Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend Page #6

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about her vision...

Go on.

- She saw a sacrifice.

But it was not a bull.

It was a person.

Who?

It was her own blood that was spilt.

She was the sacrifice.

Perhaps her vision

is the gods' way of telling us

that she's not welcome.

She's cursed.

Tell Yidini to gather the people.

I will speak to them

and restore order.

But first I will consult with the gods and

clarify what it is Poseidon asks for.

What would make this eruption

different from any other

the Therans had experienced was the

interaction of two kinds of magma,

triggering a catastrophic

chemical reaction.

This chemical reaction would thrust

an estimated 150 billion

tons of magma to the surface.

And transform this eruption

into the greatest disaster

the ancient world had ever seen.

Hail, priestess. Hail, priestess.

High priestess,

the people wait to hear you.

People of Thera.

Everyone!

Friends and colleagues.

You must listen to me.

This is preposterous.

The blood of bulls is not enough.

There is nothing more we can offer.

The gods have given

us enough warning.

We must leave the island

before it is too late.

My fleet will sail at sunset.

We will leave the island

till it is safe to return.

There is only one authority we can

trust on this island. The truth.

People of Thera,

in order to restore

peace on our island,

Poseidon has asked

for something more.

What are you going to offer him now?

Lions? Elephants?

Until peace and calm can be restored,

those that want

to leave the island may do so.

- You cannot stay here, surely?

- You have to do your duty, Rusa.

And I have to do mine.

There will be another sacrifice.

This time I...

will undertake it

on behalf of all of us.

A superheated column of gas, ash

and rock blasted six miles

into the stratosphere...

..forming a mushroom cloud

similar to an atomic bomb.

This was a Plinian eruption, the

most deadly of all volcanic events.

The sound of the eruption

was heard as far away as Egypt.

And within minutes the plume

would it be seen from Crete.

Everyone!

We need to leave the island now.

To stay here is madness.

Everyone, follow me. To the ships.

Get your things

and meet me at the harbour.

What now?

We do as we planned.

Bring me Pinaruti.

We must fulfil the vision.

What do you want?

- We're here for her, not you.

Why? What do you want with her?

- High priestess orders...

It's not your buiseness!

She's my wife! That makes it my buisenes.

We need every inch of every ship.

OK, everybody. Cargo overboard.

Make space, come on.

Come on, move, move.

We're leaving the city with my father.

- You're free to go, Yishharu.

We're BOTH leaving.

- No!

Pinaruti must fulfil her destiny.

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