{"id":5414,"date":"2022-04-27T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/?p=5414"},"modified":"2022-04-23T13:41:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T13:41:05","slug":"the-adventures-of-maite-and-kepa-part-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/2022\/04\/27\/the-adventures-of-maite-and-kepa-part-100\/","title":{"rendered":"The Adventures of Maite and Kepa: Part 100"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


100 episodes?!? Who would have thought! I have no idea who might still be reading this, but if you are and you enjoy it at all, I’d love to hear from you!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn this time,\u201d began Olatz\/Marina as they walked toward a large monitor screen that was manned by a young woman, \u201che has called himself Zalazar, a bit ironic as Salazar was one of the few who resisted the persecution of the Basque witches.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Adventures of Maite and Kepa is a weekly serial. While it is a work of fiction, it has elements from both my own experiences and stories I’ve heard from various people. The characters, while in some cases inspired by real people, aren’t directly modeled on anyone in particular. I expect there will be inconsistencies and factual errors. I don’t know where it is going, and I’ll probably forget where it’s been. Why am I doing this? To give me an excuse and a deadline for some creative writing and because I thought people might enjoy it. Gozatu!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Turning to the young woman, Marina continued. \u201cThis is Argia. She is our primary eyes out there, watching the government\u2019s movements, looking for any glimpse of Zalazar.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young woman, who was dressed in the same robe as everyone else but had her hood pulled down to reveal her bright blond curls and her dark eyes, looked up at them. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen any hint of him for quite some time,\u201d she said. \u201cThough there has been some extra activity at his home.\u201d Argia pointed at one of the video feeds on her large monitor, which was covered by hundreds of different windows that flickered back and forth with images. The one Argia pointed to showed the top of a tall tower. On the roof, there were a number of the spherical drones flying back and forth, landing and taking off continuously. \u201cThere are more drones than normal,\u201d continued Argia, \u201cthough I haven\u2019t seen more people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure they are huddled in their tower,\u201d said Olatz\/Marina. \u201cKeeping their hands clean, so to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maite looked over the huddled robed figures spread out through the hall and then at Kepa with her eyebrow raised. Kepa simply shrugged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow are you able to watch de Lancre, I mean, Zalazar\u2019s place, so closely?\u201d asked Maite. \u201cDon\u2019t they see you watching them?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArgia is hacking into their video systems, so we are watching them through their own drones. We have our own drone nearby, though not so close as to be in visual distance, that receives the feeds from Zalazar\u2019s drones and sends them to us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s pretty clever,\u201d said Kepa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Argia smiled at him. \u201cThanks! It wasn\u2019t that hard, really. Sometimes, those in power get a little too overconfident in their own abilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are too modest,\u201d said Marina. \u201cArgia is one of the premier computer scientists of the country. She is a literal genius when it comes to computer systems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kepa noticed Argia blush as she turned away and back toward her monitors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnyways,\u201d continued Argia, \u201cbeyond the extra drone activity, I haven\u2019t seen anything else of note.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI suspect that activity is due to our new friends here,\u201d said Marina. \u201cCan you tell where they are going?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot from this,\u201d said Argia. \u201cOur drone only receives feeds from the drones in the area. But,\u201d she continued as she pointed to another video feed, \u201cthere is more activity in the plaza where we found these two.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the video windows centered on the monitor and grew. Maite recognized the plaza where they had encountered the woman on the hoverboard. The plaza was filled with drones and several other uniformed people who were scouring the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are looking for a way in,\u201d said Marina with a sigh. She turned to the hall, her voice filling it as she spoke. \u201cEveryone, we are in code Gorria. Be prepared to leave at a moment\u2019s notice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murmurs filled the hall as all of the robed figures began to scuttle from one station to the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you get this post via email, the return-to address goes no where, so please write blas@buber.net<\/a> if you want to get in touch with me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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