Transcript: Episode 18
Moongeeks by Dave Guild, Chapter 2, Intelligent Design, copyright 2009/2010 Dave Guild and Characters.
scene: A fireball is floating towards the predetermined splashdown, hovering just inches above the water. // narrative (commentary): And then... // there was splashdown. The fireball extinguished. Setting down at the slack after the ebb, the aliens rode the incoming tide.
narrative (commentary): Eventually arriving on the shores of a coastal lagoon. The signal was given to disembark the ship. // scene: The moon hangs low... the lighthouse on a point of land flashes, the aliens hit the ground running. narrative (commentary): Like a colony of ants, our alien visitors worked throughout the night. In a race against the rising sun and the dawn of a new day, they worked. // scene: The moon hangs low just above the lighthouse, the aliens are unloading freight brought from the moon.
narrative (commentary): When all the cargo was offloaded, when all the birds were on the beach, Major Commander Servo radioed his final command the final call... “Scuttle the ship...” // scene: Matches the narrative.
narrative (commentary): Chavez opened a valve that let in the seawater. It came rushing in filling all the compartments, saturating the entire starship. The Martian alloy mixed with the salty sea brine-- within minutes the entire ship dissolved. Leaving only a trace of mercury to drift away with
the currents and the tides. // scene: A scuba diver swims away from a disturbance sea.
narrative (commentary): As dawn gave way to a new day, a flock of crows was seen disbanding from a lonely beach. Only to re-group in flight, once the last bird was airborne. // scene: A flight crew is directing the alien aviators in their MAVs (micro air vehicles) to take flight.
narrative (commentary): This morning, a squadron of 24 crows piloted by the Fliers of the Bungalow Moon left the north coast of Vancouver Island Canada, coming soon... // ... to a neighborhood near you...