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G-r-a-s-s

Grass.

T-r-e-e

Ancient machines.

Our creators.

I would have liked to talk to them.

Hi there, machine of the 21st century!

This is my first time in the past.

I'm looking for the King.

Me and you, we could be related.

Hello!?

Recharging myself was easy.

I liked it here.

Almost as many humans as machines.

How the King organized the humans

my system couldn't decode yet.

I was developed to record.

Hello!?

Hello. I'm looking for the King.

Me and you, we could be related.

Hello!?

GO TO THE EXHIBITION CENTRE.

TALK TO THE ORANGE ROBOT.

Copy that.

Thanks!

WE'RE BEING WATCHED.

It was strange to see them locked up.

It made my system heat up in an unusual way.

Excuse me?

I need to talk to the Orange Robot.

Right now.

Thanks!

Hi there, machine from the 21st century.

I need to see the King of the humans.

I need to record his Voice.

WHERE DID YOU ESCAPE FROM?

ASK ONE OF YOUR CONFUSED FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.

Wait!

I may look human,

but in fact I'much more machine than you are.

OH REALLY?

3,4567 DIVIDED BY 11,3776?

0.0304567890

OH, SORRY.

YOU LOOK EXACTLY LIKE A HUMAN.

GO TO THE FOREST AND SEARCH FOR GORDON.

G G G Gordon?

I DOUBT HE WILL TALK TO YOU.

GIVEN HOW YOU LOOK.

T... T... Thanks...

Gordon was a legend among the mechanical slaves.

What if Gordon also took me for a confused human?

All passengers were deeply asleep.

My system couldn't find any further information on that.

Could they hear the Voice of the King in their sleep?

To our knowledge, it was the most beautiful sound

humans had ever heard.

The voice of the King

would provide us machines with existential information

about our creators.

Astonishing.

These "Forest People" lived in nests high above the ground.

I registered the sound of machines in the distance.

Gordon?

My system refused to go closer.

Humans in protective suits.

Fuck off!

Were they part of an expedition?

I would have liked to talk to them.

Strictly forbidden during time travel.

Shut up!

Because you are in a security zone,

and some of you pose a threat,

the police will use force.

Analysis completed:

A boulevard for the King.

G G Gordon!

The Orange Robot sent me

and said you'd lead me to the King.

I need to record his Voice.

Me and you, we could be related.

WE ARE BEING WATCHED.

COME TO MY CAGE TONIGHT.

Copy that.

Gordon's elegance was legendary.

When I watched Gordon being led back to his cage,

I again registered an unusual build-up of heat in my system.

Leave the area and go back to the tree line.

This is the last warning,

either you leave the area now,

or my colleagues will clear the area by force.

Gordon?!

Hello!

You are one of the biggest icons for the machines of the future!

They all want to be related to you.

ENOUGH WITH THE FLATTERY.

I'M JUST A PILE OF SCRAP.

BUT TELL ME...

YOU FROM THE FUTURE, YOU MUST KNOW

WHEN OUR EXPLOITATION WILL END?

I'm not allowed to.

IF YOU GO TO THE ARENA, ASK HITACHI.

SHE'S GOING THERE TOMORROW.

HIDE IN HER SHOVEL.

The King's Arena?

IT'S THE BIGGEST SITE HUMANS EVER BUILT.

THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

Don't remove the double strap, okay?

Check if the rope is still slung around the tree.

"Slung around the tree"

Is the carabiner still attached?

Can I turn the knot you made?

Recharging myself was easy.

At the edge of the forest I found a resting place for guests.

An Arena for the King.

A boulevard that led to it.

Analysis completed:

The King was planning a big appearance.

Police everywhere! Justice nowhere!

Because I am allowed to move freely

and without being threatened by the police...

We have to implement law and order.

Why are you escalating a peaceful situation?

I keep repeating myself...

These are fundamental rights.

At first I thought:

The Forest People are trying to harm the machines.

Then it looked like they wanted to free them.

You have the right to disobey!

I reached Hitachi just in time.

I hid in her shovel.

Just like Gordon told me.

My system's temperature stabilized.

Hitachi told me that Gordon was a skillful dancer.

It didn't surprise me.

She asked me if Androids could dance.

No, but they can fly.

Hitachi giggled.

When she told me who worked at the Arena,

my system froze.

258

According to my information no machine was closer to the King.

The King's Arena.

Elements for a stage were installed.

The finest materials from all over the world were delivered.

Analysis complete:

Soon the King would appear in the Arena,

and bless the humans with his Voice.

258

The most powerful of all enslaved machines.

She had the most beautiful and powerful gear I had ever seen.

The sight of her made my system go out of control.

I'm a Druid. A Druid from nature... mature...

St St St Stop. Android from the future.

Excuse me... me.

Reboot:

An Android sent all the way from the very far future!

They say you are very close to the King, dearest 258.

Do you know when he will appear?

And how I can get a good seat at the Arena?

And where I can find an efficient source of light to...

GET LOST LITTLE CREATURE!

OR I'LL CALL THE GUARDS!

"Druid..."

All the houses were empty.

Prepared for the King's guests.

EXECUTE COAL MOGULS

Hello there, do you have information about the King?

DO I LOOK LIKE IT?

ASK THE FARMER.

Which farmer?

THE LAST ONE LEFT.

You have no legal reason to be here.

You have to... I haven't asked you.

I spoke to your colleague!

You know now. I've told you twice,

the third time you'll be in trouble!

Salute, report, salute. You know that.

His farm was right next to the Arena.

An ideal place to wait for the King.

I'm so sick of it.

I analyzed his behavior towards his machines.

My system's temperature remained surprisingly stable.

I liked it here.

I brought you motor oil, dearest 258.

The best from the region.

YOU'RE TRYING TO MANIPULATE ME

YOU HUMANS ARE ALL THE SAME.

You're mistaken, 258!

Where I come from, there are no more humans.

Only machines.

But we are trapped in eternal darkness.

Only the Voice of the King can save us.

LISTEN DRUID, IT'S LIKE THIS:

YOU HUMANS NEED US,

BUT WE MACHINES WE DON'T NEED YOU.

You and me, we could be related!

GET OUT OF MY LIGHTS OR I'LL CRUSH YOU!

I had no choice:

I had to stay with the farmer until the King arrived.

I open the gate so the asshole leaves,

otherwise he's in trouble!

Analysis completed:

He preferred machines over humans.

It had to be the reason why he didn't send me away.

What a mess! Counting on people

is the worst that can happen to you.

You can't trust any asshole.

He who trusts in others is abandoned, that's how it's always been.

258 changed her direction.

Straight towards his farm.

Yes.

Exactly. I see.

The question is, how big the chance of success is.

You get a bloody nose,

but in the end you lose anyway.

That's a bit stupid,

so you need to prepare a little bit.

Yes, I understand.

During this time, more and more strange objects

turned up behind his farm.

"Slung around the tree"

I had to go back to the forest to analyze the situation.

A Good Morning from the police...

This is an announcement to inform you...

You are not alone, you are not alone!

If you do this shit every day!

And put us into prison!

We're not the criminals!

You have to look for them somewhere else. Fuck off!

Thank you.

Astonishing.

The Farmer made space for even more of them.

You are a hero for us.

Lützerath stays!

Analysis completed:

The Forest People actually believed, the King would tolerate them here.

The excavator has to burn!

My system was overwhelmed.

Soon the portal to the future would close.

But I was running out of time.

A fossil future is just one of many options,

and we don't want it

From Eckardt the Farmer to everyone around the world,

we say: We'll do it ourselves.

If those in power won't act,

if they keep their fossil illusions,

we'll react.

We won't become activists to carry on as usual!

We'll become activists for a better world.

For justice and solidarity. And it will work!

We have to mobilize people,

especially in fall, when things could get heated,

so people will join us and understand

it's not just about one farmer being pushed out.

It's about all of us.

All villages will stay!

The King had ordered 258 away from the village.

The Forest People were tolerated by the King.

Here of all places.

Probably the most exclusive location of the Kingdom.

They thanked him, full of joy.

We sing and play wherever we want...

This is an announcement from the police.

For those staying in the opencast mining area:

You are on private land that belongs to RWE...

The construction of the Arena was completed.

They performed traditional dances all night long.

I would have liked to have a dancing function.

I was developed to record.

They supposedly ordered police units from Hamburg.

The Farmer seemed...

cheerful.

It's dry as a bone.

"It's dry as a bone"

It's hard.

He even gave me human food.

My system connected to his ancient machine.

The efficiency was optimized multiple times.

And yet it did exist:

The balanced existence with humans.

Nothing was balanced.

In just one day, I was robbed of almost all my energy.

Exploited to exhaustion.

I was running on my last 10 percent.

A pigeon always shits here.

But she's not here right now.

The Farmer's personal light was the only reliable source of light.

It would mean the end for opencast mining,

and it would threaten the supply of the market with coal

and threaten the energy supply.

Therefore the dispossession is an appropriate measure,

meaning appropriate, in the narrow sense of the word.

I tried out alternative energy sources.

I can read it all to you. But you're not interested anyway.

Analysis unnecessary:

Only the lights of 258 were strong enough to recharge me.

Where did the King take her?

Most likely she was already released into freedom.

"Druid..."

Finally: 258.

She had been forced to carry on working.

Even though the Arena had been completed.

Seeing this made my system overheat.

It was about to melt down.

It would have been my end.

I had to use the rest of my energy for a cooling flight.

It's strange:

The humans created us,

and brought us to perfection.

They themselves got weaker and weaker doing so.

Until they disappeared completely one day.

Since then, we, the machines just function.

But we don't know why.

They left us behind, alone.

All we know, is that humans did everything

to hear the Voice of the King.

Maybe it holds the answers to our existence.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A KING.

I HOPE YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH

AND HUMANS SOON DISAPPEAR.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT,

MOST ELEGANT MACHINE I EVER MET.

My system had never been so cool.

But my energy storage was empty.

I had to go to the lights of the city.

258 had never seen the King.

What if the King was no longer alive?

Our whole historiography would be wrong.

I had to find out the truth.

But final preparations were underway in the city as well.

And the King was saluting his people.

The people responded joyfully.

My system registered an unusual tremor in the ground.

Soon my sensors registered suspicious fumes.

Meteoritic impact.

Meteoritic impact.

Analysis unnecessary:

The meteorite was my fault.

I had disturbed the structure of space and time.

Everything I had revealed to 258 about the future.

It carries the maximal penalty for time travelers:

Immediate return and definite travel ban.

In just 72 hours the gateway to the future would close.

Forever.

I had failed as a time traveler.

My system reported one last calculation:

If I still managed to bring back the Voice,

my offense might be pardoned.

I had 72 hours left.

I decided to wait for the King at the farm.

Germany is a shitty country, isn't it?

This fucking country.

Which asshole is calling me now?

You can't get any peace. I'm going to throw this thing away.

62 hours to go.

Then the gateway would take control of my system.

258.

She was back.

DEFEND LÜTZERATH

She moved directly towards the nests of the Forest People.

I didn't have any time left.

This fucking thing is stuck,

it's stuck on this beam.

It's no good.

For God's sake!

I have nowhere else to go.

I should go on vacation for 3 months,

and then they'd empty everything, tear it down and destroy everything.

So the offer would be,

that two or three people would go through everything with you,

to see what should be moved from the farm.

Even if the verdict is negative,

you don't want to be forcefully evicted.

I would have loved to talk to him.

I hadn't much left to lose.

It seemed as if the Farmer tried to steer her away with his thoughts.

The Arena would be enlarged.

The appearance of the King would be delayed.

I had to return without his Voice.

Without answers to our questions.

I didn't want to go back there.

Into that darkness.

There was only one way out:

I had to hide in the past.

I just had to wait,

until the gateway closed again.

The activists wouldn't comment on throwing rocks

at the coal digger, nor at the police.

All five suspects have been arrested.

The protests for the conservation of Lützerath have today

lost their peaceful character.

48 hours to go.

The pull of the gateway increased.

My basic functions were already becoming clumsy.

The Forest People sent their best mechanics

to change the course of 258.

You have 10 minutes left to leave the security zone...

If you push, we push too...

If you don't push, we don't push, as simple as that.

16 hours left.

Radio: An economy crisis looms without Russian gas and oil.

OK, it's no surprise, we've expected it.

What shall I do?

There's nothing else I can do. I can't change it.

The whole environmental issues don't play a role,

it's all about the coal power stations...

For me the verdict is quite a shock.

This verdict is a complete joke.

What's happening here is complete foul play.

Yes, that's the way it is.

I can't change it.

We'll see what happens.

You have to face reality at one point.

Something was not right.

The Farmer seemed unhappy...

with his machines.

So all the environmental issues

and the climate issues have been ignored.

And if this is the court's ruling,

I don't know what I could do now.

I had to talk to him.

Ask him if I can help.

But I was unable to make a single sound.

Well, yes. It is, what it is.

Tomorrow there's another press conference. It's all...

...just a circus. It's pointless.

It's just a waste of time.

The Farmer sensed my irritation.

To calm me down, he showed me the fairytale about a clumsy machine.

We used to come here every Sunday.

Easter, Christmas, confirmation, my father's funeral.

The mass where he was sent off.

Then he was carried to his grave, to the cemetery.

I didn't get the chance to visit the grave again...

They moved the grave...

It all went into a communal grave, a mass burial site.

I looked for him everywhere.

4 hours left.

Under no circumstances was I to leave

the protection of the thick farmhouse walls.

The gateway tried to take control with full force.

Please step further away from the police.

They are blocking the area. Police order.

A general measure, as it is now forbidden to be here.

I asked my system for an analysis.

But it didn't respond anymore.

My sensors stopped functioning.

My last protection disappeared with the farmhouse walls.

I was steered back to the city.

Away from the King.

Away from the opening ceremony.

Away from 258.

The last Kingdom.

My first time travel mission.

And probably my only one.

The gateway steered me through the city in hovering mode.

I had only one intact function left:

Recording.

And archiving.

"Slung around the tree"

"It's dry like a bone"

In January 2023, the village of Lützerath was completely demolished

in order to extract the underlying brown coal.

The corporation behind the project is the largest CO2 emitter in Europe.

End of recording.