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DRAGONFLIES as an animated series spans 4 seasons.
Season 1 (6 Episodes) In Three Movements
Paris 1890’s: Introduction to the twins (brother and sister) Lucien and Fabién as they prepare to sling a young, depressed Toulouse Lautrec into NYC 2023. To inhabit the body of African/American (film/Broadway celebrity) Ché Dissah.
NYC 2023: Introduction of Artemisia, Ramses Desher and the Red Dust Revolt. At the behest of Desher, Artemisia takes the 1st steps of establishing a web of intrigue from the back halls of the United Nations, various government foreign ministries and the elite high-end art galleries of the Chelsea District. To eventually enchant, subvert and murder her way into control of major fresh water, water rights, throughout the United States and beyond, and to obtain majority share in major water bottling and beverage companies. Desher and Artemisia plan to taint bottled water, soft drinks and spirits with “red dust” in an effort to override the volition of those who consume it.
Lautrec is established and having mind-bending adventures in NYC 2023 as Ché’s body avatar. We also discover that Ché, whose consciousness is trapped in an unending Lautrecian’ dream, is trying to find his way back to his body. Lucien & Fabién are preparing to establish the consciousness of a young Fela Kuti into NYC 2023 as the avatar of yet another unsuspecting person. Lucien is also getting his 1st whiff of Red Dust Revolt subversion, and Fabien is being courted into Red Dust Revolt ideology by her older sister, Artemisia.
Season 2 Snapshot
Lucien and Fabien establish the Young Fela avatar into NYC 2023. Due to sabotage Lucien and Young Fela get stuck in Uganda and placed under house arrest by armed men. Lucien transports them cross-dimensionally into Lagos in 1977 to meet older Fela at the exact moment when his compound is under a deadly siege by 1000 Nigerian soldiers. In the meantime, Fabien is monitoring Young Lautrec in NYC 2023 and simultaneously being swapped deeper into red dust ideology.
Season 3 Snapshot
Lucien and Fabien establish the Young Frida Khalo avatar into NYC 2023. Young Fela narrowly escapes being killed and is returned to his original timeline. Fabien fully embraces the Red Dust Revolt. America is changing rapidly as red dust is being consumed by millions via tainted beverages. Strategic business leaders and politicians and being coerced, extorted and murdered into supporting The Red Dust objectives. Ché is disrupting the Dragonfly Units protocols by continually escaping from his dream cage. And he is dangerously close to catching up to his body, currently being operated by Lautrec.
Season 4 Snapshot
Lucien becomes fully aware of The Red Dust objectives and is now in open war with his father and older sister. Frida completes her objectives and is sent back to her original timeline. Fabien comes to her twin brothers aid, who is outnumbered and overpowered in his battle. Ché reaches his body and Lucien decides to have Ché and Young Lautrec share Ché’s body to assist him in his battle against his family. Lead characters are killed and maimed and betrayed. Humans emerge with a hard won yet indecisive victory. Wherein free will remains on the table as an option for all. What to do with it, is an individual choice.
