operative me cast to rest against Magda, outside, ready wait vessel for seed of this agent. Mouths of this agent quote fascist tyrant, lunatic emperor Adolf Hitler, say, ‘“The day of individual happiness has passed.’”
Host sister say, “What are your folks like?” Sister hairgather behind head, braided single rope. Sister buttocks cupped in work chair, cat sister say, “I mean, what was your childhood like?” Say, “What’s it like where you come from?”
Next then, hands of operative me grip yellow fabric veil window, layer fabrics so meet in center, blocking view tree, outside, Magda. Eclipse.
Quote, “The day of individual happiness has passed.”
Next now crane light shining work surface, bulb die black. Smoke no rise white out solder iron. Solder grow cool until weld, stuck to iron. Cat sister say, “Shit.” Project hesitated. Say, “Those horny housewives…”
Chamber dim, darken, operative me say, “Clarify?”
Twins of operative me and cat sister seated inside dark, host sister say, “My guess is they’ve tripped a circuit breaker.”
And this agent say, “Revision.” Say, “Please, tell repeat nature host father security, government priority top-secret labors?” Say, “Provide more detail, please.”
Dispatch
Fifth
Begins here fifth account of operative me, agent number 67 recall training session day. Operative preparation laboratory. Home nation. Dated back many year. For official record, recounting here formative history of operative me.
Depict here standard classroom laboratory occupy basement owning no window. Location divided long aisle between lengthy work surface, wall lined silver bins wove wire housing resident animals. White rodent. Frequent rabbit suffering experiment. Pigs of Guinea. Fellow operatives conduct to test chemical exposing animals. Location reek as baby animal fancy restaurant American shopping mall.
Baby puppy, as American title
beef
. Baby kitten
as pork
.
For official record, as rule must address chemist instructor, during enter room, unison all operative must announce: “Greetings, esteemed most revered educator.” In single unite voice must all operative say, “Accept, please, our gratitude for the wisdom you impart.” This, every today.
Specific past today, many today ago, this agent heat tincture of iodine, hovering tincture within glass beaker above flame gas burner. One hand of operative me operate beaker secure grasping tongs. One hand of this agent suspend metal saucer filled ice on top boil tincture heated within beaker, crystal iodine sublime as alcohol evaporate. Crystal form, crusted underneath side of ice saucer. Hands of operative me securing heated beaker, gas flame hiss, hand secure to suspend saucerof ice, this agent handless as laboratory go dark. Sudden, no light. From bright, many surrounded fellow operative, Tibor, Sheena, Ling, Metro, Tanek, baby animal, laboratory classroom fall blind dark.
From behind operative me wrap hands of other, cupped to cover eyes of this agent. Cupped dark.
Could be foot heel of operative me backward kick, Exploding Mule,
kick-sock
, to backward shatter knee of attacker. Instead, female voice say, “Comrade operative, fast profess recipe to manufacture vast explosion picric acid.” Voice of operative 36, agent Magda.
Duo hands of operative me occupied, one heated, one ice chilled, mouths of this agent say, “Recipe picric acid…” Say, “Twenty aspirin tablet, half cup pure alcohol, sulfuric acid stolen automobile battery, three teaspoon potassium nitrate…”
Cupped hands reek of zinc chloride.
Cupped hands of operative Magda release eyes of this agent. Agent 36 make small parade to stand at elbow of this agent. Magda say, “Exact correct, comrade.”
Alcohol of tincture close gone, remaining abandoned iodine crystals frosted underside of metal saucer. Soon, this agent to scrape and collect. Combine most carefully along household cleaner ammonia, generate form nitrogen tri-iodide.