"Ordo Draconis - (K) Kopyleft 2016." "All Rites Reversed..." "VISITORS" "It's hard for a little boy to go to the fair without a penny in his pocket." "The Visitors, who keep an eye on Adam's every move, are aware of this too, and as much as they can, they try to help him without attracting too much attention." "So they are the ones to be thanked for Adam having as great a time at the fair as on other occasions." "He and his little girlfriend, Ali, try all the games one after another, and soon they start to really believe in the magic of fairy tales." "The strange land surveyors can't stay unnoticed by Eda, the carousel guy." "But Eda has no luck this time either." "And so, the mystery lingers on." "What's more, even his carousel almost burns down, because he forgets to turn it off." "The wonderful day is over." "The lights of the fair go off." "But Adam, just like his great teacher, Mr. Dürchlich, has absolutely no wish to go home just yet." "The visitors aren't asleep either, because late at night, they finally manage to make contact with the future." "How could they know that the huge power of their transmitter turns on the lamps, and starts the carousels, thus causing a big scare in the town?" "For them, the most important thing of all is to pass the news to the 25th century, that they successfully encountered Adam and his Great Teacher, and that they continue their operation to recover the notebook." "The rapid intervention of the police turns out to be in vain, because nobody knows who perpetrated the night's unexpected events." "They only find one suspect at the site during the search of the square," "Mr. Dürchlich." "But the reason why all the lamps turned on, and the carousels started, while the old man was sound asleep on one of the seats, well, this remains a mystery, even for the police." "There remain certain things which seem unfathomable to the people of the future." "One such thing, for example, is the envelope full of bribe money." "But then, there are some pleasant experiences as well." "Petr, the journalist, invites Katya to the dance night of the farewell party, and as a consequence, the girl almost forgets about her most important task, which is to keep an eye on the genius of the 20th century." "Due to a school trip, our land surveyors must visit Krutsenberg Castle as well." "But they are much more interested in a seemingly unimportant orange notebook than in the famous archaeological site." "8." "GENIUS IN JAIL" "Are you thinking of giving me a hand?" "How come you didn't go with Mihal?" "With the Miracle Doctor?" "I forbid you to mock him!" "He fixed up my injured knee, like no one ever could." "Have a look!" "Not a single mark!" "My dear boss." "How could somebody be so untidy?" "Turning everything upside down." "But what I really hate about him is that he always hides his wedding ring, and tries to seduce the girls." "Do you have any children?" "Mihal has none." "How about you?" "I have." "Three." "He'll give you some hamsters." " He keeps hamsters." " Who?" "The boss, of course!" "Disgusting, isn't it?" "Naked feet, and they stink, too!" "Heli, what's this bucket doing here?" "Oh come on!" "If he just picked it up, the ring wouldn't fall off his finger." "I'll be back soon, and I'll show you the hamster farm." "Are you coming or what?" "Hey!" "What do you think?" "Do you expect me to water the ficus instead of you?" "The prisoners were pushed into the cell through the hatch in the middle." "And this is the torture chamber." "It's good that the time travel didn't take us to any earlier era." "We didn't come here for a holiday!" "You can see some instruments of torture on the table." "Finger clamps." "Fetters." "Hurry up, children!" "This is terrible!" "And the wheel, to which the prisoners were bound during the torture." "The Iron Maiden." "One of the most horrible torture instruments of the Age." "Shackles." "They were used on the pillars, just like the Masks of Shame." "Kids, don't touch anything!" "Give it to me!" "Vorel!" "Spanish ladder!" "It was used to stretch the human body." "Let's move on." "This way." "I got the Eye!" "Don't call now." "Later." "I'm in a wardrobe." "And I'm in a prison cell." "But what are you doing in a wardrobe?" "Anyway, it doesn't matter now." "Just get out of there, as quickly as you can." "And stop bothering me." "What's that in your pocket?" "What a tiny little tape recorder." "This isn't a tape recorder." "It's just a pencil." "But I saw that you were talking into it just now." " You're joking!" "Into the pencil?" " Actually, it would be a great joke." "And it was flashing as well." "Just like a flashlight." "But of course, it must have a little lightbulb in it." "Hallo!" "Please!" "Sir!" "Hallo!" "It's locked." "I suspected that it's not just some kind of pencil." "It must be Japanese!" "Does it work with AAA batteries?" "My dad has a similar keyholder, too." "People!" "Over here!" "Open up!" "Stop yelling, it's pointless." "They can't hear you anyway." "They're already one floor above." "What do you mean, one floor above?" "They must've gone that way." "The stairs beyond the doors lead upwards." " Ah, yes." " Give me some light." "I'll explain it to you." " Of course." "We came in through this door." "Here we turned right..." "surely you remember." "This here's the staircase." "And the corridor." "Which is parallel to our prison cell." "By going up the stairs they must have reached this point." "Therefore they're obviously right above us." "I think it's logical." "Just wait, I'll draw a picture of it from another angle." "We've arrived at the renovated part of the castle." "Come forward, children." "We are in the Knights' Hall, which is the biggest room in the entire building." "Let me draw your attention to the..." "Vorel!" "The baroque stucco ornamentation is the work of Corbellini, a contemporary Italian master." "You can see the portraits of the owners of the castle on the walls." "The ceiling is decorated with paintings depicting stories from the Old Testament." "They've disappeared." "Both of them." " The genius and the Academician." " Don't worry." "They probably just fell behind." "Or fell into something!" "So what?" "From a historical point of view, both of them are already immortals." "Adam for figuring out some theory, and Filip for writing a book about it." "This is just like the encounter between Goethe and Eckermann." "Now!" "Hold it tight, Sir!" "Who?" "Me?" " You just called me Sir?" " Ah, of course." "Forgive me!" ""Old people are respected for their pasts, young ones for their possible future."" "That's not mine." "I'm just quoting from Vol. 2 of a great scientist's Memoirs." "May I?" "You got a bit dirty." "Would you like an apple?" " I brought two." " Thank you." " I just had an idea." " Really?" " What if I climbed up to that window, while you held the ladder?" " And?" " And then I'd try to climb over." " If you really think so..." ""Surely the time will come when humans will be able to easily move from one space to another."" "And most likely it'll be you who discovers the simple idea, with the help of which entire continents can be moved." "I bet you read 'The Fools of the Hepterids'." "There was a really cool move in that one." "If K alpha equals one unit of velocity, then U equals C square per" "1 minus 1 per K in brackets." "Careful, please!" "The strictly defined dimensions of time and space mustn't be looked upon as a compact material aggregation." "But rather, only as a..." "The torture chamber!" "Looking back at the Middle Ages' cruel..." "Dear God!" "Heli!" "What's the vacuum cleaner doing here?" "Heli!" "Ouch!" "What is it?" "Cute little doggie!" "Good dog!" "Ssh!" "We love Fido!" "Ssh!" " Give me the key." " There you go." " Fido!" " Fido, quiet!" "This dog is going crazy!" "Is it such a big problem that he wants to play with his duck?" "Hey, love!" "Have you seen my dark tie?" " What do you need it for?" " Well, for the party." "What?" "Have you gone crazy?" " Why?" " What are they going to say about you?" "His house just burned down, and here he goes dancing!" "That's just it!" "We're gonna need masons and carpenters, aren't we?" "Or d'you think I fixed the Holovs shitty TV out of the goodness of my heart?" "Guess who's going to lend us a cement mixer!" "And where else can I find craftsmen when the fair is still on?" "Hmm?" "Good day!" "Good day!" "Don't worry, just come in!" "Stay put, Fido!" "I understand everything!" "May I?" "Don't say a word!" "I know!" "I only need a needle and some thread." " Come and sit down." "Karel!" " One moment!" "Karel!" "Sit down!" "The neighbour is here!" "You know, one of the land surveyors." "Wow, that's very interesting!" "They don't do things like that anymore." "What do you mean?" "Come on, please!" "This is the latest model." "Have you seen a preamplifier like this before?" "The shops are full of them now." " And how many FETs does it have?" " You mean this one?" "I don't know." "A lot, I think, but that's not so important." "The main thing is that it's a double circuit." "Look!" "I'll explain it a bit more clearly now." "Love!" "Get me some paper and a pencil." "Would you like a coffee and some cake?" "Believe me, Sir, this is the future!" "Perfect miniaturization!" "I'm telling you!" "We'll live to see that one day... they'll even build a camera into this little button here!" "Isn't that wonderful?" "I have a volleyball match this evening." "You should come and see it if you're interested." " I'll be there." " Children!" "We're going!" "Get in lines!" " Yes, we can go now!" "5A!" "Get in lines!" "Tell me." "Have you noticed that she's at least 500 years older than you?" " No, I haven't." " But she could be your..." "As might be expected, Bernau is the very last." "And of course, his clothes are covered in dirt, too." "Just like a kindergarten kid!" "What a pity." "We were so close to the goal." " Let's make paper planes!" " Everybody!" "Come on!" " Give me your notebook!" " Can I have some too?" " There you go!" " Thanks very much!" " Relax!" "There's enough for everybody!" "Kids!" "Is everybody here?" "Wow, look at the way it's flying!" "Action!" "Catch it quickly, doctor!" "There it goes!" "A bit further!" "To the left!" "Stop looking around!" "Do it!" "Katya!" "Get ahead of it!" "Don't be frightened by the nettles!" "They only sting a little." "But what does it matter now?" "Catch it, will you, doctor!" "It's just in front of your nose." "Katya!" "Don't worry about your clothes!" "They'll just be a bit dirty, at most." "Don't lose a single one!" "Here comes the next!" "There'll be a party tonight." "Oh, don't tell me about it!" "And dancing too..." "Are we going to go along?" " We must." " Did you see the women's shoes?" " They make themselves taller, like this." " Get a pair for yourself, too." "We shouldn't attract attention." "Anyway, we can't be expected to know everything." " Karas reported from a wardrobe." " And you from a prison cell." "That can be explained!" " Just like collecting paper, right?" " What a question!" "Can't you understand that we only need to find a single piece of paper?" "The one that has a certain formula on it." "And once we have it, we can go back." "I really don't have anything to wear to the party." "Except for three fur coats." "After all, you only bought a lot of useless things!" "Like fur coats." "In the summer." "Which... eh... hmm." "Ah, the surveyors!" "Taste this!" "This is the best tripe soup in the world!" "Heli!" "Give the key to the lady." " I'll get it." " Thank you." " Have a good day!" " A good day!" " Good day!" " Trust me with that!" "Horrible!" "The tripe soup is heavenly, isn't it?" "Should I bring you another spoon?" "Are you feeling bad?" " My guts are upset." " Some cognac?" "I can't handle alcohol." "But it will pass by itself." "Lord God, you are so pale!" "The worksite was rather rough." "Katya, come on." " A pork chop and a brandy." " Got it." "I reserved our best table for you!" "You will come down... won't you, teddy bear?" "Teddy bear?" "Was it her you took on the carousel?" "Can't you see that this woman could be your great-great-great-grand..." "What do you think?" "Should I wear that white silk thing?" "But even that's not cut deep enough in the back." "Total indigestion!" "You could all see!" "Liquid fat!" "Not to mention the mucus swimming in it." "Let's only go down after dinner." "Out of the question." "We're going to have dinner there." "We should just skip the liquid fat and the swimming mucus." "I didn't understand you a minute ago." "Why is it a problem that the cut isn't long?" " Is it too warm perhaps?" " No." "It's that the cut goes down to here." "Isn't it customary here to have cuts..." "this deep?" "It is." "Or even deeper." "It seems the fashion magazine they copied my clothes from was too cautious." "I hope that will be our biggest problem." "I suggest that each of us should only order three oranges for dinner." "No way!" "And no eggs either!" "There you go." "It would be suspicious if we only ate oranges and eggs." "What's this?" "Adushka!" "Let me see you." "According to our original plan, I placed Eye No. 3 in the Bernaus' room." "It's perfectly camouflaged in the TV antenna." "Angle: 180 degrees." "No change!" "It's like machine oil." "It was too dark, Mum." "It must have been on the torture ladder." "How many times do I have to tell you, son?" "Just because you go on a school trip, you don't have to come back as dirty as a pig!" "The Engineer's clothes got just as dirty as well." " What engineer?" " You know, from Room 3." "He's one of the land surveyors." "Just ask him if you don't believe me!" "I can't believe this!" "Take it off." "Our results!" "Because we do have some, quite a lot, actually." "The simple formula to move objects in space, the layout of the tower, including the prison cell, plus a letter from Adam, most likely to Ali." "How cute!" "You like it?" "You can buy one for yourself, too." "It's simple!" "You just... err... give some of these papers in return, and they'll even wrap it up." "I can already see, in my mind's eye, what they'll do with it back home." "They'll put it into one of the holding areas at the museum." "Look!" "Isn't it wonderful?" "The Paris Express!" "Great!" "What did you just do to my tarts?" " They smell like nasper!" " You said you love nasper." "But I loved these even more." "Mrs. Bernau baked them with poppy seeds and cottage cheese." "You keep messing up everything!" "There we are!" "Now I can throw away the Paris Express as well!" "Why did I buy it, I wonder?" "What a bunch!" "All they ever do is collect papers!" "Excuse me, do the Bernaus live here?" "There, on the other side." "Theirs is No. 10." " Thank you." " You're welcome." "I thought I'd show it to you before I throw it away for good." " Yes." " It served me well for twenty years, but finally it gave up." "Well, you know how it goes." "Even machines grow old." "There's nothing wrong with this, Mr. Suhanek." "Both picture and sound are good." "Just like on Channel Two." "I don't understand it." "It used to be only Black and White." "How come it's in colour now?" "This is a bit too much for me too." "Helsinki?" "This must be some aerial disturbance!" "Unfathomable!" "This can't be anything else but aerial disturbance." " This is too much, to say the least!" " The colours are quite good, actually!" "We're just messing with the poor man." "I've never seen anything like it!" "It must be aerial disturbance, Mr. Suhanek!" " Why would it be too much?" " I can't think of anything else." "Remember the World Council Decree of the 27th of May, 2484, according to which the Bernaus' private life is considered a public affair." "You see!" "27 channels and you wanted to throw it away!" "Careful!" " That's right!" " Thank you!" " Thank you very much, Mr. Bernau!" " You're welcome!" "The all-seeing Eye No. 3!" "If only you knew!" " Are you all right, doctor?" " Me?" "It's nothing like that." "I'm just lying down to read a bit." "I found a book which I find very interesting." "The General Practitioner in the second half of the 20th century." "You mean you don't want to come down for dinner?" "Exactly." "And I hope you won't go either." " Hope, report!" "This is Academician speaking." " Yes?" "Quick tactical consultation." " Weren't you asleep?" " I'm about to take a shower." "Mum!" "Bring me a towel." "Just put it there." "Good, thanks." " Is my hair still foamy?" " Just a bit." "Phew, I hate that!" " It got in my eyes!" " Go quick!" "They're arguing over what to do." "Go and record it!" "It hurts so much!" "Mum!" "The towel!" "Quickly!" "Dry my head!" "Ah, this crap is hurting my eyes!" "Starting the audio recordings." "At 7:10 pm we began a quick operational consultation." "Where did you disappear to again?" "And why are you so wet?" "The genius of the 20th century wanted me to wash his back." "Carry on." "After a thorough evaluation of the situation, we're obviously going to provide some additional video recordings as well." "Karas, prepare the video." "Yes..." "Do these land surveyors ever eat anything?" "They never even set foot in the restaurant!" "That's nothing." "Nor in the bar." "Not even for a pint of beer." " They're probably saving their money." " Of course." "For fur coats!" "They have money tucked away as well!" "You know what they throw in the trash?" "Brand new underwear and orange peel!" " The leadership of the Expedition decided..." " Meaning you, personally." "that we are..." "Where was I?" "going to unanimously accept the dinner invitation, which promises to be a very special entertainment." "And which was only rejected by a single member of the Expedition, Dr. Noll!" "As the Expedition's medical expert, who's responsible for the entire crew's health," " including his own..." " I understand you now!" "You're afraid!" "End of Part 8."