40 Civilizations: The Quest for Power

[Yoshiegg737]

(Thebes. Enter Pericles and Spyros)

SPYROS: The troops are in place, and might I say that Persepolis's defence is really lacking
PERICLES: Hah! Should be an easy one this time around!
SPYROS: I have some wierd news for you
PERICLES: Wierd? Please go on
SPYROS: There was a great general named Pericles born in Paris
PERICLES: They name great generals after me now?
SPYROS: Our nations are really close, after all
PERICLES: I would like to meet this, Pericles fellow
SPYROS: Oh, you will meet him outside Persepolis

 

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(The ruins of Persepolis. Enter Pericles and Spyros)

SPYROS: Hah! We got here first!
PERICLES: And burned the first Native American city to the ground!
SPYROS: What about Cahokia?
PERICLES: We're keeping that one. It has lots of wonders in it
SPYROS: That will do us wonders
PERICLES: I'm gonna head back to Carbunculus while our troops heal up
SPYROS: What for?
PERICLES: I'm gonna have a public talk with our citizens
SPYROS: Sounds interesting, mind if I come along?
PERICLES: Sure, why not. Our army has all the other armies to keep them happy
SPYROS: Sweet, lets get outta here

(Exit all)

(Carbunculus. Enter Pericles and Advisors)

MIRA: Wow! Standing up on this balcony makes me feel so...important!
NICOLAOS: Even if your just the one holding the flag above Pericles?
MIRA: That's pretty important!
SPYROS: Shh! He's gonna speak!
PERICLES: People! Of the mighty Greek Empire!

(Crowd Cheering)

PERICLES: I know that some of you dislike our constant warmongering...but soon...we will have ultamate power!

(More crowd cheering)

MIRA: Wow! He's really got the crowd going!
SPYROS: Hey, Mira
MIRA: Yeah?
SPYROS: Is it just me or is there a man ontop of our castle roof?
MIRA: Oh! Yeah there is a guy up there!
SPYROS: What's he doing there?
NICOLAOS: It looks like hes holding something towards his mouth
MIRA: Candy?
SPYROS: Hmm..its..it...oh shoot! It's a blow dart!
MIRA: What?!?!?
SPYROS: Pericles! Watch out!
PERICLES: What?!?

(A blowdart is fired at Pericles. Spyros intercepts the shot. The blowdart hits Spyros in the arm)

SPYROS: Agh!
MIRA: Spyros!
NICOLAOS: Get him inside now!
PERICLES: People of the Mighty Greek Empire! RUN AWAY!

(Crowd Screaming)

(Exit all)

(Carbuncle Castle. Enter Pericles and Advisors)

SPYROS: Ungh...
MIRA: Spyros! Your...your gonna be fine! Just fine!
NICOLAOS: Why...did you do that?
SPYROS: Urngh...heh...I always wanted to lead my own empire...by saving this empire...I feel like...it was my own...
MIRA: It was your own! You...you lead our empire!
SPYROS: In the stone age!
MIRA: Well...
PERICLES: Spyros! I...I'm sorry! This was all my fault! I...was too careless!
SPYROS: Don't beat yourself over it...
MIRA: Spyros! Keep your eyes open!
NICOLAOS: It's not good...the dart contained a lethal poison
MIRA: NO! Don't say that! Stop saying that!
SPYROS: Heh...(cough)...heh...don't worry about...me
MIRA: I cannot stop worrying about you!
SPYROS: It was nice to have.....friends like.......all of you guys
MIRA: NO! Spyros! Don't leave me! SPYROS!
SPYROS: Pericles?
PERICLES: W-w-what is it?
SPYROS: I hope that....you.....find a really good......military advisor.........
MIRA: NO! NOOO! SPYROS!!!!!!!!!!
SPYROS: It hurts to...stay alive.......
PERICLES: Spyros...did you have anything else to tell me?
SPYROS: You mean....the letter?
PERICLES: How did you!?
SPYROS: I know who wrote that letter, Pericles
PERICLES: Who?!? Tell me who!
SPYROS: Your......father......
PERICLES: My father?!??? Who is my father?!???
SPYROS: I'm sorry.....that......I couldn't have......told you.......sooner.....................
MIRA: SPYROS? SPYROS! SPYROS!!!!!!!!
SPYROS: Bye Mira...I hope I'll see....you again......(Dies)
MIRA: SPYROS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
NICOLAOS: Agh...is he...?
PERICLES: Yeah...he is...
MIRA: *sniff* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PERICLES: ...
NICOLAOS: ...

(Meanwhile...outside the room. Enter ???)

???: AHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pericles! It starts now! You may have gotten lucky this time...but next time...you WILL DIE! MUAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

To Be Continued

 

[Mosher]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

lol

 

[Duke of Britain]

i didn't liked that chapter


nuke him! nuke him!

 

[Mosher]

Poor Spyros.

 

[Yoshiegg737]

It happens Mabye I needed more buildup

 

[Yoshiegg737]

Overpowered and Out of Control
Chapter 9​

 

[Yoshiegg737]

(Carbuncle Castle. Enter Pericles and a Scout)

SCOUT: The war on Sitting Bull is going terrifically! What will be your next move, sire?
PERICLES: I don't feel like doing anything right now...
SCOUT: But sire!
PERICLES: Go capture Cahokia without burning it down and report back to me later
SCOUT: Shall we let our great general David Dixon Porter command the troops?
PERICLES: Yeah, sure

(Exit Scout)

PERICLES: (Sigh)

(Enter Nicolaos)

NICOLAOS: Sire! Mira locked herself in her room and refuses to come out!
PERICLES: Oh no! Is she...
NICOLAOS: She's fine. We had a spy hang outside her window to make sure she doesnt do anything drastic
PERICLES: She better not. I feel bad already.
NICOLAOS: Yeah, this place is so quiet without...
PERICLES: Him?
NICOLAOS: Yeah

(Enter Preist)

PREIST: Are you Pericles?
PERICLES: Yeah, what do you want?
PREIST: I've come to confirm a death
NICOLAOS: You have to confirm it? We're pretty sure that hes dead
PREIST: I have to do it officially
PERICLES: Then go ahead

(Exit Preist)

NICOLAOS: Well! Lets get back to our day to day activities shall we?
PERICLES: ...
NICOLAOS: Comeon! Atleast I'm trying here!
PERICLES: Yeah...I know you are...

(Enter Preist)

PREIST: I've finished my analyzation of the body
NICOLAOS: And?
PREIST: I officially announce that Spyros is...
NICOLAOS: ?
PERICLES: ?!
PREIST: Dead

(Upon hearing the word "dead" Pericles suddenly falls to the floor)

NICOLAOS: What the heck?!? Pericles! Whats wrong?
PREIST: I shall take my leave now

(Exit Preist)

NICOLAOS: Hey! Come back! We might need you!
PERICLES: AGGGH! What's wrong with my body!!!
NICOLAOS: What the hell!!!!!? You turned purple!
PERICLES: DON'T JOKE...AROUND!!!!!!!
NICOLAOS: I'm serious!
PERICLES: I feel like I'm about to explode!
NICOLAOS: What can I do?!?!??????
PERICLES: (Why...do I feel like this after Spyros was pronounced dead?!? ... The letter! When 3 becomes 2 I will die! My advisors has gone from 3 to 2! That's what the letter ment!)
PERICLES: NICOLAOS!!!!!
NICOLAOS: What? What!
PERICLES: Find me a new military advisor NOW!
NICOLAOS: W-w-what??? While your like this!?!?
PERICLES: Just do it!!!!!!!!!
NICOLAOS: Uhh...uhh! But it takes time! We cant find someone with military expertise in a minute!
PERICLES: (Who? I need to think of someone! Mabye a leader we conquered? Someone who showed military skills? No...I killed all the leaders.....WAIT! I didn't kill all of them!)
PERICLES: Nicolaos! Find Hatshepsut!
NICOLAOS: What? Didn't we kill...
PERICLES: NO we didnt!!!!!
NICOLAOS: So your saying...
PERICLES: I'M NAMING HATSHEPSUT AS MY NEW MILITARY ADVISOR!!!!!!!!

(Suddenly, Pericles returns back to normal)

PERICLES: Ah...ah...
NICOLAOS: Your back!
PERICLES: What was that all about???

 

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

HATSHEPSUT: So...now I'm your new military advisor?
PERICLES: Yeah basically
HATSHEPSUT: Was it because I owned one of your catapults a few chapters ago when you had a 93% chance of winning?
PERICLES: I still call hax on that
HATSHEPSUT: I accept your offer for position as military and economic advisor!
NICOLAOS: Alright!
HATSHEPSUT: My first action is to go to Cahokia and smash the lights out of all Native Americans!
PERICLES: NO! You cannot die!
HATSHEPSUT: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
NICOLAOS: That wasent very funny
HATSHEPSUT: What makes you think I will die?
PERICLES: Its a precaution
HATSHEPSUT: Well...it's a precaution I dont need

(Exit Hatshepsut)

NICOLAOS: So...
PERICLES: Make a list of potential military and economic advisors
NICOLAOS: So nothing like this will happen again?
PERICLES: I still don't know why this happened!
NICOLAOS: I heard you mumble something about a letter?
PERICLES: Uhh...
NICOLAOS: Are you hiding anything from me?
PERICLES: Yeah, I'm hiding alot of things from you
NICOLAOS: Wow, that was very...direct
PERICLES: I'll tell you when Mira comes back. I need both of you to hear it

 

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(Greece: Silk Road. Enter Pericles and Nicolaos)

NICOLAOS: Sire! We've finished a wonder called the silk road!
PERICLES: And what does it do?
NICOLAOS: It makes us rich!
PERICLES: Why exactly are we calling it a "Silk Road"? Is it made of silk?
NICOLAOS: No...it's actually a normal road
PERICLES: Then why is it called a Silk Road?
NICOLAOS: Well...merchants use this road to trade silk!
PERICLES: But our empire has no silk! I dont even know what silk is!
NICOLAOS: Now that you think about it...
PERICLES: Agh...just tell me what we're building in Carbunculus right now
NICOLAOS: The Apostolic Palace
PERICLES: What?!? Don't we have the victory that is associated with that turned off?
NICOLAOS: We do! But we have an option that lets us have the Apostolic Palace without turning on that victory condition
PERICLES: Good! Well, continue with what you were doing
NICOLAOS: Yep! I'm on it!

 

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(Carbuncle Castle. Enter Pericles and Nicolaos)

NICOLAOS: Sire! Guess what!
PERICLES: What?
NICOLAOS: Something exciting just happened!
PERICLES: Was it us? Finishing the wonder, Pont du Gard?
NICOLAOS: A nation was taken into the sky by the mighty hand again!
PERICLES: Was it Cetshwayo?
NICOLAOS: That's the exciting part! See, Ashurbanipal captured Ulundi just as the hand came down above it...
PERICLES: So...
NICOLAOS: So it smashed the Celtic's instead
PERICLES: 2 civilizations down in a single turn...
NICOLAOS: Only half the world is left now!
PERICLES: You mean there are only 20 civs left?
NICOLAOS: Give or take
PERICLES: Wow...I suddenly feel lucky to be alive
NICOLAOS: Heh...theres no way we're gonna die overnight. We're soon gonna be in control of 5 cities!
PERICLES: Is Hatshepsut and Mira still alive?
NICOLAOS: Yeah. Mira still wont come out of her room, though. She has servents send food in through a letter slot
PERICLES: She's just taking it harder than the rest of us

 

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(Hattusas. Enter Pericles and Nicolaos)

NICOLAOS: Ok, Pericles! Here it is!
PERICLES: Wow! What is that? It seems like this wonder sprung up overnight!
NICOLAOS: It did! A great engineer named Afforess built this!
PERICLES: Afforess? That name does not sound natural
NICOLAOS: But it's a pretty cool name
PERICLES: I guess
NICOLAOS: He calls it the Leaning Tower of Pisa!
PERICLES: Nice!
NICOLAOS: Also: I have our results on the new resource, Rubber
PERICLES: Did we get any?
NICOLAOS: There are 4 counts of it in the world. 2 are with Huayna, 1 is with Deganawida, and 1 is with Ashurbanipal
PERICLES: Darn, that makes conquering a rubber out of the question
NICOLAOS: Do we really need rubber?
PERICLES: We will need it soon! I guess I'll have to rely on Huayna trading us one of his.
NICOLAOS: AI's are normally very picky with resource trades
PERICLES: Well I have a good feeling about this one!

 

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(Apostolic Palace: Carbunculus. Enter Pericles and Nicolaos)

NICOLAOS: Nice, isn't it?
PERICLES: The Apostolic Palace now belongs to Hellenism!!!!!
NICOLAOS: I think that now, we can safely say Hellenism is the worlds dominant religion
PERICLES: Oh yeaaaaaaah! No one is converting back to Naghualism now after we killed Suppiluliuma
NICOLAOS: The ballots just got sent out. It looks like our leader will be either you or Huayna
PERICLES: That's gonna be tough, everybody loves Huayna
NICOLAOS: Who shall we vote for?
PERICLES: What do you think???
NICOLAOS: Well I think that Huayna is a very nice guy
PERICLES: Idiot! Your voting for me!
NICOLAOS: Oh right! I was just getting to that
PERICLES:
NICOLAOS: No, no sarcasm I assure you, sire
PERICLES: How's the war with Sitting Bull going?
NICOLAOS: We've begun seiging the city
PERICLES: Wonderful!

 

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(Apostolic Palace: Carbunculus. Enter Pericles, Nicolaos, and all Hellenism Leaders)

NICOLAOS: Attention! Attention!

(Crowd noise becomes quiet)

NICOLAOS: I would now like to annouce the winner of the Apostolic Palace elections!
HUAYNA: Hey Pericles
PERICLES: Yeah?
HUAYNA: Whatever happens...no hard feelings
PERICLES: Yeah, of course
HUAYNA: Please don't declare war on me if I win
PERICLES: Do you think I'm some sort of warmongerer???
HUAYNA: Well...a little bit. But we're buddies, right?
PERICLES: What if I said I will not declare war on you for a very long time?
HUAYNA: I would increase my defences
PERICLES: Wow I have a reputation
HUAYNA: Yeah, no kidding
DEGANAWIDA: Shhhh! He's opening the letter!

(Nicolaos opens a letter)

NICOLAOS: And the winner is...!
PERICLES: !
HUAYNA: !
NICOLAOS: PERICLES!!!!!!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!
PERICLES: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! ALRIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!
JOAN: Yeaaaaaaaaah Pericles!!!!!
AFONSO: WOOOT WOOOT!
PERICLES: I guess I have to give a speech now...
MASINISSA: You have stage fright?
PERICLES: (No...not stage fright) Yeah...uhh...a little
MONTEZUMA: Don't worry! It's gonna be ok!
PERICLES: (Alright...check the roof...check...the audience?...Check)

(Pericles walks up to the stage and immediatly flanked by Longbowmen)

PERICLES: What the...?
NICOLAOS: Precautions
PERICLES: Thanks, Nicolaos
NICOLAOS: No problem

 

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(Cahokia. Enter Pericles, Deganawida, and Hatshepsut)

HATSHEPSUT: Pericles!
PERICLES: We got it?
HATSHEPSUT: ...uhh...kind off
PERICLES: Huh?
HATSHEPSUT: Deganawida got it
DEGANAWIDA: Yes I did! Haha!
PERICLES: That's alright, we have enough cities as is
HATSHEPSUT: I can still be your military advisor...right?
PERICLES: Yeah, of course
HATSHEPSUT: Alright!

(Exit Hatshepsut)

DEGANAWIDA: Hey Pericles!
PERICLES: What's up?
DEGANAWIDA: You know your friend...Joan of Arc
PERICLES: What about her?
DEGANAWIDA: She just left the city, saying that she had to get something from inside the Palace
PERICLES: And...?
DEGANAWIDA: Don't you worry about what was in the Palace?
PERICLES: Not at all
DEGANAWIDA: Hmph

(Enter Charlemagne)

CHARLEMAGNE: Gah! Sitting Bull's dead!
PERICLES: Would you like to be next?
CHARLEMAGNE: Pericles! Just the man I was looking for!
PERICLES: What is it?
CHARLEMAGNE: You have to help us stop the French!
PERICLES: I see you have the wrong guy
CHARLEMAGNE: No! Listen to me! That girl is up to something and she's using you!
PERICLES: Proof?
CHARLEMAGNE: Uhh...we attacked her?
PERICLES: Not good enough
CHARLEMAGNE: No! You must believe me! Those things shes been taking from each Palace!
PERICLES: I don't recall her stealing anything from any Palace
CHARLEMAGNE: Bah! Your head has been taken already! I will stop her myself!

(Exit Charlemagne)

DEGANAWIDA: See...?
PERICLES: Not seeing anything...

(Enter Mira)

MIRA: Pericles! Pericleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!
PERICLES: Mira! Your back!
MIRA: I was always here!
PERICLES: Did you have something too tell me?
MIRA: Yeah! Yeah! Some guy named Benjamin rushed a Sistine Chapel in Carbunculus! You gotta come back to see it!
PERICLES: Haha! Sure!
DEGANAWIDA: I'd like to see it too
MIRA: Sure! Oh, and one more thing...
PERICLES: What?
MIRA: We can trade maps now! We got a nice new map of the whole continent!
PERICLES: Awesome! Lets see it!
DEGANAWIDA: Hey! How about we trade maps?
PERICLES: Not a chance
DEGANAWIDA: Dang! It was worth a try...

(Exit All)

(Meanwhile...in Paris. Enter Joan and ???)

???: So...how is your mission coming along?
JOAN: Good. I've gotten 5 of the symbols so far. Kemetism, Christianity, Hellenism, Naghualism, and now, Zoroastranium
???: Very good! I see that fool Pericles is helping you?
JOAN: Unintentially, yes. We now only need 6 more symbols
???: That Charlemagne is causing us trouble. Think you can get the Taoism symbol?
JOAN: HAHA! I'll just ask Pericles to do it for me...

To Be Continued

 

[Duke of Britain]

hum, i wonder what will happen when she gets the last symbol :O

and lol,is that priest working to the bad guys?

 

[Yoshiegg737]

Just got my internet back, have been writing a little on Word so expect a really large chapter soon

 

[Yoshiegg737]

The Fire Burns
Chapter 10​

 

[Yoshiegg737]

(Hellenic Temple: Carbunculus. Enter Pericles and Nicolaos)

NICOLAOS: Whoa, it’s been a while since I came in here
PERICLES: Really? I’ve never been in here
NICOLAOS: You’re the holy Hellenist and you have never been in the holy Hellenism temple?
PERICLES: I always intended to come here...
NICOLAOS: Well...now that we are here...let’s do something!
PERICLES: Like what?
NICOLAOS: I don’t know
PERICLES: What do Hellenistic people do?
NICOLAOS: I don’t know! You invented the religion!
PERICLES: I’ll just ask somebody
NICOLAOS: Hmm...hey! The wall decor looks really nice!
PERICLES: I got some good people to build this place
NICOLAOS: Hey, Pericles
PERICLES: Whaddap?
NICOLAOS: There’s a large gap here that is shaped like the Hellenism symbol
PERICLES: Then something with a Hellenism symbol goes there
NICOLAOS: But it’s empty
PERICLES: Somebody probably forgot to fill it
NICOLAOS: It’s on an altar!
PERICLES: They should be fired
NICOLAOS: Hmm...

(Enter Mira)

MIRA: Hey guys!
NICOLAOS: Yeah?
MIRA: We got a great engineer named Bi Sheng!
NICOLAOS: Free wonder?
MIRA: Yeah, I think he was building something called the University of Sankore
NICOLAOS: That sounds very intelligent
MIRA: It’s being built in Hattusas, and it should be done by now

(Enter Afonso)

AFONSO: As your vassal, I would like to make a request!
PERICLES: Go on
AFONSO: I would like to destroy Lincoln
PERICLES: Ah, yes. You guys would still be at war with each other if you weren’t my vassal
AFONSO: So...you will?
MIRA: Actually...we are currently at war with Churchill
PERICLES: What? I didn’t order this!
MIRA: Hatshepsut ordered it
PERICLES: Where is she anyway?
MIRA: Over in London. I think she wanted to keep the city
PERICLES: Yeah, it’s in a good spot. After that, we will capture Washington and Bangkok
AFONSO: And BURN IT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PERICLES: O_o...do you want the cities?
AFONSO: No, they are way too crowded
PERICLES: Good answer

 

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(Carbuncle Castle. Enter Pericles and Mira)

MIRA: Maaaaaaaaaaaaster!!!
PERICLES: What do you need, Mira?
MIRA: According to this piece of paper here...it says that I am responsible for all work concerning the Apostolic Palace...
PERICLES: mmhmm?
MIRA: What happens if I don’t want to do that work?
PERICLES: You will be executed!!!!
MIRA: Eeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!! I’m going back to work! I will! I promise!

(Exit Mira)

PERICLES: Hey! Hey! I was just kidding!...Well at least she will work now

(Enter Mira)

MIRA: Oh yeah...what do you want to vote about?
PERICLES: Huh?
MIRA: The issue...what you want people to vote on...
PERICLES: Oh right. I want everyone to declare war on Churchill