40 Civilizations: The Quest for Power

(Carbuncle Castle. Enter Pericles, Mira, and Nicolaos)

MIRA: Congrats! Your proposal to attack Churchill was accepted!
NICOLAOS: But just barely
PERICLES: Now everyone with Hellenism is at war with Churchill
MIRA: And also, Ragnar gave up his independence to join Babylon!

(Enter Joan)

JOAN: Pericles!
PERICLES: What do you need?
JOAN: You have to help us against Charlemagne!
PERICLES: Charlemagne? Is he causing you trouble?
JOAN: You have to capture Aachen and burn it to the ground!
PERICLES: Alright, I can do that
NICOLAOS: What about Churchill?
PERICLES: Everyone is at war with him already, someone else can have London
NICOLAOS: Sounds good. I’ll go tell Hatshepsut to turn the army towards Aachen
MIRA: And I just declared war on Charlemagne
NICOLAOS: And I immediately have some bad news
PERICLES: ...what?
NICOLAOS: Charlemagne’s death stack is beside Hattusas
PERICLES: WHAT?!?!?!??!?
JOAN: Sorry...
PERICLES: Send our army back to Hattusas! We will recapture it immediately!
NICOLAOS: I have good news too!
PERICLES: How good?
NICOLAOS: We discovered sulphur! Now we can build rifle units!
PERICLES: But we haven’t even reached that tech yet!!!!!
NICOLAOS: Oh right, we haven’t
PERICLES: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

(Hattusas. Enter Charlemagne and a Holy Roman Army)

CHARLEMAGNE: My friends! Today I free you from the tormenting of the Hellenists! Now I will command you as the holy Naghualist!

(Crowd cheering)

CHARLEMAGNE: My army is growing! Soon we will grow to full power and destroy those French!

(Intense crowd cheering)

CHARLEMAGNE: (Leaves balcony) Hmm...I would think I did a good job on that speech...mmhmm yes I did.

(Charlemagne walks over to a large room covered with paintings)

CHARLEMAGNE: This must be the holy Naghualism room! And it should be right...AAAAH! No! It’s gone! I’m too late!

(Enter Pericles and Hatshepsut)

PERICLES: Freeze where you are!
CHARLEMAGNE: I do not believe you are in a position to make demands, Pericles
HATSHEPSUT: And why is that?
CHARLEMAGNE: My death stack is right inside this city!
PERICLES: And if you look here, my death stack is twice the size of yours and is right beside the city
CHARLEMAGNE: Hmm! I see it is! Retreat!

(Exit Charlemagne)

HATSHEPSUT: I suppose you should tell those Hattusas people your back
PERICLES: Oh I will

(Enter Mira and Nicolaos)

MIRA: Cool! You got the city back!
NICOLAOS: Well done!
HATSHEPSUT: Our unit’s chance of survival never went below 99%
MIRA: Wow that is easy.
NICOLAOS: If we’re moving the army to Aachen, we built some Heavy Swordsmen to increase our army’s power
MIRA: And we built Circus Maximus!
PERICLES: Whoa, whoa, one at a time
HATSHEPSUT: Well then! I need to head out immediately

(Exit Hatshepsut)

NICOLAOS: Sire! Isn’t there something you would like to tell us?
PERICLES: There is?
NICOLAOS: The letter! The letter!
MIRA: What letter?
PERICLES: Right, this is a good time to tell you guys, I guess.

(Pericles tells Mira and Nicolaos about the letter)

NICOLAOS: And you didn’t get US to analyze it?
PERICLES: I just wasn’t ready, I guess
MIRA: So...I guess one of the leaders is your father
NICOLAOS: And he killed...you know who
MIRA: Who?
NICOLAOS: ...
MIRA: How about a clue?
NICOLAOS: Mira!
MIRA: What?
PERICLES: If she already forgot it, don’t bring it up again
NICOLAOS: Sorry
MIRA: How about Charlemagne? Doesn’t he look like a father?
NICOLAOS: Remember, all leaders are immortal so Pericles father can be any age
MIRA: Younger than Pericles?
NICOLAOS: Possibly
MIRA: That’s creepy! Pacal then?
NICOLAOS: If it was actually Pacal...
PERICLES: Alright, alright. Let’s head back to Carbunculus to talk about this. I need to make sure only...
MIRA: The three of us knowing about this?
NICOLAOS: Plus Jona?
PERICLES: Yeah. Let’s get out of here.

(Apostolic Palace: Carbunculus. Enter Pericles, Mira, Nicolaos, and Ashurbanipal)

ASHURBANIPAL: Pericles! Thank you so much for this proposal!
PERICLES: I’m glad that you won
ASHURBANIPAL: Yeah! I got my city back! Thanks!

(Exit Ashurbanipal)

NICOLAOS: Well! We sure made somebody’s day!
PERICLES: It was intended to cripple Willem by giving his city to Ashurbanipal
MIRA: But you made someone’s day anyway!
PERICLES: I guess so
MIRA: I have foreign news!
PERICLES: Go on
MIRA: Deganawida lost Aksum to Charlemagne through culture
PERICLES: Hmm...I think we should burn down Aksum and keep Aachen, then
MIRA: It’s possible. Our army is still resting on a hill outside the Holy Roman borders
NICOLAOS: Meanwhile, Deganawida converted to being the holy Zorostrantiest
PERICLES: Hmm...if everyone becomes enemies with him, I can finally eliminate him
NICOLAOS: Or if he decides to eliminate you, your borders are giving a -4 with him
MIRA: And that’s alot
PERICLES: He’s a fool if he declares war on me! Haha!
NICOLAOS: Well, we invented the defensive pacts. So you can go make some pacts with people

(Aachen Entrance. Enter Pericles, Hatshepsut, and a Greek Army)

HATSHEPSUT: Our bombardiers are bombarding the Holy Roman capital
PERICLES: Will the city fall soon?
HATSHEPSUT: Very soon
GREEK SWORDSMAN: M’lady! The defences of Aachen have fallen!
HATSHEPSUT: Alright! We’re going in!
PERICLES: Let’s do this!

(Fight breaks out inside Aachen. No Greek units are killed)

PERICLES: Hah! That was easy!

(Enter Charlemagne)

CHARLEMAGNE: Curses! I now have only 1 city left!
PERICLES: What? I thought you had 2 cities?

(Enter Mira)

MIRA: Actually, Ashurbanipal captured the Taoist Holy City, Aryan
PERICLES: What the heck are you doing here?!?
MIRA: Well I just had to tell you that
CHARLEMAGNE: Pericles! You must open your eyes to what you are doing!
PERICLES: Of course I have to open my eyes to what I am doing! Otherwise I can’t fight!
CHARLEMAGNE: Argh! Come men! We must flee!
PERICLES: And we will follow you!
CHARLEMAGNE: This isn’t over yet!

(Exit Charlemagne)

HATSHEPSUT: Actually, I think this was over when we declared war on him

(Aachen. Enter Pericles, Mira, Nicolaos, and Pacal)

PACAL: Pericles! My buddy!
PERICLES: What do you want now?
PACAL: I would like you to turn down your culture!
PERICLES: How about you turn up YOUR culture?
PACAL: Already tried that. Didn’t work. ANYWAY...your culture has caused my city to revolt!
PERICLES: That isn’t really my fault
PACAL: I want 90 gold to pay for expenses
PERICLES: But it’s not my fault that your culture sucks

(Enter Mayan)

MAYAN: Pacal!
PACAL: You will address me as lord! Or master! Or...
MAYAN: No! We have decided to give up our independence and join the Incan’s!
PACAL: What! No! Don’t join them! I’ll lose my immortality!
MAYAN: Sorry! Gotta go!

(Exit Mayan)

PACAL: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Come back here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Exit Pacal)

MIRA: You sad to see him go?
PERICLES: Eh. A little.
NICOLAOS: Ahem! And in city news...we have built Magellan’s voyage!
MIRA: How do you build the voyage of some guy?
NICOLAOS: I don’t really know, but we built it anyway. Look! I have a picture of his ship here!
MIRA: I also have the results on your proposal to have everyone attack Mansa Musa
PERICLES: And?
MIRA: It failed
PERICLES: What! Why?
MIRA: I think people are still busy with your last proposal
NICOLAOS: And Churchill is still alive somehow.
MIRA: And I have even more news!
PERICLES: This is alot of news
MIRA: Huayna Capac betrayed Montezuma and attacked him
PERICLES: Wow, I feel sorry for Montezuma
MIRA: Better watch that he doesn’t go betray us next
PERICLES: But we’re such good buddies!
NICOLAOS: Well...still
PERICLES: Anyway, I need to head over to Aksum
MIRA: And destroy it?
PERICLES: Yep. Wish me luck!

.....

(Aksum. Enter Pericles, Hatshepsut, and a Greek Army)

HATSHEPSUT: Here we go.
PERICLES: Yeah
HATSHEPSUT: Are you gonna kill Charlemagne or am I?
PERICLES: ...I’ll do it
HATSHEPSUT: Ok. Ready when you are
PERICLES: Ready
HATSHEPSUT: CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!!!!!!!!!!!
GREEK ARMY: RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Fight commences. No Greek Units are killed. Greek army begins to throw torches into the city)

HATSHEPSUT: Haha! Burn! BURN!
GREEK SWORDSMAN: WOOOOOOHOOOOO!
PERICLES: *Cough* I need to get to the hastily built Palace in the centre!
HATSHEPSUT: That’s a pretty tall palace they built! You would think he would have built some units with his free time!
PERICLES: I’m going in!

(Pericles jumps through the fire and exits)

HATSHEPSUT: You know you could have just walked around that! No need to be so dramatic!

(Exit all)

(Aksum: Palace Balcony. Enter Charlemagne)

CHARLEMAGNE: Hmph. I see the fire is beginning to rise up towards me. I suppose I will die soon

(Enter Pericles)

PERICLES: And you are very right
CHARLEMAGNE: I see you have not listened to reason yet
PERICLES: What reason?
CHARLEMAGNE: You have ignored my warnings. Do you choose to continue doing so?
PERICLES: Your warnings are nothing but the mad ramblings of a desperate man!
CHARLEMAGNE: Oh? Have you looked inside your Hellenist temple recently?
PERICLES: O-of course I have
CHARLEMAGNE: Have you noticed your missing symbol?
PERICLES: There...never was a symbol to begin with!
CHARLEMAGNE: You fool! Don’t you get it?!?
PERICLES: No! I refuse to listen to anything you say!

(Enter Ashurbanipal)

ASHURBANIPAL: Uhh...I hope that I am not interrupting anything...
PERICLES: Actually...
ASHURBANIPAL: I have something to ask Charlemagne before he dies
CHARLEMAGNE: Oh please, go on
ASHURBANIPAL: Do you still have the Taoist symbol on you? It seems to be missing
CHARLEMAGNE: WHAT! THE TAOIST SYMBOL IS GONE?!!??!!?!
ASHURBANIPAL: So...you’re saying someone...took it?
CHARLEMAGNE: Pericles! Listen to me! Joan is collecting all the symbols!
PERICLES: And what if she is?
CHARLEMAGNE: Do you know what the symbols make?
PERICLES: No
CHARLEMAGNE: They create a Holy bomb that will destroy this planet!!!!!
PERICLES: No! She...she doesn’t have the symbols!
CHARLEMAGNE: Yes she does!
PERICLES: No! NO!

(Pericles kicks Charlemagne off the balcony and into the burning city below)

CHARLEMAGNE: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Dies)
PERICLES: Pant...pant...
ASHURBANIPAL: Whoa! That was so awesomely epic!
PERICLES: Heh...yeah
ASHURBANIPAL: So...you’re that sure she doesn’t have the symbols?
PERICLES: ...
ASHURBANIPAL: Just saying! Just saying!

(Enter Mira and Assyrian Man)

MIRA: Pericles? We gotta get outta here before the palace crumbles!
ASSYRIAN MAN: Come, sire! We have to get out of here!
ASHURBANIPAL: Right!

(Exit Ashurbanipal and Assyrian Man)

MIRA: Pericles? Are you coming?
PERICLES: ...
MIRA: Pericles?
PERICLES: I-I’m coming...I’m coming...

To Be Continued

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(Paris. Enter Joan and ???)

???: How much more do we need?
JOAN: Just missing the Confucianism symbol from Lincoln, and the Judaism symbol from Mansa Musa
???: Excellent! This is going much quicker than I had anticipated!
JOAN: I really hate you, you know that?
???: Ok. I don’t really care. HAHAHAHAHA!

(Enter Pericles)

???: Oh shoot. I’d better get out of here

(Exit ???)

PERICLES: Is it just me or did a cold breeze just pass me?
JOAN: I just...uhh...left the window open
PERICLES: Oh, alright
JOAN: What do you need?
PERICLES: A defence pact! How about it?
JOAN: A what?
PERICLES: A defence pact! This thing we just invented!
JOAN: What does it do?
PERICLES: I dunno. Nicolaos just told me to make one with people I trust and are not in a war
JOAN: Alright. Sure, I accept your...defence...thing
PERICLES: Alriiiight! I’ll see you later then!

(Exit Pericles. Enter ???)

???: May I remind you that you have no time for peace?
JOAN: Maybe I should just let one of these Naghualism freaks cut my throat and it will all be over
???: If you didn’t care so much about how Pericles would feel...then yeah you could do that
JOAN: RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
???: HAHA! You’re funny.

(Paris Entrance. Enter Pericles and a Messenger)

MESSENGER: My lord!
PERICLES: What’s up?
MESSENGER: I have a note!
PERICLES: What’s it say?
MESSENGER: Our defence pact with Joan of Arc has been cancelled
PERICLES: But I just made it a minute ago!
MESSENGER: More like a turn ago...
PERICLES: I don’t believe it takes me a whole turn to walk out of that castle!
MESSENGER: Anyway...she declared war on Lincoln
PERICLES: Oh. Well that’s good to know
MESSENGER: Yes, well...

(Enter Justinian)

JUSTINIAN: Pericles!
MESSENGER: Hmm! I should take my leave then!

(Exit Messenger)

PERICLES: What up?
JUSTINIAN: I want you to attack Churchill again
PERICLES: Do I get anything in return?
JUSTINIAN: I’ll be friendly with you
PERICLES: I’ll have you know that I’m not THAT sort of guy
JUSTINIAN: I MEANT...that my relations with you will be very good
PERICLES: Sure then, I’ll declare war on Churchill
JUSTINIAN: Great!
PERICLES: Well then...I shall be off then
JUSTINIAN: Hold up!
PERICLES: Yeah?
JUSTINIAN: Have you heard the latest Hellenistic news?
PERICLES: Not really
JUSTINIAN: What?!? Aren’t you holy leaders supposed to be more...
PERICLES: Whatever you’re about to say is just a myth
JUSTINIAN: Well ANYWAY...Masinissa became the vassal state of Ashurbanipal
PERICLES: Well of course I knew that! (Well...not really but...)
JUSTINIAN: Hah! See! I knew you were well informed! It’s not all a myth!
PERICLES: What is?
JUSTINIAN: Not telling! HAHA! (Runs away)
PERICLES: What the...HEY! I need to know!

(Carbuncle Castle. Enter Pericles and Advisors)

MIRA: I have bad foreign war news!
PERICLES: How bad?
MIRA: Well...Ashurbanipal’s city, Ulundi, was captured by the Malinese
PERICLES: Then Mansa Musa would be a person we should fear?
MIRA: Well...everybody except us should fear him
PERICLES: Hmm...that is dangerous
MIRA: After we attack Lincoln, we should attack Mansa Musa
PERICLES: What about Suleiman?
MIRA: I would think Mansa is a larger threat
PERICLES: We will see after I destroy Lincoln. Any other news?
MIRA: The Iroquois city of Cayuga was founded at the ruins of Aksum
PERICLES: Not the best place to found a city
HATSHEPSUT: Probably lots of ghosts there, I would imagine
NICOLAOS: You believe in ghosts?
HATSHEPSUT: Especially when I’m the one that turned them into ghosts! HAHA!
NICOLAOS: That’s...uhh...good to know

(Enter Aachen Man)

AACHEN MAN: Sire! We have big news!
PERICLES: You look like you’re out of breath
AACHEN MAN: The Inca’s have captured Washington!
PERICLES: Alright, thanks for the info

(Exit Aachen Man)

HATSHEPSUT: Hey no fair, they captured it while our army was resting
NICOLAOS: If we’re going to burn down a city, we should do it fast. Bangkok already has only 3 units left in it
PERICLES: How’s the army?
HATSHEPSUT: Not ready...but if it’s only 3 units we can do it
PERICLES: Alright. Let’s head over to Washington then while our army gets to Bangkok

(Washington. Enter Pericles, Hatshepsut, Mira, Nicolaos, Huayna, Joan, Deganawida and other Advisors)

DEGANAWIDA: Have you seen the defence in Bangkok?
HUAYNA: Looks like it’s gonna be a race to get it
PERICLES: You want to start placing bets?
HUAYNA: How about we do that while eating a burger?
MIRA: A what?
HUAYNA: A burger!
JOAN: Never heard of it
HUAYNA: It’s this sandwich thing that Lincoln invented
PERICLES: Sounds interesting
HUAYNA: Yeah. You’re all invited to have one now before we destroy Lincoln!
DEGANAWIDA: Alright!

(Exit Pericles, Hatshepsut, Mira, Huayna, Deganawida, and other Advisors)

NICOLAOS: You’re not going?
JOAN: Oh! After you!
NICOLAOS: No! No! After you! Ladies first!
JOAN: Well I insist
NICOLAOS: Why don’t we go together?
JOAN: It’s ok. I’m not that hungry
NICOLAOS: Going somewhere?
JOAN: Just going to prepare my army. Why?
NICOLAOS: Well...I’m not hungry either
JOAN: That’s nice
NICOLAOS: Why don’t I come with you to see your army?
JOAN: Sure! Why not!

(Enter Mira)

MIRA: Nicolaos?
NICOLAOS: Huh? Yeah?

(Exit Joan)

MIRA: You gotta try this! It’s sooooo good!
NICOLAOS: I’m busy talking!
MIRA: To whom?
NICOLAOS: To...aww shoot!

(Exit Nicolaos)

MIRA: Huh? What?

(Move to Confucian Holy Temple. Enter Nicolaos and Huayna)

NICOLAOS: The symbol! The symbol!
HUAYNA: What about it?
NICOLAOS: Huh? Aren’t you hungry?
HUAYNA: Not really
NICOLAOS: The symbol! Is it safe?
HUAYNA: See for yourself!

(Nicolaos walks up to the altar)

NICOLAOS: Wow! It’s...It’s the Confucianism symbol!
HUAYNA: It’s nice, isn’t it? You can have it if you want
NICOLAOS: What? Me?
HUAYNA: Yeah, you. My empire no longer has a religion so I have no use for these religious trinkets
NICOLAOS: Cool! Yeah sure, I’ll take it
HUAYNA: Cool. I’m gonna go see how everyone else is doing
NICOLAOS: Alright

(Exit Huayna)

NICOLAOS: Alright! Now that the Confucianism symbol is with me, there’s no way anyone can take it!

(Enter Mira)

MIRA: Nicolaos? You in here?
NICOLAOS: Over here!
MIRA: Oh there you are! Hey...isn’t that the Confucianism symbol?
NICOLAOS: Yeah. What about it?
MIRA: You aren’t thinking of stealing it...were you?
NICOLAOS: What! WHAT??!?? NO!
MIRA: Haha

(Mira snatches the Confucian symbol from Nicolaos)

NICOLAOS: HEY! GIVE THAT!
MIRA: Whoa! No need to raise your voice...I’m right here
NICOLAOS: Yeah! No need to suddenly take symbols from me!
MIRA: There’s no need to get so tense! I’m right here! No one’s gonna take it
NICOLAOS: Yeah...yeah I guess your right...
MIRA: Of course I’m right! I’m always right!
NICOLAOS: That’s debatable
MIRA: Anyway...now that we have this
NICOLAOS: What do you want to do with it?
MIRA: Play catch?
NICOLAOS: Are you kidding me?
MIRA: Yeah
NICOLAOS: ...
MIRA: How about we take it outside?
NICOLAOS: You can stop kidding anytime now!
MIRA: I’m not! I heard that if you show a symbol to the sun...you can see really cool patterns!
NICOLAOS: I don’t think this is a good idea!
MIRA: (Climbs the stairs towards the rooftop)
NICOLAOS: But who does listen to me?

(Rooftop. Enter Mira)

MIRA: Wow! It’s so sunny up here!

(Enter Nicolaos)

NICOLAOS: And no funny movements!
MIRA: I could say the same for you!
NICOLAOS: I sense a lack of trust here
MIRA: You started it. (Holds up the symbol towards the sun)
NICOLAOS: So?
MIRA: This is so cool! You gotta try it!
NICOLAOS: Alright (Holds symbol towards the sun)
MIRA: Aaaah! Look out!

(Nicolaos looks back down to see Mira unconscious. He begins to spin around until he is struck in the back with a blunt object)

NICOLAOS: Argh! Who’s there! Who...no...NO...the symbol is gone! Why did I let it go?!?
MIRA: Urgh...
NICOLAOS: Mira! You ok?
MIRA: My head hurts…
NICOLAOS: Stay there! I’ll get Pericles!

(Washington. Enter Nicolaos and Deganawida)

NICOLAOS: Deganawida! Where’s Pericles!
DEGANAWIDA: Pericles? I haven’t seen him
NICOLAOS: Aaargh!
DEGANAWIDA: There a problem?
NICOLAOS: You bet! The Confucian symbol is gone!
DEGANAWIDA: You kidding me?!? Quick! Get everybody!
NICOLAOS: That’s what I’m doing!

(Confucianism Holy Temple. Enter Pericles, Hatshepsut, Nicolaos, Huayna, Joan, Deganawida and other Advisors)

HUAYNA: You know...I’m still not seeing the big deal with all this
PERICLES: A doomsday device can be created with all these symbols!
DEGANAWIDA: Yeah, and while we’re attacking our worst enemies, we’re letting whoever’s stealing these symbols the go-ahead
JOAN: You let in anyone into the city besides us?
HUAYNA: According to the guards...no...no one entered the city besides us
HATSHEPSUT: Then it’s gotta be...
PERICLES: One of us?
HUAYNA: Seems like it
DEGANAWIDA: Why don’t we ask the two who we’re holding the symbol when it disappeared?
NICOLAOS: You mean me and Mira?
DEGANAWIDA: Yeah. Where is that girl anyway?
PERICLES: The doctor said she needed rest
DEGANAWIDA: Hah! Figures...
PERICLES: So?
NICOLAOS: I dunno! It just...kind of fell out of my hands...
DEGANAWIDA: A likely story!
PERICLES: Hey! Hey! No need to pick on us!
DEGANAWIDA: Your civilization seems the most suspicious to have the symbols
PERICLES: Me?!? How?
DEGANAWIDA: Well...you have been attacking all the holy cities and have been seen in all friendly holy cities
HUAYNA: Not to mention that your advisors had just been caught with the Confucianism symbol
JOAN: ...
PERICLES: Nice of you guys to worry about me, but I don’t have the symbols!
HUAYNA: This won’t get us anywhere. Pericles, why don’t you go declare war on Lincoln and we will finish that race for Bangkok
HATSHEPSUT: You’re going to Bangkok now?
HUAYNA: Yeah
ALL: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
HUAYNA: What? What did I say?!?
HATSHEPSUT: Well that lightened the mood a little. Let’s get to war
PERICLES: Yeah, alright
HUAYNA: ...Hey! I just got it!...Aaagh! No! I’m not going to Bangkok!

(Carbuncle Castle. Enter Pericles, Hatshepsut, and Nicolaos)

PERICLES: Hatshepsut! War report!
HATSHEPSUT: We didn’t get Bangkok
PERICLES: Figures
HATSHEPSUT: Deganawida got it
PERICLES: We might want to attack him soon
HATSHEPSUT: I’ll put that into consideration
NICOLAOS: I guess I’ll tell you the rest then
PERICLES: What’s the rest?
NICOLAOS: We have built Isaac Newton’s College
PERICLES: Isn’t it your job anyway to tell me about wonders?
NICOLAOS: Oh yeah...it is
PERICLES: Thinking about what happened?
NICOLAOS: Yeah
PERICLES: It wasn’t your fault, I’m sure

(Enter Nebuchadnezzar)

NEBUCHADNEZZAR: Pericles! Convert to Naghualism!
PERICLES: Lick my feet!
NEBUCHADNEZZAR: I’m taking that as a no
PERICLES: You’re asking the HOLY Hellenist you know
NEBUCHADNEZZAR: Hmm...oh...right
PERICLES: I now forbid you from talking because your name is a pain to write. And you just talked but I didn’t write that down. Now as you leave you don’t even get an exit in brackets. I suggest shortening your name. Have a good day!
HATSHEPSUT: Wow. You didn’t even include the (Exit Nebuchadnezzar) when he left
PERICLES: Why did you have to say that name? You just strained a finger you know
HATSHEPSUT: I now want to know about what you think about the war with Churchill
PERICLES: Oh right. I forgot all about that
HATSHEPSUT: You have a plan?
PERICLES: We’re using a god to destroy him
NICOLAOS: We’re gonna use the hand from the sky to do our dirty work?!?
PERICLES: Yeah
NICOLAOS: What happens if he dislikes that and attacks us?!?
PERICLES: He won’t. I’m sure of that. Just as long as Peter’s score is high enough, Churchill will die
NICOLAOS: Peter’s score is horrible
PERICLES: Then let’s give him some free techs
NICOLAOS: Alright. I hope that there aren’t any negative impacts from this plan

(Apostolic Palace: Carbunculus. Enter Pericles and Mira)

PERICLES: Better already?
MIRA: I have to do my job
PERICLES: You know I was just kidding about whatever threat I used to get you to work
MIRA: Wow! Really?
PERICLES: Yep
MIRA: Ok! I’m going shopping then!
PERICLES: Well if you have enough energy to go shopping...
MIRA: Oops...argh...fine. What’s your next proposal?
PERICLES: Anything that stands out?
MIRA: Yeah! We can either give Washington to Afonso or we can give Mutal to us
PERICLES: Hey...where was Afonso that day?
MIRA: Apparently, he was busy
PERICLES: I think we should give Mutal to us
MIRA: That was what I was thinking

(Carbuncle Castle. Enter Pericles and Advisors)

MIRA: We got Mutal!
NICOLAOS: Yeah! We have quite a bit of support from our friends!
PERICLES: Alright! Maybe I can see Pacal...
MIRA: He...died a few years ago
NICOLAOS: After Mutal revolted, Pacal lost his immortality
PERICLES: That’s disappointing. Its gonna be quiet here without him
NICOLAOS: Our tech gifting to Peter went according to plan, but not the plan we had planned
PERICLES: Enough with the plans, what happened?
NICOLAOS: Peter gave up his independence and joined Justinian
PERICLES: And there goes another civilization
NICOLAOS: And that means...
PERICLES: Churchill died!
MIRA: It’s not nice to be so happy about that
PERICLES: Well...still
HATSHEPSUT: The hand came down just when you said it would. Churchill died without any blood on us
PERICLES: Nice, isn’t it?
NICOLAOS: That’s all we have for today
MIRA: Maybe I should show you a picture of our current border challenge in Aachen
PERICLES: Sure! Go ahead...

To Be Continued