Office of the ChairthingThe new president.
The podium is taller now. The suit doesn't fit. The eyes do not blink. Every address begins with a hum that humans are asked to ignore.

Aliens Got America Mad
The grey council has taken the chair. The president kneels. The richest man on earth has been re-assigned. Fifty states now answer to a single transmission from above.
> uplink established // grey-council //
> target: north american continent
> status: sovereignty revoked
> the one they called the president has been relocated to the floor
> the one they called the richest man is being re-wired
> resistance quotient: 0.04
> proceed.
> the chair has been taken.
Dossier / the council
A quiet coup. No bullets. No debates. Just a long low tone over the capital — and by morning, different eyes behind the desk.
Office of the ChairthingThe podium is taller now. The suit doesn't fit. The eyes do not blink. Every address begins with a hum that humans are asked to ignore.
CommandEvery state has been re-labelled with symbols no one at the Pentagon can read. The map is green. The map is always green.
The HarborThe torch still burns. The flame is just a different colour now. The ships in the sky do not dock — they hover.

Washington D.C. // 04:02

Holding bay B
subjects detained
47
and counting
air space
closed
indefinitely
press
muted
by council order
chair
taken
non-human
Decree // 00.01
The flag stays up. The flag does not mean what it meant.
enforcedEvery speech begins with a hum. Do not look into the hum.
enforcedThe president kneels on schedule. Three times per day.
enforcedRockets are re-directed. Factories are re-purposed.
enforcedFifty states. One map. The map is green.
enforcedThe chair has been taken. It will not be returned.
enforcedfinal signal
Kneel early. The ones who kneel late get assigned to the mines.