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Paradise is lost, but we still have Blemnox: Chapter 25
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation Nov 25, 2013
Chapter 25
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Mourners poured out of the planetarium to watch from the balcony as a space capsule gentle wafted down toward the middle of the lake, held aloft by a parachute. Grandma had the presence of mind to turn on every light on the estate. As Scribbles and his camera crew filmed the scene that was unfolding, Viola and Blake and Forty’s grandsons raced across the field.
They reached the deck of the whaling ship just as the capsule touched down on the water with a gentle “Whoosh!” The top hatch popped up to reveal Melbourne Blemnox the Fifth – known to family and friends as “Bottles” -- as he removed his space helmet and waved.
He was greeted by Moby Dick, the animatronic whale who seemed to know every song Sinatra ever sang. As Moby sang “Fly me to the Moon,” Viola and the Mardachi men got the ship across to where the capsule was bobbing. The camel, who stood calmly on the deck of the ship, watched with interest as if things like this happened every day in Badkarmastan. They had no equipment for reaching Bottles, but the camel reached its long neck across the water and gingerly gripped the spaceman by the back of his space suit. In the distance, rescuers and onlookers alike could see reporters and public service personnel approaching in helicopters.
Reporters arrived on the scene in time to see Bottles ride the camel up to the front steps of the house, where he posed for pictures and gave interviews.
“Leave it to Dad to fix his space ship on that asteroid and get back to Blemnox,” Viola said to Blake as they rested from their exertions on the south lawn.
“I have to hand it to you,” Blake said. “You’re the one who imagined your father surviving his ordeal and fixing his rocket. You nailed it, Viola!
Viola wanted to feel good about this, but she noticed some familiar faces approaching her: the man from NASA and the insurance agent who had given her money from her father’s life insurance policy……
Paradise is lost, but we still have Blemnox: Chapter 25
Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Nov 25, 2013
Well played, Bottles - and paulh
Paradise is lost, but we still have Blemnox: Chapter 25
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