String Pullers

Secret playmakers and string pullers beneath the surface.


"When it does go, it'll pop like a giant yellow zit, and everyone will get a facefull" he said with a dry laugh.
Casper took another sip of whiskey. "Good stuff this Macullan"

"Good year too. Harry Houdini died (31/8/1926) and the economy could do with a talented escape artist of his caliber.."

"Plus our current Queen was born (Elizabeth 2nd - 21/4/1926) Casper added graciously. He had been instilled with the utmost respect for royalty since his earliest days. But also hated what modern Briton thought about royalty. "Never in my days" he said too himself. Royalty was just another excuse for a day off for the morden Briton. Another beer and Union Jack waving day. Except the flag was at half-mast and made in China.

Casper looked at his friend 'Archibald'. They had been to boarding school together then went their seperate ways. Casper to Camebrige and Architecture to the alter of the Catholic Church.
Their pathetic had crossed many times but now they where here...

Continued -

They where in a property overlooking the picturesque Chapel Of St Michael d'Aiguilhe in Le Puy, Auvergne, France.

He had visited earlier and looked upon the masonary of the structure. He looked at the arch. The carvings where symbolic to the belief system of that religion. He chuckled when a tour guide explained how the figures depicted the lamb of God in the centre with elders of the apocalypse and the 'little Green man masks' at their feet. "Cute" he thought to him self.

The two men enterd the meeting room to discuss current events.

"Welcome!" The Grandmaster said, "I only have a few momentary to spare as I must meet with our elders"

Casper noticed that the grandmaster looked paler than usual. "Perhaps he was sick? And would quite possibly die..? Ha!.. Unlikely, most members of the jurisdiction don't get ill."

The room had a somewhat art-deco feel about it.
Exotic wooden carvings displaying elaborate geometric patterns with clever motifs where spread about the room, all surfaces had a glossy finish.
So glossy that there was no need for a mirror in the room.

"One of our number has a brief over-view of procedings that are currently in place" the grandmaster gestured towards Casper.

"Thank you, your Lordship" Casper replied. Hopefully that did not sound too disgusting to the gathered members of todays audience.

"The economy. Please note that your personal fortunes have been protected. We are seeking to move the majority of our metals to a suitable location. So whichever economy is trigged next we will have some substance that will be able to provide that currancy...unless its Bit-coin"

The congregation laughed.

"Now onto my main points... War and Plague. We have been stabbing a few hornets nests for a while and plans are slowly coming together for a larger conflict that shall benifit a few of our mutual interests.
The public are being driven paranoid, and its getting easier. Nobody reads the small print. The rise of the 'want it now' culture has trebled in the past few decades" Casper licked his lips.

Yuppism has had its nameless child and it has been left at our gates.. for us to raise and mould..." the smile spread across his face...


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"The system gives us more control than ever.. We give so much and then we take something whilst drip feeding our subjects more promises enticing compliance. There will be a time when all will be decided within one house. The current system builds so much on faith. Yet faith is slowly dissapearing... mainly due to one of our newest weapons.. The Television" Casper paused. He thought how television was a way of puting a preacher in every-house. People who have a TV will have the multiple channel choices, but they will sit there, on their chairs, eating dinner listening and watching. Two of the best ways to mold and drill information into a person. The only other way to increase this was too add a kinetic element, which he knew was slowly emerging today via computers which would soon lead on to virtual reality based systems once the public was ready for the technology. Inturn, alowing access to peoples minds through the back door. The recent 3D rehash was a trial run at seeking public reaction to perception, but failed across the board.
He took a breath, "The creation of the television has surpassed our oldest weapon of which the benefits of it are declining quicker than we can imagine. But the new weapon is adaptable. Its not set in stone. Its not worshiped and people are 'free' to make their choices. Religion as we know it is old. Bring me the new religion of consumerism. The religion of the celebrity. Bring me the religion of free-thought and free thinking... The religion of what we tell them to think.."
Casper smiled. There had been a time when he listened to religious elders, to authority.. but now, his position, where he was in his life dictated that he and his house members where the real power. They told humanity what path to take...

Continued-

"Manipulating the human mind is easy. We have done it for generations. We just re-package what we have and market it to our subjects. They then make decisions, decisions already made by us. Media and marketing preach our words via Television, Through advertisement.. even through acts of graffiti!" Casper slowly took a quick drink to ease his dry throat. All this talk about preaching a message, and here he was, preaching his message to his house.
He decided it was now time to get down to business and bring in the current flavour, or flavours of the month.

"China and the out break of Bird Flu again. And a strain showing more resilience. We can use this to our advantage. A member made nearly one billion pounds from the last scare of an epidemic in the United Kingdom. Shall we try and beat this? Our agents can spread more storys and force those not on our side to panic buy. As we speak, sections of our group are also doing controlled testing of aform of measles in the UK, which is already creating a serge in vaccination in the target areas."
Casper noticed that a member of the meeting signalled that they wanted to speak. Casper nodded for the member to procede.

" Concerning the H1N1 virus and the 2008 - 2009 outbreak, questions are being asked of our organizations profits. Would further fearmongering really benifit our cause?" the member trailed off.. his words getting quieter.

Casper smiled. "If we did nothing, someone else would. So why pass up on the opertunity? Besides, we wont be the bad guys, which-ever government or organization that ordered the treatments would be responsible. The way it always has been."
"Now, moving on, id like to touch on current global conflicts. And since we are in France id like to commemerate them on their resurgence in Africa. Bold move, but I'm sure El-Dorado was actually in South America." Casper looked around and acknowledged the grins returned to him. Africa was there for the taking with corruption and regime change being a current factor. Cooperations just had to front the people with the power with some quick cash and they could then raid the country. That's all they needed was viking helmets. Plus the large land could be used for future food farms in the event of total monatary loss.. it was always good to have a back up plan and a few geneticaly enhanced crop farms up your sleave what with this rising population, guaranteeing a win-win situation.

"Global conflicts and budget invasions across North Africa and the Middle East which are currently being wagered by our affiliates are also driving renewed interest in weaponary. My contact back in the UK has confirmed that due to the current status of the Korean situation, they have been pressed into renewing moth-balled plans for Nuclear deterrents. We have also had interest from other friendly Nations about this. Its just a shame that we cant break North Korea with out forcing conflict." Casper trailed off. The common people are getting scared of another threat as the game goes into action. Casper did not fear what was to come. Theyed been playing this game for far too long, and know how to cheat. It was just a matter of changing the scared members of public nappies. But first they'ed need to sell them the nappies, then charge interest to change them...

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