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[The Blog of Phileas Fogg: 1883 onwards] 7/26/2009 02:28:00 PM

From: Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:50:24 -0700 (PDT)
To: jvf~at~gilead.org.il

I am pleased to report that William is now fast asleep and does not
appear to be in as much pain as he was earlier on. Having now found out
(thanks to his entries) what the Chief Selenite had planned for us, I
can not only thank William for saving our lives but at the same time
redouble my determination to get off the moon as soon as possible.

Having read William's entries, the last few days are now beginning to
make a lot more sense. The last thing I remember before winding up here
in a cell was seeing what looked like a person on the horizon, then
blacking out, and then waking up here in this cell. Passepartout and
Mr. Barbicane (who are asleep as well at the moment) started to panic
but I assured them that whilst we were indeed at the hands of an alien
intelligence, the fact that we were still alive meant that we has some
usefulness to the alien intelligence. This was proved a few moments
later when said intelligence (which I know now are Selenites) opened
the cell and dragged me away.



I was dragged into a large room, at the head of which was a large
crystal object. A few moments later, another Selenite entered the
object and looked at me directly and then started to speak and
amazingly it was speaking in English. It explained that it was using
the crystal as a translation device and asked how I was and what I was
doing on the moon. I explained that I was part of an international
expedition charged with investigating the moon and the fact we had
landed was all rather a big mistake for which I apolgised. "And who
commissioned this investigation?" asked the Selenite. "The President of
the United States", I replied, "with backing from the Torchwood
Institute".

That institute's name seemed to throw the Selenite off his track
slightly as he paused, closed his eyes (or what looked like eyes) and
then stared right at me and hurled a barrage of questions about the
world. How big it was, how many people, most important nations. I
answered as best I could but complained after a few minutes of having a
headache. As soon as I did, I was dismissed. This happened every day
(well every 24 hours) for the next several days until yesterday when we
were all summoned and told in no uncertain terms that we were to be
executed as being spies from Earth.

Which is where William came in. He appeared from nowhere and shouted "I
demand an audience under the Shadow Proclaimation!". I have since
discovered that the Shadow Proclaimation is an intergalatic
organisation akin to the British Empire which all alien intelligences
recognise as the ruling body of the universe. Therefore the Selenites
had to agree to hear him and he approached (handing me back my box of
tricks and hugging me). He explained that on Earth, it was usual for a
condemned man to be granted a defence and so saying defended us (and if
I may say so he did a very good job indeed). When it was clear that his
defence wasn't working he decided to up the stakes and started talking
about something called a high gain energy device and explained about a
conversation he had heard detailing a plan to flood the Earth. That's
when things started to happen.

Another Selenite entered and aimed a gun like object straight at us.
William grabbed a nearby rock and threw it causing the Selenite to drop
it and accused him of being the leader of this plan, a plan with the
Chief Selenite was not aware of. "That is treason" announced the Chief
Selenite, "Execute him!" and the Selenite aimed his weapon at William.
Naturally enough Passepartout was all set to attack the Selenite but
from out of nowhere several Selenites surrounded us and we were out
numbered. Realising the danger he was in, William shouted for the box
of tricks but I couldn't throw it to him and the Selenite fired.

Which has left William in the state he is in now. According to his
entry that device is currently increasing William's internal gravity
six times (in other words, he is being crushed to death) and there is
very little anyone can do about it.

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Posted By Harry Hayfield to The Blog of Phileas Fogg: 1883 onwards on
7/26/2009 02:28:00 PM

Received on Sun 26 Jul 2009 - 16:50:35 IDT

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