So you just met yourself from an alternate world...
Hey guyz.
I met a man today named Al Berenstain. He looked and spoke just like me, we
played some videogames and drank some beers, it was very fun. He told me
Berenstain wasn't really his last name, but it was a way of letting people know
he came from another dimension. He told me this was the Berenstein Dimension,
and that I'm Al Berenstein. He spoke about some really impressive things about
his dimension, different facts about pop culture and politics so that I could
understand. He started with The Beatles, he said
that tape recording another guy on Twitter found from the 80's that they never
split up and Lennon lived was legit. Then he talked about Eminem, and that he
was discovered by Anthony Kiedis, not Dr. Dre. Nirvana was also still around,
and Courtney Love was in prison for her first murder attempt trying to overdose
Cobain. Outside of music he told me the biggest difference was Sean Connery
played Morpheus, and he thought it was super weird watching Laurence Fishbourne
instead. On politics, neither Obama or Trump became presidents. Hillary Clinton
apparently sabotaged Obama during those primaries, but she ultimately lost to
Mitt Romney. He couldn't tell me who the current president was after that but
all he could say was that it's another Republican.
I asked him about 9/11, and that's when he warned me. It still happened, it
needed to happen. And now that you read this and we all acknowledge the
existence of the alternate dimensions, take heed of anyone who tells you
otherwise.
Hey guyz!
Today was interesting, I met the famous Al Bronson.
Remember when Al Berenstain dropped by and we hung out? He's the guy he
told me about. Or more along the lines warned me to watch out for. He
came from the Bronson Reality, the strange alternate reality where 9/11
didn't happen. He looked on edge, but wasn't hostile with me in any way,
I think just wanted someone to talk to. And just like Berenstain he was
thrilled to meet his Berenstein self. I felt the same way,
and he...I looked, I mean, he looked very interesting wearing a dark
suit. I never looked into a mirror dressed like that, but then again
that's not really me at all.
Anyway, same as Berenstain, we were at Santurce and had some beers. He
was pretty open about what was happening in his reality. He explained
pretty much everything. It was all history, because he knew what's the
first thing people would ask him. 'So hey, what's it like living in a
world where that horrible tragedy didn't happen? It must be pretty
great, we've must've made a lot of progress in terms of race and social
differences...'
'Well, it is not!' - he immediately answers. 'Every
time, I look, at a history book in the alternate worlds, all I see is a
paradox.'
'What do you read about in your history books then?'
'We did not have a September the 11th, because, we also did not have a Battle for Britain.'
'The fn<k? How's that related to this?'
'He took a deep breath, stepped back, and focused on resources.'
'...so the Nazis won WW2 in the Bronson Reality?'
'We chose not to call it that. It was just...The Advance. I've been to
your internet. I read about the Migrant Crisis and fascism being on the
rise again in your pathetic modern Europe...' - he started shaking his
head slowly looking straight at me. 'That is absolutely nothing but a
circus when compared to the rise of fascism during those days.' - he
fixes his throat, looks around, feeling like he might be making a scene.
Once he got his composure back he kept talking. 'It wasn't a World War,
Berenstein, it's just something that came up. The Germans always made
good on anything they would promise EXCEPT winning a war. So they went
to the Middle East, to talk. They talked to Egypt, they talked to Iran,
they talked to Iraq. They talked to every single country, tribe, and
clan the British Empire and the Saudi Kingdom pushed around. And they
made good on their promise of delivering them the heads of the Saudi
royals.' - his eyes widened again, but quickly snaps out of it and minds
his drink before he continued. 'Your Al Qaeda, it's new. Not ours,
we've had them for a while. And they are not a terrorist group, they are
the SS of the Middle East...'"
[to be continued]
(PS the last one I wrote on Mandela Day.)
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miércoles, 1 de octubre de 2014
Para Miguel.
(Aight switching back to Spanish again I know nobody will mind) Estoy en el humor de al fin compartir esto, lo habia sometido a un concurso de cuentos cortos en la prensa y ahora pienso que como este sitio no tiene tanto trafico no va a importar si lo posteo:
Para Miguel.
Para Miguel.
Se madrugo
en Nueva York entre Harlem y Buffalo, está ahora sentado leyendo el periódico esperando
en el lobby del hospital, y él sabe que nadie le quita los ojos de encima. Ya
se lo habían advertido, y aun así no le importaba. Precisamente con todas esas
advertencias se incluyen las estrategias y como se ajustan con sus destrezas, y
así es como a Rommel no le importa las malas miradas locales. No obstante
entretiene el pensamiento de a qué se debe, podrá ser la costumbre racista por
el color de la transformación en su piel y las marcas, y el hecho que anda
portando un arma bajo su abrigo oscuro. Las miradas solo pueden asumir eso último,
el tiene sus dudas que tengan la visión así de entrenada para ese detalle. Por
otra parte tal vez lo miran mal y con prejuicio por algo que haya pasado, sea
recientemente o ahora en el momento, tratando de entender eso Rommel le presta
una ojeada al televisor en la sala y se fija que no se están transmitiendo
noticias. Se levanta por un momento y regresa a un local en otra sala donde
consiguió el periódico para pedir una botellita de agua. No percibe ningún
prejuicio del cajero obeso atendiendo que le sonríe tomándose un cafecito, el
televisor encima de ellos en el local lo que transmite es un encuentro clásico de
la lucha libre local por un canal de deportes y Rommel convenientemente llega
en el momento para presentar a los peleadores: el hijo prodigioso del pueblo,
el caballote italoamericano campeón de peso completo Cosmo Grand. Y en esta
esquina el retador, el invasor forastero vaquero malvado bandido que llego solo
a ofender y llevarse el título, Bad Bad Frank. Sin darse cuenta, se acomodo
como espectador delante de la pantalla. Le quiere solamente echar un vistazo al
retador. “¿Usted ha visto esa pelea antes?” – el cajero decide preguntarle.
“No…” – Rommel contesta,
pero alza un índice libre para tratar de señalar al Bad Bad Frank. “Pero a él
lo he visto luchar en persona. Por el Pacifico, contra un cubano, Mago Merluzo
yo creo que se llamaba.”
“¿Si, y en qué año?”
“Para el 2006, nunca se me
olvida.”
“¡Ah rayo, tal vez nos
encontramos! ¡Yo estaba para esa también!”
“¡Si, lo más seguro!...” –
rápido se intercambian miradas amenas y él se despide. “Buen día a usted…” –
camina de regreso al lobby con el periódico enrollado bajo el sobaco derecho y
se toma el agua, siente fuerte actividad en la sala de emergencia por el otro
pasillo más abajo con las ambulancias que van llegando y bajando una colección
de paramédicos y jóvenes pacientes en las camillas. La gritería es como si
estuviesen en una casilla médica en el medio de la batalla. Se salpica para
verse un joven de raza mixta agitado en su camilla apretando una herida en el
pecho, llorando y gritando en agonía, Rommel a esto desvía sus ojos alzando sus
cejas y sigue tomando de su botella. Busca su asiento en el lobby y divisa en
ese otro televisor ninguna novedad. Se sintoniza un canal de documentales
americano, aunque ya con la hora que paso concluye un documental archivado
sobre el presidente ruso Boris Yeltsin.
“Concluyendo su campaña para
la reelección, Yeltsin hizo una sorpresiva visita a sus fuerzas armadas en
Chechenia para personalmente informarles el fin del conflicto, y a su vez
felicitarlos por sus esfuerzos…” – las miradas malas siguen por parte de otras
personas esperando, son jóvenes, más o menos como el mismo que vio en esa
camilla sufriendo, pero ya Rommel no puede esconder que le es poca cosa, se
sienta, deja su espalda caer y se recuesta, y termina el documental de Yeltsin.
“…ninguna estatua en su imagen, a diferencia de los pasados lideres de Rusia,
solo una placa en el Kremlin que establece su legado como el primer presidente
de Rusia democráticamente escogido por los ciudadanos para dirigir.”
Torna la
mirada y se agrada con la sorpresa, ahí está Miguel y todo le salió bien. Su
hermana Gabriela lo empuja en la silla de ruedas, y así Rommel se levanta para
saludar y ayudarlos. “¿A Dios y tú qué haces aquí?” – Miguel se alegra en verlo
dándose la mano.
“¡Bueno yo llegue con toda
la prisa que pude! ¡Tu ya sabes que a mí me importa, y a todo el mundo que tú
conoces! ¿Gaby como tu estas?” – se dan un beso en la mejilla y ella le cede la
silla. Ella le huele bien, viste igual, y su físico en forma como siempre.
“Mas que tranquila ahora, Romm.
¿Y tú, dormiste?” – ella le contesta.
“¡Si yo estoy bien, olvídate
de eso! ¡Tuvieron una situación y vamos andar en mi carro, ustedes ni se
preocupen!” – el les asegura y salen del lobby a la marquesina interior entre
ancianos y señoras arribando para tratamiento menos invasivo. Los deja por un
momento para pagar el estacionamiento y recogerlos, un enfermero los asistió
para ayudar a Miguel montarse en el carro y retomar la silla de ruedas, Rommel
se lo agradece, se van por la carretera. “¿Y cómo te sientes?...” – la primera
pregunta bien obvia. “¿Ahí como te trataron?” – genuina curiosidad con la
segunda, el ambiente le fue algo distinto de lo que se ha acostumbrado.
“Nah, chacho, ahora a
esperar a que se me baje la anestesia…” – Miguel contesta bien reclinado
mirando afuera.
“Eso siempre chava.”
“Tengo que volver mañana
para que me saquen hematomas.”
“Si quieres yo te recojo
para esa cita.”
“¡Nah está bien!...” –
Gabriela por explicar. “Yo creo que ya para mañana puedo resolver y el puede
llegar con otra escolta.”
“¡Ah muy bien entonces!” – Rommel
opina. “Cualquier cosita, tu sabes…”
“Lo sé…” – Miguel le
contesta. “Esto es solo algo que yo no estaba esperando.” – callan el resto del
viaje, Rommel queda sin que decirle para que ellos estén tranquilos y Gabriela
no lo quiere molestar. Ella se alegra en silencio que al parecer no va discutir
su independencia y coger calle otra vez. Ahora es solo cuestión de que ella lo
ayude, y todo el mundo está cooperando. Llegan al edificio, un camino
subterráneo primero para el estacionamiento. Los reciben ahora la mencionada
escolta, bruscos uniformados como guardias de seguridad con los colores dorados
de la compañía. Este ya es el beneficio adquirido por las labores de Gabriela y
el tiempo que lleva con ellos. Ayudan a Miguel para que se levante y pueda
permanecer de pie para poder llegar hacia el primer ascensor, y desde ahí su
hermana lo acompaña mientras a Rommel le permiten estacionar su vehículo cerca.
Por el no esperan y él no tiene ningún problema con eso bajándose del carro y
esperando su turno para subir, se saludan él y los guardias en silencio por el
camino. Unos tres pisos y arriba a otra recepción hacia un puente con un andar
eléctrico donde ya ve a los hermanos alcanzar el final, el los saluda y hace
gestos que sigan. La recepción es más bien un bloqueo con más de los guardias
vigilando.
“Rommel Maldonado…” – ellos
le van preguntando. “You’re the guest of Gabriela Tapia
today, is that correct?”
“Yes,
I drove them back from the hospital.”
“Alright,
got any metals on you?”
“Just
two.”
“We’re
gonna need for you to place them on this tiny basket if you will…”
“Of course.” – y los
guardias se alarman con la tranquilidad en que Rommel se desarma de una larga
pistola automática por la correa bajo su abrigo y un revolver más pequeño en
otra correa por la bota de caza izquierda.
“…do
you have a carrying permit for these?”
“Well yes, and a union
card.” – Rommel entiende que es mejor que vaya sacando su billetera con los
registros pertinentes.
“Union card?...” – el agente
de seguridad lo verifica.
“Yes
sir, freelance, union card. I work in the Cincinnati area and I carry it with
me always. Just in case it gets misplaced in these type of security points,
which I’m very willing to leave here with you people of course!...” – los
agentes se reunen por un memento para discutirlo, y bien rapido se ponen de
acuerdo.
“Alright,
these stay here, then before you leave we’re gonna have to verify this
registry.”
“Very well, I understand…” –
le ceden el paso y el toma el andar eléctrico, atraviesa el puente que cruza
toda una calle. Las ventanas que toman toda la estructura ahumadas al igual que
el aspecto del edificio en sus exteriores, le pasa por el lado en el camino
peatonal mas voluntario a un joven con el aspecto de artista tomando fotos al
panorama afuera. Se ve con la misma piel suya, el pelo largo oscuro amarrado,
viste de negro con la camisa de mangas largas. El día afuera aun en el trance
del sereno, lento en comenzar. Rommel alcanza el final del puente hacia un
ambiente más gris y minimalista vacio por el momento con solamente escaleras
eléctricas trabajando, les pasa por el lado buscando de corredor en corredor a
otro pasillo con los ascensores hacia las viviendas. Divisa la imagen de
Gabriela en un retrato de propaganda mientras espera, Lemelson Investment,
“Your true connection to the Americas.” Viste y sonríe como ejecutiva guapa
Hispana ante una ecléctica mezcla de una playa, el azul marino con rojo y el
logo de la compañía. Llega el ascensor y ahora debe esperar alcanzar el séptimo
piso, sale al pasillo, y ella está en su puerta esperando. Esto será breve, una
despedida y las gracias, ya Miguel se acostó para que se le quite esa anestesia
del sistema. Ella no le menciona que hoy tenían que verlos a los tres en el
mismo carro y Rommel entiende porque sin vacilarlo. Le logra preguntar que van
hacer después, con sus vidas, no durante el día. Gabriela le dice que se
quieren ir, a Montreal tal vez, que ya este sitio se está poniendo menos
diplomático. Rommel contesta que eso es una excelente decisión, y los deja.
Le verifican los registros y con todos los detalles
correctos el sale del edificio sin problema. Luego Rommel recibe un
recordatorio por texto de la unión, tiene una cita pendiente. Quince minutos
antes como costumbre y se percata que lo esperaban en el otro edificio menos
formal pero aun espacio de oficina en ese sector de negocios. El que lo espera
abrigado y encapuchado, sentado en una parada de guagua en desuso, ve a Rommel
salir del estacionamiento subterráneo para los ascensores más inmediatos de la
entrada con nada de seguridad. Entran al primer ascensor disponible, el
encapuchado presiona para el undécimo piso, y sin decir nada sale antes de que
cierren las compuertas. Rommel arriba entra por el pasillo crema y busca
primero a su derecha, acierta al ver una puerta abrirse y un individuo
afroamericano vestido de blanco le hace los gestos de que pase. El primer
cuarto en ese espacio completamente vacío pero decorado, grandes cruces de
madera en las paredes crema, un retrato de la imagen aria leona de Jesús en la
primera pared al abrir la puerta y
adyacente a la próxima salida por donde pasan, un otro retrato de David Koresh.
Solo se escucha un activo sonido de teclados a todo vapor en los cuartos hasta
llegar a la sala principal, Rommel logra ojear lo que espera en una puerta
semi-abierta por el camino, más jóvenes como su guía encerrados frente a varios
monitores en un cuarto similar a la entrada. Le llama la atención como siempre
una caja fuerte también visible, así son esa especie nueva de programadores
organizados bajo una fe, siempre algo para mantener asegurado en cualquier
esquina del planeta. “Buenos días…” – le da la bienvenida a la sala principal
un señor de cabeza gorda mas expresivamente vestido con camiseta roja de
cuadritos, pantalones y mocasines más aptos para trabajar. “…you
speak Spanish, is that correct?”
“Si
eso es correcto.”
“Ah muy bien, pase por aquí
por favor.” – entran, la sala convertida en su amplia oficina con muebles en
cada pared y dos asientos entre su escritorio de trabajo. Detrás suyo al
sentarse para seguir trabajando otra de las grandes cruces y delante suyo al
quitarle los ojos a su monitor un retrato mas grande de Koresh que toma la
pared, iluminado y con los brazos abiertos. Rommel se sienta frente al
caballero para que termine rápido lo que estuvo haciendo, en la espera observa
al lado de la cruz otro retrato de Jesús y otro de este señor vestido como
pastor posando con los que parece ser su congregación. “De verdad hizo bien en
llegar así antes, aquí está por estallar una seria situación desde la madrugada,
y ahora es mas preferible que resuelva su parte antes de otra entropía
paralizadora de protestas.” – el caballero comenta mirándolo pero con las manos
aun concentradas en su teclado.
“Yo ya eso lo sospechaba.”
“Muy cierto…” – interrumpe
las manos trabajando para hacer mas fija la conversación. “¿Usted nota que esta
todo como en silencio? Aquí, uno solo se percata cuando nada se escucha.
Entonces salimos de una desconfianza en la prensa a ni tan siquiera tener la
prensa.”
“Y como de costumbre la
policía nunca dice la verdad.”
“Esto comenzó en Ohio…” – explica
mirando el monitor. “Precisamente de donde usted salió, en la medianoche
elementos clandestinos de esta ciudad hicieron una incursión bien impropia,
hasta se llevaron gente…”
“Bien propio de los
elementos clandestinos en mi área ellos no esperan verlos vivos otra vez, así
que ya habrán respondido esa ofensiva.”
“Pues si, como a eso de las
cinco de la madrugada.” – mira a Rommel otra vez. “Se lo digo desde ahora que
evite tener que pasar por el este de Harlem. Ahora bien, seguimos aquí…” – abre
una gaveta y se va poniendo unos guantes desechables. “Veo que usted ya lleva
sus propios guantes puestos, eso es perfecto.” – y le exhibe una bolsita
desechable cargando un celular. “Por favor preste atención, no use esto para
hacer llamadas, ni se lo ponga en la oreja…” – accede la galería de fotos, se
lo ofrece a Rommel y él lo acepta. “Los jóvenes en las primeras dos imágenes
usted los encontrara afuera en la última estación de tren al norte de aquí…” –
se ven dos de esos chamaquitos altamente urbanos, facciones y piel dominicanas.
“La luz verde es para esos dos, usted se presentara usando este aparato para
cualquier uso que no sea personal, y ellos se lo van a quitar de las manos. No
saldrán corriendo, en vez de eso lo que harán es amenazarlo para mantenerlo
callado, y esa será su oportunidad.” – Rommel divisa una tercera y última foto
en la galería, este otro joven que no puede ser más diferente. Europeo blanco,
probablemente alemán, barbudo vestido como un punk y el pelo rubio bien alto en
brillantina.
“¿Este tercero?”
“Usted va a dejar ese
aparato con los otros dos. Si le explico, el tercer individuo es un
programador, similar a los muchachos que tengo aquí trabajando. Sus amigos han
estado hurtando cualquier celular que vean para entregárselo, y él lo
reprograma para unas gestiones…nefastas y subversivas. El tuvo una pasada
transgresión con nuestra causa y nos tomo tiempo, pero ya lo encontramos. Hoy
la labor suya es simplemente dejar claro un mensaje.”
“Gestiones subversivas, dice
usted…” – Rommel comenta guardando en la bolsa y luego en su abrigo el celular.
“¡Es la verdad, esto es
severamente importante! Sino pues hubiéramos contactado cualquier otra persona
de este mismo patio. Cabe mencionar que los dos que usted necesita ver hasta llevan
un perfil completo en varias manifestaciones. Exceden vandalismo, son de los
que linchan cualquier persona relacionada en las grandes compañías. Los otros
días de hecho acosaron y atacaron a un muchachito cardiaco en la discoteca bien
cerca al verlo salir del edificio de Lemelson. Nadie se siente seguro en ese
edificio bien cerca, están viviendo ahora encerrados…”
“¿Qué tan pronto usted cree
para que hayan manifestaciones para el día de hoy?” – Rommel le pregunta
levantándose rápido, el caballero hace lo mismo quitándose los guantes.
“Usualmente antes del mediodía,
usted lo que tiene es tiempo para alcanzarlos utilizando la parada del metro
aquí bien cerca. No se preocupe de las cameras de seguridad, aquí ya las
tenemos interceptadas desde temprano.” – le ofrece la mano para la despedida y Rommel
la acepta. “¡Que Jesús lo acompañe usted!”
El encuentro fue breve, pero para esos dos jóvenes de la
urbe fueron unos segundos bien lentos. Quien le agarro el celular era como mas
mayorcito y el único de los dos armado, no tuvo la misma velocidad que Rommel
por ser demasiada la sorpresa. El se lo pudo notar en las miradas, ellos
entienden que él no se estaba defendiendo. Jamás se imaginaron que era cuestión
de alguien esperándolos un día, tal y como la peor fuerza se acostumbra ahora
sin piedad a la miseria. Al segundo se le zafan lágrimas indeciso, se le ocurre
salir corriendo, furioso, señalando y amenazando, pero le alcanzan dos tiros
antes que vire. Se escucho duro y Rommel sale de la escena con prisa sin correr,
solo carros transitando con prisa en la escena por la estación a esas horas. Regresa
a la plataforma de la estación, regresa a su vehículo, y antes de regresar a su
cuarto en el hotel del aeropuerto encuentra al encapuchado ya mirando una torre
de humo subiendo desde una nueva protesta. Le pasa por el lado a las torres de
Lemelson una vez más, el área esta activa pero todo tranquilo. Y de regreso en
el hotel, aun sin noticias. Canales locales solo dan telenovelas hispanas o americanas,
reality shows, antiguas repeticiones de series clásicas, e inconcebiblemente más
clásica lucha libre. El canal de documentales ahora lo que trasmite es una
reseña sobre la presidencia de Barack Obama sobre sus propios ataques a la
prensa y aquel intento famoso de silenciar las revelaciones de la NSA. Le suena
el celular a Rommel y él contesta una llamada de Gabriela. “Gabriela, dime.”
“Gracias Rommel.”
“¡No, no es por nada! Tú
sabes que yo puedo en cualquier momento salir y conseguirlos ustedes cuando
necesiten. ¡Y yo puedo hacer más para ustedes los dos, tú lo sabes! Lo que tú
crees que no puedas pero yo sí, solo me lo dejas saber…”
“No, gracias Rommel. Ya me
entere, gracias por encontrar a esa gente…”
- AA
“No, eso no Gabriela. Para
eso tú jamás me des las gracias. Eso tu y yo nunca lo hablamos, adiós.” – y
engancha.
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Untitled!
So remember how I used to post my personal fiction here? Well it's not that I've stopped writing stuff like that, I just haven't felt sure about anything to work with as I'm still scantly transitioning on a few things. This morning however the Cyberpunk Forums had an interesting thread for a game project some of the kids wanna work on, and they asked for some sample of writing. I dunno if it's going anywhere or if it's even real, but I just kicked this out for them on the spot:
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"You're a real piece of crap, Sergio!..." - a fat bleeding face declares watching the man who sent an elbow to his nose as soon as he had opened the door waltzing around working his home office. He simply left him on the floor, restrained with his hands tied behind his back, and his malice draining slowly now, the heart drops making him feel nothing but doom and gloom as he's been found out. "Yeah just look at you now big boy packing heat! You're a big scary thug now, huh!? A real gangster now then, just like your brother!" - the fat bleeding face remarks trying to stay angry, trying to get that man's attention as he stands before the monitor undoing all the work he made for some dangerous people that trusted him.
"Sherman who did you take this money for?" - Sergio asks, he has just sorted out a bigger more personal mess, but now comes a completely different and trickier part of what he can get done while he's there. "You know this fund was too much for you. You knew if you kept all this money for yourself everyone was gonna find out one way or another. You took this but it's not yours, who was this for?"
"Goddammit you could've been a part of this! I wanted you to know it was me!"
"And I'm glad you did, that's why I'm here. I'm not a gangster, Sherman. A gangster is someone who would've just walked in, put a bullet in your head, and walked out without the money because you fucked up. Or, just walk in, put a bullet in your head, and take the money because you did a great job. They were gonna take this from you, the only chance you had was for me to trace you back here. Now you're gonna get up, and you're gonna do exactly as I say..."
"You're not gonna turn me in Sergio, fuck..." - he starts crying. "I'm dead, you're doing this to me instead, they trusted me but you just...they're gonna kill me now!"
"You really messed up this time Sherman, didn't you?" - and like that, Sherman's head just popped. Blood sprayed right into Sergio's befuddled face as he saw another man enter the room brandishing a gun before he could figure they just blasted his skull right before him. He's quick to stop the assailant with some warning shots that turn fatal from the Uzi holstered on his Ronald McHitler shirt, he then fires at the comp's tower and even grabs hold quickly to slam it against a wall trashing it completely. He hears more people assailing the apartment cursing in Spanish. "¡Cagate en tu madre!" - Sergio screams, it's a distraction and the gunshots muzzle the sound of him smashing a backdoor to the abandoned next room. They can't catch him and they won't see him ever, so instead of ambushing and flanking he runs to the entrance and kicks the door out the hall. Gunshots reach him again as he's leaving and he kicks them back off again with a burst worrying that he hasn't kept count of how many shot's he's fired. He mostly got the gun out to intimidate a geek like Sherman, didn't want to think he'd need it in case something like this would also happen, but then again everybody has been scared for how they were handling those funds. Bullets shred door, more people in the hall, and Sergio manages to strafe them going all out while backing away. He took out two thugs, they look young and urban swimming in tattoos, he's figuring he also took out the other one he was kicking away and now whoever's left is gonna back off with some caution, giving him the time he needs to reach the red cream concrete exterior stairs and run straight down. Gunshots dive for him but he's able to dodge constantly moving and zigzagging to the point of stumbling, he reaches with a leap the first floor and calms his pace once out into a moving crowd to blend in. He keeps a discreet eye on the building and figures they gave up with nobody coming out those stairs, rain starts to pour down, and he reaches his vehicle.
Cellphone rings, he's lucky it's the only call ever since getting the job done. "Aaron..." - Sergio answers addressing his employer.
"Please tell me you didn't kill Sherman when you found his pigface."
"No..."
"Good, man Sergio, you just saved our neck big time! You made a whole bunch of really scary Colombians real happy right now!...did you find out if he was working for someone?"
"They killed him."
"Ay mierda. Sergio don't tell me you lifted a single trigger finger..." - Aaron's a bigger man in his top floor office at Milla de Oro, he fixes his tie and searches for his dark coat as he's about to leave now.
"They didn't see me but I still gotta lay low for a while."
"That is so stupid. Get rid of that Uzi, head on over to the storage house, and wait for my call!" - he instructs sternly trying to get a hold of a situation that's also seemingly bigger than him. "I'm about meet with our clients at Hunan, I'll see if I can fix all this before our nuts find themselves on a blender. Wait a second..." - he stops in his tracks before opening the door to his office. "I didn't even ask if you're okay man. Nothing happened?"
"Nah I'm fine. I just...hope it's just you and I dealing with this and certain people don't get involved."
"Relax, nobody can reach me from here unless I ask. Whatever you just saw it's not your problem, it's the problem of who they tried to rob!" - he shrugs comfortably, Sergio figures he could do the same. "Thanks again, you did very very good, now let me handle it from here."
"Gotcha..." - and they hang up mutually. He arrives at the storage, and they receive him armed and ready under their large fluorescent cross lit on for the rain. Sergio doesn't know what to think at this point, he recognizes all those guys, but there's something to the look on their faces as they see him come in like that. They anticipate him, they are strangely desperately happy he's arrived. First to approach is Dave, he looked ready for war on slacks, hunters boots, and a red Bushmaster strapped to the back. Sergio jumps out of his car before he feels the need to knock on his window, he knows he wants to say something to him. "Dave, please, explain to me first what happened..."
"We know who just tried to kill you."
- AA
(untitled)
"You're a real piece of crap, Sergio!..." - a fat bleeding face declares watching the man who sent an elbow to his nose as soon as he had opened the door waltzing around working his home office. He simply left him on the floor, restrained with his hands tied behind his back, and his malice draining slowly now, the heart drops making him feel nothing but doom and gloom as he's been found out. "Yeah just look at you now big boy packing heat! You're a big scary thug now, huh!? A real gangster now then, just like your brother!" - the fat bleeding face remarks trying to stay angry, trying to get that man's attention as he stands before the monitor undoing all the work he made for some dangerous people that trusted him.
"Sherman who did you take this money for?" - Sergio asks, he has just sorted out a bigger more personal mess, but now comes a completely different and trickier part of what he can get done while he's there. "You know this fund was too much for you. You knew if you kept all this money for yourself everyone was gonna find out one way or another. You took this but it's not yours, who was this for?"
"Goddammit you could've been a part of this! I wanted you to know it was me!"
"And I'm glad you did, that's why I'm here. I'm not a gangster, Sherman. A gangster is someone who would've just walked in, put a bullet in your head, and walked out without the money because you fucked up. Or, just walk in, put a bullet in your head, and take the money because you did a great job. They were gonna take this from you, the only chance you had was for me to trace you back here. Now you're gonna get up, and you're gonna do exactly as I say..."
"You're not gonna turn me in Sergio, fuck..." - he starts crying. "I'm dead, you're doing this to me instead, they trusted me but you just...they're gonna kill me now!"
"You really messed up this time Sherman, didn't you?" - and like that, Sherman's head just popped. Blood sprayed right into Sergio's befuddled face as he saw another man enter the room brandishing a gun before he could figure they just blasted his skull right before him. He's quick to stop the assailant with some warning shots that turn fatal from the Uzi holstered on his Ronald McHitler shirt, he then fires at the comp's tower and even grabs hold quickly to slam it against a wall trashing it completely. He hears more people assailing the apartment cursing in Spanish. "¡Cagate en tu madre!" - Sergio screams, it's a distraction and the gunshots muzzle the sound of him smashing a backdoor to the abandoned next room. They can't catch him and they won't see him ever, so instead of ambushing and flanking he runs to the entrance and kicks the door out the hall. Gunshots reach him again as he's leaving and he kicks them back off again with a burst worrying that he hasn't kept count of how many shot's he's fired. He mostly got the gun out to intimidate a geek like Sherman, didn't want to think he'd need it in case something like this would also happen, but then again everybody has been scared for how they were handling those funds. Bullets shred door, more people in the hall, and Sergio manages to strafe them going all out while backing away. He took out two thugs, they look young and urban swimming in tattoos, he's figuring he also took out the other one he was kicking away and now whoever's left is gonna back off with some caution, giving him the time he needs to reach the red cream concrete exterior stairs and run straight down. Gunshots dive for him but he's able to dodge constantly moving and zigzagging to the point of stumbling, he reaches with a leap the first floor and calms his pace once out into a moving crowd to blend in. He keeps a discreet eye on the building and figures they gave up with nobody coming out those stairs, rain starts to pour down, and he reaches his vehicle.
Cellphone rings, he's lucky it's the only call ever since getting the job done. "Aaron..." - Sergio answers addressing his employer.
"Please tell me you didn't kill Sherman when you found his pigface."
"No..."
"Good, man Sergio, you just saved our neck big time! You made a whole bunch of really scary Colombians real happy right now!...did you find out if he was working for someone?"
"They killed him."
"Ay mierda. Sergio don't tell me you lifted a single trigger finger..." - Aaron's a bigger man in his top floor office at Milla de Oro, he fixes his tie and searches for his dark coat as he's about to leave now.
"They didn't see me but I still gotta lay low for a while."
"That is so stupid. Get rid of that Uzi, head on over to the storage house, and wait for my call!" - he instructs sternly trying to get a hold of a situation that's also seemingly bigger than him. "I'm about meet with our clients at Hunan, I'll see if I can fix all this before our nuts find themselves on a blender. Wait a second..." - he stops in his tracks before opening the door to his office. "I didn't even ask if you're okay man. Nothing happened?"
"Nah I'm fine. I just...hope it's just you and I dealing with this and certain people don't get involved."
"Relax, nobody can reach me from here unless I ask. Whatever you just saw it's not your problem, it's the problem of who they tried to rob!" - he shrugs comfortably, Sergio figures he could do the same. "Thanks again, you did very very good, now let me handle it from here."
"Gotcha..." - and they hang up mutually. He arrives at the storage, and they receive him armed and ready under their large fluorescent cross lit on for the rain. Sergio doesn't know what to think at this point, he recognizes all those guys, but there's something to the look on their faces as they see him come in like that. They anticipate him, they are strangely desperately happy he's arrived. First to approach is Dave, he looked ready for war on slacks, hunters boots, and a red Bushmaster strapped to the back. Sergio jumps out of his car before he feels the need to knock on his window, he knows he wants to say something to him. "Dave, please, explain to me first what happened..."
"We know who just tried to kill you."
- AA
miércoles, 20 de agosto de 2014
Our Horrible World - The Not-So-Pacific Ocean
Everything about this blog is esoterically violent,
I can admit to that. Ranging from my style of writing in the original stories,
the media (videogames, comics, movies) I’ve talked to you guys about, and the world
events I had decided to input my thoughts. I’m not sure if I can or if I should
excuse myself for running the place like this. I will say though, tonight might
be the worse night. Last night an odd mutual follower at Tumblr who’s name will
remain censored, and at times I think he’s another spam account, posted on his
blog the following Youtube video that has to be the closest thing to a snuff
film allowed to be shown on that site. With that mentioned I hope I’m being
very clear here that what follows is incredibly disturbing:
If this is another CreepyPasta hoax or another
promotion for V/H/S/3 then holy crow these people are doing their job right. Censored
Tumblr blog quotes an unnamed source for a possible explanation of what we just
saw:
Men
shot at sea: Fiji police told gruesome video showing men being shot at sea
originated in Somalia
Fijian
police have been told that four men apparently killed at sea in a video posted
on YouTube were most likely Somali pirates shot by fishermen after a failed
hijacking attempt.
The
police have asked Interpol for help verifying a video which appears to show the
brutal killing of men at sea.
A
graphic video posted on YouTube in Suva on Monday shows four men being shot as
they cling to debris in the ocean.
Gunshots
come from one of several boats surrounding the men, and blood is seen in the
water.
Men
on the boat, which is reportedly a tuna fishing vessel, are seen laughing and
posing for photographs at the end of the video. The video’s contents have not
been verified.
The
YouTube post says the victims were Fijian and were shot just outside Fijian
waters.
However,
Fiji Tuna Boat Owners Association president Graham Southwick says Taiwanese
boat owners and contractors in Suva have told police they believe the footage
relates to a failed hijacking off Somali last year.
"They
… said we know about this incident, it’s a very famous incident and this didn’t
happen in Fiji, it happened off the coast of Somalia," Mr Southwick told
Pacific Beat.
"And
the graphic pictures you see of people gunned in the water are not Fijians, but
Somali pirates that attempted a hijack of some Taiwanese vessels that attempted
a hijack that backfired and they all got gunned down.
"The
debris floating in the water is the wreckage of a Somali pirate boat that got
rammed by one of the Taiwanese boats."
Police
in Suva say there is no clear evidence to identify the victims, or pinpoint
where and when the apparent murders took place.
"We
have not received any formal complaints and I have not yet seen the
video," Fiji assistant police commissioner Rusiate Tudravu told Radio
Australia earlier on Tuesday.
Fijian
authorities have asked Interpol and police in neighbouring Pacific countries for
assistance in establishing the facts.
The
men on the boat from which the shots are fired can be heard speaking in
Mandarin and interpreters for Television New Zealand have identified Taiwanese,
Thai and Vietnamese voices on the video.
One
man can be heard saying: “Shoot, shoot, shoot”.
Someone
says: “If you see anyone, just kill. Look ahead there: one and two.”
A
man can also be heard giving out instructions, telling another man at the front
of the boat to “be prepared”.
Chinese
characters reading “Safety is number one” can also be seen on the side of one
of the boats.
Let me stop here for a moment and note a few things:
so far I’ve watched this video twice, so my research as always might be tepid.
But the first observation I’d like to make is that the victims don’t look either
Somali or Fijian. When I watched it last night they looked Asian, from more or
less the same Southeastern ethnicity as the people gunning at them. Giving it a
second view and browsing at the comments in the Youtube page, one of the
posters suggests they were actually Iranian, and indeed if you look closely at
the facial features of one of the victims at 7:17 through 7:20, you can tell he
may be Middle Eastern. As for the attackers, Southeast Asians, the characters
on the ship are indeed Chinese, and the captain or whoever is at the bullhorn,
is speaking in Mandarin. Moving on:
Violence
on Pacific seas ‘relatively common’: Southwick
Despite
confusion over the video’s authenticity, Mr Southwick, says violence often
erupts at sea, and crew members go missing.
"This
particular type of incident of being shot in the water and all that stuff is,
you know, [is] extremely unusual, but conflicts and fights and murders on the
high seas, on fishing boats, is relatively common," he said.
"In
the Pacific there would probably be half a dozen a year at least, but usually
it’s the result of some sort of a conflict or fight or something on the boat,
and the report usually comes back that, either he fell over the side, or
whatever, and then there’s nothing much anybody can do very much about it.
"If
they die of natural causes, they’re usually stuck in the freezer and brought
back in at some stage of the game. But this would be extremely rare I’d say,
this deliberate slaughter of people that got off the boat."
Mr
Southwick says authorities have the call sign and details of at least one of
the ships and will be working to identify crew members who could shed light on
this gruesome maritime mystery.
Right then.
I’m having a hard time searching for this, but I
remember reading a book couple of years ago about how some of those fishing
boats in Japan are actually run by Yakuza, getting people who can’t pay their
debts to just work it off, this reminded me of that. Look up also the Korean
Crab Wars for another interesting look on how all Hell breaks loose there more
often than the mainstream news will let on.
Interestingly, a theory for how that video found
itself uploaded in the first place is that it was probably one of the attackers
getting mugged and having this recording stolen. If that’s true then it’s a
pretty much karmic way to get caught doing something fucked up like that!
Stay
safe.
- AA
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