Prologue:
"We beseech you, to allow us to act. Many lives will be wasted; many souls will be lost, all for the want of a small amount of intervention."
After due deliberation.
"Very well. It shall be so."
"Our surveys indicate, with a probability of 90% or more, that a period of instability will soon be entered. There is a probability of over 50% that this will escalate and spread to other regions. Many lives will be lost, and they could be set back by decades, if not centuries."
"We calculate, with a 75% probability, that we have the ability to change this outcome for the better."
After due deliberation.
"Very well. Let''s do it."
Blue: Finally manages to find a girl who wants to talk with him.
Now she will probably talk about it with all her friends and I''ll be the laughing stock of the class..
Damn, now that''s two girls I will forever be too embarrassed to even say hello to. Not that I have ever spoken to either of them in the past, mind you.
Of course, maybe that''s why they have no interest in me in the first place?
A sort of Ok but plain figure. Although somewhat skinny, especially in the parts that matter to boys.
She''s intelligent and gets good marks.
She seems to want to have a friend also.
Hopeless at anything to do with communicating or socialising with others.
But, but, well, honestly, I''m not all that crash hot, either.
Ok, I suppose I can only try...
necessarily the best thing to do.
What do I say now? Ask about the weather, nyah, too cliché. And anyway, it is fine, anyone can see that.
Maybe I will, after all, ask her again for lunch?
This is rather nice.
She is desperate for some contact?
Was he sure of that? He did not know.
How useless. Apply the equation, and we know exactly what is going to happen. So why bother with the experiment?
Wait, this time I can ask Pink. At least I know she is just as good at this stuff as I am.
At least this is something I can do without any problems.
A nice relaxing break.
Blue: A demonstration of acceleration due to gravity
Let''s see, I''ll be eating lunch with Pink again. So she has every opportunity of judging him, again. Perhaps she might be covertly examining my lunch as well? Better cut the bread slices nice and evenly. Kind of nerve racking, I must say. Although I''m observing her in the same way. Let''s hope all of this judging stuff doesn''t get out of hand.
On the one hand, she is the only girl who has ever shown any willingness to get to know me.
But, on the other hand, just because I eat lunch with her, doesn''t mean she has to be my girlfriend. Or, maybe, she doesn''t want a boyfriend. Or perhaps she desperately wants one just like I want a girlfriend, and she judges me to be the one, and I get trapped into marrying her even though we aren''t incompatible...
Get a grip of yourself. It''s only sharing lunch! It takes more than that before people marry. I think.
In fact, what does it take before a couple finally make that walk up the aisle to be married by some judge or whoever?
This is nice. This is also scary.
That''s now the second time she has ever spoken to me by her own choice!
Not that it does me much good.
Oh well, we will just have to take turns.
That''s right. He remembered the announcements. They''re making repairs to the air conditioners on the roof.
Hmm, let''s see, they must be attempting to get access to the underside of the big water cooling towers, and, ah, what''s that?
Did one of the little kids lose their balloon? But there is security grill covering lining the full width of the corridors below.
So does that mean a kid must have come up here...?
Hop over the railing, up the staircase, it''s only three metres, reach over and grab the kid, haul her back. Pretty safe, no problems.
Ignore the view. Get moving!
That''s strange, why are the students moving up?
What? The top of the staircase must have come loose!
The top might be free, but the bottom is still firmly attached, not only with scaffolding clamps but also chains. So it will probably hold. All I have to do is to either hold on, or jump to the balustrading on the corridor as it passes...
Wait, I''m holding Renee...
The floor I''m standing on is rotating down, I will slide off, but even though what used to be the top end is open, there''s a rope across it. No problem, just grab the rope and hang on. Hopefully the stairs will remain supported at the other end. Shouldn''t be any problems.
Damn, I never did get to have a girlfriend. Not even a second lunch date with Pink. I just hope she isn''t traumatised by my body splattering all over the gym floor.