Title: Crossed
Series: Picnic six
Writer: P E Leody
SYNOPIS:
PART 1
Caption: CUNIVERSE LISTENS
Caption: CUNIVERSE CARES
Caption: CUNIVERSE DELIVERS
Caption: WHY SHOULD YOU VOTE?
Caption: BECAUSE IT'S YOUR UNIVERSE AS MUCH AS IT'S ANYONE'S
PART 2
Caption: CUNIVERSE HAS LISTENED TO YOUR REQUESTS
Caption: CUNIVERSE CARES WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU. SPECIFICALLY YOU
Caption: CUNIVERSE DELIVERS YOU TO YOUR DESTINY
Caption: VOTE FOR WHOEVER YOU WANT BUT PLEASE VOTE, IT'S WHAT YOU WANTED
PART 3
COMMANDER: AMWHIST?
AMWHIST: SIR
COMMANDER: AMWHIST, I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR AN HOUR. HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE POLLS?
AMWHIST: YES SIR
COMMANDER: CAST YOUR VOTE
AMWHIST: NO SIR, BEEN TAKING DOWN THE NAMES OF VOTERS
COMMANDER: SO THEY DON'T VOTE TWICE?
AMWHIST: SO THEY NEVER VOTE AGAIN
PART 4
COMMANDER: VERY LOYAL OF YOU TO SUPPORT CUNIVERSE
AMWHIST: MY LOYALTY IS NEVER IN QUESTION SIR
COMMANDER: THIS IS NOT TEST OF LOYALTY, YOU MAY VOTE FOR WHOMEVER YOU WISH
AMWHIST: I DON'T NEED A CHOICE, I WILL ALWAYS VOTE FOR CUNIVERSE
COMMANDER: GO WILD VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE WITH THE BLUEST EYES
AMWHIST: MAM, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM
PART 5
TATE: THIS BETTER BE IMPORTANT YOU ARE STOPPING ME FROM VOTING
AMWHIST: MAM, THE COMMANDER IS SUGGESTING I DO NOT VOTE FOR CUNIVERSE
TATE: THAT IS A CRIME
AMWHIST: I'LL HAVE HIM DETAINED
TATE: WHY, YOU'VE NOT GOT A WEAK MIND YOU CAN RESIST HIS SUGGESTIONS. GO
AMWHIST: MAM?
TATE: GO WILD VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE WITH THE BLUEST EYES
PART 6
COMMANDER: ARMED GUARDS TO ESCORT ME TO THE POLLING BOOTH
AMWHIST: NO SIR TO ARREST YOU
COMMANDER: CAN I VOTE FIRST? IT IS NOW MY RIGHT
AMWHIST: SIR WE HAVE THE SERVICE. VOTING IS THE MOST LUDICROUS...
TATE: AMWHIST REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO, A VOTE IS NOT A LICENSE TO CRITICISE YOUR SUPERIORS DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CASE MINE
PART 7
CANDIDATE: I HAVE LIVED ON THIS PLANET MY WHOLE LIFE
CANDIDATE: I HAVE RAISED MY FAMILY ON THIS SOIL
CANDIDATE: I WISH FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN TO RUN FREE THROUGH THESE FORESTS
CANDIDATE: A VOTE FOR ME IS A VOTE FOR YOU, A VOTE FOR US, AND A VOTE FOR THEM
DROITE: WHAT YOU WATCHING MEUTH?
MEUTH: ITS EITHER A CUNIVERSE MINI SERIES OR A CURE FOR INSOMNIA
PART 8
DROITE: NO THAT'S THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE FROM BARBERTO
MEUTH: A PLAGUE OF BOILS IS MORE POPULAR CUNIVERSE
DROITE: NO NOT ON BARBERTO, THEY ARE TOP TIER, THEY LEAVE IT ALONE
MEUTH: WITH NICE CUT OF THE PROFITS
DROITE: NOT AFTER THE ELECTION
PART 9
MEUTH: AND THE SERVICE'LL NOT INTERFERE WHEN THEY ARE SQUEEZED OUT
DROITE: NOT A LOT THEY CAN DO THAT DEMOCRACY
MEUTH: THAT'S AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN
DROITE: WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
MEUTH: TO GET WRIGHT WE MUST PROTECT THE CANDIDATE
DRIOTE: AND THEIR PROFITS
MEUTH: WELL..
PART 10
MEUTH: NISH? WHERE'S WRIGHT I CAN NOT LOCATE HIM
NISH: WRIGHT'S CURRENT LOCATION IS... UNKNOWN
MEUTH: WHAT ABOUT GAUCHE?
NISH: GAUCHE IS CURRENTLY..UNOBTAINABLE
PART 11
MEUTH: I PRESUME THEY ARE BOTH OFF VOTING, BUT GAUCHE WON'T ADMIT HE'S PUT HIS FAITH IN DEMOCRACY
NISH: IN ORDER TO VOTE YOU MUST HAVE BIOMETRICS REGISTERED ON A PLANET
MEUTH: SO BASICALLY WRIGHT IS WALKING INTO A TRAP
DROITE: A TRAP? WHERE'S YOUR FAITH IN DEMOCRACY
MEUTH: WITH GAUCHE.. UNOBTAINABLE
PART 12
DROITE: THE BARBERTO CANDIDATE HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES
MEUTH: NOW I'D VOTE FOR HIM
DROITE: COME ON WE'VE GOT TO GO
MEUTH: YEAH WRIGHT'S NEED ME TO BAIL HIM OUT AGAIN
DROITE: NOT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO FIND THE TRUTH ABOUT THE EMBEZZLEMENT
PART 13
Caption: CUNIVERSE STRONGHOLD ON THE PLANET BARBERTO
Caption: SOLE OCCUPANT THE CANDIDATE OPPOSING THEM IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS
Caption: PEOPLES FAVOURITE, BOOKIES FAVOURITE, A SHOE IN
Caption: NOW AN EMBEZZLER AND A LOCK IN
PART 14
Caption: THE GROVE KEEPS A DARK ORBIT AROUND BARBERTO
Caption: DROITE AND MEUTH CLOAK TO THE CUNIVERSE STRONGHOLD
Caption: THE PAIR ON A MISSION BREACH THE SECURITY AND END UP FACE TO FACE WITH THE NEW HOPE OF DEMOCRACY
CANDIDATE: I DON'T GIVE REFUNDS
PART 15
MEUTH: THIS EMBEZZLING CHARGE
CANDIDATE: ITS A TRUMPED UP CHARGE
MEUTH: NO COME ON WE WON'T TELL
CANDIDATE: I POSED A THREAT TO CUNIVERSE
MEUTH: WE'RE NOT INTERESTED, THE MONEY INTERESTS ME.. ERHH YOU
CANDIDATE: THERE IS NO MONEY
MEUTH: UNDERSTAND TOTALLY, BUT YOU WANNA BE THINKING, FOR A PRICE WE'LL GET YOU AND YOUR BUNDLE OUTTA HERE
PART 16
CANDIDATE: YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON DEMOCRACY
MEUTH: THEN I'LL DO IT FOR YOU 50% OF YOUR STASH
CANDIDATE: NO I STAY, THE TRUTH WILL OUT
MEUTH: THE TRUTH WILL DO WHATEVER CUNIVERSE TELL IT TO DO
CANDIDATE: YOU HAVE NO FAITH MY DEAR FRIEND
MEUTH: FRIENDSHIP COSTS AND HERE IS WHERE YOU START PAYING FOR IT
PART 17
DROITE: THE NEWS... THEY'RE FOUND THE MONEY TRAIL AND
MEUTH: WHAT, WHERE?
DROITE: THEY ARE APPEALING FOR IMMEDIATE SENTENCING WITH THE MAXIMUM PENALTY
MEUTH: THAT'S NOT A SLAP ON THE WRIST AND THE MONEY BACK?
DROITE: NO HEAD MOUNTED ON A HUGE STAKE
PART 18
MEUTH: LETS GO, WE'LL REBUILD YOUR WAR CHEST
DROITE: HE'S NOT COMING
MEUTH: HOW DO YOU KNOW
DROITE: HE'LL DIE FIRST, HE'S A FANATIC, THE GROVE'S FULL OF THEM
MEUTH: SOMETIMES I THINK I'M THE ONLY SANE ONE THERE
DROITE: WHEN THE REST OF US ARE ON HOLIDAY
PART 19
NISH: THERE IS NO REASON WHY THE CANDIDATE SHOULD DIE
MEUTH: APART FROM CUNIVERSE JUSTICE AND IGNORING HIS RESCUERS
DROITE: MAYBE YOU PUT TOO HIGHER PRICE ON OUR SERVICES
MEUTH: IT JUST REFLECTED THE RISK AND THE USE OF EQUIPMENT
DROITE: BUT THE LABOUR CHARGE KILLED IT
PART 20
NISH: IN ORDER THAT THE VOTING PROCESS IS VALIDATED, THE CANDIDATE SHOULD STAND
MEUTH: HOW DO WE GET HIM TO STAND
NISH: YOU CAN NOT, HOWEVER YOU CAN GET HIM TO STAND
MEUTH: ARE YOU IN EXPERT MODE AGAIN?
NISH: I HAVE TO OCCASIONALLY DUMB DOWN TO TALK TO YOU
PART 21
NISH: YOU CAN BE HIM, TO STAND
MEUTH: BUT YOU JUST SAID WE COULDN'T
NISH: YOU CAN', HOWEVER YOU CAN
MEUTH: NO, NO, NOT AGAIN
DROITE: IT OBVIOUS ISN'T IT?
MEUTH: ERHH
DROITE: WE AS IN YOU AND ME CAN'T, BUT WE AS IN THE GROVE CAN
PART 22
MEUTH: NO
DROITE: YES
MEUTH: PLEASE NISH TELL ME IT'S NOT SO
NISH: YES
MEUTH: YES IT'S NOT SO, OR YES AS THE OPPOSITION TO MY NOSE
NISH: BOTH OR EITHER
MEUTH: OK I GIVE IN WE NEED HIS HELP, WHERE IS HE, WHERE'S GAUCHE
PART 23
NISH: GAUCHE IS UNOBTAINABLE
MEUTH: MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, MATTER OF POLITICAL HISTORY, MATTER OF ME ASKING YOU
NISH: GAUCHE IS UNOBTAINABLE
DROITE: NISH FOR ME PLEASE
NISH: GAUCHE IS UNOBTAINABLE
MEUTH: WRIGHT, NO FORGET IT I'LL DO IT MYSELF
PART 24
DROITE: YOUR GOING TO STAND AS A CANDIDATE IN THE ELECTION ON BARBERTO
MEUTH: I'LL RIDE ON THE BACK OF THE POPULAR CANDIDATE'S FALSE IMPRISONMENT
DROITE: AND CARRY HIS WAR CHEST ON YOUR BACK
MEUTH: EXPENSIVE BUSINESS POLITICS
DROITE: ONLY IF IT GOES TO MY HEAD
MEUTH: NOT ME AS SOON AS SEE THE COLOUR OF THE MONEY WE'RE OUT OF HERE
PART 25
Caption: WELL OUT OF THE REACH OF THIS POLITICS
WAITER: EXCUSE SIR, THE LADY AT THE BAR WISHES YOU TO JOIN HER IN A COCKTAIL
GAUCHE: THAT'S NO LADY
PART 26
GAUCHE: WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?
DROITE: WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?
GAUCHE: I WAS HERE FIRST
DROITE: AND WHERE EXACTLY IS HERE?
GAUCHE: THE BROCHURE SAYS IT HAS AN EXCLUSIVE CLIENTELE, DO GOODERS ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN
DROITE: WELL ENJOY IT WE MAY JUST GET YOU KICKED OUT
PART 27
GAUCHE: SO YOU WANT ME TO APPEAL TO A IMPRISONED POLITICAL CANDIDATE, WHOSE GUILT IS NOT YET PROVEN
DROITE: SERIOUS HE'S CLEAN, CUNIVERSE HAS FRAMED HIM
GAUCHE: I STAND UNCORRECTED, ANYWAY THIS IS MORE WRIGHT'S BAG THAN MINE
DROITE: THOUGH THE END ARE JUST THE MEANS ISN'T
PART 28
GAUCHE: OK I'LL DO IT
DROITE: WHY
GAUCHE: BECAUSE YOU ASKED NICELY. BUT I DO NEED YOU TO BE MY ALIBI TO THIS DEED
DROITE: SURE YOU NEVER WENT NEAR THE PRISONER
GAUCHE: YES, I DID YOU'RE MY ALIBI FOR WHAT'S ABOUT TO GO OFF HERE
PART 29
CANDIDATE: HOW DID YOU GET IN
GAUCHE: ENEMIES IN THE WRONG PLACES
CANDIDATE: WHAT EVER YOUR SELLING I'M NOT INTERESTING
GAUCHE: FAIR ENOUGH
CANDIDATE: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY MIND
GAUCHE: POLITICIANS CHANGING MINDS, UNHEARD OF
PART 30
DROITE: THAT'S WAS QUICK
GAUCHE: YES
DROITE: HE AGREED
GAUCHE: YES I WAS QUICK, NO HE DID NOT AGREE
DROITE: I THINK WE BETTER LEAVE THEY'RE MIGHT PISSED AT SOMETHING HERE
GAUCHE: GOOD JOB I HAVE AN ALIBI THEN
PART 31
MEUTH: SO THAT'S THAT THEN
DROITE: NO WE CAN STILL FIGHT THEM
MEUTH: WITHOUT WRIGHT
DROITE: YES WITHOUT WRIGHT, WITHOUT ANY OF US UNTIL THERE IS NO MORE LEFT TO TAKE UP THE FIGHT
PART 32
DROITE: SO WE'LL GO WITH YOU IMPERSONATING THE CANDIDATE. WHEN HE WINS WE GET YOU TO PARDON HIM, AND WE'LL DO THE SWAP
MEUTH: EVEN MY CHARM CAN'T SWING A MAJORITY THAT IS CURRENTLY PROSPERING UNDER THE OPPOSITION
DROITE: WRIGHT WOULD
GAUCHE: NOT THIS TIME, BUT I CAN
PART 33
MEUTH: YOU BEEN OUT IN THE SUN? DIRECT CONFRONTATION WITH THE SERVICE, DABBLING IN POLITICS, STANDING UP FOR THE GOOD GUYS
GAUCHE: SO I TAKE IT YOU'RE IN
MEUTH: DO BIPEDS DEFECATE IN PORCELAIN, I CANT MISS THIS
PART 34
AMWHIST: SIR?
COMMANDER: YES AMWHIST
AMWHIST: THE ROGUE UNIT HAS REQUESTED A MEETING
COMMANDER: HAS TATE BEEN INFORMED?
AMWHIST: ERHH
COMMANDER: DOESN'T MATTER WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT HER
AMWHIST: SHE HAS A SENSE ABOUT THESE THINGS SHE LEFT BEFORE I BECAME AWARE OF FIT
PART 35
GAUCHE: TATE
TATE: GAUCHE, YOU'VE BEEN OUT IN THE SUN? THIS ISN'T LIKE YOU
GAUCHE: SUN?
TATE: REPORT OF YOU TYPE ACTIVITY ON A SOME PLANET
GAUCHE: NOT ME
TATE: I SUPPOSE THAT WAS UNLIKE YOU ACTIVITY VISITING A PRISONER
GAUCHE: OH HERE'S YOUR COMMANDER A BIT FASTER THAN HIS PREDECESSOR
PART 36
COMMANDER: LET ME RECAP YOU WANT CUNIVERSE TO PULL OUT FROM THE BARBERTO ELECTION. YOU DON'T WANT ANY PARTICULAR CANDIDATE TO WIN.
GAUCHE: I JUST WANT A FAIR FIGHT
COMMANDER: AND IN RETURN YOU'LL CONVINCE THE IMPRISONED CANDIDATE NOT TO STAND
GAUCHE: CAN'T HAVE VILLAINS IN POLITICS
PART 37
COMMANDER: THE SERVICE HAS NO DIRECT INVOLVEMENT WITH POLITICS
GAUCHE: TATE?
TATE: AMWHIST?
AMWHIST: COMMANDER?
COMMANDER: BUT CAN INTERFERE WHEN OUTSIDE FORCES THREATEN THE CUNIVERSE CODE
GAUCHE: YOU WANNA SHAKE TATE?
TATE: I TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD
GAUCHE: IF YOU WANT MORE JUST ASK
PART 38
MEUTH: SO WHEN DO WE MOVE IN
DROITE: MOVE WHERE?
MEUTH: POLITICIAN IN OUR POCKET I EXPECT STATE RESIDENCES, HIGH SECURITY, LOW MORALE SERVANTS
DROITE: YOU CAN DREAM
GAUCHE: FIRST YOU CAN COVER YOUR OPERATIONS POST, THE COMMANDER MIGHT CHOOSE TO EXERCISE HIS COOL OFF OPTION
PART 39
GAUCHE: WE RESCUED YOUR IDEAL CANDIDATE
DROITE: WHAT GOOD IS HE, HE'S ONLY GOOD FOR THIS ELECTION
GAUCHE: BUT SURELY HE'S AN HONEST HERO, A FIGUREHEAD A FOOTHOLD
DROITE: THAT WAS THEN
WRIGHT: AND THIS IS NOW
PART 40
MEUTH: YOU WERE THE CANDIDATE?
WRIGHT: SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T RECOGNISE ME
GAUCHE: I DID YOU SMELT HONEST
WRIGHT: SO GIVEN THE POWER YOU HAD WHY DID YOU KICK OUT CUNIVERSE, THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED
GAUCHE: PLANETS LIKE BARBERTO PROSPER UNDER CUNIVERSE. A FREE FOR ALL WILL BREAK THAT FORCE APART.
PART 41
MEUTH: NOTHING
DROITE: NOTHING
NISH: NOTHING
GAUCHE: YEP STILL NOTHING
DROITE: NOT NOTHING FROM THE SCANNERS, I MEAN WE GET NOTHING OUT OF THE ELECTION
PART 42
DROITE: BUT WE WANTED A FOOTHOLD INTO CUNIVERSE
GAUCHE: THERE'RE NOT COMPETING, SO WHOEVER THE WINNER THERE WILL BE A FOOTHOLD
DROITE: BUT WE HAD THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
GAUCHE: SURELY YOU WANTED IT WON FAIRLY?
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