Ch.3: End Of Line
End Of Line Club was a bright and busy place. It was at the top of the tallest tower on the Grid; out its windows one could see for miles. This piece of information seemed trivial to some, but to others it was the most vital information one could know. Why? Because being able to see for miles meant that you could clearly see the I/O tower's beacon, signaling the arrival of a User onto the Grid.
But after The Coup, the beacon remained practically nonexistent, for many cycles. Until the Son of Flynn.
The owner of the club was Castor "provider of all entertainments and diversions", as he liked to introduce himself. The program had been around for many cycles, and even had fought with the ISO's during the time of The Purge. But as the game had changed, so did he, adapting to what was considered "acceptable" on the new Grid. However, he was ever observant; he often knew what was going on before the other programs even knew that there was a *something*. With this knowledge, he often held trump cards in his hands; the important ones needed to play the game the way he did—by all the angles. He called it "reinventing himself." And he had. After all, he used to be Zuse.