'Zaratorio: The Story Continues' is a political parable dedicated in general to everyone who believes in #PeaceinUkraine and who says #NoToWar. More specifically, it is written in support of the brave and generous women and men of Medecins Sans Fro...
Doctor Anton and Professor Amber are deep in conference in the SISP Control Hall.
'Well, Anton, we have come across proximity effects in the time vortex before, but never anything as radical as this.'
'Indeed so, Amber. Because these young men are not actually holograms. They are real, flesh and blood human beings.
If they were born in the 1940s, as we can reasonably assume, they might actually still be alive back in England, or perhaps the West Indies. Clearly their contact with Jinghua created something very strange indeed.'
'Anna tells me that their last memories from the 1960s are of going to bed relatively early, because they had an audition the next day. And then they woke up in the night club and just assumed that they had to perform on cue.
It seems that at the same time that the time-drone extracted Jinghua from the relevant point in the vortex, these young men were also removed from their own "now-time" and then somehow reappeared in our experimental holographic entertainment system.'
'I agree. There is no other explanation.'
'Well, we must offer them hospitality given that we are responsible for their situation.
I don't think we can make their return to Swinging London a priority until we have resolved the question of Sonyakolo, but perhaps being the "Number One" group in KyivTwo will have some advantages!'
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Jennifer and Paulina are taking the lead on the mission involving the PowerHeart chrono-drone, which is trying to collect more data regarding Sonyakolo, the ring of power.
'Well, Jenny, I have narrowed down the geographical range of these signals. They nearly all seem to come from the area that we know as the Black Sea coast. Mainly, but not exclusively, from ancient Scythia and ancient Anatolia.'
'Absolutely. I agree with that – and the chronological range is between three and four thousand years ago. So we were only alerted to them by time reflections of some kind.'
'Do you think Brenda and Catherine will have any leads for us? This version of Sonyakolo – if that's what it is – predates Sehzula's acquaintance with the magical jewel.'
'I could page them ... but here they come anyway. I wonder what they have come up with ...'
Brenda is the first to speak.
'Hello Paulina. Hello Jenny. We think we have unearthed something.
Nearly all of the places that you have located correspond to sites that have some association with the ancient warrior people known as "The Amazons", or – in a couple of cases – with their male counterparts , the Gargareans.'
'I see ...' answers Paulina, whose Buzhan warrior past makes her particularly interested in anything to do with the Amazons.
'And I am now inclined to believe that Sonyakolo was "singing" with pleasure because it had made contact with like-minded souls,' adds Catherine.
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Amazon warrior wearing a large diamond ring ↑ (AI generated)
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'This is very good work ladies. On the one hand, I am pleased to know that there is a connection with ancient Anatolia and the Caucasus Mountains, but on the other, it does cause me some anxiety ...'
'Why would that be, Amber? Is it because our first fully-fledged chrono-mission for some time will be going so far back into the past?' asks Paulina.
'No, not really. It's because for the first time since we relocated to KyivTwo, there are clear signs of Zaratorio's chrono-signature out there in the vortex.
It's as if he is actually taunting us by signalling from ancient Anatolia!'
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