In either case, Sophia enjoys the party and reunites with an old friend. Much fun is to be had.
After the party - 10:00PM January 12, 2011:"Sophia, about what happened back there-"
:"No! Shut up. All this time it has been
YOU that's done all the talking. That's over with. Now it's my turn. I don't know what sort of post-apocalyptic world or somesuch you came from, or why you seem so insistent on murder, but-"
:"It's kill or be killed, Sophia. Justice must come to the wrongdoers. That's how it's done in Tik."
:"Whatever. In this place, you can't be Superman. In fact, a superhero would DIE here! There are no crimes, no killings, no oppression or revolution. The pain comes from neglect and mental abuse: the wolves, restricted by Law, have taken charge of the social fabric. Look around you, my angel. What do you see?
:"...I smell despair."
:"Exactly. You don't even know what you have given me, have you? All my life I have been under someone's power - manipulated to the very end. But now, I have control. And what do you think I'm going to do with it?"
:"Um....gain wealth and power?"
:"NO! I'm going to change the world. I'm going to make everyone
HAPPY again! I'm going to remake society itself!
:"Interesting. A web of interactions, reforged by a self-made spider of fate? I appear to have underestimated you, Sophia. I forget that you are my future."
:"And the future is bright, advisor."
:"The future is bright."
We're reaching the end of the beginning now. Only >47 more pages to draw! Yay