Abishai100
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This short-story I wrote about Obsidian rock crusades was inspired by the mineral-piracy politics film Blood Diamond.
Who says you can't follow media/entertainment to stay abreast of new age geo-political profiteerism-based worldliness? Is it any wonder that America has elected a capitalism-baron (and media-celebrity) as its President (Donald Trump)?
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Alastair the knight went searching for precious Obsidian black rocks in Chile and Iceland in the year 2010. He was hired by a mysterious employer named King Ralph who apparently lived somewhere in Switzerland. Ralph wanted a large supply of especially pure Obsidian, because he employed a geologist and chemist and applied physicist to develop a new laser-gun with the special reflective and surface-friction properties and topology of Obsidian rocks. Alastair did not question what the purpose of the rocks would be or if they were meant for some profit-scam or mineral-based dominion scheme; he just needed the money (as a ronin).
Alastair landed in Chile first and found some good samples of Obsidian before heading to Iceland to procure more. Ralph hired Alastair, since there was much black market munitions talk about the use of Obsidian rocks in the development of new-age weapons, and Ralph believed his 'team' of scientists had the necessary acumen to develop Obsidian lasers before anyone else could; he just needed Alastair to procure great samples of the Obsidian rocks. When Alastair arrived in Iceland, he discovered another party was also involved in the procurement of pure Obsidian rock samples.
Alastair was now contending with a ruthless black market diamond trading group secretly working for the terrorist organization ISIS which was amassing funds and resources to develop guerilla warfare tactics and weaponry to coordinate a massive invasion of Washington, D.C. on Halloween Eve 2012. The black market diamond trading group Alastair was contending hailed from South Africa and was commissioned by ISIS after the release of the diamond-trade intrigue film Blood Diamond was released in America. The South African diamond trading group was called The Black Hand, and it boasted a few geologists with the necessary knowledge to identify pure Obsidian.
Alastair wanted to find the best Obsidian samples for his employer Ralph before The Black Hand grabbed them for ISIS. What Alastair did not know, however, was that Ralph was working with ISIS and employed Alastair simply as an insurance; if The Black Hand failed in procuring the best Obsidian, Ralph would deliver the better samples to ISIS that Alastair procured for him. It was a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad world, and Alastair started to realize that the international black market mineral trade was an 'umbrella-piracy' outfit designed to create a 'veil' for seedier black market operations (e.g., biochemical weapons trade). Alastair came up with a plan --- he would thwart The Black Hand and deliver to Ralph bogus rocks glossed and painted to look like Obsidian and then tell the black market 'gossip-gods' that King Ralph was incompetent. Alastair's scheme was about to turn the black market on its head!
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Who says you can't follow media/entertainment to stay abreast of new age geo-political profiteerism-based worldliness? Is it any wonder that America has elected a capitalism-baron (and media-celebrity) as its President (Donald Trump)?
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Alastair the knight went searching for precious Obsidian black rocks in Chile and Iceland in the year 2010. He was hired by a mysterious employer named King Ralph who apparently lived somewhere in Switzerland. Ralph wanted a large supply of especially pure Obsidian, because he employed a geologist and chemist and applied physicist to develop a new laser-gun with the special reflective and surface-friction properties and topology of Obsidian rocks. Alastair did not question what the purpose of the rocks would be or if they were meant for some profit-scam or mineral-based dominion scheme; he just needed the money (as a ronin).
Alastair landed in Chile first and found some good samples of Obsidian before heading to Iceland to procure more. Ralph hired Alastair, since there was much black market munitions talk about the use of Obsidian rocks in the development of new-age weapons, and Ralph believed his 'team' of scientists had the necessary acumen to develop Obsidian lasers before anyone else could; he just needed Alastair to procure great samples of the Obsidian rocks. When Alastair arrived in Iceland, he discovered another party was also involved in the procurement of pure Obsidian rock samples.
Alastair was now contending with a ruthless black market diamond trading group secretly working for the terrorist organization ISIS which was amassing funds and resources to develop guerilla warfare tactics and weaponry to coordinate a massive invasion of Washington, D.C. on Halloween Eve 2012. The black market diamond trading group Alastair was contending hailed from South Africa and was commissioned by ISIS after the release of the diamond-trade intrigue film Blood Diamond was released in America. The South African diamond trading group was called The Black Hand, and it boasted a few geologists with the necessary knowledge to identify pure Obsidian.
Alastair wanted to find the best Obsidian samples for his employer Ralph before The Black Hand grabbed them for ISIS. What Alastair did not know, however, was that Ralph was working with ISIS and employed Alastair simply as an insurance; if The Black Hand failed in procuring the best Obsidian, Ralph would deliver the better samples to ISIS that Alastair procured for him. It was a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad world, and Alastair started to realize that the international black market mineral trade was an 'umbrella-piracy' outfit designed to create a 'veil' for seedier black market operations (e.g., biochemical weapons trade). Alastair came up with a plan --- he would thwart The Black Hand and deliver to Ralph bogus rocks glossed and painted to look like Obsidian and then tell the black market 'gossip-gods' that King Ralph was incompetent. Alastair's scheme was about to turn the black market on its head!
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