Roger has a chat with Houdini and begins to plot with him the greatest escape of all.

“Question on his mind is, how accurate is his latest model for understanding the universe? History as palimpsest, Ontoclysms all the way down, the Red Kings themselves the product of retrocreation. All history built to after-the-fact justify the Owls' reign.”

Jocasta coat-drags for Alpha Leonis at her bookshop and has a tense (in more ways than one) chat with Mystic Kate.

Marshall prepares for his and Archie’s visit to Bohemian Grove by pondering Governor Reagan, serendipitously meeting with a fellow psychopharmacologist, and testing his tek in Union Square.

Intermission Nine live session (work in progress)

Three news articles showing the aftermath of Nixon’s resignation and of URIEL’s work in the political/pop culture spheres.

In an attempt to jog her memory about her acid-tinged encounter with the businessman who intercepted her drop to the SLA, Jo heads back to the City to recollect his face and make a sketch.

Sophie brings news from the Rosebud Reservation on a recent federal incursion and a purported resurrection of the Ghost Dance.

Pat Price visits Mitch on Mount Shasta and the two Seers end up Seeing quite a bit in fact.

Marshall does some, sigh, READING as he unlocks the mysteries of Mitch’s interactions with ISOCLINE.

“When the legend becomes fact… print the legend.”

"Regardless of the score you are rolling against, a roll of 3 or 4 is always a success, while a roll of 17 or 18 is always a failure."

Jocasta debriefs Patricia on her life options now that she’s joined URIEL