The Circle Never Ends

The Lost City

Music=
1. The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning
   -Smashing Pumpkins

"Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds. Heaven's circle, bright in the night."
- Buddha



UFOtext=
I. Gobi Desert
Astira broke the infinite silence.
"How deep is it?"
Ozymandias reached down & scooped up a palmful of sand. For one wild moment he held a hummingbird of the desert- then he let it trickle through his fingers. It flew away.
"How high is the sky? replied Ozymandias.
"The Lost City is buried miles below the surface of Gobi- except for one point."
"The Crescent Lake?" interjected Astira.
"Yes- the Crescent Lake. Its ancient tower & stairway to the moon are the only surviving remnants of the Lost City- at least on the surface of Gobi."
Astira looked at the Dragon.
"Remember the Mule? That Mule ran up the tower on our last night. Why he do that? What does that Mule care about Lost City?"
The Dragon's face turned dark.
"Yes- something evil happened on that tower. Not just on that last night in winter- but 50,000 years ago. Something evil that lead to the Empire's destruction of the lotus of the galaxy. Something the Mule knows that we don't know."
Astira looked at Ozymandias. He appeared somber & buried in deep thought. But no tears fell upon the sand.
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Moonlight Circle

The Lost City

Music=
1. Neon Light
  - Cannons

"From a withered tree, a flower blooms."
~Buddha



UFOtext=
I. Gobi Desert
"What brings you to this scorched planet?"
The curious Dragon gazed at Ozymandias.
"This world is my destiny." said Ozymandias. He looked earnestly at the Dragon, Astira & Jamu. They sat together in an intimate circle positioned between a bosom of dunes. The plane of the galaxy arced above, the central stars remote & hidden by clouds of interstellar dust. 
"I am from the Lost City. In its day the city was called the Trantor of the East. It was a planet wide city of unsurpassed aquatic beauty- the lotus of galactic civilization."
"What? That city is a myth. Just a myth from 50,000 years ago. It is a lost one in history."
Astira made a face & shook her head. The Dragon sat unperturbed. 
"Ozymandias, where is this lost city of ancient lore? Is it on the Silk Path?" 
The Dragon asked the question matter of factly. His polite skepticism hung in the air.
"Dragon Master, the Trantor of the East was destroyed by the Empire. The Empire showed no mercy. The Emperor proclaimed there was only one Trantor in the galaxy- not two."
"I see. But where is the lotus of civilization today?"
The Dragon paused & waited for an answer. Ozymandias sat thinking- a statue in the sand. Finally, he broke the silence.
"The heart of the lotus lies buried in the sand beneath your feet."
Somewhere in the night the humming sand carried a faint whisper of Qi.

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Ozymandias

Astira

 Music=

1. I Saw The Light

  - Spoon

"I met a traveller from an antique land..."

- Percy Shelley

UFOtext=

I. Gobi Desert

Astira struck out across the dunes in the direction of the dark moon. Up & down she surfed the waves of humming sand. Then she stopped. Beneath a galactic shower of dim starlight she peered over the top of a dune into the valley below. She could only see gradations of shadow. She touched her bracelet. The warm red figure of the Dragon slowly climbed the opposite side of the dune on the other side of the valley. She touched her bracelet & the Dragon vanished. She let her eyes adjust to the abyss of shadows sunken in the sand. Long minutes crawled by & she saw nothing- no movement or any sign of life. She relaxed slightly & crouched in the sand.
"Greetings. My name is Ozymandias."
Astira jumped out of her skin & drew her laser pistol. Stunned, she looked at a svelte figure who stepped out from the shadow.
"I mean you no harm & come in peace."
He stood before her, tall & straight in the dim starlight. He wore fashionable clothing, as if were a man of the city.
"Then why you sneak up on Astira?"
She relaxed a bit, but didn't put away her laser pistol. She eyed the man carefully.
"You are a stranger wandering in the desert. You are wanted by the Clans who search for you as we speak. Perhaps I can help."
Astira holstered her pistol. She knew the Dragon must be close & watching.
"Are you enemy of the Clans?"
Ozymandias tilted his head slightly.
"Let's just say I am a very practical person."
Ozymandias smiled & extended his hand.

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Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams

 Music=
1. Tiny Little Robots
  - Cage The Elephant 

"I make the robots seem more human."
- Dr. Susan Calvin










UFOtext=
I. Gobi Desert

Astira touched her bracelet. A local heat map hovered faintly in the air. Subdued infrared contours hugged the dunes. She could see the infrared figure of the Dragon slowly circle around toward the new moon, now low on the horizon. But in the direction of the moon she saw nothing but smooth undulations of warm red dunes- no sign of a human. Was the Dragon chasing a phantom?

She touched her bracelet & its dull red cloud vanished in the cool air. She cocked her laser pistol & stared in the direction of the new moon. In the dim starlight she could see nothing but dunes stretching out to the thin asymptote of dark horizon. She saw no sign of a spy watching her in the night.

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