Twinkling Star

Lanterns

Music=

1. One Diamond, One Heart- Smashing Pumpkins

"The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death."-
O. Wilde

UFOtext=

The Milky Way spilled across the black velvet hologram as if poured from the half moon of Lutetia. A ghostly image of Princess Lei framed by a broken window materialized and undulated like a mirage of thermal waves in atmosphere.
"Only 1 trillion up front- is there any hope for a deal?"
"No- the Mongols face great risk from the Empire."
"Try again to get a deal with the Mongols. We cannot fail."
"Princess- nothing less than 50% up front will suffice."
"Wait," said a figure dressed in the black of night.
Two crew members of the Twinkling Star turned to the figure.
"I am willing to provide the full 5 trillion euros with only nano interest. But I insist on one austere condition. "
"What is that?"
"My involvement must not be revealed to the Princess. In fact- I was never here."

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Astira clicked off her i5 and stared at the green walls of the ladies room. Hacking the network produced a normal array of local white nodes, but the saphire bloom revealed a mysterious hyperspace link- most likely a gated interstellar connection. But who? And for what? What sort of organization could set up its own private hyperspace network? She felt a cold chill of fear but gathered herself and hurried out of the hideous green room. If only she had a bodyguard

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