Аннотация: MMMDXCII. The Black Moon. A mystical short story. - December 29, 2024.
The Black Moon. A mystical short story.
Ashik was very interested in astrology and believed in combinations of stars.
One day, he was walking from a bank located in one of city parks, and his gaze fell on the observatory (a roof-hemisphere and a telescope).
If he would make a cafe here, then it will be convenient to go, regulary, to the bank!
They found a woman - distant relative, the head of the local real estate registration body. Through the ex-citymayor, man, who coordinates the interaction with the capital (the local reshala [solver] of "land issues"), they organized allegedly public auction of the land plot (with the observatory on this plot). [Reshala - a person with capabilities who unofficially supports the resolving of official issues]
Soon, a sign (with new name) appeared on the observatory: "Cafe "Astrology of Babylon"". The cafe quickly gained popularity and began to generate a high income.
But the former scientific chief of the observatory, a candidate of astronomical sciences, could not calm down: he complained, wrote letters, published articles, - in general, he was drawing attention of wide public to the transformation of the observatory into the cafe.
After a short period of waiting ("maybe he'll pass away on his own?") they poured out a bunch of problems on the space specialist through local influential people.
Now the space specialist was dealing with the problems that had arisen, and not with the fate of the observatory.
Ashik was walking from the cafe to the bank and from the bank to the cafe without any problems.
In his moments of rest, he watched websites on the Internet.
Ashik found information on the website of one of the universities that there will be a "Black Moon" on the 31st.
But the "Black Moon" was not the main news. The main thing was the Internet link below the text. This link led towards another information.
It turns out that Australian scientist Knox has discovered a meteorite that is hurtling towards (approuching) Earth and which will hit a certain geographical point. Knox calculated the exact coordinates of that place, down to a meter. The meteorite should hit the cafe "Astrology of Babylon"! In addition, Knox determined the time when the meteorite will hit the cafe: down to fractions of a second. And it will happen on the 31st!
This information worried Ashik.
Through Mara they found approaches to Mika.
Mika promised to give his own deputies a task to take necessary actions.
Time passed, no information was received from Mika. But everyone believed in Mika.
Half an hour before the meteorite hit, Ashik let all the cafe staff go home - cafe emploees had two hours off [two hours vacation] at the cafe's expense.
He himself was standing near a large stove and watching a toasting potatoes on a huge griddle. Periodically, he looked out the window at the sky.
There are 30 seconds left before the cosmic body hits the cafe.
Ashik went up to the window and looked attentively at the sky. A huge fireball appeared in the sky, followed by a long sparkling tail.
There were only several seconds left to escape.
Ashik opened the door and rushed out of the cafe. Nearby, in the park, there is an Obstacle Course attraction for training energetic boys and girls. He can hide in a big trench there!
December 129, 2024, 02:34
Translation from Russian into English: December 30, 2024 05:40
Владимир Владимирович Залесский " Чёрная Луна. Мистический рассказ. ".
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