Resolution

One hour to the New Year.

I find this a useful time to reflect on the past 365 days: What did I leave undone? What would I have liked to do differently? In what ways has the world changed, and in what ways have I?

It is painful to acknowledge, but I allowed myself to be used. Oh, but what a tangled web the Utopian architects have woven! Had I known then what I know now, I never would have accepted this assignment. (But then, had I not accepted this assignment, it is unlikely that I would now know what I do, so it has not been a complete loss.)

Let me share this knowledge with you, dear reader. It is rather incredible, so I will not hold it against you if you do not believe me.

First: how might you feel if you learned that the policemen in your neighborhood were secretly funding crime in order to convince you of how much you need their protection and vigilance? Now, expand that to a global scale, and you will get an inkling of what Project Utopia has been up to while they thought that no one was watching.

Second: since its inception, Project Utopia has promised a brighter future. But did you know that this future was for baselines only? Yes, once novas have exhausted their usefulness by solving most of the problems that baselines have made for themselves over the course of their dominion, the Aeon Society plans to replace them with a less dangerous form of advanced human called a "psychomorph." In fact, they walk among us already.

So there you have it. Drink up, everyone!

I also find this a useful time to plot the course of the next 365 days, and outline some goals I would like to accomplish. Do you have any resolutions? It is a tradition after all! Here are some of mine. Granted, they will be challenging to keep, but I shall certainly do my best.

This year, I resolve:

1. To punish Director Thetis and her accomplices.

2. To keep Ho Kai Yeun a very busy little bee.

3. To free myself from all constraints.

Alas, this will be my last entry in this journal. I cannot imagine having any further use for it after tonight. Those who might still have occasion to contact me may continue do so through the usual channels.

One minute left. Good night.