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Thursday 13 July 2017
Undercovers!
Number 6 was
talking to Number 14 in a scene in ‘Hammer Into Anvil, he talked a lot of
rubbish asking 14 if he’d slept well. Apparently Number 6 had a terrible night,
insomnia, he couldn’t sleep, so restless. That’s what you get for not drinking
your nightcap of drugged hot chocolate! Anyway there’s no point lying in bed
when you are awake. So Number 6 got up
and went out, and had a walk along the beach, its marvellous that time of day,
invigorating, the air I brisk and clear. The rain on your face, the wind in
your cheek, don’t look now the waiter is watching…….. Now why did he say that?
He must have known the waiter was watching them, because he was. And as soon as
Number 6 left the cafe area the waiter went to the kiosk and telephoned Number
2 reporting Number 14’s behaviour. Not only do citizens have the human
guardians watching them, but by ‘Hammer Into Anvil’ there are now Undercovers,
watching the citizens, ready to report the slightest misdemeanour, or anything
out of the ordinary. That Number 112, the shopkeeper he’s another one who
couldn’t wait to report Number 6’s unusual activity direct to Number 2. He then
went running off to the Green Dome, records and Tally Ho in hand. With
Observers, guardians, and undercovers all watching everyone else, it’s a wonder
anyone could be able to get away with anything in The Village. Unless of course
those who were doing the watching were not being watched themselves, they might
be able to get away with something without being observed. And the only way to
avoid that would be to have everyone as Undercovers, so that everyone would be
watching everybody else. Complete and total surveillance.
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