16th Chapter, 2nd Season
Free Falling
Free Falling
The odd being, half man, half snake, was sitting behind a big rock, where one could red:
"Hell Park - Enter here to your eternal damnation"
Lost in his thougts, the hellish being was looking at an odd box from which arose a cold light. After muttering some comments, that being clicked a strange object, filled with little button, that was placed in front of the box. The being, who looked quite furious, muttered:
-Why the heck we had to install the Windows XP system, if the 95 worked so finely? Oh shit, it has crashed again!
One of the winged devils asked him, then:
-Shall I call one of the Technical Service, Minos?
-No way, man. I throw the last on to the Malgebolge five minutes ago...
-Erm -comagoosie wispered -Just press the enter button -as the devil looked at him in a quite bewildered way, he added- yes, the big key, on the right.
Click.
-It works!!! -Minos shouted- What the fly! What a record! Fine, fine, very fine!
-Erm... we just wanted some info - Canonized began to articulate.
-Some info, he says! -Minos shouted, while laughing like a maddevil. Then, he used his tail to take our brave explorers and throw them into the abyss- To hell with you! Wide open are the gates of hell to you! That's all you need to know!!!! -and turning to the cue of sinners who awaited their fates, he shouted - The next one!
They were the Dalton brothers. Then Minos realized his mistake and called of the Devil winged legions to hunt for the intruders he had let go in.
Meanwhile, after a quite hard landing, our heroes got the the second circle, the one filled with rappist, sex-starved beings and more people like that, as, for instance, Michael Douglas, who wasn't there, yet, but had an honour place, hardly conquered after Basic Instinct. In the very second the got there, they were almost raped, so, to avoid such a fate, our heroes did the most unexpected thing:
To run away. Thus they came to the thrid Circle, devoted to Gluttony and things like that. It was raining (shit, by the way) and our heroes were sunk in mud til their knees, when Cardinal Petrus came, smiling like a madman, to tell them he had found some info. They had to got to the "Citá di Ditte", in the fifth "quinto Circolo". A man called Cianno has told him so.
So there they went...
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February saw the defeat of the English rebels, as the earl of Bedford was the first one to surrender to the new king. Alfons, relieved of not having to go to England, disbanded his expeditionary force and began to take care of his kingdoms.
One of his first actions was to ensure the rule of the Crowm upon the Balearic islands. Thus he created for himself the Dukedom of those islands, to keep an eye on them. Then, news from Castille came to Barcelona. The king had died, and a boy of ten, Manuel of Borgoña, had reached the throne.
Few things about him could be said, but he was a devoted Catholic.
So devoted that Canonized looked as an heretic.
So devoted that even the Pope feared him. Thus the Pope asked for Catalan protection. So far, so good.
Then a problem arose. And with it, the chance for glory. In one of its razzias, some Muslims lords had conquered Salamanca,where now ruled Khalelm, former sheik of la Mancha, defeated by Alfonso.
As Alfons became the new Papal Controller ("I have the power!!!!" - "No, you don't, shut up, He-man, and go to your game"), the lord of Salamanca began a war against Portugal.
And, to Alfons bemused surprised, the mouse was eating alive the cat.
Thus the Portugese king asked for help.
Something had to be done...