01x03 - The Curse of Rava

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you've traveled a long way and I understand the idol is important to your people I sympathize with you Mr mandak

however the exhibit will open tomorrow on schedule Brava must not be desecrated

the idol will not be damaged not even be touched Facebook rather is not for the

unbeliever I'm only the director of the museum cannot cancel the exhibit as the

chairman of the executives Mr Jameson the Board of Trustees I have to answer to all of them and they will answer to

rava I warn you Professor Rustin unless rava is returned to kalistan

you will feel his wrath you mean the famous curse of rava

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it's uh just that I find it hard to believe in curses

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what are you doing

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she's just a student who works here part-time

I know she is possibly better than you do

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carnival freak he will do more than just warn you Professor Rustin

much more

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oh my gosh

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sorry pal No cameras Oh uh I'm Parker from The Bugle oh what's going on here

oh they're picketing the calistani exhibit in the main gallery oh yeah I heard something about that you're

displaying Brava palestini god of death that thing has the ugliest face I've

ever seen how can anybody get down and worship a thing like that maybe they're afraid not to oh

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did I scare you well as a matter of fact yes you did oh I'm sorry I didn't realize you were so engrossed in your

work well he's a pretty engrossing old boy what's wrong

oh that's right I am I'm sorry I forgot my name is Peter Parker I'm a

photographer with the bugle Trina panned it do you work here I'm a student assistant curator I'm translating the

inscription base of the idol oh well then you must be from exotic Palestine no exotic calendars but my grandparents

are from kalistan they came to farm a long time ago well that's kind of like The Wizard of Oz but in Reverse you know

I'm a student here myself I'm a grad student in physics I'm just a photographer part-time

we're seeing you around the big university

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I'm gonna take it easy don't get excited

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I thought this job was boring [Music]

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yeah maybe a tour loose when Spider-Man was swinging on it maybe but that

doesn't explain all the shaking just before it happened

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I don't know I'm an art historian captain ask young Parker there physical sciences

or his field about a Parker that an earthquake have caused all this well certainly if we

were in California but there's never been an earthquake recorded in Manhattan Parker you're big help my God John

what's happened here calestonis Jonah I told you we'd have trouble with him and I told you that we were not going to be

pushed around by some spinner group of Fanatics from a two-bit country Halfway Around the World

Parker what are you doing here this is the University sir I go to school here remember Jonah I think we should cancel

the exhibit that Idol is a religious symbol to these Palestinians we don't have the right right we have more than a

right we have a contract with the legitimate government of Palestine to do this exhibit we're the only Museum in

the country that'll have the idol I have a feeling this is just the beginning you believe that curse business don't you I

don't know what I believe anymore a piece of ornamental Stone couldn't fall but it did you probably don't believe

that you could lose your job here but you can don't threaten me Jonah I don't wish to

be disrespectful of the dead but I don't care how much money your wife raised for this Museum she didn't own it and neither do you

I want the doors to this museum open to the public as soon as this mass is out of the way you understand that

all right but he's standing around here for get this place cleaned up

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well you see some of these Mr Jameson I've got some real winners here

Parker I can't print these but you always say that pictures like these are what sell newspapers not my

newspapers Parker don't you know that my wife was a patron of that museum you

realize that I'm now chairman of the Board of Trustees why would I want to give the museum this kind of publicity

but you always say to report the news as it happens no matter telling me what I always say

well I suppose I can always do something else with these likewise

I took these pictures on my own time that gives me the right to do whatever I want with them Parker you would sell

those to a rival paper where's your loyalty

to Jameson I'm just a poor graduate student who's trying to squeeze by as a

low paid part-time photographer now these are good they're really good

I was the only photographer there so that makes these an exclusive I think somebody will buy them from me

don't you sir Rita

we're buying some pictures from Parker and the negatives authorized payment William

I'd throw in a 50 bonus yes sir

thank you thank you Mr Jameson that's very generous of you get out of here Parker

wow I am impressed I am very impressed you know the last guy that got 50 bucks out of Mr High Roller that usually was

the guy that mugged him in Central Park last summer oh really you have the chief all wrong he's really a very fair man

you just have to know how to talk to him Pete why do I get the feeling you're conning me

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oh Mr Jameson the professor's in the main Gallery thank you

well John what is it that's so serious here that we can't discuss it over the phone I have to convince you Jonah we

have to get that Idol back to calisthen or something terrible is going to happen I'm scared well I'm not

I may not be from Missouri but if this curse business is for Real you're going to have to show me

that guy with all those arms can make a fortunate circus

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one more time please well the the lights kept reflector and

something that went out completely and I I heard Rustin scream then there was a

scratch and then the lights came back on and there was resting lying right there

with this the island on top of that that thing must weigh half a ton

it was the curse ah of course not and how do you explain it I don't know

you're the detective you figure it out I think maybe I have

either of you ever see any tables slide across the floor by themselves our Shields fly off the wall or this statue

dancing on its pedestal what are you getting here there's another way all this could have happened

you know what are you suggesting Mr Jameson I wish there was some other

explanation but you had a motive several witnesses including me saw you and the professor argue or say that I tried to

k*ll him oh come on call the hospital ask Rustin he'll tell you I have a man

down there but Professor Rustin he's in pretty bad shape I don't think he's going to be talking to anybody for a long time if ever I don't believe this I

want to talk to my lawyer you call him from the precinct now wait a minute Julie sir don't make me use the

handcuffs

get me out of here don't worry about a thing Mr Jameson your lawyer's on his way what are you doing here Rita called

me why oh she thought maybe I could help you well what am I worrying about

here I am in jail accused of attempted m*rder three days before a stockholders meeting where I have to fight off some

pirate who's trying to take over the paper look who's on my side college kid who

runs around the camera hanging on his neck and a lawyer that nobody can even find

Captain Mr Jameson wouldn't k*ll anybody this whole thing is just crazy yeah you want to know what else is crazy read

that it's Mr Jameson statement

the table slid at them by itself do you realize who I am it is a very important

man that's why I'm recommending that the D.A sleep on it before deciding whether to charge you or not of course you'll

probably have to spend the night in jail what well that's that's good

that's good right don't see anything good about this if I lose control of the paper you'll probably lose your job you've thought of

that haven't you no I mean it's good that Captain Barbara's recommendation counts for so much when he finds out

that the bugle is doing an in-depth profile on him and he realizes that his treatment of you will have a direct

bearing on the tone of that article article on me

well I'm sorry I saw the memo on Rita's desk one of your better ideas I must say

oh yeah yes thank you you know um maybe I better

call it D.A it would be a shame if Mr Jameson had to spend the night here if it wasn't necessary are you sure he

won't mind if you call him this late

all right sometimes you amaze me

you know son that that story about Captain Barbara that isn't a bad idea at all yeah I think I'll put Myers on it

and you can handle the pictures oh that's terrific thank you sir but first we've got to get you cleared for that stockholders meeting

I've got your car park right out front what do you all dressed up for now you didn't want me driving around in your

roles in an old house coach did you well actually I didn't want you driving around in it at all you know tell the

chill you're getting out early kind of messed up my plan see I had to stay with this guy and over in Jersey we were going to strip your car

you know I have believed she was

hello what are you doing here I told you the university wasn't that

good how do you know I'd be coming this way because your next class is in the chem building which is right over there

how'd you know that oh a good reporter never Reveals His sources

ah you checked my class card at the ad building now you say you could be a reporter too

Trina you were there at the Museum the night that Mr Jameson went to meet Professor

Rustin are you certain they were alone all I know is I didn't see anyone I

locked the door before I left well no what's the big deal about rava

back in calistan Palestine used to be ruled by the high priest of brother

that's it that's why the idol is so important well the members of The Cult were the

fiercest Warriors in the country so that's how the cult held power

I understand I used to worship death not really they believed that death in

battle was the way to a place of honor in the next life Peter why are you asking me all these

questions because I'm trying to help Mr James and because you're the only expert on

kalistan I happen to know I'm no expert on calisthen well you've translated the inscriptions on the idle look Holt was

overthrown in the high priest Spanish 50 years before I was even born so you mean to say the call doesn't

exist say that so it does exist Trina what are you afraid of I'm not

afraid of anything I'm just concerned about what happened to Professor Rustin

suppose the cult did get their hands on the idle and took it back to kalistan but what happened

high priest would declare a holy w*r and try to regain power

Civil w*r have they ever tried that before Bob has always been very carefully guarded as a

matter of fact this is the first time the government has ever allowed the idol to leave the country which means this is the first time the

cult has had a chance to get their hands on it I wouldn't know about that look I'm going to be late I have a class

Professor Austin said that our God would be returned to kalistan well I hope you got that writing pal

because we can't very well ask them now can you must return rather to his people

hey don't tell me what I must do this could turn into a m*rder investigation this statue here is evidence

it's not going anywhere no rabba's Revenge

yeah well if I'm ever in kalistan I remember not to drink the water

get out of here

I wouldn't worry about those guys I'll tell you what I'll have the cruises in the area make a couple extra rounds

okay thanks a lot Captain sure make me feel a lot better where's your phone oh I just went

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Kathy can I talk to you look you have got to make sure that the idol of rava doesn't get back to kalistan I mean it could cause a civil

w*r with kalistan sitting right between Russia and China relax Parker I already talked to some fruitcake said he was

from the calisthenny counselor Captain did he threaten you no but he said that that statue of smiling Jack in

there was going to get me you notice how scared I am and take that that lightly if I were you sir look what happened to Professor rust

team two Parker don't you have to oil your slide rule or something well I really think no

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I'm gonna be late

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come on

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hadn't pulled out the baloney hey come back here friends

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that's the worst idea I ever heard oh it seemed like a good idea at the time you liked it

sure that was before Ruston slipped into a coma

do you know what this going to look like to the stockholders of the newspaper you're not guilty it doesn't matter if

I'm not at that meeting for any reason especially if I'm in jail lose the paper we can't let that happen

we it's nothing we can do about it Mr Jameson do you remember those

pictures that I took at the Museum could I have another look at those please why I got a shot of one of the

demonstrators now I think this man was involved they're all involved

have you been talking to the bulletin or the dispatch I see you're the first of the rats to

leave the sinking ship is that it never do any such thing I paid you more than I should have for

those pictures they're mine nobody's going to see them

why does that man have to be so stubborn probably what got him where he is I mean

he is in jail and he still thinks he knows all the answers if that's what it takes to be rich I'd rather stay poor

honey you work for Mr Jameson long enough you'll get your wish for sure we have got to help him now I have to get

some of those pictures that I sold from Mr Jameson Rita I have a shot of one of the demonstrators I am sure the man was

involved but get it he's got them in the negatives in his

in his dude do you think he is worried about isn't there some way this could be

arranged our jobs are at stake oh well listen honey now did you put it

that way oh yes there is a way it can be arranged

yeah yeah he's one of them said they were from the calisthenic consulate what makes you think this guy has anything to

do with rustin's accident I guess you could just say I've got a feeling about him every time he's around something bad

happens really I could say the same thing about you well you had a run-in with him did anything strange happen to you yeah as a

matter of fact I did it wasn't for if it hadn't been for Hope well what happened to you Captain nothing happened

Parker forget it well something certainly happened to Mr James okay okay just for the sake of arguments say

something did happen to me something like the things that Mr Jameson described okay Parker okay just tell me

one thing how could this calisthenny have pulled it off I don't know but if something strange had happened to

me I'd want to find out how

it's interesting that you called I was following this case anyway have you ever heard of telekinesis the ability to move

objects with the mind sure but I thought it was mostly a theory oh telekinesis exist there's too much data to deny it I

get reports every week here of people who can perform telekinetic feats there are people who on command in front

of a live TV Camera can move objects on a table or make images appear on a photographic negative exactly the most

powerful telekinetic Minds can bend steel bars with just the force of their minds doctor have you ever heard of

something called teleportation yes but uh that's just a theory well tell me how

does it work well it's a concept in which the mind of the teleport is able to change the

molecular structure of an object in such a way as to make it seem to disappear from one location transported over a

distance return it to its original form making it seem to materialize in the second location

Jameson didn't mention anything about any objects disappearing well the phenomena he described only sounds

possible if he encountered an individual with an incredibly Advanced telekinetic gift but I've never heard of anyone

having the power as strongly as you describe but if he did have it that strongly he could do all the things that Mr

Jameson described oh absolutely theoretically the extent of the power is Limitless if you'd like to know more uh

why don't you slip through these books thank you thank you very much Dr Keller I really

appreciate it oh hello Captain you're gonna take a

class sure I may even go back to school full time good maybe I can get you into my fraternity

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thank you

you know who I am I know who you claim to be you have seen

my power but any man but his high priest have such power only if the old Legends are to be

believed you do not have much respect I had heard that you were more American

than kalistani I am only American I've never been to kalistan but it is in your

blood after all your grandmother was a daughter of the last high priest of RAM

when you also knew that I would be coming to you for help

you destroy a calisthen that 70 years of Peace has allowed her to become

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so here thank you

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I open up this morning at 9am just like always then I shut off the alarms

and opened up all the alarms in working order oh they

worked perfectly I can't understand it was the idol the only thing that was taken Parker what are you doing here I

was on my way to class when I saw your car doesn't this prove that Mr Jameson was innocent certainly not

you know Captain there could be International repercussions over this yeah well don't you worry about it

Parker I'll find it have you questioned those calisthenics that tried to take the statue from you that's a terrific

idea Barger talk about your International repercussions you want me to waltz up to the

calisthenny council that accuse them of robbery that look great in the papers

yeah I see what you mean sir how many sets of keys to the museum were there

uh well we have two sets in security and uh Dr Rustin had

two sets of keys maybe there's a record in his office of who has that other set or what are we

waiting for

Trina well twice in one week I guess the

university isn't as big as I thought it was Katrina I have to talk to you sure but I've got a cloud I can't wait Bravo

was stolen last night welcome

I think you had something to do with it I'm going to be late you told me that

you locked up the museum the night you let Mr Jameson the police will find out that you've got a set of keys it's just a question of

time but we don't have much time here we Trina

hello I'll be taking the idol back to calisthen tonight

was this the man [Applause] who is he

his name is mandak he's the high priest of rabba why did

you help him I had to he's got kind of power now I know it's called

telekinesis he can make things happen with his mind that's how they choose the high priest Whoever has the greatest

power gets the job the other night at the Museum when

mandak and Professor Rustin were arguing were you there

made the idol Shake he made a scimitar why is the professor and he made a stone

object full everything Mr Jameson said happened really did happen

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well then why did you go to Captain Barbara and tell him all that so Mr Jameson can get out of jail

look maybe Professor Rustin will get better and maybe he'll clear Mr Jameson but

that isn't going to happen while there's a meeting tomorrow of the stockholders in the newspaper if Mr Jameson isn't

there he will lose control of the bugle got to do it now

I should have done it already but I was afraid of math

oh it's so cheap

don't be everybody will realize how hard it was to stand up against that kind of power

thank you so I want to check on the location of every kalistani in the city then call

the immigration service call the state department 10-4 now

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I'm sorry if I scared you but I had to talk to you I have something important to say you could have fallen would you

believe me if I called and said I was Spiderman you got a point what kind of information the idol of rava was stolen by a man

named mandak it's being held at the kalistani consulate it might as well be in kalistan I can't go busting in their

consulate without some pretty heavy evidence I know that but if you happen to be at the rear of the consulate

tonight about 11 you just might find the idol sitting on the curb yeah they're just going to get it back like that not

exactly just be there tonight at 11. you'll see

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with desecrated rather you will feel his Wrath [Music]

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Parker Mr Jameson how did it go at the stockholders meeting oh I think you could say I sunk that pirate

and it's beautiful so you're still in control of the newspaper well there was never any doubt about that once I got

out of that ridiculous jail oh I'm sorry about that sir it's doing my job you did an excellent job Captain I thank you sir

I'd like to take all the credit that I have to admit I couldn't have fooled it off without Spider-Man

oh well he'd be delighted to hear you say that Captain do you mind if the bugle quotes you on that not on your life I'm not giving any recognition to

some freak who runs around in a red and blue union suit Jameson

it's the latest on Professor Ruston's condition oh I called the hospital after the meeting he's much better that is

great news by the way Captain whatever happened to mandak well it looks like he's going to be all right but the

calisthenics have granted him diplomatic immunity for some reason why could it be

that the government of kalistan has plans for him in his Cult of rava I see what you mean

well uh Mr Jameson and Captain why don't you both step in here next to the idol and then I can take pictures

excellent okay how about right here yeah why don't you come in close um

this is one picture sure to make the front page of the bugle really at front page rates

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