Chapter Sixty-Eight (Lionel Hutz) (2/2)
Emancipation of each listed species; reparations due to each species; accusations accompanied by proof of non-consensual genetic, cultural, social, and pharmaceutical engineering; dominion for each species over the planets they had evolved on, colonized, or explored; reparation of all unwilling expatriates, indentured servants, and other member of that species willing to return to their home of origin once the terms were explained by a Terran lawyer; negation of all generational and corporate debt; class action lawsuits against corporation and corporation; class action lawsuits against almost every Council (including his own); Cease & Desist Orders granted by the Unified Legal Council Computer Array; orders of protection for each member of the species granted by the previous body...
It went on and on and on. Every one of them already active cases accepted by the Legal Arrays, every one of them being already argued. Hurrmuur was court ordered to oversee the purging of all non-statistical data regarding each individual of the listed species within the next 72 hours.
Worst, and already approved, was that the Terran legal firm of Johnson, Jackson, and Johnston was the legal guardian of each of the species, with granted legal power of attorney!
Hurrmuur looked up in time to see the Terran holding out a sheaf of papers to him. Hurrmuur reflexively took them.
”Great High Most Hurrmuur, you have hereby been served. You will be expected to appear before the Unified Legal Council to defend yourself and your office from charges of perfidy, embezzlement, prostitution, slavery, theft of land and territory, and other violations,” The Terran said, it's voice still empty.
It suddenly smiled and Hurrmuur almost fainted. Its teeth were long, pointed, and locked together. Black fluid, almost like blood, leaked from between its teeth and down its chin.
”You should retain legal council,” it said, then turned and began to leave.
”This appointment is terminated. All further communication shall take place in writing between legal specialists only,” the Lesser Qualified Barrister said in the same cold tone. Its teeth were much the same, only shorter.
The other two left, the Barrister Clerk shutting the door.
Hurrmuur dove for his desk comlink, found it overloaded as it was still accepting document after document after document. His implant pinged and he screamed twice in panic and immediately galloping toward the door.
His implant was informing him that he was already late for court and had been found in contempt.
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MANTID FREE WORLDS
Oh, dear, I can sense the disturbance from here.
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BIOLOGICAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS
Sense what?
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TELKAN GESTALT
What's she talking about?
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TERRA
hee hee hee
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CYBERNETIC COLLECTIVE
Oh, God, Gramps is laughing. Someone's rectum hurts, even if it was just newly created by being ripped open with furious violence.
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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS
What, sis? What disturbance did you sense?
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MANTID FREE WORLD
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
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CLONE WORLD DIRECTORATE
Are you watching old movies again?
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TERRA
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!
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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS
Does it make anyone else nervous when Gramps laughs?
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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS
Hold me, I' m scared!
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TELKAN GESTALT
I don't get it...
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MANTID FREE WORLDS
Come here and sit by big sister, I'll show you.
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