■ 🕑 11. Plabinus Schreiber was a successful typographer and landlord operating in Meerstadt, a small district in the east side of Berlin. Well regarded by some, disdained by others and ignored by most, he gained notoriety for trying to start a cult around the vaguely biblical prophesying he made to noone in particular in the town square every afternoon.
Considered to be the only member of this organization, it's rumoured there were at least one other. His or her identity remains unknown.
These types of gatherings had long been outlawed by the hard socialist bureaucracy, although actual enforcement of them was few and far between.
Little did he know, a tip off and a payment of 1000 Marks under the table by an unknown actor lead to a full criminal investigation into one of his favourite activities, that being his claim to being a children of God without the proper legal documents to prove so.
Moments before completing the perfect ligature for a triple parentheses, the door to his office swung open with a crack and in came three grey clad men armed with handguns. The first man stepped towards him and raised his cap:
"This is Toschtek Kumnets with the NKVD, you are being arrested on suspicion of spreading conspiracy against the Motherpoi and will be given an unfair trial with a jury of our choosing. Everything you have said and done up until now has been recorded and will be provided as evidence against you and you will be given 48 hours to provide a lawyer lest you perish like the fascist dog you are"
Unfortunately, he had already alienated nearly all the good Jewish lawyers after the case about the stolen salami, it's doubtful Tötenfisch & co. would be able to vouch for him now.
Plab was dragged off by the cuffs down the stairs of his office complex and into the armoured car waiting outside, kicking and screaming the whole way.
"TAKE THE JAB!" he wailed, his fingernails scratching into the steel doors of the van. What those words meant to the onlookers passing by remains to be a mystery, and so does what became of him after that fateful day...