D-DAY +84...General Ethical, @Shepz1 and patches..Chapter 4 (or chapter 84, depending on how you look at things)

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After the Generals had returned from the restrooms, the highly charged atmosphere that they'd left just a few minutes earlier, seemed to have taken on a decidedly more chilled feeling.

Two of the generals had fallen asleep.

No one was looking at Miss Moneypenny except to advise her not to sit on the wet patch.
(A glass of water had been knocked over by one of the generals, in the haste to get to the restrooms 10 minutes 4 minutes earlier, and the falling glass had stained the seat).

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As the two generals snored deeply, and miss Moneypenny squirmed around trying her best to avoid the wet, the Commander in chief looked over at the latest enemy Intel report and started reading...

"Bloody hell, General Ethical, what's this,?"

"Sir,? " General Ethical replied, confused at the Commanders harsh tone.

"You posted your damn views on fortress steemits fundamental flaws!" The C-in-C shouted loudly, "I was gonna use that later when we assaulted beach XXXXXXX ." ...(redacted for security purposes).
(The General Ethicals post in question, here)

" Sorry , Sir, it just seemed like the right thing to do" replied General Ethical, a little upset at his Commander in chiefs tone.

The C-in-C sighed heavily, "Ethical....Ethical, ma boy, you've got to stop doing the 'right thing', all the time - don't you realize that?"
"Err...well....er...that all seems a little, err.... well, underhanded, sir, if I may say so," Ethical replied, feeling a little uneasy about this conversation...

"It is underhanded, Ethical, that's the whole point. We'll never get off the Steemit beaches and past the defenses if you keep using ethical tactics."
"We...we.. won't,?" said General Ethical bemused, his lip was now starting to wobble a little, at the prospect of being underhanded..

"No General, we won't, by god! If we play by ethical standards all the time, the enemy will always have the advantage. They don't give a fuck about such things, you see.?"

The C-in-C continued, ignoring the lip wobbling..."Why do you think we sent in Mamm's Bond, and Honey Ryder (aka @whatsup)to spy for us? They don't give a fuck , my boy!...but their on our side!"
(Honey Ryder Drama video here)

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"Sir...Sir..." General Ethical said , his lip now in full wobble mode, " This is gonna get all very messy, isn't it?"

"Yes, my boy it is," The C-in-C said "But your skills will come in very handy after all the dust has settled. If we play this right, you'll be overlooking Steemit HQ and keepin' em all in line.."

"I...I..I...I will, sir?" General Ethical replying, his lip only slightly wobbling now..

"Yes, General Ethical, yes you will!..." The C- in C paused, reflecting... "Of course," He went on to say , " The chances of us succeeding are very slim, and I rather fancy you might be blown up from a flaggerbot mine, 10 minutes after we start the assault.."

"Ah," Said Ethical, cheering up in his 'forever optimistic' way, "Right you are, sir... Well, at least we'll have given it our best shot, Sir!"

"NO! Ethical, no!!," The Commander shouted, "We are not 'giving it our best shot', we're fighting to win, for fucks sake!
You really need to talk to General Non-Ethical, and General Code-is-law, about this. They'll give you some pointers. When they stop snoring, that is.."

Just then the sound of an old motorbike arriving outside drowned out any chat.

"Is that a two stroke? Said Ethical.

Miss Moneypenny went to the window, and looked outside and started giggling excitedly " It's Colonel @Shepz1!It's Colonel @Shepz1!"

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She sat back down in her chair quickly, waiting for him to come in.
She seemed quite unaware of her wet patch now.

"Ah yes, I asked him to come join us. Miss moneypenny!" The C-in- barked to her " Go and make him a coffee, will you? He's been riding since Germany, 1963 - he must be tired out - but I have to give him a debriefing. He might have some vital intelligence for us."

"Can I help you, Sir? Said Missmoneypenny, " I'm good that kind of thing... I debriefed Colonel Shepz1 before, remember? After Operation Nigel? I pumped him thoroughly then, sir, I know how to get the best out of him..."

"Good idea Miss Moneypenny, yes, good idea. I do remember that, and he did ask for you, actually. He mentioned how much you had really pumped him dry."

The C-in-C looked over at General Ethical, chuckling,
"@Shepz1 said that my idea of a debriefing was less productive than an SJW at a logic rally!...I do love his transparency though, it has to be said."

As Miss Moneypenny made the coffee and got ready for debriefing @Shepz1, the Commander turned to General Ethics,
"You and Colonel @shepz1 should get to on very well, but- whatever you do- don't mention the 'Operation Nigel' incident, for chrissakes...He's still getting over it, he had a bad time with that one. He made some plans, but it went all wrong..."

As @shepz1 passed General Ethics on the way to the debriefing room, he threw him a dongle "If you like transparency, you might like that"
(contents of the dongle coming just as soon as it's been downloaded)

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