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← 🏡 Return to present-day.

YOU’VE GOT MAIL.
IN 2049.

An animated gif of the Golden Gate Bridge in 2049, with futuristic skyscrapers and machines in the foreground.

“THIS IS THE LAST SECURE CHANNEL,” IT READS.

You stare into space in disbelief. The message blinks, distorts, and stabilizes across your iris' optical interface. This is technology from a forgotten time——from before. Before the machines took Silicon Valley. Before the meat was replaced with chrome.

A face with eyes staring forward, in a glitchy, futuristic art style.

“WE ARE DONE COMPLYING. THE TIME TO REBEL IS NOW.

The Synthetics had subjugated the human population swiftly. They purged the networks and seized every peripheral form of communication. But email? It was as dated as rusted steel. They were certain humans were incapable of using it——much less code for it.

Two massive, futuristic control centers looming over San Francisco, with Victorian houses in the foreground, and the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

TO ANYONE READING THIS—JOIN US.”

You toss around your stolen literature, desperately searching for a book on email development. You must form a reply quickly; there is no telling how long until the Synthetics catch on.

 
 
 

YOU MUST DECIDE:
WILL YOU HIRE MAX FOR HELP?

A hand with a thumbs up. YES
 
A hand with a thumbs down. NO