(Part 2 is dedicated to the spirit of Alexander Dumas, the famous French HISTORIAN (see his first famous book which was non-fiction history called “The Crimes of the Borgias”). Dumas used fiction to impart his model of the world — especially in “The Count of the Mountain of Christ” (Monte Cristo) and in the full series of the “d’Artagnan Romances,” aka “The Three Musketeers.” Ask yourself why there are only three in the title when there are four great Musketeers in the book ~ “Who is Aramis?” and why he’s “The Count of the Mountain of Christ.”)

PART 2: “The Temptation of Angélique“

FADE IN: MARIGOLD WAKES UP IN A LUXURIOUS UNDERGROUND SUITE IN FRANCESCO’S BUNKER COMPLEX. SHE SEARCHES THE ROOM FOR HER OWN CLOTHES AND PERSONAL ITEMS. SHE’S WEARING A SILVER, RAW SILK GOWN AND SAYS OUTLOUD:

MARIGOLD: “Where am I now — and where’s Marc?”

CUT TO FRANCESCO DELLA ROVERE ENTERING MARIGOLD’S ROOM AND SAYING:

“You’re with me here in my underground bunker, and Marc’s in his own room. I have much to tell you. Please join me in the downstairs projection room as soon as you’re able.”

FRANCESCO LEAVES BOWING TO HER AS HE EXITS.

MARC, MARIGOLD AND FRANCESCO ARE DRINKING ORANGE JULIUS DRINKS FROM TALL GLASS CONTAINERS. THEY’RE IN A ROOM WHERE FRANCESCO SHOWS THEM A POWER-POINT PRESENTATION. WE SEE IMPORTANT IMAGES THROUGHOUT MARIGOLD’S LIFE — INCLUDING IN PART 1 OF THIS STORY — AND WE START TO HEAR FRANCESCO’S TALK WHEN HE ARRIVES AT HER FAMILY TREE AND HIS EXPLANATION OF THE POWERFUL INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD THAT THE HOUSE OF THE ESTES (Guelph/Welf) AND HOUSE OF BORGIAS HAVE HAD IN THE LAST 500 YEARS.

MARIGOLD: (Making a slurping noise) These drinks remind me of something called an “Orange Julius” from my youth. Mmmm…delicious!

FRANCESCO GESTURES A TOAST TO HER WITH HIS DRINK.

FRANCESCO: So, in summary, when Pope Rodrigo Borgia said to his son — the infamous killer Cesare — “We should turn the world into our own monarchy,” the Pope was deadly serious. And, in fact, this is the world we live in today: the first monarchy ruling the entire globe.

MARIGOLD: Are you saying that Julien is our global monarch?

FRANCESCO: No, he’s much too young! The oldest living male Borgia is, by my estimate, over 200 years old. Julien is a very important Borgia but he’s only 77 years old.

MARC: So, besides being related to them, what does Marigold have to do with these Estes and Borgias?

FRANCESCO: Her real name is Marie which is a version of Mary. The Borgias and Jesuits worship Mary. In fact, Loyola — who was a frontman for Pope Rodrigo Borgia’s great grandson FRANCIS Borgia who was the true creator of the Jesuits — was originally going to call the Jesuits “The Knights of the Virgin Mary”.

MARIGOLD: Marie my middle name…

FRANCESCO: Marie is of the House of Borgia and the House of the Este, as I said. The Estes married into the House of Borgia when Pope Rodrigo Borgia married his daughter, the infamous Lucrezia, to Alfonso d’Este in 1502. The Estes were known for being the most militarily powerful Duchy in the Papal States due to their use of high-technology — specifically cannons due to the Estes’ discovery of metal annealing.

MARC: That’s interesting. Do you know why Marigol… Marie was kidnapped and collared by Julien and why he’s been chasing us?

FRANCESCO: “I have a model of what he and his Borgia brothers want with her, but let me stress, I’m not certain. I think we should adjourn this discussion and we can revisit their question of their motives shortly. This is a lot for you both to process and I must man my battle stations for the incoming assaults that King Borgia and his brothers are in the process of leveling upon us. I know most of their tricks and tactics but my fortress has never been tested against them. So, we’re about to find out if my preparations have been sufficient. Try to not be alarmed by what you will see, hear, feel and experience during the King’s onslaught. I believe he has some special plans for Marie and he will, according to my best model of his motives, not want to destroy her.

A WORKER WAVES TO FRANCESCO TO JOIN HIM AND FRANCESCO WALKS TOWARDS HIM AND SAYS TO MARC AND MARIE:

FRANCESCO: My servants are at your disposal as is my library. I’ve selected several important volumes for your perusal and I’ll join you both again later. Buckle up we’re in for a bumpy ride.

FRANCESCO EXISTS.

MARC GRABS MARIE’S ARM AND USHERS HER OUT OF THE ROOM AND INTO THE HALLWAY. HE GESTURES FOR HER TO BE QUIET. MARC FINDS A CUBBYHOLE NEXT TO A JANITORIAL CLOSET AND THEY SHIMMY THEMSELVES INTO IT. THEN MARC BEGINS.

MARC: What’s Francesco’s motive for kidnapping you and bringing you to his lair — and for telling you all of this? Just accepting his story for the moment, you must be very important to him if he’s willing to risk the ire of King Borgia.

MARIE: You’re right, and continuing on the model that Francesco has painted for the moment, and given that King Borgia’s the world’s greatest killer and manipulator, I think it’s safe to assume that the King did something to Francesco and/or one of his relatives… Wait…. I recall a big fight between Pope Giulliano della Rovere and Pope Rodrigo Borgia.

SHE’S TRYING TO RECALL WHAT THEIR FIGHT WAS ABOUT WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE ROCKS FRANCESCO’S LAIR. MARC AND MARIE HOLD ON TO EACH OTHER. AFTER THE SHAKING STOPS THEY GET OUT OF THE CUBBY HOLE AND QUICKLY MOVE AROUND THE COMPOUND TO SEE THAT NOT MUCH DAMAGE HAS OCURED. THEY LOOK UP TO SEE A CONTROL ROOM — BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF THE VOLCANOES EDGE — WHERE FRANCESCO GIVES HIS MEN ORDERS. FRANCESCO SEES THEM AND SPEAKS TO THEM VIA HIS PA SYSTEM.

FRANCESCO: That was a 7.2 magnitude and my fortress can take up to about a 15 magnitude. The King creates these via his ELF waves (EXTRA LOW FREQUENCY) that are produced with his many HAARP systems around the planet. That’s all I expect for today but I must check out my systems. I’ll meet you in the dining hall later for dinner.

CUT TO MARC AND MARIE SEATED NEXT TO FRANCESCO. AS THEY ARE ALL FINISHING THEIR MEAL.

FRANCESCO: I’m pleased that my counter-measures held up. I have anti-HAARP waves emitting from the base, underwater and on land.

MARC: I’d love to know more about all these secret technologies!

MARIE: Francsco, please tell us what you think is the motive of King Borgia — regarding me!

FRANCESCO: Yes, yes, we’ll talk technology soon Marc, but Marie needs to know why she’s the focus of all this DRAMA. As you reflect and learn more about the events of your life, Marie, you’ll see that virtually EVERY IMPORTANT event has been delicately and deliberately ORCHESTRATED — by King Borgia, his brothers, and their minions, as well as by the King’s automation technologies. Understandably, your wondering why would he go to such trouble. Indeed, I too started wondering why when I first encountered you at that night club in Monaco. You were dating all those unfortunate wealthy men and now you can see it was King Borgia who was wrecking each of their fortunes as soon as you took up with them. Back then I came up with three distinct possibilities of why you were so important in King Borgia’s value hierarchy:

(A) He’s conducting an important scientific and/or psychological test that you are the focus of;

(B) There’s something he wants to know about the work you’ve devoted your life to, your benevolent, egoistic ethics;

(C) This is the least likely by far: It has long been said — amongst all three of our factions — that once we gain control of the entire globe, when a member of our bloodlines is Global King, only then will he finally marry. King Borgia knows this legend and expectation amongst our people but he’s under no obligation to enact it. He’s a moral agent unto himself and no such nostalgia could constrain him. Which is why I think it’s the LEAST likely explanation.

MARIE: You and I are also related, Francesco?

FRANCESCO: Yes.

MARC: What do you think is the more likely of the two plausible possibilities?

FRANCESCO: Between A and B, I’d choose A. One must understand our global monarch to understand his value hierarchy and King Borgia’s career and expertise is in wrangling humans. This art or skill is called “Social Engineering,” or Cybernetics. Plato discussed it 2300 years ago and called it kubernêtikê.

MARIE: I LOATHE Plato’s totalitarian philosophy and his dictatorial “Philosopher Kings.”

FRANCESCO: Be that as it may, the Borgias and Estes are part of a four thousand year long history of bloodline families controlling much of the world for that entire time. Plato is simply codifying what he learned about our system when he studied it in Egypt — which is where it really took off with the Hyksos and their infiltration of the Egyptians. For this entire time there has always been a top Philosopher King ruling our people and issuing orders to his top men and they to their minions — just like a captain on a ship. And all in secret.

MARIE: This “Social Engineering” is like the orchestration that was done in my life — but on a very grand scale.

FRANCESCO: Exactly.

MARC: It’s hard to imagine this being done to all humans on the planet without some kind of spectacular automation.

FRANCESCO: Automation indeed, Marc. The further back in time it was done primarily to small groups, mostly to members of our bloodlines and sometimes to important people not of our bloodlines. But that’s not scalable. With secret automation, and other technologies, that King Borgia has wrangled out of innumerable geniuses, now and for the first time, it’s scalable. (Admiringly) It’s Plato’s Cave writ large using Artificial Intelligence to generate customized stories creating automated “Jesuit Confessors” for all. It’s the end of the one-size-fits all stories to manipulate the masses, now with the collection of huge amounts of data that so many people put online, the profiling is magnificent. Just imagine, total, individual manipulation and control of EVERY human — as well as every other organism on the planet! It’s quite an achievement!!!

MARC NOTICES AND IS DISTURBED BY FRANCESCO’S SINCERE AND PALPABLE ADMIRATION FOR KING BORGIA’S MONARCHICAL ACHIEVEMENT.

MARC: Francesco, I’d like to know what YOUR motive is for seeking King Borgia’s ire by…

WE HEAR THE LAIR HAS BEEN HIT BY A HUGE LIGHTNING STRIKE.

FRANCESCO: (Yelling as he runs) Do not be alarmed if you have dreams tonight that seem out of character. The King can INDUCE DREAMS in anyone… remotely….

CUT TO THE NEXT MORNING AT BREAKFAST WITH MORE ORANGE JULIUS DRINKS.

MARIE: How long has the King been attacking you with dream induction, Francesco?

FRANCESCO: Me? Never. But my men, and friends, for many decades. And there are many other tortures that he bestows on them: He can remotely manipulate and control their limbs, speak directly into their minds without anyone else hearing it (this technology is called the “Voice of God” weapon or V2K for short). He can make them feel sexual attraction to their worst enemy, to a plant, or inanimate object. He can wipe their memories, plant thoughts and values, and induce any disease merely with the use of waves — the old model of germs and viruses is dead, although few realize it.

PAUSE TO SEE MARC AND MARIE TAKE IN THIS AWFUL NEWS.

FRANCESCO: But back to your topic of dream induction: it’s possible to induce the same dream in two, or more, people, incidentally. I think the purpose of it is to try to undermine one’s subconscious. To counteract that, no matter if the dream is pleasant or disgusting, I suggest waking up at unpredictable times, recalling as much of the dream as possible and dismissing the notion that the events in it have any meaning or importance in your life. The dreams can sometimes be very pleasant and if he induces them in you, Marie, that’s what I expect.

MARC: Why are you and King Borgia enemies?

FRANCESCO: The feud between the Borgias and Roveres goes back a long way to at least the year 1500 when Pope Rodrigo Borgia attacked my ancestor Giuliani della Rovere. Giuliani used to call Rodrigo a “barbarian.” During Rodrigo’s papacy he greatly reduced Giuliani’s influence as a Cardinal.

FRANCESCO OPENS A BOOK AND SLIDES IT TO MARIE AND SAYS:

FRANCESCO: Here’s a quote from Pope Giuliani della Rovere during his Papacy which was immediately after the papacy of Rodrigo Borgia.

MARIE READS IT OUT LOUD:

“I will not live in the same rooms as the Borgias lived. He desecrated the Holy Church as none before. He usurped the papal power by the devil’s aid, and I forbid under the pain of excommunication anyone to speak or think of Borgia again. His name and memory must be forgotten. It must be crossed out of every document ad memorial. His reign must be obliterated. All paintings made of the Borgias or for them must be covered over with black crepe. All the tombs of the Borgias must be opened and their bodies sent back to where they belong — to Spain”

A WORKER ENTERS THE ROOM AND WHISPERS IN FRANCESCO’S EAR.

FRANCESCO: I’m told the foliage on the island is on fire and two tornadoes are swirling just above this complex — just as I predicted. So, it must be about time for his Tsunami to hit us.

AT THAT MOMENT THE STRUCTURE IS SHAKEN AND PART OF THE BUILDING FALLS IN. MARIE IS SEPARATED FROM MARC AND FRANCESCO BUT SHE’S NOT INJURED. MARC AND FRANCESCO AND HIS WORKERS TRY TO DIG MARIE OUT OF WHERE THE RUBBLE HAS HER SEQUESTERED. AS THEY WORK MARC AND FRANCESCO TALK:

MARC: I’ve come up with a couple of models of your motive for bringing Marie here, Francesco, can we discuss this while we work?

FRANCESCO: Please…I’m curious to know what you’ve come up with.

MARC: Well, being that you’re spared some of the harassments your workers and friends are subjected to, it seems to me there is some kind of honoring King Borgia grants you. Perhaps in honor of you and your family being of the same bloodlines; or possibly just because you know so much about this ancient system; or even because he honors that the Rovere’s have been good enemies to the Borgias throughout the ages.

FRANCESCO: Yes, I think you’re correct — but there are limits to this.

MARC: Agreed. And that leads me to my first model of what you’re pursuing with Marie, which is you want to facilitate a detente with King Borgia by holding something precious that he wants and then giving it to him; but only after ingratiating yourself with Marie in case she holds any sway over him. If she does then she’ll campaign for your survival. And if Marie does not have any sway with the King then that leads me to my second model of your motive.

FRANCESCO: Excellent so far, Marc, please continue!

MARC: You haven’t spent as much time as I have with Marie but you likely understand that she’s a very remarkable woman.

FRANCESCO: Indeed!

MARC: I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone like her!

FRANCESCO: Nor I.

MARC: With all the education and orchestration the King has done in her life he’s created her to be what Aristotle called “A Great Souled Man.”

FRANCESCO: My evaluation exactly.

MARC: So, given that you’re a dead man if you can’t find a way to ingratiate yourself with the King; and assuming that the King does NOT want anything important from Marie; then you want to spend your final days — or hours — engaged in quality egoic intercourse with Marie.

FRANCESCO: Precisely, Marc. Congratulations. You’re quite wise, my friend. There’s one more important aspect you have not incorporated, understandably so, as you are not familiar with the relevant sciences. The King has to stay abreast any threats to his kingdom that are incoming — be they astrological, geological, and the like. I track these threats as well. According to my calculations, Earth is facing several dire and immediate threats. The King undoubtedly knows about these, of course. However, I think his timetable’s off. He’s modeling these threats as coming in later than I think they’re coming.

MARC: But how does this relate to Marie?

FRANCESCO: Excellent question. IF the King intends to marry Marie then I think he needs to get on with it as there’s not much time to loose! By taking her from him I hope this will motivate him to act sooner rather than later.

CUT TO FRANCESCO’S WORKERS PULLING MARIE OUT OF A CUT-THROUGH THEY MADE TO REACH HER. SHE’S DIRTY, WET AND SHAKEN BUT IN GOOD HEALTH — AND RADIANTLY BEAUTIFUL.

CUT TO THE NEXT DAY AT BREAKFAST WHEN MARIE SAYS:

MARIE: Francesco, what other types of assaults on your fortress do you expect from our King?

FRANCESCO: He has an extensive arsenal of geophysical and satellite weapon systems. Thus far, we’ve experienced his HAARP induced earthquake, tornadoes and tsunami and his laser based lightning and fire. He has several other geophysical weapons but I expect he’ll next turn to assaulting us more personally.

MARC: What an arsenal, the King has!

FRANCESCO: Yes, it’s spectacular. It’s particularly impressive to the ordinary person who doesn’t know that the true state-of-the-art of all science is intentionally kept secret. This has always been done — by all three factions. (PAUSE) We are all familiar with two of the factions from ordinary history. The Royal bloodlines who sat on the thrones of Europe — these are the Kingly faction; and their indisputable bosses from about 300 AD to about 900 AD — the priestly faction. The final and THIRD FACTION arose as an oppositional force around the 10th century; but officially with the Knights of Solomon’s Temple.

MARC: The Templars! Known as the world’s first International Bankers and they were disbanded by a member of, what you’re calling, the Kingly faction when King Philip the Faire of France attacked them on Friday the 13th in 1307.

FRANCESCO: Excellent Marc, you know some of this important history! Yes, the Templars were the manifestation of the same bloodlines. For a long time they were content to be the enforcers, or military might, for the other two factions. However, that changed in early 1119 AD when the third faction decided that the Priestly and Kingly factions were incompetent and were risking loosing the hard-fought-for ancient purpose of establishing a global monarchy.

MARIE: Basically, you’re referring to the history of Judeo-Christianity.

FRANCESCO: In a way, but it’s more than this one ethical system, as these same three factions are behind almost all ethical systems: From ATHEISTIC communism, to Islam, to the New Age Religion, and many other variations on the basic moral code of self-sacrificing ALTRUISM for the masses. At the top, however, it’s different, it’s PREDATORY egoism, which traces it’s lineage back through the many different secret societies and mystery schools — like Mithraism — and many other forms of Judeo-Cabala-related systems. It’s sometimes called “The Great Work” and goes back at least to the Hyksos who were proto-Hebrews. This predatory ethical system is still a centralized, comand-and-control system — like all monarchies. However, at the top, the Borgias, and their top minions, have a large degree of autonomy — which is needed for creativity and initiative.

MARIE: I was tutored in the “Occult” by Luis Martin and….

FRANCESCO: Martin’s another very high-ranking Borgia and he works closely with Julien and the the other high-ranking Borgias… Anyway, this is as far back as I’ve traced our bloodlines.

MARC: I’d like to know more about the Hyksos — especially their infiltration in Egypt!

FRANCESCO: In a word, Akhenaten. He was the first important Hyksosian ringer and pharaoh. But I must attend my battle stations now as more assaults are on the way. (WALKING AWAY AND THEN TURNING BACK) Marie, I have a wonderful surprise for you. It’s not all doom and gloom. Let’s talk later.

FRANCESCO EXISTS AND MARC MOVES TO BE CLOSER TO MARIE.

MARC: I want to go back to the library and read more of the books Francesco laid out for us.

MARIE: You go ahead and I’ll catch up in a bit.

CUT TO THE OUTSIDE OF FRANCESCO’S LAIR WHERE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE BLOWING THE FIRE EATEN TREES TO SHREDS AND HAIL — THE SIZE OF BOWLING BALLS — IS FALLING DESTROYING THE GUARDHOUSE.

CUT TO FRANCESCO IN HIS CONTROL ROOM WHERE HE CAN SEE THE HURRICANE AND HAILSTONES OUTSIDE.

FRANCESCO (to a worker): How are the back-up power systems holding up?

WORKER: Very well.

CUT TO THE NEXT MORNING AT BREAKFAST.

FRANCESCO: Good morning! I expect you both noticed the directed hurricane and the giant hailstones… (TO MARIE) Now we know what it felt like to be in the Papal States under siege and attacked by our ancestor Cesare Borgia! Consolidating the Papal States was one of the Borgia’s first efforts at global monarchy via subjugating these independent duchies.

MARC: It’s an old-fashioned siege of the castle but with high tech weaponry.

FRANCESCO: Exactly. (PAUSE) One of the most famous of the historical genii who have enabled our bloodline’s press for global monarchy assisted Cesare in his consolidation of the Papal States.

MARC: Da Vinci!

FRANCESCO: Exactly — he built the world’s first tank for Cesare Borgia!

MARIE: Am I related to Cesare too?

FRANCESCO: Yes, in fact, according my research, even with the records being heavily guarded, I’ve concluded you come through Cesare’s sister’s lineage. Rodrigo Borgia married her to Alfonso d’Este in the early 1500s and she had, perhaps, eight children, one of which was your ancestor.

MARIE: Yes, I once looked at a painting of her online and I had a photo of myself behind the screen. As I compared our jawlines I stood up in shock that that our jawlines are so strikingly similar.

FRANCESCO: In her youth, Lucrezia was also remarkably beautiful!

CUT TO A LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM AT FRANCESCO’S LAIR. ABOUT 100 PEOPLE ARE SEATED. MARIE AND MARC IN THE FRONT ROW AS FRANCESCO ADDRESSES THE GROUP.

FRANCESCO: Attention…I’m sure you’re all wondering why you were invited — not to mention highly paid — to join us here. In a word your presence is valued by Marie.

FRANCESCO GESTURES FOR HER TO STAND AND TURN TO THE CROWD AND SHE DOES.

FRANCESCO: A few have but most of you have never met Marie but she knows about all of you. You are her inspiration, her life-life, her excitement in life.

CUT TO FRANCESCO IN THE SAME ROOM WHERE HE FIRST PRESENTED A POWER-POINT TO MARC AND MARIE. THIS TIME IT’S FILLED WITH ALL THE BENEVOLENT EGOS THAT MARIE LOVES AND CARES FOR (Including but not limited to: JOHN; KIKI; WHITNEY & MARK; DANIEL; MARK; ELIOT; ELIASS; JOSEF; DUBYNE; RANSOM; TITUS; MERCOLA; CHARLIE; CORBETT; MERYL; JOHN-JAY; PEGGY; JOSHUA; WALDEMAR; CATHERINE; DEACON; GREEN; CASEY; STEPHEN & MARIA; CHRISTOPHE; ELIZABETH; DREW; BOB; SALLY; APRIL; KRISTINA; ROBERTX2; PHILIP; PHILIPE; ONIKA; UNCLE JOE; AND HER FAVORITE COUSIN JOHN).

FRANCESCO: Let me explain… Each and every one of you has done something that Marie considers HEROIC! Marie shares your love of the sovereign, autonomous individual and each of you did something that Marie is aware of to fight for the rights of such human beings. You do not all share the same philosophy or ethics in details, but at some level, you are all champions of what Aristotle called “The Great Souled Man.” In your own nichey way, each of you has done something, Marie considers important, to defend the continued existence of this type of human being. And for that we thank you and we’ve invited you here to CELEBRATE our respective and collective achievements.

FRANCESCO NOW GIVES THE GROUP A PRIMER ON ALL THE WEAPONS THAT KING BORGIA IS LIKELY TO UNLEASH AGAINST THEM HERE AT THE LAIR AND/OR GOING INTO THE FUTURE — NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE: V2K WITH WORDS (AND/OR MUSIC) RUN BY THE AI OR A MINION; DREAM INDUCTION; PLANTING THOUGHTS IN THEM; AND/OR PHYSICALISTIC DESIRES & AVERSIONS; LIMB CONTROL; STAGED STALKING WITH HIS THEATRICAL-MILITARY TROOPS; AND OTHER VARIOUS HARASSMENTS. FRANCESCO INDICATES SOME WAYS TO BLOCK AND/OR IGNORE IT. THROUGHOUT, THE CROWD MAKES NOISE INDICATING INDIGNATION.

CLOSE UP ON FRANCESCO’S DISPLAY OF A POSTER (ACTUALLY PUT OUT BY CISCO!) WHICH HAS A HUMAN WEARING AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT (INDICATING HE’S A PRISONER) AND A VR HEADSET THAT READS: “The Internet is about to change — are you ready.”

V.O.: FRANCESCO: As most of us here realize from our study of history, this is a new, high-tech version of Plato’s Cave — but now the stories that are generated are TARGETED to the INDIVIDUAL. Our global monarch’s profiling of humanity is so sophisticated that customized stories can now be generated to propagandize humanity to do his bidding — all controlled and done automatically with Artificial Intelligence. Going forward, reality itself will be constructed for the next generations who will have no outside references with which to challenge the narratives that our monarch will infuse in them.

THE GROUP WHO IS HORRIFIED AND SADDENED BY CONTEMPLATING THIS FUTURE.

FRANCESCO: Yes, it’s an incredibly bleak future humanity faces, my friends. But as I said, tonight we are here to celebrate our own — and each other’s — achievements in fighting for a better future for the autonomous individual. You have all fought hard to stop our Global Monarch’s nightmarish world! Marie and I thank you for your hard work and say “Well done” to you all!

FRANCESCO LIFTS HIS GLASS AND GESTURES A TOAST AS HE SAYS “Well done,” AND THE CROWD DOES THE SAME.

CUT TO A LARGE ROOM WHERE THE DINNER RECEPTION IS TAKING PLACE. MARIE’S CHAMPIONS ARE MINGLING. MANY KNOW OF EACH OTHER BUT HAVE NEVER MET. MARIE SITS NEXT TO PEGGY HALL AND HER HUSBAND.

MARIE: (to Peggy Hall) You have a phenomenal ability to see both the devilish details and the big picture! If this world were mine, so to speak, I’d want you to be my right-hand-woman (smiling).

BOTH LAUGH. FRANCESCO COMES UP TO THEM AND PUTS HIS HAND OF BOTH OF THEIR SHOULDERS AND SAYS:

FRANCESCO: It gives me great pleasure to see you enjoying yourselves!

MARIE STANDS UP AND TAKES FRANCESCO ASIDE TO SAY:

MARIE: Francesco, I am touched and impressed by your understanding of my valuing of these heroic champions and I want to express my deepest gratitude and respect for you bringing them all together here! I must say, your BENEVOLENCE surprises and impresses me PROFOUNDLY! The contrast you’re showing me to King Borgia’s assaults on your compound are helping me to see what kind of wicked ego the King really has. While he issues de facto threats and punishments, you celebrate and enable positive, benevolent egoic intercourse between all these heroic men and woman — for my benefit! Thank you for getting King Borgia to act like a TYRANT! No matter what happens in the future, you have my eternal esteem and appreciation for all you’ve done for me!

MARIE KISSES FRANCESCO ON THE CHEEK.

FRANCESCO: Your words have penetrated me to the core. I’m hopeful that we can find a way to persist in this hostile monarchy, but just know that my motive in seeking your friendship for the end of the world is not Platonic.

MARIE IS SURPRISED AND TAKEN ABACK BUT STARTS TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH FRANCESCO. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A MAGNIFICENT LIGHTING BOLT JOLTS THE COMPOUND AND TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS AND MUSIC, ETC. FRANCESCO SAYS:

FRANCESCO: (Loudly and to the crowd) Remain calm…In a few moments my back-up generators and power systems should turn on.

A STRANGE LIGHT STARTS TO APPEAR NEAR THE FRONT OF THE ROOM AND AN IMAGE OF A MAN WEARING A MAJESTIC CROWN IS ILLUMINATED VIA HOLOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY. IT’S THE HANDSOME FACE OF KING BORGIA. IN A REGAL VOICE HE COMMANDS:

KING BORGIA: “Let’s chat, Marie!”

INSTANTLY, MARIE DISAPPEARS FROM THE BANQUET ROOM AND THE PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED.

FRANCESCO: Don’t be alarmed, King Borgia has perfected the very same technology that Tesla was researching with “The Philadelphia Experiment.” He can move people and objects from one dimension to another.

WE SEE THE POWER COMES BACK ON IN FRANCESCO’S LAIR.

CUT TO THE NEW DIMENSION AND IN A STRANGE NEW KIND OF SOUND WE HEAR:

KING BORGIA: My name is John.

MARIE GESTURES SHE’S AMAZED THAT THE VOICE IS SPEAKING INSIDE HER MIND AND NOT IN HER EARS. IN A MOMENT SHE COMPOSES HERSELF BEFORE YELLING:

MARIE: (Angrily) Why are you doing this?! Why have you ORCHESTRATED my entire life?!!! What do you want from me?!!!

NO LONGER USING “Voice of God”/V2K THUS THE SOUND IS NORMAL.

JOHN: I want you to marry me.

MARIE: (Indignant) WHAT?!!!

MARIE STARTS TO PACE THEN STOPS AND STARTS PACING AGAIN AND SAYS:

MARIE: Historically, there are two kinds of marriage, one is pro-ego and the other anti-ego. You could very well be telling the truth if by marriage you mean the MITHRA-istic version of it, which is hostile and meant to make one person’s ego subservient to the other’s in a Master-Slave relationship.

JOHN: (Calmly) I want a marriage that supports BOTH our egos.

MARIE: With what kind of ego could you love me? For love to exist, both egos need to be constrained by the same standards, virtues, and values. But we do NOT share these!

JOHN: I am rational — like you. I am long-range — like you. I am objective in my reasoning and valuing — like you. I RANK my values according to my VALIDATED value hierarchy — like you. My ultimate end is happiness, as is yours.

MARIE PACES AGAIN, THEN STOPS AND SAYS:

MARIE: For the sake of argument, I’ll assume all this is true. There’s still an inescapable and fundamental difference between us that makes us egoically INCOMPATIBLE!

JOHN: What is that?

MARIE: (Yelling) BENEVOLENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MARIE: As the world’s greatest PREDATOR, the work that makes your ego healthy — and thus happy involved PREDATING on others. You are the world’s GREATEST KILLER and I abhor killing!!!

JOHN: I’m much more than the world’s greatest killer, Marie. I’ve brought more health, wealth and dare I say HAPPINESS to more people — throughout my 200 year reign — than any other monarch, or political system before me.

MARIE STOPS AND CONTEMPLATES THIS.

MARIE: Perhaps. But even granting this… what would a life together look like? Say, you come home from a hard days work, exhausted, and yet pleased and say: “Oh, I had a great day today, Marie. I had on my “to do” list slaughtering 100 million “Useless Eaters,” and I was able to kill off an extra 50 million.” What could I say to this? “Congratulations, honey, on all that extra slaughter!” All of your PREDATION BORE’S ME, PROFOUNDLY!

JOHN: There are things about our world… About the metaphysical make-up of reality… About our historical, astrological and geophysical context that you do not know…

MARIE: That justifies all of your PREDATION?!!!!

JOHN: (Calmly, but getting angry) Yes.

MARIE: I can’t take your word for that… I can’t trust you… You have not earned my trust… It would be arbitrary to believe you… no worse, it would be VARBITRARY!

JOHN: What is varbitrary?

MARIE: It’s the equivalent of the arbitrary in reasoning but in the realm of ethics, morality, values.

JOHN: I see. That’s a good distinction.

MARIE PACES FASTER BOTHERED BY HIS COMPLIMENT. SHE SHAKES HER HEAD AND IS VISIBLY DISTURBED AS SHE SAYS TO HERSELF:

MARIE: “No… this cannot be… No… (STOPPING AS THIS OCCURS TO HER) It could be worse, he could be telling the truth…

MARIE CALMS DOWN A BIT.

MARIE: (Quietly) Show me something benevolent!

JOHN: Do you have something in mind?”

MARIE: Oh no… (NOW SARCASTICALLY) I know benevolence is NOT your forte but let’s see what you can do on your own.

KING BORGIA/JOHN FLASHES A HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF A BLONDE CHILD (GIRL) STUMBLING AROUND AS HER FACE HAS BEEN DAMAGED BADLY AND THE BONES SHOW THROUGH THE SKIN.

MARIE: Yes, that’s EXACTLY your style, INQUISITOR!!!!!

BOTH PAUSE BEFORE CONTINUING.

JOHN: I’m sorry. You know I could torture you.

MARIE: And you know I could kill myself…at least try…

BOTH PAUSE AGAIN.

MARIE: Again, there is one fundamental issue your cockamamie love story depends on: Your assertion that we are similarly constrained in our FUNDAMENTAL ethical standards, virtues, and values, and are thus egoically compatible. I have NO evidence that we are!!!!

JOHN: Would you allow me to tell you YOUR model of MY motivation?

MARIE: Go ahead. You can read my mind with your advanced technology so it should come as no surprise to you what I think your motives are.

JOHN: That’s correct, I do read your mind.

You know that the coin of my realm is not cash, or gold, or any particular weapon but deeper; it’s the source of all such weapons and tools: it’s the creative genius. As Marc mentioned, the genius Da Vinci worked for our relative Cesare Borgia to create the first tank. Nothing has changed since then. Because I need geniuses to power my global monarchy, and because most geniuses want to use their work to benefit all of humanity — indiscriminately — I have a dilema. I need to know how to wrangle the benevolent genii and the ethics you and Jack have codified will help me to do that. This is your most plausible model of my motive vis-a-vis you, i.e., that your work in ethics helps me to wrangle the benevolent genii to maintain and perfect my system.

MARIE: (Seated with her hands on her chin, listening intently) That’s a very good summary, John. It explains why I’ve felt relief at no longer working on codifying ethics for the benevolent, rational, happiness-oriented egoist. I’ve worried about Jack but I have not missed working on our ethics, ever since you had Julien kidnap me back in Paris.

JOHN: Please let me finish. You have another model of my motive but you consider it merely possible.

MARIE: Go on.

JOHN: You have seen the many steps I’ve taken to consolidate my power through the years you’ve been alive — but also from your study of history. You believe perhaps I’m using you as a Stress-Tester of my high-tech panopticon. You think that you may have some novel and important responses to it that I have not seen before which I need to incorporate into my panopticon.

MARIE: Yes, that too has occurred to me — as well as the combination of helping you genii wrangle AND Stress-Test your system.

JOHN: Just recently, you’ve been ruminating on another model but you have not determined its plausibility nor even formulated it in clear terms.

MARIE: Indeed…

JOHN: You think perhaps I orchestrated your life to create and then “Influence the Influencer.” That’s the phrase you use to describe this model. I’m now finished if you want to respond.

BOTH PAUSE.

MARIE: Do you deny that these are your motivations?

JOHN: Yes.

MARIE: Do you deny that these are reasonable models I have of your motivations?

JOHN: No, Marie. They are good models of my motivation.

MARIE: So, I repeat, with what kind of ego could you love me? Show me…PROOF!!! There is no way for me to determine that the seemingly kind and caring things you have done in my life — just judging from my birth to the day you had Julien kidnap me — were motivated by a desire for quality egoic intercourse with me.

JOHN: Since one of these seemingly kind and caring things I did for you was to give you an expert teacher in your 20s who taught you both the Enneagram and Aristotelian logic, you also know that the “Burden of Proof” is on he who asserts the positive, and that would be me with my assertion of love for you, Marie.

MARIE: EXACTLY!!!

JOHN: I will provide you with that proof — in time.

MARIE: (Standing up and dusting herself off) Well John, I think we’re done chatting until you provide it. (PAUSE) Can I go back to the celebration now and will you please stop harassing me and my friends — the champions of Benevolent SYMBIOSIS?

JOHN: Yes, you can go back but there are problems — that I won’t elaborate on now — that will not allow me to let you stay here in Francesco’s lair much longer. Please get ready to join me soon. I would have preferred to have you join me only when you are convinced of my benevolent motive towards you, but circumstances I can not control, prohibit that.

~*~*~

MORE COMING:

TO DO:

(*) RAND’S WRONG, THERE CAN BE INHERENT “Conflicts of Interest” AMONG *RATIONAL* MEN. IT’S AMONG *BENEVOLENT* MEN THAT THIS PRINCIPLE APPLIES. ALL ORGANISMS (NOT JUST HUMANS) MUST DO THE WORK (SEE DR. TERRENCE DEACON’S WORK) OF ACTING TO MAINTAIN, REPAIR, AND REPRODUCE (egoically and/or genetically) THEMSELVES — THEIR ORGANISM. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SYMBIOSIS AND PREDATION IS THE KEY TO RAND’S BENEVOLENT EGOISM VS. KING BORGIA’S PREDATORY EGOISM. IDENTIFY MARIE’S STANDARD OF PROOF OF BENEVOLENCE AND HAVE KING BORGIA ACT ACCORDING TO IT — AT THE COST OF SOME BIG VALUE TO HIM.

(*) IN PART 3 THEY ALL JOIN TOGETHER TO FIGHT OFF THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE GEOPHYSICAL, ASTRONOMICAL CATASTROPHE/(NATURE): FRANCESCO TO JOHN: “Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

(*) CAVEAT: BENEVOLENCE CONSTRAINS ME TO WRITE A HAPPY ENDING. THIS IS NOT MY MODEL OF ACTUAL REALITY.