Slightly blue, with small eyes and a small mouth/nose orifice. Verrisians were, on average, shorter than Humans but basically had the same profile. Biome incompatibility? Food Allergy? The Verrisians were just as confused as the Humans.ĭespite the seriousness of the situation, or maybe because of the stress of it, President Johnson almost snickered when the medical and security teams entered the room. The medical team would be arriving presently. The only thing that saved the world that moment was quick contact with the alien ship and promises of complete cooperation with any investigation.įortunately for Earth, the Verrisians didn’t want war, either. The confused shock on the President’s face was immortalized on every news outlet on the globe before the Secret Service could shut down the feeds. Then the concert started, quickly followed by odd blue foam coming from the Ambassador’s mouth and a convulsive death. Both for security’s and posterity’s sake, there were an abundance of cameras following President Johnson and Ambassador Quet’s every move.īut they all showed the same thing- the two chatting amicably at dinner, the same as they sat in box seats before the orchestral concert. The technician queued up the video feed again. His dreams of the United States of America being synonymous with Earth in their alien friend’s minds was mutating into visions of his beloved country being blamed for the ensuing global eradication. Being headquartered in New York, President Johnson had put himself at the head of the line to host the delegation in their world tour. Being the closest thing to a world government, the Verrians had based most of their communications with the United Nations. The humiliation of a dead alien ambassador on its first visit to a human leader was… he couldn’t think of a word. A spitfire attitude had won him the election a few years ago, but he had learned to wield it with a more delicate touch over his tenure. “Play the goddam video again! I will make a statement when I know what to state!” President Johnson was very close to losing his temper. President, the Verrisian medical staff will be here very shortly. But, being Humans, we very nearly fucked it all up… They refused any trading of technologies- their systems were completely incompatible with ours. Extensive video conferencing showed us that they had absolutely no hostile intent. The Verrisian ship asked permission before crossing the orbit of Neptune, they outlined their course, and followed it precisely. Much to the disappointment Hollywood producers and war historians, Earth’s first contact with an alien visitor went swimmingly.
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