Citizens of Tomorrow

Minnesota/Exposition

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(volume one)

An English 'light novel'

Note: several elements of the novel (including its title) are inspired by the Tokyo Police Club song Citizens of Tomorrow, a single from their 2006 EP 'A Lesson in Crime' distributed by Paper Bag Records.

September 3008

"Would you like to join the Citizens of Tomorrow club?"

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"We're kind of like a robotics club, just a little bit different. The New Robotics Club is really exclusive. No one can even get in anymore. I tried, but they told me they had no spots left. So I decided to come up with a new club. We really need people to join up"

It's so exhausting to calculate responses in binary code. I can't communicate this way. It's too inefficient. Let's see - -

"What - - to do?"

"You don't have to do anything. I'm just glad you're showing interest in our club"

I don't understand.

"What's your name?"

Name? (search) Like a label. My label is Unit 1-A Chrome 3004. But I don't have a name.

"Name"

"Name? You're Name?"

"Yes"

"Well, you can call me Montana"

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I. Minnesota. Theexposition of the Citizens of Tomorrow.

Minnesota knew that all robots were essentially evil. She hadn't been able to look at a machine without fear since - - when exactly?

Somewhere between the day she bought her first cell phone and-

Somewhere between the 21st and 22nd century?

No, that wasn't right.

It was more the period of time between Minnesota's heart surgery and the day she realized that the cold air in the hospital courtyard was turning her breath red.

It was an effect of the machines.

Some kind of chemical reaction.

The newspapers were telling everyone that cold air could turn carbon dioxide vapour red.

For most of the world it didn't matter. The air outside was never cold enough.

But Minnesota - -