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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gospog" data-source="post: 665090" data-attributes="member: 2348">The "totem pole" was about eight feet tall.  Hideous faces were carved into it's entire length, facing in all four compass directions.Mr. Quell and Antonio studied the pole with intense interest.MR. QUELL:  This face here.  Quite refined looking, yes.ANTONIO: Ugh!  That one looks like you!The rest of the group is resting in the clearing where the pole stands.  The Turtle is watching Snowball, her constant ursine companion, drink from a nearby stream.The hairs on the back of Antonio's neck rise.  He whirls around, gun drawn.ANTONIO: What the-A dozen dark skinned men have surrounded the group.  They stand mere feet away from the heroes.  They are clearly natives of the jungle, dressed in simple animal skins, but the rifles that they hold are frighteneingly modern!The natives hold their rifles at the ready.  it would appear that they know how to use them.  They seem to be dissuading the group from moving.  The apparent leader shouts in a language foreign to any man who dwells on the surface."Zubang topinkee Moogaza!"JACKSON: Antonio, any clue?ANTONIO: Um, maybe.  It sounds like a mix of several primitive dialects. (to the natives) "Ippungowa godoka patoot?"This seems to calm the natives somewhat.  Rifle barrels are lowered slightly.  Then, however, they catch sight of Mr. Quell touching the totem pole!The rifles are raised again, this time pointed at the stunted little man.  But Mr. Quell, sensing the danger, whirls quickly, revealing his face.  The same face that adrorns several points of the pole!The natives stare in shock.  Rifles are dropped.  A few of them mutter "Moogaza".All around the clearing, things relax.  Antonio enters into an intense conversation with the native leader, testing his linguistic skills to their limit.ANTONIO: Well, they think Quell looks like one of their gods, Moogaza, the sun god.   I think that's a good omen, according to them.JOHNNY: What about the rifles?ANTONIO:  Yeah, that's the bad news.  They say the guns were a gift from "the skull men" or something close to that.  Not a big mystery there.  They want us to come back to their village and speak to someone, or something.  Not sure which.TURTLE:  Well, let's go then.  Hey, look!The natives are leading the group to their village.  In that very direction, the Turtle spots a strip of white cloth in the distance.TURTLE:  I guess we'll take the hint?EVERYONE: Ha ha!It is a long walk in the hot jungle before the natives' village comes into view.  It is composed of simple huts surrounded by a tall wooden palisade.  The village, however, fades into obscurity when viewed in front of the edifice behind it.Behind the village is a huge zigguraut, apparently made entirely of gold!  It stretches high into the sky, reflecting light from the glowing orb in the sky (Moogaza) and lighting up the cavern around it.Antonio has a hushed conference with the lead native.ANTONIO: Oh, great.JACKSON: What is it?ANTONIO:  Well, it's some sort of temple, I think.  He keeps referring to it as The Zigguraut of Terror !</blockquote>

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