In search of god.

"How are you feeling Gaspar ? Today is the big day! Why the long face?"

"Oh I don't know... Maybe because I am finally presenting my life's work to the Knowledgekeeper? Oh and because if he doesn't like it he will execute me?"

"Well... Living in a society were knowledge is everything and ignorance is punishable by death is not all that nice..."

"There is just to much competition! I literally have to bring myself to it's knees with studying just to stay alive!"

"You tell me... Last week I was "inquired" again..."

"Who posed the question ? "

"A newbie who has just arrived from the university... Brilliant mind, much potential... but his ambitions were his downfall."

"He challenged you in front of everyone?"

"Well, yeah, he wanted my position so..."

"What was the question?"

"<<Name all the moons of Ednar IV from smaller to greater mass>> "

"Oooo nice one! "

"Yeah. The son of a bitch almost got me... But I remembered all the 100 in the end... To bad for him..."

" The Watchers..."

"Yeah. They executed him outside the lab. These bots can be quite cruel you know..."

The two men were walking in big square accompanied by a dozen of other men and women dressed in white. Everything all around was made off marble and stone. White,grey,black is all you can see in the Grand Square... The guards and the Watchers are all around, one the rooftops on the ground some hidden some on plain sight, watching restlessly... hearing everything. Ready to arrest, execute, punish anyone who opposed the law or displayed lack of knowledge. Asking a question is capital crime as well as not being able to provide an answer. Knowledge is everything. Only with the power of knowledge we will find God. We search for him in the outer space, in other worlds, planets, galaxies. We know his out there. The Knowledgekeeper half a millenia ago scientifically proved the existence of God. The divine equation he formulated is the greatest scientific discovery there is... He nourishes us, protects us, guide us. He is the one and true voice of God that will guide us through the stars to find him...
The two men and their escorts stopped walking... The grand steps of the Thinkatorium were in front of them... They have reached the palace of our king...

"Here we are gentlemen the Thinkatorium... Start preparing the machine. His Lordship has limited time for us..."

The men and women started running about up and front, speaking silently but intently as the two men started climbing the stairs. The grandeur of the building was like nothing on this planet. A majestic mass of stone and marble, housing the throne of Knowledge, the Grand Library, the University. A palace, a laboratory, a museum... The jewel of Earth, the Hall of the Divine Knowledge.

"We have a hearing with the Knowledgekeeper. We are here for the presentation."
The woman pointed at a group of guards. There was only one human among them, all the others were droids. Everything was painted white... Even the titanium plating of the robots.

"Aesthetics is everything I suppose..." Gaspar thought...

"This men will accompany you on your way to the throne room. Follow them." said the woman.

"Thank you mam'. Satoshi ! Crew ! Gather up."

The other scientists immediately stopped their whispering and formed a line. Satoshi run in front of the line with Gaspar.

"Is the Magenta Ray ready for the presentation ?"

"As ready as it will ever be... The prime molecular dis-locator and the particle analyzer where reconfigured according to the last tests. The data capacitor was replaced and the scanning system was redesigned and re applied... This is it Gaspar... Will it be yet another scientific success or an outer failure and humiliation in front the eyes of our very ruler?"

"Let's hope for the best shall we? We've put to much time and money on this..."

"Money?"

"Well the State doesn't pay for concentrated Technitium... Our sponsors had to pay... and me..."

Satoshi let out jiggle but he was soon interrupted by the guard further by.

"Sirs you should move. The Knowledgekeeper is waiting."

..."But of course sir...Yes... Wrap it up, wrap it up! Let's go!"

"Calm down you are gonna have a heart attack." whispered Satoshi through his teeth.

The droids took positions surrounding the scientists from all sides. Two on the sides one on the front with the guard.

"Follow me gentlemen."

The halls of the Thinkatorium were as complex as astonishing. An enormous structure of white marble and glass. The gigantic glass roof was floating in the air like it was nothing, the beautiful garden with the Campus and the University, the Grand Gallery and the Museum. And that's only one fifth of it. It's more like a city inside the city than just an ordinary building. But even that is an understatement. The size of the structure is nothing compared to what hides inside. The very heart of our civilization beeps inside these walls.

"Step in the platform sirs." said the guard when we reached a dead and next to the Auditorium.

The scientists stepped on to the elevator like platform as they were told and waited for the guard.

"Human Guard, number 5540342-SXDK requesting transfer to the throne room."

After the guard verified his identification the platform started to move. Up, down, left, right. After Gaspar and the others climbed of it were even more lost than before... But they new they were close. Battle droids, Scouts, remote cannons. Everything automated or robotic... Machine is more reliable after all. Humans have feelings. They are violent, unstable. To much of a threat for the fragile emperor that resided behind this door. Nothing fancy really... Just a big, bulky,iron,door.

"Prepare to enter." said the guard will entering a password on the doors computer.

A few wheezes were heard from the scientists. They were getting anxious about it.

"Shut up!" said Gaspar as the door was opening.

The throne room was astonishingly ... simplistic.

Just a set of four warn out white doors. It looked more like a clinic than a throne room. As the humans entered the room the door behind them shut quickly. In the back of the room they could see the "throne". A gigantic medical tank contained the body of our leader, preserving him, keeping him from rotting away. His body was covered in a long white rode floating inside the blue liquid while his face was hidden behind a faceless white mask. The silver crown he once whore has been starting to decay, rust, like his owner has... He was like a ghost, a white puppet drowning in the medical fluids and preservatives.

"A wretched existence... There is nothing holy in the abomination before my eyes." thought Gaspar while looking in front of him with owe and disgust at the same time.

A gentle voice echoed through the room...

" Greetings... scientists..."

"We live in search !" shouted everyone with the right hand in their hearts.

" At... ease..." said the king.

Through the golden cage he has shut himself in a dozen of cables where 'sprouting' off his body... his brain... Climbing in the white roof... connecting with speakers, alarms, guns, droids... He had absolute control of what was happening inside this room... as well as outside...

"Greetings... your Majesty...I am Gaspar Lemor , Chief Science Officer in the University of New London. This my colleague, Satoshi Kuromaha. It's an honor to stand before you." said will giving a light bow.

" It's is your work... which had brought you... in front of me... scientist... Proceed with... the demonstration..."

*Ahem* "Of course... Satoshi..."

"Start preparing the ray... Plug in the molecular dis locator and await orders..." said Satoshi...

"Right... This is... the Magenta Ray... The first molecular dis locator capable of assimilating the very essence of the object that is cast on... With a Light Sight processor, it is capable of displaying in a screen every bit of information concerning a given item by coming in contact with it. Me and my team has accomplished something remarkable your Majesty... Studies and experiments that took years and years to complete we can do in a moment... Accurate measurements of everything a man can see, touch anf smell."...

The corpse of a king was silent... None spoke for a few moments until Gaspar understood what was going on...

"... Let us... proceed with a test... In my hand I hold an apple... Simple organic matter... a mere fruit, red in color, a bunch of proteins, water and plant cells... See what happens when we use the ray in it..."

Gaspar whim ed to Satoshi. Everyone prepared for the final test... "La prova generale" thought Gaspar trying to calm himself, to forget that was the actual show that was going on.

The contraption Gaspar and Satoshi came up with was in the form of a glove. A metallic piece of machinery that one could wear in his hands. An ocean of cables was connecting this machine with portable computer that a bunch of scientists were pouring into for some time now.

"Power up the beam." said Gaspar with the machine in his hands...

A flash of blinding light came out of the glove hitting the apple in the floor... At first nothing happened... but slowly the apple started disintegrating, becoming thin air... small molecules at first... and the nothing... The computer screen was going crazy... so much information to take in... categorize... interpret.

"70% water, % 30 percent organic matter. Water: H2O, Organic matter: 99,3% Vegetable fiber, 0,7% Organic fertilizers. Vegetable fiber: 100% Proteins. Proteins: Cellulose, lignin..."

And so the machine kept on 'preaching'... Breaking down all the information an apple could provide about its stracture to subatomic level.

"And this is it my liege... That's the Magenta Ray..."

Silence dropped down on the room... None dared to speak...