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But it was certainly beyond our

scope.

There was a certain point when I

was surprised to receive an

e-mail from him saying, "I am no

longer gonna have anything to do

with this and please erase any

evidence of my participation

with this.

And in my heart and mind, this

is already done. "

I was actually injured on a

couple of Jejune errands, twice.

Unfortunately, the second time

was the last time I was outside.

That was in July of 2009.

And I was so badly hurt that it

wasn't safe to transport me.

Jiggling would cause muscles in

my abdomen to tear.

I had never heard of anything

like that happening to any one

of our players and knew of no

situation or event in which

anything accidental had happened

at all.

And I kind of came to the

conclusion this was all

something that he had kind of

concocted in his mind.

I had no assistance

whatsoever.

I was kind of trapped here in my

house.

And I began to become really

concerned that, uh...

Well, to be quite frank and

terribly honest, in those

circumstances, I was somewhat

paranoid.

And I felt that with some

reason that my interaction with

the Jejune Institute was

possibly spiritually harmful in

some sense.

At first, you go in, and you're

kind of starry-eyed, and you

have the experience.

But once you start understanding

a little bit more of the "plot,"

you realize that the

Jejune Institute is the bad

guys.

And so, you've given your

personal information to the bad

guys!

And not knowing who's really

behind it or what really their

goals are, you know?

From the sinister nature of the

Jejune Institute, it is not

clear that you're involved with

something as beautiful as

Elsewhere.

And so I wanted to distance

myself from it at that point.

Commander 14 calling Eva Lucien.

Evalyn, we need you to come in.

Repeat... we need you to come in.

We have a chance of decoding

the encryption of the first six

phases of the algorithm.

But don't go to the safe house.

It's been compromised.

Coleman's got his goons there

now.

Use your key and follow the

signs.

We need you to come in.

You are listening to

Radio Nonchalance... dispatches

from Elsewhere.

Support for this program has

been provided by the

Elsewhere Public Works Agency.

Now back to our program.

Monday, I got to work, and I

had an e-mail sent to an e-mail

address I don't use a whole lot.

And it was from the

Elsewhere Public Works Agency

asking me to be at a certain

intersection by the pay phones...

it was 24th and Mission...

at noon.

So, eventually, I got a call on

my cellphone from Commander 14,

checking and saying that there was-

Jejune Institute was moving in

or something about the

green energy arcans.

I don't remember what he said.

The closure of a temporal

vacuole is imminent.

Repeat... imminent.

Without physical jamming to

offset transneural

interference, a negative

group-cascade sequence could be

initiated.

Do you see 24th Street?

Yeah.

Cross Mission and continue

down 24th.

I will be making contact at

that location in five minutes'

time.

When I say, "ornithopter," you

say, "jump suit. "

Ornithopter.

Jump suit.

Ornithopter.

Jump suit.

Okay. Now go. Hurry!

- Ornithopter.

- Jump suit.

- Ornithopter.

- Jump suit.

Now we can get this

transaction rolling.

The time is nigh.

Now listen quickly.

Dance.

You heard me. Dance.

I say dance!

Dance? Okay.

It is imperative that you now

dance.

I hope you dance.

This interacting cannot happen

without vigorous physical

jamming.

Now get off this phone and

dance, motherf***er!

We needed to stop the energy

attack by "rigorous physical

jamming," which is what we did.

So, I started dancing, and then

I started hearing music.

And this guy showed up with a

boom box.

And he started dancing with me.

And then a sasquatch showed up,

and he started dancing with us.

# Freestyle kickin'

in the house tonight #

# Move your body

from left to right #

# To all you freaks,

don't stop the rock #

# Freestyle kickin'

in the house tonight #

# Move your body

from left to right #

# To all you freaks,

don't stop the rock ##

And there was a moment that

the song ended, and we heard

what sounded like angels

singing, and the sasquatch gave

me the transcript, which that's

a very weird thing to say.

But that happened.

# Something's got a hold on me #

So, with the map there was a

CD of cult music that had a lot

of weird stuff from, like,

Jonestown and this group called

Yahawa, from the '70s and on.

But it also had a hidden track

on it, which had a little girl

named Eva and her mother taking

a walk toward the

Mission district.

# Something's

got a hold on me ##

This is archival binaural

field recording, designation

16-62-TC13.

Tape was engaged at

Chula Lane and Abbey Street

facing southwest.

Headphones or other stereo

personal-listening device should

be used during playback.

- Hi, Eva!

- Hi, mom!

Well, good day to you, Eva, my

dear.

And a pleasant afternoon to

you, madam.

How was school today?

Tedious, but I lost another

tooth at recess.

Really?

Shall we save it for the

tooth fairy?

No! He's scary!

You've seen the tooth fairy?

Of course.

And he's a man?

Yes.

So, do you have time for a

little walkabout today?

Uh-huh.

Where shall we go, then?

Elsewhere!

Again?

Yes.

Okay.

Let's start walking northeast

on Chula Lane.

Okay.

You can see the old cemetery

on our left.

Thousands of indians who died of

spanish diseases were buried

right here.

They're underneath us right now.

Oh.

Sometimes, if you listen, you

can hear them.

Oh.

Now go left, and we walk

along Dolores.

You can see the mission

San Francisco de Asis, founded

on October 9, 1776, by

father Francisco Paulo.

That's really the beginning of

the whole city.

Let's cross over to the median.

Oh, you mean by the palm

trees?

Yeah.

Okay.

I want to show you something.

We used to feed the fairies.

Well, what would you feed

them?

Berries, of course.

And are the fairies still there?

They come and go as they

please, Elsewhere and that.

I always get headaches when I

walk by these green boxes.

I know. Me too.

Let's walk faster.

And here we are at

Commander 14's house.

This is where he does the radio

show with Kai Epsilon.

Dad helps them out with the

transmitter.

And right next door is our

house.

Mm-hmm.

Let's play hopscotch.

That is a very peculiar

board.

This is a game of

interdimensional hopscotch.

It helps you practice how to get

to Elsewhere.

Let's turn right on Albion so

we can say hi to Mr. Books.

And here we are, our second

home, Adobe Books.

After you.

You need to look on the shelf

for the book on interdimensional

hopscotch.

It will tell you what you need

to do.

See you in Elsewhere.

Bye!

My name is Kelvin Williams, and

I guess I came into Adobe Books.

I had met the owner before.

You know, I'm a book person, a

librarian.

We all kind of move in the same

circles.

So, I was interested that this

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