dawn: As someone who is a dual-citizen with the US and the UK, I am so happy! Sure Trump and Johnson have their moments, but their actions show! *Waves both the British and American flags in her hands.* Goodness delivers!
*Washington D.C.*
*Pelosi decides to resign early as Mr. Letterman arrives to take her place as interim Speaker of The House.*
Mr. Letterman: *Is reading a resignation letter in the House of Representative left by Pelosi.* Dear Trump, I hope you are happy with the results. You always managed to get things your way. Because of the resignation of representatives like Waters, I finally decide to resign, as I cannot continue my duties. I knew one day, I would be questioned for my actions against you. I am sure you know a certain lion pays attention to what you do, but you don't seem to care. Whatever, just do whatever you want. I hope you're happy with your "America First" plans. But whatever consequences results from this shall be in you and your supporters. I will not be there to witness them nor be responsible for them. Good luck on your duties Mr. President as you'll need plenty of it. Signed, Nancy Pelosi. *Stops reading the letter.*
All right, then. So here I am as interim Speaker. This also makes me third in the presidential line of succession. As far as I am concerned, the President has done what is needed to be done to not only put America first, but also protect the American people by any means necessary including sending medical aid to China. Anyways, I should be in Miami, and no, I have not been to China recently.
Trump: Then go to the Superbowl then. I'll be down at the Mar-a-Lago soon anyways, now that Pelosi is out the way.
Mr. Letterman: All right, then. *Boards the underground maglev high-speed train to Miami.*
*UK*
*Brexit celebrations rock across the UK as British flags wave everywhere.*
Civilian 1: The nightmare is finally over!
Civilian 2: Good job, Johnson!
Civilian 3: What a glorious day! Britain shall lead the world again!
Civilian 4: Now the NHS can fully care for us Brits first again!
Johnson: *Is dancing around in Number 10 with his staff.* Lionus will like me better! I did what is needed to be done!
Dalton: Good job! We are finally free from the EU curse!
Agent M: And this is how leftism and communism dies. Glory to Britain! *To Lionus* See? My dolls helped the UK!
Civilian 5: You could've went around with that in a better way, though.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Crush: Pelosi called it quits?
Leo: She picked the wrong time to start the whole thing, really.
*The Drumbums play appropriate tunes. The other assigned drum majors of the G-52 Marching Band, and the G-52 Drum and Bugle Corps, all meet up with Zachary to discuss the opening ceremony procedures since the units are involved.*
*UK*
Lionus: *to Agent M* Yes, it did, but that really wasn't the best option, now, was it?
*The Drumbums start playing appropriate music.*
*Miami, FL, USA*
*As Zachary listens to the opening ceremony procedures, Mr. Letterman finally arrives.*
Combat Medic 1: Oh? You're the interim Speaker of The House!
Combat Medic 2: We're with the Florida National Guard so we have some questions because you were on the news.
Mr. Letterman: Okay.
Combat Medic 2: To the isolation room.
*Mr. Letterman is escorted to the isolation room.*
Mr. Letterman: Okay.
Combat Medic 3: I'll make it quick. We saw you on the news on the TV because you and a group of other people were helping out a Chinese family in Portland. Is that correct? If so, why?
Mr. Letterman: That is correct. They were staying in a hotel but were stranded because they are from Wuhan. The wife is a nurse and is pregnant with her third child and her husband is a biomedical engineer. We did some fundraising to help them stay longer in the hotel until they are cleared to return home. Eventually, things started to settle once every affected Chinese citizen is hospitalized in their local infection control facilities. This family is perfectly healthy at the time we cared for them. When their chartered flight arrived, they returned home back in Wuhan but are assigned to telecommuting jobs instead since nobody is allowed to work outside their home in China at the time. We kept touch with the family and learned that the majority of the quarantined patients are cured from the coronavirus and at this rate, things will come to an end and life would hopefully return back to normal in China.
Combat Medic 3: I see. Have you been to China recently?
Mr. Letterman: No.
Combat Medic 3: And why are you here?
Mr. Letterman: I'm friends with the G-52s and I have a spot in the stadium to watch the Superbowl.
Combat Medic 3: Okay you're good to go. Have fun and be safe.
Mr. Letterman: *Leaves the isolation room to regroup with the G-52s on the higher floor and meets with the Royal Pagans.* I see some new faces here.
Queen Hamdan: I'm sure you know who we are.
Mr. Letterman: Of course; the ones who seek to revive and preserve old traditions that helped defined countries.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: And I'm from Armenia, but I'm an Arordiner. Even though the Royal Pagans are known to have come critical views on Christianity, we also respect it, because when it comes to history in the Bible, most of it is not wrong since they are accurate as it happened. But then there are parts we have to be careful about because the later parts were written by Greek Apostles; especially Paul. What I don't understand about Christianity is this; Christians are following a book that was originally written in Hebrew but later additions were made by Greek Apostles.
Levon the Christian Lion: (narrating) Sadly he's mistaken, the Bible is the Holy and Sacred Word of God; it has absolutely no errors, whatsoever.
Mr. Letterman: I think I can explain this. I understand where you're coming from, but these Apostles are disciples of Christ. They are sent out to spread His word and some died as martyrs for Christ if I remember right.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: I see. In Armenia, Christianity there is the eastern version of it which is different from the western version here. Over in Armenia, the Gospel of Luke mentions the Seventy-Two Disciples. You don't hear that often in America because you guys were a British colony and Christianity in Britain is the western version of it with Roman Catholic roots.
This is why us Royal Pagans have this idea that religion should be something that defines a nation with their own people and that Christianity tends to be convoluting and questionable to us. Before all these reforms in Christianity, there was genocide against the pagans, vandalism, you know, all sorts of horrible things back then; especially during the Crusades. They also try to change the history of others as well which is dangerous. I think what made the world much more civilized today wasn't just about the basics of Christian morality but more importantly, European enlightenment since their imperial days. And besides, many of the morals that Christianity preaches are also found in many pagan religions around the world, too.
Queen Hamdan: Iraq has a rich history, but got ugly when Christianity and Islam was brought into the country. And besides, those two religions have Jewish roots. I just find it strange that a Jewish man would try to unite all of the world's civilizations through His teachings hoping things would get better if the world were to follow Him while claiming to be God as well. But then again, that's history.
Mr. Letterman: So, what do you think about Syria voluntarily returning to Christianity?
Queen Hamdan: A lot better I must say but it is important that they must embrace humanistic values as well too.
King Higazy: In this modern world, there's so much emphasis put on the value of life. Life is what carries history. Someone has to run the museums and manage them. Someone has to tell the stories of the past to learn from them. Books are tools for that.
Mr. Letterman: So I'm curious; many people say that Christianity is leaving this world because of you. How do you respond to this?
King Higazy: It depends on the perspective but Christians will always exist as do Muslims; just with several reforms and minus the extremism. There will always be more Christians than Muslims but at the same time, the pagan community is growing rapidly. People see religion as something that defines a nation, their culture, and their people with Japan being used as an example. You may be asking what we think about syncretic religions from the new age religion movements. I think they're more like ideologies than they are religion. Then we are aware that parody religion exists in which we think its stupid since they distract people from learning the historical reasons why the concept of religion was invented here in this world.
Mr. Letterman: Interesting.
Queen Hamdan: Anyways, we should get ready to watch the opening ceremony here. Mr. Letterman, you're more than welcome to visit our lounge as you do with the others here.
Dawn: And welcome again, Speaker.
Mr. Letterman: That title is only used back in Washington D.C. in the House of Representatives. Outside, I'm just Mr. Letterman. I was voted against my will to replace Pelosi after the impeachment fiasco. But I will tell you that Trump is at the Mar-a-Lago right now. Lets focus on the game as we look forward to this greatness.
Dawn: Understood.
Mr. Letterman: I also spoke with Espen and there's a high chance that we may be recruiting more Dissidents.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: And please emphasize to them that there will be no more trolling from them. They drive a lot of people crazy and makes them nervous because the parallels or Leo always happen to be involved one way or another. And if Lennart gets mad, we're all gonna die!
Mr. Letterman: Don't worry; I will emphasize to them that doing crazy things like that will lead to very long marching punishments.
*UK*
Dalton: Remember, you had bobbies being dragged on their bums by their dogs because of those toys where they had to be sent to the NHS for treatment which is very embarrassing to us taxpayers. You could have gone around about this in a better way.
Agent M: Probably not.
Crawford: You could've caused an accident too. Anyways, Brexit party time! Fish and chips everywhere! Union Jacks flying everywhere!
Agent M: Yup! We shall be the Japan of Europe! High-tech, pure culture, and leading!
Crawford: And you better be on your best behaviour when we go to Japan for the Olympics. None of this nutty trolling garbage! Lionus and his horse can only be patient for so long, you know!
*Miami, FL, USA*
Leo: You could also show them the videos of these marching punishments.
Super C: I typically film them and post them on YouTube for all to see.
Leo: Yet, look at what Rainier did. You had to be thrilled about that.
Macho Mouse: Although we thought Canada was going to pick Courtney that time. Instead, the nostalgia bug bit them, and they put Levi back in.
*UK*
Lionus: Although me horse is going to snap first. It's amazing the amount of patience he has been showing lately. *The horse grunts.* Oh, right. He's also terrified of Lennart the Viking Lion, but then again, aren't we all?
*Miami, FL, USA*
Jack: YouTube is an excellent deterrent for that purpose.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Rainier is textbook definition of brave. But punishing him over a song is a bit much in my opinion.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: What was the song about?
Zax: Bananas and the song actually references to a time when Trudeau performed the song for a talent show in blackface complete with a giant afro on his head. Nobody knows if he won but based on this, I doubt it.
Queen Hamdan: I was in disbelief to learn that the former Canadian prime minister would do such a thing. If my politicians however were to share inappropriate photos like that, I would ask them to dispose the photos and take a break for the day than to fire them over those photos. Immature, yes. But worth firing them over? Probably not.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: And what did Rainier do that earned him his second marching punishment from all of this?
Juno: My understanding was that he got a bunch of his pals together so they can wear marching band uniforms with banana-themed shakos before they performed the song with marching band instruments for laughs as well as a response to Trudeau being reelected. Many in the G-52s treat marching bands with serious respect as if each of them are military marching bands. The Forsythians are known to take marching bands seriously so obviously Maple Marcher, like every other Forsythian-Canadian, found Rainier's acts as offensive to marching bands yet were impressed by his abilities to lead one. From there, Rainier fled overseas where we eventually found him in Incheon, Korea, in hopes he avoids marching punishment assuming Levi was out to get him.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Wow... Sounds like the Dissidents are a colorful bunch.
Mr. Letterman: We're doing our best to discourage trolling but there's no guarantee to stop this. Hopefully we don't have anymore parallels overreacting to silly stuff like this since Levi's handling of his Parliament over those photos were over-the-top.
*UK*
Agent M: Don't remind me of Lennart; especially of how he saved Kazakhstan from a robotic invasion. A giant battle axe as a skateboard? Seriously? No wonder why people say Lennart can split mountains into two if he wanted to!
*Miami, FL, USA*
Leo: Levi says he's never going to live that down. It thus caught him off guard when the people put him back in office. When he's done, though, he's retiring for good.
Super C: Rainier's actions involving the song Day-O referenced Trudeau in blackface. If I'm correct, the real meaning of the song has to do with people working the night shift loading bananas onto ships.
Leo: I think so, because my Jamaican counterpart was highly offended by the acts.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Queen Hamdan: I can see that.
Dawn: *Her phone beeps and looks at it.* Oh great! My hometown, Boston, is under quarantine until further notice because 8 people who are hospitalized there have coronavirus. The 8th person is a young guy who returned from his trip in Wuhan. Just like the rest of the world, the US has closed their airports until further notice.
Juno: Looks like you'll be chilling in Wildcat City a bit with us after we celebrate in the city of the winning team.
Dawn: They got National Guard troops allover Boston. They're even preventing visitors from coming in to the city as well.
Mr. Letterman: Before this century, the plague used to happen every century. Now, coronavirus has taken its place. At least we won't have any catastrophic death tolls.
Jill: If you wash your hands and use hand sanitizer often, you'll be fine. Emphasis on the "and". Besides, coronavirus is a flu virus despite being a novel strain. If you're not eating bats, there's nothing to worry about. It's just media panic and the quarantine orders are just extra measures to prevent the virus from spreading.
*Boston, MA, USA*
*The National Guard evacuates every single visitor out of the city and makes sure that only residents are left. Returning residents are encouraged to avoid returning home until further notice.*
Soldier 1: Wow... The streets are empty. You rarely see that here.
Soldier 2: Now I know what experiencing Resident Evil is like. Just without the zombies.
Soldier 3: Sorry! This city is under quarantine until further notice! We can't let people in!
*Miami, FL, USA*
Crush: I had a sad feeling we weren't going to avoid it all together.
Parade Phantom: Let's just hope it doesn't get down here.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Dawn: I hope not. San Antonio in Texas, Fort Carson in Colorado, Fairfield in California, and San Diego in California are also under quarantine orders. Stuff like this is why there are facial scanning devices almost everywhere in public; many being hidden. These devices scan your face to see if you are sick or not and if you are, either your doctor gets an email notification from the city or town's local health department letting them know of your symptoms or if severe, would send you a text message letting you know that an ambulance is on the way to pick you up and you should stay at your location.
Jack: What you're talking about is part of what we call telehealth today. Convenience, yes. But the biggest issue as Americans is how far would this go until your privacy is violated. For China, telehealth is a must because of what's going on. I'm sure the Krieglandonian doctors can adapt well in utilizing telehealth and telemedicine today since the idea behind that is being able to monitor the health of your patients outside of the clinic at least. Pretty much, live health data on-the-go where you could even be working in your office and your patients' health information gets emailed to you. Then of course there's AI to make organizing data much easier than before. Of course in America, for doctors to utilize telemedicine and telehealth on their patients, their consent is required first.
Dawn: They make their jobs so much easier so they can focus on caring and treating their patients first with passionate care. Too bad consent in this kind of medical technology is technically mandatory in many countries but mainly because of the result of universal healthcare systems. In Hawaii and Alaska, consent to this technology is mandatory. California is also mandatory as well. And in cities where quarantine orders are issued, each citizen is technically monitored anyways where consent doesn't matter for the sake of public health.
Zachary/Zihao: As much as I am for individual rights, I think stuff like this should be mandatory anyways as a way to prevent epidemics like this. After all, we still remember around the start of last year, there was anti-vaccine propaganda, which was met with a massive global backlash against it complete with the WHO stating that anti-vaccine hysteria is a threat to global health. Cody, the cowboy lynx from Texas, went psycho in Austin with his revolvers because lawmakers wanted to keep a vaccine law that states that parental consent is required after their children consent to vaccines. In states like Kansas, children can get vaccines without parental consent. As a result of this, information on sites like Reddit exploded on how children can get vaccines for free without parental consent, which includes going to other states that allows vaccination of children without parental consent.
Queen Hamdan: I don't know why any parent would be against vaccinating their children. I can understand if their children had allergic reactions to certain vaccines or the vaccines in question poses a risk to their health due to genetic factors but these days, children are screened before they can be vaccinated safely. What also bothers me greatly is how some people can use religious exemptions to refuse certain vaccines despite the fact how dangerous that is.
Zachary/Zihao: We have a group of people that do this in America; they're called the Amish. But most young Amish these days would sneak their way out to get vaccinated. The problem with these Amish people is that unlike Native Americans, they can be difficult to track as they do not have IDs. That's why they still live their old ways like their ancestors did as simple community farmers. This is also why the stuff they sell, including their furniture, are cheap and usually sold in towns than in cities.
Juno: Unlike most Americans, they prefer payment in dollar coins because in the olden days, coins are a popular form of payment. Coins are still used today, but paper money is also used because of modern convenience and of course, cards. Dollar coins will still be produced in America; especially with the Native American series to keep the legacy of Native Americans alive. In Korea, electronic and card payments are strongly encouraged by the government because they can be easily tracked unlike cash payments. Of course with Kyu the Hwarang Lion, he disagrees because people will continue to make cash payments and that will never go away. Then there's Japan where despite being a high-tech loving nation, you'll still see people pay with yen coins at least; especially in the izakayas.
Jill: Most people pay with cash, especially those going overseas, to avoid their banks charging them for currency conversion fees during transactions. Hence in countries like Japan, most people who are paying with card are locals. Ryo, like the other traditionalists, believe that carrying cash would make you less likely to get robbed than if you were to carry a card, even though Japan's crime rates are nearly nonexistent to the point that you can go out in the middle of the night alone and nobody would mess with you.
Jack: Technology is a double-edged sword; yet at the same time, this is what's driving humanity forward as well as saving humanity. So it's either that or we're doomed in the Dark Ages.
*San Antonio, TX, USA*
*National Guard soldiers have evacuated every visitor and tourist as the city goes under quarantine.*
Soldier 1: I hope Cody understands that this is to prevent the coronavirus from spreading since we have some of those patients in our hospitals here.
Soldier 2: *Is reading a newspaper about telemedicine.* You heard about how China is increasing spending to invest in telemedicine to monitor their people's health on-the-go to prevent epidemics? That sounds very interesting since we have that here, too, though not as large as that in China.
Soldier 3: Sounds cool, but then again, doctors always report health data statistics to the government, you know, because that's a must. CDC needs their national health data.
Soldier 4: But no one's names is visible or anything like that because of HIPAA to respect their privacy as individuals.
Soldier 5: I've never seen this city empty like this before. Usually it's bustling and musical. Now, it's quiet and sterile. At least it is clean here.
*San Diego, CA, USA*
*The city is under quarantine with National Guard soldiers everywhere.*
Soldier 1: First time I've seen a busy city like this go empty.
Soldier 2: Feels kinda eerie, don't you think?
Soldier 3: At least there's no zombie apocalypse here like The Walking Dead.
*Hicksburg, TX, USA*
Civilian 1: Geez; I hope San Antonio is okay!
Civilian 2: They got them troops on the ground everywhere there like it's the zombie apocalypse or somethin'. You don't hear about this often these days.
Civilian 3: San Antonio is one of Cody's favorite places to visit often. The musicians there defines the culture of that city. Too bad they ain't lettin' anyone in. I hope this dies down soon.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Leo: Plenty of furniture I own is Amish. And Cody also underwent one of those marching punishments.
Super C: But that's because he kept on threatening to kill and saying all those people deserved to go to hell even after the problem was fixed. Then he thought about suicide. Fortunately, we talked him out of it.
*Hicksburg, TX, USA*
*Cody is also reading a newspaper about the coronavirus while talking with the civilians.
Cody: It ain't just the Alamo; I had family livin' in San Antonio as well. I'm sadly the only one left in my side of the family; this doesn't count my cousin, Fast Draw Derrick.
Civilian 2: Oh, yes; he's fantastic.
Cody: Still, seems to me this is what happens when them Chinese go about eatin' bats.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Queen Hamdan: Suicide is strongly frowned upon in many pagan cultures as it is frowned upon in Christianity. An example of this would be the fact that Roman pagans strictly forbid all forms of self-harm, including blood sacrifices.
Dawn: The Wiccan Rede, which people take as part of their initiation to become Wiccans, emphasizes the rule of "no harm" which includes suicide. "And ye harm none, do as ye will" is the line from the Rede. One of the rules we Wiccans follow is the concept of karma which is also mentioned in the Rede like this; what ye send out, comes back to thee.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Pagan religions place heavy emphasis on the sanctity of life. One of the reasons why we, the Royal Pagans, are reviving old traditions is to let the world know of our history and how our morals got connected through Christianity at least. We also want to emphasize that no member of the Royal Pagans worship the devil as such a concept was never recorded in history nor would the pagans back then allow that.
Dawn: We Wiccans do not embrace the concept of sin, heaven, nor hell. There is the afterlife, but some Wiccans believe in reincarnation. In this, we have the Law of Threefold Return. What we do now, will reflect on what happens to us in the next life. Wiccans also emphasize personal responsibility as well too through the Law of Threefold Return. So arguably speaking, if Cody were to take his life, he could be reincarnated in say, San Francisco, where high cost of living and tech companies forcing their tech into people's personal lives would be payback to him as he will be feeling their effects. And besides, more than half of San Francisco's residents already left their city for better parts in America and less than 1% of the American population are moving there.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Very interesting. Based on what you said in that scenario, I take it Cody does not like the modern life?
Dawn: Not at all; he does not even use a smartphone like many of us do. He does carry his ID though, but that's about it. Hicksburg in Texas is a very small town so cost-of-living is very cheap there. Then again, that's pretty much most of Texas. It is true that there are lots of Americans moving there but at the same time, there's a significant number of people moving out of Texas, too. Hence cost-of-living in most parts of Texas have remained stable.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: If only you were there to warn him if he threatened to take his life.
Dawn: The problem is that I cannot guarantee what would happen if he did take his life. I only stated a theoretical result based on that scenario. But he already did the marching punishment for that, and that already has been done.
*Hicksburg, TX, USA*
Civilian 3: Eatin' WHAT?!
Civilian 4: Ugh! Just the thought of that makes me sick!
Civilian 5: Who knows what kind of diseases them bats carry, since they're out from the wild?! Even worse is that the largest bat colony in North America is right in our state capital of Austin. Their bridges provide them additional homes, too.
Civilian 6: I think they migrate there during the summer then over to Mexico during the winter. Luckily, they don't attack people and that they do eat up annoying bugs from mosquitoes to flies there. No wonder why we got them hippies from California moving to Austin.
Civilian 7: Everybody wants to live in Austin until they start raising them home prices there.
Civilian 8: I'm from Austin; property taxes are highest there in the state since too many people want to live there. Young folks from Houston and Dallas be trying to move there in masses.
*Bellaire, TX, USA*
*Despite confirming that nobody in the city has been infected with coronavirus, the city remains under martial law with curfew. The city operates normally as usual with visitors coming in and out of the city.*
Soldier 1: Welp; that was close! Captain wants us to keep patrolling just to be safe.
Soldier 2: All because someone here just returned from China. He said he wasn't in Wuhan or whatever the province that city is in.
Soldier 3: Hubei, you mean? I heard that is a very nice part of China. They got big cities with science facilities there. Hubei looks like a world-class tourist destination.
Soldier 4: Good luck trying to get through the crowds there. Apparently from what I heard, it all began with a wild bat flying into some kind of fish market in Wuhan that started all of this. So in response, the Chinese government banned live animals from entering these fresh meat markets. That means you can't bring your dog there.
Soldier 5: They also passed a bunch of health and sanitary laws to prevent further spreading of the virus. I heard other countries are copying China's strict health and sanitation laws too, with Singapore being the first to do that as backup measure.
Soldier 6: They even went as far as to increase taxes on cars to for those wanting to buy a personal vehicle.
Soldier 7: Unless it's for the family which has to be an SUV of some sort or a minivan. China has a very comprehensive tax system where different things are taxed at different rates. It can be argued that China has the most comprehensive tax system on Earth.
Soldier 6: Talk about controlling the masses. They even went as far as to make telemedicine mandatory for everybody meaning that they must allow certain devices to be used on them in public so that if someone is sick, their doctors get emails about their health complete with data and images. They got cameras that scans people's health everywhere in public!
Soldier 8: Wait, cameras that automatically scan your face to see if you're okay or sick?
Soldier 6: Yeah that's been a thing and its more common these days. Our combat medics use portable facial scanning devices on random people to make sure they're okay.
Soldier 8: Now I see why cops and ambulances are quicker and more responsive these days.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Crush: Cody is as old-school as you can get; probably the only modern things he does use is indoor plumbing.
Leo: No TV, no computers, no electricity, nothing of that sort. He lives off the grid. Also, he doesn't believe in reincarnation; he says when you're dead, you're dead. *He looks around and it's safe to say so.* And it's confirmed he got closer to being a heartless than I ever did. I would have done so if I had kept on bellowing, but he was both bellowing and shooting.
Super C: If you go down to Arizona, you'll meet another cowboy friend of ours who goes by the nickname "Nickelback Nathan." He also lives off the grid, but he doesn't use any guns unlike Cody, although he has been shot in the chest once because he was protecting his people. He's much more of a real Southern gentleman.
*Hicksburg, TX, USA*
Cody: Yup. Them Chinese do eat bats. Or was it bat soup? Either way, that's what's causin' it, but they ain't gonna stop eatin' it. I'm grossed out at the thought of it myself.
*GVS, AR, USA*
*The city is also exercising curfews to protect everybody from the virus.*
Nathan: Don't bother me none; I ain't no late-night person anyway.
Jocko: Tribe of mine extremely worried. Fear virus come here, destroy population.
Outlaw: Well, do what you have to do to protect yourselves.
Jocko: Yes, tigersabe.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Queen Hamdan: At least none of you had to kill Cody because if he did turn into a heartless, that would be your only choice. I have seen them myself and it was to kill them or they take over the world.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: A waste of ammunition to shoot in the air during his bellowing I must say. He could have shot someone or something innocent as he put everybody's life in danger.
Juno: Hence the marching punishment. Meanwhile it looks like the opening ceremony is going to start soon.
*Hicksburg, TX, USA*
Civilian 3: China banned bats as food as a response, so there ain't gonna be no bat soup there.
*GVS, AZ, USA*
Doctor 1: Jocko, your tribe is perfectly safe and we don't have any cases confirmed in Arizona. As long you wash your hands, cook food thoroughly, and practice clean hygiene, you will be fine.
Doctor 2: Thanks to telemedicine, we can monitor the health of our patients anywhere and anytime even from home. Glenn Views Spring is safe. But we will keep you updated on this.
Doctor 3: The risk for coronavirus here is low. Besides, the common flu is the bigger concern. Even that, you do what you need to do and things will be fine.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Crush: So have many of us.
Super C: Cripto especially. Note he's not with us because he's tending to family issues right now.
*Hicksburg, TX, USA*
Cody: Oh, that's good.
*GVS, AR, USA*
Jocko: Tribe thankful for good news. Please keep us updated.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Juno: I wished Cripto was here.
Queen Hamdan: He's more well-known than I am. Paparazzis know who he is but not me despite being the Queen of Iraq. If he was here, more crowds would come here and the city government would order the entire city to be standing room only. Not to mention, that would turn this stadium into a greater potential fire hazard.
Juno: If you're the Queen of Iraq, though through a constitutional monarchy, how come you don't have paparazzi?
Queen Hamdan: I don't come here in a motorcade or a parade, since that's something I do back in Iraq. I am seen as a visitor overseas as my role is only recognized in Iraq and I do not conduct diplomacy like my president does. I only serve as their ultimate advisor as our Federal Supreme Court makes sure that all of us are complying with our constitution and laws.
Juno: Makes sense. After all, Cripto is the frontman for Furry Fury.
Queen Hamdan: My country is open to musicians around the world but we do have censorship laws to make sure the lyrics do not contain offensive material like profanity. Despite our modernization, pretty much basic morals are enforced where pretty much anything Bengalia has banned, we ban them too. I like Bengalia more as Kriegland, as great as they were, is too strict and their bans tend to be more extensive than necessary.
Juno: So basically you're just like Singapore in terms of censorship.
Queen Hamdan: Correct and we want to keep it that way.
King Higazy: Same with us and our countries. We do respect the right to freedom of expression but at the same time, basic levels of morality must be enforced. For example, we will not allow strip clubs as that's clearly immoral plus they encourage trafficking and we want to fight against persons trafficking.
Dawn: In America, banning such places is controversial but people can protest against local governments by getting them to issue a stop order on licenses to operate these filthy strip clubs. What that does is preventing anymore of these nasty places from being opened. If more people in Houston protested against strip clubs, the city government will be pressured into issuing a stop order on strip club licenses. And besides, the demand for them is dropping quickly hence strip club closures are common.
King Kazemi: Nice to know that morality is not lost in the United States of America. There's always ways around things.
Crush: Cripto doesn't want the big fanfare either; he just wants to be as normal as he possible can.
Super C: Bengalia knew how to keep up with the modern times in spite of keeping strict morals. As a result, their most popular form of entertainment was the game show.
Leo: Although sporting events also got high viewing figures.
Leo: (narrating) That was a lot going on there, yes. But the whole point of this was the fact we made some new friends, the Royal Pagans, and via their alliance they made with us, life was going to get a bit more spice, since variety is the spice of life. It's only fair we show you some highlights from the game itself, though.
*Later, after the opening ceremony, the game is on.*
*Miami, FL, USA*
Zax: Missouri and Kansas must be celebrating hard right now. I hope they win.
Juno: I looked at the live streaming video of Kansas City and it is slammed with people!
*Kansas City, KS/MO, USA*
Civilian 1: How many people are there from Wildcat City here?!
Civilian 2: It's so crowded! So many bars are full!
Civilian 3: Even our stadium just to watch the game from Miami is brimmed with people!
Civilian 4: Whoa I was not expecting that many fans!
*San Francisco, CA, USA*
*49ers tie with with Chiefs as local fans go wild.*
Civilian 1: Beat that Kansas City!
Civilian 2: This game is great so far!
*Wildcat City, KS, USA*
Civilian 1: Finally some space here!
Civilian 2: Thought we'd be crowded. Glad they're over in Kansas City.
*Miami, FL*
Leo: I heard this was going to be a close game; now we're tied.
*WC, KS, USA*
Civilian 3: They'll be back, though.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Leo is right I must say.
Zax: This is a great game so far! I'm so overjoyed!
Juno: Go Chiefs!
*later*
*It's 20-10 in favor of the 49ers.*
Leo: Not looking good for the Chiefs here.
Super C: There's still one quarter to go.
*Note that while J-Lo and Shakira were the halftime performers, they were among those who predicted the pre-game ceremonies would get louder applause then their halftime show. They were right.*
Leo: You did well, Zachary. You and the marching bands got more praise than the two women that were singing at halftime. Congratulations to you and all the drum majors!
Zachary/Zihao: Thank you! Thank you! It was hard work!
Zax: Looks like we'll be vacationing to San Francisco.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: And meet people from those tech companies there. Estonia loves the tech.
Jack: Then you'll like telemedicine.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Webcam chats with doctors with scanning cameras makes most checkups efficient. Of course in-person appointments still exist.
Dawn: San Francisco better look good.
Mr. Letterman: It will look good.
*later*
*The Chiefs win.*
Leo: Looks like we're going to Kansas City; they did it!
Super C: I didn't think they were going to pull it off. Nancy Pelosi still would have lost her job; she initially bet her career on the game. That was a mistake!
Leo: And that's why I don't gamble!
*WC, KS, USA*
*The city celebrates the Chiefs winning, for at last, somebody from the middle of America took home the trophy, not the Patriots or a west coast team. Cripto, however, is in the middle of an investigation.*
Super C: (narrating) There you have it. It was about time somebody else won the Super Bowl trophy. Who better than the Kansas City Chiefs to do it, especially considering in the previous season, they were literally inches away from going to the Super Bowl, and didn't pull it off? I had the organization send congratulatory messages to the team via our YouTube channel and other forms of social media we use. At least the ones willing to use that stuff; everybody knows Leo is wholeheartedly against that sort of thing, but he will have to live with it. He and I have many a discussion on this topic time after time.
Leo: (narrating) Indeed. I don't find it as difficult to cope with now as I did back when it first got popular. But it wasn't necessarily the new technology itself turning me off; it was the morally bankrupt people using it that angered me. Social media sites like Facebook to me encourage people to draw attention to themselves and make it all about them. I therefore mistakenly preached to the masses how better off the poorer African nations were because they didn't have to deal with that crap. They're not better off; they're worse off, and the COVID-19 virus is just preventing us from being able to continue to support them as needed, or so it seems. As soon as everything dies down, everybody needs to get with the program and learn from the mistakes we made while the pandemic was happening. I can only promise you the news media won't do that.
Wash those hands and keep indoors, now. Bye.
THE END
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Meet the Royal Pagans
Leo the Patriotic Lion: (narrating) Leo the Patriotic Lion here. We pick up where we left off in our attempts to play catch-up with some of these adventures, and here we present some highlights from our trip to Miami, FL, before and during this year's Super Bowl, won by the Kansas City Chiefs. Cripto didn't go with us because his grandmother was recovering from broken vertabrae (she broke 3 out of 7), and the fact her neighbor was stealing water.
One momentous highlight of this trip is the fact we would soon add a new group to our list of allies: the Royal Pagans. You'll learn more about them as the journal goes on.
*Later, all the American heroes go to Miami. Cripto is not present, however, due to a family emergency, as well as the fact Furry Fury is still boycotting the NFL. They won't even sing the national anthem.*
Juno: Oh, good heavens! This city was even way more crowded than I thought!
Zax: How many people are there?!
Jack: This makes all of California spacious in comparison!
Colton L.: As someone who was born from California, I agree!
Zachary/Zihao: You're right, my fellow coyote! It's like canned sardines here!
Jill: This wasn't what I was expecting. At least we have reserved seats.
Dawn: Got a stadium hotel suite reserved for me!
Zax: Lucky you!
Dawn: But, yeah; it sucks here! And the beach here? Good luck finding space there!
Zax: Anyways, nice to see a fellow American arctic fox here, even though you're from the Gardnerian Society.
Dawn: American member, yes. I wanted the Patriots to win, but now we have something different so I'm just going to enjoy the ride. Also, nobody told me that Wildcat City has a lot of Chiefs fans.
Zax: Hey, now! The team technically represents both Kansas and Missouri!
SWAT Police Sniper 1: Oh, great! This is worse than Area 51! There's people, after people, after people, nonstop!
SWAT Police Sniper 2: Just focus on your job and make sure there are no enemies. We got the G-52s helping out.
Diamond Knight: This is worse than the Superclásico, and yet everybody is calm and happy?! How are these Americans so used to this kind of environment? Do they normally cram themselves into a city like this just to see how many of themselves they can fit or see if the stadium can handle everybody?! And yet outside on the seats, everybody is sitting down on their assigned seats in such an organized manner.
Juno: Actually, the majority of Americans prefer not to do this. However, if their teams make it to the Superbowl, in a way, I guess it's one of those things where we voluntarily shove each other in here just to see if the stadium can hold. Actually, this is how we make friends during the Superbowl, and the more people that become our friends, the better, and the merrier. Plus, Miami is one of America's major vacation destinations so... Yeah.
Diamond Knight: I notice that you don't have a barrier between the fans and the players.
Juno: We like to see the whole action unfold before us; that's why.
Diamond Knight: If only that was the same, but nope! Fans of Boca and River Plate have contraband, such as pepper spray, and use them out in the open to affect the players and cheating, as well as dirty playing, is common during the Superclásico. Yet here I am, I see women here with pepper spray and they don't use them.
Juno: Self-defense purposes, plus they know using them illegally will put them in jail, so it is not worth it. We Americans don't want to lose our jobs over stupid things.
Diamond Knight: If only that was the same back in my country but apparently, employers don't seem to care about how their workers act during the Superclásico. In America, just a picture of you drinking beer can get you fired.
Juno: Usually depends on the occupation. Military or doctor? Yes. That can happen. If you're just some engineer, probably not but still not worth the risk. As a government employee, that's extremely risky since the majority of government employees are veterans meaning they hire internally from the military first. If you're a trade worker like a plumber or HVAC tech, you're more likely safe but still not worth the risk.
Diamond Knight: Back in Argentina, background checks that involves social media isn't common unless its something involving the government or the healthcare field. Sometimes, I hate my country's sports culture; the fanaticism is nuts. Moderation isn't part of the Argentine sports vocabulary. Poor Leocadio the Gaucho Lion... But he's here with us to learn how your people behave.
Juno: Yeah, but Miami needs better crowd control, since we Americans get really antsy when a place gets overcrowded. That's usually a breach of fire codes, meaning that if a place catches fire and there's too many people in it, evacuation is going to be a pain. It's common to see signs listing occupation capacity in many places in America indoors. Then with sensors counting the number of people inside a room, the owners are responsible in making sure there's no more people than the listed occupation capacity provided by the city government inspector.
Diamond Knight: We need that in Argentina so bad. Occupation capacity is a global requirement but sadly, that concept is often overlooked in my country. Worse is that even if we have occupation capacity signs, they're going to get ignored by our sports fans. Meanwhile in Spain, that's strictly enforced there.
Leo: I do remember Leocadio saying about that.
Leocadio: That is exactly what I am doing here. This is your Superclasico, and I keep wishing each one we do is the very last one.
Super C: The riots are that bad?
Leocadio: Exactly. Most often it involves pepper spray and broken glass.
Snare Soldier: No wonder all the Forsythians left.
Crush: No wonder your teams in 2018 had to move the game to Madrid, Spain.
*Some Forsythian-Argentine immigrants, upon sighting Leocadio, rush to give him hugs.*
Forsythian-Argentine Immigrant 1: Leocadio! It's you!
Forsythian-Argentine Immigrant 2: So good to see you again. I hope we didn't overreact; I know you must have been upset when we left.
Leocadio: It saddened me to see that, but at the same time, I think you did exactly the right thing. You came here (legally, of course) in search of a better life, and you found it. Ask, and you shall receive. Just make sure you're asking the right person.
Zax: Welcome to the USA, then! We got plenty of spaces to go around about! Wildcat City is pretty crowded these days.
Dustin: Florida is booming! But if you are looking to live here in this state, avoid Miami, since it's expensive to live here.
Zachary/Zihao: Broken glass?! What?!
Diamond Knight: Yeah; it is that bad. We have to install military-grade bulletproof glass in our stadiums. By that, the glass are as thick as my fist!
Zachary/Zihao: Good heavens!
Diamond Knight: And they're not cheap! On the bright side, we are becoming one of the world's major global exporters of bulletproof glass. Sad that we are using military-grade materials just to control our riots. Military carriers for riot control anyone? That's when we know we have failed as a society. We're not there yet, but it's getting close. Here, you don't even have to use a soldier in full gear for riot control.
Zachary/Zihao: Uhm... We have a hidden squad of Army National Guard snipers in full gear hiding around the stadium just to prevent terrorism. That's about it really. The rest of our troops are in uniform for ceremonial purposes and that's it.
Diamond Knight: I don't even see police marching in riot gear here. The police here are just everywhere being casual in uniform.
Zachary/Zihao: They do plenty of patrolling, observation, and searching. To the average American cop, this is a lot of work.
Diamond Knight: Really? You know how much our cops would kill for a day like this? To them, it's like being paid on break! I don't see any cops here with an assault rifle!
Zachary/Zihao: We got SWAT caravans hiding in the back with cops in SWAT gear on standby. Not to mention, they're using observation drones that their caravans come with.
Diamond Knight: Just sitting inside with a tablet piloting their drones and probably watching the game on the built-in monitor in those caravans. At least you don't have to use Israeli military weaponry to control rioting.
Zachary/Zihao: *Laughs* Cities around Washington D.C. have police stations where Israeli assault rifles have been imported, but are in their armory as storage just in case their riots get bad, since they are political hot spots, and political riots can escalate quickly there. One of those cities' police forces have used such assault rifles, but only once.
Diamond Knight: I wished it was just once with us. I mean, do you know how embarrassing it is when we have to explain to Lior the Lion of Zion that we import his country's military weaponry to control our riots? The Israelis put so much passion and love into developing many of Earth's finest military weaponry and guns the world has ever seen, so that other countries can use them for self-defense purposes. Of course, the Americans do the same, but the Israeli military engineers are extremely devoted. We import American military weaponry to control our riots and soon, Israeli guns at least are going to come to Argentina to control our riots if they don't stop. It's embarrassing, tragic, sad, and ugly. At one point, the United Nations had sent an inquiry to my country about alleged excess police force on citizens, but our politicians had to explain to them that it's our stupid soccer riots that's getting everybody killed. I really hope this year, we never have to resort to such extreme measures again.
Zachary/Zihao: Israeli military engineers are passionate in what they do because they know that their tech will only be used for the right reasons, and if someone tries to use them for evil and they are built with electronics, all they have to do is flip the switch and they can't use them. On top of that, Israel produces such fine weapons is because they have to after dealing with frequent terrorism from groups like ISIS. Oh, and there's Bendraqi's robots that were after their tech and they finally pushed them back. That's why Israeli military tech are often featured in the latest sci-fi movies these days.
Zax: I love Israel; they mastered the art of modern self-defense from krav maga to their military tech. You also see a lot of their tech featured in action-packed anime that is usually military-themed.
Leocadio: Oh, that's good.
Leo: Indeed. We also thank Lior for teaching Cripto a bit of krav maga.
Super C: He's also trying to relearn tae kwon do because that was the original art we thought he should learn.
Danger Dawg: But you would see some of our police tell you they're glad they're not in Argentina. Nothing personal.
Leocadio: No. As Diamond Knight said, they'd kill for a day like this. It's still a lot of work.
*While rehearsing for some of their roles in the pre-game show, the Drumbums approach Zachary, play a cadence, and then salute him.*
Zachary/Zihao: *Returns salute.* This game shall be epic. Drumbums, you have performed very well! Look around you and notice the crowd. This is what they come here to see as well. Do us proud and let's make this very festive and fun!
Diamond Knight: I am very surprised that despite the number of people here, they still managed to make way for marching bands and cops. I wished my people were like this more.
Juno: Because roads are for vehicles and parades. If roads have to be walked on like this, police would close off a section of the road. Then again, the city government sent text notifications to everybody here that they cannot use their personal vehicles.
Zax: Even the condos here are packed! Oh, look! Food trucks!
Jack: They're going to be sold out before their lines are finished.
Macho Major: That is exactly what we intend to do. Obviously we don't care about halftime, but that's another story.
Macho Major: (narrating) Jennifer Lopez and Shakira were the halftime show performers, but even they were saying it should have been Furry Fury. When even big names like those two acknowledge that our beloved Nathan Knight (Cripto) is the biggest celebrity in the world, and deserves bigger applause than them (as well as all the Forsythian marching bands), it goes to show that even the music industry is suffering. Also, Furry Fury is genuine talent; there's no autotune used for their music, and they don't use any computers either; it's all by hand. That's how music was meant to be.
Meanwhile, cue the newcomers.
Jack: I just want to see who wins first. *His smartphone beeps.* It seems there's a new group among us; the Royal Pagans.
Dawn: They're allied with the Gardnerian Society in which I am a part of. They are described as lawful neutral. Their general roles are to reconstruct ancient pagan religions to support national identity of the countries they are in. Some countries on Earth that used to be Islamic are now secular kingdoms under them. They're chill, but they tend to be rather isolationist, and don't like taking risks.
*On one of the higher floors, an Iraqi female chukar partridge with long white hair and blue eyes (Queen Hamdan), an Egyptian male brown steppe eagle with long black hair and golden eyes (King Higazy), and an Iranian male lion (King Kazemi), are hanging around in a private lounge.*
King Higazy: The Americans have came a very long way. *Drinks his glass bottle of Coca-Cola.*
Queen Hamdan: Indeed they have. People have no idea that we are actual monarchs of our countries. Just like the Queen of England, we are political figureheads whose purpose is to advice our world leaders.
King Kazemi: They say monarchies cannot come back in the modern world. They are wrong. I wonder who will win?
Queen Hamdan: Who knows? I hope the GSAF doesn't come here.
King Higazy: *Laughs* Most of them are ghosts. Why would a ghost want to come to such a noisy and bright place like here? This place is a fortress!
Queen Hamdan: And a comfortable and fun one, too. Modern life is interesting, but the past shall not be forgotten. Remember the Crusades and the imperial invasions. Also remember how the Japanese are able to maintain their country and always revive them after disaster hits. Their concept of humanism should be how the world should follow suit. Now wonder why Japan has the most fans on Earth.
King Kazemi: Yet America is second. Asides from superheroes, you have all these great companies here. Everybody loves Japan, yet they import so much from this wonderful country. I just hope the G-52s don't know who has been supporting our new governments. The explanation would be way too long. We just want to have fun.
King Higazy: Tell me about it! Being a monarch isn't always luxurious and fun. It can be stressful since you have to watch and listen to what your world leader is saying and doing, along with their advisers. One bad move, the court is going to get involved and the judges will be steamed. Imagine if your prime minister was Justin Trudeau and everybody in the legislation is spending more time sharing photos of him in blackface than focusing on actual issues.
King Kazemi: Humorous, yet childish. I'd rather tell these politicians to go home and take a vacation for a week than to fire them over those photos. That way, the trolling won't intensify like it did back in Canada when the raccoon performed Day-O with a marching band for kicks.
King Higazy: I've seen things myself too, though not as stupid as those photos. But I do agree with you and Levi; if you are in political office, you serve your country and people first, not spend time sharing stupid photos with your coworkers. However, the way Levi handled it was clearly an overreaction. Major embarrassment right there and in my opinion, worse than those photos themselves.
Levi the Mountee Lion: (narrating) I don't think I'll ever live that one down. It not only made it worse, it proved I am one of Leo's parallels, because while the CNG effects of sub-separation mean we are no longer spirtually connected to one another, we are still judged as if we are, and thus, I got the punishment I deserved: paying Super C a ton of cash, and losing my office to Justin Trudeau. Rather bizarrely, the drug that is nostaliga soon became Canada's latest addiction, and they put me back in office instead of doing what I thought they would do, which was put Courtney into office in charge of a caretaker government. I am, however, still employing her as my Minister of Health, and the new additions to Canada's Parliament are teaching me that not all Liberals are bad.
Queen Hamdan: Maybe we shouldn't be talking about those photos. We should just enjoy the game. But watch out for proselytizers who claim to be Christian or Muslim since, as far as I know, the others do not do so as much.
King Higazy: Evangelical Christians are known to proselytize a lot. They have forgotten the history of the Crusades. Our countries have been through too many religious wars; we don't need more of those. We respect them, but at the same time, our countries need to maintain their history that made their cultural identities. I'm a Kemetist, you're a Zuist, and you're a Zoroastrian. Lisimba the Mameluke Lion in my country of Egypt knows our history, and yes we do have Coptic Christians, but they are our minority. You have Babar the Golden Lion in Iran, and he knows your country's history as well.
Queen Hamdan: I'm speaking with the Icelandic government to stop recognizing Zuism in their country because that is not their religion; that belongs to us. I get it that a bunch of Icelandic kids want to practice that religion to skirt their tax laws and criticize tax policies, but this is nuts. I feel offended that they are practicing our religion; the religion of the Iraqis today. If it is Sumerian-Mesopotamian related, then it is of Iraqi origin. We got tons of museums across the nation that explains Zuism and the ancient civilizations behind it. We practice that today to carry on our national traditions and history.
Leo: I wonder how Levon feels about that? If they want to reconstruct the ancient pagan religions, then they do not support proselytism, and the Christian religion wants its people to convert nonbelievers to evangelical believers. Or do they?
Super C: Either way, we must respect their neutrality.
Super Leo: Especially me.
Super C: But if you, the Gardnerian Society, are classified as valuable allies to the G-52s, then the Royal Pagans can be as well. The G-52 organization does not discriminate because of religion, gender, race, or any category in that regard.
Leo: Not forgetting, of course, that Arslan practices Islam.
Doughty Dog: But he doesn't practice jihad.
Leo: No. Then again, do we have the right definition of jihad, or have we confused it because of all the terrorism attacks of 9/11?
Super C: I'd better look that up. I know it comes from an Arabic word meaning struggling. *He checks.* Hmmm. In an Islamic context, it can refer to almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with God's (or Allah's) guidance, such as struggle against one's evil inclinations, proselytizing, or efforts toward the moral betterment of the ummah, though it is most frequently associated with war. That probably is why people associate it with al-Qaeda and all those terrorist groups.
Leo: But the Sharia Law should also have something to do with it.
*Armenia*
*Upon learning about the Royal Pagans, Levon leads his people in prayers for them that not only will they see the truths that there is only one God, but at the same time, succeed in getting the peoples to stop following the other religions.*
Zax: The UN1024s have a lot of Muslim members who don't practice the extremist definition of jihad. Then again, we are all part of the modern and future world.
Juno: Sharia Law does intend to enforce family and social morality. Yet parts of it are discriminative against the non-Muslims or the kaffir, as well as women in general. Hence critics have compared Krieglandonian morality to Saudi morality when in reality, in my opinion, is much closer to Singaporean morality.
Dawn: You also have a lot of members who are considered pagan as well. Buddhism, for example, can be argued as pagan, despite their followers worshipping the deity known as the Buddha. Chuong can be argued as one of pagan background because of that belief, and like many Vietnamese, he practices ancestor worship. In the end of the day, we all are part of the modern world where religious wars are dying. Sadly, one evil is always replaced with the other. In this case, the GSAF and their ghosts.
*The Royal Pagans leave their private lounge to go down one level to check out the shops until they encounter Dawn and the others.*
Queen Hamdan: Oh, look! Dawn has made some friends!
King Higazy: The G-52s. I hope they're not only working on their overreaction issues, but also know the fact that Japan is not a Christian country since that's where the Olympics will be held at. The UNs are an interesting bunch.
King Kazemi: Even more ironic is that most Christians do not know who Date Masumune is.
Zax: I know who he is! He's the Christian samurai who helped Japan forge relations with Spain!
King Kazemi: And the only one, too. Yet, like the other samurais, he did a lot of slaughtering. But none as brutal as what Masakado Taira, the demon samurai, did. Nobunaga Oda not only unified Japan, but also purified it from evil, despite not being Christian. It took a lot of work to make sure Oda's people at the time did not anger Masakado's spirit. Even today, the Japanese fear the demon samurai hence they must take care of their country diligently. Anyways, I hope you are enjoying your stay for the Superbowl. This shall be exciting.
Marching Wonder: (me) *to Juno* If you ask us, we'd say Singapore, not Saudi Arabia. Yes; we sadly had our strict laws of executing criminals for the stupidest things, but the only ones that really died for the most part were all those Golbarkan pirates.
Brad the Bulldog: The pirates would consider themselves martyrs for their cause, but they really weren't. They did it for nothing.
*The G-52s introduce themselves and the Drumbums to the Royal Pagans.*
Super C: *to King Higazy* All of us have taken counseling sessions in order to correct any of the overreaction issues that we've had, and this includes the aforementioned case of Levi Peterson. Thus, it's not surprising to see that the people voted him out of office. Rather bizarrely, they changed their minds later and voted him back in. Go figure. *shrugs*
Leo: We look forward to the Super Bowl. I, though, have a parallel you might know or at least know of, and that's Levon the Christian Lion. What I'm not sure of is what he thinks of you and the agendas that you carry out.
*The Royal Pagans introduce themselves in return.*
King Higazy: The Royal Pagans wanted Courtney to be their Prime Minister who has better understanding of the pagan world, but Levi is fine since it is what it is. Our agenda is to revive lost traditions in countries that were conquered by Abrahamic religions, especially Islam, due to their notorious intolerance towards others, and help those countries focus on themselves first before the world, just like what Japan does.
Queen Hamdan: As for the Armenian lion and his country, there is indeed a small pagan population there known as the Arordiners, who have been there before Christianity came around about there. As far as we know, the Arordiners get along with Armenian Christians and want them to remember their pre-Christian history. We are also aware of the fact that Christianity did help Armenia have an empire before they're a republic.
King Kazemi: Armenia is not a threat to us or anyone, and we know they're the world's oldest Christian country so we respect them for who they are. We rather focus on our countries first since governments are supposed to care for their people and their homeland first. Whatever Armenia does, as long they're not a threat, I don't see why we, the Royal Pagans, would have any problem with them. In fact, I have visited that country before and people there are kind and welcoming. Despite their old customs, they adapt to the modern world well. We also support their cause in humanist efforts as well.
Leo: Oh, that's good. Levon said he didn't want any conflicts.
Super C: I'm not surprised you wanted Courtney. Instead, she's still acting as Levi's Minister of Health if I have the position correct.
Queen Hamdan: That is a perfect position for her. I really hope China stops their flu. Luckily for Canada, despite having large amounts of Chinese visitors, the risk of the virus is very low in Canada. Turns out eating bats isn't a wise idea there. I prefer Cantonese cuisine since there's usually less of those "exotic" dishes.
King Kazemi: Preferably the ones from Macau and Hong Kong where they respectively have Portuguese and British influences. Coronoavirus has always existed; the media likes to make a big deal out of this.
Zax: That's why we take the flu vaccine every fall hence risk is low here. We have combat medics on standby here but so far, nothing to worry about.
King Higazy: I don't see why Americans have to worry. *To Leo* I doubt there would be any; especially the fact that modern Armenia is built on Christianity.
Dawn: So, where are you staying here to watch the game?
King Higazy: We have a private lounge on the floor above us. You can follow us to that lounge. It has a perfect view.
Dawn: Perfect! You guys can take the G-52 ally oath with Super C there, which applies to any new members who join your group! Espen is thinking about recruiting more Dissidents.
King Kazemi: There better be less trolling from them then. Last thing I want is their actions interrupting our royal functions in our kingdoms. We need to make sure our governments continue to serve our people and help maintain diplomacy with the world. Worse if any of them hide in our kingdoms and we have to order our entire military forces to find them before questioning them of why they're running from trouble. As constitutional monarchs, we shouldn't use our powers to take over the government over petty stuff like that since we're supposed to represent our nations not manage them directly.
Jack: Nah; nothing to worry about. Espen knows.
Super C: Well, the trolling has gone down, I think. You saw what Rainier did to free Levi.
Leo: That's true.
D.W.: *to Queen Hamdan* Gross!
Doughty Dog: Why would one eat a bat?
Queen Hamdan: Exactly! Yet this has been happening for centuries for some reason.
King Kazemi: But even that, cuisine around Earth has modernized despite keeping true to their original ingredients as others are replaced by better ones. So these days, bats aren't really popular on the menu anymore.
King Higazy: Rainier did stop the GSAF in Canada after that. So there's that.
Queen Hamdan: Yet we still face their threats.
Jack: The Bible does talk about what was considered edible and what was not. Yet, most of this comes from the Kashrut dietary laws from the Jews.
Queen Hamdan: You're correct to state that. But do note that most of the Jewish dietary laws do not apply to Christians and other goyim. Hence Christians can consume shellfish, but Jews cannot.
Zax: So any of you know how the G-52 oath works?
*The Royal Pagans shake their heads.*
Juno: That's okay. We can walk you through it. They're also in the G-52 handbook, too, since each ally gets this.
*Super C hands out G-52 handbooks to the Royal Pagans.*
Super C: I always carry a few on me just in case. You'll find the oath on page 32. Note there's an extra section that doesn't apply to you because you're just allies.
Zax: These lines here, you don't need to say those since none of you are American G-52s. Instead of saying you're a G-52, you say you're a G-52 ally. You don't have to say this line either since you do not have a codename. Any questions?
*The Royal Pagans shake their heads.*
King Higazy: We have more in our group, but they know what's going on. Also note that our group is not limited to monarchs installed in certain countries to combat ISIS and restore law and order. We have supporters in our group who are not part of any government; they call themselves shadow lords. Their roles in our group is to provide support to native pagans around the world and educate the world the religions before Christianity. Some of us Royal Pagans have mixed views on newer forms of paganism that tends to be syncretic, since they combine views of multiple religions. Then there are parody religions that many of us question and dislike. For example, Pastafarian is a parody religion that began as a meme on the internet where people who follow this garbage wear pasta strainers on their heads in public and worship what they call the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Their purpose is to challenge religious laws in their respective countries. To us Royal Pagans, we find it dumb.
Cripto: (narrating) Hi; though I wasn't on this trip, I did find about Pastafarian followers later on. It was the stupidest thing I ever heard of, and I promise you the Mario Bros. were also grossed out over it. Pasta's their favorite thing on Earth.
Diamond Knight: We have one back in Argentina; Iglesia Maradoniana. It's a church where followers believe Diego Maradoniana is the best player of all time in Argentina's history. My country is infamous for their obsession with soccer. Leocadio and I are here to learn why Americans are so civilized. There's at least 200,000 followers of this parody religion.
King Higazy: Wow... That's textbook definition of a cult right there.
Queen Hamdan: I'm not going to bother to touch on your country's infamous soccer rivalry with Brazil. The world has seen too much.
King Kazemi: They also need to cut back on the alcohol consumption if that's how they act. Japan already has peaceful protestors against the Olympics who calmly explained to Ryo about the potential types of foreigners they may have to put up with. Yet, Ryo is confident that they will behave.
King Higazy: We Egyptians will respect the Israelis despite our rivalry with them. We have had our moments, but they moved on and my people must do the same. And if I remember right, the Bible mentioned how Moses liberated the Jews in Egypt from slavery. We Egyptians today can confirm this being true, and it is what it is.
Jack: I remember that; the Ten Plagues.
Dustin: They were called Israelites at the time, but yes.
Leo: Pastafarian? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard! But, let's put that aside for a brief second.
*Super C then has the Royal Pagans raise their hands and take the G-52 oath, asking them to repeat after him. The Royal Pagans take their oath as instructed.*
Dawn: Congratulations! You are now allies!
Zax: Another alliance formed!
Super C: And thank you for the opportunity to let us work with you.
King Kazemi: Our pleasure.
*Shadow Lord Margarid Kazarian, an Armenian female brown eagle and member of the Royal Pagans, hurls an empty Coca-Cola glass bottle at a spying GSAF drone to destroy it.*
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Really, GSAF? Not during this game!
Police 1: What was that?
Police 2: A GSAF spying drone. I'll let the janitors know to clean up the mess.
*A janitor arrives to clean up the debris.*
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Those communist stalkers get on my nerves. They'd do anything to push their agendas even as far as to destroy paganism, too.
Queen Hamdan: One of those GSAF spying drones again?
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Likewise. I see you made some friends. *To the G-52s and others.* I am one of the Shadow Lords of the Royal Pagans where we provide support to the monarchs of their respective nations while helping the world preserve the history of their native pagan religions. I am Shadow Lord Kazarian.
Zax: Nice to meet you! Zax Arctic!
Shadow Lord Kazarian: And I see the coyote is here as well.
Zachary/Zihao: Yeah that's me; interim governor of Virginia because the governor before me is an idiot with bricks for brains and wants to enforce gun control laws that breach the 2nd Amendment.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: I hope you are doing well. If you are wondering, there won't be any GSAF demons nor ghosts here. There's too many people, lights, noises, cameras, everything that would repel them.
Queen Hamdan: Not even the hikeshi baba could enter here. Too cheery as well, too.
Zax: Hikeshi baba?
Queen Hamdan: A Japanese ghost who is an old woman who blows out candles and turns off lights so that the environment is easier for yokai to do their things in a dark environment. A yokai refers to any Japanese spirit, demon, or ghost.
Zax: So many yokais...
Queen Hamdan: Many to learn about them before we all go to Japan for the Olympics just to be safe.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: I doubt there's a need to worry. We Armenians will bring our holy water with us. We also have Levon the Christian Lion as well.
Zax: But aren't you pagan?
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Yes; I am an Arordiner. Arordiners practice a religion known as Hetanism, or native Armenian faith. We exist so mainstream Armenia can remember their pre-Christian history. Armenian Christians exist to uphold and maintain our homeland as Armenians.
Leo: That's the GSAF for you. They interrupt everything.
*The G-52s and Drumbums introduce themselves to Shadow Lord Kazarian.*
Super C: And this year marks the 50th anniversary of the G-52 organization.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Happy anniversary then!
Queen Hamdan: Were you surprised to learn that paganism is making a come back?
Juno: In a way, I kind of was. At the same time, I wasn't. Many of us knew someone who claimed to be pagan one way or another. In America, we have these things called renaissance festivals, which are festivals that re-enacted life from medieval Europe. There was a lot of pagan circles there where they invited everybody to learn about them. It is nice to know that actual paganism never had any form of evil worship that our media once claimed.
Zax: What surprises me the most is the rise of parody religions and the number of followers they have. It just seems to funny and stupid.
Queen Hamdan: I agree, and we know what renaissance festivals are. We want to revive ancient traditions around the world to keep history alive. Yes, we are aware of the fact that in history, there were pagans who committed genocide against Christians, and we strongly condemn that. I'm sure you know who Nero was; the evil Roman emperor who decided to set his own capital on fire and blame the Christians for it.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Now that is evil right there. Today's Italian pagans condemn Nero for that. History can be so cruel, but it is what it is.
King Higazy: Egypt has seen a lot of invaders and empires in its past.
Jack: Wasn't Nero the guy who played the fiddle as he watched Rome burn before him?
Queen Hamdan: That's what everybody says but nobody knows if he used such a musical instrument. But he was there watching his very own home burn before his eyes after setting it on fire. Nero was so evil, not even Benito Mussolini could beat him in that. Even Hitler wouldn't set fire to Berlin before blaming the Jews.
Zachary/Zihao: Talk about a low blow there. Sounds like something the old Bendraqi would do.
Super C: Thank you.
Leo: It certainly does. Luckily for the world, the new Bendraqi is nothing like that.
Crush: It's also good to hear you condemn genocide.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Exactly. The Royal Pagans are doing our hardest to get our voices to the United Nations about actual paganism and the history behind them. We, like every other religion, engage in philanthropy and help our communities too. We even fund our hospitals through donation drives and perform humanitarian acts too.
*A buff Estonian male grey wolf with long black hair that tapers to white then light blue ends with amber eyes joins the conversation.*
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: I am Shadow Lord Uukkivi from Estonia. First time being here in this part of America. Miami looks very fun.
Dustin: And expensive to live in too because too many people want to live here. On top of that, it is crowded to the brim! Every summer of course, it's like this here.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: You Americans are blessed with quite a party city here.
Jack: I guess you could say that. California has a lot of fun cities too; notably San Diego. But at the moment, we'll be partying in St. Louis or San Francisco depending who wins. So, first time in America?
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Not really. I've been to Salem in Massachusetts with the Gardnerian Society to pay respect to the victims of the Salem Witch Trials. It was clear evidence that back then, there was great misunderstanding of paganism and genocide against the pagans. It may have been centuries ago, but it is what it is.
Dawn: We Americans still learn about it in history class to this day. This was of course way before America became a country, but even as a British colony then, it is still part of American history.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Salem is a very beautiful and compact city. Very comfortable, too. It just happens to be unfortunate that's what happened back then. No doubt that several children of pagan origin back then were executed too.
Zax: True but that's history for ya! The United States of America didn't even exist back then, and Salem was just a tiny British village colony founded by Puritans fleeing from the UK to avoid persecution back then. So at the time, freedom of religion wasn't an issue until the colonies grew and we noticed how Maryland was predominantly Catholic and Rhode Island was predominantly Baptist. That's when freedom of religion was needed to unite all of us Americans together against the British Empire then.
Queen Hamdan: For humanity to move forward to where we are at today, millions of mistakes had to be made.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, but had to make thousands of mistakes to perfect it. But instead of calling them mistakes, he called them discoveries of why the light bulb would not work.
Leo: Have you met Leho, my Estonian parallel?
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Yes, I have. Both of us are modernists with deep concerns about traditions. Both of us are Estonian nationalists with minor differences in our views. For example, Estonia has a flat tax that everybody enjoys, but I think taxes should be higher on some things, but lower on others. Singapore's tax system is a world class example in most aspects.
Leo: That's interesting.
Super C: What do you say should have a higher tax or lower tax?
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Asides from the obvious, like alcohol and cigarettes, cars should have higher taxes and our income taxes should be lower. Why? Estonia is a small country, and our population is starting to grow quickly again. That means more apartments. Not to mention, with less personal vehicles on the streets, there's more room for more important vehicles from police cars to military trucks. Even if we are not as tiny as Singapore, the electronic road pricing system that they use should still be an option in Singapore. Look how crowded Miami is. Estonia isn't too far away from this.
Dustin: So by your logic, you believe property taxes on detached personal homes and town houses should be increased to make up for lower income taxes?
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: That, and corporate taxes can be lowered too in Estonia. I think Estonia's tax system is lazy and a consumption tax in my opinion is stupid. We already pay utility bills, which goes to the city government. City governments then pay taxes to their state or provincial governments. Then those governments pay taxes to the national government. Our current tax system may be described as competitive, but I think it can do much better than this. Estonia is a stable country, but we have room for improvement. We can always do better.
Dustin: Every country has room for improvement; even Singapore.
Zachary/Zihao: So, you believe import taxes should be increased as well?
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: A little, since I did say income taxes should be decreased, which means the other taxes have to go up to make up for that. Not to mention, our tariffs need to be increased to help encourage foreign businesses to build factories in our country to provide jobs for our people so we can make their products in our country for our people. This sounds like what Trump has done, because instead of importing Japanese and German vehicles, he got their companies to build their factories in America more so that your people can work in them and build their products here for your people. Since imports are going to come to Estonia anyways, hey that's tax revenue for our national government there, too. I think my tax plans would bring Estonia more tax revenue and provide more jobs and income to our people. That is if I were put into the national government in Tallinn.
Zachary/Zihao: Interesting.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: This is also extremely important with companies from Israel, too; especially their armaments industry. Getting them to build their offices and factories in your country is a win for them and your countries. We like to see more of that in Estonia with Israel.
King Higazy: My country may be rivals with Israel, but we are working with them to not only get them to invest in Egypt more, but to also assist us in securing our borders together, since we share our borders with them. That particular area in the eastern Sinai Peninsula has seen a lot of terrorism activities crossing over the borders, and we want to put a stop to them.
Queen Hamdan: We Iraqis have been welcoming the Israelis to invest in our country and help us secure our borders more to prevent terrorism. We do rely on the Chinese for their public surveillance technologies, which are some of the most advanced we have seen, and the Israelis for their military and security tech, to help our country prevent and fight terrorism. With the GSAF becoming more vicious these days, we need all of what we can get to stop them. Understand that Iraq has a very rich culture and history as we were once home to the people who once called themselves the Sumerians and the Mesopotamian. We have museums across our nation to preserve their history so that visitors can learn why Iraq was known for such a culture and how that affected world economics back then and today.
Zachary/Zihao: Iraq has seen some conquests too since they were part of the Silk Road; there was Alexander the Great and his Greek Empire, there was Genghis Khan and his Mongols, and there was the British Empire there at one point.
Queen Hamdan: And several others too like the Ottoman Empire. Everybody was jealous of our resources at the time to the point they would literally battle against each other on who would conquer Iraq first.
Leo: There's a few things I can agree with you on there. Leho would say the same, I'm certain.
*Some others arrive, and introduce themselves to the Royal Pagans, using photos.*
Cicero: So as you can tell by the way we're dressed, he (Ulysses) is Leo's counterpart from the North, and I am his from the South, but that doesn't mean we're rivals anymore.
Ulysses: It also means that we limit our times wearing these uniforms to re-enactments. But for the purposes of this gathering, we're dressed casually. Otherwise, I run a bowling alley back home.
Cicero: And I compile puzzles.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Oh, very nice. Very nice. *To Cicero* What kind of puzzles you like to compile?
Shadow Lord Kazarian: We're dressed casually as well. In battle, we have our own customized military armor suits where we usually don a flag of our nation on our back as battle flags or a cape with the symbol of the local religion we practice on it.
Queen Hamdan: Or in my case, I have a cape that dons the takbir, just like my country's flag. Even though Iraq is no longer an Islamic nation, we still keep some of their influences for historical purposes as we are very careful not to change history. The takbir, which says "allah akbar", means "God is greatest," so we Iraqis are still keeping that for historical reasons. I am aware that we Zuists are polytheistic in nature, but that's because of our history. Our neighboring nation, Kuwait, is surprisingly diverse, where there's a rather large Christian minority community there and they are actually treated well. So we applaud them for that.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: I'm a Taaraist, and even though we are pagans in this regard, we are monotheistic. Our god is Tharapita; the thunder god. We also have a second local pagan religion in Estonia as well; Maausk. Maausk is a nature-based religion and they tend to be polytheistic in nature. Even if both of us are separate native religions, we have an organization called the Maavalla Koda, which represents us, which works with our government in promoting our beliefs as part of our national identity as well as protecting several places in nature that we believe are sacred to us. Yes it is true that we have Estonians practice both of these religions but they're rare.
Zachary/Zihao: Funny how religion was once seen as something that can be pushed on others. Yet Queen Hamdan reacted in the opposite way with a small group of Icelandic trolls when they practices Zuism to skirt the country's tax laws.
Queen Hamdan: That's because Zuism belongs to us Iraqis and other than Christianity, their actual pagan religion in Iceland is Asatru. Iceland has Asatru organizations too where they are recognized by the Icelandic government as religious organizations. Icelandic people who practice religion are either Christians or Asatru. We do appreciate Iceland's archaeologists and historians for successfully reconstructing a lost religion but they should've let us Iraqis know about this and help us bring that back in our country.
Zachary/Zihao: Leonhard probably wasn't too impressed with some of his people setting up a religion that is Iraqi in origin to skirt his country's tax laws. Then again, Christianity's origin is in Israel due to Jewish roots. Yet, that's what contributed to the rise of European empires and influences. Without them, we wouldn't have things like Christmas.
Juno: Or the influences of the Roman Catholic Church. That is what changed the world though. We have stuff like the Christmas trees and Easter chocolate eggs is because of the Catholics. This is also why American churches have those things, too, whether we like it or not.
Cicero: *to Shadow Lord Uukkivi* The puzzles I compile range from mazes to crosswords and sudoku puzzles. Sometimes you have your basic logic problems as well. And it is interesting to hear about all the different things you believe and/or promote; the only thunder god I'm familiar is Thor, so I have to keep reminding myself that if you are referring to the comic book superhero Thor, his full name is Thor Odinson.
Super C: Odin is Thor's father? I didn't know that.
Leo: I do remember Leonhard grumbling about that, but I didn't know what he was talking about. Obviously I do now. But he says it's either Christianity, Asatru, or nothing. He doesn't practice any religions himself, though.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Lennart would talk about Thor, too, and so would his people.
King Kazemi: *Uses his phone to send $52 million USD in foreign aid to China, along with construction 3D printers and equipment, to help them build more hospitals and medical research facilities to help them contain and eliminate the coronavirus.* There! I just sent $52 million from Iran's economy in foreign aid to China and sent them more equipment to help them build more medical facilities to treat their people and help eliminate the coronavirus. A virus is still a virus, even if it is a flu virus.
Queen Hamdan: We haven't had any of those cases in Iraq, yet but we are monitoring very close there.
Leo: (narrating) This was happening just as the outbreak of COVID-19 was starting, and so any of my parallels, one being Liu, were granted special access to certain areas provided they were dressed appropriately, and they were.
*Wuhan, Hubei, China*
*The provincial government invests all of Iran's aid into constructing more healthcare facilities and pharmaceutical factories to combat the coronavirus.*
Combat Medic 1: *In Chinese* Is that Liu?
Combat Medic 2: *In Chinese* That's him. He's in a hazmat suit with gas mask.
Combat Medic 3: *In Chinese* Excellent. He's one of the few authorized personnel allowed in Hubei. *To Liu* We just received financial aid and advanced construction equipment from Iran to help us build more medical facilities to combat this monster flu virus. This should be a big relief to us!
Combat Medic 4: *In Chinese* We should at least contain this deadly outbreak in a week.
Combat Medic 5: *In Chinese* We got another dead GSAF spy from pneumonia again!
Combat Medic 6: *In Chinese* How do these guys managed to sneak in here undetected?! Watch out for CNG, too! That and the virus is what's killing these GSAF agents here! Cleanup is going to be a long one.
Super C: (narrating) And as the C.I.D.F. would tell you, CNG has done more damage to the world than viruses such as COVID-19 ever did. Sometimes it even contributes to C.I.D.F. disasters!
*Geneva, Switzerland*
*The media clamors together for doctors on behalf of the World Health Organization about the coronavirus.*
Doctor 1: Everybody just calm down, now. This is a flu virus. We have these epidemics before. Remember the Spanish Flu and the Hong Kong Flu? What about the SARS virus or bird flu? Over these times, we have developed medicine so advanced, we can cure virtually any viral disease out there. We even developed medicine that eliminated AIDS. All we ask of you is to tone down the alarmist tone in your articles. What we need is support and hope. Universities around the world are engaging in comprehensive global collaboration to prevent this flu virus. So far, there has been no deaths outside of Wuhan. In fact, the Chinese government are confident in eliminating this outbreak in a week thanks to global support from other countries. Iran just donated a large sum of financial aid and advanced construction equipment to help China fight this outbreak and other countries are helping out too. So there's nothing to worry about but common sense.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Leo: That's going to help out big time.
Super C's thoughts: Where did the money come from? Did Trump approve of this?
*China*
Liu: *in Chinese* I think that aid came from the United States of America. We do need to contain the virus fast. I'm not happy about the GSAF being here, but I prefer to let them see the consequences of their actions. Instead, they're dying from this virus as well as any CNG outbreaks.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Zachary/Zihao: Wait until our foreign aid arrives in China. They won't be expecting us.
*Wuhan, Hubei, China*
Combat Medic 1: *In Chinese* Those came from Iran. The ones from America always come like this. *Motions at a fleet of US Army mobile clinics entering the city.*
Combat Medic 2: *In Chinese* Whoa! They got clinics on their freight trucks!
American Combat Medic 1: Did someone say foreign aid?
American Combat Medic 2: I may not speak your language, but your doctors called for us.
American Combat Medic 3: Did someone say Tamiflu? We got more than just that! We'll help you clean up the mess!
Combat Medic 3: *In Chinese* The Americans! They're here!
Combat Medic 4: *In Chinese* Oh man someone better explain to them what the provincial government of Hubei is planning to do. There's going to be mass demolition on condemned buildings to destroy the virus and make more room for the new hospitals and medical research facilities!
*The Americans deploy their mobile clinics on the streets in an orderly fashion as Chinese doctors enter the mobile clinics as American combat medics get ready to work with them. Citizens line up to get their advanced flu shots as the local government plans on demolishing several buildings they deem unsafe and too contaminated as well as compensating affected citizens.*
Combat Medic 5: *In Chinese* Oh man I hope the new buildings have self-cleaning and self-decontamination systems! Hubei will look squeaky clean and new again as well as way more updated than before!
American Combat Medic 4: *To Liu* We Americans have developed the most advanced flu medication and we are extremely confident that this will put an end to your coronavirus problem. We got you!
American Combat Medic 5: Y'all got very impressive cities! Don't worry though! It won't look like something from Resident Evil once we get this taken care of soon!
American Combat Medic 6: Man the cities in Hubei are ginormous! I'm from Miami and y'all got a lot of super tall buildings and big cities!
*Washington D.C.*
Pelosi: Did you just invade China?
Trump: No. They asked for us to come on over so we did. We can't let epidemics like this happen today.
Pelosi: Mr. Trump, you have American soldiers on foot on Chinese soil!
Trump: So? Xi specifically asked us to send our Army combat medics over, so I did. Do you want the virus here to get everybody sick? Do you realize how hard it is for me to send the feds over to clean up your [BLEEP] hole of a city that is San Francisco? We don't want people [BLEEP] on the streets in your city. And besides, if the 49ers win, the party will be in your city and it will look good for our people only.
Pelosi: And if Kansas City wins, I will resign as Speaker of The House. You're lucky that they're choosing a hacker German shepherd named Mr. Letterman instead of choosing the American lion that we all know of.
Trump: The Dissident is the better choice since he knows a lot about cyber defense. He will work with me in protecting America from everything as well as helping America to lead the world again.
Pelosi: What, you don't like Leo?
Trump: Oh, I love Leo! He loves me! Or at least deep down inside. But he already did his thing in the Jones Administration as Secretary of Education. But we can do things better. That's why I lean towards the dog over the lion when it comes to taking your position. He doesn't act on emotions. He's a great guy you know. I like to meet him in person.
Pelosi: *Groans* Fine. And besides, with those like AOC having already resigned, I already have to put up with a handful of Krieglandonians in the House.
Trump: Well, I think that's a good thing. They come here to help America and put us first. And the ones from Argentina came here legally because they prefer our culture more. They love us more. They say we are very civilized and innovative. But most importantly, we are free and safe in our own land. And this summer, we'll beat the Canadians in the gold medal count in the Olympics. That little island is going to have our flag flying on it. The best part? We won't have to fight over it.
Pelosi: So, where's our universal healthcare?
Trump: Oh; I'm letting our states work that one out. Even the cities and towns are working theirs out. But let me tell you something about Wildcat City; they actually have a local form of universal healthcare. Many cities have their own public healthcare system. So, I think we're doing things the right way. Actually, the better way. And with the illegals out the way, wait time for our citizens in these systems are much shorter than ever and service is better than ever. The other countries now have their own healthcare resources to help their people too where no one in this world has to leave their country to find better care overseas. Anyways, you know the deal. If the Chiefs win, you will voluntarily resign like you promised. If the 49ers win, you will go to your home city and be one of the hosts of the party there and you better be good because the G-52s will be there.
Leo: (narrating) Nancy Pelosi is on the list of people I wish would just shut up! Yet here she was, betting her job on the Super Bowl. That's the dumbest thing she ever did!
*Portland, OR, USA*
Mr. Letterman: I can't take over California as interim governor because I don't live there. Instead, if Newsom resigns, then the colonel from the California National Guard would have to take his place and enforce martial law and do what it takes to protect American citizens first.
Citizen 1: You have the leadership to go into politics.
Citizen 2: Rainier changed Canada. I'm sure you can change America.
Mr. Letterman: But its something I cannot do alone. It is a difficult task.
Citizen 3: If you do your duty, you can change anything for the better and always for the better.
Mr. Letterman: We'll see where things go from here. Let's hope for the best and hope China gets their flu under control. This city just shut down their services to and from China just to be safe. Also, if you see any Chinese tourists stranded here because of the virus in their homelands, take good care of them. I already paid for one family for another week stay in their hotel here. That way once things settle down and its time for them to go home, they can tell their people how much we Americans care about them which would strengthen our ties with China.
*Miami, FL, USA*
*Our communicators beep twice.*
Leo: Looks like the aid is already there.
Super C: Meanwhile, it seems there's a chance Mr. Letterman might be pushed into California as interim governor.
Doughty Dog: Why do they want to do that?
Leo: I don't know, but better him than me. *He looks again.* Then you have the impeachment trials going, but apparently, Pelosi is gambling her career on the Super Bowl; if the Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl, she says she will resign. She's that disgusted with our troops working in China.
Super C: They're working to contain the coronavirus, not spread it!
*China*
Liu: *in Chinese* Oops, sorry. I had it backwards. Anyways, let's keep the clinics up and running, shall we?
*elsewhere*
*Other countries take their precautions against the coronavirus.*
*Miami, FL, USA*
Zachary/Zihao: China doesn't want war with us; why would we go to war with them? Actually, it's Mr. Letterman being the interim House Speaker if Pelosi resigns. We don't know what is going to happen to California's governor if he resigns, but if he does, it's either the colonel of the California Army National Guard or someone else. If that colonel takes his place, whoever they are, they will enforce martial law in that state along with a curfew just so that California's state government remains stable. Also note that Mr. Letterman is a resident of Montana, but was born in Oregon. But these days, he visits Oregon more due to improvements there.
Zax: Pelosi is more obsessed with impeaching Trump despite the fact that Pence will take his place. She is stubborn and incredibly stupid.
Jack: And one of the most corrupt politicians in America according to the average American citizen. Even the majority in California hates her.
*Wuhan, Hubei, China*
*Everybody nods.*
Combat Medic 1: *In Chinese* We are doing everything we can to contain and eliminate the coronavirus. Once things settle down after containment, we're having several buildings marked for demolition and cleanup to make sure the virus is completely eliminated. Then on top of that, bats as food will be banned in China.
Combat Medic 2: *In Chinese* Not many Chinese eat bat as food these days. That's so gross!
Combat Medic 3: *In Chinese* Don't forget that after construction and cleanup, everything needs to be sprayed down with antiviral solution.
Taikonaut Tiger: *In Chinese as he's wearing hazmat armor complete with gas mask armored helmet.* Things should be good. *To Liu in Chinese.* We're getting massive amounts of financial foreign aid from around the world to help us fight this coronavirus outbreak. I'm quite excited to see the new medical facilities throughout Hubei.
*Singapore*
*The government sends $10 billion USD in foreign aid to China to help them stop the coronavirus.*
Politician 1: That should do it!
Politician 2: Once things settle down a bit, we're sending some of our workers there to assist with the Chinese provincial government in Hubei to rebuild their cities and build plenty of hospitals and medical research centers.
Politician 3: I can't wait to see what these world-class medical facilities and hospitals will look like in Hubei. I've seen the computer files of their plans; they look like something you would see in alien spaceships. Glossy, clean, high-tech, updated, fresh, and innovative.
Politician 4: Hopefully this will be the last time we'll ever hear of an epidemic on Earth.
Politician 5: Better yet, no more flu virus of any kind.
*Washington D.C.*
Trump: Oh, look, Pelosi! *Uses a remote to pull up a live chart on a monitor.* We're building more biomedical factories in America! That means more high-quality biomedical equipment made in America with jobs for Americans. *Pulls up another live chart.* And look how much China is spending on us to import our medical supplies. And that's not even mentioning our nonprofit organizations doing donation drives to send medical supplies and face covers to China. Wildcat City is real busy on their donation drives and efforts to help China contain their coronavirus. You see Pelosi, whenever the world needs help, they call on us first. When there's a virus going on, we'll be there to stop it first.
Pelosi: But why send American troops there?
Trump: Military forces have large amounts of mobile clinics in their inventory. I don't know of any other organizations outside of that does have that many mobile clinics. And besides, we're the world exporter in high-quality mobile clinics. Innovation is what drives America.
Pelosi: Guess you don't even care about the Ford Motor Company, do you?
Trump: You mean the one that built more factories in America for their Transit vans for small businesses and other organizations? They just opened a factory near Wildcat City in hopes of attracting workers from that city.
Pelosi: Stop taking credit for everything.
Politician 1: Stop wasting our time by forcing us to impeach Trump!
Politician 2: We have a lot of big issues going on, and now we have this coronavirus topic to add on to this! Trump is doing everything he can to help America first and save the world from a potential pandemic! He sent the US Army there because they got the mobile clinics for the job and second, it wouldn't be safe to go to Hubei without extra protection! In fact, the Chinese government specifically asked us for help and we are giving them help! So stop saying its an invasion! Same goes for the media that supports you too by making fake news that we're invading China!
Politician 3: People like you is why we have domestic terrorism in America. I hate arguing hence I've been using my phone to record this nonsense live to post on Twitter and share them with the G-52s. We got to prepare against natural disasters, we must encourage and reward businesses for providing more jobs to our citizens first, we need major tax reforms and eliminate more federal taxes, we need to take care of our Native Americans first, everything! We have these issues we need to take care of first, and on top of this the coronavirus, and here you are stealing our tax money to stuff in your bank accounts by saying that Trump is the most important issue compared to all of this.
Politician 4: My gosh! Impeaching Trump is so important to you, you'll even spend more time on that than how to stop the coronavirus! I'm so glad Chuck Schumer resigned! I hope you will follow his footsteps in shame too! We have a few cases of the coronavirus here and luckily they are contained and stopped quickly.
Politician 5: I'm going to be blunt with you and I don't care if Leo the Patriotic Lion chews me out for profanity. Take your head out of your [BLEEP] and focus on the real issues first! You work for the American people like we do! They do not work for you! We are their servants, their concerns go first. Our duty is to protect the livelihood and rights of American citizens first. This impeachment is a waste of time and money as well as the fact that it's full of [BLEEP]!
*Miami, FL, USA*
Leo: Okay. That makes more sense.
*China*
Liu: *in Chinese* So am I.
*Singapore*
Liwei: Do all you can do as well to ensure the virus doesn't reach Singapore itself. I don't want any further outbreaks.
*Miami, FL, USA*
*Florida Army National Guard dispatch combat medics throughout the city as more ambulances surround the stadium to be on standby.*
Juno: You're positive that everybody has been scanned and that no one recently visited China right?
Dustin: Very positive. Everybody has been vetted 100% with no one left behind. So nothing to worry about with the virus here.
Zax: Hopefully the world doesn't look like something off of Resident Evil minus the zombies. Oh wait, nobody bothered to take out Gen. Saqqaf and his GSAF zombie horde yet?
Jack: That'll be taken care of soon.
Queen Hamdan: None of us Royal Pagans visited China recently either. American customs agents made sure we are good. We did see a lot of combat medics here and they made sure we are okay.
*Our communicators beep again.*
Leo: But the world is now free of those pesky EP-2900 robots now and forever, so that's out the way.
Super C: But this time it wasn't Lennart's doing; it was all your major martial artists serving as parallels to you. That's a lot less gruesome than a Norseman going berserk, I suppose.
*We hear a roar.*
Leo: *to the Royal Pagans* That's their victory roar.
*Kyrgyzstan*
*Lian, Lemboe, Loy, Leng, and Lek had been summoned to help fight the remaining robots, because other robots had already been self-destructing at the sights or thoughts of Lennart. They use their righteous punch move after the last of the robots merge themselves into one super robot, but the beam of light that forms a fist instead punches the super robot first, sending it flying into the heavens, never to return. All other robots are destroyed. The lions then pose, and let out a roar that is literally heard all around the world. The citizens, however, who had been hiding, slowly come out and start to clap, but they're all crying because they're sore afraid of the lions.*
*Sweden*
*Lennart makes the announcement to his people.*
Lennart: *in Swedish through a megaphone* Do not be alarmed; the sounds of the roars you heard came from several of my counterparts who practice those lethal martial arts. But help me let the news be spread; the last of Bendraqi's old robots now is dead!
*Forsythians strike up stirring tunes as the people cheer.*
*Germany*
Civilian 1: *in German* Oh, no. Not again!
Civilian 2: *in German* Are we busted for being buzzed? I only had one beer today!
Luitpold: *in German* No, you're fine. One beer is more than enough, really, but well done on controlling it. That was me who let out the roar; it was those Asian counterparts of mine. But let's get the press working on that story; the world is now truly 100% rid of Bendraqi's old EP-2900 robots. They're all gone!
Civilian 3: *in German* I must say to you that is good news.
*The press reports.*
*elsewhere*
*All the world's news media reports on the story of the lions defeating the last of the robots.*
*Miami, FL, USA*
Queen Hamdan: Our nations and kingdoms are finally saved from those evil robots at last!
King Higazy: But we still have to watch out for the coronavirus. It's a flu virus, but it could be anything for all we know.
King Kazemi: But this is not the first time China went through this. People forgot about the SARS virus apparently, but China and the WHO still remembers. Right now, all airports and seaports around the world are closed until further notice. Trains are functional but access into China is difficult.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: I'm sure this will be contained. The media these days love to drive the world into panic and chaos.
*Beijing, China*
*National politicians roll out a comprehensive healthcare bill that will increase China's healthcare research spending.*
Politician 1: *In Chinese* We are going to do something that's never been done before. This will be the only way. We are going to build at least one infection control research clinic in every city and town in China complete with the latest telemedicine technologies available. This will allow our doctors and virologists to monitor the health of their patients 24/7 from anywhere and anytime even outside of work.
Politician 2: *In Chinese* And by encouraging telecommuting as well, we are reducing outdoor traffic congestion which will decrease the likelihood of these infections from happening again.
Politician 3: *In Chinese* This spending bill would make China the biggest spender on healthcare research in the world making America second. Are you sure about this?
Politician 4: *In Chinese* We don't have a choice. Even Liu said to go ahead. If that's what it takes to protect our country and the world, so be it. The health of our people is important as we must maximize our productivity and research so might as well. After all, the wealth we collect in taxes must be invested back into our people.
*The People's Congress passes their comprehensive healthcare bill and gets approved through the government anyways as construction for medical research clinics and hospitals against contagious diseases are being planned and built in every Chinese city and town.*
*Wuhan, Hubei, China*
Taikonaut Tiger: *In Chinese* Whew, that's the last of those robots! Now our government can finally fund these clinics and hospitals to be available in every city and town in China. We're also funding telemedicine research to help prevent these outbreaks from happening again!
Shi: *Is in his hazmat armor suit as he speaks in Chinese.* I really hope this would make China the global leader in medical research. Of course those Americans will always find a way to keep a leg up over us.
*Washington D.C.*
*Words of America dropping out as the largest spender on healthcare research with China taking its place reaches around the world.*
Trump: Oh, look! We're not longer the world's largest spender on healthcare research. China beat us to that! Our healthcare spending is going down and the health of our citizens are going up. See? With a health savings account for every American and a healthcare plan that makes it easier for their companies to provide them private health insurance, we do it better. We don't need high taxes to solve everything. Then again, China is importing our medicine and medical technologies and we're just helping out. So what do you have to say against me now Pelosi? Do you still want to impeach me? Because I know who will be resigning next; Maxine Waters. You've been here for too long. I think you should retire. The government is not your piggy bank.
Pelosi: How dare you talk about her like that!
Trump: Hey at least I didn't use a 3D printer to make a toy mocking her. Too bad that idea flew over a certain Canadian raccoon's head.
Pelosi: Don't give him any ideas!
Politician 1: Can we not?
Politician 2: Okay, so all the robots are gone and yet you're still obsessed with getting rid of Trump and Pence. Keep this up, someone is going to pull a Rainier Belrose on you!
Politician 3: Yeah! We should be celebrating that all of Bendraqi's robots are gone! And here you are wanting to get rid of Trump more than anything else!
*Ottawa, Ontario, Canada*
Rainier: Thank the heavens the EP-2900 madness is finally over! What a relief!
Dominique: Don't get too comfy now. We have a lot of worse enemies ahead. You cannot guarantee everything.
Courtney: I already posted a travel warning about China to Canadian citizens and we managed to evacuate our people from China and none of them were tested positive for the virus. Thank goodness that's taken care of.
Dominique: Right. Well anyways, China just beat the United States in healthcare research and expansion spending and knowing how China is prone to these flu viruses, I think this is an exception that can be made where we can provide foreign financial aid since several countries are doing this.
Rainier: Personally, I would agree in sending financial aid to China for this. A lot of that money will be spent on importing medical equipment from America and us.
*Parliament votes with Levi to decide if Canada should provide financial aid to China to help them contain the virus and if so, how much.*
Politician 1: This is a big yes. China's universities allow for global collaboration with other countries in medical research so might as well.
Politician 2: China has opened their doors for companies around the world to invest in opening their clinics and medical facilities and factories so big fat yes to this.
Politician 3: We have Liu the Confucian Lion and he's seen more than enough flu outbreaks in his country so its a yes. How much should we send them Levi?
Politician 4: A yes from me, since we don't want the flu to be spreading to us.
Courtney: How much are we sending China for this?
Dominique: Their government said that they will make sure every single Chinese city and town has a medical research clinic that is dedicated to containing and eliminating infectious diseases; especially viral ones. They will also utilize telemedicine on their citizens and encourage telecommuting to monitor the health of their citizens using live data from them and to help prevent these outbreaks.
Courtney: Personally, we should send them financial aid for this; a big one. We're going to show Trudeau that foreign financial aid is appropriate for stuff like this. So what do you say Levi?
Rainier: If yes to foreign aid, how much are we sending them?
*Mexico City, Mexico*
*The government sends $100 million USD to China in their fight against the coronavirus.*
Politician 1: *In Spanish* We already had the swine flu once and once is too many.
Politician 2: *In Spanish* That should do it! Hopefully we can learn a thing or two about China's intensive medical research against these outbreaks and how to prevent them.
Politician 3: *In Spanish* Leandro the Revolutionary Lion shouldn't mind us helping out China in stopping a disease that could have gone global in seconds. We can't have that here!
*Seoul, Korea*
*The government sends $500 million USD to China.*
Politician 1: *In Korean* China is a key ally of ours and we must make sure the virus doesn't get here. One case is too much as it is.
Politician 2: *In Korean* Thank heavens that's taken care of!
Politician 3: *In Korean* China has big plans to prevent these outbreaks. Telecommuting, traffic restriction, telemedicine, intensive medical research, the list goes on. China has one of the world's most comprehensive tax plans which allows them to collect large tax revenue without slapping high taxes on most items.
Politician 4: *In Korean* They should be more like Singapore; especially with their electronic road pricing system. That's going to bring China plenty of tax revenue and help reduce traffic congestion.
Politician 5: *In Korean* You think Kyu the Hwarang Lion is okay with us sending that much money to China?
Politician 6: *In Korean* Of course! Anything to prevent the virus from coming here! On the brighter side, no more evil robots!
Politician 5: *In Korean* The Japanese lion sliced many of them apart before they made it here. His name is Ryo the Samurai Lion and he represents Japan.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Leo: Exactly why I hate the media. Journalism outside our home city's network, WBC, is dead.
*Our communicators beep again.*
Super C: They sure are working overtime. *He looks.* Oh. This one says tomorrow is to be the day Brexit finally happens.
Leo: All my parallels wanted to see that happen.
Crush: It officially happens at 11 p.m. GMT, and then they have until the last day of the year to figure things out with the EU.
*Ontario, Canada*
Levi: Let me see here. I do want us to send them some aid. What does our budget allow us if 1 Canadian dollar equals only 76 cents in US currency? *He types numbers into a calculator.* Do you suppose $75 million will do the job?
*Mexico*
*Leandro reads a newspaper mentioning the virus.*
Leandro: *in Spanish to himself* Oh, good. We can't have that coming here.
*Korea*
*Kyu is present because the politicians later ask for his opinion.*
Kyu: *in Korean as he arrives* No, I don't mind. Do what you have to do, but don't let that virus get to anybody!
*Miami, FL, USA*
Queen Hamdan: The world can rejoice with the UK on Brexit then. I support it because the EU does not respect national borders let alone the borders of others. The EU has allowed illegal immigrants to cross borders and are also responsible for dumping their leftists in countries like Canada. *Checks her phone and texts briefly on it.* There! $80 million in USD is being sent out from Iraq to China since my politicians have been discussing on how much to send to China.
King Higazy: Egypt, with my approval, sent $50 million to China since that's the best we can do and we're hoping it helps.
Zachary/Zihao: Hey we'd be working overtime if we had an outbreak. Then again, we'd work overtime to rebuild a community because we Americans have one infamous problem that the world tends to forget about; natural disasters. The state of Texas is the worst and yet many Americans still live there. Unlike viruses, natural disasters cannot be contained. It happens, it happens. You can't control it. That's just nature you know.
Dawn: Yay Brexit! The Gardnerian Society will be happy that the UK is free and that the British government will finally dedicate itself to their people, including the native Wiccans in Blundellsands, again! BoJo is funny but he's a great guy!
Queen Hamdan: He has a very dirty mouth... Why would you want to deal with him?
Dawn: He cares about the British people and the British fathers who work. After all, the good politicians are usually the ones who take their time to visit an average workplace with a helmet on at least to inspect their productivity. BoJo did just that and so did Trump.
Queen Hamdan: You really know the right people then. I don't blame you for supporting BoJo.
King Kazemi: My ears bleed when BoJo talks because he tends to be crass in his country. But overseas, he's surprisingly elegant. But I still hide in my palace when he does his diplomacy in Iran. My kingdom will never allow profanity on the TV.
Zachary/Zihao: Brexit is going to be sweet!
Zax: Hallelujah to our former archenemy if you know what I mean.
Zachary/Zihao: Oh yeah the time when we declared independence from the UK to become the United States of America.
Jack: Best decision ever made since then for America's future.
*Ottawa, Canada*
Dominique: That's perfect!
Rainier: $75 million will do just fine!
*Parliament agrees to have $75 million sent to China as foreign aid to combat the coronavirus.*
*China*
*Inspectors from the World Health Organization (WHO) arrive in hazmat suits to inspect the freshly built clinics.*
WHO Inspector 1: Definitely world class for sure.
WHO Inspector 2: They got tablets ready too which just arrived.
WHO Inspector 3: Spotless and perfect. Lots of computers at the desks. This would make the jobs of the healthcare workers much easier here.
WHO Inspector 4: Nice labs. I love the computers and tablets here. Very organized.
WHO Inspector 5: *Uses his tablet to make sure the clinics meets WHO criteria.* All checks out and ready for certification!
WHO Inspector 4: *To Liu* We're from the World Health Organization and we are inspecting the hospitals and clinics across China. So far, every single one of them have exceeded our standards so we are excited to see how China will lead the world in healthcare.
WHO Inspector 6: This will guarantee that there won't be anymore outbreaks. Every disease will soon be eliminated.
WHO Inspector 7: So much hard work and passion into this facility.
*Stockholm, Sweden*
*The government sends $200 million USD to China.*
Politician 1: *In Swedish* There! That should do it!
Politician 2: *In Swedish* I like how they're having infection control clinics in every place like that. We should do the same.
Politician 3: *In Swedish* We kinda have that because we have telemedicine too.
Politician 2: *In Swedish* Oh yeah I forgot. I can't wait to see how China utilizes their telemedicine system.
Politician 4: *In Swedish* Telecommuting seems to help prevent these outbreaks. I think China will have more workers do that since they have the tech and resources.
Politician 5: *In Swedish* I hope unmanned stores work well in China because we have those here and so far, they work well. Strange at first, but it works. We may be a nation of Vikings, but we are also a nation of innovation as well.
Politician 6: *In Swedish* Lennart knows that Sweden is one of the top nations for scientific research and innovation on Earth. Then of course, we have Swedish steel; forged for Viking swords and axes now used in Volvo automobiles. Goes to show that innovation is linked with tradition in Sweden.
*Moscow, Russia*
*The government sends $1 billion USD to China.*
Politician 1: *In Russian* The money that could've been used for our Olympics is now spent in helping the Chinese fight their outbreak.
Politician 2: *In Russian* China gets it right! They would never let their athletes dope! Perhaps, we should utilize telemedicine on everybody so that we can catch a doper instantly!
Politician 3: *In Russian* Telemedicine; where patients utilize medical devices for their health which provides live data to their doctors, who use the internet to communicate to their patients about their health in real time. Say that's what we need more of against these dopers! That way even if both the athletes and doctors are at home, the doctors will still know if they dope! And when they know it, they'll message local law enforcement about their doping complete with evidence! Genius! Leonid would be down for this!
Politician 4: *In Russian* I don't think he's much into technology and he won't know what telemedicine is.
Politician 5: *In Russian* Actually, he approves of telemedicine; especially being used for this purpose! Makes the healthcare job much easier than before! That way it will be much harder for cheaters to dope in secret!
*Miami, FL, USA*
Super C: Fingers crossed, then; we'll see how it goes.
*China*
Liu: *in Chinese* I wish you all the best in this crusade. Let's work together to end these things, or at least stop them from spreading. Medical science hasn't found a cure for anything that is a virus.
*Canada*
Levi: $75 million it is.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: It will go well. Remember, this isn't the first time China has gone through this. Even better is that we are here in Miami to chill around a bit.
King Kazemi: We got a few days left to chill here, so plenty of time before the opening ceremony starts in the Superbowl.
*Later, the impeachmentment against Trump ends and Brexit occurs.*
*Miami, FL, USA*
*Citizens cheer for the end of Trump's acquittal.*
Civilian 1: Trump has been acquitted at last!
Civilian 2: Told ya it's a waste of time!
Civilian 3: Our British friends are celebrating because they finally got Brexit through!
Dawn: As someone who is a dual-citizen with the US and the UK, I am so happy! Sure Trump and Johnson have their moments, but their actions show! *Waves both the British and American flags in her hands.* Goodness delivers!
*Washington D.C.*
*Pelosi decides to resign early as Mr. Letterman arrives to take her place as interim Speaker of The House.*
Mr. Letterman: *Is reading a resignation letter in the House of Representative left by Pelosi.* Dear Trump, I hope you are happy with the results. You always managed to get things your way. Because of the resignation of representatives like Waters, I finally decide to resign, as I cannot continue my duties. I knew one day, I would be questioned for my actions against you. I am sure you know a certain lion pays attention to what you do, but you don't seem to care. Whatever, just do whatever you want. I hope you're happy with your "America First" plans. But whatever consequences results from this shall be in you and your supporters. I will not be there to witness them nor be responsible for them. Good luck on your duties Mr. President as you'll need plenty of it. Signed, Nancy Pelosi. *Stops reading the letter.*
All right, then. So here I am as interim Speaker. This also makes me third in the presidential line of succession. As far as I am concerned, the President has done what is needed to be done to not only put America first, but also protect the American people by any means necessary including sending medical aid to China. Anyways, I should be in Miami, and no, I have not been to China recently.
Trump: Then go to the Superbowl then. I'll be down at the Mar-a-Lago soon anyways, now that Pelosi is out the way.
Mr. Letterman: All right, then. *Boards the underground maglev high-speed train to Miami.*
*UK*
*Brexit celebrations rock across the UK as British flags wave everywhere.*
Civilian 1: The nightmare is finally over!
Civilian 2: Good job, Johnson!
Civilian 3: What a glorious day! Britain shall lead the world again!
Civilian 4: Now the NHS can fully care for us Brits first again!
Johnson: *Is dancing around in Number 10 with his staff.* Lionus will like me better! I did what is needed to be done!
Dalton: Good job! We are finally free from the EU curse!
Agent M: And this is how leftism and communism dies. Glory to Britain! *To Lionus* See? My dolls helped the UK!
Civilian 5: You could've went around with that in a better way, though.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Crush: Pelosi called it quits?
Leo: She picked the wrong time to start the whole thing, really.
*The Drumbums play appropriate tunes. The other assigned drum majors of the G-52 Marching Band, and the G-52 Drum and Bugle Corps, all meet up with Zachary to discuss the opening ceremony procedures since the units are involved.*
*UK*
Lionus: *to Agent M* Yes, it did, but that really wasn't the best option, now, was it?
*The Drumbums start playing appropriate music.*
*Miami, FL, USA*
*As Zachary listens to the opening ceremony procedures, Mr. Letterman finally arrives.*
Combat Medic 1: Oh? You're the interim Speaker of The House!
Combat Medic 2: We're with the Florida National Guard so we have some questions because you were on the news.
Mr. Letterman: Okay.
Combat Medic 2: To the isolation room.
*Mr. Letterman is escorted to the isolation room.*
Mr. Letterman: Okay.
Combat Medic 3: I'll make it quick. We saw you on the news on the TV because you and a group of other people were helping out a Chinese family in Portland. Is that correct? If so, why?
Mr. Letterman: That is correct. They were staying in a hotel but were stranded because they are from Wuhan. The wife is a nurse and is pregnant with her third child and her husband is a biomedical engineer. We did some fundraising to help them stay longer in the hotel until they are cleared to return home. Eventually, things started to settle once every affected Chinese citizen is hospitalized in their local infection control facilities. This family is perfectly healthy at the time we cared for them. When their chartered flight arrived, they returned home back in Wuhan but are assigned to telecommuting jobs instead since nobody is allowed to work outside their home in China at the time. We kept touch with the family and learned that the majority of the quarantined patients are cured from the coronavirus and at this rate, things will come to an end and life would hopefully return back to normal in China.
Combat Medic 3: I see. Have you been to China recently?
Mr. Letterman: No.
Combat Medic 3: And why are you here?
Mr. Letterman: I'm friends with the G-52s and I have a spot in the stadium to watch the Superbowl.
Combat Medic 3: Okay you're good to go. Have fun and be safe.
Mr. Letterman: *Leaves the isolation room to regroup with the G-52s on the higher floor and meets with the Royal Pagans.* I see some new faces here.
Queen Hamdan: I'm sure you know who we are.
Mr. Letterman: Of course; the ones who seek to revive and preserve old traditions that helped defined countries.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: And I'm from Armenia, but I'm an Arordiner. Even though the Royal Pagans are known to have come critical views on Christianity, we also respect it, because when it comes to history in the Bible, most of it is not wrong since they are accurate as it happened. But then there are parts we have to be careful about because the later parts were written by Greek Apostles; especially Paul. What I don't understand about Christianity is this; Christians are following a book that was originally written in Hebrew but later additions were made by Greek Apostles.
Levon the Christian Lion: (narrating) Sadly he's mistaken, the Bible is the Holy and Sacred Word of God; it has absolutely no errors, whatsoever.
Mr. Letterman: I think I can explain this. I understand where you're coming from, but these Apostles are disciples of Christ. They are sent out to spread His word and some died as martyrs for Christ if I remember right.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: I see. In Armenia, Christianity there is the eastern version of it which is different from the western version here. Over in Armenia, the Gospel of Luke mentions the Seventy-Two Disciples. You don't hear that often in America because you guys were a British colony and Christianity in Britain is the western version of it with Roman Catholic roots.
This is why us Royal Pagans have this idea that religion should be something that defines a nation with their own people and that Christianity tends to be convoluting and questionable to us. Before all these reforms in Christianity, there was genocide against the pagans, vandalism, you know, all sorts of horrible things back then; especially during the Crusades. They also try to change the history of others as well which is dangerous. I think what made the world much more civilized today wasn't just about the basics of Christian morality but more importantly, European enlightenment since their imperial days. And besides, many of the morals that Christianity preaches are also found in many pagan religions around the world, too.
Queen Hamdan: Iraq has a rich history, but got ugly when Christianity and Islam was brought into the country. And besides, those two religions have Jewish roots. I just find it strange that a Jewish man would try to unite all of the world's civilizations through His teachings hoping things would get better if the world were to follow Him while claiming to be God as well. But then again, that's history.
Mr. Letterman: So, what do you think about Syria voluntarily returning to Christianity?
Queen Hamdan: A lot better I must say but it is important that they must embrace humanistic values as well too.
King Higazy: In this modern world, there's so much emphasis put on the value of life. Life is what carries history. Someone has to run the museums and manage them. Someone has to tell the stories of the past to learn from them. Books are tools for that.
Mr. Letterman: So I'm curious; many people say that Christianity is leaving this world because of you. How do you respond to this?
King Higazy: It depends on the perspective but Christians will always exist as do Muslims; just with several reforms and minus the extremism. There will always be more Christians than Muslims but at the same time, the pagan community is growing rapidly. People see religion as something that defines a nation, their culture, and their people with Japan being used as an example. You may be asking what we think about syncretic religions from the new age religion movements. I think they're more like ideologies than they are religion. Then we are aware that parody religion exists in which we think its stupid since they distract people from learning the historical reasons why the concept of religion was invented here in this world.
Mr. Letterman: Interesting.
Queen Hamdan: Anyways, we should get ready to watch the opening ceremony here. Mr. Letterman, you're more than welcome to visit our lounge as you do with the others here.
Dawn: And welcome again, Speaker.
Mr. Letterman: That title is only used back in Washington D.C. in the House of Representatives. Outside, I'm just Mr. Letterman. I was voted against my will to replace Pelosi after the impeachment fiasco. But I will tell you that Trump is at the Mar-a-Lago right now. Lets focus on the game as we look forward to this greatness.
Dawn: Understood.
Mr. Letterman: I also spoke with Espen and there's a high chance that we may be recruiting more Dissidents.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: And please emphasize to them that there will be no more trolling from them. They drive a lot of people crazy and makes them nervous because the parallels or Leo always happen to be involved one way or another. And if Lennart gets mad, we're all gonna die!
Mr. Letterman: Don't worry; I will emphasize to them that doing crazy things like that will lead to very long marching punishments.
*UK*
Dalton: Remember, you had bobbies being dragged on their bums by their dogs because of those toys where they had to be sent to the NHS for treatment which is very embarrassing to us taxpayers. You could have gone around about this in a better way.
Agent M: Probably not.
Crawford: You could've caused an accident too. Anyways, Brexit party time! Fish and chips everywhere! Union Jacks flying everywhere!
Agent M: Yup! We shall be the Japan of Europe! High-tech, pure culture, and leading!
Crawford: And you better be on your best behaviour when we go to Japan for the Olympics. None of this nutty trolling garbage! Lionus and his horse can only be patient for so long, you know!
*Miami, FL, USA*
Leo: You could also show them the videos of these marching punishments.
Super C: I typically film them and post them on YouTube for all to see.
Leo: Yet, look at what Rainier did. You had to be thrilled about that.
Macho Mouse: Although we thought Canada was going to pick Courtney that time. Instead, the nostalgia bug bit them, and they put Levi back in.
*UK*
Lionus: Although me horse is going to snap first. It's amazing the amount of patience he has been showing lately. *The horse grunts.* Oh, right. He's also terrified of Lennart the Viking Lion, but then again, aren't we all?
*Miami, FL, USA*
Jack: YouTube is an excellent deterrent for that purpose.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Rainier is textbook definition of brave. But punishing him over a song is a bit much in my opinion.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: What was the song about?
Zax: Bananas and the song actually references to a time when Trudeau performed the song for a talent show in blackface complete with a giant afro on his head. Nobody knows if he won but based on this, I doubt it.
Queen Hamdan: I was in disbelief to learn that the former Canadian prime minister would do such a thing. If my politicians however were to share inappropriate photos like that, I would ask them to dispose the photos and take a break for the day than to fire them over those photos. Immature, yes. But worth firing them over? Probably not.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: And what did Rainier do that earned him his second marching punishment from all of this?
Juno: My understanding was that he got a bunch of his pals together so they can wear marching band uniforms with banana-themed shakos before they performed the song with marching band instruments for laughs as well as a response to Trudeau being reelected. Many in the G-52s treat marching bands with serious respect as if each of them are military marching bands. The Forsythians are known to take marching bands seriously so obviously Maple Marcher, like every other Forsythian-Canadian, found Rainier's acts as offensive to marching bands yet were impressed by his abilities to lead one. From there, Rainier fled overseas where we eventually found him in Incheon, Korea, in hopes he avoids marching punishment assuming Levi was out to get him.
Shadow Lord Kazarian: Wow... Sounds like the Dissidents are a colorful bunch.
Mr. Letterman: We're doing our best to discourage trolling but there's no guarantee to stop this. Hopefully we don't have anymore parallels overreacting to silly stuff like this since Levi's handling of his Parliament over those photos were over-the-top.
*UK*
Agent M: Don't remind me of Lennart; especially of how he saved Kazakhstan from a robotic invasion. A giant battle axe as a skateboard? Seriously? No wonder why people say Lennart can split mountains into two if he wanted to!
*Miami, FL, USA*
Leo: Levi says he's never going to live that down. It thus caught him off guard when the people put him back in office. When he's done, though, he's retiring for good.
Super C: Rainier's actions involving the song Day-O referenced Trudeau in blackface. If I'm correct, the real meaning of the song has to do with people working the night shift loading bananas onto ships.
Leo: I think so, because my Jamaican counterpart was highly offended by the acts.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Queen Hamdan: I can see that.
Dawn: *Her phone beeps and looks at it.* Oh great! My hometown, Boston, is under quarantine until further notice because 8 people who are hospitalized there have coronavirus. The 8th person is a young guy who returned from his trip in Wuhan. Just like the rest of the world, the US has closed their airports until further notice.
Juno: Looks like you'll be chilling in Wildcat City a bit with us after we celebrate in the city of the winning team.
Dawn: They got National Guard troops allover Boston. They're even preventing visitors from coming in to the city as well.
Mr. Letterman: Before this century, the plague used to happen every century. Now, coronavirus has taken its place. At least we won't have any catastrophic death tolls.
Jill: If you wash your hands and use hand sanitizer often, you'll be fine. Emphasis on the "and". Besides, coronavirus is a flu virus despite being a novel strain. If you're not eating bats, there's nothing to worry about. It's just media panic and the quarantine orders are just extra measures to prevent the virus from spreading.
*Boston, MA, USA*
*The National Guard evacuates every single visitor out of the city and makes sure that only residents are left. Returning residents are encouraged to avoid returning home until further notice.*
Soldier 1: Wow... The streets are empty. You rarely see that here.
Soldier 2: Now I know what experiencing Resident Evil is like. Just without the zombies.
Soldier 3: Sorry! This city is under quarantine until further notice! We can't let people in!
*Miami, FL, USA*
Crush: I had a sad feeling we weren't going to avoid it all together.
Parade Phantom: Let's just hope it doesn't get down here.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Dawn: I hope not. San Antonio in Texas, Fort Carson in Colorado, Fairfield in California, and San Diego in California are also under quarantine orders. Stuff like this is why there are facial scanning devices almost everywhere in public; many being hidden. These devices scan your face to see if you are sick or not and if you are, either your doctor gets an email notification from the city or town's local health department letting them know of your symptoms or if severe, would send you a text message letting you know that an ambulance is on the way to pick you up and you should stay at your location.
Jack: What you're talking about is part of what we call telehealth today. Convenience, yes. But the biggest issue as Americans is how far would this go until your privacy is violated. For China, telehealth is a must because of what's going on. I'm sure the Krieglandonian doctors can adapt well in utilizing telehealth and telemedicine today since the idea behind that is being able to monitor the health of your patients outside of the clinic at least. Pretty much, live health data on-the-go where you could even be working in your office and your patients' health information gets emailed to you. Then of course there's AI to make organizing data much easier than before. Of course in America, for doctors to utilize telemedicine and telehealth on their patients, their consent is required first.
Dawn: They make their jobs so much easier so they can focus on caring and treating their patients first with passionate care. Too bad consent in this kind of medical technology is technically mandatory in many countries but mainly because of the result of universal healthcare systems. In Hawaii and Alaska, consent to this technology is mandatory. California is also mandatory as well. And in cities where quarantine orders are issued, each citizen is technically monitored anyways where consent doesn't matter for the sake of public health.
Zachary/Zihao: As much as I am for individual rights, I think stuff like this should be mandatory anyways as a way to prevent epidemics like this. After all, we still remember around the start of last year, there was anti-vaccine propaganda, which was met with a massive global backlash against it complete with the WHO stating that anti-vaccine hysteria is a threat to global health. Cody, the cowboy lynx from Texas, went psycho in Austin with his revolvers because lawmakers wanted to keep a vaccine law that states that parental consent is required after their children consent to vaccines. In states like Kansas, children can get vaccines without parental consent. As a result of this, information on sites like Reddit exploded on how children can get vaccines for free without parental consent, which includes going to other states that allows vaccination of children without parental consent.
Queen Hamdan: I don't know why any parent would be against vaccinating their children. I can understand if their children had allergic reactions to certain vaccines or the vaccines in question poses a risk to their health due to genetic factors but these days, children are screened before they can be vaccinated safely. What also bothers me greatly is how some people can use religious exemptions to refuse certain vaccines despite the fact how dangerous that is.
Zachary/Zihao: We have a group of people that do this in America; they're called the Amish. But most young Amish these days would sneak their way out to get vaccinated. The problem with these Amish people is that unlike Native Americans, they can be difficult to track as they do not have IDs. That's why they still live their old ways like their ancestors did as simple community farmers. This is also why the stuff they sell, including their furniture, are cheap and usually sold in towns than in cities.
Juno: Unlike most Americans, they prefer payment in dollar coins because in the olden days, coins are a popular form of payment. Coins are still used today, but paper money is also used because of modern convenience and of course, cards. Dollar coins will still be produced in America; especially with the Native American series to keep the legacy of Native Americans alive. In Korea, electronic and card payments are strongly encouraged by the government because they can be easily tracked unlike cash payments. Of course with Kyu the Hwarang Lion, he disagrees because people will continue to make cash payments and that will never go away. Then there's Japan where despite being a high-tech loving nation, you'll still see people pay with yen coins at least; especially in the izakayas.
Jill: Most people pay with cash, especially those going overseas, to avoid their banks charging them for currency conversion fees during transactions. Hence in countries like Japan, most people who are paying with card are locals. Ryo, like the other traditionalists, believe that carrying cash would make you less likely to get robbed than if you were to carry a card, even though Japan's crime rates are nearly nonexistent to the point that you can go out in the middle of the night alone and nobody would mess with you.
Jack: Technology is a double-edged sword; yet at the same time, this is what's driving humanity forward as well as saving humanity. So it's either that or we're doomed in the Dark Ages.
*San Antonio, TX, USA*
*National Guard soldiers have evacuated every visitor and tourist as the city goes under quarantine.*
Soldier 1: I hope Cody understands that this is to prevent the coronavirus from spreading since we have some of those patients in our hospitals here.
Soldier 2: *Is reading a newspaper about telemedicine.* You heard about how China is increasing spending to invest in telemedicine to monitor their people's health on-the-go to prevent epidemics? That sounds very interesting since we have that here, too, though not as large as that in China.
Soldier 3: Sounds cool, but then again, doctors always report health data statistics to the government, you know, because that's a must. CDC needs their national health data.
Soldier 4: But no one's names is visible or anything like that because of HIPAA to respect their privacy as individuals.
Soldier 5: I've never seen this city empty like this before. Usually it's bustling and musical. Now, it's quiet and sterile. At least it is clean here.
*San Diego, CA, USA*
*The city is under quarantine with National Guard soldiers everywhere.*
Soldier 1: First time I've seen a busy city like this go empty.
Soldier 2: Feels kinda eerie, don't you think?
Soldier 3: At least there's no zombie apocalypse here like The Walking Dead.
*Hicksburg, TX, USA*
Civilian 1: Geez; I hope San Antonio is okay!
Civilian 2: They got them troops on the ground everywhere there like it's the zombie apocalypse or somethin'. You don't hear about this often these days.
Civilian 3: San Antonio is one of Cody's favorite places to visit often. The musicians there defines the culture of that city. Too bad they ain't lettin' anyone in. I hope this dies down soon.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Leo: Plenty of furniture I own is Amish. And Cody also underwent one of those marching punishments.
Super C: But that's because he kept on threatening to kill and saying all those people deserved to go to hell even after the problem was fixed. Then he thought about suicide. Fortunately, we talked him out of it.
*Hicksburg, TX, USA*
*Cody is also reading a newspaper about the coronavirus while talking with the civilians.
Cody: It ain't just the Alamo; I had family livin' in San Antonio as well. I'm sadly the only one left in my side of the family; this doesn't count my cousin, Fast Draw Derrick.
Civilian 2: Oh, yes; he's fantastic.
Cody: Still, seems to me this is what happens when them Chinese go about eatin' bats.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Queen Hamdan: Suicide is strongly frowned upon in many pagan cultures as it is frowned upon in Christianity. An example of this would be the fact that Roman pagans strictly forbid all forms of self-harm, including blood sacrifices.
Dawn: The Wiccan Rede, which people take as part of their initiation to become Wiccans, emphasizes the rule of "no harm" which includes suicide. "And ye harm none, do as ye will" is the line from the Rede. One of the rules we Wiccans follow is the concept of karma which is also mentioned in the Rede like this; what ye send out, comes back to thee.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Pagan religions place heavy emphasis on the sanctity of life. One of the reasons why we, the Royal Pagans, are reviving old traditions is to let the world know of our history and how our morals got connected through Christianity at least. We also want to emphasize that no member of the Royal Pagans worship the devil as such a concept was never recorded in history nor would the pagans back then allow that.
Dawn: We Wiccans do not embrace the concept of sin, heaven, nor hell. There is the afterlife, but some Wiccans believe in reincarnation. In this, we have the Law of Threefold Return. What we do now, will reflect on what happens to us in the next life. Wiccans also emphasize personal responsibility as well too through the Law of Threefold Return. So arguably speaking, if Cody were to take his life, he could be reincarnated in say, San Francisco, where high cost of living and tech companies forcing their tech into people's personal lives would be payback to him as he will be feeling their effects. And besides, more than half of San Francisco's residents already left their city for better parts in America and less than 1% of the American population are moving there.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Very interesting. Based on what you said in that scenario, I take it Cody does not like the modern life?
Dawn: Not at all; he does not even use a smartphone like many of us do. He does carry his ID though, but that's about it. Hicksburg in Texas is a very small town so cost-of-living is very cheap there. Then again, that's pretty much most of Texas. It is true that there are lots of Americans moving there but at the same time, there's a significant number of people moving out of Texas, too. Hence cost-of-living in most parts of Texas have remained stable.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: If only you were there to warn him if he threatened to take his life.
Dawn: The problem is that I cannot guarantee what would happen if he did take his life. I only stated a theoretical result based on that scenario. But he already did the marching punishment for that, and that already has been done.
*Hicksburg, TX, USA*
Civilian 3: Eatin' WHAT?!
Civilian 4: Ugh! Just the thought of that makes me sick!
Civilian 5: Who knows what kind of diseases them bats carry, since they're out from the wild?! Even worse is that the largest bat colony in North America is right in our state capital of Austin. Their bridges provide them additional homes, too.
Civilian 6: I think they migrate there during the summer then over to Mexico during the winter. Luckily, they don't attack people and that they do eat up annoying bugs from mosquitoes to flies there. No wonder why we got them hippies from California moving to Austin.
Civilian 7: Everybody wants to live in Austin until they start raising them home prices there.
Civilian 8: I'm from Austin; property taxes are highest there in the state since too many people want to live there. Young folks from Houston and Dallas be trying to move there in masses.
*Bellaire, TX, USA*
*Despite confirming that nobody in the city has been infected with coronavirus, the city remains under martial law with curfew. The city operates normally as usual with visitors coming in and out of the city.*
Soldier 1: Welp; that was close! Captain wants us to keep patrolling just to be safe.
Soldier 2: All because someone here just returned from China. He said he wasn't in Wuhan or whatever the province that city is in.
Soldier 3: Hubei, you mean? I heard that is a very nice part of China. They got big cities with science facilities there. Hubei looks like a world-class tourist destination.
Soldier 4: Good luck trying to get through the crowds there. Apparently from what I heard, it all began with a wild bat flying into some kind of fish market in Wuhan that started all of this. So in response, the Chinese government banned live animals from entering these fresh meat markets. That means you can't bring your dog there.
Soldier 5: They also passed a bunch of health and sanitary laws to prevent further spreading of the virus. I heard other countries are copying China's strict health and sanitation laws too, with Singapore being the first to do that as backup measure.
Soldier 6: They even went as far as to increase taxes on cars to for those wanting to buy a personal vehicle.
Soldier 7: Unless it's for the family which has to be an SUV of some sort or a minivan. China has a very comprehensive tax system where different things are taxed at different rates. It can be argued that China has the most comprehensive tax system on Earth.
Soldier 6: Talk about controlling the masses. They even went as far as to make telemedicine mandatory for everybody meaning that they must allow certain devices to be used on them in public so that if someone is sick, their doctors get emails about their health complete with data and images. They got cameras that scans people's health everywhere in public!
Soldier 8: Wait, cameras that automatically scan your face to see if you're okay or sick?
Soldier 6: Yeah that's been a thing and its more common these days. Our combat medics use portable facial scanning devices on random people to make sure they're okay.
Soldier 8: Now I see why cops and ambulances are quicker and more responsive these days.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Crush: Cody is as old-school as you can get; probably the only modern things he does use is indoor plumbing.
Leo: No TV, no computers, no electricity, nothing of that sort. He lives off the grid. Also, he doesn't believe in reincarnation; he says when you're dead, you're dead. *He looks around and it's safe to say so.* And it's confirmed he got closer to being a heartless than I ever did. I would have done so if I had kept on bellowing, but he was both bellowing and shooting.
Super C: If you go down to Arizona, you'll meet another cowboy friend of ours who goes by the nickname "Nickelback Nathan." He also lives off the grid, but he doesn't use any guns unlike Cody, although he has been shot in the chest once because he was protecting his people. He's much more of a real Southern gentleman.
*Hicksburg, TX, USA*
Cody: Yup. Them Chinese do eat bats. Or was it bat soup? Either way, that's what's causin' it, but they ain't gonna stop eatin' it. I'm grossed out at the thought of it myself.
*GVS, AR, USA*
*The city is also exercising curfews to protect everybody from the virus.*
Nathan: Don't bother me none; I ain't no late-night person anyway.
Jocko: Tribe of mine extremely worried. Fear virus come here, destroy population.
Outlaw: Well, do what you have to do to protect yourselves.
Jocko: Yes, tigersabe.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Queen Hamdan: At least none of you had to kill Cody because if he did turn into a heartless, that would be your only choice. I have seen them myself and it was to kill them or they take over the world.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: A waste of ammunition to shoot in the air during his bellowing I must say. He could have shot someone or something innocent as he put everybody's life in danger.
Juno: Hence the marching punishment. Meanwhile it looks like the opening ceremony is going to start soon.
*Hicksburg, TX, USA*
Civilian 3: China banned bats as food as a response, so there ain't gonna be no bat soup there.
*GVS, AZ, USA*
Doctor 1: Jocko, your tribe is perfectly safe and we don't have any cases confirmed in Arizona. As long you wash your hands, cook food thoroughly, and practice clean hygiene, you will be fine.
Doctor 2: Thanks to telemedicine, we can monitor the health of our patients anywhere and anytime even from home. Glenn Views Spring is safe. But we will keep you updated on this.
Doctor 3: The risk for coronavirus here is low. Besides, the common flu is the bigger concern. Even that, you do what you need to do and things will be fine.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Crush: So have many of us.
Super C: Cripto especially. Note he's not with us because he's tending to family issues right now.
*Hicksburg, TX, USA*
Cody: Oh, that's good.
*GVS, AR, USA*
Jocko: Tribe thankful for good news. Please keep us updated.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Juno: I wished Cripto was here.
Queen Hamdan: He's more well-known than I am. Paparazzis know who he is but not me despite being the Queen of Iraq. If he was here, more crowds would come here and the city government would order the entire city to be standing room only. Not to mention, that would turn this stadium into a greater potential fire hazard.
Juno: If you're the Queen of Iraq, though through a constitutional monarchy, how come you don't have paparazzi?
Queen Hamdan: I don't come here in a motorcade or a parade, since that's something I do back in Iraq. I am seen as a visitor overseas as my role is only recognized in Iraq and I do not conduct diplomacy like my president does. I only serve as their ultimate advisor as our Federal Supreme Court makes sure that all of us are complying with our constitution and laws.
Juno: Makes sense. After all, Cripto is the frontman for Furry Fury.
Queen Hamdan: My country is open to musicians around the world but we do have censorship laws to make sure the lyrics do not contain offensive material like profanity. Despite our modernization, pretty much basic morals are enforced where pretty much anything Bengalia has banned, we ban them too. I like Bengalia more as Kriegland, as great as they were, is too strict and their bans tend to be more extensive than necessary.
Juno: So basically you're just like Singapore in terms of censorship.
Queen Hamdan: Correct and we want to keep it that way.
King Higazy: Same with us and our countries. We do respect the right to freedom of expression but at the same time, basic levels of morality must be enforced. For example, we will not allow strip clubs as that's clearly immoral plus they encourage trafficking and we want to fight against persons trafficking.
Dawn: In America, banning such places is controversial but people can protest against local governments by getting them to issue a stop order on licenses to operate these filthy strip clubs. What that does is preventing anymore of these nasty places from being opened. If more people in Houston protested against strip clubs, the city government will be pressured into issuing a stop order on strip club licenses. And besides, the demand for them is dropping quickly hence strip club closures are common.
King Kazemi: Nice to know that morality is not lost in the United States of America. There's always ways around things.
Crush: Cripto doesn't want the big fanfare either; he just wants to be as normal as he possible can.
Super C: Bengalia knew how to keep up with the modern times in spite of keeping strict morals. As a result, their most popular form of entertainment was the game show.
Leo: Although sporting events also got high viewing figures.
Leo: (narrating) That was a lot going on there, yes. But the whole point of this was the fact we made some new friends, the Royal Pagans, and via their alliance they made with us, life was going to get a bit more spice, since variety is the spice of life. It's only fair we show you some highlights from the game itself, though.
*Later, after the opening ceremony, the game is on.*
*Miami, FL, USA*
Zax: Missouri and Kansas must be celebrating hard right now. I hope they win.
Juno: I looked at the live streaming video of Kansas City and it is slammed with people!
*Kansas City, KS/MO, USA*
Civilian 1: How many people are there from Wildcat City here?!
Civilian 2: It's so crowded! So many bars are full!
Civilian 3: Even our stadium just to watch the game from Miami is brimmed with people!
Civilian 4: Whoa I was not expecting that many fans!
*San Francisco, CA, USA*
*49ers tie with with Chiefs as local fans go wild.*
Civilian 1: Beat that Kansas City!
Civilian 2: This game is great so far!
*Wildcat City, KS, USA*
Civilian 1: Finally some space here!
Civilian 2: Thought we'd be crowded. Glad they're over in Kansas City.
*Miami, FL*
Leo: I heard this was going to be a close game; now we're tied.
*WC, KS, USA*
Civilian 3: They'll be back, though.
*Miami, FL, USA*
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Leo is right I must say.
Zax: This is a great game so far! I'm so overjoyed!
Juno: Go Chiefs!
*later*
*It's 20-10 in favor of the 49ers.*
Leo: Not looking good for the Chiefs here.
Super C: There's still one quarter to go.
*Note that while J-Lo and Shakira were the halftime performers, they were among those who predicted the pre-game ceremonies would get louder applause then their halftime show. They were right.*
Leo: You did well, Zachary. You and the marching bands got more praise than the two women that were singing at halftime. Congratulations to you and all the drum majors!
Zachary/Zihao: Thank you! Thank you! It was hard work!
Zax: Looks like we'll be vacationing to San Francisco.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: And meet people from those tech companies there. Estonia loves the tech.
Jack: Then you'll like telemedicine.
Shadow Lord Uukkivi: Webcam chats with doctors with scanning cameras makes most checkups efficient. Of course in-person appointments still exist.
Dawn: San Francisco better look good.
Mr. Letterman: It will look good.
*later*
*The Chiefs win.*
Leo: Looks like we're going to Kansas City; they did it!
Super C: I didn't think they were going to pull it off. Nancy Pelosi still would have lost her job; she initially bet her career on the game. That was a mistake!
Leo: And that's why I don't gamble!
*WC, KS, USA*
*The city celebrates the Chiefs winning, for at last, somebody from the middle of America took home the trophy, not the Patriots or a west coast team. Cripto, however, is in the middle of an investigation.*
Super C: (narrating) There you have it. It was about time somebody else won the Super Bowl trophy. Who better than the Kansas City Chiefs to do it, especially considering in the previous season, they were literally inches away from going to the Super Bowl, and didn't pull it off? I had the organization send congratulatory messages to the team via our YouTube channel and other forms of social media we use. At least the ones willing to use that stuff; everybody knows Leo is wholeheartedly against that sort of thing, but he will have to live with it. He and I have many a discussion on this topic time after time.
Leo: (narrating) Indeed. I don't find it as difficult to cope with now as I did back when it first got popular. But it wasn't necessarily the new technology itself turning me off; it was the morally bankrupt people using it that angered me. Social media sites like Facebook to me encourage people to draw attention to themselves and make it all about them. I therefore mistakenly preached to the masses how better off the poorer African nations were because they didn't have to deal with that crap. They're not better off; they're worse off, and the COVID-19 virus is just preventing us from being able to continue to support them as needed, or so it seems. As soon as everything dies down, everybody needs to get with the program and learn from the mistakes we made while the pandemic was happening. I can only promise you the news media won't do that.
Wash those hands and keep indoors, now. Bye.
THE END
While preparing for the 2020 Super Bowl, Super C and the G-52s make some new friends with a new organization who call themselves the Royal Pagans.
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Royal Pagans, UN1024s, GSAF, etc. © Chuong alone; parallels of Leo joint-owned by him and me.
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Chuong: Nice to meet more allies.
Zax: They seem to be very self-controlled and not as crazy as the Dissidents.
Courtney: Even better to have an allied organization whose sole purpose is to preserve ancient cultures and traditions that have defined countries in the first place before there was Christianity. They also respect Christians and others as well too.
Zax: They seem to be very self-controlled and not as crazy as the Dissidents.
Courtney: Even better to have an allied organization whose sole purpose is to preserve ancient cultures and traditions that have defined countries in the first place before there was Christianity. They also respect Christians and others as well too.
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