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 ⚜










UFOtext=
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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The Nexus

Montmartre

Music=
1. Monuments
   -Smashing Pumpkins
2. Gotta Get Away
   -The Offspring

"All warfare is based on deception."
-Sun Tzu






UFOtext=
I. Montmartre
Astira, Yogi & the Mule

"Yogi- you cheer up. Forget that Prague. That story old one.  Astira have big new plan."

Yogi's mask melted- just a bit. But then he asked

"Do you think I was born yesterday?"
He stared unamused.

Astira paused. She looked ruffled- just a bit. Acting edgy, she shifted self consciously in her chair. With a prim left hand she reached down to pull on her skirt. At the same time, her magicians right hand discretely grazed her laser pencil- unlocked & loaded. She smiled- demurely.

-To be continued.

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Time Flies

2nd Foundation & Mule

Music=
1. The Shakedown
-Yellow Ostrich

"The trouble is you think you have time."
-佛


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I. Paris

For a precious moment Princess Lei basked in the warm rays of the rising sun. Bosco hovered above her, gazing intently with paranormal eyes. And then the Paris sun reversed direction in the sky. She felt the cool autumn mist of her youth return. The jade leaves of summer now scintillated prismatically in the early morning mist. She looked high above in the sky. Stallions of the Empires gathered in confusion on the high mountain ledge. She slipped quietly into the jade forest. She left no electronic footprint- apart from the dissipating infrared heat of a forest animal. She had only 24 hours- somewhere the Buddha was laughing.

The Count poured a small rivulet of cream into his black coffee. From his high balcony he watched the sun slowly rise above the Paris rooftops. He pursed his lips. He had 24 hours to solve the mystery of the Yin diamond- that was his sacred promise to Princess Lei.

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The Last Sunset

Foundation & Mule

Music=
1. Run2me
-Smashing Pumpkins





"Build your opponet a golden bridge to retreat across."
-Sun Tzu

UFOtext=
I. Paris

The morning sun spread like a golden rose. Songs of birds flew across the 7 mountains of heaven. Princess Lei anxiously felt her time flow like water- the twined bamboo rope bridge over the Shaoshi mountain pass hung in two useless sections, one near, one far, dangling & twisting in the light morning wind. No escape.

She turned around. Far below, riding up the mountain at breakneck pace, she spied the horsemen of the Emperor's elite guard, . No choice. She carried the message of revolution.

She walked to the ledge. She gazed down at the narrow ribbon of water cutting a silver path through the side of the mountain. She held back her fear & listened to the song of the birds. This was their last sunrise. She held her breath & dove into the high cushion of air & into it's cascade of water...

She opened her eyes. The frost of winter kissed the jade leaves of summer. Sanctuary was hers!

Bosco leaned over.

"My Lady, are you alright?"

He looked concerned.

She looked around to get her bearings. The morning mist lifted with the Parisian sun running into the sky. She felt half awake.

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Back To The Life

Yogi*

Music=

1. Outlier -Spoon

"If you make a mistake & do not correct it, this is called a mistake."
-Confucius

UFOtext=

I. Paris

Astira grabbed a high density photo shot of the computer display. The Mule apparently had an interest in the history of the Dark Island. Vivienne lived on the Dark Island, & she had some sort of special connection to the Mule. Nobody in the Second Foundation knew anything about the origin of the Mule- except maybe Joshua- right now on the Dark Island investigating Vivienne.

Astira looked at her hyperspace text to Joshua. "Message received but not opened" indicated her i6. Astira frowned. Not good, but maybe he was asleep. Or maybe he was dead....

Astira peered cautiously through the cracked door. The puppets danced around but after 5 minutes the coast cleared. She reentered the dimly lit larder & slipped out unnoticed into the dark inebriated crowd.

"Astira. Well, well, my precious one."

Astira recognized the voice. Ice water flowed through her veins.

"Yogi." 

She could just make out his face in the dim bar light.

"Business or pleasure?"

She asked perfunctorily. Yogi stepped much closer, his breath in her face.

"Is there any difference?"

He then smiled with assurance. He took Astira's arm & led her to a corner table. Out of the corner of her eye Astira noticed two well armed men in high fashion suits follow just behind. Yogi ignored them & held out a chair for Astira. She sat down & Yogi ordered drinks with the snap of a finger. He then looked seriously at Astira.

"Astira. You left our little club in Prague without saying goodbye. That wasn't very nice."

And Yogi made a sad clown face.

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