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>> I GUESS IT WAS ABOUT

2 1/2 YEARS AGO.

I WAS WALKING AROUND THE CITY,

AND I STARTED SEEING THESE CRAZY

FLIERS UP ON POLES EVERYWHERE.

THE FIRST FLIER I THINK I KIND

OF HALF-READ, AND IT JUST SEEMED

TO BE MARKETING FOR SOME SORT OF

INVENTION.

I THINK IT WAS THE VITAL-ORBIT

WAS THE FIRST ONE I SAW.

DIDN'T EVEN PULL ONE OF THE

LITTLE FLIERS YET.

IT WASN'T UNTIL I WALKED AROUND

MORE AND MORE AND STARTED

SEEING SOME OF THE OTHER FLIERS

THAT I REALLY STARTED WONDERING

WHAT THE HECK THIS THING EVEN

WAS.

I STARTED GRABBING SOME OF THE

LITTLE TAGS AND CALLING THE

NUMBERS AND HEARING THE

MESSAGES.

>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING

THE JEJUNE INSTITUTE,

SAN FRANCISCO HEADQUARTERS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO

A SPECIAL ORIENTATION SESSION.

WE ARE LOCATED AT

580 CALIFORNIA STREET,

SUITE 1067.

FOR THOSE DARK HORSES WITH THE

SPIRIT TO LOOK UP AND SEE, A

RECONDITE FAMILY AWAITS.

>> I KIND OF DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO

THINK.

I AT FIRST THOUGHT, "OKAY,

SOMEONE'S MAKING THESE CRAZY

ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SOMETHING

THAT'S ALMOST TOO IMPOSSIBLE TO

EVEN EXIST.

AND THEY SEEM TO BE URGING ME TO

VISIT THIS PHYSICAL PLACE."

ONCE I GOT TO

580 CALIFORNIA STREET, I WAS

KIND OF INTIMIDATED A BIT BY

BOTH THE LOCALE AND THE

BUILDING.

I REALIZED THIS IS DOWNTOWN

FINANCIAL DISTRICT.

THIS IS A HIGH-RENT DISTRICT.

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE

BANK OF AMERICA.

I WALKED IN AND ASKED FOR THE

JEJUNE INSTITUTE.

THE SECURITY GUARD SEEMED TO

KNOW WHAT THE PLACE WAS.

ASKED FOR MY I.D., HAD ME SIGN

IN, GAVE ME A VISITOR BADGE, AND

AT THAT POINT DIRECTED ME TO THE

ELEVATORS.

I GET OUT AND SEE THIS VERY

NORMAL-LOOKING LOBBY.

AND I SEE THE RECEPTIONIST

THERE, WHO DIDN'T REALLY SEEM AT

AT ALL LIKE ANYBODY FROM THE

WEBSITE.

YOU KNOW, I WASN'T REALLY SEEING

THE NAME OF THIS COMPANY I WAS

LOOKING FOR.

AND THE RECEPTIONIST ASKED ME IF

SHE COULD HELP ME.

I SAID, "YEAH, I'M HERE FOR THE

JEJUNE INSTITUTE."

AND SHE HANDED ME A KEY.

AND THAT SEEMED TO BE THAT.

ON ONE SIDE'S A MAP.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE'S

INSTRUCTIONS GUIDING ME THROUGH

THE FLOOR I'M ON TO SOME

LOCATION.

SO, I NAVIGATED THE FLOOR BASED

ON THE MAP AND THE INSTRUCTIONS

AND ENDED UP AT A ROOM.

>> GREETINGS.

WELCOME TO

THE JEJUNE INSTITUTE,

SAN FRANCISCO INDUCTION CENTER.

PLEASE ENTER THE ROOM AND CLOSE

THE DOOR BEHIND YOU.

NOW HAVE A SEAT IN THE LOUNGE

CHAIR PROVIDED FOR YOU.

IN A MOMENT, OUR ORIENTATION

PROGRAM WILL BEGIN.

5... 4...3... 2...AND 1.

>> YOU NOW SIT IN A SATELLITE

INDUCTION OFFICE OF

THE JEJUNE INSTITUTE, LOCATED

IN THE DEEP FORESTS OF

SAN FRANCISCO.

THE ROOM IN WHICH YOU ARE

CURRENTLY LOCATED RESTS EXACTLY

SIX FLOORS BENEATH OUR GLOBAL

HEADQUARTERS.

THE CALIFORNIA CENTER IS ONE OF

MANY SUCH STATIONS SPREAD

AROUND THE GLOBE, IN LOCATIONS

SUCH AS OSLO, SEVILLE, ALGIERS,

BOMBAY, QUEBEC, AND SANTIAGO.

BUT THE ORIGINS OF

THE JEJUNE INSTITUTE ARE RIGHT

HERE.

IT ALL BEGAN IN 1962, WHEN A

SMALL GROUP OF ACADEMICS CAME

TOGETHER AROUND A COMMON

INTEREST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF

SOCIO-REENGINEERING.

DURING THE '60s, THE SOCIETY

WAS A CLOSELY KNIT FORUM FOR

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

TECHNIQUES, UTILIZED TO EXPAND

INTERPERSONAL TRUST AMONG

FELLOW HUMAN SUBJECTS.

DURING THE 1970s, UNDER THE

LEADERSHIP OF LUMINARY

METAPHYSICIST

OCTAVIO COLEMAN, ESQUIRE, THE

INSTITUTE GAINED A WIDE

INFLUENCE AND PRESTIGE FOR

WHICH IT IS NOW KNOWN.

ALONG WITH CONTEMPORARIES

WERNER ERHARD AND

STEWART EMERY, COLEMAN HELPED

SPEARHEAD THE STILL-NASCENT

MOVEMENT OF PERSONAL GROWTH AND

SELF-HELP.

THE WORK THEY DID

COLLABORATIVELY, AMID THE

BREEDING GROUNDS OF EST,

ECHELON, AND DIANETICS HELPED

TO SPAWN A THOUSAND LIKE-MINDED

PROPHETS OF POP PSYCHOLOGY.

BUT WHAT THE JEJUNE INSTITUTE

IS MOST CELEBRATED FOR TODAY

ARE THE MANY ADVANCED

TECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTS AND

SERVICES THEY HAVE BROUGHT TO

THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE.

THESE DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE

PoliWater, A MORE CONDENSED

FORM OF WATER, WITH A HIGHER

BOILING POINT, A LOWER FREEZING

POINT, AND ASTOUNDING

REGENERATIVE PROPERTIES UPON

ALL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS...

THE VITAL-ORBIT HUMAN

FORCEFIELD -- A HYDRODYNAMIC

CONDUCTOR BASED UPON THE

TESLA CORE, WHICH ACTS AS AN

EXTERNAL AMBASSADOR TO YOUR

BODY...

AND OUR FOREMOST PROJECT, WHICH

WILL UTTERLY REVOLUTIONIZE THE

WAY THAT HUMAN BEINGS INTERACT

BOTH INTERPERSONALLY AND

SOCIO-POLITICALLY, JEJUNE'S

ALGORITHM -- A SMALL, MOBILE

DEVICE ENCASING A COMPLEX

MATHEMATICAL CODE THAT WILL

INSTANTLY AND PERMANENTLY

REDUCE ALL HUMAN CONFLICT,

VIOLENCE, AND HEARTBREAK.

PATENT PENDING.

>> I WILL ADMIT THAT THIS WAS A

RATHER BIZARRE EXPERIENCE, AND I

HAD NO REAL CLUE THAT WHEN I

WENT DOWN THERE, THIS WOULD BE

WHAT WOULD BE THERE.

AND THEN, ON THE TV APPEARS THIS

RATHER STRANGE-LOOKING OLD MAN,

WHO'S CALLING HIMSELF

OCTAVIO COLEMAN, ESQUIRE.

>> YOU WILL BEGIN TO NOTICE THE

DIVINE OCCURRING ALL AROUND YOU

IN A THOUSAND MINISCULE WAYS

CONSTANTLY, ALL THE TIME.

SO, WE WILL BEGIN THE INDUCTION

PROCESS.

>> AT ONE POINT, HE MAKES

MENTION OF THE DESK SITTING NEXT

TO THE CHAIR THAT I'M IN AND HOW

I REALLY SHOULDN'T OPEN THE

DRAWER THAT'S THERE AND TAKE

WHAT'S INSIDE.

AND THEN, AT THAT POINT, OF

COURSE, I HAD TO OPEN IT AND

LOOK IN THE DRAWER.

AND THAT'S WHEN I, FOR THE VERY

FIRST TIME, SAW WHAT WOULD LATER

BE REFERRED TO AS THE

INDUCTION CARD.

AND IT LOOKED LIKE A CRAZY

PERSON DESIGNED IT.

I STARTED REALIZING IT WAS

TELLING ME HOW TO NAVIGATE

MYSELF OUT OF THIS BUILDING AND

TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT EVADED

THE SECURITY OF THE BUILDING.

SO, I THOUGHT I'D GIVE IT A

SHOT.

>> YOU MAY SUDDENLY BEGIN TO

NOTICE SMALL THINGS AROUND YOU

YOU HAD NEVER BEFORE NOTICED.

AND THOSE MINUTE DETAILS WILL

LEAD TO OTHER, MORE SIGNIFICANT

OBSERVATIONS AND SO ON,

AD INFINITUM, UNTIL YOUR ENTIRE

UNIVERSE IS TRANSFORMED

FOREVER.

>> WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS IN

FOLLOWING THE CARD, I END UP

GOING ON THIS VERY ECCENTRIC,

HOUR-LONG -- I GUESS YOU WOULD

SAY LIKE A SCAVENGER-HUNT SORT

OF ADVENTURE.

THERE WERE LOTS OF UNANSWERED

QUESTIONS -- WHO'S BEHIND THIS?

WHERE IS IT LEADING?

WHAT'S THE POINT?

AND AS IT STARTED TO UNFOLD,

MORE AND MORE THINGS KIND OF

CAME TO LIGHT, ESPECIALLY THINGS

LIKE NEW TERMINOLOGY.

THE WORD "NONCHALANCE" WAS MAYBE

BEING USED IN WAYS THAT I HADN'T

REALLY SEEN IT USED BEFORE.

I GUESS I WAS AFRAID THAT AT

SOME POINT I WOULD BE MARKETED

TO.

IT'D BE LIKE, "WELL, THANK YOU

FOR GOING THROUGH THIS THING.

BUY REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS"

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU

KNOW?

BUT THAT NEVER SEEMED TO HAPPEN.

IN FACT, THE MORE I PULL ON

THREADS, THE MORE THE LINES WERE

REALLY BLURRED BETWEEN WHAT I

VIEWED AS THE INSANITY I WAS

KIND OF EXPERIENCING AND THE

INSANITY OF THE REAL WORLD.

IN FACT, I WOULD SAY THAT A LOT

OF INSANITY YOU RUN INTO?

IT'S INSANITY, AND YOU CAN SET

IT OVER HERE.

BUT THE INSANITY THAT I WAS

GETTING EXPOSED TO SO MUCH

BLURRED THE LINES BETWEEN REAL

INSANITY AND PERHAPS FAKE

INSANITY THAT THERE WAS REALLY

NO DISTINCTION.

I THINK MY EYES REALLY WERE

OPENING UP AND SEEING THE WORLD

IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

>> I FELT LIKE I FELT BEFORE

WHEN I WAS WATCHING A MOVIE, AND

THE MOVIE ENDED, AND I LEFT THE

MOVIE THEATER.

AND EVERYTHING OUTSIDE SEEMS

BETTER THAN IT DID BEFORE THAT.

LIKE, THE COLORS ARE BRIGHTER,

OR THE WORLD LOOKS LIKE A

DIFFERENT PLACE.

AND I WANTED TO KEEP FEELING

THAT WAY, INSTEAD OF JUST

WALKING AROUND GOING, "WELL, I'M

GOING TO MY JOB.

WELL, I HAVE TO GO DO LAUNDRY."

INSTEAD, I WAS WALKING AROUND

AND LOOKING AT STUFF WITH A

DIFFERENT PURPOSE.

INSTEAD OF JUST TRYING TO GET

FROM POINT "A" TO POINT "B," I

WAS LOOKING FOR CLUES.

TOWARDS THE END OF THE

INDUCTION, ON THE CARD, YOU'RE

INSTRUCTED TO CALL THE

DETECTIVE.

AND WHEN YOU CALL THE DETECTIVE,

HE DROPS A CLUE ABOUT

COOPER ALLEY.

IT TURNS OUT THERE'S A SHRINE TO

SOMEONE NAMED EVA.

SAYS, "WE MISS YOU, EVA."

THEN, AT THAT POINT, YOU'RE

INSTRUCTED TO GO BACK TO THE

BUILDING, AND YOU'RE GIVEN A KEY

TO THIS WALL OF LOCKERS.

THERE'S A TINY, LITTLE PEEPHOLE,

AND INSIDE THERE ARE THESE SORT

OF PARTIAL LETTERS AND NUMBERS

AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN, AT THE VERY END OF THE

CYCLE, IT COMES TOGETHER, AND

IT'S THE SAME FACE THAT WAS IN

THE ALLEY.

ABOUT THE SAME TIME, I GOT A

TEXT MESSAGE SAYING, "TUNE IN TO

RADIO NONCHALANCE IN

UPPER DOLORES PARK."

I ACTUALLY DROVE UP HERE IN MY

CAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A

RADIO.

AND I SAT IN MY CAR FOR ABOUT A

HALF AN HOUR LISTENING TO THIS

STATION.

>> OVER THE COURSE OF AN HOUR,

THERE STRANGE NEWS FACTOIDS.

THERE WAS AN INTERVIEW WITH THE

PROPRIETOR OF THE WORLD'S

SMALLEST POSTAL SERVICE.

THERE WAS TALK OF STRANGE

CONSPIRACY.

THERE WAS A RANT AGAINST

OCTAVIO COLEMAN.

THERE WAS ALL SORTS OF FUN

STUFF.

IT FELT VERY MUCH LIKE LISTENING

TO SOMEONE LIKE ART BELL ON THE

RADIO.

YOU CAN'T TELL IF HE'S FOR REAL

OR NOT.

>> AND NOW CRYPTIC RADIO BRINGS

YOU THE SECRET OF NONCHALANCE.

WHAT IS NONCHALANCE?

AND WHO ARE ITS HIDDEN

FOLLOWERS?

THIS IS YOUR ANNOUNCER,

COMMANDER 14, BROADCASTING FOR

A LIMITED TIME ON THIS SPECIAL

FREQUENCY.

KEEP TUNED FOR VITAL

INFORMATION.

FOLLOW ALONG AS WE DISCLOSE A

WORLD WHOSE SECRET PRESENCE MAY

MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

ENLIGHTENMENT AND TOTAL

INCOMPREHENSION.

AND JUST WHAT DO WE MEAN BY

NONCHALANCE, ANYWAY?

A CASUAL WAY OF SAUNTERING DOWN

THE STREET?

A KIND OF COOL, PERHAPS?

YOU LIKE CARTOONS, DON'T YOU?

OF COURSE YOU DO.

EVERYONE LIKES CARTOONS.

OBSERVE AS OUR ANIMATED

PROTAGONIST STUMBLES BLINDLY

OUT OF BED, DOWN THE STAIRS,

AND OUT THE FRONT DOOR, ONTO A

BUSY STREET.

HE EASILY BUT NARROWLY DODGES

IMPENDING DANGER, SEEMINGLY

WITHOUT EFFORT OR AWARENESS.

BRICKS FROM A CONSTRUCTION SITE

ALMOST BUT DO NOT FALL ON HIM.

AT THE LAST MINUTE, AS HE'S

ABOUT TO STEP INTO AN OPEN

MANHOLE IN THE STREET, HE'S

MIRACULOUSLY SPARED THE FALL.

AND AFTER NUMEROUS SIMILAR

CLOSE CALLS, HIS UNCONSCIOUS

PATH IS TURNED AROUND IN A

REVOLVING DOOR.

AND IN HIS OWN BUILDING, BY

FORTUNATE COINCIDE, HE'S

SOMEHOW RETURNED TO BED,

UNHARMED BY THE END OF THE

CARTOON.

THIS ABILITY, TO BE SUPPORTED

AND GUARDED BY EXTRAORDINARY

GOOD LUCK, IS CALLED

"DIVINE NONCHALANCE."

BY DEFINITION, THE NONCHALANT

IS WONDERFULLY SCATTERED AND

LACKING IN ALL EXTERNAL

DIRECTION.

THE RIDE IS FANTASTIC, BUT THE

DESTINATION REMAINS UNCERTAIN.

>> 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.

>> WELL, THE EPWA's POSITION ON

THE JEJUNE INSTITUTE IS THAT

THEY WERE SELLING FALSE

NONCHALANCE.

AND WHAT THEY MEANT BY THAT, AS

BEST AS I CAN TELL, IS THAT

THAT CREATIVE SPARK WHICH DRIVES

HUMANITY CANNOT BE MARKETED,

CANNOT BE SOLD, CANNOT BE GIVEN

TO YOU IN A BOTTLE.

YOU EITHER HAVE THOSE MOMENTS,

OR YOU DON'T, AND YOU CAN'T

CONTROL IT.

SO, ANYBODY WHO TELLS YOU

OTHERWISE IS SELLING YOU

SOMETHING.

>> ATTENTION!

THIS IS COMMANDER 14 OF

CRYPTIC RADIO.

NONCHALANCE IS ALL AROUND YOU.

WAKE UP!

IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK.

THE FALSE PROPHETS ARE EVEN NOW

CONSOLIDATING THEIR FORCES, AS

THEY DRAW UP THEIR PLANS

AGAINST US.

BEWARE ESPECIALLY THE ONE THE

WORLD CALLS

"OCTAVIO COLEMAN, ESQUIRE," FOR

HE IS IN THE PRESENT ERA THE

MAIN OPPONENT OF NONCHALANCE

AND A CYNICAL AND FIENDISHLY

INSPIRED DEVISOR OF FALSE

NONCHALANCE.

FOUNDER OF THE

JEJUNE INSTITUTE, CHIEF FUNDER

OF THE ALGORITHM, MAIN

PERPETRATOR OF FALSE

NONCHALANCE, CIA OPERATIVE AND

INFORMATION, SABOTEUR AND

PROVOCATEUR

OCTAVIO COLEMAN, ESQUIRE, IS

THE MAN WHO IS BEHIND ALL OF

THE MONITORING, SUBVERSION, AND

SUPPRESSION OF NONCHALANCE.

DURING THE 1980s, COLEMANE.

ILLEGALLY OBTAINED PROTECTED

PATENTS AND LEGAL CONTROL OVER

A SERIES OF INNOVATIVE

PRODUCTS.

TAKING PERSONAL CREDIT FOR

THESE DISCOVERIES, COLEMAN AT

THIS TIME CONSOLIDATED THE

JEJUNE INSTITUTE AS A

LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION.

TODAY, THE INSTITUTE COMMANDS

AN UNHEARD-OF FREEDOM FROM

GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION OR, FOR

THAT MATTER, ANY SUPERIOR

AUTHORITY.

THIS MIGHT HAVE DIRE

CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL OPERATING

NONCHALANCE IN THIS AREA.

>> BASICALLY, WHAT HAD HAPPENED

IS I'D GONE TO THE INSTITUTE,

AND I HAD GONE THROUGH THE FIRST

PHASE AND WAS AMAZED BY IT,

OBVIOUSLY, JUST LIKE YOU SHOULD

BE -- AMAZED AND CONFUSED.

AND ONE DAY, ABOUT A WEEK LATER,

I WAS ON MY LUNCH BREAK FROM

WORK, AND I WALKED DOWN THE

STREET TO PICK UP A SLICE OF

PIZZA.

AND WHEN I CAME BACK, THERE WERE

THE JEJUNE INSTITUTE POSTERS ALL

OVER THE STREET WHERE I JUST

WAS AND ON EVERY SIGN AND ON

EVERY WINDOW.

AND SO, THERE HAD OBVIOUSLY BEEN

MULTIPLE AGENTS IN THE AREA,

FLIER-ING EVERYTHING.

AND SO, I GOT ON MY SKATEBOARD.

I STARTED SKATEBOARDING AROUND

AND TRYING TO FIND WHO WAS

PUTTING UP THESE POSTERS.

AND THEN I DID SEE SOMEONE, AND

I KIND OF APPROACHED HIM, AND I

SAID -- I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS

FOLLOWING HIS NONCHALANCE.

SO, HE KNEW THAT OBVIOUSLY I

KNEW, AND WE STARTED TO TALK.

AND HE TOLD ME TO GIVE HIM HIS

E-MAIL ADDRESS, AND THEN HE

LEFT.

THEY SCHEDULED ME TO COME DOWN

AND HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH

THEM IN THE OFFICES, AND I

DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO

EXPECT.

AND THEY TOLD ME TO DRESS

"NICELY," WHICH OBVIOUSLY FOR ME

CAN MEAN ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT

THINGS.

THEY TOLD ME TO SHOW UP EARLY,

AND I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO

HAPPEN, THAT THERE WAS GOING TO

BE A PROTEST, THAT I WOULD LEAD

IT, AND THAT IT WOULD END AT THE

LiPo LOUNGE.

AND THEY GAVE ME A COUPLE OF

THESE ARMBANDS.

I PUT SOME ON.

THEY HAND ME A BULLHORN AND TOLD

ME, LIKE, THAT THEY'D HOPED I

MEMORIZED ALL THE CHANTS.

AND I'D NEVER -- THERE WAS NO

CHANCE.

SO, I SAID, "YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I KNOW EVERY CHANT.

ALL THE CHANTS I KNOW.

I KNOW EVERY SINGLE CHANT."

AND THEY SAID, "LET'S GO."

HELLO!

>> HI! NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> HELLO!

HOLD THE SIGNS UP HIGH IN THE

AIR.

I WANT TO SEE THEM.

THERE'S SO MUCH ENERGY JUST

COMING RIGHT THROUGH HERE.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY.

>> YOU CAN FEEL IT.

YOU CAN FEEL IT.

FEEL THE ENERGY.

OH, MY GOD, IT FEELS SO GOOD!

GET UP HERE!

GET UP HERE, YOU GUYS.

KEEP ROCKING AND KEEP TRUCKING!

I DIDN'T KNOW -- WHEN THEY SAID,

LIKE, "OH, YEAH, YOU'LL LEAD

IT," I DIDN'T KNOW, LIKE, I WAS

PHYSICALLY GOING TO BE LIKE,

"OH, WE'RE GOING THIS WAY NOW."

SO, I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE

WE WERE GOING.

THERE WAS NO ROUTE ASSIGNMENT

GIVEN TO ME, AND I DON'T LIVE IN

CHINATOWN.

SO, I DON'T KNOW THE BEST WAY

THERE.

SO, WE TOOK THE LONG ROUTE, AND,

OF COURSE, IF YOU WERE THERE,

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

I LED US RIGHT PAST THE

JEJUNE INSTITUTE, AND OBVIOUSLY

OCTAVIO WAS WAITING THERE FOR

US.

AND THEN THEY GAVE ME A

HANDSHAKE, AND THEN I NEVER

TALKED TO ANY OF THEM AGAIN

AFTER THAT.

>> YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY I WOULD

GO TO THIS CHILDREN'S AMUSEMENT

PARK.

IT WAS LIKE LITERALLY A RABBIT

HOLE THAT YOU COULD FALL DOWN

INTO THAT LED YOU TO THESE

DIORAMAS OR THE MAGIC KEY THAT

YOU COULD PUT INTO A STORY BOX,

AND THEN IT SUDDENLY WOULD BE

TELLING YOU A FAIRY TALE.

IT WAS FILLED WITH WONDER AND

FILLED WITH DISCOVERY, AND I

WANTED TO KNOW WHY IS IT

CONTAINED INSIDE THE GATES OF

THIS LITTLE PARK?

AND THEN YOU GO OUT ONTO THE

STREET, AND ALL YOU SEE IS

WALK/DON'T WALK, NO DOGS, OR

THIS WAY OR DO NOT ENTER AND ALL

THESE RULES AND LINES AND

RESTRICTIONS.

AND I WANTED TO CRACK IT, AND I

WANTED TO OPEN IT UP.

AND I THINK IT WAS THIS VERY

SUBCONSCIOUS INFLUENCE FOR ME

THAT THERE SHOULD BE THIS KIND

OF PLAY INFUSED INTO THE

ARCHITECTURE OF OUR REAL WORLD.

PEOPLE WOULD TOTALLY WILLINGLY

ACCEPT THAT THERE WAS A

COCA-COLA OR A McDONALD'S OR A

KOOL CIGARETTE BILLBOARD RIGHT

OUTSIDE THEIR HOME OR THEIR

SCHOOLS, BUT THEY WOULD BE UPSET

BY THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY DID A

PIECE OF STREET ART THERE.

AND THAT SEEMED REALLY

BACKWARDS, AND I WAS WRITING

ESSAYS ABOUT THIS THEORY THAT I

CALLED "THREADS," IN WHICH ALL

KINDS OF MEDIA COULD INTERTWINE

WITH EACH OTHER TO TELL US A

STORY.

AND THAT'S REALLY THE BEGINNING

OF WHAT DEVELOPED INTO

NONCHALANCE.

>> I JUST GRADUATED SCHOOL WITH

MY DEGREE IN SOUND ARTS, AND I

WAS DOING WORK WITH OAKLANDISH,

BOTH DOING SOUND FOR SOME OF

THEIR EVENTS AND JUST SELLING

CLOTHES TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

>> I KNEW OF JEFF.

I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAD MET IN

A WAY THAT EITHER OF US WOULD

REMEMBER, BUT HE'S BEEN VERY

INFLUENTIAL IN KIND OF THE

GRASSROOTS ARTS COMMUNITY IN

OAKLAND FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO, I KNEW OF HIM, BUT IT REALLY

STARTED -- I SAW A POST ON

CRAIGSLIST.

>> THROUGH SOMEONE AT

OAKLANDISH, I HEARD THAT THEY

WERE BUILDING AN AUTOMATED ROOM.

I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE POINT OF

THE AUTOMATED ROOM WAS, BEYOND

CREATE AN INTERESTING

ENVIRONMENT FOR PLAYERS OR

PARTICIPANTS TO ENGAGE IN ON

SOME LEVEL.

>> I MEAN, INITIALLY I WAS HIRED

ON, CONTRACT FOR A SMALL PART OF

THE JOB, AND THEN, WHEN JEFF

ASKED ME TO COME ON FULL-TIME AS

THE LEAD PRODUCER, I STARTED

ASKING A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS

AND BEING A LITTLE NERVOUS.

>> I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I

LEARNED ABOUT THE PROJECT IN THE

WAY A LOT OF PLAYERS LEARNED

ABOUT THE PROJECT, AS THE MORE I

BECAME INVOLVED, THE MORE

QUESTIONS I ASKED.

AND WHEN THOSE QUESTIONS GOT

ANSWERED, A STORY STARTED TO

EMERGE.

>> WORDS LIKE "URBAN PLAYGROUND

MOVEMENT"AND"ALTERNATE-REALITY

GAME," AND IT WAS VERY OPAQUE.

>> I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS...

A GAME THAT YOU PLAY BY GOING

OUT INTO THE CITY AND DOING

THINGS.

AND AS YOU DO THAT, YOU BECOME

PART OF A STORY THAT'S

UNFOLDING IN THE CITY, IN THE

REAL WORLD.

>> WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH

NONCHALANCE IS GIVING PEOPLE A

MISSION AND GIVING PEOPLE

PERMISSION TO BECOME AN AGENT

AND TO EXPLORE THE SPACE IN A

DIFFERENT WAY, TO GO IN AND OUT

FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES

AND TO EXPLORE AND JUST TO

DISCOVER HIDDEN THINGS IN THEIR

ENVIRONMENT.

AND TO PLAY -- ULTIMATELY, TO

BRING SPONTANEITY AND PLAY INTO

OUR CIVIC SPACES.

SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS AN

ACTUAL CULT, AND THEY WERE

AFRAID TO GO TO THE INDUCTION

CENTER.

THEY THOUGHT, "OH, THESE GUYS

ARE LIKE SCIENTOLOGISTS."

AND FOR ME THE SIGNALS WERE OUT

THERE THAT THIS WAS SOME KIND OF

A GAME.

BUT I DEFINITELY, IN THE

BEGINNING, HAD THE INTENTION OF

PEOPLE GOING, "WHAT THE FUCK?!

REALLY?"

OR TO GIVE THE NOTION THAT THIS

WAS TOTALLY, LIKE, MARGINAL

LUNATIC-FRINGE PEOPLE PUTTING UP

THESE FLIERS.

AND SO, OF COURSE, IT ATTRACTED

SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE,

AND WE DEFINITELY GOT SOME

VOICE MAILS THAT WERE CHILLING.

>> I lived in San Francisco for

11 years and had to leave

because of gang-stalking

activities and being

surveillanced and monitored and

all the frequency manipulation,

and it's a really serious thing

to have done to somebody.

And if you seriously want to go

up against them, you need to get

it better together than kind of

these silly ramblings that

honestly don't really make any

sense.

>> WOW!

LIKE... LIKE... LIKE, LITERALLY,

I LISTEN TO THESE MESSAGES AND

GO COLD BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE

WERE ENGAGING WITH THIS.

THIS WAS THEIR REALITY TO THEM.

AND FOR ME IT WAS THIS HUGE

FANTASY.

AND SO THERE WAS THIS BLURRING

OF THE LINES BETWEEN A REAL

FLIER AND REAL VOICE MAILS AND

THEN THE CONTENT, WHICH TO ME

WAS ABSURD BUT TO OTHER PEOPLE

MAYBE WASN'T SO ABSURD.

AND ORGANEIL'S A GREAT EXAMPLE

OF THAT.

>> I SAW A WAY TO PLAY THAT WAS

ENTIRELY NEW, THAT WOULD BRING

TOGETHER STRANGERS UNDER JOYFUL

AND HILARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

I HAD REALIZED THAT A PLACE THAT

HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MUNDANE AND

SORT OF ENEMY TERRITORY -- I.E.,

THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT -- HAD

BEEN "MAGICALIZED."

AND SO, MY HOPE WAS TO HELP A

FEW PEOPLE SEE THAT SOMETHING

REALLY MAGICAL AND UNEXPECTED

COULD COME OUT OF THIS,

SOMETHING REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND,

YOU KNOW, LIFE-CHANGING.

I CREATED A WEB PAGE ABOUT THE

JEJUNE INSTITUTE AND HID IT

INSIDE THE ORGANEIL MATERIAL.

I SAW PEOPLE START SHOWING UP

SUDDENLY, LIKE, TWO OR THREE OF

THEM, WHICH DOESN'T HAPPEN.

AND THESE PEOPLE WERE TALKING

ABOUT THINGS THAT DIDN'T MAKE

ANY SENSE TO ME, THAT I DIDN'T

UNDERSTAND.

THEY WERE CLEARLY FAMILIAR WITH

THIS IDEA OF AN "ARG."

AND THEM TREATING IT LIKE A GAME

OFFENDED ME.

>> HE DEFINITELY WAS SO DEEP

INTO THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE

OFTEN SPOKE OF IT IN SUCH A WAY

THAT A PERSON WASN'T REALLY

QUITE SURE WHERE THEY STOOD WITH

HIM, AS FAR AS WHERE HE DREW THE

LINE.

>> PEOPLE WOULD SAY,

"SOMETHING-SOMETHING GAME," AND

ORGANEIL WOULD SAY, "YOU DON'T

UNDERSTAND.

THIS IS NOT A GAME!

YOU'RE NOT TAKING THIS

SERIOUSLY.

YOU CLEARLY DON'T HAVE THE

VISION.

THIS IS NOT A GAME."

>> HE INSISTED THAT THERE WAS

MORE GOING ON THAT JUST SOME

SORT OF GAME.

WHETHER OR NOT -- I DON'T KNOW

WHAT HE SUSPECTED, BUT I THINK

WE JUST DISAGREED ON THAT POINT.

>> HE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THIS

WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD OR

BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO

REALLY COME TOGETHER AS AN

ORGANIZATION THAT COULD UPLIFT

THE PLANET IN SOME WAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK

THERE'S ANY LIMITS ON THE AMOUNT

OF THINGS YOU COULD DO WITH THIS

KIND OF ARTWORK.

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 THE

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, motherfucker!

>> 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,

ANDSTARTED 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

>> * SOMETHING'S

>> * GOT A HOLD

>> * 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

BOOK ON INTERDIMENSIONAL

HOPSCOTCH SHOULD BE THERE, OF

ALL PLACES.

I STRUCK UP A CONVERSATION WITH

THE OWNER, WHO HAPPENED TO BE

THERE, AND I JUST ASKED HER.

"THIS IS KIND OF ODD THAT YOU

HAVE THIS HERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU HAD THESE

KIND OF ESOTERIC INTERESTS.

AS ONE ACQUAINTANCE TO ANOTHER,

DO YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS THAT

MIGHT BE CONNECTED TO THIS?

DO YOU HAVE ANY...

CAN YOU POINT ME ANY FURTHER?"

AND SHE SAID, "WELL, KELVIN,

I'VE GOT A BOX OF MATERIALS THAT

WOULD PROBABLY INTEREST YOU IN

THE BACK OF THE STORE.

SOME EPHEMERA -- HANDBILLS,

POSTERS, AND SO ON."

BUT DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE

BOX WAS THIS BOOK, WHICH TURNED

OUT TO BE THE DIARY OF

EVA LUCIEN, WHO WAS, IT SEEMED

TO ME, A REALLY EXTRAORDINARY

PERSON.

YOU KNOW, SHE EMBODIED A KIND OF

TRANSCENDENCE AND EPHEMERALITY

OF YOUTH AT THE SAME TIME, AND

THAT WAS REALLY WHAT CAUGHT ME

ABOUT HER.

I HAD NOTICED IN EVA'S DIARIES,

THERE WAS REFERENCES TO THE

S.F. SAVANTS, WHICH WAS A B-BOY

CREW THAT I HAD MAYBE HEARD OF

YEARS AND YEARS AGO.

BUT IT TURNS OUT THEY STILL HAD

A MySpace PAGE.

THESE PEOPLE ARE RELATIVELY

ACCESSIBLE, AND I WAS FORTUNATE

ENOUGH TO GET IN TOUCH WITH

DELSQUI, WHO SUGGESTED -- HE

DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

BUT HE SUGGESTED I GET IN TOUCH

WITH BETH AND GAVE ME AN E-MAIL

ADDRESS.

AND SO, SHE AND I CORRESPONDED

BY E-MAIL A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK SHE COULD SEE THAT I

UNDERSTAND EVA AS SOMEONE MORE

THAN JUST ANOTHER TEENAGER WHO

DISAPPEARS OR ANOTHER HIP FIGURE

OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SCENE OF A

CERTAIN MOMENT, BUT, RATHER, AS

SOMEONE WHO HAD SOMETHING MORE

TO SAY.

AND SO, I EVENTUALLY WORE HER

DOWN.

I KEPT ASKING HER, "DO YOU HAVE

DOCUMENTS?

DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION?

DO YOU HAVE MORE ABOUT THIS

PERSON?"

AND IT TURNS OUT SHE HAD.

>> EVA?

>> YEAH?

WHAT ARE YOU...

YOUR -- YOUR HAIR!

OH, NO!

NO-O, YOU -- OH, MY GOD!

>> IT'S OKAY.

>> ARE YOU SURE?

>> YEAH, IT'S TIME TO GO.

I FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING MY MIND.

LOOK AT THESE FUCKING PAGES.

>> JUST READ ONE.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

IT FREAKS ME OUT TO REFLECT ON

IT.

MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I SOUND

CRAZY.

>> NO. NO, NO.

>> YOU THINK I'M GOING CRAZY?

>> NO.

>> "UP LATE, WHEN I SHOULD BE

SLEEPING, CONSUMED WITH THE

THOUGHT THAT THE WORLD IS NOT AS

IT SHOULD BE.

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I BELIEVED

IN A GOODNESS, A KINDNESS.

YEAH, IT SOUNDS SAPPY, BUT,

REALLY, I FEEL LIKE THINGS WERE

A CERTAIN WAY, AND NOW THERE'S A

DEEP SADNESS OF PAIN.

WAS IT ALWAYS THERE, AND I

COULDN'T ACCESS IT?

IS THIS JUST A SYMPTOM OF

GROWING OLDER?

ONE BECOMES MORE AWARE OF HURT?

WERE MY PARENTS SIMPLY THAT GOOD

AT SHELTERING ME?

DAD WORKED HARD TO RAISE ME BUT

HOW HE SAW FIT.

I ADMIRED HIM SOMETIMES, BUT IT

PISSED ME OFF, TOO.

HE TOLD ME THE WORLD WAS SAFE,

OR AT LEAST I THOUGHT I HAD A

SAFE PLACE IN IT.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO COMPUTE WHEN

PEOPLE JUST VANISH.

HOW AM I TO MAINTAIN FAITH AND

EXPECTATIONS WHEN MY MOTHER'S

FUCKING GONE?"

>> I THINK EVA IN HERSELF

EMBODIED A CERTAIN WAY OF BEING

THAT SUGGESTED THE POTENTIAL FOR

THE WORLD TO BE TRANSFORMED.

SHE WAS FLIRTING ON THE EDGE OF

SOME INSIGHTS INTO HOW REALITY

WORKS.

YOU KNOW, SHE HAD GOT IT, AND

THAT BECAME EITHER AN

INSPIRATION OR A THREAT,

DEPENDING ON HOW YOU UNDERSTAND

IT, TO THE INSTITUTE AND THE

AGENCY.

>> WOW. HOW MANY ARE THERE?

>> ENOUGH.

>> YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE THEM

TONIGHT?

>> I WAS GONNA SAVE THEM.

>> SAVE THEM FOR WHAT?

>> THE WEEKEND?

>> WHY?

>> YOU WANT TO DROP OUT?

YOU DON'T HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW.

>> HEY, WHAT Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT

OVER HERE?

>> NOTHING.

>> OH, Y'ALL TRIPPING AGAIN?

>> NO!

>> EVA, AREN'T YOU ON PROBATION?

>> IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE FUCKING

DOING ACID.

IT'S NOT EVEN REALLY FAIR.

>> WHAT SHIT?

>> NOTHING.

>> * FREESTYLE KICKIN'

IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT *

* MOVE YOUR BODY

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT *

* TO ALL YOU FREAKS,

DON'T STOP THE ROCK *

>> WHOO!

>> YES!

>> * FREESTYLE KICKIN'

IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT *

* MOVE YOUR BODY

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT *

* TO ALL YOU FREAKS,

DON'T STOP THE ROCK *

>> * YEAH

>> CHLOE... GET IT TOGETHER.

>> CHLOE, HOW MANY BEERS...

>> * I FEEL EMOTION

>> CHLOE, YOU'RE DRUNK.

I LIKE IT.

>> * WHAA

>> EVA, YOU OKAY?

WHAT'S GOING ON, GIRL?

>> FUCKIN' COPS!

DUDE, THE COPS ARE GOING!

SHIT!

>> LET'S GO!

EVA, COME ON!

EVA!

>> YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE WAS

SOMETHING MORE TO THE GAMES OF

NONCHALANCE BESIDES SIMPLY A FUN

SCAVENGER HUNT.

RATHER, THAN MAYBE WHOEVER WAS

BEHIND IT WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO

COMMEMORATE EVA IN SOME WAY OR

TRYING TO SHARE WHO SHE WAS WITH

PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND

AROUND THE WORLD, A KIND OF, I

DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE WHOLE

PROJECT, MAYBE THE WHOLE

EXPERIENCE WAS A KIND OF ELEGY

TO EVA AND WHAT SHE REPRESENTED.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THE

"RECONSTRUCTING EVA" PROJECT

CAME OUT OF, BECAUSE I WANTED TO

BE ABLE TO SAY, "WELL, LOOK.

THERE'S THESE PEOPLE PLAYING

THESE GAMES, AND THERE'S A WHOLE

WEALTH OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT

THEY REALLY MEAN."

AT THE TIME, I WAS SEEING A MAN

WHO WAS A POLICE OFFICER, AND HE

QUICKLY LEARNED ABOUT MY

OBSESSION WITH THIS PARTICULAR

TOPIC.

AND I TWISTED HIS ARM A LITTLE

BIT, PROMISED SOME FAVORS IF HE

WOULD HELP OUT AND SEE IF THERE

WAS ANYTHING IN THE POLICE

DEPARTMENT -- ARCHIVES, STORAGE

ROOMS, WHATEVER -- THAT MIGHT

SHED LIGHT ON THIS.

>> MAN, YOU WERE THE LAST ONE TO

SEE EVA, AND WE NEED TO KNOW

EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY.

ON SUNDAY, THE 16th, WHEN AND

WHERE DID YOU FIRST SEE EVA?

>> WE ALWAYS MEET AT THE GARDEN.

>> AND THAT'S THE PLACE YOU

MENTIONED BEFORE, WITH THE

BENCH AND THE PARKING METER.

IS THIS THE SPOT WHERE YOU SAID

NEIL, A LOCAL VAGRANT, WAS

SEEN?

>> UH, YEAH.

>> SO, DID HE EVER TALK TO YOU?

>> NO, BUT HE TALKED TO EVA.

>> AND WHAT DID THEY SAY TO EACH

OTHER?

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

>> WHERE DID YOU SEE THEM

TALKING?

>> UP AT NEIL'S LITTLE SPOT.

WE CALL IT THE "NEIL ESTATE."

>> DID YOU SEE NEIL THERE THE

NIGHT THAT EVA DISAPPEARED?

>> NO, I DIDN'T.

>> DID ANYONE ELSE?

>> WELL, I KNOW THAT THE OTHERS

MIGHT HAVE SEEN HIM THAT NIGHT.

"PLAY TO" DID, I THINK.

>> PLAY TO IT IS, THEN?

>> YEAH.

>> WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL ME

ABOUT THIS NEIL CHARACTER?

DID YOU SEE HIM ON THE EVENING

IN QUESTION?

>> YEAH.

>> SO, I SEEM TO HAVE HEARD THAT

YOU HAD SOME INTERACTION WITH

HIM ON THAT NIGHT YOURSELF.

AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT?

>> NO, I NEVER TALKED TO HIM.

>> TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT

NIGHT.

DID YOU AT ANY POINT IN THE

EVENING SEE EVA TALK TO NEIL?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

>> BUT YOU DID SEE HIM THAT

NIGHT.

>> YEAH, MAN.

HE WAS HANGING OUT AROUND THE

STONE WALL.

WE SEEN THE DUDE DIPPING AROUND

THAT WALL ALL THE TIME.

>> DIPPING AROUND?

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING DOWN,

POKING AROUND THE CREVICES

BETWEEN THE ROCKS, LOOKING BACK

UP AGAIN.

>> DOING WHAT?

>> DOING WHAT HE DOES.

BEING A WEIRDO.

>> SO, IT WAS JUST YOURSELF,

EVA, AND CHLOE AROUND THAT

POINT.

IS ANYBODY ELSE THERE?

NO ONE ELSE, LIKE, FOR

INSTANCE, THIS NEIL CHARACTER?

>> NO.

>> SO, WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

>> THE POLICE WERE COMING UP THE

HILL, AND WE RAN.

BUT -- BUT WHEN I WENT AND

HID -- WHEN I GOT THERE, I WAS

HIDING, AND SHE WAS GONE.

CHLOE JUST KEPT RUNNING.

SHE JUST KEPT RUNNING.

AND I THOUGHT SHE WENT HOME,

AND I WAS, LIKE, HIDING AND

WHISPERING, "Eva, Eva."

SHE DIDN'T ANSWER.

I WAS THERE FOREVER, BUT THEN I

JUST FIGURED SHE WENT HOME.

SO, EVENTUALLY, I WENT HOME,

TOO.

>> DID ANYTHING ELSE HAPPEN ON

YOUR WAY HOME?

DID YOU SEE ANYONE?

ANYTHING UNUSUAL?

>> NO.

>> SO, THE OBVIOUS QUESTION WAS,

"WHAT HAPPENED TO HER, AND WHY

IS SHE THE POINT AT WHICH THESE

TWO ORGANIZATIONS KIND OF

CONFLICT OR MEET?"

HER FATHER, BLAIR LUCIEN, AS IT

TURNS OUT, WAS A KIND OF, I

DON'T KNOW,

SCIENTIST/MYSTICIST/INVENTOR.

AND HE HAD CREATED THIS THING

CALLED THE ALGORITHM, WHICH HE

THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A VERY

POWERFUL WAY OF HELPING HUMANITY

ASCEND TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

AND BLAIR LUCIEN'S A REAL

PERSON, AND HE HAD A REAL HOUSE,

IN WEST BERKELEY, IN THE '70s

AND '80s.

AND I DID A LITTLE SNOOPING

ABOUT HIS PROPERTY RECORDS AND

JUST ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF

THE HOUSE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IT TURNS OUT THIS PARTICULAR

HOUSE HAS A BASEMENT, A REAL

UNDERGROUND BASEMENT, WHICH YOU

DON'T REALLY FIND IN THE BAY

AREA HARDLY AT ALL.

HERE I WAS, SPENDING A LOT OF

TIME, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO

BLAIR LUCIEN WAS, WHAT'S THE

MEANING OF HIS SPECIAL BASEMENT?

HOW DO YOU INTERPRET THE FACT

THAT THE ALGORITHM IS CLEARLY

WITH THE JEJUNE INSTITUTE AND

THERE'S AN ARTIFACT THAT MAKES

IT WORK THAT IS SOMEWHERE ELSE?

THAT ARTIFACT BEING THE CRYSTAL

OSCILLATOR.

BY THIS POINT, I WAS REALLY AT A

PLACE WHERE I COULDN'T TELL

WHERE THE GAME ENDED AND

REALITY BEGAN.

I'M NOT PROUD OF IT, BUT I BROKE

INTO A FAMILY'S HOUSE, WENT INTO

THEIR BASEMENT.

AND IN THEIR BASEMENT, AS IT

TURNED OUT, THERE WAS THIS DOOR

THAT KIND OF LED OFF SOMEWHERE.

AND I DIDN'T PICK THE LOCK.

I ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF SMASHED

THE DOOR DOWN.

AND BEHIND IT WAS THIS TUNNEL.

THERE WAS A DROP-OFF, AND THEN

THERE WAS A TUNNEL FULL OF

WATER.

AND I WENT DOWN THERE, AND I

STARTED FOLLOWING IT.

I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A

FLASHLIGHT.

I JUST USED MY CELLPHONE LIGHT.

AND I ENDED UP GETTING LOST.

I HAVE A KIND OF SEA OF MEMORIES

AND SOUNDS AND DARKNESS THAT WAS

RELIEVED BY THE PLAYERS WHO

FOUND ME, TO BE HONEST.

>> I WAS ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN

A RESCUE OF KELVIN WILLIAMS.

HE HAD GONE MISSING FOR A LONG

TIME, AND HIS WEBSITE, HIS BLOG,

WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE

ELSEWHERE PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY.

>> "YOUR MISSION IS TO FIND AND

RETRIEVE KELVIN WILLIAMS AND, IF

POSSIBLE, RECOVER THE CRYSTAL

OSCILLATOR.

IF KELVIN WILLIAMS HAS IT IN HIS

POSSESSION ALREADY, HE'LL KNOW

WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

BUT, PRIMARILY, YOU NEED TO

HELP HIM GET OUT OF THE

UNDERGROUND.

YOU'RE HERE, AND YOU NEED TO GET

OVER HERE AND THEN FIND THE

CREEK BED AND FOLLOW IT

DOWNSTREAM INTO THE SUBTERRANEAN

LABYRINTH.

BE FOREWARNED -- SHIT GETS WEIRD

DOWN THERE.

GO THROUGH THE SECOND OPEN

PORTAL TO YOUR RIGHT.

IF YOU HIT 850, YOU'VE GONE TOO

FAR."

DOWN HERE.

>> SO, THAT'S A MAP OF

UNDERGROUND.

>> YEAH.

>> HOLY FUCK.

>> THAT WAS TERRIFYING, YEAH.

WE WERE ASKED TO GO DOWN INTO

THESE STORM DRAINS UNDER THE

STREETS OF BERKELEY TO RESCUE

KELVIN.

AND IT WAS VERY EARLY IN THE

SPRINGTIME.

THERE WAS STILL QUITE A BIT OF

WINTER RUNOFF IN THE PIPES.

IN ORDER TO GET TO THE TUNNELS,

YOU HAD TO GO ALONG THIS PARK,

GO DOWN INTO THIS RIVER.

SO, WE WERE THIS DEEP IN WATER.

SOAKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH RIGHT

FROM THE BEGINNING.

AND THEN, WHEN WE GOT TO THE

TUNNELS, THERE WAS WATER RUSHING

PAST US.

SO, SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE

COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON, WE HAD

TO HOLD ONTO THE SIDES OF THE

TUNNEL TO KEEP FROM SLIDING DOWN

INTO THE WATER, TO THE RUNOFF.

AND IT'S THESE OLD BRICK TUNNELS

AT SOME POINT.

SO, THERE WAS WEIRD SOUNDS BEING

PIPED IN FROM ALL THESE SIDE

TUNNELS AND STRANGE

NOTATIONS WRITTEN IN CHALK ON

ALL THE WALLS.

AND A LOT OF THEM SAID, LIKE,

"LOOK BEHIND YOU."

SO, WE WERE CONSTANTLY -- I

THINK I WAS EVEN BRINGING UP THE

REAR MOST OF THE TIME.

SO, I WAS CONSTANTLY LOOKING

BEHIND ME AND TRYING NOT TO SLIP

AND TRYING NOT TO HIT MY HEAD,

BECAUSE THE TUNNEL WAS 5 FOOT

SOMETHING OR OTHER.

SO, I WAS CROUCHED DOWN THE

WHOLE TIME, INCREDIBLY

COMFORTABLE OF HEARING THE

SOUNDS OF HOOTING OF THE JEJUNE

GOONS.

SO, I IMAGINED THOSE BLACK-CLAD

CREATURES COMING UP AND JUST

GRABBING ME FROM BEHIND THE

WHOLE TIME.

SO, IT WAS A GAME.

IT'S PART OF A GAME, BUT AT THAT

TIME, AT THAT MOMENT, IT REALLY

DIDN'T FEEL LIKE A GAME ANYMORE.

IT WAS GENUINELY SCARY, YEAH.

>> HOLY SHIT.

THAT TUNNEL WASN'T VERY FUN.

>> HI.

>> HI.

HOW DID -- HOW DID YOU FIND THIS

PLACE?

>> THE HOLLOWS HAD SENT US.

>> WHERE DID THIS TUNNEL COME

FROM?

I CAME FROM THE OTHER WAY.

AND THERE'S A CHAMBER AND...

GET ME OUT OF HERE.

SOMEWHERE BACK THERE...

>> HIDDEN?

>> ...THE TUNNELS GO THE OTHER

WAY, AND IT WAS IN A CHAMBER.

WANT TO SEE IT?

>> YEAH.

HEY.

>> MAYBE WE SHOULD WAIT TILL WE

GET OUT.

>> I DON'T KNOW...

>> WHOA.

>> ...WHAT TO MAKE OF IT, BUT

THAT'S IT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.

IT'S IN A CRYSTAL.

>> AND WITHOUT THIS, THE

ALGORITHM'S USELESS.

>> I GUESS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S FORM A LITTLE BODYGUARD

PARTY AROUND HIM AND THE

CRYSTAL.

>> EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT

SOMEWHERE IS.

IF I SAY "SAN FRANCISCO," MOST

PEOPLE KNOW WHAT I'M REFERRING

TO.

OR, AT LEAST, THEY THINK THEY

DO.

THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF HERE AND AN

IDEA OF THERE.

IN OTHER WORDS, "HERE" IS THE

PLACE WE ARE, AND "THERE" IS THE

PLACE WE ARE NOT.

ELSEWHERE IS A KIND OF MAGICAL

BETWEEN.

A HUMAN BEING, SOMEONE LIKE EVA,

WITH THE RIGHT UNDERSTANDING,

CAN TAKE THE SEED WITHIN THEM

AND BECOME A DOORWAY TO

ELSEWHERE.

I SUSPECTED THAT EVA'S DEEP

CAPACITIES TO USE THIS SEED TO

TRANSFORM OUR REALITY IN WAYS

THAT WE WERE UNPREPARED FOR WAS

THE REASON WHY SHE WAS PURSUED

AND ALSO THE REASON WHY SHE

DISAPPEARED.

IT WAS MY SUSPICION THAT

SOMEBODY BECAME AWARE OF THIS

GIRL'S CAPACITY TO INTRODUCE

UNEXPECTED NOVELTY INTO

SITUATIONS THAT SEEMED OTHERWISE

FROZEN.

AND I FEEL THEY WERE INTENT ON

CO-OPTING THESE ABILITIES FOR

THE SAKE OF CORPORATE, MILITARY,

OR CULTLIKE GOALS.

AND THUS, SHE HAD TO ARRANGE TO

PUT HERSELF IN A POSITION WHERE

SHE WOULD BE INACCESSIBLE TO

PEOPLE WHO SHE WOULD BE

OTHERWISE UNABLE TO EVADE AND

THAT SHE REMAINS, I THINK, IN A

SUSPENSION, A KIND OF SUSPENDED

PLACE, A PLACE OF SUSPENDED

TIME, IDENTITY, AND LOCATION, A

PLACE WHICH WE USE THE TERM

"ELSEWHERE" TO REFER TO.

>> SO, AS FOR -- EVEN BEFORE IT

STARTED, I WAS REALLY EXCITED

FOR IT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY TOOK

PLACE IN OAKLAND INSTEAD OF

SAN FRANCISCO, AND I LIVE IN

OAKLAND.

AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE HOME TURF

FOR ME.

AND WHEN I FOUND OUT IT WAS AT

THE CHAPEL OF THE CHIMES, I WAS

EVEN MORE EXCITED, BECAUSE IT'S

THIS BEAUTIFUL -- IT'S LIKE A

MAUSOLEUM.

IT HOUSES, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY

LIKE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE'S ASHES.

BUT ALL THE URNS ARE BOOKS.

SO, YOU WALK IN, AND IT'S LIKE

TREES AND PLANTS INSIDE.

THERE'S, LIKE, LITTLE CORRIDORS

AND LITTLE ALCOVES, AND THEY

EACH HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES, LIKE,

"CHAPEL OF SPIRITUALITY."

THEY ALL HAVE THESE REALLY

AMAZING NAMES.

AND IT'S ALSO RIGHT NEXT TO THE

MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY, WHICH

MIGHT BE ONE OF THE OLDEST

CEMETERIES IN OAKLAND, AND IT'S

JUST REALLY BEAUTIFUL, AND I'VE

ALWAYS GONE THERE TO JUST HANG

OUT OR WRITE OR...

BE LIKE "EMO" OR SOMETHING BY

THE GRAVEYARD.

I DON'T KNOW.

WE HAD GOTTEN ASSIGNED INTO

GROUPS, AND EACH OF US GOT

MAILED A POSTCARD.

AND THE POSTCARD GAVE US A

DIRECTION.

AND THEN THEY GAVE US, LIKE, A

LINE THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO

SAY AT A CERTAIN POINT.

BUT IT WAS ALL REALLY VAGUE, AND

WE WEREN'T SURE HOW IT ALL TIED

TOGETHER.

THE MEETING SPOT WAS NOT AT THE

CHAPEL OF THE CHIMES.

IT WAS A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY.

AND THE WHOLE GROUP MET UP.

A LOT OF US HAD NEVER MET

BEFORE, AND SO, IT WAS REALLY

COOL TO, LIKE, MEET OTHER PEOPLE

THAT HAD BEEN INVOLVED.

OR MAYBE I'D ONLY, LIKE, SEEN

THEM ONLINE.

LIKE, I HAD NO IDEA.

THERE WERE, LIKE, MARKINGS ON

THE GROUND, I THINK, THAT WE

FOLLOWED, AND EVENTUALLY WE

ENDED UP AT THE

CHAPEL OF THE CHIMES.

>> YEAH, THERE IT IS -- 4499,

CHAPEL OF THE CHIMES.

>> LET'S JUST FIND THE COMPASS.

>> COMPASS, COMPASS, COMPASS.

OH, FOUND IT!

NORTH -- THAT WAY.

ALL RIGHT. NOW WHAT?

>> "ASSEMBLE, THEN TAKE NOTES

AND EMBARK UPON COMPLETION.

ENTER UNDER AND THY COMING IN."

>> "AND THY COMING IN."

>> OH! OH!

ALL RIGHT.

NOW IT SAYS ONE OF YOU HAS TO

DIE.

>> "AND FIND THE PATIENCE."

>> "PATIENCE COURT."

>> "PATIENCE COURT."

>> THE WORD "PATIENCE" IS ON

THIS DOOR.

AND THEN "PLAY."

>> PLAY.

>> WHAT COULD THAT MEAN?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

>> PATIENCE...

PATIENCE...

PATIENCE.

YOU FOUND ME.

WELCOME, MY FRIENDS.

I KNOW YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT

ME, BUT ISN'T IT CLEAR NOW THAT

I'VE BEEN WHERE I WAS ALWAYS

MEANT TO BE?

AND YOU...

YOU'VE TRAVELED SUCH A LONG WAY

TO ARRIVE HERE TODAY.

YOU CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS

HAPPEN.

I AM SO MOVED.

I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO

FULLY TAKE IT IN, LOOK AROUND,

CONTEMPLATE OUR SURROUNDINGS

NOW -- THE STONE AND THE TILE,

THE LIGHT THROUGH THE STAINED

GLASS.

YOU'VE ALL ARRIVED HERE FOR A

REASON.

EACH ONE OF US PLAYED OUR PART.

NOW...

ARE WE READY TO CONTINUE OUR

VOYAGE?

ABOVE THE DOOR, DO YOU SEE

MASON?

RETRIEVE THE VASE THAT IS BY

MASON ABOVE THE DOOR.

PAIR UP WITH THE PERSON NOT

HOLDING A BLINDFOLD WHO IS

CLOSEST TO YOUR HEIGHT.

NOW...

BLINDFOLD THAT PERSON.

YOU'VE LOST ONE OF YOUR SENSES,

AND YOU'LL NEED TO REPLACE

THAT...

WITH TRUST.

>> I WAS AT THE FRONT OF THE

LINE, AND WE ALL HAD OUR

BLINDFOLDS ON AND HAD, LIKE, NO

IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT.

AND SUDDENLY THIS, LIKE, HAND

JUST REACHES OUT AND GRABS MY

HAND.

AND IT REALLY JUST KIND OF TOOK

MY BREATH AWAY.

AND DURING THE WHOLE, WHEN YOU

TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE,

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND

EVA AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HER, IT

WAS, LIKE, PHYSICALLY -- WELL,

IN MY MIND, IT WAS, LIKE,

PHYSICALLY EVA, LIKE, LEADING

ME, LIKE, HOLDING MY HAND.

AND THAT'S WHEN I KIND OF -- I

KIND OF LOST IT, AND I WAS,

LIKE, SILENTLY CRYING, LIKE,

UNDERNEATH MY BLINDFOLD.

AND THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF

ELSEWHERE HAS JUST BEEN REALLY

SPECIAL TO ME.

I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THIS WORLD IS

MISSING SOMETHING, LIKE THERE'S

SOME SPARK THAT I WANT IT TO

HAVE.

THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE I'M

CONSTANTLY SEARCHING FOR IN MY

EVERYDAY LIFE, AND UM...

THE CONCEPT OF ELSEWHERE IS,

LIKE, THAT'S -- THAT'S IT.

LIKE, THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO BE.

THAT'S WHERE THERE'S POSSIBILITY

AND IMAGINATION.

I'M SORRY.

UM...

WELL, LONG STORY SHORT, I GOT

"ELSEWHERE" TATTOOED ON MYSELF

AS KIND OF A LITTLE MEMENTO, BUT

I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M CRYING!

SORRY!

UM...

LIKE, MEANINGLESS COINCIDENCES

REALLY MEAN A LOT TO ME, AND I

JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S

SOMETHING, THERE'S SOMETHING OUT

THERE GUIDING THAT.

THE FEELING THAT I HAD THAT DAY

JUST KIND OF SUMMED UP

EVERYTHING THAT I HAD DONE.

THAT FEELING THAT YOU GET WHEN

YOU FIND A CLUE OR SOMETHING, OR

YOU MAKE THE CONNECTION OF WHAT

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO NEXT --

THAT, LIKE, SPLIT SECOND OF,

LIKE, CONNECTION.

LIKE, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE

ELSEWHERE.

THAT'S WHAT'S AWESOME.

>> BASICALLY, A COUPLE MONTHS

BEFORE THE YEAR WAS OUT, WE HAD,

THE COMPANY -- JEFF -- HAD COME

TO A DECISION THAT BUDGET NEEDED

TO BE SEVERELY CUT FOR THE NEW

YEAR, AND THAT WAS SIMPLY IN THE

MONTHS TO SET UP AN ENDING TO

IT, 'CAUSE THERE WAS ALWAYS AN

INTENTION TO CREATE AN ENDING.

>> JEFF AND I TALKED, AND IT

STARTED SMALL, IN TERMS OF,

"WELL, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SET AN END

DATE, BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T

AFFORD TO KEEP RUNNING IT."

>> THE WIND DOWN WAS BEGINNING

IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.

IT BECAME VERY REAL THAT THIS

WAS GOING TO HAVE AN END DATE,

AND THAT THAT END DATE WAS GOING

TO BECOME HARD SOON.

>> AND IT REALLY WAS JUST A CASE

OF THE ART WAS THE MOST

IMPORTANT THING, AND THE

BUSINESS OF IT GOT IN THE WAY.

>> IT WAS RIGHT AT THAT TIME

THAT I WAS APPROACHED BY

GEORDIE AITKEN, A

LEADERSHIP-TRAINING PERSON FOR

CORPORATE TEAM-BUILDING

EXERCISES IN CANADA.

AND HE WANTED TO MEET, AND WE

JUST GOT ALONG.

IT WAS, LIKE, FAST FRIENDS

INSTANTLY.

>> IT WAS, WHAT DO THEY SAY, A

"BROMANCE" FROM THE BEGINNING

AND A BEAUTIFUL ONE AT THAT.

NOT 'CAUSE JEFF IS BEAUTIFUL

PHYSICALLY.

I MEAN...

NOT THAT HE'S NOT BEAUTIFUL

PHYSICALLY, FOR SURE, BUT WHAT

I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, IT HAS

NOTHING TO DO WITH PHYSICAL

BEAUTY.

>> WE HAD THIS SHARED KNOWLEDGE

OF THE HISTORY OF THE SELF-HELP

MOVEMENT, AND HE HAD THIS

APPRECIATION FOR MY CRAFT, AND I

RECOGNIZED IN HIM THIS REALLY

CHARISMATIC, COMPELLING, AND

VERY SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED

PERSON IN THIS REALM.

>> I JUST DO WHAT I DO.

I LEAD GROUPS.

I'M USED TO RESISTANT PEOPLE AND

CYNICS, AND I'M COMFORTABLE

MOVING INTO FICTIONAL ROLES OR

DIFFERENT PERSONA IN ORDER TO

FACILITATE AN EXPERIENCE, 'CAUSE

SOMETIMES -- FOR INSTANCE, IN

THE NINJA-TRAINING WORK I DO, I

MOVE INTO THIS SORT OF SENSEI

ROLE, WHICH REQUIRES A KIND OF

DIFFERENT SLANT ON MY NORMAL

PERSONALITY.

>> WHEN PEOPLE FIRST ENTERED THE

INDUCTION CENTER, IT MADE THEM

NERVOUS.

IT FREAKED THEM OUT A LITTLE

BIT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW

WHERE THE FICTION WAS AND WHERE

THE REALITY WAS.

AND THAT WAS THE TENSION THAT WE

THOUGHT WAS REALLY RICH, WAS

REALLY COMPELLING.

>> AND BRINGING A CLIMACTIC

CONCLUSION TO THE STORY THROUGH

OPPOSITION SEEMED ALMOST, TO

HIM, TRITE OR TOO PAT OR MAYBE

TOO EASY.

IT WAS JUST TOO EASY.

>> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET ALL

THESE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, AND

THEY'RE EXPECTING IT TO BE THIS

BIG SCIENCE-FICTION FANTASY, AND

YOU JUST HOLD A SEMINAR...

ALL DAY...

ALL DAY LONG.

>> WELL, THERE WAS SO MUCH

LEAD-UP TO THE SEMINAR.

WE WERE TO RUN A COVERT

OPERATION AT THE PRESCREENING,

AT THE HOTEL ROOM.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LOOK FOR

THESE LITTLE BIO-FORCE GLOBES.

>> EVERYONE WAS TOLD TO STEAL --

IT WAS CALLED A BIO-FORCE

GLOBE -- FROM A BOWL IN THE

ROOM.

AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS

THING THAT OPERATED THE

VITAL-ORBIT FORCEFIELD THAT WAS

GOING TO DESTROY THE

JEJUNE INSTITUTE ONCE AND FOR

ALL AND BRING THEIR "JEJUNERY"

TO LIGHT.

>> YOU KNOW, BRINGING THIS GUY

DOWN DIDN'T SEEM LIKE SUCH AN

AWFUL THING.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE PUT AN END

TO A CULT THAT'S POTENTIALLY

RUINING PEOPLE'S LIVES, YOU

KNOW, LET'S DO THAT.

>> HELLO.

>> HELLO!

>> HOW MAY I HELP YOU?

>> I'M HERE FOR THE

PRESCREENING.

>> AND YOUR NAME, PLEASE?

>> MARK.

>> MARK ELLIS?

>> MM-HMM.

>> PLUS ONE?

>> NO.

>> OKAY.

>> DO YOU HAVE A TWIN?

>> NO.

>> OH.

PLEASE HAVE A SEAT...

...ON THE CUSHIONED CHAIR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> NOW...

THIS IS A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD

PROCESS.

>> MM-HMM.

>> I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A FEW

QUESTIONS.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME READINGS.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A

VIDEO.

HOW DOES THAT SOUND?

>> SOUNDS GOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS

GET YOU WIRED IN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> IT'S A COMPLETELY PAINLESS,

NONINVASIVE PROCEDURE.

JUST LEAN YOUR HEAD FORWARD.

THANK YOU.

ARE YOU LEFT- OR RIGHT-HANDED?

>> I'M RIGHT-HANDED.

>> I NEED YOUR LEFT INDEX

FINGER, PLEASE.

PLEASE PUT YOUR ATTENTION HERE.

>> MM-HMM.

>> WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

>> MARK ELLIS.

>> WHERE WERE YOU BORN, MARK?

>> IN WALNUT CREEK.

>> WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?

>> MARTINEZ.

>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN

PARTICIPATING WITH THE

INSTITUTE?

>> FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.

>> HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED A

LUCID DREAM?

>> YES.

>> HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED A LUCID

DREAM WITHIN THE PAST YEAR?

>> I THINK SO, YEAH.

>> WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS?

>> HMM... MAYBE NOT.

>> ARE YOU DREAMING NOW?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

>> HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED

DéJà VU?

>> YES.

HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED DéJà VU

WITHIN THE PAST YEAR?

>> YES.

>> WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS?

>> YES.

>> PAST THREE MONTHS?

>> MAYBE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO.

THERE'S NO RIGHT OR WRONG WAY TO

EXPERIENCE THIS VIDEO.

HOWEVER, IT IS EXTREMELY

IMPORTANT THAT YOU GIVE THE

VIDEO YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

>> YES.

IS THAT IT?

>> I DON'T KNOW. IS THAT IT?

>> I DON'T KNOW. IS THAT IT?

>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR

PRESCREENING PROCESS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ENJOY YOUR DAY.

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO, I DID GET ONE OF THESE.

IT LOOKS LIKE A FLOWER BUD --

PRETTY COOL, THOUGH.

WELL, THAT'S IT.

I'M DONE.

HELLO.

>> HELLO.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> YOUR NAME AGAIN, PLEASE?

>> MARK.

>> MARK. YOUR LAST NAME?

>> ELLIS.

>> MARK ELLIS?

DID YOU DREAM LAST NIGHT?

>> YES.

>> EXCELLENT.

ARE YOU READY FOR TODAY'S EVENT?

>> YES.

>> PERFECT.

>> WELCOME, MARK.

>> THANK YOU.

SO, THE DAY OF THE SEMINAR, A

LOT OF US HAD OUR BIO-FORCE

GLOBE THINGS.

>> THE EPWA WAS GOING TO GIVE US

THE POWER TO TAKE DOWN THE

JEJUNE INSTITUTE.

>> WE WOULD ALL DO JAZZ HANDS,

AND COMMANDER 14 WOULD SHOW UP.

MAYBE EVEN EVA WOULD SHOW UP.

AND HOORAY, WE'RE THE TRIUMPHANT

ONES, YOU KNOW?

GO GET DRUNK. I DON'T KNOW.

>> I SEE YOU.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE ALL HERE.

I'M HERE.

WE'RE HERE.

AREN'T WE?

WE ARE HERE.

I AM ANTOINE, AND WELCOME TO

SOCIO-REENGINEERING 2011.

>> WELCOME TO

SOCIO-REENGINEERING 2011,

BROUGHT TO YOU BY

THE JEJUNE INSTITUTE, LLC.

THIRTY-TWO YEARS AGO, THE VERY

FIRST SOCIO-REENGINEERING

SEMINAR TOOK PLACE AT

SLIDE RANCH RETREAT CENTER ON

THE DRAMATIC COASTLINE OF

MARIN COUNTY.

ONCE A DECADE, WE HAVE

CONTINUED ON IN THE TRADITION

ESTABLISHED AT THAT FIRST

MONUMENTAL EVENT.

TODAY, YOU ARE HERE TO

PARTICIPATE IN THAT LEGACY.

OF MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO

EMERGE FROM THAT HISTORIC

WEEKEND, THERE WAS A PARTICULAR

UNION ESTABLISHED.

IT WAS THE ROMANTIC CONNECTION

BETWEEN INSTITUTE RESEARCHERS

EZRA LOGAN AND

MRS. TONI HAPUIS, WHICH

CONTINUES TO BURN BRIGHTLY TO

THIS DAY.

FROM THIS COSMIC SPARK, A CHILD

WAS CONCEIVED THAT WEEKEND BY

THE NAME OF ANTOINE LOGAN, A

SHINING LIGHT IN THE MOVEMENT.

ANTOINE BECAME A YOUNG

PROTéGé OF OCTAVIO COLEMAN,

ESQUIRE.

SPENDING HIS FORMATIVE YEARS

UNDER HIS CLOSE TUTELAGE,

TODAY, WE WILL HAVE THE

SINGULAR PLEASURE OF

EXPERIENCING ANTOINE LOGAN IN

ALL OF HIS

VISION, STRENGTH, AND WISDOM,

AS ESTABLISHED THROUGH HIS

CAREFUL APPLICATION OF THE

JEJUNE METHOD.

>> FEEL YOUR BODY.

FEEL THE GRAVITY AS IT PULLS YOU

TO THE GROUND.

WE ARE MATERIAL.

WE ARE FULL OF JUDGMENTS.

FALL IN LOVE WITH WHAT'S

POSSIBLE.

SYNTHESIS ALLOWS US TO PLOW

FORWARD AND TO DO THE HARD WORK

OF REALLY LEARNING ABOUT EACH

OTHER, WHICH MOVES TO A PLACE WE

CALL "HIGH PERFORMANCE."

THE LAYERS OF OUR PERSONALITY

ARE PREDICTABLE.

WE CALL IT ARMOR BECAUSE WHEN WE

HOLD ON TO HOW WE SEE THINGS,

WHEN WE HOLD TIGHT TO OUR

HABITUAL WORLD VIEW AND

OPINIONS, WE BECOME QUITE RIGID.

OFTEN, OUR CHARACTER ARMOR, THAT

HABITUAL WAY OF SEEING AND

OPERATING, GETS IN THE WAY OF

BECOMING WHO WE NEED TO BE.

THE WISDOM BODY SPEAKS IN THESE

SORTS OF GAMES, YOU KNOW?

>> HE HAD US DO THESE

DEEP-BREATHING EXERCISES AND

GOING, "MMM."

AND APPARENTLY -- I WASN'T THERE

TO WITNESS THIS -- BUT

APPARENTLY WE TOOK A BATHROOM

BREAK, AND HE WAS STANDING AT

ONE OF THE URINALS GOING, "MMM."

>> THERE WAS A BREAK, AND AFTER

HE CAME BACK FROM THE BREAK,

THEY WERE SETTING OUT GLASSES OF

HOT WATER.

AND WE'RE LIKE, "OH, MY GOD,

THIS IS LIKE WHEN THEY'RE GONNA

MAKE DRINK THE KOOL-AID.

LIKE, MAYBE THIS IS -- MAYBE

WE'VE BEEN, LIKE, FOOLED ALL

ALONG.

MAYBE THIS IS A CULT, AND WE'RE

ALL ABOUT TO DIE."

>> OH, SOME OF YOU BROUGHT

SOMETHING WITH YOU.

TAKE IT OUT NOW.

TAKE IT OUT.

IT'S OKAY.

IT'S OKAY.

>> HE JUST KEPT ON TRYING TO GET

US TO PUT THE BALLS IN THE

WATER.

HE'S LIKE, "PUT THEM IN YOUR

CUP."

AND WE'RE LIKE, "NO!"

'CAUSE INSIDE, WE'RE LIKE,

"WE'RE ON THE EPWA SIDE."

LIKE, WE CAN'T BETRAY THEM, YOU

KNOW?

BUT EVENTUALLY PEOPLE STARTED

PUTTING THE TEA IN THE WATER.

I PUT MINE IN AND IMMEDIATELY

REGRETTED IT.

I WAS LIKE, "GOD, I LET THEM GET

TO ME."

>> THE KEY IN THAT MOMENT WAS I

DIDN'T RESIST THEIR RESISTANCE.

MY UNFLAPPABILITY HELPED SEDUCE

SOME OF THE WEAKER ONES INTO

PUTTING THEIR ORB INTO THE TEA.

AND IT HELPED PROVOKE THE MORE

STRIDENT PARTICIPANTS INTO

GREATER AND GREATER LEVELS OF

RESISTANCE, WHICH BECAME A

COMEDY IN ITSELF, TO THE POINT

WHERE SOMEONE SAYS, "WHY SHOULD

WE DO IT?"

AND I SAY...

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE MAKE TEA.

AND EVERYONE GOT IT, BECAUSE THE

LAUGHTER RIPPLED THROUGH THE

ROOM.

AND IN THAT MOMENT, EVEN DESPITE

THEMSELVES, EVERYONE GOT THE

COMEDY.

I DON'T KNOW.

THE ABSURDIST TRUTH CUT THROUGH

THE LEVELS OF REALITY, AND

SUDDENLY THE GAME MERGED WITH

THE PRESENT MOMENT.

ALTER EGOS MERGED WITH REAL

IDENTITIES, AND EVERYONE HAD A

LAUGH.

AHH!

MMM.

>> * THERE'S A PARTY

IN THE HOUSE,

AND WE'LL BE ROCKING TONIGHT *

* SO, BRING YOUR BODY

WITH YOU, BABY,

AND I'LL MAKE YOU FEEL RIGHT *

* IT'S A FREAKY CELEBRATION

OF A NATURAL KIND *

* AND THE PLEASURE

YOU'LL EXPERIENCE

WILL BLOW YOUR MIND *

>> I PARTICIPATED IN ALL OF THE

DANCING AND ROLLING AROUND ON

THE FLOOR AND STUFF.

>> THERE WAS A MOMENT WHERE WE

HAD A VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH A

DOLPHIN, AND EVERYONE ACTED LIKE

THEY KNEW WHAT HE WAS SAYING,

OR AT LEAST EVERYBODY ON THE

JEJUNE INSTITUTE STAFF.

>> THE SEMINAR ENDED WITH ALL OF

US GETTING UNDER THREE BIG

PARACHUTES AND DOING ONE OF

THOSE GROUP EXERCISES WHERE YOU

BRING THE PARACHUTE UP AND LET

IT FALL DOWN AND BRING IT UP AND

LET IT FALL DOWN.

AND THEN YOU SORT OF GET INTO

THIS WOMBLIKE STATE, WHERE

YOU'RE LAYING DOWN.

AND CAROLEE WAS RIGHT NEXT TO

ME.

I FELT VERY SAFE.

AND RIGHT THEN, SOMEBODY FROM

THE JEJUNE INSTITUTE EITHER

MOVED A CHAIR OR JUST GOT A

LITTLE BIT TOO CLOSE AND KICKED

ME IN THE HEAD, LIKE, REALLY

HARD.

AND THAT ENDED UP BEING A PRETTY

GOOD WAY OF SUMMING UP MY ENTIRE

EXPERIENCE AT THE

JEJUNE INSTITUTE.

>> AND ALLOW YOURSELF TO STRETCH

AND TO TOUCH EACH OTHER AND TO

TOUCH THE BIOFIBER THAT'S ALL

AROUND YOU AND RECONNECT TO LIFE

AS YOU OUGHT TO LIVE IT!

AND BREATHE DEEP OF THE

SUCCULENCE OF YOUR LIFE, THIS

TRANSFORMED LIFE, AND MAKE YOUR

WAY BEYOND THE PERIMETER OF THE

CHUTE.

AHH!

AND JOIN US.

JOIN OUR PEOPLE.

>> SO, DO WE STILL THINK THAT

THIS IS JUST A GAME?

LET'S TALK ABOUT REALITY AND

ILLUSION.

ARE YOU PRETENDING TO BE HERE,

HMM?

I AM NOT.

I AM PRESENT, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT

NOW.

AND I FEEL YOUR PRESENCE, TOO,

ALL OF YOU.

PERHAPS THIS VERY MOMENT IS US

WAKING FROM THE DREAM,

COLLECTIVELY AWAKENING.

AHA!

THAT FEELS GOOD, DOESN'T IT?

REMEMBER THE DAY YOU WALKED INTO

THE INDUCTION CENTER?

I PROMISED YOU TWO THINGS.

ONE...

THAT YOU'D BEGIN TO NOTICE THE

DIVINE OCCURRING ALL AROUND YOU

IN A THOUSAND MINISCULE WAYS.

AND TWO...

FOR THOSE DARK HORSES WITH THE

SPIRIT TO LOOK UP AND SEE, A

RECONDITE FAMILY AWAITS.

LOOK AROUND YOU.

WE ARE THAT FAMILY.

AND THIS?

THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

OKAY.

LOCK THE DOORS AND RELEASE THE

POISONOUS GAS, PLEASE.

HUH?

SCARED YOU, DIDN'T I?

WELL, GUESS WHAT?

YES. THANK YOU.

I GET SCARED, TOO.

EVEN I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS

GOING TO HAPPEN HERE TODAY.

I ACKNOWLEDGE HOW FAR YOU ALL

HAVE COME, AND I HONOR YOU.

EVA BLESS.

THANK YOU.

>> CAROLEE TURNS TO ME, AND SHE

SAYS, "WE LOST.

WE DID IT WRONG.

WE LOST. WE LOST THE GAME."

AND I FELT SO MUCH LIKE

CHARLIE BUCKET, THAT THERE WAS

SOMETHING THAT WE HAD -- OVER

THE COURSE OF THE DAY, WE WERE

SUPPOSED TO DO SOMETHING WITH

THE COINS MAYBE THAT WE DIDN'T

DO.

>> I JUST -- I FELT LIKE IT WAS

STOPPED SHORT, LIKE THIS

WONDERFUL ARC HAD JUST GONE

POOF! AND FALLEN INTO THE

GROUND.

I'M KIND OF ASHAMED TO ADMIT IT,

BUT I WENT INTO KIND OF A

MONTHLONG, LIKE, FUNK

AFTERWARDS, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE

I HAD BEEN DUPED.

>> IF WE HAD TAKEN ACTION, IT

WOULD BE VERY REAL, VERY WEIRD

ACTION.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTED TO

DO THAT.

EVERYBODY WANTED TO BE

ENTERTAINED.

SO, IT JUST FELT LIKE, "MAN, THE

BOOK WAS GOOD, BUT THE ENDING

WAS WEIRD."

YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE

THE FACT THAT I REALLY ENJOYED

THE STORY.

>> I THINK IT'S THE ORGANEIL

FACTOR.

NOBODY WANTED TO -- WHO WANTS TO

ATTACK AN OLD MAN?

YOU KNOW?

HE'S AN ACTOR, YOU KNOW?

I'M GONNA TAKE IT THAT

SERIOUSLY.

>> I THINK IF YOU LOOKED UP

"JEJUNE" IN THE DICTIONARY, YOU

WOULD FIND THAT IT IS -- LIKE, A

JEJUNE ENDEAVOR IS A POINTLESS

ENDEAVOR THAT WILL NEVER

ACTUALLY GET ANYWHERE.

YOU KNOW?

I THINK MAYBE WHAT THEY REALLY

MISSED WAS EXACTLY WHAT WAS KIND

OF FULFILLED AT THE END.

>> I MEAN, THERE'S A MOMENT WHEN

WILE COYOTE RUNS OFF THAT CLIFF

AND WHEELS HIS LEGS FOR A MINUTE

AND LOOKS DOWN BEFORE HE FALLS

AND HAS THAT PAUSE MIDAIR,

SUSPENDED BY NOTHING BUT HIS OWN

MOMENTUM, BEFORE HE COLLAPSES.

AND I'M NOT SURE IN THIS MOMENT

WHETHER I'M REFERRING TO JEFF OR

TO THE PLAYERS, BUT THERE WAS

THAT MOMENT THROUGHOUT THAT DAY.

I THINK MAYBE IF YOU DON'T LOOK

DOWN, YOU'LL NEVER FALL.

>> THERE WAS THIS SENSE THAT

PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING THIS FINAL

EVENT TO PLAY OUT IN A

SCIENCE-FICTION AND FANTASY

REALM IN WHICH THERE WERE

SHOOTOUTS AND CHASES AND THINGS.

AND I THINK THERE WAS AN ELEMENT

OF WANTING TO PUNISH THOSE

PLAYERS WHO SEEMED TO BE MISSING

WHAT THE REAL STORY WAS, AND

THAT WAS ABOUT EVA.

>> BACK IN THE LATE 1980s, I WAS

A RUNAWAY.

I MADE MY WAY EVENTUALLY TO

SAN FRANCISCO.

AND THE COIT TOWER SEEMED TO ME

LIKE SOME KIND OF A SPIRITUAL

LIGHTNING ROD OR SOMETHING.

SO, I STARTED HANGING AROUND

THERE.

TO OCCUPY MYSELF, I BEGAN TO

MAKE LITTLE ART PROJECTS --

ANIMALS OR MOSAICS.

AND EVENTUALLY I STARTED MAKING

THESE LITTLE SCENES IN THE

CREVICES IN THE STONE WALLS.

ONE OF THEM WAS THIS SCENE WITH

A CAMP, KIND OF A HOBO TRAIN CAR

AND SOME STREET KIDS GATHERING

TOGETHER.

A FEW DAYS LATER, I FOUND THAT

SOMEONE ELSE HAD ADDED A NEW

SCENE, WHICH WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL

SCENE THAT WAS ALSO KIND OF

SPOOKY.

THERE WERE FLOWERS AND A TREE

AND A SHIP IN THE BACKGROUND

WITH SOME STRANGE KIND OF

PILGRIMS THERE.

A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THAT, I

WAS STARTING A NEW ONE, AND I

MADE THIS SORT OF ROOM OR STAGE

AND LEFT IT MOSTLY UNFINISHED.

THE NEXT DAY, I HID NEARBY AND

WATCHED.

THIS GIRL CAME, AND SHE ADDED A

LIGHT AND THE LETTERS "E" AND

"W" DOWN BY THE DOOR.

THEN, SHE PUT THESE BIRDS IN, AS

IF THE LIGHT WAS LIFTING THEM

INTO THE SKY.

I THINK THAT'S WHEN I FELT SAFE

ENOUGH, FINALLY, TO APPROACH

HER.

AND WE MET THAT DAY AND BECAME

FRIENDS.

SHE ASKED ME IF I UNDERSTOOD

ABOUT THE LIGHT, ABOUT THOSE

LETTERS, ABOUT A PLACE SHE

CALLED "ELSEWHERE," A WAY OF

BEING AND PLAYING IN THE WORLD

THAT SOMEHOW CHANGED EVERYTHING,

A GAME, SORT OF, BUT WITHOUT ANY

RULES, A WAY OF BEING IN THE

WORLD THAT WAS POWERFUL AND

ENCHANTED.

>> I MET EVA AFTER A SHOW AT THE

STONE ON BROADWAY, AND SHE ENDED

UP CRASHING AT MY PARENTS' HOUSE

FOR ABOUT A MONTH IN THE GARAGE.

AND IT WAS DURING THOSE TIMES

THAT SHE AND I WOULD MEDITATE.

IT WAS KIND OF A FORM OF

MEDITATION, AND SHE WOULD GUIDE

ME DOWN THESE PATHS TOWARDS THIS

PLACED CALLED "ELSEWHERE."

AND ELSEWHERE WAS NEITHER HERE

NOR THERE, AND IT WAS THIS

ENTIRE UNIVERSE AND THIS ENTIRE

TRIBE AND WITH THIS IMAGINED

HISTORY.

IT WAS VERY INTRICATE AND

DETAILED AND WENT BACK A LONG

WAY.

I THINK THAT, LIKE EVERY BIT OF

ART OR CREATIVITY THAT I PRODUCE

IS IN SOME WAY INSPIRED BY HER.

IT WAS DURING THE TIME THAT I

WAS IN TREATMENT THAT SHE WENT

MISSING, AND IT WASN'T TOTALLY

UNUSUAL, YOU KNOW, FOR HER TO

SKIP OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

BUT THEN THERE BEGAN TO BE THESE

THEORIES OF EITHER AN ABDUCTION

OR A SUICIDE, AND I DON'T THINK

IT WAS SUICIDE.

>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE

ALGORITHM, RIGHT, THAT

BLAIR LUCIEN CAME UP WITH.

I THINK WE GOT A GLIMPSE, A

LITTLE GLIMPSE, OF THE ALGORITHM

IN ACTION IN THE SENSE THAT

THERE WERE MOMENTS WHERE THE

ORDINARY WORLD WAS TRANSFORMED

INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT,

SOMETHING FULL OF POTENTIAL AND

FULL OF MYSTERY IN A WAY THAT WE

DON'T USUALLY EXPERIENCE.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A

CONCLUSION.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT ENDED.

I NEVER LOOKED UP ON THE MESSAGE

BOARDS OR ANYTHING OR REALLY

NECESSARILY ASKED ANYONE.

SO, FOR ME, IT COULD STILL BE

HAPPENING.

AND I KNOW THEY CLOSED DOWN THE

BUILDING, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW,

THE WAR IS STILL BEING WAGED ON

THE STREET.

AND THAT'S FUN.

IT'S FUN THAT WAY.

>> I DO MISS THE

JEJUNE INSTITUTE A LOT, AND I

STILL TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT.

PEOPLE -- WELL, I HAVE A DOG,

AND HER NAME IS JEJUNE.

>> YEAH, DEFINITELY THIS IS

PLAYFUL.

THE EXPERIENCE IS A LOT OF FUN.

BUT I THINK THE UNDERLYING

MESSAGES ARE REAL.

SO, IN THAT RESPECT, IS IT A

GAME?

I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

>> IF YOU DON'T HAVE RELIGION,

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT BUILT-IN

EXPLANATION.

FINDING SOMETHING THAT TELLS YOU

THERE IS ALL OF THIS AMAZING

STUFF HAPPENING, AND YOU JUST

NEED TO KNOW HOW TO FIND IT --

IT IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE HAVING

SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN.

>> TODAY, YOU'VE GLIMPSED INTO

THE ELSEWHERE AND FELT FOR A

MOMENT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE

HERE.

AND IT'S ONLY A SMALL TASTE OF

WHAT'S TO COME.