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Mystery At The Ministry

from Origins by M-Opus

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Miller is now aboard the White Rose and has been brought to meet Minister Fiennes at the Ministry Buildings.

Miller singing:
I guess I'm finally through security, I'm definitely me. I'm definitely Miller McKee.
Talk about paranoid, frisking me down. That's more action than I had back in Orleans.

Now we’re waiting in the opulence, top deck at the Ministry of Off-World Developments.
Can’t blame me taking some souvenirs.

I remember, I remember November, my memory's like Zapruder shooting infinite film,
Connections firing like shots in the New Delhi night.

Minister Fiennes:
“Afternoon McKey”

Miller:
“The Big Cheese no less, the princess of space herself,
What's the story, do I genuflect or polish your moustache?”

Fiennes:
“You never changed Miller, disrespectful and loathsome.”

Violet:
“She’s happy to see you.”

Miller:
“Likewise, Minister. Nice palace you got here – got one just like it, except mine's a total shithole.”

Fiennes:
“We’ll lead you through to the medical rooms. Now please put back all those items that you’ve taken.”

Miller hands Violet the few small objects.

Miller speaks:
Here Violet, belated happy birthday, have some fancy lipstick.

Miller sings:
I remember, I remember November, my memory's like Zapruder shooting infinite film,
Connections firing like shots in the New Delhi night.

You’ve got the power and the money too, but nothing’s going to satisfy a czar like you.
She wants to be a part of history in tomorrow’s life.

Fiennes escorts them to the Mortuary Bay.

Miller sings:
Minister Fiennes leads us to a mortuary bay,
dimly lit but for the portholes beaming in earth shine.
The distant hum of an atmosphere drive. Somebody's lying on a surgery slab.

As I approach, recognition's burning a path through my mind.
The body lying there is Violet Vicefield. I turn my head, she's still standing here.
“Well Violets, one of you need fix me a stiff drink”.

Violet sings:
“Miller, I’ve scanned all the bios and that body is definitely me.”

Miller sings:
“The only difference I can tell is that you don't have a bullet wound straight through the heart.
Hey Fiennes, you impressed with my detective skills so far?”

INTERNAL VOICE:
Alright McKee, what’s goin’ on here? (jumbled, every idea heard at the same time)
Theory 1 – it’s a fabrication.
Possibility “A” - this duplicate body is a prank. Unlikely. Odds 150,000 to 1.
Possibility “B” – not a prank, means I’m here to substantiate its veracity. Unlikely. Ministerial evidence, I'm of no representative value to it. Odds 1000 to 1.
Possibility “C” - this is someone else's fakery, designed to elicit a response, likely, 5 to 1.
Theory 2 – this is real.
Possibility “A” parallel universe, idea suggests infinite pool of parallels, infinitely unlikely to meet exact copy.
Possibility “B” Violet from the future. What are the odds?

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from Origins, released May 1, 2020

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M-Opus Dublin, Ireland

M-Opus are a progressive rock band from Ireland.
(Jonathan Casey, Mark Grist, PJ O'Connell, Colin Sullivan, James Dunne).
They are a real band, but have a fictional history.
They record their albums today, but the albums have release dates in the past, featuring the sounds of music at that time.
"At The Mercy Of Manannán" (1972), "ORIGINS" (1978) and "1975 Triptych" (1975). ... more

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