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Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 00:17

It was a calm, clear day that it happened. Birds flew up into the sky until they were but small dots to us from below. Streets roared with car horns and engine sounds, along with people's feet stomping out a monotonous rhythm. Things seemed peaceful that day. But that was not to last.

On a balcony at his home, President John Holtz sat in a chair quietly by himself, humming the Battle Hymm of the Republic. He looked out at the ocean, with its crystal-clear waters, turned turquoise by reflecting the colors of the sky off its waves. A man stepped onto the balcony, with a glass of spring water. "Here you go, Mr. President, the finest Nile River water, purified at a Holy Paradisian company, and then tested for poisons." the man stated.

"Thank you, sir." John replied. He flipped a gold coin into the man's hands and took the glass from him. He sipped it to insure its quality. He smiled and gave the man another gold coin for his troubles. The man left the balcony quietly. "This is going to be a good day." John thought to himself, still smiling.

He took a swig of the water, scrunched up his face, and spat the water out. A red liquid came out of his mouth instead of water. He looked at his glass. It was filled with the same red liquid. He held his nose and took another taste, as he knew this was no poison. Swirling it around in his mouth, he calmly spat it out. "Blood. Actual human blood." he calmly stated.

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 00:17

I'll participate too, looks like it'll be a blast.
Okay.

Basque Spain

11-07-2005, 00:31

I would like to join

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 00:35

I would like to join
Okay.

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 01:34

bump

Proud Marxists

11-07-2005, 01:43

Sounds awesome, count me in

one question,though. will this involve military power or just trying to save our hides by goin into hiding?

Ximea

11-07-2005, 02:00

A persistent ringing awoke Ximea's Lord Commander from unsettling dreams. Stupid morning, he thought. He felt as though he could sleep another six hours. Of course, he always felt that way. The Lord Commander was not a morning person.
There were no windows in the Lord Commander's sleeping quarters, but there was a digital clock. The time was 3:39. As consciousness seeped in, the Lord Commander realized the ringing was coming from the phone. The red phone. The emergency, everyone's-gonna-die phone.
Dammit.
He picked up the receiver. "Report," he demanded, his voice gravelly from just waking up.
"This is Minister Watson," a voice said. He was in charge of the Ministry of Resources. "Sir, we're getting unbelievable reports from all over the country. We've confirmed it with the Ministries of Agriculture, Industry, and Science and Technology. This is going to sound crazy, but we've verified it twenty times in ten different ways--"
"What?" the Lord Commander snapped.
"Every drop of fresh water in the country has turned to human blood."
For a moment, the Lord Commander went cold. He was an atheist, as were most people in Ximea, but he was still familiar with the biblical book of Revelations. Then common sense took over. "Did they type it?"
"Yes, sir, it's type O negative." A universally-accepted blood type.
"Probably has something to do with the Bio-Sciences Division," the Lord Commander said. "Cabinet meeting in half an hour."
He hung up and dialed another number. "Mr. Wycke, contact all Ministers. I want a cabinet meeting in thirty minutes in the Command Room. Make sure the Director of the Bio-Sciences Division is there too."
He hung up again and trudged into the bathroom for a quick shower--then decided against it.

Democratic Colonies

11-07-2005, 03:35

OOC: If it's not too late, I would like to join this. I think it might be a good idea to split this off into seperate IC and OOC threads though.

Transnapastain

11-07-2005, 06:00

OOC: If it's not too late, I would like to join this. I think it might be a good idea to split this off into seperate IC and OOC threads though.

I secound that, it looks so much better that way

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 17:42

I secound that, it looks so much better that way
Sounds like a good idea. I'll make one. Oh, and DC sure, you can join. The more the marrier, or in this case, the more miserable. Man that joke was poor.

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 17:43

Sounds awesome, count me in

one question,though. will this involve military power or just trying to save our hides by goin into hiding?
Both, oh and to everyone, I'm going to include religious details to make it feel more like the end. Its not meant as an offense, just so people might be familiar with it.

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 17:56

Screams arose from cities all over Holy Paradise as their water they were drinking turned into blood in front of their eyes. Men working on the sewers gazed at the cascades in horror as they turned deep red in front of their eyes. Before panic could start, President Holtz decided to calm down his people:

"Fellow Holy Paradisians, and all people around the world, I understand that we are all horrified at the events striking us. This truly is a problem, and we are not sure if we can solve it. The best thing to do is to stay calm everyone. People will die if we start scrambling around like millions of ants. Stay in your homes, don't drink the water."

Proud Marxists

11-07-2005, 18:06

President Kranshov was enjoying his cigar outside on his balconey, as is his custom. he had just sat down with a long time friend, and Defense Minister, Sergi Keiv. "Today is a fine day" said keiv. " Yes and it will be better when the new military force arrives" Kranshov said sternly. The two friends went about their daily chatter of politics and plans. The conversation was abruptly interrputed by a small tremor. "What was that?!" Shouted keiv. Kranshov calmly stood up and inpected the surroundings, "it was nothing, my friend, just a small sesmic tremor, its getting to be pretty common around here." Suddenly a shriek let out from the market place, a fault formed down the center of the market. The earth shook again, this time leveling ten blocks of the city. Keiv stood up and rushed his friend into the safety of the house. "maybe today wont be so good."

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 18:15

Yet, deep in John's heart, he knew what was going on. The event of the end of times. It was over for this planet. Still, he refused to admit it to himself. Although a devout Catholic, he still couldn't bring himself to believe in it. What happened next quickly changed his mind. An aide walked into his office and said, "Sir, you may want to take a look at this report." John took the report from him and began to read it. It said:

Events happening around the world:
1.Water turning into blood.
2.Volcanoes everywhere are erupting.
3.Locusts eating crops.
4.On some, sores are plauging their bodies.
5.People have reported seeing large, winged creatures.
6.The sun has set extremely quickly, and the moon is in the new phase, which shouldn't be happening for about 12 days.
7....

John couldn't bring himself to continue reading it. He knew enough. It was happening. The end is here.

Volcanoes around the world erupted violently, sending out ash, fire, and brimstone. Winged creatures climbed out of the infernos, so terrifying people who saw them were frozen in their steps. There was no calm, only mass chaos. People flocked the streets, screaming, many saying judgement day was here. Suddenly, the numbers 666 appeared in the sky, in a blazing red, yellow, and orange. This caused even more chaos. Some people just disappeared, especially people known to be very kind and good people. Some prayed, hoping they would disappear peacefully too. Some cars crashed as they had been driven by those who disappeared. Storms grew on the summits of each volcano.

Proud Marxists

11-07-2005, 18:26

Gunfire spat out from the fortress Kranshov called home. Its seemed to be a endless line of creatures coming from the fault, advancing, tearing the flesh from everyone that stood in their way. Kranshov Feared the worst for his nation, but refused to go down without a fight. He picked up an AK-47 and joined the lines of soldiers and police holding the creatures back.

Proud Marxists

11-07-2005, 18:31

Just as the last of the force dwindled, an explosion rang out. A glimpse of hope shimmered in Kranshovs eyes. The military force expected to be delivered that day was making its way through the city, recruiting people to join in the fight. they convoy of the massive military arrived at the fortress and rescued what remained of the private army guarding it. "Hurry!" Kranshov shouted " we must leave the city and call the armed forces to duty!"

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 18:33

The only atheist member of the goverment rushed into President Holtz's office. Although he was a very good man, he once decided he will never go to church ever again."Mr. President, what the hell's going...AHHHHHHHHHH!" he screamed as he watched President Holtz disappear. He ran out of the office and into the hall. People disappeared right in front of his eyes. Suddenly, it hit him. He had been wrong all this time. He decided to kneel down and pray:

"Oh, Heavenly Father, forgive me. I doubted you, and I was wrong. I do not want to burn in Hell. I am sorry. Forgive me, for I have sinned. I believe in you, Lord. You are God."

Just then the main doors burst open. In walked a horrible creature. On its head were horns so sharp they appeared they could cut a diamond. His teeth were like daggers. He was bright red, and appeared to have fire in his eyes. He had a long, thin tail, and large wings that looked like they would belong to a bat. He cried out in a deep, horrible voice, "Giovanni Areando Lucciano! I have come to take you to your eternal punishment!"

"No!!!!" cried out Giovanni. The demon jumped up and flew at him, pulling out a strange sword made of fire. As he lifted it up to strike the death blow, Giovanni disappeared. "WHAT?!" the creature screamed. It then began cursing Giovanni, God, and all things he hated with every curse he could think of. He then flew towards a window, shattered it, and flew out to find others to kill. He saw a young 18 year old man, dressed in Goth attire. He flew up to him, and yelled at him in the same horrible voice,"Damien Patrick Fisher, I have come to reap your soul!" He then lifted his sword and swung it at Damien. The sword struck Damien at his side, and he burst into flames. As the flames died down not long after, his ashes turned into dust, and the dust was then picked up by the wind and scattered.

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 18:43

Holy Paradisian soldiers, trying to allow people some time to convert and be saved, ran onto the streets with their assualt rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers, grenades, etc. One soldier looked through his sniper rifle and saw a demon running at him with a normal sword. He calmly fired a bullet at the creature, felling it. "That's right! Go back to the hell from which you came!" he shouted gleefully. His glee soon turned to horror as the creature got up, stood still for a few seconds, and, with its wound completely healed, ran up to the soldier and said,"Robert West Anderson, I am here to send you to your eternal reward!" The demon lifted up the sword and struck Robert in the head. Robert burst into a ball of light and went flying up into sky.

Other soldiers were experiencing the same thing as Robert, as they apparently killed the demons, the creatures got right back up, ran towards them, killed them, and the soldiers went flying into the sky as balls of light.

Spadi

11-07-2005, 18:58

Screams echoed through the streets of Spadi's capital, Ashton, reaching Storm Mistria's ears. She stared down from her window, looking unflinchingly at the horrifying demons prowling the city.
"So my feeling was right."
Storm cast a saddened glance behind her, her Seceratary of Defense, Ariel Morrisan walking towards her.
"The end is here."Ariel finished, her green eyes flashing.
They were both silence for a moment. Storm turned away from the window and started walking towards her office's door.
"I want you to take a few people, and get as many civilians as you can here, Ariel."she said quietly,"Send troops around Spadi to help the people fight the demons. And please, get Canth Simmins here. He worked for your sister, he's seen these kinds of horrors. He can be of assistance."

Proud Marxists

11-07-2005, 19:20

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 19:33

(occ: hey holy paradise, watch it with the left behind stuff, be original)

Transmission to all countries experiencing Apocolyptic Issues

Attenion, This is President Kranshov of the Armed Republic Of Proud Marxists, I invite a leader or representitive of each country to join me on the only safe soil left, Vactican City, to discuss how to get rid of the creatures
OOC: I know, but its tough to find original apocalypse shit, lol.

IC:Official statement from the remainder of the Holy Paradise government:
Very well. We shall send Gen. Washington as the representative.

Isolationist People

11-07-2005, 19:39

ooc: Sorry, I'm gonna play catchup some first.

The day started out like any other day in Isolatia. A consortment of islands in the Pacific, it could be considered another Hawaii, it seemed that lush and tropical. People got up, ate, and left for work like any other day of the week.

The first reports of unusual events started coming in a couple hours into the work cycle. Reports of water turning to other things was at first regarded as office pranks, not really something to investigate. The opinions of the police soon changed though, when the calls kept coming in, and this time throughout the network of islands. Something was definately starting to go wrong.

Dominus Mark, leader of Isolatia, had been up since 5 that morning. His usual routine was a light run, then shower, then morning paperwork and briefings. He hoped into his shower after his run, to discover to his horror that halfway through the shower he was coated in a slimy red substance. He was not amused if someone thought it funny, but later found out that it was blood once tests were quickly finished by the forensic teams.

Upon learning that this was happening across the islands, he called an emergency Cabinet meeting in 15 minutes. All members were to be drop whatever else they were doing and be at this meeting. If they could not come due to being out of the area, they were to either be linked by secured television feeds, or to send their subordinent. This was going to be an interesting meeting, Dominus knew.

Proud Marxists

11-07-2005, 19:47

(ooc:this is original, watch)

PM News

Reports of Isolated Electrical Storms occuring all over the country have left the people in shock. Some storms have reported to be 3 miles in diameter. Reports of strange events are common now, including all electrical items stopping, raining fire, Strange figures appearing in the sky.

(ooc: aint that hard, ya know)

Nuscene

11-07-2005, 19:54

Count me in.

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 20:19

Okay.

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 20:36

Gen. Washington gulped. He was to be Holy Paradise's representative at the end of the world meeting at the Vatican. This would be more dangerous than anything he had ever done. No war was more brutal. No mission was more dangerous. Nothing could compare to this. However, he composed himself. He knew who to talk to. He left the cabinet meeting quickly, but not the building. Instead, he went to the priest at the church within the mansion. Then he thought, "Why would he still be here?" Then it hit him: To help convert others. He opened the doors, and there stood the priest.

"Father, I need your help." Gen. Washington stated.

"Sit down, child." the priest gently ordered. "Now tell me everything. I know its probably going to have to do about the end of the world."

"Well, father, I have been selected to represent Holy Paradise at a meeting at the Vatican to discuss how to end this." Gen. Washington explained.

"Why do you want to end this? You know this is God's work. What position are you in to stop such?" the priest asked.

"I am in none, father," Gen. Washington asked. "I am not wanting to end this, but at least save as many as we can so they are not doomed for eternity. But it will be extremely dangerous to get there. Not that I don't want to die and receive my reward, but I need to get there to discuss how we are going to save people."

"A noble cause for going and a good reason for getting there safely. I understand you are doing this for others, therefore, I shall help you." the priest replied, "Here, take this." He said, giving him a small brass crucifix, "This crucifix was blessed by the pope, God's representative on Earth. It will create a sort of spiritual shield from demons, allowing you to pass safely. However, this must be returned to me when you come back. It can't be used forever, or then judgement shall never be completed." Gen. Washington calmly and respectfully took the crucifix. "Thank you, father." Gen. Washington gratefully said.

"Go in peace." the priest answered.

"You too." Gen. Washington replied. He calmly left the church, crucifix still in hand.

Novgova

11-07-2005, 21:14

OOC: Playing catch up.

It started as an ordinary day as Helen woke up out of her cot, took a shower, and put on her uniform. She was in the Novgovan Air Force, a maintenance technician for the ground systems. Perhaps one day she would move up, perhaps become accepted to training for the pilot corps, which was full at the moment and did not need recruits. Therefore she worked humbly at her job, hoping that one day she would become a pilot.

The day's turn of events quickly changed. As usual, she went up to the mess hall to get some food, but was prevented from doing so, because of a large crowd of people watching news coverage on a t.v. hanging from a wall.

"A series of supernatural events have occured in the soverign nation of Holy Paradise at 1:10 AM Lipany Standard Time. As of right now, a series of unknown creatures, possibly hostile have been reported occuring in various parts of the country. In addition to water turning into blood. This has some resemblance to the Book of Revelation, as many of you know, the section of the Bible preaching the end of the world.

Serious events of their own have occured here in Novgova. A series of earthquakes have stuck various parts of the country this morning, with the city of Bronensk reporting a 6.2 maginitude earthquake and Port Novgova reporting a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. No official casualty rate has been reported, due to communcation difficulty, but it is estimated the casualty rate to be at least 100. Meanwhile, blamed on geological disruptions, the Twin Rivers are flowing upward. The Novgovan Geological Association assures us that this is due to the earthquakes, and are not supernatural.

Many christians point out that this is the end of the world, however, the official government stance is that these phenomenon are blamed on tectonic movement, and geological disruption, and is not supernatural. The government advises to remain calm and go about ordinary business."

Helen squirmed her way through the crowds, ate food in the common area, and continued on to Maintenance. She entered the Maintenace Office, and encountered her boss, working at a broken console.

"Ah, good to see you. So many are spooked today at these events. I'm afraid, many are still watching the stupid t.v. As of now, we are undermanned, and we need you to take the elevator down to B2 Maintenance, crawl into the maintanance tunnel there, and report on the cracks and fissures in the wall, so I may evaluate how the cracks are progressing so that I know if they need to be repaired or not. Okay?"

Her boss gave her a flashlight and a clipboard. "Record the data necessary. You may need the Level 2 keycard on my desk to get into the rear corridor. But I'm sure a sentry will let you in."

Helen walked out of the office. She walked down the long corridor, and took a right to the maintenance elevator. She thought to herself.

I wonder what is happening? I hope this goes away soon.

The elevator came up to her floor and she got in, pressed the button for B2, and rode to the bottom.

"Fancy seeing you here," the sentry said as the elevator door opened. She had bumped into him once, but they didn't know each other's names.

"Yeah, well I need to report on fissures and cracks. Don't get use to me coming down here."

The sentry pointed her to where she needed to go. "You go down this corridor, make a left and you'll come to the access point. You can't miss it. Call me if you need anything."

"Thank you." Helen followed the sentry's directions and came upon the access point. She opened the hatch and climbed in, crawling because there was no room to stand. She weaved about past electronic wires, pipes, and other annoying things and continued until the end, whereupon the conduit ended abruptly at a concrete wall.

Helen took the clipboard and started writing the demensions of the cracks and the condition of the wall, which seemingly from previous reports, did not change.

"All done," she said to herself. No sooner did she turn around that a large cracking soon could be heard. She turned around and watched as a massive fissure appeared in the wall. The fissure traveled upward through the concrete until it continued out of sight. Helen instantly crawled out of the crawlspace as fast as she could and went to report the fissures to Maintenance...

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 21:27

As Gen. Washington stepped outside, he was shocked again. For in front of his eyes, was peace and quiet. No one was on the streets, except for some who had been wounded. People were slowly walking out of their homes and going to the nearest church for forgiveness or grocery store for supplies. "This can't be good." He thought to himself. He got in his car and began driving. He turned on the radio, "We have some wierd things going on in the atmosphere during this horrible day. Bob, can you clue us in on it?"

"Certainly, Wendy. Well, we have some enormous storms coming this way. They appear to have been created by volcanic eruptions. Expect heavy amouts of ash mixed with rain, which will be dangerous, along with many lightning storms, and tornados. Winds recorded to be up to 35 miles per hour in the storms. They also appear to be colliding and getting stronger, so, Wendy, I don't think this day is over yet. Back to you."

"Thank you, Bob. In other news, numerous power outages have been reported throughout the country. We suggest that if your power is out, get some flashlights, radios, and other battery-powered items, along with some candles."

Spadi

11-07-2005, 21:32

Storm studied the transmission in her hand, nodding to herself slightly. It was definatly a meeting nobody could afford to miss. Unknown to her, a young man with black hair, blue eyes, and dressed in a black Warlord uniform entered the hall.
"You wanted to see me?"
She nearly jumped out of her skin. Her head whipped up and her eyes settled on the man.
"Don't do that to me, Canth!"Storm said, scowling.
"Aww . . .I was just having some fun,"Canth teased.
"Yes, I did want to see you,"she began, completely ignoring his comment,"I know under Narcissa you've seen some things like this. I need you to direct troops."
"Alright,"he answered, now serouis
"Thank you,"
She gave Canth a nodd, grabbed her coat, and headed out the door.

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 21:40

As Gen. Washington drove along, the radio station returned to playing music. "And now a request by a man called J.C!" said the DJ. "A song you might remember from the show, 'The Greatest American Hero', Called...is it Apocalypse? I can't read it correctly. Oh, well. Here we go..

You can't stop...the end of the world........

Gen. Washington mumbled angrily and changed the station. Same song on every station. He turned off the radio and looked into his rear view mirror. The largest storm clouds he had ever seen in his life were coming towards Holy Paradise City. He began driving faster to the military base to fly to the Vatican.

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 22:08

Finally, Gen. Washington arrived at the military base. He pulled up to the gate. A guard popped his head out of his sentry post. "ID please." he ordered. Gen. Washington opened his wallet and pulled out his ID. The guard looked at it. He put it under a strange device. "Well, the fingerprints match Gen. Washington's, so, go right on in, general." he explained.

"Thank you, sir." Gen. Washington replied as the soldier saluted him. He saluted back, the gate went up, and he drove in. He then took a left and soon came to a jet. He got out, was saluted as he walked by, climbed up the stairs, and got in. The jet taxied onto the runway and took off.

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 22:46

He sat quietly in the plane.

OOC: This is kinda like an IC bump

Holy Paradise

11-07-2005, 23:53

bump

Holy Paradise

12-07-2005, 00:30

People were just leaving mass and the grocery store when the storm hit. Hundreds of lightning bolts struck ferociously, electracuting people and killing them where they stood. Funnel clouds suddenly appeared and grew in size and length, finally touching the ground and leaving paths of total destruction. Heavy rains of ash and water flooded the streets, choking people as they got stuck in the cement-like goo, others who got stuck were bludgeoned and stoned to death by hail the size of baseballs. The entire power grid was destroyed by the lightning. Entire towers were ripped apart by the awesome power of tornadoes. But, as quickly as the storm came, it was gone. But the damage had been done.

An eerie silence was soon followed by screaming and mass panic. People chopped away the ash-water mixture, ran into their houses, and locked and barricaded the doors. Many had families, and ordered them into the basement. People turned on their radios to hear the news.

Ximea

12-07-2005, 00:53

OOC:
Isolated Electrical Storms occuring all over the country have left the people in shock.
That made me chuckle.

IC:
About fifteen people sat around a table in a large, underground command center reminiscent of the War Room in Dr. Strangelove. The similarity was intentional. The Lord Commander had an odd sense of humor.
Wine and sodas were passed around the room. For some reason, only freshwater had converted to blood; but the conversion had been total.
"We'll begin with a brief summary of the situation," the Lord Commander said, rubbing his eyes. "About an hour ago, every drop of fresh water in the world was instantaneously converted to human blood, type O negative. That is the only blood type which is compatible with everyone on Earth." He gestured to the "big board," now displaying a satellite photo taken over central Ximea; it showed Lake Charon, now dull reddish-black. "I mean all the freshwater. Lakes, rivers, tapwater, bottled water, everything." The image changed to footage of an eruption at Vesuvius II. "Fifteen minutes ago, we began experiencing unprecedented seismic and volcanic activity. Every active volcano in Ximea, and most of the dormant ones, have been erupting steadily since then. The death toll is in the hundreds of thousands. At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture began receiving widespread reports of locust swarms, and hospitals received millions of calls about sores and boils suddenly appearing on people, with no epidemiological cause or pattern." The image changed again to what looked like quick-motion video of the sun setting. Then the number 666 appeared in the sky, written huge in magnificent flame. "Five minutes ago, that happened. That was shot at normal speed; it hasn't been edited."
The Lord Commander sat down. "The knee-jerk conclusion would be that we're seeing the End Times. I think we can do better than that. I want to hear your thoughts." He paused a moment, sipped some wine. "Director Trent, I'd be very interested in hearing what you have to say about the blood phenomenon."
Director Trent of the Bio-Sciences Division cracked his knuckles and adjusted his glasses. He smiled. "I know what you're thinking. No, this has nothing to do with us. In fact, we have no idea why it's happening. But we have found out that this "blood" is completely free of microorganisms and totally safe for transfusion. We've also extracted DNA from it; every sample appears to have the same genetic code. We're analyzing it now. Oh, and one more thing: we can filter fresh water from the blood itself. We're reconfiguring our resources to reclaim as much potable water as we can; I recommend the Federal Government commandeer every water filtration in the country for that purpose."
"And the locusts and the boils?" the Lord Commander asked.
"Those aren't ours either. We've already collected samples; the boils are a common strain of Staphylococcus aureus. The locusts are pretty ordinary too, although the species isn't native to Ximea. We have no idea why they've spread so fast. We have a few antibiotics which would work nicely as a topical cream. We'll send the details to the Ministry of Industry."
"Minister Ziffel? Does Agriculture have anything to add?"
"We're is in the dark, just like everyone else," the Minister replied.
"Science and Technology has plans for a microwave emitter which might help with those locusts," Minister Gray said.
"Excellent. Any explanation for the other phenomena?"
"None whatsoever."
"War Ministry?"
"We've already organized a full emergency response. We'll have the volcanic danger zones evacuated in a matter of hours."
The Lord Commander sighed. "So, we'll have the situation more or less under control in a week or so...probably. But I want to know what the hell is going on. What's causing this?" He stood up. "Ministers Gray and Steele, I want you to set up a joint SciTech/War Ministry joint task force. Use every free resource you have to get to the bottom of this. I suggest probing that big triple-six first."

Holy Paradise

12-07-2005, 01:45

The plain touched down in at the Vatican. Gen. Washington looked out his window to see nothing was touched. Everything appeared as it always had, except for the water, which was blood. Other than that, it was perfectly okay. But, sadly, he couldn't enjoy it, as there was work to be done. Around the smallest country was pain, horror, and violence, but that wasn't going to endanger him. He told the pilot to stay here if he wanted to stay alive until they got back. He then walked around, waiting for the others to arrive. Suddenly, his cell phone rang. He took it out and pushed the talk button. He put his mouth up to the phone. "Hello?" he asked.

"Hello, general. A huge storm hit and thousands, maybe even millions, are dead. Lots of buildings are destroyed, and my cell phone is almost dead, as I can't recharge it." a voice said.

"I don't know who you are, but I'll bring it up at the meeting." he replied.

"I am...bzzzzzt.......beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepp!" the voice was cut off. Gen. Washington pushed the talk button again and put it in its pocket.

The FOE

12-07-2005, 01:55

[OOC]If it is not too late, I also would like to join.

Spadi

12-07-2005, 02:01

Driving 80 in a 60 zone, Storm turned her eyes to the empty countryside, letting a stream of unpleasent curses out. Not being able to secure a flight, she had to drive to the Vatican. That meant more time for something to go wrong, more time away from her country.
"What the hell triggered all of this?"she muttered, watching an isolated storm east of her.
She hoped somebody who decided to attend the meeting knew.

Holy Paradise

12-07-2005, 02:01

[OOC]If it is not too late, I also would like to join.
Sure.

Proud Marxists

12-07-2005, 02:28

(ooc: we have a differnet thread for sign up)

"Hello, Gen. Washington" greeted President Kranshov. " We will begin as soon as a few others arrive." As the walked into the room, dozens of men greeted them. Mostly Leaders and Nobel Prize winning scientist but there was a shady group of men in camo in the back, most likely guards. "Please have a seat, General, we'll begin in a minute" Kranshov offered him a seat.

Holy Paradise

12-07-2005, 02:42

Spadi

12-07-2005, 04:37

She had the sinking feeling that in a few minutes, she would be offically late to the meeting. Slamming the car door, Storm walked with a quick pace, looking in all the rooms. She stumbled upon one with a few people in it.
"Hi,"she said, managing a weak smile.

The FOE

12-07-2005, 05:05

The boy stood staring in at the sky. It was dark, and cloudy. But these were not the clouds he had ever seen before. These swirled upwards, like an upside down funnel. Many other people were standing too, watching the strange phenomenon. The boy was more concerned about the faint, but steadily brighter glowing red hole up in the funnel. He wondered what was up through the funnel, and into that strange, glowing red hole. He wondered who, or what would come out.

Democratic Colonies

12-07-2005, 06:06

Viconia City (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/JC_Denton/NationStates/Cities/f098cd83.jpg)
Capitol of the Colonies

The titanic skyscrapers and elevated roadways of Viconia City were a breathtaking sight from anywhere in the city. Cluttered with art deco condominium structures and neo-gothic office towers that rose up as if to challenge the sky itself, Viconia was a metropolis in every sense of the word. Jet powered aerotaxis carried thier passengers above the gridlock of the roads below, while monuments and memorials to the heros of the Colonies struggled for notice against video billboards thirty stories high. Viconia was a city of the new millenium of mankind, a city born of a new era of science and reason and knowledge breaking past the barriers of old without hesitation or doubt. Viconia was hip, cosmopolitan, high tech. Viconia was a city of the new mankind - the mankind that no longer feared ghosts and goblins, spirits and demons, vampires and devils. Viconia was a city of the new world, the new way, and it had no time for the foolish nightmares of the past. It, and its many millions of inhabitants, had left such childish fears behind long ago.

The problem, ofcourse, was that the nightmares of old weren't quite ready to let Viconia go.

*****

"Uptown dispatch to all units, Uptown dispatch to all units. Transit Police report violent explosion at Trinity Heights Subway Station before loss of contact with Viconia Transit Authority. All Metropolitan Police units in the vicinity of Trinity Heights are to report to the Trinity Heights Subway Station to provide assistance. No data currently available on nature of explosion, terrorism and mechanical failure deemed most likely. All units are advised to proceed with caution and..."

"Goddamn it." said Officer Jake Henderson angrily as he rolled open his window. He tossed his half eaten cheeseburger out onto the puddle filled street as he activated the lights and siren for his police cruiser.

"Goddamn terror attack, I bet it's the goddamn Muslims again," he spat with disgust, jamming on the acceleration pedal to drive the crusier into traffic. "Didn't ole' Mr. Jihad tell us he'd get us back? Didn't he?"

"Hey, calm down," urged Henderson's partner as the police cruiser weaved in and out of traffic. An easygoing, laidback woman, Carol Grissom was used to the angry rants that her partner often engaged in against one minority group or another.

"Don't tell me to calm down, dammit!" snapped back Henderson as he cut off a minivan. "I'm tellin' ya Grissom, we're gonna get there to find that it's the work of Al Holy Exploders or some crap."

Henderson leaned on his horn heavily as a transit bus was slow to get out of his way.

"Just like all this water into blood bullshit lately," he continued. "Goddamn terrorists are screwing with our freakin' heads."

"That's not possible and you know it," replied Grissom. "The water thing's been happening all over the world - it's not just us. And what about that 666 in the sky? I don't know about you, but I don't think that's the work of any terrorist."

"That's what they want you to think," countered Henderson grimly as he powered the cruiser across three lanes to enter an elevated highway. "We haven't been able to see the 666 since it's been cloudy and raining in the city for the last week atleast, but I's tellin' ya' Grissom, you give me a telescope and a clear day, and I'll show you how it's just another trick by our bestest buddy, Colonel Terror McExplosives, to screw with our heads."

"Sometimes, I think you're head's already screwed up enough as is," said Grissom.

"Shutup and watch for the Trinity Heights turnoff," replied Henderson gruffly. "If it's a terror attack, they're gonna need us. The Transit Police ain't worth nothing."

"Well, that's something we can agree on." said Grissom as she looked out her rainstreaked windows at the rapidly approaching area of town known as Trinity Heights. Although she been following the news about all of the strange occurances - the 666 in the sky, although they couldn't see it here, the volcanoes, the water turning into blood - the Colonial Government was still assuring everyone that it could all be explained rationally. A few reports of people claiming to have seen hellish creatures killing in the night were said to be merely cases of mass hysteria, while the mass disappearances that had been occuring everywhere, even in Viconia, were said to be some sort of national security concern - nothing for normal citizens to be worried about. While Carol Grissom had always been one to trust her government, she had the feeling that much more was going on than mass hysteria and terrorist plots. She wouldn't have admitted it to anyone, but she was deeply and truely terrified of what they might find when they arrived at the Trinity Heights Subway Station. Everyone nodded thier heads loyally when the President had come on television to urge calm and rationality in the face of the strange phenomenon that were occuring, and everyone had been carrying out thier day to day work as if everything was fine, but Grissom had sensed the fear in the air inspite of all that. People were scared, uncertain, confused. Thier calm was a sham, a mask put on in the company of friends and co-workers.

Officer Carol Grissom hoped that it was a mechanical failure at the subway station, or even a terrorist attack, because if it was yet another thing that couldn't be explained, connected to the water, connected to the 666, then the masks would crumble. People would have to accept that something truly horrific and alien and evil was happening. Officer Caril Grissom didn't want that to be true - the last time she'd been to an actual Christian church was when she was 13 years old, only a girl. She was now 27. If the devil himself was waiting at the station, she was on her own. That scared her beyond words.

OOC: I'm sorry that I'm a bit behind, and my post is a bit rushed, but I'm short on time at the moment.

Transnapastain

12-07-2005, 07:22

OOC: Sicne there doesnt seem to be a seperate thread comming....I'll post ASAP

Ximea

12-07-2005, 08:54

A phone rang. The Doom Phone again. The Lord Commander put it on speaker. "Report."
"This is General Foster. Sir...there are...things...coming out of the volcanoes."
Bloody hell. "Explain," the Lord Commander said.
"Monsters, sir. Demons. Dragons. I don't know what the hell they are, but they're not normal creatures. Reports say they're damn near indestructible. They carry big, flaming swords and have horns...if I didn't know better..."
"Don't finish that sentence," the Lord Commander said. "Is this a local phenomenon?"
"It seems to be happening worldwide."
The Lord Commander pounded his fist on the sleek black table. "Who the hell is doing this? Some alien race? Why are they screwing with my planet?" He turned back to Ministers Gray and Steele. "Form another task force. Combined BioSWAT and Special Forces troops. Find out what it takes to kill one of these creatures. Find out what they are. Find out where they come from. Meeting adjourned."

After everyone left, the Lord Commander waited behind. An emergency team from the War Ministry and the Ministry of Science and Technology would be along soon to oversee operations from here. For the moment, he was alone with a single aide.
The aide came up beside him. He was a younger man, clean-shaven. He sat down next to the most powerful man in Ximea. "You know what this is, sir," the man said softly.
The Lord Commander chuckled bitterly. "Are you going to tell me this is the wrath of an angry God, and I'd better repent?"
"Something like that."
The Lord Commander sighed. "I know it looks like that to you. But frankly, that's probably the most unlikely explanation. We'll know more when the science teams report back."
"And suppose they say I'm right?" the aide asked.
"I'l blow up that bridge if we come to it."

Isolationist People

12-07-2005, 18:43

Dominus was horrified to find out all the things that were being reported in from around the islands. "Your telling me that all of these...happenings, events, whatever.....all started happening this morning and are going on at the same time??"

The other cabinet members all looked grim, their faces giving away the fact that they had no idea as to why these things were happening, or what to do about it. Dominus had already witnessed the blood water, and right as he was standing at the window before this meeting he saw strange cloud patterns. He could have sworn he saw them form into letters, saying "The End Is Now." He had rubbed his eyes, but the message was gone. No one else had saw it, they had been too busy looking over their papers and talking with each other. Now Dominus was getting reports of football-sized hail raining down on Pelican Isle, massive bug infestations on several islands, electrical storms everywhere, and worse. Reports were starting to come in that the Isle of Risa was just gone. Nobody could raise anyone on the island, and nobody could actually find the island anymore. "This can't be," thought Dominus. Isolatia's 4th largest city had been on the Isle or Rise, home to almost 3 million inhabitants in that city alone. "Just wiped out, gone."

At first people thought it might be terrorist acts with the blood, possibly the electrical interferance. But so many things happening at once quickly discredited any notion of terrorism. Others thought that the next world war was upon them, and they were caught in the middle of several of the worlds superpowers. There was some credibility to that notion, but some of the disasters happening could not be attributed to a nation. It was highly unlikely that any nation could harness a bug and train it to devestate an enemy nation. Word was coming in through scattered reports that these events were taking place the world over, and that a worldwide conference was taking place at the Vatican, in the hopes of ending this calamity.

Upon hearing this, Dominus headed immediately towards the airport with his private Gulf learjet waiting. He had to navigate the streets first. Bodies were lying in the streets and on the sidewalks, some charred and some disembowled or beheaded. There were strange piles of a black substance in several places as well that blew easily in the wind. Dominus thought about it, and realized that those were the ashes of Isolaitan's.

He didn't have time to dwell on that thought as his car swerved widely to avoid hitting something. It crashed into a light pole, knocking it over and stopping the car. Dominus tried to orient himself, and managed to kick the door open and crawl out. He looked back to see his driver hunched over the wheel, so Dominus went back in to pull him out. Dragging him, he laid him on the sidewalk, checking him over. The driver was knocked out, probably hit the steering column in the impact. For some strange reason, Dominus had the urge to look up.

He wished he hadn't. He was paralyzed by fear, even though he did not know why. Only when the thing started walking foward did he realize why. The figure he saw was the most terrifying thing he had ever seen. Its legs were like those of a lion, and its waist had scales like a dragon. Its chest was that of a bear, and very muscular. Its head was a cross between a viper and a crocidle, with a long head and a slithering, forked tongue. On its head were five horns, each looking as sharp as anything Dominus had ever seen. The horns were covered with eyes, as was the torso of the thing. On its back were two wings like that of a vulture. The whole thing seemed to have a dark crimson glow to it, and its eyes seemed to pierce right through Dominus.

He tried to screem, but couldn't make a sound. He slowly was able to get up, and he started to run; he didn't know where to, just anywhere away from this....thing. He looked back. The creature was standing above where Dominus had left his driver, who was slowly coming awake now. His eyes focues, and he let out the most bloodcurdling screem Dominus had ever heard. It was cut short by the creature pulling a flaming sword out from behind him, and plunging it into the driver's head, who burst into flames. The creature then started running after Dominus, who was running but seemed to be going nowhere. Never a religious man, Dominus just kept repeating to himself, "Oh God, Oh God, Oh God," over and over. The creature kept getting closer, and Dominus knew he was about to die. He closed his eyes, feeling the heat from the creature......and then it was gone.

Dominus slowly opened his eyes. Nothing. Just bodies and ash. No sign of the creature. A few whisps of smoke from where the driver had laid. Dominus didn't want to met that thing again, and finally was able to get up and ran towards the airport, finally getting underway to the conference.

Holy Paradise

12-07-2005, 21:14

OOC: Sicne there doesnt seem to be a seperate thread comming....I'll post ASAP
There is, its just far back.

Holy Paradise

12-07-2005, 23:56

When you first looked at Holy Paradise City, you would think it was a ghost town. Doors were open and closed. Nothing moved. Ashes filled the streets. But below ground, it is a whole other story.

In the Holy Paradise Bomb Shelters, Hundreds of people crowded around the radio from the Vatican, when the report of the damage and death toll came in:

"I, Wendy Smith, being the one of the last remaining members of the Holy Paradisian media, am coming to you live from one of the shelters under the ground in Holy Paradise City. I now finally have gotten the info on the death toll and damage....Let's see.......Here it is....................Oh. My. God. Ladies and gentlemen, the information I'm about to tell you is horrifying and shocking. The estimated death toll is....23.6 trillion humans worldwide. The estimated damage in quadrillions of USD: 1,203 Quadrillion USD. Everyone's eyes widen and mouths opened. 23.6 trillion people? Over 1,000 Quadrillion USD? It wasn't just plain horrifying, it was drop-dead, pants-wetting horrifying.

Holy Paradise

13-07-2005, 03:10

bump

Holy Paradise

13-07-2005, 18:51

bump

Holy Paradise

13-07-2005, 19:24

bump...again. God people reply!

Holy Paradise

13-07-2005, 19:58

Anyone?

Holy Paradise

13-07-2005, 20:09

Someone RP damnit

Proud Marxists

13-07-2005, 20:18

Holy Paradise

13-07-2005, 20:30

ooc: jesus christ, hp, youre an impatient bugger)

Vactican City:

"The menace cannot be stopped, therefore i propose a nuclear strike on a massive scale, to rid the earth of this so called "Apocolypse." it will surley wipe out the creatures" Kranshov suggested

Gen. Washington put his glass down. He looked sternly at President Kranshov. He stood up. "And it would wipe out us in the process, too. Either way, this Apocalypse would happen. Besides, what if that didn't work? Then we would have just killed ourselves, and done their job for them. I think this is the end of the world. These demons are from the fires of hell. The 666 in the sky we saw represents the Anti-Christ, the beast, and the false prophet. The blood in the water, the locusts, the sores. These are 3 of the ten plagues. This is Judgement Day. I believe the best thing we could do is tell people the truth, and convert them so they might be saved."

Proud Marxists

13-07-2005, 20:47

id shoot my self in the face before i admit this is the apocolypse- Kranshov

Spadi

13-07-2005, 21:31

Holy Paradise

13-07-2005, 21:37

"Yes, telling them the full truth of what's happening is a good idea,"Storm agreed, still standing somewhat nervously in the door,"But you can't force people to convert. Even if you could, it would mean nothing then. You've got to find your higher power - in your case, General, God - on your own terms. We can't make people be 'saved'. We can only try to buy them time or, preferably, stop this."
"I'm not saying we force them to, I'm saying we highly encourage it. I mean they can choose, that's fine. Also we are not going to be able to stop this. It can't be done. It won't be done. It shouldn't be done." Gen. Washington replied.

Holy Paradise

13-07-2005, 21:41

id shoot my self in the face before i admit this is the apocolypse- Kranshov
"Well, you'd better load the gun, because that's what it is. No one can deny it. There's no scientific explanation for this. Science can't explain everything you know." Gen. Washington replied.

Spadi

13-07-2005, 22:07

"I am not saying we can stop this apocolypse, I know full well the chances are less than .001%. But I am saying we try. Give the people who haven't found their higher power a fighting chance."Storm answered.

Ximea

14-07-2005, 00:22

The monsters from the volcanoes quickly devastated the nation. The Lord Commander, his Cabinet, and top military personnel fled to the Emergency Command Center, a hardened, bunkerlike facility buried hundreds of meters in the side of a large mountain in the Backbones range.
"The latest reports are in," a female aide said. "Old Iron Peak is completely lost. Fiorina is under heavy attack. Bruno and Sif seem to be holding the creatures off somehow--for now. No word from Cape City or Cobalt Point." She did not have to mention that the capitol city, Xim, was practically overrun by the demons.
The Lord Commander admitted to himself that he was thinking of them as demons now. "How long until they get in here?" he asked.
"No way of knowing. They might not even realize we're down here."
The pious male aide was in the room as well. "And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb," he said softly.
"You're forgetting something," the Lord Commander said. "And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. We found our mountain."
A call came in from one of the science teams. The Lord Commander put it on speaker. "We've got test results on the sixes," the team leader said. "Superheated air with a particulate carbon suspension, plus traces of volatile sulfur compounds."
"Fire and brimstone," the Lord Commander muttered. "How did it get there? What's keeping it in place?"
"We have no. Fucking. Idea."
"Great. Keep me updated." The Lord Commander switched over to one of the Bio-Sciences teams. "Progress?"
"We killed one."
The Lord Commander unleashed a thirty-second string of elated blasphemies. "How the hell did you manage to do that?"
"You're not going to like it."
"Explain."
"Holy water."
"Holy water," the Lord Commander repeated.
"Yeah. We tried regular water too; no effect. Has to be blessed."
Damn. Damn it to hell. Either this was the most sophisticated religious deception in the history of the human race, or he'd been completely wrong about the whole...God...thing. "Learn anything?"
"We were able to effect a crude dissection--we had to borrow a blessed silver dagger from the Museum of Anthropology to do it, though. The creature has no lungs, no digestive tract, no internal organs except for an armored heart. The rest of the creature is pure muscle and bone. No throat, no anus. This defies everything we know. The brain...the brain...defies description. Lovecraftian stuff. I swear a junior researcher lost his sanity just looking at it."
Lovecraft was an atheist, the Lord Commander thought idly. "Anything else?"
"It was carrying a broadsword...the blade was apparently made of flame, held permanently in shape like the three sixes. It can cut steel--'melt' would actually be more appropriate. We've turned it over to the Ministry of Science and Technology."

When the report ended, the Lord Commander closed the channel and rubbed his temples wearily. The pious aide sat down by him. "Seen enough?"
"Yes," the Lord Commander admitted, "I've seen enough. I can't explain this in natural terms."
"There's still time to accept Jesus Christ," the aide said.
The Lord Commander chuckled. "Why the hell would I want to do that?"
The aide was taken aback. "But--"
"I said this phenomenon is supernatural. It's going to totally alter the way humanity views and studies the world. But it doesn't prove the Christian religion any more than it proves the existence of malicious poltergeists. Someone might still be screwing with the world; only now, it's obvious that this someone has powers science hasn't dreamed of."
"More proof will come," the aide said defiantly.
"Bring it on."

Proud Marxists

14-07-2005, 00:30

In light of this new evidence, our nation's entire helicopter fleet has been mobilized and fitted to carry water over long distances. for the first time in over a century our country is admitting men and women of this so called "God" on to our soil, to "bless" the water. We have started to cleanse our homeland of this menace. I suggest you all do the same.

President kranshov

Holy Paradise

14-07-2005, 17:13

Hearing of the technique for killing demons, Gen. Washington agreed. "Holy water will at least rid us of the demons, which is one of the bigger troubles. Even if they keep coming, now we know how to rid them. But what to do to slow down the other horrors?" he asked.

Meanwhile in Holy Paradise, air raid sirens began blaring out its screeching warning. But, the event was not an air raid. Rather, meteorites and asteroids began pummeling the ground with great intensity. Whole neighborhoods were obliterated. Screaming again began to fill the air.

Holy Paradise

15-07-2005, 18:25

Gen. Washington sighed as everyone tried to give scientific explanations for the apocalypse. It was time to show the slideshow. "Everyone, may I have your attention, please. Thank you. I am going to give a rundown of events leading up to this very moment using a slideshow." He then pressed a button on a small remote. The projector turned on, and the screen was illuminated by blood in a glass. "At approximately 7:17 PM RL US EST on RL July 10, 2005, the world's freshwater supply, except for holy water, was turned to blood." Again he pushed the button, this time making a little "BEEP!" sound. The screen changed to a volcanic eruption. "At approximately 1:15 PM RL US EST on RL July 11, 2005, we began receiving reports of massive geothermal activity in the form of eruptions. These eruptions happened in active, dormant, and sometimes even extinct volcanoes around the world." Gen. Washington stated. He then clicked the button again, causing another "BEEP!". The picture changed to sores, locusts, and large winged creatures. "At that same time, we also received reports of sores covering both man and beast, large swarms of locusts eating crops around the world, and people seeing antediluvian, meaning "demon from Hell-like", creatures." Again he pushed the button, causing the "BEEP!" and switching to a new picture, this one of the sun setting. "Also at that time, the sun set rapidly, and the moon changed into the new phase, which wasn't supposed to happen for another 12 NS days." He pushed the button again, switching to a picture of the flaming 666 in the sky. "At approximately 1:18 PM RL US EST on RL July 11, 2005, the numbers '666' appeared in the sky, apparently made of static flames. These numbers are still visible." He pushed the button, causing a picture of a person being struck with a flaming sword held by a demonic creature. "At approximately 1:26 PM RL US EST on RL July 11, 2005, reports of people being slaughtered by demons with swords of flame and normal steel swords came in. Those being killed with flaming swords burst into flames and were soon turned into ash. Those killed with the other sword burst into a ball of light and went flying up into the sky." Again he pushed the button, causing the picture to change to a person disappearing. "At approximately 1:33 PM RL US EST on RL July 11, 2005, people around the world suddenly disappeared. No one knows why." He again clicked the button, causing the scene to change to a large storm. "At approximately 7:30 PM RL US EST on RL July 11, 2005, huge storms hit the city of Holy Paradise City, causing thousands of lightning bolts to strike, tornadoes, rain mixed with ash, hail, and strong winds." He clicked the button, switching the picture to meteorites hitting the ground. "At approximately 12:13 PM RL US EST on RL July 14, 2005, meteorites began striking Holy Paradise City. Now the city of over 20 million is almost obliterated." He pushed the button again, turning off the projector.

Setting the remote down he walked forward. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is no ordinary natural disaster. Reports have come in that about 1/4th of the world's population is dead, meaning about 25 trillion people are gone. And that number is rising as we speak. There is no scientific explanation for this, everyone. There is only one explanation, and even though many of you deny it, in your hearts, you know it to be true. Everyone, the end of the world has begun. It is what we all feared, but it is true."

Ximea

16-07-2005, 00:41

"We have a plan to stop those demons at their source," General Grissom said via conference call. "We want to permanently seal every active volcano in Ximea."
"But that would take..." the Lord Commander said, not finishing the thought.
"That's why we're asking for the nuclear go-codes."
"General, how many Ximeans will be killed in those blasts?"
"Anyone close enough to those volcanoes to be affected by our weapons...was already killed by the demons."
The Lord Commander sighed. Getting the codes was no easy process; a series of aides had to give him segments of the codes, one at a time, in briefcases for which only he had the key. Some time later, the Lord Commander assembled the codes and transmitted them to General Grissom. "Do it," he said, ending the transmission.

The pious aide was still in the room. The Lord Commander had learned his name was Thomas. "Suppose you do get incontrovertible proof that this is the second coming of Christ," Thomas said. "What will you do then?"
"Shoot him," the Lord Commander said nonchalantly. "If your god created the world, then your god has wants and needs. If your god has wants and needs, your god isn't perfect. If your god isn't perfect, there's a chance we can kill him."
Thomas recoiled. "Wh--why would you...?"
"The god of your bible revels in killing people--men, women, children--who displease him in any way. I can give you chapter and verse if you want it. He acts like a spoiled child who happens to be omnipotent, demanding tribute and worship, and cursing anyone who crosses him with eternal damnation. If your fundamentalists have it right, he's a bigoted asshole as well. Such a god would be nothing more than a dictator, ruling by principle of 'might makes right.' Even if you prove his existence, I would still gladly take an eternity of hellfire before I would serve such a monster."
"You couldn't possibly kill God. Please, for the sake of your soul, repent now!," Thomas pleaded.
"There you go again with 'might makes right,'" the Lord Commander said. "Your god's ability to cast me into a lake of fire doesn't make him inherently good. In fact, the very existence of hell--as you describe it--would only prove your god to be more evil than any being in the history of existence. That kind of suffering isn't needed. True goodness isn't acquiescence to force--it's standing up for the human race."

Holy Paradise

16-07-2005, 01:59

bump

Spadi

16-07-2005, 03:25

"Anyone have any suggestions on how we slow this down or stop it?

Ximea

17-07-2005, 09:25

"Reports of demons are slowing down," General Grissom said over the speaker phone. "No visuals over the blast sites, but we think we've sealed everything."
"Glorious," the Lord Commander said. "What else?"
"We've joined up with a squad of BioSWAT soldiers. They've found another weakness--silver. It doesn't have to be blessed."
"Even better," the Lord Commander said. "You have my full authority to appropriate any silver you find. Exterminate those bastards."
"Yes, sir."

The Lord Commander switched the line to another team. "Sci-Tech, what's shakin'?"
"You're in a good mood," Dr. Preston said. "So are we. The Bio-Sciences Division developed an airborne T-phage which only attacks the staph bacillus causing these boils. It will wreak havoc on the food chain, but no more so than the whole water-turning-to-blood thing. One plague down, uhh...how many to go?"
"Locusts and blood," the Lord Commander said. "And do something about that flaming six-six-six. It's not technically a plague, but I want it fixed."
"I'll see what we can do about it," Dr. Preston said.

I think we have reason to be cautiously optimistic, don't you?" the Lord Commander asked Thomas.
"Your hubris will be your end," the pious man fumed.
"Maybe so," the Lord Commander said. "But then again, maybe not. You know, I'd almost swear you wanted to see the human race wiped out. Say...why weren't you raptured?"
"What?"
"There are reports from all over the world. The pious, the righteous, so on and so forth...they all mysteriously vanished. You're tight with God. What are you still doing here?"
Thomas said nothing.
"You know," the Lord Commander said, "atheists aren't the only ones committing the 'sin' of pride. The devout can be pretty snobbish, too."

Isolationist People

19-07-2005, 21:24

Dominus had arrived late to the Vatican, and was hoping to be caught up here soon on the developments throughout the world. On the way over he had gotten the statistics of deaths and destruction, which caused him to recoil in great fear. How could the world ever rebuild after something like this?

He had been briefed on the discovery of holy water stops the demons. Seemed a little ironic to him, but he wasn't about to stop something that worked. Plugging the volcanoes with nukes, though, that was a suggestion that never would have come to him, but results appeared promising.

Dominus was in the middle of being briefed about other preventive measures when he got word from Isolationia concerning the demons. In a cruel twist of events, new demons started appearing, and not from volcanoes. The new demons started to appear from the sky, swooping down on firery horses in what looked like armor. Not being a religious person since he had been in secondary school, Dominus couldn't help but think to the release of the army of angels set forth to consume the world. (sorry its not more specific, its I think Revelation 12 or 14, the 100 million demons/angels coming down and causing suffering. I'm at work so I don't have a lot of time to search for things. But thats what I'm trying to relate.)

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