savetheearth | [video] the conspiracies don't start till i walk in

[video] the conspiracies don't start till i walk in

[It is 3 am. Danny's hair is disheveled, and he is in his freemasonry-symbol pajamas. His face is lit only by the glow of his laptop screen. He looks crazed, and it's not certain whether he actually looks like that, or that's just because of the lighting.]

Oh my god, guys, I just--I figured it out!

So, there were those pink lights in Vegas that we all saw, right? And pink lights mean something's alien-related. So alien-related stuff is showing up in Vegas, which is only like 200 miles from Tonopah Air Force Base, where the real alien testing was done during the Cold War when they were using Area 51 as a decoy!

Guys. This--this can't be a coincidence. Who knows how deep this goes. It might even go beyond the Locke police department, beyond Sherman and even Edwards. This could go as high up as the military--or the secret service, or the president himself!

I don't know what's going to happen next or what it all means just yet, but I know it's connected somehow.

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[Kara is...actually pretty perky for three in the morning, albeit in her pajamas. she's used to being up at these weird in between hours from talking with her family and crunch time during paper season. today was the former, leaving her a bit more energized than the latter would have, although from her quizzical tone it seems that this isn't helping her understand anything in this post]

Excuse me? I am sorry, but I am afraid that I do not understand much of what you are attempting to tell us.

I'm saying that there are aliens in Nevada and the military might have been covering it up this whole time!

For...what purpose, exactly? I am not particularly knowledgeable about your states, but from what I understand Nevada is not a usual place for tourists to visit initially?

Well they didn't mean to set up shop in Nevada. It just kinda happened after they crash landed and the military took them there for testing.

When exactly was this crash landing? Do you know how large of an impact it would have made?

[because whoops her mind is immediately going to relevant astronomy data and any unexplained events she's read about in the past decade or so...]

Uhhh...I don't know. Probably like, late 40s, early 50s maybe? I don't know about the impact, though--if there was one, it was probably covered up.

I see. [she hums thoughtfully, looking mildly disappointed. they weren't as high-tech during that time] Still, it is quite unlikely that they would have been able to cover up any difficulties which occurred in space. Such an event would likely have been noted down by someone.

Well...yeah? I'm pretty sure that's why anybody knows about it in the first place.

Ah, no, what I mean to say is - I do not think that such an occurrence could have been kept secret for so many decades. Many of the mysteries from that era have been tackled recently because of the improvement in our equipment.

[ENGLISH WHY SO DIFFICULT she's trying to say someone would have tracked the thing falling and figured shit out before now]

[He...thinks he gets what she's trying to say.]

I dunno, the military can keep a lot of stuff secret.

From its own people, perhaps, but it is nearly impossible to do so with the entire world's scientific community unless there are additional helpers.

[his eyes go wide as dinner plates.]

Maybe there are.

[n-no this is the opposite of what she wanted]

Who would even have such widespread authority so as to stifle hundreds of thousands of scientists and their instruments?

A secret organization of really rich guys who have enough money to do whatever they want?

[He says it like a question, with a tone of "doesn't everybody know this?"]

[NO EVERYBODY DOES NOT KNOW THIS]

That is a very bizarrely specific application of wealth and power, though.

I...guess? It doesn't sound much different from anything else, to me.

Are you saying that this is their...hobby?

[she really isn't sure that she understands anything anymore]

What? No. At least, I don't think so--I've never heard of any hobby like that before.

Well, I have never heard of a large group of wealthy people deciding to shroud the happenings in space for any reason.

[SHE'S JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF ALL THIS]

To...do private taking-over-the-world kind of stuff?

[come on, Kara, this is the stuff of basic childhood picture books.]

But would it not be easier to simply go about such domination in the more standard ways? This seems rather complex and reliant on a great deal more people.

[THIS HAS GOT TO BE AN AMERICAN THING...]

But it's--well, it's like...

[He knows the reason why, but he can't quite put it into words. Give him a second to try and articulate it.]

Like, it's...easier because no one will know it's happening until it's too late! It's supposed to be really subtle.

[she frowns softly]

But there are many simpler ways to achieve the same results while being sneaky. What makes this method so very appealing?

Well...it's...uhhhh...

Okay, I--I don't know! I'm not some crazed millionaire trying to take over the world, I don't know why they'd do it. It's just--it's something they just do.

How strange! I had no idea that so many maniacal wealthy men had such an intense interest in the workings of space.

[the worst part is that she's not being facetious with that comment at all]

But it is no matter! If they are a problem, I am certain that we will be able to deal with them.

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