CE2023-001: A GLIMPSE OF ETERNITY (#1)

                                  Sie hätten länger Kinder sein sollen...so wie ich...so wie du.
                               (They should've been children longer...like me...like you.)
                                                                                          Sister Arminius Storm
                                                                                          Our Lady of the Sawdust


                                ******* SEVEN NEW WONDERS OF THE WORLD *******


ELEVATOR PITCH

Fugitive orphans aim to save civilisation, before the state saves them.   

BACKSTORY

Five orphans and their two women guardians run for their exasperating lives 
after their wee orphanage beside the Illinois River is destroyed by the Governor
of Illinois and his henchmen, The Seven Killers of Wisdom, who vow to turn
them all into androgynous precinct captains while the orphans, their petite 
culture burned to the ground, aim to save civilisation in a big way.  


MONEY REQUIRED TO SAVE CIVILISATION FOR ETERNITY

      $500,000,000.

MONEY RAISED

      $000,007,000.


MEDIA

CHANNEL ETERNITY has secured the broadcasting 
rights to Seven New Wonders...as well as Eternity itself.

CAST

The Deja Crew

Auden LeField, 16, Voyageur, lame right leg -- uses canoe paddle as crutch;
Acadien, Jamaican, Irish;
author of the only book banned in Illinois: Come With The Tearitory.
Quote: Parfois, une carte vous trouve. (Sometimes, a map finds you.)

Nuttah Chance, 14, Sac and Fox Warrior, Princess of the Moon God;
Native American, Sac and Fox;
Auden writes: Chance dressed like any other teenage 
                           girl after a midnight raid on the Osage.
Quote: What have you settlers done to our gorgeous prairie?
              Be gone poisoned opossums! Leave your Dairy Queens.

Seraphim Goldenrod, 5, Mystique;
French;
Auden writes: Long, unruly, gleaming locks --
                           as if brushed by Van Gogh.
Quote: Rendez justice au Roi du Ciel, abandonnez-vous à la Pucelle.
             (Do justice to the King of Heaven, surrender to the Maiden.)

Billy the Grid, 15, Cartographer, blind;
Mongolian;
geographic savant.
Quote: Mongolians invented stirrups, then we beat the Chinese.

Jill Marie, 7, Farmer; deaf;
Nordic;
was painting her 1947 Farmall Red tractor when the orphanage was raided.
Quote: I can hear you just fine.

Sister Arminius Storm, 50s -- although looks much younger; Mother Superior;
German;
tucks a titanium tomahawk into her apricot sash, 
a gift from a Navy SEAL for saving him.
Quote: Sie hätten länger Kinder sein sollen...so wie ich...so wie du.
              (They should've been children longer...like me...like you.)

Topeka Snow, 25, Teacher;
Lead Miner's Daughter;
Convicted felon on parole.
Quote: Hit the road. Hit it hard.

LOCATIONS

Chance, member in good standing in the club for famous 
Indian athlete Jim Thorpe and a big sports fan altogether, 
remarked just how American providing alternate options
for old institutions was: 

     Offering an alternative to the National League to provide
     a place for the immigrants to drink on Sunday, they created 
     baseball's American League -- and, now we have a World Series.  
     With so much money and so many great football players, they
     started the American Football League -- and, now we have a
     Super Bowl. The National Basketball League, as good as it was,
     never thought of a three point line or a red, white and blue basketball 
     -- they needed an American Basketball Association for that. You see, 
      all very American! So, it's only the American way -- that if no one likes 
      Media, Illinois, Hollywood, Washington, or the United Nations -- 
      you give 'em sporting alternatives.

Thusly, while their command posts are still being blueprinted,
each outfit is presently operationally active and recruiting.

Alternative to Media: CHANNEL ETERNITY,
now broadcasting from the Magnetic Pole Barn studio.

Alternative to Illinois: The Tearitory, 
dividing Illinois into three states: Butkus, Reagan, The Prairie State.

Alternative to Hollywood: JacqueLand,
modern creatives at 1970s prices.

Alternative to Washington: Hexodus,
the lifeboat capital of the United States.

Alternative to the United Nations: LaHamphitheatre,
a  beautiful boat on kindly missions. 

THE 300 + 60 SPARTANS

     Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by,
     That here, obedient three-sixty, lie.

Similarly, the orphans provide an alternative to Academia
for, as they may be on the run quite awhile, they needed to
plot another course...so to speak.

Billy the Grid, drawing that day's escape route, remarked
that most colleges provide students only one degree.

     Why not 360 degrees? he said, spinning his braille globe.    

Each Spartan will be assigned one degree to use as a global 
stage on the electronic world atlas Billy is constructing, and 
will then present a video on their expertise, which may be 
used as extra credit by students, with the ultimate aim of 
Sparta becoming a fully accredited college, providing 
instruction in many overlooked subjects, and those no 
longer provided altogether. Here's the first 15 Spartans. 

World War 2 Museum; New Orleans 

Sac and Fox Nation; Oklahoma

Dan Liu & Paul Keller of Crowell & Moring, LLP (IP); Madison Avenue

Lawyers for the Creative Arts; Chicago

Big Stick Maps; Valparaiso

Gear Hard (Stunts); JacqueLand

Ruth Hinckley (Dialogue & Diction); JacqueLand

S'Moore Beer; Perpetual Falls, Wisconsin

Radar Trail Publishing; Magnetic Pole Barn

International Register of Historic Graces; LaHamphitheatre

Steal the Show (Press Passes); Magnetic Pole Barn

Art & Frame Naperville; DuPage County

League of Saints; RSD 2033

Rock of Sages Insurance; Cumulo Granite, Michigan

J.C. Heater Backstory; High Water Market

SEVEN NEW WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Our electronic atlas starts at Cardinal Corners, a single hand-drawn 
map of the center of the continental U.S. at 40 North Latitude and 
100 West Longitude on the Nebraska-Kansas line.

Then, expanding graphically and electronically in all four cardinal
directions around the world. 

Once the earth has been encircled with these seven different lines,
the orphans will have set three world records with their production:

     a) biggest stage
     b) largest cast
     c) longest plotline


1) USA ROUTE 250
    Opened July 4, 2023;
    marks the SesterCentennial, the 250th anniversary 
    of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, with a
    tournament naming the 250 Stars of American history --
    which may be an individual, event, location, moment...
    Open to all.

2) THE INDIE 500
    Opened August, 2023;
    may just be the road to success for screenwriters, novelists,
    composers, actors, directors... as they are all invited to present
    their own 15 minute trailers or coming attractions. Literally,
    take your 15 minutes of fame.
    Open to all.

3) LET FREEDOM RING
    Opens September, 2023.

4) THE THIN RED, WHITE & BLUE LINES
     Opens October, 2023.

5) AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, PART 2
    Opens November, 2023.

6) 360 DEGREES OF REPARATIONS 
    Opens November, 2023

7) RSD 2033
    Opens December, 2033

                                                March separately, attack together.
                                                                                          Napoleon


                                                    ******* SCORECARD *******


BATTING

CE2023-001: A GLIMPSE OF ETERNITY (#1)


ON DECK

USA250-001: REGGIE ON THE ROCK


IN THE HOLE
  
USA250-002: FRANK L. DOLL


REGULAR SEASON

CE2023-000: THE NEW SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD


SPRING TRAINING

CE-001: Plot Heard 'round the World
TEAR-001: Massacre of the Prairie Innocents
TEAR-002: The Dreadcoats are Coming! 
USA250-001: A Revolutionary Map to July 4, 2026
TEAR-003: Openly Catholic Orphans Troll FBI
USA250-002: Select the 250 Greatest Americans
USA250-003: Three Years, Three World Records
USA250-004: Three World Records with Three Lines
CE-002: Orphans Ask Angel for $360,000
CE-003: The MinuteMan & MinuteMa'am  
USA250-005: JIM THORPE; #1
USA250-006: AUDIE MURPHY; #1
USA250-007: MARQUETTE & JOLLIET; #1
USA250-008: PAUL REVERE; #1
USA250-009: IRISH CATHOLICS; #1
CE-23-001: THE FIRST OF SEVEN NEW WONDERS


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