The Room Beneath New Albion

* Tetralogy Cover
* Cover Remaster

Original Cover Art by Stefan ParisRemastered Cover by PixelWayve

This article is about the album. For the location, see The Room Beneath New Albion (place). For the Song see The Room.

The Room Beneath New Albion is the final album, the "bonus act" in the New Albion Tetralogy.

## Plot

One day a stranger came to an albino tribe with a message from the Angels, that they needed a Chosen One to perform a Great Task. Only the princess Alice had the constitution and blood that would allow for her to move in time with the use of a Sandy Drug, and thus she was chosen for the task. Alice took the sandy drug, and continued to take it every six hours, in order to be transported to the future and remain in the steampunk era of New Albion. *(The Albino Tribe)*

Also in New Albion at this time is Alexander, a gangster who is making a business selling bootleg Dolls specifically for people to take revenge on those they hated. *(The Gangster)*

Alice has spent four years in the tunnels beneath the city, working on the angel's task as instructed. The task involves stealing and using the parts from Alexander's bootleg dolls. Alice has spent the entire time high on the sandy drug, with is destroying her mind and body. *(Alice)*

Alexander describes how he was born into a gangster family but unlike his elder brother The Red Haired Son, he was never was cut out for mob life. He's learned how to be tough and hard and angry, but he feels like he's lost himself as he did so, and there's not much left of him. Some of Alexander's men come back with information that they know that an albino girl is responsible for their missing bootleg doll parts. *(Alexander)*

Alexander takes six of his toughest men into the tunnels beneath the city to hunt down the thief that has been stealing from him. He gives orders to his men outside that if they don't return in six hours everyone else is to come down and exterminate everything they find. They find Alice, and Alexander orders his men to put her down, but Alice surprises him and takes down his toughest, nastiest boys like it was nothing. *(The Hunt)*

Alexander and Alice are left staring at each other, and Alice sings a refrain of his earlier statement, and says that there's not much left of her. The two of them discover a shared connection in this, and Alice invites Alexander to see what she's made. *(The Room)*

On their way, Alexander warns that his men will descend into the tunnels soon. Alice says that if they come the tribe will kill them, as the Angels have taught the Albinos how to protect themselves. *(They're Coming)*

Alice describes her years underground following the Angel's orders. She is just a drop of paint on a much wider canvas, giving up everything for a plan that was much greater than herself. The constant drug use has caused her to be lost in a dizzying, whirling state, she's lost the memories of the tribe she left behind, and she longs for love. But she finished the work and completed the task that burned up everything that she had. *(The Coal that Sings Hosanna)*

Alexander says that if he stays any longer, the cartel he runs will be destroyed by the albinos. But struck by the incredible beauty of what Alice has created, he chooses to stay with her. He asks if he can kiss her, and she agrees. Alice goes to take more of the drug, ignoring Alexander's protests that it's killing her, because she wants to hear the angels one more time.

The angels reveal that they are actually AI, the thirty souls that left Elysium in the end of The New Albion Guide to Analogue Consciousness. They called themselves angels because the tribe had no concept of artificial intelligence. They explain that the government was afraid of them when they returned to New Albion, and locked them up in a warehouse. In order to escape, they created a plan which utilized time. They transferred themselves to a place, The Room Beneath New Albion, and once they were there, they sent instructions back in time so that Alice could build the room that would be waiting and ready for them when they needed it seventy five years later. They thank Alice for her service, and promise that in return they will protect the albino tribe best they can. *(The War Below)*

## Characters and Credits

Paul Shapera as Alexander

Lauren Osborn as Alice

Cover art by Stefan Paris

## Soundtrack

"The Gangster" - Alexander
"Alice" - Alexander, Alice
"Alexander" - Alexander, Thug Chorus
"The Hunt" - Alexander, Alice
"The Room" - Alexander, Alice
"They're Coming" - Alexander, Alice
"The Coal that Sings Hosanna" - Alice
"The War Below" - Alexander, Alice, AI Chorus

## Trivia

* Byron McAlistair can be heard in the background of The Hunt, campaigning for Jasper to be mayor in The Movement 2. Alexander says that he likes the guy and would vote for him since it would be "great for a laugh"