Galactic War

Music=

1. Abysses 
  -Alcest
2. The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning
   -Smashing Pumpkins
3. Baby -Cannons  

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UFOtext=

I. The Canyons
She know Astira not robot. Must think organic to survive. Then change dark pool universe. Ozymandias reel in silver wire. 

II. The Emperor’s Island, Silk Path
Joshua dove for cover behind the trash bin. The laser clawed at the bright silver metal. He pulled a pin on his tear gas grenade & threw wild. The city jungle bloomed in thick grey fog rolling in from the bay. The tiger crouched like a blind Confucius. Suddenly a girl appeared.
“I’m Agnes. Follow me.”

        

Silver Dragons

Music=
1. Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)
  -Smashing 
   Pumpkins












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UFOtext=
I. The Canyons
The bubble of light wobbled in the Emperor’s market of stars. Eons passed in complacency. Civilization slept like a baby on the edge of a corrupt volcano. Then one day for no particular reason it burst.
Astira watched in horrific fascination. Ozymandias played with his finger, his silver wire gleaming in the ruddy light of the setting sun. The Star Gate flickered in zig zags of black & white stripes. Then it continued to tell its story.

II. The Trap Door
The Dragon’s heart sank. Jamu stood silent. The sign of the Three Tigers flickered in the torchlight. 

         
         














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Apex Of The Heart

Music=
1. Language
  -Tori Kelly
2. Stand Inside Your Love
  -Smashing Pumpkins
















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I. The Canyons

“So you pulled my soul out of the Star Gate?”
“Yes.”
Ozymandias stood by Astira. He tilted his head by 30 degrees.
Astira turned around & watched the erratic dark ripples fluctuate in space.
“The Star Gate is ancient technology from the Lotus of Civilization. It connects back in time to the exploding supernova that created a shower of black diamonds in our local cloud. But this is not a clean hyper-jump across space- like the Far Star. There exist dirty causality conditions. As you know you can’t change history. So you can’t return & then stop your twin self from entering the Star Gate.”
Ozymandias smiled. He unscrewed his finger tip & plugged a silver wire into the Star Gate.

II. Valloire 
“Paris is in turmoil. Yellow vests riot in the streets.”
The Lady of Liberty stood before the Count. Clandestine meetings were difficult to arrange in the police state of the Union Of Worlds.
“As you know, you have my full support.”
The Count bowed politely. He offered the Lady a cup of coffee on a silver tray of light snacks. 

         
         

Firmware

Music=
1. Les voyages de l’ame
  -Alcest
2. Shake It Off
  -Spoon 

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♾

I. The Canyons- Star Gate 
“They took my soul.” said Ozymandias.
Empathy struck Astira. Her eyes watered.
“Shake it off.”  

     
         

Vivienne’s Love Child

Music=
1. Love On The Ground
  -Cannons
2. Perfect
  -Smashing Pumpkins












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I. The Silk Path
Vivienne gazed through a narrow slanted window. The towering spire pierced the leaden ruffles of clouds smothering a naked sky. Through vague mist of time she remembered her only love child bundled in a swarm of emotions, an infant lotus squirming on the warm fertile ground like a young typhoon. She knew then her fate- she must leave behind her only love & follow her light cone to another time, another place, another identity, a new beginning born in anonymity.

II. The Canyons 
Dragon leaves fall from the branch.  
“To be enlightened, one must be awake.” 
Astira check her surroundings, alert for dangers. In far distance she watch Ozymandias approach on street of silver moonlight. 

     
        
          

The Perfect Pace

Music=
1. Actress
  -Tori Kelly 
2. You Don’t Tell Me
  -Night Flowers













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UFOtext=
I. The Canyons
Astira glance at FarRunner her bio-data. Psychotic episode it last for ten minutes only. Her mental stress zoomed way asymptotic- beyond visible range in holograph, only now damp in finite envelope. Her breathing settle down as she desperately look around for that one Ozymandias. Steep slope of Zebra rock trail off into dark, meeting bright clustery plane of galaxy at horizon. She could hear human humming of warm desert wind, winding around walls of canyons, reverberating over & over, long lost ancient surf roaring on an ocean beach. ♾

II. Valloire 
“The crystal ball probes the cosmic network- the whole network including the connections beyond the cones of light. Your mind is part of the great cosmic network- what you see depends on your state of mind.” 
Ivy almost smiled as her hand passed over the warm milky crystal.
“Sometimes people only see what they want to see- like Rorschach inkblots. As you know- if you see something real from another place & time that puts causality of our universe in danger- then you will forget once you return to normal. This is what I was taught from the masters on the Venetian worlds.”
“Intriguing.” said the Count. He watched a small image of a floating zebra bloom in the clouds. 🔮

   
    
      

Then & Now

Music=
1. La ou naissent les couleurs nouvelles
 -Alcest

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♾

UFOtext=
I. The Canyons
Darkness seeped in from the edge. The light of day funneled down to a shining bubble bright as the sun. Stunned- Astira reached toward a finger of striped rock. The quantum finger stretched out from the hand of Ozymandias sinking in the bubble. She felt a spark from the positronic quantum computer. Then the bubble of daylight began to expand. The rim of the black hole retreated to the edge of her consciousness. She leaned upon the Zebra of ancient rock to catch her breath- anxious- watching the alien sun pick up its pace diving to the remote edge of the canyons.

II. Valloire 
Ivy rode above the clouds on a white stallion. Her breasts heaved as she panted from the thin mountain air. 
         

My Sweet Lord

Music=
1. Autre 
    temps
   -Alcest 
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UFOtext=
I. Valloire 
The wild west wind brought the first chill of autumn. The Mediterranean climes of summer past faded, framed by time. The Count buttoned his course flannel shirt. Ivy laid the crystal ball on the table- white translucent clouds swirled within, forming an eye. She traveled from the Venetian worlds at his bequest.
“Count- I’ve never been to the mountains before. They’re quite beautiful!”
“Indeed.” The Count smiled pleasantly.
“Wait until the snows of winter- the dramatic scenes will take your breath away.”
“I’m sure.” cooed Ivy.
“But- expensive time waits for no one. We live in dangerous times. We live on borrowed time. What does your crystal ball see?”
The Count furrowed his brows. He narrowed his eyes into an everlasting gaze. 🔮💭

     
     

Signs On The Door

Music=
1. Knock Knock Knock
  -Spoon
2. Talk
  -Tori Kelly      
       
        


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UFOtext=
I. The Canyons
The alien sun climbed. Ozymandias powered up the steep slope of zebra stripes, pausing on occasion, spreading his arms wide, pointing & showing Astira the vague outline of eroded trail fading higher & higher into pale blue space, abandoned over countless millennia. Astira felt history flow backwards. She felt dizzy from the height. The alien sun wavered & began to swim in the sky. 

II. The Trap Door
Deafening silence. For a few seconds the black chasm yawned. Poison snakes darted in the fetid black water. The Dragon’s torch flared over the gloomy chasm. In the corner- one split second- flash of recognition- the rotted tatters of Astira’s jacket. Then the stone floor slammed shut. Deafening silence.

Rise & Fall

Music=
1. Future Landscapes
  -Deep Forest &
   Gaudi
2. Love Chained
  -Cannons










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UFOtext=
I. The Canyons    
At last the faint trail morphed into a dry creek bed winding between steep zebra painted hills- laid bare & stratified by unrelenting passage of geologic time. Astira paused. She wiped the sweat from her brow.
“Is this it?” she asked. 
“Yes.” said Ozymandias.
Astira couldn’t help but feel awestruck. 

II. The Trap Door
“Stop!” hissed the Dragon.
“Don’t move. Remain still. Nothing moves.”
The Dragon ever so slowly & imperceptibly moved his torch. In the flickering light he could barely make out the sign of the three emperors carved in the stone wall.
“Jamu- see the three emperors?”
Jamu rolled his eyes without moving his skull.
“Yes, barely.”
The Dragon narrowed his eyes. He looked everywhere in the ancient dank chamber. Then he saw it.
“Jamu- the three emperors are an ancient symbol for impending death. This is a chamber of death. Do you see that red spot on your leg?”
Jamu rolled his eyes lower.
“Yea- looks like a laser dot.”
“It is so. Probably a detector- a trip wire so to speak.”
The Dragon’s eyes lit up like fierce coals.
“Put your walking stick in the path of the beam. Then step back.”
Jamu shoved his walking stick in a stone crack & carefully adjusted its position. Beads of sweat rolled off his forehead.
“Ready. Here goes.”
Jamu jumped back. The grainy dot gently moved back & forth on the walking stick. But nothing happened. A black snake slithered in a chain of shadow.
“OK” said the Dragon.
“Now!”
The Dragon chopped the stick with his laser pistol. The room rocked like an earthquake.




   

Ruins Talk

Music=
1. Pink Up
  -Spoon
2. Talk Talk
  -Cannons










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UFOtext=
I. The Canyons
The tip of the sun pierced the horizon. Astira watched its optical illusion of relative speed. Within fleeting moments the body of the sun emerged & cast a shower of copper golden light across the canyon. She turned to Ozymandias.
“I can see traces of the trail. It leads back to the passage.”
Ozymandias smiled faintly.
“Yes. For millennia this is the way for the Drones of Eden & the wandering tigers of the desert. It is dangerous for us to linger.”
Astira winced. To be enlightened is to be awake. Thus spake the Dragon beneath the tree of blossoms.
“Ozymandias- let’s find campsite off beaten path- somewhere high in hills. You know good spot?”
“Maybe. About 10 kilometers down the trail.”
Astira breathed deep.
“OK- let’s walk the talk.”
Astira & Ozymandias set off down the faint trail. The humming of the distant desert haunted Astira. She could hear the voices of the long lost people moan in her ears- the desert song of the Lotus. Their ghosts scattered in the tumbling rocks. The sun watched their progress & seemed to slow its pace in the alien sky.

         
          

Forever Free

Music=
1. Shelter
  -Mikal Cronin












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UFOtext=
I. The Passage
“Ozymandias. Did you see the destruction of the Lotus?”
Astira wrapped her salted roast fish in dried subterranean seaweed. Ozymandias gazed at the stars along the bright edge of the galaxy. Along the fringe a pink ribbon of light outlined the canyon below. Sunrise was only minutes away. After a moment he turned his telescopic eyes back toward Astira.
“No. The destruction of the Lotus occurred before my earliest memory.”
“Which was?”
“On Trantor. I was turned on shortly after the destruction of the Lotus.”
Astira winced. That was millennia before the Foundation.
“My birth mission was to assist Princess Leizu in her escape. She would remain forever free. Since then I’ve stood guard to this very day over the ruins of the Lotus.”
Astira’s mind turned in a slow whirl...

II. The Emperor’s Island 
“Stop!”
Joshua froze. The officer of the Union of Worlds stood at the street corner, waving his pistol. Joshua frantically considered his micro-tree of reactions. Primal instinct= he bolted down the alley. An ultraviolet laser etched a deadly tattoo of trailing black ash on a dirty stucco wall. He sprinted to the short dead end. He whirled around & turned over a trash bin- breathless- a trapped animal. Only a few more seconds...

     

Bluetooth

Music=
1. Coffee
-Tori Kelly 
2. Out Of The Blue
-George Harrison








📲
UFOtext=
I. The Passage
The price of time dropped. The technology of the First Foundation seemed like magic to the rest of the galaxy. The rest of the galaxy included Ozymandias. Ozymandias- probably ancient & forgotten technology- survived as part of the Third Foundation. All these REM thoughts networked in vivid dreams languid & surreal beneath the burning stars. Astira woke. She felt restless. 

    

From Stardust A Lotus Blooms

Music=
1. Girl & The Sea
-The Presets    
2. When You’re Bored
-Joywave


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UFOtext=
I. The Emperor’s Island 
The Silk Path forked near the edge of the galaxy. Star travelers far & wide traded rare & valuable goods through the nebula outpost at this critical vertex. Known history faded into a mist of lost millennia....
Joshua walked in home territory- but it felt different these days. The rise of the Mule tore at the equations of psychohistory. They still worked- except near the tears of the Mule. That’s where the equations broke down. Now that rip in psychohistory reached all the way to the Silk Path- & the rebellious stellar outpost hiding secrets from the ancient Lotus of Civilization. 

II. The Canyon 
Astira took refuge in the shade from the blazing sun. A natural rock ledge covered the passage from the subterranean world. She watched Ozymandias in fascination. He stood in the bright sun & one by one removed his garments. Then he lay down on the baked rock in a spread eagle position. For the remainder of the long day he slept, soaking up the energy carried by the solar radiation. As the sun set he stirred back to life. He put his garments back on & tested his legs. Satisfied, he walked back toward the entrance.
“You feel better now?” asked Astira.
“My energy level is 99.98%. I’m loaded & ready to go.”
Astira started to crack up a little bit.
“OK- so how we contact others without alerting every goon on this God forsaken planet?”
She stared intently at the robot, waiting for an answer.
“There is no electronic solution. We must find them physically- if they are still alive.”
Ozymandias looked at Astira with sympathy.
She sighed. One by one the stars formed their patterns in the sky. She remembered from long ago M telling her that in their darkest hour the stars shown the brightest. 

       

Yellow Sash

Music=
1. Brainwashed
  -George Harrison
2. Within You Without You
  -Beatles







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UFOtext=
I. Valloire
The traveler checked into the inn. The clerk gave the man a key. He walked to his room; accommodations were bare but sufficient. No picture of the First Citizen hung on the wall. Good. He opened the yellow curtains by the window. He could see the chalets on the mountain side beneath the blue sky. They looked like flowers decorating the mountain rock.

The Next Wave

Music=
1. Any Road
2. Out Of The Blue
3. Marwa Blues
  -George Harrison 









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UFOtext=
I. The Passage (from the Lost City)
Astira watched the miracle. The sun rose filling the vast canyon with a ruddy alien light. Her eyes adjusted from long months underground with only bare infrared sketches of reality sculpting a black void. She could hear ancient surf crash around her on celestial shores of black diamond.
“This is the passage.” said Ozymandias. 
He looked at Astira & smiled with robotic satisfaction.
“I see it- way of the 3rd Foundation.”

II. Pont du Gard
“Identity?” asked the guard.
“I have some crypto.”
“One can’t be too sure these days.”
The guard looked with disapproval at the destitute traveler.
“Move along. May the First Citizen be with you.”

    
       
       

The Mission

   Music=
1. My Sweet Lord
-George Harrison










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UFOtext=
I. Saint-Emilion
“My Lady, I bid adieu. Tomorrow I leave on an evangelical mission of the highest order. I shall travel incognito. Please understand, the cause of liberty beckons & Paris burns in yellow flames as we speak.”
The Count bowed & held the hand of Princess Lei. 

The Way It Will Be

Music=
1. A Man I’ll Never Be
   -Boston
2. More Of You
   -Victoria Monet 






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UFOtext=
I. The Passage
 (from The Lost City)
“Truth hurts. But it liberates.” thought Astira.
She could see the end. Tears of fool’s paradise, beginning of something new & better. She look across vast canyon. She turn on i6- silver flash of electrons in hand- her only link to Taran, her only link to normal life beyond Foundation. Did Taran know this?
She squint at horizon- beyond last feudal rays of Empire littering sand. Then nadir of light surrender to bright cluster of stars. Somewhere close in mind she see Taran.

   



       
         

Outpost Zebra

1. Cherub Rock
-Smashing Pumpkins
2. Intro
-Victoria  Monet
3. New Love
-Victoria  Monet

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UFOtext=
I. Outpost Zebra
Astira & Ozymandias xx
II. The Venetian World
Vivienne & Ivy xx