Canals of New Mars: Promoveatur Ut Amoveatur by flavia49
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JS had returned to the Regiment for just two days when the commanding officer summoned him: "I was ordered to accompany you to the Lookout, the President's summer residence in Venice ASAP."
When they arrived in the huge hall of the palace, his commander told JS he had to go on alone: "Good luck, Sea!".
JS saluted and moved along the shimmering corridors.
He was showed in by one of the anonymous employees the place was teeming with. The most famous room in the summer residence, the Lookout, which allowed the view of St. Mark's Square, presented JS a breathtaking sight. Inside there were the President, GOD's commander-in-chief herself, the head director of all ETHIC agencies, and 3TC. The view of the Earth's empyrean dignitaries obscured the architectural treasures.
"Good work, lieutenant - said the President, waiving at a chair situated at GOD's right side. "OMG, your intel gives us the chance to grasp and squeeze the balls of a number of people... GUN and those SOBs in Aldebaran. Always ready to look down their noses at you, they are, and lecture about ethics..." he closed his mouth, either embarassed by ETHIC's Iron Lady's icy glance or lost in his babbling dreams. JS could not tell.
"Obviously, all of it is strictly confidential," ETHIC stated flatly.
"The President decided to award you a Golden Cross," GOD added.
"Yes! the reason will be posthumous, but you can wear it," the President spluttered, stirring himself from his day-dreaming. A lull in the great man's word flux, was interrupted by an almost imperceptible jerk of 3TC's head. "My dear lad, -the President went on - I need a favor. I know you should get a period of leave, but PIG has given special dispensation just for this occasion..." He stared at JS almost lovingly and dropped the bomb: "Well, as I was saying... I'd like you to take off for New Mars immediately as the planet's new commanding officer with jurisdiction also on the civilians."
"Since you deal well with the natives, you'll be able to observe the movements of the Rogues and report to us," ETHIC remarked.
"During the period spent on New Mars you'll have the rank of lieutenant commander, with the pension and the benefits of the rank, of course!" the President added jovially.
JS thought that, when the words posthumous and pension were pronounced almost in the same sentences, it usually was a bad omen.
"GOD didn't agree, - 3TC murmured confidentially, - but the President convinced them that during exceptional times we need exceptional measures."
JS chained his eyes with GOD's and knew that she meant his loyalty was nailed to his
Trimurti: "Regiment, Country, GOD". JS nodded imperceptibly and GOD relaxed.
"Well, what do you say?" the President asked him, adding: "We prefer you'll volunteer. PIG insists on it."
Since New Mars was situated on the first impact area, obviously the idea was that a position on New Mars was a way of ridding of him "cleaner" than a car accident. JS pretended to think about the proposal a few minutes, when instead he couldn't wait to leave for New Mars. With the powers of a commander, he could do better than dying.
"Mr. President and myself, as a personal gift, because of your merits on the field, we add a small property close to the land you already own." ETHIC's voice was soft and cajoling.
"They seem very sure I won't come back to collect," JS thought. "Promoveatur ut amoveatur, then (Promote to remove)." He waited for just a few seconds of silence interrupted only by Spectre's purr, and then replied: "I accept, Mr. President."
Everybody grinned, stretched the lips or grimaced according to everybody's habits.
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Comments (48)
Nickieboy2004
Nice work!
densa
wonderful story and scene
pspworkshop
Very beautiful work, and a great render.
9002434
Wonderful scene!!!! 5+
petercp
Wonderful scene, the story interesting and makes for good reading well done!
virginiese
nice room ! great render !
mairekas
Wonderful compo and details! Superb work!!!
giareg
wow,that is a fantastic artwork very well done
dbrv6
Great scene - trying to decide it all reminds me of taking the Jedi Council and mixing it strongly with the 5th element lol. Surreal names.
frankie96
Well now I'm hooked...on to the next one I go...
OrphanedSoul
A superb use of the look out! And a wonderful image!
Cosme..D..Churruca
like it so very much!
ShadowsNTime
The story is so well written it keeps you wanting more! Great image again, I like the background very much, great posing and composition!
amota99517
Marvelous work!
scifibabe
You have a fabulous imagination. Love the floor - first thing I noticed. Then I noticed the shark behind the window - awesome! Love that they are surrounded by water. So many things to look at in this. Love the kitty too. Fabulous scifi work.
katy555
Absolutely gorgeous, a scene …Thank you :-)
tennesseecowgirl
Great imagination.. NICE WORK
anahata.c
First, I haven't heard the phrase "promoveatur ut amoveatur" since I studied Latin, which was in the early 14th C. (I was but a lad then.) (And I remember maybe 2 words, since.) (Nope---I don't remember any. I can't think of one. Forget I said that.) It's perfect for this installment. Nice juicy dialog, filled with well-placed ironies, slight sarcasms in thought and word, and a nice denouement to the tension of "will he leave, won't he leave..." You got it all packed into a small installment, you've had the art of serialization down for a long time now. I should tell you that a while back I downloaded some pdfs (I think they were pdfs) of your pieces, and I did read a number of them, and enjoyed them all. But it's been so long, I have to refresh my memory. Mea culpa---it's not your work at all, it's just me. I didn't realize it'd been half a year since I commented here, and I'm sorry it's been that long: I just don't keep good enough track of who I've done and who not, esp with writers and complex uploaders (like Sandra, whose uploads are chock full of history, anthropology, etc). I'm so unbearably slow at commenting to begin with, the more complex pieces tend to come, after a while. So forgive my absence, but hopefully my time here will make up for the time in between. (I usually spend a couple of hours with your work.) So onto your work... As I said, the dialogue is crisp and makes clear where everything is headed. I don't remember all the acronyms, but I have a good enough idea. (I just re-read the last few installments to place me again.) But I like the tensions between the "team" here, and the humor too. And I like the sly tone of the comments made to JS. Your image. (I'm glad to see you get lots of full-views, because to see these images "display" size---ie, small---is a sad denial of all the time and thought you put into them.) The image is filled with tongue-in-cheek humor and a lot of design, etc. As I've said many times, I don't know Poser at all, so I can only intuit what you put into these images. But I do know that stretching, placing items into perspective, lighting, modeling (I'm using the painter's term, meaning to make something feel 3 dimensional), moving the body, etc, are all arts in Poser. And I don't take them for granted. You have another cinematic view. The carpet is nicely skewed by perspective and low-view. Nice to have that chair (w/ person) in the front-right side---very dramatic, visually---and forgive me if I don't remember who he is, since I don't remember who everyone was from previous images. (You did name them, but I don't know if you were going left to right, or opposite.) But it's part of your cinematic "sweep". The woman in the purple dress (and silvery hair) is seated regally; your angles as we move along the back wall are very effective; the guy talking---the President I assume (I hope I'm not making an ass of myself!) looks slimy enough to be mayor of Chicago. (Or Boston. Or Philadelphia. Fill in the blanks.) (You guys have slimy politicians, right? Berlusconi? I mean, we're not the only ones, right? Live in Chicago a few months, you'll see slimy...) The architectural details and furniture ornament are all true to form. And I luuuuv the underwater view of Piazza San Marco! Great work on that---those fish, and one SHARK, swimming in front of those iconic facades, all marine-d out in underwater-blue...that's your humor, as you often show in your imagery. And the other items are true to form as well: the vases, the roman mosaic detail in the carpet, the vents in the lower wall, etc, etc. All very keenly compiled Flavia, and a real delight.) Another fine visual to match your narrative. You have a feel for these images, and the technique to pull it off; and the results always illuminate your story, and are fine works in themselves. Often with a fine sense of humor thrown in. More fine work. (Case in point about my slowness: I came to this image about 5:55 Monday morning (chicago time), and I'm now finished at 6:30. I edit---because my first 'drafts' are unreadable! Hopefully I won't take that long with the other images I do today, because I'd like to comment on 4 or 5 others, this session...)