REVIEWAVERSE SAGA EPISODE 7 - THE LAST HOPE
THE AUTHORIZED TREATMENT
THE AUTHORIZED TREATMENT
PART TWO
We see two scuffed dress shoes stumbling more purposefully, now. Beeping chimes at a regular tempo.
"Thr-r-r-ree hundred meters."
"Please don't let this be another dead end."
* * *
Up on a nearby hill, Linkara is flat on his belly and surveying the landscape. He squints; the approaching man on the horizon has gotten closer; no doubt about it, he's coming towards Linkara's location! Linkara pulls out his gun, grits his teeth. Then he notices a tall shrubbery bush. A smile crosses his face.
* * *
Trenchie is panting when he reaches the top of the hill. "Five me-e-e-e-ters." After catching his breath for a moment, the Anti-Critic spots a coat and hat mounted on a makeshift cross made out of shrubbery branches; they are dusty with more than a few battle marks of their own, but the ensemble is unmistakably Linkara's.
He laughs bitterly and walks up to the marker.
"And so it goes, eh? We go out not like bulls and lions but like blasted lemmings."
"Si-i-i-ix met-t-t-ter-s-s."
Trenchie stops laughing and looks at the device, confused... then with dawning realization his eyes open.
"Two-o-o-o KTCHT-T-CH!" The machine finally gives out in a burst of distortion. Trenchie starts turning around when suddenly the barrel of a gun pokes into his face.
"Drop it, G.E.A.R. bastard!"
"I doubt there's much point in that." The device's screen displays broken code for a second and goes blank. "You can put that down, I'm one of the good guys. And by the way, you're an asshole for making me think you were dead."
Linkara digs the tip of the barrel deeper into Trenchie's cheek. "You're not in a good position to be talking like that."
"In a better position than you, by the looks of it. Where's your ship?"
"It's in orbit with the cannon pointed at your head."
Trenchie studies Linkara's face. "It's gone, isn't it." Linkara's face contorts in anger.
"What's your name?"
"I'm the Trenchcoat Anti-Critic!"
"...Is that some kind of joke?"
"Funny story, actually. See, I'm actually a historian of sorts-"
"Save it. You say you're one of the good guys. Say I believe you. Answer me this; if you're not G.E.A.R., how did you get a G.E.A.R. Box?"
"Who do you think they stole the things from to begin with? Well, the design at least." He indicates the device. "It's overheated; once it's cooled a bit, I'll show you the proof you need." He pats a pocket full of MiniDiscs.
Linkara loosens the pressure on the gun, then takes a step back. Trenchie rubs the his cheek where the barrel was pressed and says: "While we're waiting, what do you know about the Triad?"
"I'm the Trenchcoat Anti-Critic!"
"...Is that some kind of joke?"
"Funny story, actually. See, I'm actually a historian of sorts-"
"Save it. You say you're one of the good guys. Say I believe you. Answer me this; if you're not G.E.A.R., how did you get a G.E.A.R. Box?"
"Who do you think they stole the things from to begin with? Well, the design at least." He indicates the device. "It's overheated; once it's cooled a bit, I'll show you the proof you need." He pats a pocket full of MiniDiscs.
Linkara loosens the pressure on the gun, then takes a step back. Trenchie rubs the his cheek where the barrel was pressed and says: "While we're waiting, what do you know about the Triad?"
* * *
For the first time in a long time Cinera is out of her armor, an expensive red dress in its place. Behind her is a pristine city, left untouched for the purposes of this evening.
She smiles into camera.
Her face is being broadcast live across every network across North America. This is a broadcast she'd be repeating in every language for the rest of the world soon enough, but the epicenter of geek lay here.
"Yesterday you were at war with your neighbors. Yesterday even parties in your own governments were pitted against each other over petty disputes. Today that ends. Today, we speak with one voice to all nations. One world, united through geekdom." She gestures grandly. "Citizens, I welcome you to paradise. Citizens, I welcome you to Neo-Nerdaria!"
When her arm comes down again, X-Seid is standing behind her in the distance.
She smiles into camera.
Her face is being broadcast live across every network across North America. This is a broadcast she'd be repeating in every language for the rest of the world soon enough, but the epicenter of geek lay here.
"Yesterday you were at war with your neighbors. Yesterday even parties in your own governments were pitted against each other over petty disputes. Today that ends. Today, we speak with one voice to all nations. One world, united through geekdom." She gestures grandly. "Citizens, I welcome you to paradise. Citizens, I welcome you to Neo-Nerdaria!"
When her arm comes down again, X-Seid is standing behind her in the distance.
The camera feed cuts out.
END OF PART TWO
There have been a lot of questions that have been raised and I'd like to take this opportunity to address some of them.
There have been a lot of questions that have been raised and I'd like to take this opportunity to address some of them.
IS LUPA STILL GOING TO BE REVUER 3?
While i don't want to spoil what's going to happen, this needs to be addressed: Lupa did not survive her run-in with X-Seid. At the stage of production my version was written she was no longer attached to the series.
IN THE TIMELINE THAT THE REVIEWAVERSE SAGA IS SET, LINKARA DIDN'T HAVE HIS SHIP YET. IS THIS A FLUB?
Though Matt has made it known publicly the Reviewaverse Saga takes place in the early days of Channel Awesome, the timeline has never been established in the series itself. In other words, it's fair game. That was the assumption under which I was operating when writing the original outline upon which this is based; in making it more current the story possibilities were stronger.
WILL xxxxx MAKE AN APPEARANCE?
Likely not. Unlike previous episodes, 7 was not going to be cameo heavy. There was opportunity for brief cameos in the opening montage, but little in the body of the episode.
