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Jerry was insanely happy. And of course, with his simple twenty-five-year-old captain was appointed as the general ambassador of mankind to the league of civilizations of the galaxy! But a year ago, no one thought that there was intelligent life in the universe, except for the planet Earth, until unexpected invitation came.
One day, a strange-looking creature appeared in all screens, phones, radios, TV channels and internets shining like a star. It announced that people have been found and the achievements of humanity are really impressive, so the League of Civilizations of the Galaxy invites people to visit the planet "Center" and join the community for an equal basis with other intelligent beings.
There was no limit to the people's exultation. Over the next year, the Big Twenty, together with donations from individuals, foundations and companies built the greatest ship in history – the largest, fastest, most modern. And now he, Jerry, was flying at the head of an embassy-research mission to the planet "Center".
"Captain, we are approaching the planet," Mikhail, the second ambassador and chief assistant, woke Jerry from his dreams.
- Disable the fusion engines! Prepare for re-entry into the atmosphere!
The ship was on which they had already flown trillions of kilometers to the center of the galaxy began to slow down. The planet "Center" was so close and beautiful, it was slightly orange, and sometimes green color gently beckoned to itself.
They have already entered the orbit. Where an unknown force picked them up and began to drag them to the planet.
- What is it? Mikhail shouted
- Hold on! Turn on the starting engines! Jerry commanded bravely.
- It's not working! - the young pilot Tokeo shouted with annoyance and almost in hysteria, - The electronics are not working!
But the ship did not increase its speed, but only gradually descended, without overheating, without acceleration and impacts, and after half an hour it smoothly touched the surface of the planet. An unknown voice rang out:
- You've landed! Welcome!
The crew gradually began to recover. But Jerry was the first to come to his senses and hurried to the porthole to look at what was happening. But the sight disappointed him. The landing of the ship raised clouds of dust and it was not possible to see anything.
"Are you all right?" finally turning away from the empty view of the planet, Jerry asked.
"Yes, Captain," several different voices answered.
"All right, get ready, we'll go out," Jerry commanded, running up to the airlock and quickly putting on his spacesuit, " Don't forget to turn on the automatic translators!
"Captain?" Mikhail turned to him, but seeing that he did not notice him, he shouted louder, " Jerry!
- What? he looked around with displeasure.
- We need to send a report about for the landing on the planet, check the ship, the condition of the crew and, at least, send a robot to check the environment!
- Ahmed, do you have any data from the atmosphere?
- There are no toxic substances, the radiation level is normal, the air is discharged, but you can breathe…
"You see, we can go," Jerry smiled at Mikhail and opened the airlock door.
- Jerry… Wait, I'm coming with you, "Mikhail also quickly jumped into his spacesuit and, putting on his helmet, went to the airlock, gave several commands as he left," Ahmed, launch the robot and take soil samples for them. Genevieve, Takeo-we need a connection to the earth. Hans, Antonio-you have an inspection to the ship. No one else comes out, no matter what happens! And he closed the airlock door behind him.
Mikhail was still hesitantly descending the steep metal stairs, and Jerry was already standing at the bottom and looked around. Visibility was still zero.
- Well, my friend, what will be the first words on the planet "Center"?
- I strongly believe this question.
- No, I'm talking about beautiful words, - Jerry dreamily gesticulating, went forward , - For history, textbooks ... Oh, what for?
He buried himself in some soft, warm and huge body. This body was immediately began to move and turned into direction of the astronauts. Both people took two steps back and looked up at this living body. It was looked like a bag of fat, with something like a small head at a height of three meters.
- How rude a young individual he was! I'm actually an ambassador! - after these words uttered, the creature sneezed.
The dust began to settle. Now the space around the ship was visible. They were able to see the talking creature better. It was looked like a huge fat seal, but bald and without a mustache, or a sea elephant, but we'd better call it a seal instead. He was not alone, there were two or more seals behind him, but they did not pay attention to the people at all, but what is even more interesting, they were standing in line!
The dust completely dispersed and an endless valley opened up to the eyes of people. This entire valley was strewn with hundreds and thousands of spaceships, all of them located at the foot of a lonely mountain, on top of which stoods a dazzlingly bright and luminous palace or castle. It was brighter than the sun, so even at night, the valley was filled with light.
There was a narrow path leading to the castle at the top, where there were crowds – millions of delegations from all over the Galaxy, and people were at the end of this queue!
"I'm sorry," Jerry apologized uncertainly, coming to his senses.
"Captain, there are a lots of heat sources around," someone from the crew reported to him on the radio.
"Just in time," Mikhail grinned.
- Who are you? Jerry asked, turning to the seal.
- My name is: Agrrploshgrtirprprpr.
"How?" they both asked.
- Just call it "Agr". I'm from the planet: Orppivnnnyooggfool.
"Then everything is clear," Mikhail answered after a general silence.
- Did you invite us?
"No," said the seal.
- And who is the last one? Mikhail jokingly around.
- Before you, there were minds from the planet "Soos", but now you're here, - this seal answered it without any embarrassment at all.
- Why? Jerry was surprised.
- Their delegation is under your shoe! - he answered while laughing.
Jenny raised her foot, with several crushed of bodies lay on the puddles of dark liquid, imprinted by the dust. Some of them were still twitching their limbs.
- Oh! No! Did I destroy an embassy mission from another world?
The seal bent down, looked with his round eyes more closely at the dead bodies and after thinking, it came up to the conclusion:
- Yes.
- What will happen now?
"Don't worry," the seal tried to calm him down.
- Why?
- And their planet was still sucked into a black hole yesterday. No one will notice their absence, just sprinkle this sand and get into place, for I've crushed their ship yesterday.
While Jerry was in a cultural shock, Mikhail followed the advice of a wise seal and buried the remains of these crumbs, and then again turned to Agra with a question:
- Why can we breathe?
- There was a synthetic atmosphere here, there are elements in the air that are necessary for every civilization, some organisms accepted it and some are not. As if the atmosphere was smart…
"What's going on here anyway?"
- Was your civilization have been also invited to join the league? - the seal answered the question, in a general way that he seemed so friendly.
- yes.
- Well, there! Then the queue for joining the league was gathered! I've never imagined that there were other intelligent beings in the universe, and even such ugly ones! and he sneezed again, splashing snot.
It was obvious that this fat man was bored here, and he wanted to at least talk to someone, which Mikhail decided to use while Jerry was still standing in silence.
"So it turns out..." but he was interrupted.
- Hey, you! Can't you keep it down!
People and creatures are similar to seals they just turned around. The ambassador standing in front of them shouted angrily at them. These creatures were even taller, but incredibly thin, with long two legs, an oval body, a large head and predatory mouth with a sharp teeth. The delegation from Earth was too shy to answer anything, but the seals did not remain silent:
- Is that you for us, long-legged?
- What did you call me? - the skinny creature clapped its toothy mouth.
- You…
At this point, the translator made a high-pitched squeak and switched off. It started working again about fifteen minutes later, when the obvious swearing subsided.
- See, who are you have to deal with?! - the seal complained indignantly, turning back to the people.
- So how long have you been waiting in line? Mikhail asked.
- A week…
- Wow! the man exclaimed.
- That's another thing. There, you see that one, "the seal pointed to a short humanoid made of metal standing by a large stone," thirty minutes ahead, " So, this one has been here for two years!
"Two years?"
But the seal did not have time to answer, they were interrupted again by a mad approaching cry:
- We were accepted! We were accepted!
A creature that looked like a bird with the head of a fish, in long red feathers, flew past all the delegations in the opposite direction through the air. He was carried without touching, two entities similar to a lightning ball, but with human faces in the center.
- Three! Three thousand years! But we were accepted! – the creature screamed as it was retreated, when its screams subsided, the seal spoke:
- Lucky guy, we were not accepted in the queue! And he just went crazy and killed his entire delegation and a couple of neighboring ambassadors, ha! " he laughed loudly and awkwardly.
- Well, Captain, - Mikhail smiled, turning to Jerry, - it looks like we're here for a long time?
But Jerry stood like a statue, he did not speak or think.
"Captain?" Jerry? - that was the last words that he heard and feel fainted.
***
More than a year has passed in the queue. People and creatures are similar to seals have became friends. It turns out a lot of interesting details: Firstly, you can't leave the queue, otherwise the place will disappear, secondly, these creatures from the light were the masters of the planet and the leading civilization in the universe, Misha came up with the nickname "suns" for them, thirdly, most of the delegations never reached the cherished palace where the leagues met, where bones remained, like broken ships, spacesuits were on the right and left of the path, where there was still a live queue, fourth, seals were the most uncomplicated civilized creatures, and their average life span expectancy was about for a thousand years, so they hoped, I still have time to enter the light hall before I die. For people, such a dream would be an unacceptable luxury.
It would seem that in such a mess, this queue and waiting time, why not give up this idea and go home? The answer to this question was a short order – "Stand in line until victory!" that is, acceptance into the league. Planet Earth even assembled a new expedition that brought us food, equipment and gifts to our new friends – the seal civilization as it was.
They were shown in TV, soft toys similar to them were made, children drew them, in a world, they adore them. The seals was also appreciated by the people, and especially their delicious food-plastic bags and tin cans.
New friends also did not remain in debt and one long rainy season, in a dark night, it was rendered a great service to humanity.
Jerry was standing in line with Mikhail and the new TS-1240 robot, it was pouring rain, and it was dark in the valley, even despite the shining palace, when an old friend of Agr quickly crawled up to them, the fat giant whispered.
- What happened? Gerii was surprised.
- I'll tell you on the way... - Agr sniffed in response.
"Misha, stay here with the robot, I'll go check it out," he commanded quietly.
Misha nodded silently and disappeared under the cloak, and the robot hummed something in response.
As they drifted further into the darkness, Jerry finally asked his friend:
- So where are we going?
- The onyx from the planet "Zo" was washed away by water, their place was free, you can take their place! - Agr explained.
- But how? They'll notice us, and - " Jerry was afraid.
- No one will notice, there are blind Shoks in the queue for Onyx, and this higher civilization does not care who is standing here! We would have taken it for ourselves, but we are too big, and you are as small as Onyx. Just stand there, silently, and pretend that everything is as it should be!
Jerry didn't mind.
After about fifteen minutes, they approached a winding, but rather dense, but no less dark section of the queue. There were several multicolored puddles on the surface of the ground. The delegations of other civilizations stood silently and infantile, not noticing such impudence or not understanding it.
- This is the place! Stand and wait! I'll tell your friend, goodbye!
- Stop Agr, we are immensely grateful…
- No! We are immensely grateful to you for all the plastics for which you treated us! This is our gift to humanity! "Agr
, will I see you again?"
"Who knows, my friend," and Agr disappeared into the darkness.
***
Many years have passed. Jerry was already old and ill, and Mikhail had died a few months ago, like most of the first-generation astronauts. But many gave up earlier and returned home. The interest of humanity has also disappeared, the construction of spaceships has provoked a new financial crisis, complaints, regrets and disappointments. Their friendship with the seals also came to naught, they began to communicate less with them, several awkwardness situations occurred, and most importantly, the flow of giving gifts had stopped. People did not manage to make friends with other civilizations at all.
Although there was a reward for all these years. Humanity has moved significantly forward in the queue. People were even noticed by a higher civilization and presented a small gift – a particle that generates stars, later on its basis, a light bomb was created on Earth.
Now Jerry was standing on a hill, but the queue still stretched for miles ahead, and the cherished castle of light was still far away.
"Come on, Grandpa," Peter called to his dreaming old man.
- Peter? Are you here yet? Jerry was surprised.
- We arrived yesterday, - he came closer to him, - I haven't seen you enough to this world for fifty years, it's time to go home!
But Jerry was silent.
- Grandpa, the ship leaves in just ten minutes, I'll get there, this way is for you! - pathetically, looking at the sky, Peter said.
"Let's go," Jerry agreed.
He was proud of his grandson, because he was the only descendant of the first generation who continued the mission. A few minutes later, Jerry was sitting strapped to a smart chair, and without looking up, he was looking at the ever-receding human figure waving his hand in the wake.
***
Finally, the moment came for the reception of the delegation from the planet Earth-people. But no one entered the light-woven hall. Thousands of delegates were waiting into their boxes, going up to the ceiling more than a kilometer up, when these unknown two-legged friends of the seals would enter. But no one came in.
- Where are the people? the chairman asked, even brighter than the walls of light.
"There are none, wisest," the secretary replied, not so bright.
"Did they oversleep?"
- No, they died.
- Where are the delegates?
- No, humanity.
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