Tabula Ra$a is hosting its massive annual music festival in the desert which every year
precedes the massive annual drunken riot in the desert. This is all organized by Zoey's people
including the riot - as Will explains the citizens need a little chaos now and then their job
is just to keep a lid on it. That will be a problem this year with history's most ridiculous
mayoral election playing out in the background. The city has divided into roughly two camps
supporting each of the major candidates: One is a stern calculating activist out to restore
traditional morality to the city at all costs the other is Megaboss Alonzo whose platform is
that he will pay you ten dollars if you vote for him. When a horrific crime is broadcast live
on the all-seeing social network Blink the former seems poised to reap the benefits in the
polls. The Suits suspect the nature and timing of the crime are a little too convenient and may
be a carefully-staged hoax. But in a city in which lies are always served in layers even that
explanation will prove to be far too simple. As tensions ratchet tighter Zoey comes to realize
that this is really a battle of narratives: Every culture needs a collective story to believe
in so it's just a matter of coming up with one and then carefully sculpting reality to make it
fit. How hard can that be? They have the whole weekend.
