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1. The Agony Of Laffitte
-Spoon
2. Spells
-Cannons
"What you are is what you have been.
What you'll be is what you do now "
-Buddha
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I. The Venetian World
The Count & Princess Lei awoke. Ivy watched in fascination.
"My Lady- are you recovered?"
The Count & Princess Lei held hands- both visably shaken.
"I don't know. It was so real."
"My Lady- it will be real. There exists a power beyond our comprehension."
"I felt so disturbed- yet loved."
"Indeed- so did I... What do you remember?"
"I don't know. It's like a fog in the cosmos. I felt so sad & so happy at the same time."
"My Lady- I remember your image like a dream- a snowflake melted upon your bosom- the Yin diamond disappeared. But my memory obscures the future- a thief of my dreaming heart!"
"But Count, this wasn't a dream- I felt it too deeply- it was real. I know we touched the future."
"My Lady- something extraordinary lies in our future- the mysterious wonder of life!"
Ivy watched the Count & Princess Lei fall together- lovers in afterglow.
"Count, Princess- you will never remember everything about your encounter with the future. If you did, then you would know too much. You could then change the future. But there is only one future- & it can't be changed... So the cosmos doesn't let you remember. You only remember surreal fragments of an intense dreamlike experience. But this dream will become a reality."
Ivy smiled demurely.
II. Christmas Island Prelude
Astira brushed back the foliage. The mountain path opened into a small clearing. She could see the roof of black diamond...
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1. Lost!
- Coldplay
"Fifteen men on a dead man's chest;
Yo-Ho-Ho & a bottle of rum!"
-Robert Louis Stevenson
"Treasure Island"
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I. Christmas Island
The sporadic firing stopped. The eyelid of the distant shore closed in a silent & peaceful night.
"Let's go!" said Astira.
Ozymandias pulled on the oars like a machine. The bow of the boat lifted up from the water & the small craft rapidly powered out to sea. The hours passed like minutes & the shores of the island loomed in shadows of black jade. Jamu finally broke the silence-
"Ozymandias! Let's go around to the backside of the island- out of sight from the Lost City."
Soon the boat ran aground a dark invisible sand bar. Luminous fish scurried away. A dark bird of paradise perched on the bow, screeched eerily at the travelers, & then flew away. Astira jumped out of the boat with a splash. Her space boots sank into the black jade sand. She could see the lush infrared forest of palms running up the side of the mountain. A fiery dragonfly lit up in the air. She smiled at last...
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1. Christmas Eve
- Night Flowers
"Go to your bosom; Knock there, & ask your heart what it doth know."
- Shakespeare
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I. The Venetian World
The Count opened the white curtain of falling snow. He smiled.
"My Lady, the snows of Valloire cannot hide the warmth of your smile. Please, come in from the cold."
He ushered her inside. She stood still as he urgently brushed her coat. He removed the damp garment & handed it to Ali. She looked urgently into his eyes. One stray snowflake melted upon her luxurious bosom. She broke into a half broken smile.
"Count- unbelievable news- the Foundation has fallen to the Mule."
The Count stood suspended. He held the Princess close beneath the mistletoe.
"My Lady, tomorrow never knows..."
The hands of Ivy spread like the whispering wings of an angel.
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1. Blank
-Smashing Pumpkins
"Ignorance is a night of the mind, but a night without moon or star."
-Confucius
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I. The Dark Sea
Astira turned off silent mode. She linked i6 to her laser pen. One quick touch & its laser beam wrote a line across the distant shore. In a blink, the shore lit up in a deadly cone of light- an orange fireball swan burst out from their hideaway & floated to the dome of the cavern. Then nothing- the shore blacked out.
"OK. Blank. Swan song. Start over."
Astira stood up & looked back at the Dragon, Jamu & Ozymandias sitting in the middle of the boat. Beyond them she could see the small island several miles out to sea.
II. The Venetian World
Thor cracked the night in bolts of light. Edmond felt the roots of terra firma in the sea. The joy of panic seized his brain & he crawled senseless to the shore...
"Awaken!" said Ivy.
She smiled demurely. The Count came to his senses slowly. He drank the white potion offered from Ivy's cup. The soft white gloves of the Princess consoled his shuddering frame.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"Yes my Lady. My dark prison of Christmas Past fades like a phantom in the night."
Soon regained in strength & intellect, the Count nodded to the Princess & turned his eyes upon Ivy.
Her long blonde hair lay mysteriously woven around her bosom. Her floral eyes sought entry into the barred garden of his soul.
"Ivy, the black diamond of Yin- what do you see?" asked the Count.
With a quick flick, Ivy brushed back her golden hair.
"Count, Princess, look into the crystal ball. What do you see?"
The Count & Princess leaned over the table. Ivy's supple hands caressed the crystal ball. Slowly but surely the Christmas ball bloomed in a silent melody of falling snow. The Count & the Princess held hands tightly- both faces blank & dreaming.
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1. Gagliarda
-Mannheim Steamroller
"The current that with gentle murmur glides, thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage!"
~Shakespeare
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I. The Venetian World
A string of moons hung in the night sky. The bow of the gondola parted the waters into an undulating necklace of pearls, unclasped from the heaven above.
"My Lady, there exist alternate doors to esoteric knowledge. Tonight I introduce you to Ivy, my fortune teller of many years. Her crystal ball divines not only the future, but can see around the corners of life. I suspect she may help us recover the Yin diamond."
The gondola docked with a bump in the night. The cold leaden hand of the Count grasped the soft white glove of the unbelieving Princess Lei.
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1. Zero
-Smashing Pumpkins
2. Star Of Wonder
-Tori Amos
"Ignorance is a night of the mind- but a night without moon or star."
-Confucius
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I. The Dark Island
Astira crawled through the door. The Dragon lit a pile of driftwood in the sunken room. Soon, flickering golden light filled the sunken ruin; it beamed outward through open windows into the dark cavernous void. Astira slid down to the floor. She stood up. Awestruck, her naked eyes wandered about a flickering moment of ancient history, a climactic moment sealed in a tomb of millennia. But time pressed forward. She firmly planted her laser pen in a bed of sediment by a nearby window. She nodded to the Dragon.
Minutes later, Astira & the Dragon reached the boat. Ozymandias manned the oars, scintillating erratically.
"Hurry!" said Jamu.
"The Clan warriors are just minutes away!"
Astira stepped into the boat & looked back at the ruin's golden glow, softly fading into a canopy of black diamond. She lurched backward at the first surge of the boat, suddenly powered by Ozymandias pulling on the oars.
"That one definite strong." she thought, evincing a faint smile.
II. The Crescent Lake
The First Citizen stepped down from the Black Star.
"Welcome First Citizen. Your visit is our honor & privilege."
The Son of the Tiger Master bowed.
"Enough." said the First Citizen.
Black robes covered his body & face. A visor covered his eyes. His demanding voice overpowered the moment.
"Where is the Dragon?"
The Royal Son paused.
"The anarchists hide in a vast cave. First Citizen, we apprehend them as we speak. Our Union Of Worlds remains safe."
"Take me to the Dragon. Now."
"First Citizen, tonight we honor you with a state dinner. Tomorrow we will take you the Dragon & his band of anarchists."
The visor of the First Citizen glared deep red.
"There is an immediate change of plan. You will take me to the Dragon. Now."
Outside the red carpet cordoned area stood a crowd of tourists. A young mother & child stood in a corner. The mother watched the First Citizen with her almond eyes. The Dragonfly felt her wings open to a position of high alert.
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