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Music=
1. Sun/C79
-Cat Stevens (Yusuf)
2. Sign Your Name
-Terence Trent D'Arby
"Wakefulness is the way to life."
-Buddha
UFOtext=
I. Saint-Emilion
The moon hung aloft- a golden cradle in a cool heaven of stars. The Count struggled to rise. Platonic shadows moved to & fro- dark dreams devoid of light. A distant church bell tolled- six am.
Ivy stirred, her golden hair a soft cascade of morning light. She opened her eyes & gazed upon the sitting Buddha.
Music=
1. Can I Sit Next To You?
-Spoon
"One Foundation was set up in the full daylight of publicity. The existence of the other, the Second Foundation, was drowned in silence."
-Isaac Asimov "Second Foundation"
UFOtext=
I. Dark Island
Astira pryed open the door. She could still hear the surf. Her infrared glasses showed the dull red outline of a small room- a desk by a window, a few chairs & fragments of a human skeleton- petrified in a rock chair. The mephitic air curled her nose. She crouched next to the skeleton. She could see the stained tatters of a royal robe. The pathetic bones reached out to her- the last effort of a Princess of Pompeii lost in the Vesuvius of the warrior stars.
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Music=
1. No Distraction
-Beck
"As you walk & eat & travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life."
- Buddha
UFOtext=
I. Christmas Island
One right way in a million wrong ways- the song of the universe never changed. Astira flicked off her i6. Deep trouble- Taryn versus cult of bird brains. What to do now? She looked around the patio. She could search the scene of the crime. Long ago something weird happened- the old Empire crushed the Lotus of Civilization & left a dead end cult of bird brains still active after millennia. And now they had Taryn....
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Music=
1. Sing With The Birds (Katuchat Remix)
-Deep Forest
"When these five kinds of spy are all at work, none can discover the secret system. This is called “divine manipulation of the threads.” It is the sovereign’s most precious faculty."
-Sun Tzu "The Art Of War" VIII The Use Of Spies
UFOtext=
I. The Dark Island
A robotic drone hovered in the air.
"You will submit as vassal bio-object modular programs in faithful service to the Last Emperor. His Sovereign Majesty is our root directory. We compute- therefore he exists. From his birth at the time of the great radiation it has been so."
The robot bird vanished. Astira held her i6. She placed her hand over her beating heart. Where was Taryn?
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Music=
1. Army Of 1
-Coldplay
"17. Let your rapidity be that of the wind, your compactness that of the forest.
18. In raiding & plundering be like fire, in immovability like a mountain.
19. Let your plans be dark & impenetrable as night, & when you move, fall like a thunderbolt."
-Sun Tzu "The Art Of War" VII Maneuvering
UFOtext=
I. Christmas Island
Astira felt exhilaration rising from her discovery. She explored the patio & immediate surroundings. How many centuries, or perhaps millennia, passed away without a footprint on this patio? Did Ozymandias know? He never did mention it. She paused & looked out over the dark infrared sea, contemplating the branches of possibility. She felt alone in the perma-night, no foundation of support. The long march of the surf broke rhythmically in time 100 steps below. She thought about Taryn & pulled out her i6- it softly glowed in silver camouflage.
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Music=
1. Ground Zero
-Night Flowers
"As the wind blows, so must the grass bend."
-Confucius in Book XII
UFOtext=
I. Christmas Island
Astira hiked along the southern shore. Her space boots marked a vapor trail of infrared footsteps in the perma-night. Occasionally, the surf washed over her boots, & she could feel the shifting black sand pulling her out to sea. But she resisted, easily holding her course along the black strip of shoreline hugging the abrupt rise of dense overgrowth climbing all the way up to the high mountain.
Then she stopped. She could make out the infrared outline of the rock steps. She drew her laser pistol & cleared a path through the dense overgrowth. Step by step she climbed- periodically pausing to clear the way with her laser pistol. She climbed for about 100 steps. Then she stopped. Through the hanging ivy she could see the outline of an ancient patio. Hiding beyond in perma-dark she could see the island palace. Long before the millennium of the Foundation, she could imagine Princess Leizu standing like a regal statue, a flower of stone, but now animate & gazing out to sea. Then she thought of Joshua seeking the origin of the Mule. He couldn't be too far away.....
Just Survive
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Music=
1. The Laughing Apple
-Cat Stevens (Yusuf)
2. Rocket
-Smashing Pumpkins
"The essence of knowledge is, having it, to use it- (wisely)."
-Confucius
UFOtext=
I. Christmas Island
Astira brushed off the cracked display. Ozymandias unscrewed his index finger to expose an electronic connector. He unreeled a lively silver wire- then he meticulously plugged it into the dead display. After a few minutes, digital patterns appeared in jagged pieces. Half of the screen formed a crude picture- the other half remained pitch black.
"What is it?" asked Astira.
"It looks like half of the Empire's rising sun emblem- but an older version I've never seen before." A shadow of intrigue crossed the Dragon's face.
"That is correct." said Ozymandias.
"I can construct the whole image in my brain from the bit file. The bit file predates the nuclear apocalypse of the Lotus of Civilization by 3.14 lunar months."
"What's the file about?" asked Astira.
The head of Ozymandias flickered in thought.
"It's a classified letter from the Galactic Emperor to a Princess Leizu of the Lotus. The Emperor requests she immediately depart for her own safety."
"Sounds like this Princess Leizu might be a traitor- or maybe a little pet for the Galactic Emperor." said Astira, half amused. The Dragon spoke.
"According to legend on the Silk Path, Princess Leizu was a heroic figure who died very young at the hands of the Empire. She spent her last days in prison. But very little is known fact- just legends passed on for millennia."
The Dragon watched the setting fire slowly burn. Astira gathered her thoughts.
"Ozymandias- this ancient computer network- can you maybe search it to find us another way to escape? Something faster than our boat? If we can just get to surface, Taryn can pick us up in the Far Star."
Ozymandias stood thoughtful.
"It's possible there exist secret passages to the surface- maybe even to the Crescent Lake. Even I don't know everything about this planet."
"Ozymandias- find a way out & we will take it!" said Astira.
II. Saint-Emilion
The inscrutable Count sat cross legged beneath a tree. The autumn branches spread far & wide. He offered Ivy a box of chocolates wrapped in gold foil.
