an intergalactic scholar Wrote:It started off as any old world summit. The same boring leaders with the same boring promises. The same boring optimists being ragged on by the same pessimistic realists.
But it changed with, of all things, inappropriate glances from the American president towards the mistress of his Russian equivalent. A preliminary investigation from the FSB quickly confirmed the two had spent time alone together. That silly American, he should have known. There are two things a Russian dislikes: racism, and ....
It escalated further when well-meaning protestors managed to successfully disrupt all ingoing and outgoing traffic to the building, leaving those in that kettle pot without food, alcohol, or hanky panky for up 12.5 hours.
From there, the details hard to confirm. It could have been a terrorist plot, or the fat North Korean leader trying to eat the wrong person thing; an unsettled argument, or a dispute involving a certain mistress named Natasha and two or more leaders of the developed world.
Only the ending is certain. Shit went down and red buttons were pressed. The world destroyed itself several times over.
And yet, in the still, becoming silence that followed, the lofty dreams of my good man cucubelu were realized. The world was at peace.