The bang from the four automatic sidearms still rings loud in my head as I slowly recover my senses.
“Hello. The luck of the Irish seems to be with you today my dear. We manage to spot you just in time to shield you from the blasts.”, a voice says without any hints of Irish ancestry.
I slowly open my eyes. There is a sole woman standing in front of me. Her smile is inviting, as is her legs; neatly tucked away in a pair of black leather boots. Between the smile and the boots: a short red patterned skirt with an unbuttoned jacket covering the rest of her.
“Where am I?”, I ask while turning my head to get a better view of the interior of this room, or maybe it is a vehicle of sorts. It somehow managed to save me from imminent death, somehow…
“All in good time, my dear. I will leave it to him to do the induction.”, she says with her smile widening.
The ceiling height is definitely not standard measurements for a house, it is more like a warehouse sized room, ceiling-wise. There are stairs leading up and down to other parts.
“I think I need to lie down to recover for a bit. Do you have anywhere suitable?”, I ask, feeling my head spinning slightly.
“Sure, follow me and I will take you to our sleeping quarter”, she says and I stand; head spinning faster; and follow her down one of the stairs.
“Here to the left is the shower room where you can freshen up, and just across the hallway is our bedroom. We only have one bedroom but there is plenty of space for everyone…”, she concludes the statement with an even broader smile than before. This might get interesting I think to myself.
“Thank you so much. I will take a quick shower and then rest for a bit.” I say then close the shower room door behind me.
After a very refreshing shower, (those bubbles coming out of the shower head was amazing, I make a mental note to ask how they are made later) I cross the hallway into the bedroom.
The woman has laid out a night dress on the bed. I put it on and the white silken dress seems to automatically adjust to my body shape. Not too tight, not too loose, nice…
The rest of the room look quite standard, one bed (massive!), a few built-in wardrobes and a mirror reaching from floor to ceiling.
My reflection is not what I expected. Instead of the wet, messy hair I was expecting, my hair looks like I have just come out of a hairdressers, how odd...
Feeling a sudden weariness coming over me I decide to proceed with the second part of my plan, the nap. I jump head first into the bed and am greeted with a feeling of floating on a cloud. No really, a cloud. I can not feel the bed but I can see that I am resting on something firm. Before I manage to look around futher I feel myself drifting off into a very relaxing sleep.
I am woken by a slight touch on my shoulder. The woman is sitting next to me on the bed. She is wearing a dress similar to mine.
“He has arrived back but will be busy for an hour or so before he can give you the induction and he asked me to begin to show you the ropes…”
“Fine with me, I feel soooo relaxed after the nap. The Bed. Wow. Cloud? The shower. The bubbles!!!! How?” I blurt out too eagerly but I want answers.
“All in good time, my dear. Let’s get to know each other a little better first”, she say as she pull her dress over her shoulders. Leaning forward until her lips almost touch mine, she whispers “My name is Clara. Clara Oswald. What’s yours?”
If you’re European, in a couple of weeks you will be denied any and all access to fandom contents on Tumblr and everywhere else on the internet. Here’s why.
On June, 20th the JURI of European Parliament approved of the articles 11 and 13 of the new Copyright Law. These articles are also known as the “Link Tax” and the “Censorship Machines” articles.
Articles 13 in particular forces every internet platform to filter all the contents we upload online, ending once and for all the fandom culture. Which means you won’t be able to upload any type of fandom works like fan arts, fan fictions, gif sets from your favourite films and series, edits, because it’s all copyrighted material. And you won’t also be able to share, enjoy or download other’s contents, because the use of links will be completely restricted.
But not everything’s lost yet. There’s another round of voting scheduled for the early days of July.
What you can do now to save our internet, is to share these informations with all of your family members and friends, and to ask to your MEP (the members of the European Parliament from your country) to vote NO at the next round, to vote against articles 11 and 13.
Here you can find more news and all the details to contact your MEP:
Little was known about the origin of the Sign of Destiny. Even the scholars disagreed on the interpretation of what would ultimately turn out to be a lump of rock.
