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From oblivion to oblivion!
Blessed be the Oracle.
It speaks.
The Dragonflower is wilting.
The Aleph will perish
without a new vessel.
The siren song will call her
to us.
Before the new moon.
The Oracle has spoken.
[screams]
The Aleph must live!
Max. You're late.
Yeah, yeah I know.
It's like two minutes.
Take it out of my store credit.
What store credit?
You spent it all last Tuesday on that stack and No Waves that came in.
You still mad. I cut you?
Pissed.
Seniority is a bitch.
By the way, totally inspired DJ set last night. Sam.
This one managed to segue the Circle Jerks into Ladysmith Black Mambazo
and somehow it works.
What can I say? I go where the music takes me.
All right.
Who needs help?
Hey, do y'all have this one song from the 60s or 70s?
I think it has love in the title.
Might be from the 90s. OK?
Do you know if it's a male or female singer?
I thought y'all were the experts.
Is there a man I could talk to?
Maybe I need to find a record store with men.
Thank you.
So I know
Red, White
and Blue are the best Beatles albums, but do they have any other good copulations?
Copulations? Records with the hits?
You know, The White Album isn't a greatest hits album.
It's still a classic.
I'd like to sell this record.
It's in mint condition.
I can give you $1 cash or $2 trade.
I looked this up on eBay. I know what I have.
I won't accept anything less than $200.
I see that your recycle old records.
Can y'all expunge them?
What do you mean by expunge?
Get rid of them. Off the grid. Like, throw them in the trash?
Yeah. I saw you got Instant Funk.
Do you have any funk that, like, takes a while to get into it?
You don’t have any Van Morrison?
You are in the V’s. Look in the M’s.
You don’t have any Van Halen?
You are in the H’s. Look in the V’s.
What about Hagar Halen? I don't know who that is.
Probably the better Halen.
Hear Kitty records, this is Max.
How can I help you?
Stolen?
and it 80s goth, but yeah. No.
So, I, you know, what do you, how long you worked here?
Okay. Yeah.
Four years. Four years.
I actually own the place.
I feel like I've been coming here a while and I haven't seen you.
So do you want to, you know, hang out or.
Sounds good.
Do you like the Beatles? You might hear from us. All right.
Who's next?
Yeah. How you doing young lady?
What can I get for these right here?
These are your records? Yeah, they in my possession.
Yeah, they mine.
I hate to give ‘em away.
I really, really hate giving way.
But honestly, if I can get a couple dollars for ‘em, if I can make a trade.
I don't know if you got.
You got some porno back there? Now, this one looks interesting.
What's this one sound like?
Oh! Bahadu? He’s like the white Prince.
of the... you know, he got the funk era.
He got a little mellow. And ya see he butt naked on the cover.
With his Johnson out
and everything, you know, I don't know, but
I'm trying to see how much I can get.
He’s the white Prince. Of the funk...
Music.
Right. I can give you five for the stack.
Five dollars?!
Shit. I don't know about that.
As a courtesy. Courtesy?!
A spooky girl in a black bob and steel toed Docs is about to walk through that door
any minute looking for her
missing Bahadu record,
And, I’d like to return them to her!
No, I don't think so.
Hey, five dollars? Let me get them five dollars.
Thank you baby. [mumbles]
Just one for you today.
Oh, hey Gary! I thought I could get some trade.
Do you know what this is?
I picked that up for a dollar at a thrift store.
I thought it looked weird.
It's not really my thing.
It's a little too out there.
I figured I could get some decent credit for it.
I can give you
25 cash or 50 store credit.
Hell, yeah.
50 bucks.
Do you still have those Dancehall 45’s?
Yeah, a whole stack of them in the corner.
Fuck, Max.
Do you know what this is?
Yeah.
Pater Noster and the Mission of Light.
Major want list item for me.
And you offered that guy 50 bucks trade?
You didn't know what it was.
I need this one.
Look,
just because you shorted this guy doesn't mean
you get to take this home for 50 bucks.
This is $1,000 record, Max.
I'd have to charge you $500
even with your employee discount.
$1,000 record?! Shh!
Holy shit.
What is it?
It's this weird hippie psych record.
This commune put it out in the early 70s.
Rare as shit.
Their “Rotas” LP is in the top ten most expensive records ever sold.
This one is less rare, but still,
You're really not going to let me get this one? If you can come up with $500.
Otherwise, I'm putting this on the shelf
as soon as that guy leaves.
God damn it.
Damn,
Sam, that was a little harsh.
Senority’s a bitch.
Hey, Gary, you said you got that record from a thrift store.
Yeah, I think that a couple of copies of it, I got to go back and get the rest.
You want to tell me where it is? And have you blow up my spot?
No. I'll give you 50 bucks
if you tell me where it is.
Man.
I don't know. My last 50 bucks,
and I'll let you look through the 45’s
we haven't priced yet.
Okay.
Hi, hon. Welcome to Everlight
I’m Meemaw Cassie.
Let me know if you need any help. Thanks.
Do you have any records?
Yeah, right in the corner over there.
Excuse me.
How much are the records?
A dollar each, hon.
Oh, hon.
I see you found the records from the old hippies.
Yeah, a dollar each?
I don't know if I can sell these.
These don't have prices on them,
but they should be the same price as all the other records.
All right, well, I may need to hold on to them and look them up.
Oh, please.
I don't live around here.
I'd really like to buy them today.
Do you know these people?
No. Not personally.
They used to run this shop.
That was years before I was here.
Every once in a while we'll get a drop off like this.
So you should be able to sell them for a dollar each?
Well...
I found several copies of all of their records.
All except one. Do you have any more?
Oh, I wouldn't know one from the other to be able to tell you the difference.
Do you have a pen?
This is my name and my number.
Would you give me a call if any more
come in?
And here is my last $10.
Okay.
You can have them for a dollar each.
Abby.
Abby, come in here.
The vinyl addict returns to her sanctuary with.
Could it be
more records?
Listen, these are crazy rare, like
call bank officer for a loan rare.
I got a tip for this thrift store out in the sticks.
Picked up this whole stack.
What are they?
Pater Noster and the Mission of Light.
This place just had a stack of unplayed copies.
Worth, like, a grand each.
Whoa. Now you can pay me your back
share of the rent. If I decide to sell.
There are multiple copies here. I know, I know.
God damn it. You don't understand.
I rescued these from the wild,
I sell one, it just ends up in the hands
of some rich bougie collector who didn't have to sweat for it.
You're right.
I don't understand at all.
Are you going to play
one of these for me, or what?
Okay.
You know, there's a fifth record
that's one of the most valuable of all time.
Only, like, five known copies.
That one's worth, like, ten K alone.
No shit.
This music is nuts, right?
I kind of love it.
They integrated electronic, folk, cosmic jazz,
all these bat shit influences.
Okay,
mission for today, we're going to get high as fuck and listen to these records.
Absolutely.
Say less. Less is said.
Hey!
I was vibin’.
My bad.
What's in this weed? PCP.
Just kidding.
It's regular weed.
You okay?
Yeah,
yeah.
Okay.
I miss listening to records with you like this.
It's kind of nice.
Oh, really?
You know, when we were together, you acted so annoyed
every time I played you stuff, like I was forcing you to listen to it.
Usually when you tell
me that records are crazy valuable, it's like idiotic
thrash or people dragging chains through delay pedals.
This shit is really good.
Transcendent, right?
Like from another planet.
It's proto-everything -- primitive and advanced.
One moment it's like, Can the next the Stooges.
This music is drugs.
We didn't need this.
You know,
each record is weirder than the last.
I wonder what that fifth album sounds like.
Is it online? No.
Of the five people that even claim to own it,
nobody's ever uploaded any of the tracks.
With your luck
it'll turn up.
I'd kill for a copy.
Hello. Hello, is this Max Clay?
Yeah, I'm calling from Wunderland
two, representing the blessed Mission of Light.
I understand
you were inquiring about some of our very old recordings.
Yeah. I'm a huge fan.
I'm listening to one of your records right now.
I hope you don't mind me calling.
It's very rare to hear of any interest an our earlier activities.
Thank you for calling.
May we contact you at this number to arrange a meeting?
Yeah. I would love to meet with.
Hello.
He hung up.
It's a great choice. I think you'll like Truth Foundation.
I'll keep the Poltergasm on hold for you till Friday.
FMK, you pick the topic.
70s arena rock dudes.
OK, FMK
Bob Seger,
Meatloaf and Ted Nugent.
That's too easy.
Fuck Meat Loaf, marry Ted Nugent, kill Bob Seger. Gross.
That's like the opposite of the correct order.
Fuck Meatloaf because, like, more bounce to the ounce, Marry
Ted Nugent because he'd always put food on the table.
Kill Bob Seger because of the constant whining.
What's the whining all about?
If it's not about how much better old time music is
It's about how hard it is to be a famous rock star.
Boo hoo. Turn the fucking page.
Late again, miss Max. I know, I'm sorry, but let me tell you
We sold the Pater Noster and the Mission of Light album. For $1,000?
900 with the cash discount.
Jay Sin from the band Lunacide,
apparently he's a major collector of anything cult related.
Where does a local death metal drummer get the money to drop on $1,000 record?
Technically, they're blackened thrash.
Who knows where he got the money?
Either way, he was stoked to get it.
Oh, and he gave us all tickets to a show tonight.
If you guys want to go.
Dude, sorry, but I hate his band.
I wouldn't mind talking to him about that record though.
You guys will never guess what I bought yesterday.
What?
I went to a place not going to say where,
and I bought multiple copies of the first four Pater Noster LPs.
Holy shit.
Are you going to bring any in here to sell?
I'm gonna look into sell. Hold on.
If you got the 411 and where to buy these
from a customer in this shop, then the shop stakes claim.
Sorry, but no fucking way.
If you say so.
Let's see what happens next time a stack of delicious
torpedo bonzers comes in and you're out of store credit.
So are we going to the show or not? Gotta support the scene.
Lunacide!
Mosh it up,
Go fucking wild!
Wow, y'all.
This shit was cool when I was 14.
At least the band members are hot.
Kind of.
I'm going to get us some River Rats.
First round's on me.
Great set.
Real brutal.
That fucking sucked. But thanks.
If you want to go to the after party, see the merch guy.
No, thanks. I'm Max, by the way.
I work at Hear Kitty. Oh, right on.
I dropped some serious coin in there today on that Pater Noster record.
Yeah, I'd be fucking pissed if I didn't already have a copy of that one myself.
Oh, shit. You have a copy of Sator? Yeah. And.
Arepo, and Tenet, and Opera.
No shit, no Rotas though?
Nobody has that one, Supposedly there's a few out there.
Cursed. Cursed?
If you believe in that sort of thing. I don't.
So you know a lot about Pater Noster.
A true rock star as far as cult-leaders go.
Doctor of experimental anthropology at MIT who fell in with the drug scene
and surrounded himself
with all these other fringe characters, his followers became this disciplined,
metaphysical think tank like SLA crossed with Golden Dawn. Thelema, not Greece?
Right? Magick with a k, you say you have those other records?
Yeah.
Picked them up recently and Mission of Light somehow got my number.
Fucking called me. What?
No way. I wonder if it was someone pranking you.
That group is long gone. Nah, I think it was real.
I don't suppose we could do the after party at your place?
Not really interested. I'm not hitting on you.
I'd really like to hear those records
and talk about Pater Noster, because I'm obsessed with him.
I'm not really looking for a party.
I'm not talking about bringing the other guys, just me and you. Max.
Introduce me to your friend.
We met earlier today. So we did.
I was just talking to your coworker Max here about an after party.
I’m really not interested.
We would love to go to an after party.
Where is it?
Max's place.
Okay, fine.
But all of my friends from work are going to be there for sure.
Let me just load my gear out and I'll ride with you guys.
If you have room.
Oh, it'll be a squeeze, but you'll fit.
Cool.
Well.
Oh, fuck.
Listen!
How it just fills the room.
It's like you're instantly connected with it.
This collection is insane.
Are these OG pressings
of these “Jism” records?
It's pronounced “Gism” and yeah.
So much crazy shit in here.
Who are you?
It's about time I got you girls to relax and have a good time.
It gives me panic attacks.
Hell yeah.
The Charlie Manson “Lie” album? ESP pressing.
Thank you , Gretchen.
I got an Awareness pressing, but let's beat to shit.
You got some corny stuff too,
I see you. Be careful with that one.
Is it rare?
No, it's just means a lot to me.
This was my granddad's before he died.
Oh, shit.
I'm sorry, man. My granddad raised me.
He's the one that turned me on to records.
Used to take me to yard sales and flea markets.
Said he was rescuing orphans.
He used to say people come and go, but music is forever.
Rock on.
So did someone from the Mission
really contact you? Yeah, I think so.
I left my number with the lady that sold me these.
She must have passed it on.
And what exactly did they say?
They wanted to arrange a meeting.
Then they hung up.
I don't know, I don't think that group's existed since the early 70s.
There was a controversy around them and they disbanded.
What sort of controversy?
A couple members were tied to a murder, but there wasn't evidence.
to bring them to trial.
You know a lot about these guys.
A bit. Everything I learned about them,
I learned from Dennis Waverly on Esoterra radio.
Hey, what time is it?
I'm probably around quarter to midnight.
He's on right now. Turn on the radio? Sure.
Uh, the tuner’s right there.
105.6.
And we're back with Esoterra Radio,
where we've been discussing the Frykowski drug burn murders.
We're taking your calls on this topic or any other.
We have a call coming through.
Looks like one of our regular callers into the program. Mr.
Jay Sin from the band Lunacide.
Is this Jay? You were on the air, sir.
Dennis. Hey, this is Jay Sin again.
I know it's not a tonight’s topic, but, I'm with a friend who recently acquired
all the Pater Noster and the Mission of Light Records.
I want to see if you could talk a little bit about... That’s Pater Noster.
Right. Does your friend have the Rotas album?
All except for that one. That's a relief for your friend.
It's one of the two cursed records we've discussed on this program.
Only four copies are known to exist.
The owners of those copies are rumored to have been met with incredible misfortune.
Word has it, the lucky ones destroyed their copies.
And the unlucky ones?
The unlucky ones went insane or killed themselves.
Of course, this could all be urban legend designed to sell records.
It is, after all, one of the most expensive records ever sold online.
My friend said someone from the Mission of Light contacted her directly.
That would be astounding if true.
No one has had any contact with anyone from the Mission of Light
since they disappeared in the mid 1970s.
Tell me, is your friend there with you? Yeah. Hang on.
Hello. You're on the air with Dennis Waverly.
Who am I speaking with? Max.
Max Clay. You claim to have been contacted by one of the most
mysterious and fascinating cults of the modern era.
Yeah, a group that cultivated the greatest minds of the esoteric underground.
They created GMO technology that is still not understood today. Sick.
Grew superfoods they sold in a small chain of holistic restaurants, wrote books
that combined psychology, sociology, chemistry and occult practice,
not to mention recording the wildest psychedelic rock albums of the era.
Okay, did this person give you their name?
No. They hung up before I could ask.
They did say they wanted to arrange a meeting, though.
Fascinating.
We need to go to commercial.
Caller, can you stay on the line? Yeah.
Max, it's nice to talk with you.
Is Max short for Maxine? Mary. Alice.
But call me Max.
Tell me, Max,
would you be interested in selling any of your Mission of Light records?
No. Sorry.
Thought I'd try.
Anyway, if they contact you again, do you plan to meet with them?
I think so, yeah.
Please be careful.
Insanity and death seem to follow them.
If the stories about Rotas are true,
they worship at the altar of madness.
What do you mean?
The philosophies in their book Aeon Delta 72
would twist anyone's mind into knots.
It makes the argument for schizophrenia.
Do you have that book?
No. I've never heard of it.
Oh, so you're not a book collector?
Mainly records. I have a second copy.
It's worth a small fortune,
but I would gladly trade it for any of the Mission of Light records.
Yeah, think about it.
Okay. I'm going to let you go now.
Call in any time,
especially if you're contacted by anyone from the Mission of Light.
But like I said, be careful.
Gotcha.
And we are back with Esoterra radio.
Hello?
Mary Alice Clay?
Yes. Is your address
2112 Divine Street?
Yes. The Mission of Light, will send a car for you at 8 a.m.
tomorrow morning
Who was that?
The cult guy.
He sounded really creepy.
Knew my address.
He said he was going to send a car to pick me up at 8 a.m..
Oh, shit.
Are you going to go?
I mean, I want to,
and I don't want to.
You should go, but let us come with you.
We should totally stay the night, and all go together in the morning.
I wouldn't pass up this opportunity.
If you need a man to come along, you know I'm dying to meet these people.
I don't need a man to come along.
Right, right, right.
But if you guys wanted to come, I wouldn't mind.
Just one thing, though.
What's that? This is my find.
If they have any of those records, especially Rotas, that shit is mine.
I mean, what if they have a whole bunch of copies? Thenthey're all mine.
All right, Mad Max, they're all yours.
Max. Clay?
Yeah. That's me.
Get in the back!
Stop!
Max only. I'm not coming without my friends.
Wait.
Well, I guess there goes my ride.
Yeah. That wasn't sketchy or anything.
Fuck. Shortest documentary ever.
If us being here somehow spooked them
it's probably a good thing you didn't get in that car.
Yeah. No shit.
That was weird.
Okay, so what do we do now?
Who wants to buy me breakfast?
Waffles.
Yeah. Food does sound good.
I'm down.
Sounds good.
Everyone get in the car.
In about one hour, you'll be asked to put on blindfolds.
Do agree to these terms?
Yeah, sure.
Sure. We do?
Oh. Thanks.
Next stop...
Wunderlawn.
No smoking in the car.
Drinking is okay.
Go easy on it.
We’re not stopping for a bathroom break. ETA is two hours.
Are you a member of the Mission of Light?
I am the driver.
I think he's just the driver.
What happened to the lady that was with you
when you first came to pick us up?
She was not necessary.
Of course not.
Before the
New Moon
The vessel will arrive.
Surrounded by danger.
Beware those who would destroy
our way of life.
Prepare the Dragonflower
for dissemination of the Aleph!
Abby! Get a shot of the road up ahead.
The sky’s so blue.
If everything were blue,
there'd be no color at all.
Least of all...
blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue.
For the final hour, you must wear these.
The camera stays off.
What do you guys get when you cross the road with a blindfold?
What? What? Run over.
Get it?
You can't see so
Hey, what did Hitler say when they put a blindfold on him?
What? I can not see.
Boo!
Fuck!
Welcome to Wunderlawn.
Blindfolds.
Welcome to Wunderlawn Two.
My name is Deja Venus.
We don't receive many visitors here, so let's make this a treat for us both.
You must be Mary Alice.
Please introduce your friends.
I'm Max, and.
Yeah, this is Abby, Sam, Gretchen and Jay Sin.
Jay Sin?
As in two words.
Jay and sin.
Yes, ma'am.
Jay Sin.
I love it.
Welcome.
Come out and sing.
Father.
Come out and sing
Father, sing with your children
below.
Come out and shine.
Father.
Come out and shine.
Father.
Shine with your children below.
Come out and sing, father.
Come out and sing, Father
sing with your children below.
Come out and shine, Father
Come out and shine, Father.
Shine on your children below.
You all must be hungry from the long ride.
Come with me to the mead hall and meet
some of the other children.
This is our main social hall.
We call it the Overground.
Even though we've long forsaken
the outside world, we still monitor it.
And we meet here to discuss it.
It still affects us as much as we don't want it to.
As above.
So below.
Can we get any pictures?
I don't think so, no.
At least not for now.
Pater Noster will have to make that decision.
Pater Noster is still alive?
Yes, he certainly is.
Even though we're a communal society, we would be lost without our leader.
Will we get to meet him?
You certainly will. All of you.
Eventually.
Jay Sin
you are ill.
No. I just...
I just need I need to use bathroom.
Do you
do you do you have a bathroom? No.
We've evolved beyond that.
What?
Just kidding.
Go behind the curtain, down the hall to the right.
First door on the left.
Cool.
All right, catch you guys later.
The rest of you, follow me for the tour.
Oh, come on, Jay,
you got to get it together, man.
Yeah. Oh.
Oh, shit.
Can't handle your liquor,
Don't worry.
We’ll take you to Pater Noster
And Pharmakothea. They’ll fix you right up.
No resistance.
This is so sick.
I recognize it from the cover of Tenet.
That's right. The same bus.
A lot of freaky times happened on this one.
We used this when we were actively recruiting,
we eventually became an invitation only community.
Why's that?
Short answer?
People.
People in general are assholes.
I feel you on that one.
Funny thing is, the worst of them,
the biggest assholes were the Jesus freaks.
Imagine that.
No offense.
If any of you are Christians, I don't think any of us are
practicing anyway.
Funny thing is, the most selfish, entitled people
we ever encountered on this long, strange trip
the least Christ-like the most intolerant, were Christians.
Yeah, I can vouch for that I used to work food service after
church on Sundays a bunch of no tipping motherfuckers.
Yeah, but it goes beyond that.
They're the reason why we stay hidden out here in Wunderlawn Two.
The witch hunts never really ended.
Are you witches?
witches?
No, not in the religious context.
You walk into the eye of the universe
there's no coming back and living in the real world among the yokels.
We like to think of ourselves as scientists.
Alas, the history books are chock full of scientists
persecuted in the name of God.
Everything's a cycle.
Wake-a-doo
Egg-a-doo
Bake-a-doo
Where am I?
Who are you?
I'm Pharmakothea.
And, it seems to be
you've had a bit too much of the Driver's hooch.
Oh, I feel sick.
It's okay.
Pater Noster will be here shortly.
Where are my friends?
Shh
Drink this.
You'd drink about anything
wouldn't you?
Pater Noster.
Are you him?
I. I'm a fan.
Ah, a fan.
Welcome to Wunderlawn Two.
I trust Pharmakothea has been treating you well?
I think
I think I've been drugged.
We gave you the good stuff.
No need to thank us. Nova, Rayne... Stand him up.
Let me get a look at him.
When you say you are a fan
I assume you mean of our music.
I doubt you'd know anything about us outside that.
I know a lot about you and the Mission.
I'd love to be part of it.
And you will be.
Uh.
It fascinates me.
that something
created so long ago.
Can still sing it's
siren song.
We haven't recorded music
in decades.
We haven't needed to.
You are a musician yourself?
Yep I am. You look like a musician to me! Doesn't he?
Music is a gift
we have yet to fully understand.
Music
is the first form of magic
practiced by humankind.
In its simplest
form...
It allows one
to alter his consciousness.
When it's done
well...
Music
can crack open the mind and allow another consciousness
to take over. Have you ever listened to a piece of music...
and felt something ELSE enter you?
I know what you mean.
To share one body with more than one conscience.
Oh, it's divine!
There's a reason that music has always been a part
of religious practice and ritual.
We, of course, abandoned
"song music" when we isolated the dominant frequency.
What's the dominant frequency?
Oh, I wish I could show you.
You would be terribly fascinated!
Show me, show me.
I want to see!
Do you know what discharges
the maximum amount of orgone energy?
Most people think it's fucking.
It's not.
It's actually a fear.
Fear is incredibly powerful.
No no no no no
Shh
Enjoy it.
Oh come on
Enjoy it.
Oh!
Son, you really should just
try to enjoy this part of it.
00000, no.
Oh no.
Should I keep going?
Fuck it.
Just go on to the next part.
Oh, no.
Shh. I'm sorry, baby, baby.
No no no no no no no no no no no no no.
Please!
[chanting in witchy language]
Oh, God.
[chanting in witchy language]
Oh!
[chanting in witchy language]
You guys.
Where's Jay?
If I had to put money on it.
I guess that he'ss found the music parlor next to the bathrooms
and Pater Noster is showing off the collection of electronic instruments.
Max, you might find this interesting.
Do you see that boat?
Holy shit.
That's from the cover of Opera.
Pronounced "operra". It is.
I thought you might recognize it.
I can't believe you still have all this stuff.
That's a piece of history!
Why don't you girls take it out on the pond?
I have to prepare your lunch.
We want you to have an authentic Mission
of Light experience along with an authenticMission of Light lunch.
It's our special diet.
Is it vegan? More or less.
If you take it out to the middle of the pond, you'll get a great view
of the entire compound.
It's the water safe to swim in? So as long as you keep
the splashing to a minimum, you won't attract the gators.
just kidding.
It's perfectly safe.
There's no gators or anything else.
We bathe in these healing waters regularly.
It's fed by an underground hot spring.
Maybe we should go and find Jay Sin.
Nonsense.
You girls relax.
I'm sure I'll run into him in the mead hall
and I can send him out here to be with you.
He'll probably want to take a dip himself.
It'll be fine.
How long until lunch?
About 20 or 30 minutes.
I'll let you know when it's ready.
You coming in, Sam?
You girls go ahead.
I'll wait here on the shore in case Jay shows up.
Sam.
You have a mother's aura.
I do feel like a mom a lot of the time with these kids.
You don't have any children of your own, do you? No,
no, it was never the cards
for me.
Motherhood is the greatest blessing of all.
We revere mothers here at the Mission, even
and especially surrogate mothers.
Would you like to help me make lunch for your kids?
That sounds nice.
You mentioned a special diet.
We've been cultivating our own food since the days of the original Wonderlawn.
It's what keeps us so young.
Most everything that we do here is informed
by ancient hidden knowledge and modern experimental chemistry.
Our food is no exception.
I think you find it quite tasty.
And you're sure you don't mind me helping?
It'll be a treat for us both.
Hey, I'm gonna help Deja make lunch.
If I see Jay, I'll send him over.
OK boss!
Come on.
On a scale from 1 to 10
how freaky is this place?
I mean, at least an 8.5,
but everyone seems really nice.
Fucking Jay better not be hitting anyone up for those records, though.
Christ, Sam either.
Oh, my God, you're obsessed.
Besides that dork Jay Sin probably
got lost looking for his dick in the bathroom.
I do really want to see those old instruments, though.
And meet Pater Noster.
Dude, what are you doing?
That lady's gone.
I just want to get some shots
of you guys, to prove we were here.
They see you with that camera, they're going to flip out.
Nobody will know.
Besides, maybe that Pater or Pater Noster guy will be cool with it.
I doubt it.
Hey, get a shot of my titties!
These are your albums
All five. From a long, long time ago.
Rotas on the end here
no one's ever seen this.
We have.
We have boxes of them in the way, in the storeroom.
Holy shit.
Max is here because of the music.
Why are you here?
Same reason, I suppose.
I own the record store where Max works.
We sold one of your records in my shop. For a lot of money?
Not really that much.
So you're not really here for her?
Well, that too.
For the meal today, I thought we'd prepare a mix of traditional garden
greens and veggies alongside delicacies of the compound.
What's this?
This is Manna.
This is a staple for us.
The recipe has evolved through the years.
This is the most nourishing substance on earth.
Guess how old I am?
I'm not playing that game.
No. Go ahead.
45. Okay, don't flatter me.
I want you to really take a real guess.
Okay? 55
I'm 80.
Hope I look so good at 80.
Well, it's not about looking good.
It's about resisting age.
My generation.
We invented hating old people.
Do you want to try some?
Love is in our bellies
Love is in our heads.
It's different.
Better lving through chemistry is a cynical joke to a lot of our peers.
But of us, it's part of the grand scheme.
Pater Noster, among other things, is a master alchemist.
Did somebody call my name?
Pater Noster!
This is Sam.
Sam, you have the pleasure of meeting our spiritual leader, Pater Noster.
Welcome, Sam.
It's very rare for us to accept a visit.
I trust Deja is making you feel at home.
Sam was just helping us prepare lunch for the other guests.
Oh. That's wonderful.
I can't wait to meet them.
Of course I've already met the young man.
Pleasure to meet you, sir.
You've met Jay? Where is he?
I say Deja has introduced you to Manna.
Did you give her the warning?
The warning?
Did you find it tasty?
It was different.
What's the warning?
I didn't even think about it.
Extra strength.
If it's your first time with Manna
you may wanna go a little easy.
I feel weird.
Yes. That's normal.
No, this isn't normal.
You. You've drugged me.
Sam, every single thing we ingest is drugs.
Every morsel we put into our bodies
is a chemical that affects us one way or another.
I'm going back to the others.
No, Sam, calm down.
No.
Oh be careful, kid, you might cut yourself.
Are you sure you don't want to sit down? No.
I'm going back to find Max.
This poor child
has had too much to dream.
what?
Oh,
[chants in witchy language]
Oh, oh.
[chants in witchy language]
Like moss
after a rain.
It's been like an hour.
Where are they?
We need to look for Sam and Jay.
And a towel.
All right, let's go ahead and head back.
I swear those two are wandering around here and finding those records.
Christ, Max. Give it a rest.
Stop being so selfish.
Not being selfish.
This is my score.
Yeah.
Oh. Oh.
Fuck!
What? Jesus.
What the fuck?
Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.
What's.
No!
No! Fuck!
Gretchen!
No, Jesus!
Why is there a bear trap with a fucking trail?
Do you think they're bears around here?
No, I don't think there are bears around here.
What if it was meant for us?
Who knows?
Maybe it's here to keep outsiders away.
Oh my God.
Oh, we need to go get help.
No, no, don't leave me here!
We'll bring it back. Oh, fuck.
I'll stay here while you get help. No, Abby, you need to come with me.
We don't know what other traps are out here.
We'll bring help back.
Gretchen, honey, I need to go with Max.
We're going to find the others and bring back help.
No!
Okay, we'll be right back. Just, just.
Oh, no.
No, please.
No no no no no.
Help!
Max, wait! Max!
Wait up!
What if they aren't here to help us?
You mean, what if they're here to hurt us?
Yeah. Fuck, maybe.
But what else are we supposed to do?
We have to keep moving. Come on.
Whoa whoa whoa.
Little ones.
Oh, oh. Are you.
I'm Pater Noster, Now what's all the fuss?
Pater Noster?
Yes, little one.
Now what's all this about?
Our friend, she's down the trail.
She's caught in a bear trap.
Bear trap?
Oh, my God, how could this have happened?
Yeah, like, why is there a fucking bear trap down there?
Calm down.
Can you show me where she is so we can get medical attention?
So please hurry.
Nova.
Rayne, we have a situation.
Show us the way.
This is where she was.
Are you sure?
Yes, she was right here.
Maybe she was able to free yourself and she's gone looking for you.
Then we would have seen her on the trail.
Possibly.
She's disoriented and wandered away from the compound.
Where's Sam and Jay? Your other friends are back at the mead hall.
Lovely children.
We need to go get them and we need to go find Gretchen.
Maybe we should split up.
One of you can come back with me to the mead hall.
The other can go with Nova and Rayne to look for your friend.
No way. We're not splitting up.
We're not doing that.
We need to look for Gretchen, Nova and Rayne
will go with you,
and I'll go back to the mead hall
to alert your friends.
Gretchen.
What?
Nice of you to join us
Bhaava
I haven't stolen a car in more than 30 years.
It's not as easy as it used to be.
But I got a fast one
with lots of really lights on the top.
Pretty lights.
Scissors.
Hahahaha.
Ew.
Oh.
Oh my God, help!
It's like the Grand Canyon down there.
Lassie help, I'm in the well!
[chanting in a witchy language]
Bhaavaalu Crimson, what have you done?
Shh! Hand me the orange!
Hand me the orange!
Hahahahaha.
[chanting in a witchy language]
This is one rotten fruit.
Oh!
This one is not for the Aleph.
Use what you can from her! No shit.
[commanding in witchy language]
Oh, what the fuck?
Victimhood is the social currency
of these kids today.
If they want to play it,
let them be it!
Zaleg zaleg!
From oblivion! To oblivion!
Hahaha. Oh.
Gretchen.
Gretchen!
We've done the whole trail.
It's starting to get dark.
Where the fuck are Jay and Sam?
We should go back to the compound, find the other guys,
come back and look for Gretchen.
Yeah, okay.
Let's go. Stop.
You should stay here and search for your friends.
No, no, we're going back.
Stay on the trail until Pater Noster returns.
Fuck that.
Help!
I don't know how to drive this bus!
Turn on the lights.
I don't know where they are.
What is happening?
This is so fucked.
Right behind us.
I don't know where we are.
They're still right behind us.
What the fuck?
What is that?
My baby!
Open the door!
Help us, please!
Oh, shit.
No! Oh!
You must be Max and Abby.
I'm the Sandman.
Nova, Rayne
bring forth the Dragonflower.
What's hapenning?
Shut up! Bhaavaalu! Give her something!
Abby?
Abby!
What've you done to her?
Max!
Childrenlet us not be fearful
or addened, for we knew
this day would come.
Let us celebrate the life of the Dragonflower
who has given up everything for us
so that we might live communally and eternally.
Wife and mother to us all.
These white people.
Let us celebrate the innocents
who came to us and laid down their bodies so that our workings might be a success.
Let us partake of Manna and offer up one last Celestivus
to Dragonflower
Hahahaa
We must make the final sacrifice.
I haven't called for that!
This moment is for Dragonflower!
The energy has peaked.
It must be now.
There's no birth without blood.
Fine. If it's going to be a bloodbath
let it be a bloodbath.
There is no birth without blood.
There is
no birth without blood.
There is no birth without blood.
there is no birth without blood.
There is no birth without blood.
I love you Max.
From oblivion. To oblivion!
Oh oh.
[chanting in a witchy language]
The surrogate has escaped!
Idiots!
Nova, Rayne! Find her!
Get back!
What have you done?
You were chosen to be our mother.
But you've killed my son.
We've made a mistake.
There is no mistake! Pharmakothea!
Get back!
Hee hee hee hee
We made a mistake
Shut up!
We have all
suffered great loss.
We feel it deeply.
Let us use
the energy of this loss
to bind and protect the Aleph
As we prepare to send the Dragonflower into the Great Oblivion.
But first, some personal business.
Though this little one
has been chosen
to carry the Aleph
to carry us all.
She has taken something from me.
For that
I must take something from her.
Oh, we're doing piggies?
Oh, no.
Why are you still alive?
What are you doing?
I do this without malice.
So do we may glorfy our love.
So mote it be. So mote it be.
My hostility
is released.
Our hostility is released.
Max! No. Wake up!
It hurts!
Was that necessary?
Was that
Our divine plan unfolds before us
The siren song
broguht you to us. You will carry the Aleph to term.
allowing us all to live on as one.
The next step in human evolution
Do you understand?
Yeah.
You're gonna put a baby in me!
Prepare Dragonflower!
Soon you'll feel all of us inside of you.
And you'll understand...
Everything.
We're going on a mission...
A Mission of Light.
Where are we going?
Max!
Have you ever been in two places at once?
Come with us.
It's a trip!
I'm tipping?
Where am I,
Abby? Max!
You're drugged!
Fight it.
Help me!
Can you do something about her?
Abby.
It's okay.
Okay. Okay.
Abby, I love you.
I love you.
It's OK Abby I love you.
The first Aleph died.
Miscarried.
The Dragonflower has carried the Aleph for nearly 50 years.
But now cancer eats away at her flesh.
The Aleph would be reseminated
so that Dragonflower may wilt and pass on.
You're gonna cut me open and put a baby in me
No no child, no
The Aleph is old enough to move around. A child such as you cannot understand.
One day you will.
With all the beauty you behold is faded into oblivion.
We will not go quietly into the night.
It is time
[chanting in a witchy language]
I'm sorry what we had to do
to your friends,
but when the Aleph is inside of you.
When we are all inside of you, you'll understand.
And you'll be consumed with joy.
[chanting]
Santa Madre.
Go to hell!
Next.
Max. Oh.
Resist the madness!
Come on,
Max, come with me.
Resist the madness!
Max come on!
We own you!
You belong to us!
We own you! You belong to us!
Fuck your entire generation!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Okay.
We gotta go!
Max come on!
Max, it's this way, this way.
Wait wait wait wait.
Max we gotta go!
Ohhhh!
There's hell below.
We're all going to go.
You killed the wrong girl.
From oblivion to oblivion!
Resist the madness!
This is Dennis Waverly.
Do you have a question for Esoterra?
Hey, Dennis, this is Max Clay.
We spoke earlier about the Pater Noster Records. I remember
well. Hi, Max.
Does your offer still stand to trade?
one for the Aeon Delta 72? Absolutely.
Let me ask you, were you ever contacted by the Mission of Light?
After we spoke?
No. That's too bad.
Can I call you back after the show?
Sure.
Yeah.