The Time Traveller (Part II)

Future Infinity

Music=
1. Sleep
  -Night Flowers

"Time flows away like the water in the river."
  -Confucius










UFOtext=
I. The Dark Island

"How so?" asked Joshua.

Vivienne paused. She thought for a long moment.

"Have you heard of the people of Future Infinity?"

"What do you mean by people of Future Infinity?" asked Joshua. 

He noticed a faraway look in Vivienne's eyes.

"They are people who travel in ships close to the speed of light. They stay inside their light cone & avoid the hyperspace network. Time slows down for these people. They might age 1 year while the galaxy ages a millennium. There is no limit to how far they can travel into the future. But Nature pens one tragic thorn on their rose."

"Which is?" Joshua felt his curiosity rising.

"They can never go back in time & change history. They leave behind their old worlds & all the people they knew. In the future they can read about the lives of people they once knew. They can read all about what happened in galactic history. All of that occurred while they crawled around the galaxy on twinkles of starlight. But they can never go back. Like everyone, there is only One Direction for time. Time is a bridge only to the future."

"Are you a time traveller?" Joshua stared keenly at Vivienne. 

"Yes." said Vivienne.

"When were you born?" Joshua sat up erect on the edge of Vivienne's ancient futon.

"About 50,000 years ago. My royal parents sought escape from the first emperor of the Galactic Empire. They found sanctuary in Future Infinity."

Joshua froze in rapture. Fascinated, he could only stare in wonder at Vivienne.

"Who are you- really?" he finally asked. He realized Vivienne was a breakthrough discovery for the Second Foundation.

"I've been many people over the recent millennium. Now you know me as Princess Leizu."

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The Time Traveler (Part I)

Vivienne

Music=
1. Dorian
  -Smashing Pumpkins



"Time flows away like the water in the river."
  -Confucius







UFOtext=
I. The Dark Island

Leizu gently unwrapped her soft warm embrace, then slipped away like a tropical dream on a winter morning. Slowly, Joshua awakened, watching the jade crystal move hypnotically before his eyes, its perfect blackness deeper than night.

Vivienne smiled imperceptibly. Her fine grey hair formed a delicate lace of frost. She waited for Joshua to return from the crystal, then she abruptly pulled it away.  Carefully, she set her powerful cane to her side. Her regal gown wrapped her slender but ample figure in a Medieval river of dark stars. 

"Do you know Leizu?" asked Joshua.

Vivienne sighed.

"Yes, I know Leizu personally."

"But- in galactic history, Leizu was the wife of the Yellow Emperor. Leizu died in a revolt against the Empire at a very young age. This was over 1000 years ago. It's written in Encyclopedia Galactica. How could you know Leizu personally?"

Vivienne tilted her head & gazed thoughtfully at Joshua.

"My dear child of the Second Foundation, you too know Leizu personally- but you don't realize it. There is much more to galactic history than your fancy diagrams of possibilities- possibilities that never actually occur! In our universe, all of the future reveals itself to the humble light from a twinkling star."

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The Galaxy Of Lost Stars

The Mule, Yogi & Astira

Music=
1. They Want My Soul
   -Spoon

"Let us cultivate our garden."
-Voltaire ⚜










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I. Montmartre

"Do you think I was born last night?"

Yogi repeated.

"No." said Astira.

"I think you born in hell."

Astira cracked a little smile. It would take one second to take out the suit on her left. But that left the suit on her right- & Yogi too. Not enough time. Think. Think.

Yogi smirked. Astira glanced at the suit on her right. He too far. Not good. She looked backed at Yogi. Then she froze stiff.

Way across the room the Mule walked in her direction. His paranormal eyes glowed like beacons. The room swirled around her. She felt her emotions swing wildly out of control. She felt unbounded exhilaration, then crippling fear & then she reeled backward and fell senseless on the floor. Her despair deepened into an infinite starless night.

"Astira, when danger looms, you must become one with the danger. How can you drown in despair when you become the water? Your thoughts are the fountain of life in a garden of possibility."

She closed her eyes to the Mule & became one with her soul. The Dragon fire bloomed in the starless night.

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