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Tuesday 16 November 2021

The Force of Grace

He's..... like FIRE, and ICE, and RAGE.
He's like The Night and The Storm 
at The Heart of The Sun.

He's Ancient and Forever
He Burns at The Centre of Time 
and He can See The Turn of The Universe.

And He's Wonderful.

Is there a Fifth Force of Nature? - BBC News

The Forces of Nature we experience every day can be reduced to just four categories: Gravity, Electromagnetism, The Strong Force and The Weak Force.

But physicists at a laboratory near Chicago conducting the Muon g-2 experiment say they have found possible signs of 
A Fifth Fundamental Force.

The UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) said it provides strong evidence for the existence of an undiscovered sub-atomic particle or new force". 
But the results don't add up to a conclusive discovery yet.

There is Good and There is Evil.

By any analysis, Evil should always win. 
Good is not a practical Survival Strategy. 

It requires Loyalty, Self-Sacrifice and er, Love
So, why does Good prevail? 

What keeps The Balance 
between Good and Evil 
in this Appalling Universe?
 
Is there some kind of Logic
Some Mysterious Force?



EGON SPENGLER: 
Vinz, you said before you were 
waiting for A Sign. 
What Sign are You Waiting for?

LOUIS TULLY
Gozer The Traveller! 
He will come in one 
of the pre-chosen forms. 

During The Rectification of the Vuldronaii, 
The Traveller came 
as a Large and Moving Torb

[Egon looks towards Janine] 
Then, during The Third Reconciliation of the Last of the Meketrex Supplicants, they chose a new form for Him, 
that of A Giant Sloar! 

Many Shubs and Zulls knew what it was 
to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day, I can tell you.

Your Honor, 
Ladies and Gentlemen of the--
of The Audience. 

I don't think it's fair 
to call My Clients 'frauds'. 

Okay, so the blackout was 
a big problem for everybody, okay? 
I was stuck in an elevator for two
hours and I had to make the whole time. 
But I don't blame them

Because one time, I turned into a dog 
and they helped me. 
Thank you.

Friday 22 October 2021

Oh?












Lugasov :
Comrade Charkov. 
Valery!

The KGB :
Yes, Professor?

Lugasov :
My Associate was arrested last night.

The KGB :
Oh? 

Lugasov :
I mean no disrespect…
but I was wondering if you could tell me — why.

The KGB :
I’m sure I don't know who you're talking about.

Lugasov :
She was arrested by The KGB.
You are the first deputy chairman of the KGB.

The KGB :
I am.
That's why I don't have to bother 
with arresting people anymore.

Lugasov :
But you are bothering with 
having us followed.

Aide :
I think the deputy chairman is busy.

The KGB :
No, no. It's perfectly understandable.

Comrade, I know you've heard The Stories about Us.
When I hear them, even I am shocked —
But We are NOT What People Say

Yes, people are following you.
People are following those people.
You see them? They follow me.

The KGB is A Circle 
of ACCOUNTABILITY.
Nothing More.

Lugasov :
You know the work we're doing here.
You really don't Trust us? 

The KGB :
Of course I do.
But you know 
The Old Russian Proverb
Trust but Verify.”

And The Americans think that 
Ronald Reagan thought that up.
Can you imagine? 

It was very nice speaking with you.

Lugasov :
I Need Her.

The KGB :
So you will be accountable for her…? 
Then it's Done.

Lugasov :
Her Name is…

The KGB :
I know Who She Is.
Good Day, Professor.


Lugasov looks very glum — he feels SEEN, 
as The Kids like to say these days.

No, that went surprisingly well.
You came off like A Naive Idiot.

And naive idiots 
are not A Threat.
I'll come back when 
The Paperwork is complete.



- Are you all right? - They didn't hurt me.
They let a pregnant woman into a room with a --
It doesn't matter.

They were stupid.
I was stupid.

Dyatlov won't talk to me.
Akimov, yes, Toptunov, yes, 
but Valery, Akimov his face was gone.

Lugasov :
You want to stop? 

Is that a choice I even have
Do you think the fuel will actually melt through 
the concrete pad? 

Lugasov :
I don't know.
A 40% chance maybe.
I said 50.
Either way, the numbers mean 
the same thing: "Maybe."

Maybe the core will melt through to the groundwater.

Maybe the miners who I've told to dig 
under the reactor will save millions of lives.

Maybe I'm killing them for nothing.
I don't want to do this anymore.
I want to stop.
But I can't.

I don't think you have 
a choice any more than I do.
I think, despite the stupidity, 
the lies, even this you are compelled.

The Problem has been assigned, 
and you will stop at nothing 
until you find An Answer.

Because that is Who You Are.

Lugasov :
A Lunatic, then.
A Scientist.

Did you know that they were running a safety test?

Yeah.

There's something else.
Akimov says they shut the reactor down
and Toptunov confirms it.

They pressed AZ-5.


Apparently not soon enough.


No.
They say Akimov pressed AZ-5, 
and then the reactor exploded.
If it had been just one of them, 
I would have put it under faulty memory 
or delusion even, 
but they both agreed.
They were adamant.

Comrade? 
Do you think it's possible

I think it makes no sense.
I think it's what I would say 
if I was trying to cover 
my own mistakes.


But? 

I believed them.

Then you should pursue it.
We have to pursue every possibility, 
no matter how unlikely
no matter what or who's to blame.


I'll go back to the hospital and reinterview 
Akimov and Toptunov.
If they're still awake.


They're not.


Khomyuk.


To Hell with Our Lives.
Someone has to start 
Telling The Truth.

You think the right question 
will get you The Truth? 

I know they're listening! 

There is no truth.



Why didn't you press the AZ-5 button? 

We Did.
And that's when it exploded.


I don't want my men here 
one more second than they need to be.
If these workedyou'd be wearing them.

Vasily — We're gonna have a baby.
Do you have any idea what you're dealing with? 
People are going to hear.

What is everyone gonna hear? 

We have to pursue every possibility, 
no matter who is to blame.
This entire region must be completely evacuated.
How many men do you require? 

Approximately 750,000 men.


A Ukrainian Babushka is in her barn,
milking her cow.

Boy Soldier :
It's time to go.
Did you hear me? 
This is an evacuation.
You understand? 
You have to come with me.

Babushka :
Why? 

Boy Soldier :
Because They told Me
so now I'm telling you.

Everyone in this village, everyone.
It's Not Safe here.
There's radiation in the air.
What's wrong with you? 

Babushka :
Do you know how old I am? 

Boy Soldier :
I don't know.
Old.

Babushka :
I'm 82.
I've lived here my whole life.
Right here, that house, this place.
What do I care about ‘Safe’? 

Boy Soldier :
I have A Job.
Don't cause Trouble.

Babushka :
Trouble? You're not the first soldier 
to stand Here with a gun.

When I was 12, The Revolution came.
Czar's Men.
Then Bolsheviks.
Boys like you marching in lines.
They told us to leave.
No.

Then there was Stalin and 
his famine, the Holodomor.
My parents died.
Two of my sisters died.
They told the rest of us to leave.
No.

Then The Great War.
German boys.
Russian boys.
More soldiers, 
more famine, 
more bodies.

My Brothers never came home.
But I stayed, and I'm still here.

After all that I have seen…
so I should leave now, 
because of something 
I cannot see at all
No.

The Boy Soldier's Commanding Officer 
has entered The Barn

Boy Soldier :
Just one moment! 

Boy Soldier :
It's time to go.
Please stand up now.
This is your last warning.

! BANG !

He Shoots The Cow. 
In The Head.

Commanding Officer :
It's time to go.
Come on.



Point four.
Point six.
Fifteen.


Legasov.
I'll meet him there.


The Atom is a humbling thing.

It's not humbling
it's humiliating.