Chemical Wedding Page #7

Yes, I do.

( doorbell rings )

( glass shatters )

she has been here.

she's in serious trouble, isn't she?

I wonder where they might be.

- Have you seen this?

- ( ticking )

"Thou shalt conquer space,

And lastly climb

the walls of time,

And take the golden path

the great do tread."

What is that?

Crowley wrote it.

- He's scared.

- What's he scared of?

Time.

If he's not fixed in this time,

he'll need to perform

the chemical wedding.

What is that,

some kind of ritual or something?

I mean, where does he do this?

I'm not sure,

but there's one person

who might know.

The curious cat

comes willingly.

( door slams )

- Ow! F***!

- I'm sorry.

( gasps )

Down down

into a deep deep sleep.

You'll hear nothing

but my voice.

Do you understand?

Yes.

What did you see in the suit?

We are forbidden to speak.

Who forbids you to speak?

Haddo?

- No.

- Was it Crowley?

He can't hear you.

He can only hear my voice.

Was it Aleister Crowley?

( gibbers )

Closes the door of my lips.

Look, Haddo knew

everything about me from the suit.

He must know what's going on.

What do you need

for the chemical wedding?

The relics

of Joseph of Arimathea.

A knife,

a cup to catch the holy blood

and a reed.

Ask him where it's performed.

Professor Brent,

where is this ceremony performed?

Notre Dame.

Paris?

He's taken her to Paris?

No no no no. Crowley told me

that's where it last took place

with Abelard and Heloise.

Okay, well, the knife, the cup to catch

the blood-- what's the reed for?

A substitute phallus

to perform a non-carnal union--

a virgin birth.

she's not going

to participate in that.

she just has to arrive willingly,

and then--

Professor,

where did you see Crowley?

He can't hear you.

Hold on, I'll hand him over.

The next voice you hear

will be Dr. Mathers.

You will answer his questions.

Professor,

where did you see Aleister Crowley?

High throned between-- no! No.

What was through the door?

Was it the ho tekton?

The blackness!

- ( crying )

- I'm sorry.

I can't have you

upsetting a patient like this.

Now bring him back.

Brother Omnia Vincarn,

you're watching me

like a hungry dog.

I've had the meal.

Would you like the scraps?

"By the pricking of my thumbs,

something wicked this way comes."

"'Tis now the very

witching time of night,

When churchyards yawn,

and hell itself breathes out

Contagion to this world:

now could I drink

hot blood..."

But before we start, Victor--

get that f***ing watch off!

And be a good chap

and make sure

that she isn't wearing one.

Time, after all,

is only...

relative.

What did you say to Brent?

Hoticon, or something?

No, ho tekton.

It's the Greek rendition

of the semitic word "naggar."

The Bible mistranslates it

as "carpenter."

The actual translation

of the word

is the Masonic term

for "master of the craft."

Professor Brent mentioned

several other Masonic terms.

Does this relate to anything

you saw in the suit?

Mathers:
No, we only saw part

of the event that happened in the suit,

but there is one way

to find out what Brent knows.

Come on.

These are the instructions you enter

into the computer when I'm ready.

The last person who went in there

didn't come out in one piece.

This disc contains

Professor Brent's experience.

Are you sure about this?

What other choice have I got?

If you think I'm in trouble,

enter this.

"space flight simulator."

How does that help?

Acceleration changes

the speed of time.

Einstein.

Wait.

Take this.

It belonged to Crowley.

In demonology

if you possess an object

belonging to a person,

it gives you power over them.

Good luck.

Uncertainty may be your best chance.

( watch jingles )

I feel like schrodinger's cat.

Let's hope God doesn't throw dice.

( speaking Latin )

( yells in Latin )

Who's that?

she's computer-generated.

I'm pleased to meet you, Dr. Mathers.

How do you know my name?

Professor Brent

implanted that information

as he came through.

How can I help you?

I would like

to follow Professor Brent.

Where is the door?

I'm afraid that was

Professor Brent's creation.

Mathers:

symonds, feed in Brent's records.

( computer whirs, beeps )

"Now are our brows bound

with victorious wreaths."

"Give me my crown;

I have immortal longings in me."

"The earth was

without form and void,

and darkness was upon

the face of the deep."

( whirring )

It's working.

Damn it.

What was there before?

I don't know.

Professor Brent saw something we didn't.

He was mouthing some religious ritual.

Brent's blackness.

( speaking Latin )

I summon thee

from the dark abyss

to enter this Holy Union!

( screams )

Choronzon!

- What's happening?

- It's a singularity! It's a black hole!

- ( grunting )

- ( Mei Ling screams )

( alarm blaring )

( grunts )

( gasping )

As above, so below!

( screaming )

( watch ticking loudly )

( snaps, ticking quickly )

( screams )

( alarm blaring )

- ( alarm stops )

- ( beeping )

Mathers.

( gasping )

Haddo?

( stuttering )

Why, that bloody fool Victor!

Where is Mathers?

Who's Mathers?

What's going on down there?

You damned idiot!

I could have drowned in here.

What are you talking about?

After 30 seconds?

It was much longer than that,

you bastard!

You fat idiot, you panicked.

A girl came in looking for Mathers.

I had to get rid of her.

( bells tolling )

( knocking on glass )

Dr. Mathers.

Lia Robinson from "Varsity," yes.

Weird, I thought I dreamt you.

You said 5:
00,

but you didn't say where.

Mathers:

I'm sorry. I'm jet-lagged.

Thank God you're all right.

I'm sorry.

Have we met?

You don't know me, do you?

No, I don't.

should l?

No.

No.

Um, the interview.

Yes.

so why did you develop

the suit in the first place?

symonds:
suddenly,

I felt strangely out of place,

as if I was on a different planet

or a different time zone.

Not one other person noticed

those missing days. Why just me?

You witnessed his death.

And so his resurrection.

Ah. Maybe I just dreamt

the whole idea.

No, scientific equations

are reversible,

even those with time.

The uncertainty principle

almost demands

parallel universes exist.

What could have happened is

schrodinger's

theoretical experiment

of the cat in the box.

Only when the experimenter

opens the lid--

or in your case

takes off the helmet--

only then will he find out

what universe he's in.

so in some parallel universe,

Aleister Crowley is wandering around.

And in that other universe,

the world will be

a more evil place--

wars, earthquakes,

atrocities.

Thank God he's not in ours.

It's time.

There's a couple of details

I don't understand.

How did Mathers

get out of the ceremony

when the door was locked?

And who killed Rose?

- Brent:
What happened there?

- Mathers:
Oh, I fell.

sometimes it's hard to keep

your balance in Cyberia.

- Brent:
Russia?

- Dr. Mathers?

- Yeah.

- Is it possible the suit

- could be carrying a virus?

- I don't think so. Why?

Well, there's a problem

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