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Scene 9
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In a darkened room, Lorenz Keel sits surrounded by the holographic images of great, black monoliths, his fellow conspirators. On a giant screen in front of the assembled men several series of numbers are being displayed.
"This is it, gentlemen." Keel says. "We finally have the funding to start producing the Eva series. All ten of them, as required for the ceremony."
"This is an immense sum of money." SELEE 04 speaks. "Are we absolutely sure it cannot be traced?"
"Quite." Keel indicates some figures on the screen. "We have been extremely careful, virtually every euro collected from a different source."
"Exactly how much money are we talking about?" SELEE 11 asks.
"All in all, roughly 122 billion euro." Keel indicates another series of figures.
"Indeed an immense sum of money." SELEE 06 says, an obvious hint of awe in his voice.
"Indeed..."
There is silence for a moment, then SELEE 05 clears his throat.
"And that'd make about twelve billion per unit?"
Keel nods.
"Yes."
Another moment of silence. Then:
"Er...and exactly how many units are required for the red earth ceremony?"
"Ten, of course! Why do you ask?"
"Weeell..." SELEE 05 starts, sounding slightly embarrassed, "...it's just that...you know, twelve billion euro...you could throw one hell of a party for that..."
There is a stunned silence. Had they been physically present, the members of SELEE would have been looking nervously at each other.
"Um...well, he's got a point..."
"Yeah, end of civilisation as we know it...a shame not to celebrate, actually..."
"Nothing but proper behaviour, right?"
"Gotta have a proper celebration in cases like this, really."
"Helluva lot of booze..."
"...and strippers."
"Yeah, and strippers."
"And Katsuragi-clones as waitresses!"
"You know, for twelve billion we could actually do that."
"...and those little foods on sticks."
"Yeah, and those."
Keel sits, biting his lower lip and looking quite indecessive.
"Well...I guess...no-one...would notice...if there were just nine of them?"
"Wouldn't notice for a second."
"Hell no!"
"On a side note, I happen to already have a calculation of how much those Katsuragi-clones would cost us..."
"You do? How come?"
"Er...gotta be prepared for anything, right? Just in case, you know..."
"...and helluva lot of booze."
Scene 9
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In a darkened room, Lorenz Keel sits surrounded by the holographic images of great, black monoliths, his fellow conspirators. On a giant screen in front of the assembled men several series of numbers are being displayed.
"This is it, gentlemen." Keel says. "We finally have the funding to start producing the Eva series. All ten of them, as required for the ceremony."
"This is an immense sum of money." SELEE 04 speaks. "Are we absolutely sure it cannot be traced?"
"Quite." Keel indicates some figures on the screen. "We have been extremely careful, virtually every euro collected from a different source."
"Exactly how much money are we talking about?" SELEE 11 asks.
"All in all, roughly 122 billion euro." Keel indicates another series of figures.
"Indeed an immense sum of money." SELEE 06 says, an obvious hint of awe in his voice.
"Indeed..."
There is silence for a moment, then SELEE 05 clears his throat.
"And that'd make about twelve billion per unit?"
Keel nods.
"Yes."
Another moment of silence. Then:
"Er...and exactly how many units are required for the red earth ceremony?"
"Ten, of course! Why do you ask?"
"Weeell..." SELEE 05 starts, sounding slightly embarrassed, "...it's just that...you know, twelve billion euro...you could throw one hell of a party for that..."
There is a stunned silence. Had they been physically present, the members of SELEE would have been looking nervously at each other.
"Um...well, he's got a point..."
"Yeah, end of civilisation as we know it...a shame not to celebrate, actually..."
"Nothing but proper behaviour, right?"
"Gotta have a proper celebration in cases like this, really."
"Helluva lot of booze..."
"...and strippers."
"Yeah, and strippers."
"And Katsuragi-clones as waitresses!"
"You know, for twelve billion we could actually do that."
"...and those little foods on sticks."
"Yeah, and those."
Keel sits, biting his lower lip and looking quite indecessive.
"Well...I guess...no-one...would notice...if there were just nine of them?"
"Wouldn't notice for a second."
"Hell no!"
"On a side note, I happen to already have a calculation of how much those Katsuragi-clones would cost us..."
"You do? How come?"
"Er...gotta be prepared for anything, right? Just in case, you know..."
"...and helluva lot of booze."
