Rise of Weirdness - Part 65

April 23, 2434:

Arab League forces launch peacekeeping forces into Belgrade and Sarajevo, to halt anti-Muslim violence,...

May 28, 2434:

Transformed activist Caecilius Claudius is exiled by the authorities of the Imperium of Nova Roma led by Emperor Hadrian II, earning interstellar condemnation,...

June 15, 2434:

Syrian Zombie Disaster; djinns, ghosts, and zombies form an violent congress of events, causing a massive zombie uprising in Aleppo, sparking civil unrest and panic in the region,....

October 24, 2434:

Iranian leaders announce major territorial concessions from Russia, fueling political tensions in the region,...

June 11, 2435:

In one of the largest hijackings "Lahad Datu" and "Badaadinta Badah" pirates seize control of the luxury vessel Kuala Lumpur in the Antila Pass, near Beta Rigel, fueling civil unrest and panic in the region,.

March 6, 2436:

In an embarrassment to the American government; Mexico conducts "police actions" against criminal syndicates in San Antonio, Texas,....

April 7, 2436:

In a major blow to Texan pride, Mexican forces seize control of Austin, with little to any resistance from local forces,....
Mermaids launch their first attacks against the flooded city of Copenhagen, Denmark, fueling international attention and concern,....

May 17, 2438:

James Jung of Singapore helps to promote the Earthly martial arts to the Offworlder states of Greater Cetus and New Mars,....

May 25, 2438:

Djinn swarm throughout the Bosporous Straits, causing violent mass possessions, civil unrest and riots, sparking tensions across the region, …

June 27, 2439:

Christ for Everyone religious order loses power across Luna in political elections, shaping the religious direction of Luna and the rest of the solar system,...

February 6, 2438:

Golem/droid leader Helen Eight after discovering that human settlers led by Gary Bowen intended to steal land under questionable means to the Earth government,....

August 29, 2442:

Cannabis from Earth, is considered a highly addictive substance, that is highly sought after by many races including the Trealiz, fueling tensions between Earth and Offworlder states,...

July 17, 2445:

Werewolves launch an armed insurrection against the Earth government at Devil's River, Texas,

June 15, 2447:

Golem/droid Droid-Force janissary force led by General One is disbanded by the Earth government in San Francisco,...

December 31, 2437:

Earth government officials bans gambling in (insert place here), angering Offworlder leaders,...

August 14, 2448:

Transport vessel Polaris Bound reports nearly being destroyed after encountering a creature dubbed Space-Kraken in the vacuum of space in the Ort Cloud of Aldebaran, shocking local residents,.....

February 9, 2449:

After years without elections, Dioclitian Augustus proclaims a Imperium of Nova Roma as a republic,...

May 29, 2455:

Riots erupt in Lauranne, State of Aphrodite, triggered by growing food and energy shortages, Archoness Petrina Jameson blames Earth government corruption,.

July 5, 2453:

Larry Neverton discovers deposits of "Orichalcum" crystal in the asteroid belt of Pi-3 Orionis System, fueling concerns by Golem/droid leaders led by Helen Eight that human settlers will attempt to overthrow their government,....

June 28, 2454:

Johannes Volta of New Florence devises the basic laws of magic, as one of the greatest scholars since Stephen Hawking,...

February 20, 2456:

Tralitz alien species announces the abolition of slavery and organ trade of human beings, although racism and violence continues to persist against the human species,...

July 1, 2458:

Singularity Movement (a.k.a. "Darwinist Underground" is formed in Cambridge, England with the call to "express technological singularity" as a "macro-biological movement”

March 26, 2459:

Earth and Commonwealth of Interstellar States government and military officials report seeing a "rogue planet" near Mercury, fueling civil unrest across the solar system,

November 6, 2460:

Trealitz alien race threatens the destruction of the Centauri homeworld in an effort to create an interstellar gate to Large Magellanic Cloud,...

March 17, 2461:

Vespasian Aurelius is proclaimed emperor of the Imperium of Nova Roma, sparking international attention,

December 14, 2463:

Werewolf Manuel Blanco of Ceuta, Spain launches an armed insurrection, claiming solidarity with the State of Aphrodite,....

March 21, 2464:

Followers of Islamic fundamentalist cleric Bilal al-Badie disappear after preaching of a "Great Rapture" event in Georgetown, Guyana,...

October 14, 2467:

Japanese officials proclaim the end of the Imperial Court in Tokyo, sparking political and sectarian instability in the region,...

December 9, 2467:

"Collapse" of the "Restoration" Shinto government in Tokyo, sparking international attention across the Pacific Rim,

April 13, 2468:

British Prime Minister Edward Simmons commits suicide upon hearing of Ethiopian peacekeeping forces being deployed into London, sparking international attention,....

July 1, 2468

A majority of Humanity, whether Bland or Transformed, lives more than 9000 light years from Sol/Arbol.

December 4, 2469:

Parliament of Religions is established in Mumbai, India, led by faith leaders including Pope Francis III, the 30^th Dalai Lama and Emperor Mishu, in an effort to reduce the threat of sectarian violence across human-inhabited space,....

December 8, 2469:

Council of Lucinda; Aphrodite leaders led by Madison Allen gathers leaders of all pagan denominations at Lucinda...

June 12, 2470:

Earth's government reports that due to war, depression, et. Al, the economy accounts for 9.2% of Human-occupied space,...

July 18, 2470:

Religious leader Charis Rose Ballingal of Duaspiritism proclaims infallibility at Alderamin City, Alderamin VI, further fueling political and sectarian divisions across human-inhabited space,.

Aphrodite leaders including Susan Albertson proclaim the "maternal infallibility" of its leaders at Harriet, Aphrodite,...

October 16, 2470:

Mermaids demand autonomy and represenation in the Earth government, appearing in Vancouver to Victoria, fueling Human-Transformed tensions,...

July 8, 2476:

Secret Treaty of Salvatore; The planet Salvatore and its people are divided between the Offworlder states of New Aphrodite, Republic of Vulpes and the Dwarven Republic of Novogrod, based on the possible outcome of several revolutions, sparking international attention and concern

January 11, 2479:

Human settlers led by Lana Neverton launch an armed offensive against the Golem/droid government of Helen Eight, calling for Earth government support; the offer of military aid is quickly rejected,....

July 14, 2480:

Prometheus Disaster; The collision of two artificial suns colliding in the Oort Cloud disrupts mystical energies across the outer solar system, triggering a humanitarian crisis,..

June 8, 2481:

Mermaids seize control of the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, fueling Human-Transformed tensions across the Continent,.

April 13 2486:

"Reggie-13" leads an armed insurrection against Earth government stationed at Mount Doom, under the command of General Satya Pal,...

April 30, 2485:

Scientists in Damascus, Syria demonstrate that cannabis-infused potions serve as an immunity to djinn, sparking international attention,

October 24, 2485:

A Promise of a Rainbow alien VR experience by Vel'cha M'rton, helps to publicize and promote the plight of human beings across inhabited spaceespecially Star Gypsies, granting them a more positive light,

December 14, 2488:

Violet Ball establishes the Commonwealth Martial Arts Academy, considered one of the most important schools in inhabited space,....

April 26, 2490:

Local officials report dragons in Tombstone, Arizona, fueling tensions across North America,

October 24, 2491:

Treatise of Damascus; Islamic clerics led by Abdul Kalam Azad calls for greater acceptance of Transformed, while attempting to reject Offworlder philosophies,.

October 31, 2494:

Ford Affair; Defense Minister Jonathan B. Ford of Saint Thomas, Missouri is exposed as a Golem/droid, fueling accusations of being a spy for Aphrodite or Crichton,

April 8, 2495:

"Aragon-29" bombs the Legislature at Gryffindor, demanding an end to "Human Occupation" fueling anti-Earth sentiment in the region,...

September 17, 2495:

Ethiopian troops are deployed as peacekeeping forces into Italy, fueling ethnic and sectarian concerns across Western Europe,....

October 2, 2497:

Canudos Zombie Uprising; Zombies launch a violent uprising in Canudos, Brazil; the zombies are slowed down by decay and by the problem of tropical heat, sparking international attention,....

March 23, 2498:

"Willow-57" and "Harry-96" are implicated in acts of terrorism against human settlements, and are subsequently executed at Sitchin Rock.

March 25, 2498

A group of Golems and Droids flee Crighton, heading out of known space.

March 28, 2498

The General Assembly declares that the Ort Cloud had recovered from the Prometheus Disaster.

April 1, 2498

More Golems leave Chrighton, heading in a different direction to the other group.

April 24, 2498:

Arab League and Iranian forces clash with the Russian government, fueling fears of an escalating military and political crisis,.

Samoa Scandal; Samoa is bankrupted after a series of loans by the Earth government in San Francisco,...

June 15, 2500:

Earth's government reports that the economy has plunged to c. 2.0% of the overall Human-occupied space,...

July 1, 2500

A third group of Golem and/or droids flee from the Pi 3 Orionis System (in a third direction.)

Rise of Weirdness - Part 64

January 1, 2401

On a world on the edge of the Galaxy, a teenager stumbles across an artefact. It activates, displaying locations in the Magellanic Clouds...

January 2, 2401

Lana Trevors, who discovered the holographic map to the Magellanic Clouds, shows it to her history teacher...

January 3, 2401

Frederick Brown (Lana's history teacher), examines the holographic map again...

January 4, 2401

New Tuacan is rocked by the discovery of the Extragalactic map...

January 5, 2401

Lana returns to the place where she discovered the holographic map, but she doesn't find anything else.

January 6, 2401

News of the discovery leaves New Tuacan...

February 15, 2401

CHUDs are again reported in Coober Pedy, South Australia...

March 16, 2401

Atlantean Artefacts are found in orbit of Polaris...

April 12, 2401:

Christ for Everyone religious order led by Timothy Sanders takes control of life in the Lunar colonies, fueling paranoia and suspicion by Earth government officials,....

May 17, 2401

The CHUD presence in Coober Pedy is defeated by a Commonwealth expeditionary force.

June 18, 2401

The Commonwealth Council, once again, discusses whether they should pass a resolution to send peacekeeping forces to particularly chaotic member planets (such as, Earth...).

March 11, 2402:

(insert name here) successfully translates the (insert name here) artifact, revealing some disturbing truths about the human race, and the nature of magic in the known solar system,.

July 16, 2403

A 'Ghost Eruption' begins on Centauri...

July 17, 2404

Atlantean artefacts are found on Nova Roma...

July 18, 2505:

Maji Maji Rebellion; Matumbi and Ngoni tribes unleash a zombie uprising against the government at Lake Tanganyika,

September 23, 2405:

Members of the "Lahad Datu" pirates launch a series of raids, targeting the cargo vessels and Offworlder colonies in the region, fueling concern,...

March 20, 2409:

Mary Bateman (a.k.a. "the Yorkshire Witch") of Yorkshire, England launches several mystical terrorist attacks, claiming solidarity with the State of Aphrodite,...

June 23, 2409:

Rain of frogs erupts in Poitiers, France, fueling religious fervor and concern , throughout the region

October 7, 2409:

Franco-German Zombie Uprising; zombies launch a massive uprising in Carniola, causing fighting to erupt along the Franco-German border region,.....

November 25, 2409:

Benjamin Bathurst appears in Perleberg, Germany, with no recollection of events since 1809,

September 16, 2410 :

Government in Mexico City, calls for a secular uprising against the Vatican City, citing its religious policies, sparking international controversy,.....

September 28, 2410:

Mexican government proclaims independence from "Christian fundamentalist rule" in Mexico City, sparking international attention across the hemisphere,....

January 19, 2414:

Rise of Japanese nationalism under Kurozumi Omikami, sparks international attention and concern across the Pacific Rim,...

September 11, 2416:

Battle of Tblisi; Iranian forces announce the liberation of Tblisi, Georgia, fueling political tensions in the region,...

June 10, 2417

The Imperium of Nova Roma releases a declaration that the Kai-Mulrat had been driven out of the Samothrace system.

December 11, 2418:

Cor Caroli Declaration; Pirate clans led by Jason Pidgeon proclaim a "honour among thieves" code, outlining their territorial claims over inhabited space at Cor Caroli, sparking international attention,.....

November 2, 2419:

Human blood rains on Blankenberge, Belgium, fueling religious fervor and concern across the region,...

July 18, 2420:

Government officials report the discovery of an Atlantean city underneath the ice in Western Greenland, fuelinf civil unrest and panic,...

July 15, 2425:

Dragons are reported by local officials in Halifax, Nova Scotia, fueling tensions along the Atlantic Seaboard,...

November 5, 2425:

"Badaadinta Badah" pirates launch attacks on cargo vessels and luxury cruiseliners, targeting Offworlder colonies and vessels,..

December 14, 2425:

Novgorod Riots; Russian nationalists led by Colonel Timur Steiner launch an armed uprising "in defense of the Constitution... “

December 17, 2426:

Poitiers Riots; Riots and religious fervor erupt in Poitiers, France after the appearance of a cross is seen in the sky by people across the region,

March 4, 2427:

(insert name here) alien species of (insert place here) led by (insert name here) allow humans to play soccer,

May 26, 2428:

Werewolf Kaspar Hauser leads an armed uprising against the government in Nuremberg, Germany, fueling tensions in the region,...

August 28, 2428:

Thai forces launch an offensive into Laos, fueling civil unrest and violence in the region,....

April 6, 2430:

(insert name here) of (insert place here) publishes the (insert title here) religious text, proclaiming divine inspiration by angels to write the piece,...


September 22, 2432:

Yeti forces led by Seh Aymibatla proclaim the "divine protection" of the "Kingdom of Shambalha" in the Himalaya, sparking political tensions within the region,....

November 18-22, 2432:

Pirate Captain Le Xuan Thanh launches a series of pirate attacks against the Imperium of Nova Roma, exploiting the brittle nature of their military blockades to various worlds,....

November 23, 2430:

Nashira Mafia proclaims a declaration of war against the pirates at New Palermo, Nashira Prime, escalating the violence in the region,..

March 20, 2433:

American economists warn of the threat posed by "Thai corporate conglomerates", after a trade alliance is established in Ayuthatta,...

Daria and the Flynn Fletchers - Daria in Danville - Part 1

Daria and the Flynn-Fletchers – Daria in Danville

Part 1 Flynn at 1111 Glen Oak

Lawndale, Wisconsin, United States of America

July 12, 2004

Candace Flynn looked at the red brick house in trepidation. Although she lived in Danville, 5 miles away across the Mississippi in Minnesota, she went to Lawndale High School. As such she knew the reputations of the two teens that lived at this house. She sighed. She had to do this! She shuddered as she thought of the contraption that Phineas and Ferb would be building and using in her absence!

She walked up to the front door and rang the doorbell.

A middle-aged woman opened the door. “Hello?” she asked.

“Hi, Mrs Morgendorffer, is Daria home?” Candace asked.

“She is in her room with Jane. It is good for her to have another friend,” Helen Morgendorffer said.

“Oh, I am not her friend,” Candace said. At Helen’s concerned look she added. “I am here to ask her for help with an issue I have.”

“Oh, what kind of issue?” Helen asked.

“Can I just see her?” Candace asked. She knew that Mrs Morgendorffer was a lawyer, whom worked for Vitale, et al; a law firm that she heard was involved in mysterious dealings...

“Oh alright, her room is upstairs, to the right and then the last door on the left,” Helen said.

“Thanks, Mrs Morgendorffer,” Candace said as she started up the stairs. She could hear a sigh behind her.

Once on the second floor, Candace looked around cautiously. She turned right into the hallway running on the east side of the house. She could hear a girl talking on a phone in one of the rooms. She started walking along the hallway.

“...No Stacy, I don’t know where Sandi is. Why don’t you ask Tiffany? Oh, you already did? Maybe you could try her house again...”

‘That’s Quinn. I don’t want to meet her,’ Candace thought. She didn’t like the Fashion Club, Sandi in particular just rubbed her the wrong way. She jogged past the door to Quinn’s bedroom, sliding up to the door to Daria’s room. The door was open a crack so she pushed it open.

“Who is this?” someone asked. But it wasn’t Daria. It was Jane Lane.

‘Of course she would be here,’ Candace thought. She looked at the room. ‘Why would she have padded walls in her room?’ “Candace Flynn.”

“I know who you are.” Daria stood up from where she had been sitting on the bed.

‘She is shorter than I thought,’ Candace thought. “Daria, I need your help.”

“Say that again?” Jane asked.

“I need your help!” Candace said.

“Let me guess. You want me to help you ‘bust’ your brother and stepbrother?” Daria asked. Candace got down on her knees.

“Oh yes! Please, yes!”

Daria and Jane looked at each other. “I will help you today, and maybe tomorrow, depending on how today goes,” Daria said.

“Thanks. Let’s go,” Candace said.

“You realise that you are actually participating in something,” Jane said, with a look at her friend.

“It will give me something to write about, and give you inspiration for sketches,” Daria said.

“Good point,” Jane said.

A few minutes later they were outside.

“Is your mom always like that?” Candace asked, once the door was closed.

“Mostly,” Daria said.

“Candace? How are we actually getting to your house?” Jane asked, noting a distinct lack of a car at the kerb.

“Oh, I got a taxi cab over here. I thought that either of you would be able to drive,” Candace said.

Jane looked at Daria. “I guess we will have to get Trent to drive us over to Danville.”

Daria blushed “If he’s awake,” she said. Candace noticed the blush.

‘I guess she likes this ‘Trent’ the way I like Jeremy,’ she thought. “Ok, let’s go! Before we lose too much time,” she said.

“My house is a few blocks away,” Jane said.

‘I guess he is her brother,’ Candace thought as she followed Daria and Jane away from the Morgendorffer’s house.

Lawndale and Sandi Griffin's Genie - Chapter 1 - Part 2

“These are new,” Jean said, as she looked at the computers.

“Were not there any computers the last time you were out of the Emerald?” Sandi asked. She was wondering how long Jean had been in there. 'Long enough for these computers to be surprise,' she thought.

“They did exist, but they weren't advanced enough to be used as a cataloguing system in a High School library.” She looked to be in awe at the advancement of technology.

“Interesting,” Sandi stated. She then wondered how they could be easier used. She decided that voice recognition would be interesting to have: At least that is what it is called in those shows that Stacy watches,’ she thought. She grabbed the emerald, which was on a necklace that she was wearing. ‘Good thing that its green matches that of my eyes.’

“I wish that the computers in the school will be able to be controlled by voice, and that they would have the components necessary for that to work,” she said.

“This will take a few moments,” Jean said. She closed her eyes and concentrated as she and the emerald scanned all the computers in the school. (She had been aware of them earlier after Sandi had wished for her to be on the enrolment records, but now she needed to understand them better.)

After scanning the hardware and the software of every computer in the school and then understanding all of them, she was ready.  She granted Sandi’s wish. A barely visible ripple emanated out from Jean and the emerald, carrying the wish granting sound with it. As it struck each computer in the school it changed them, giving them microphones, speakers and voice recognition software compatible with the operating system that the particular computers were running.

Where there wasn’t enough hard drive space, the wave increased the capacity of the drive to compensate. All the computers in the school were affected, from the more recent Pentium II’s running Windows 98 and iMacs running MacOS 8.5, through to the 386’s running Windows 3.11 and Macintosh II’s running System 7.5. Jean also placed some ‘Easter Eggs’ on many of the computers...

“The wish is granted,” Jean said, once the conversion processes were complete.

“I would have thought that it would have been quicker,” Sandi said.

“The bigger the wish, the longer it takes to be completed,” Jean said. Sandi gave this some thought. “I suppose so,” she said. She lead Jean over to the closest of the cataloguing computers.

“Catalogue: Like, show me the listings for any books containing information on genie legends,” she said. After a few seconds the database software returned Sandi’s query. There were 3 books.

“Cool,” she said. She took out a notepad from her purse and wrote down the Dewey Decimal numbers that had come up.

“Let’s go,” she said to Jean as she went towards the first relevant section of the bookshelves.

However, Sandi did not know that the School Librarian, Michaela Daniels, had seen and heard everything after her wish for the computers to be able to be controlled by voice.

As Sandi and Jean walked into the midst of the non-fiction section she ran what happened through her mind. Sandi’s wish, Jean’s response and gesture, the wish granting noise, the ripple carrying the wish granting noise, a different noise coming from the computers in the library as they were altered and Sandi ordering books via voice... She came to the conclusion that Jean was a genie (though she still didn’t know her name).

Meanwhile at the front of the school, Stacy Rowe and Tiffany Blum-Deckler had arrived. “Whe-ere’s Sand-di?” Tiffany asked after a minute of looking for her.

“I don’t know,” Stacy said. ‘Maybe she is late,’ she thought. Tiffany reached into her handbag and took out her cell phone.

“Tooo bad Sand-di doesn’t ha-ave her own Ce-ell Pho-one,” Tiffany said.

“You could try her house,” Stacy said.

“Oh Yeaaah,” Tiffany said, as she dialled the Griffin’s home phone number.

“Hello; you have reached the Griffin’s Residence, we are not at home now. Would you please leave a message,” came the recording of Linda’s voice from the Griffin’s answering machine.

Stacy looked at Tiffany. “We will wait for Quinn. She will know what to do,” she said.

“Oh Yeaaah,” Tiffany said. She placed her cell phone back into her handbag and took out a mirror. Stacy sighed.

Back in the library Sandi was talking to Elias Howarth, whom she had dated a couple of times.

“...Like, I am looking for a book for class. Mr DeMartino gave me a C on my last test. My Mom insists that I keep a B average,” Sandi said after Elias had asked why Sandi was in the library. ‘And most of it is true,’ Sandi mused. Linda did insist that she had moderately good grades and Mr DeMartino had given her a C on her last test.

“That is fine, Sandi. It’s not like you’re a brain, like a certain Junior I have often run into,” Elias said.

‘While dating Quinn no doubt,’ Sandi thought.

“Anyway, who is this new friend?” Elias asked.

“Hi Elias. I am Jean Jenner. I am on exchange from Britain, staying with the Griffins. It seems that I have picked up the American accent well.”

“Interesting. If you are available at Recess I would like to find out more,” Elias said.

“Sure,” Jean said. Elias said goodbye to Sandi and left.

“He is a little geeky, but, like, his cuteness makes up for that geekiness,” Sandi said. She then found the first of the books that she was looking for. She grabbed it from the bookshelf...

Meanwhile Quinn Morgendorffer had arrived at school. She had walked up to Stacy and Tiffany and asked; “Where’s Sandi?”

“We-e Dooon’t knooow,” Tiffany said.

“I thought that maybe you would know,” Stacy said. Quinn thought for a few seconds.

“Something may have come up. I am sure that we’ll see in her in class,” she said.

“Oh Yeaaah.”

“That is a good idea, Quinn,” Stacy said. The three friends then went into the school.

Michaela had gone to the CD-ROM reference computer and had started to use the voice recognition software. Elias noticed her and went over to her. He was quite sure that even if voice recognition software existed that the school wouldn’t be able to afford it. “Since when do we have computers with voice recognition software?” he asked, the curiosity showing in his voice.

“I am as confused as you are,” Michaela said.

“Really?” Elias asked, surprised that the librarian would admit that.

“You have met Sandi’s new friend?” Michaela asked. Elias nodded in the affirmative and she continued, “She could be some kind of genie. I think I heard Sandi wish for the computers to change.” She also explained Jean’s body language and the strange sounds.

“That is only a possibility. There could be others,” Elias said. He was uncertain. A genie could explain at lot of things. “I will investigate Jean, that is the name that she gave me, and I’ll get back to you,” he continued.

“That would be a good idea,” Michaela said. Elias went over to the Cataloguing computers.

Ted Dewitt-Clinton was already at the cataloguing computers, looking something up. Elias could see that Sandi and Jean were out of sight, somewhere in a distant corner of the library. He decided to tell Ted the librarian’s suspicions.

“Ted? Have you seen Sandi Griffin this morning?” he asked.

“Why do you ask?” Ted asked, curiously.

“She had this person with her. It wasn’t one of her usual Fashion Club friends,” Elias said.

“Yes. I did see her and someone else enter the library earlier,” Ted said.

“Anyway, Ted, Mrs Daniels thinks that that person is a genie,” Elias said, hoping that Ted did know what a genie was.

“You mean a genie like one in the old Arabian tales, or like the more recent Disneyfied versions? Why would she think that?” Ted mused.

“The computers in the library can suddenly respond to voice commands,” Elias said to Ted. Then to the computer “Computer: List all works by JRR Tolkien.”

Ted gave Elias a dubious look as he gave his answer but then he looked at the screen.

AUTHOR SEARCH: JRR Tolkien

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring TOLK 5 copies

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers TOLK 5 copies

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King TOLK 5 copies

Lord of the Rings: Omnibus Edition TOLK 4 copies

The Hobbit TOLK 6 copies

The Silmarillion TOLK 2 copies

The Unfinished Tales TOLK 1 copy

“Amazing!” Ted said, more at the computer having voice recognition software, rather than the school having multiple copies of most of the Middle Earth Legendarium, although he appreciated the latter too.

“See?” Elias asked. He already knew that the library had multiple copies of LOTR.

“Ok. Possibly, I will look into it,” Ted said, thinking that there could be other reasons why the computers suddenly had voice recognition software.

“Cool. I will do so as well, but we have to be discrete about it,” Elias said.

“No problem there,” Ted said. Then the bell rang. They quickly left the library, not knowing that Sandi had heard most of their conversation.

“Gee, Jean, I hope that they will not, like, confirm their suspicions,” she said.

“You could have made a subtler wish,” Jean said. Sandi placed the book she had been reading down next to the cataloguing computer, glancing at the Tolkien list.

“Maybe, but now I have lost track of time. Quinn could be turning Stacy and Tiffany against me,” Sandi said.

“In fifteen minutes?” Jean asked as they left the library.

“You don’t know Quinn! Let’s go to homeroom. You did put yourself into my homeroom didn’t you?” Sandi asked.

“Yes, of course I did,” Jean said. They went towards the building in which their homeroom was...