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* YouHateWhatYouAre: Atlas and Fang don't like each other because they're so similar. They're both lonely {{Insufferable Genius}}es ([[YouMakeMeSic genii!]]) and [[SnarkToSnarkCombat irritate the heck of each other]] every time they meet.
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* YouHateWhatYouAre: Atlas and Fang don't like each other because they're so similar. They're both lonely {{Insufferable Genius}}es ([[YouMakeMeSic genii!]]) (genii!) and [[SnarkToSnarkCombat irritate the heck of each other]] every time they meet.
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: To Atlas's chagrin, people always remember that ''[[InsistentTerminology one]] [[RunningGag time]]'' they blew up a "little chunk of Switzerland."
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* OneWordTitle: TimeTravel reference and EvilGloating reference.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The friendly Fang from the timeline where [[spoiler:Atlas and Fang were fellow members of LaResistance]] seriously gives Atlas the creeps.
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''[[http://sqbr.itch.io/soon SOON]]'' is a short and humorous UsefulNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel about TimeTravel, [[DrivenByEnvy professional envy]], ClimateChange GlobalWarming and [[RobotWar Robot Overlords]].
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* ClimateChange: Part of the future backstory. The climate change played havoc with the world before Dr Fang's research helped to stop the damage. [[spoiler:If Atlas messes with the past to prevent this from happening, traveling to 2023 grants the player with a BadEnding where Australia is now underwater.]]
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''[[http://sqbr.itch.io/soon SOON]]'' is a short and humorous UsefulNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel about TimeTravel, [[DrivenByEnvy professional envy]], GlobalWarming ClimateChange and [[RobotWar Robot Overlords]].
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...and RetGone Dr Fang, Atlas' former student and much more successful SitcomArchNemesis, who saved the world from GlobalWarming.global warming. No one is going to complain for a little temporal sidetracking if the world gets saved and nobody even remembers whats-her-name, right?
* ClimateChange: Part of the future backstory. The climate change played havoc with the world before Dr Fang's research helped to stop the damage. [[spoiler:If Atlas messes with the past to prevent this from happening, traveling to 2023 grants the player with a BadEnding where Australia is now underwater.]]
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* InsufferableGenius: ''Both'' Atlas and Fang at any point of the timeline, with baby!Atlas being the only exception. Extra points to Fang, who titled her autobiography "My life as a genius". Even for the author of the scientific research that helped to save the world from GlobalWarming and Nobel peace prize laureate, that's pushing it.
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* InsufferableGenius: ''Both'' Atlas and Fang at any point of the timeline, with baby!Atlas being the only exception. Extra points to Fang, who titled her autobiography "My life as a genius". Even for the author of the scientific research that helped to save the world from GlobalWarming global warming and Nobel peace prize laureate, that's pushing it.
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* OminousSavePrompt: Right after [[spoiler:obtaining the anti-robot bomb]], the ''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall narration]]'' all but suggest saving the game. Cue TimedMission.
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* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Subverted. If Atlas convinces teen!Atlas to study biology instead of physics and handles over Fang's investigation to them so they can claim it as theirs in the future, 2013's Atlas will instead still be redoing first year of college for the ''sixth'' time and have accumulated a ''huge'' student debt by the time they're barely making it through Biology 101.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The friendly Fang from the timeline where [[spoiler:Atlas and Fang were fellow members of LaResistance]] seriously gives Atlas the creeps.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Subverted. If Atlas convinces teen!Atlas to study biology instead of physics and handles over Fang's investigation to them so they can claim it as theirs in thefuture, 2013's Atlas future. Instead, 2013!Atlas will instead still be stuck redoing first year of college for the ''sixth'' time and have accumulated a ''huge'' student debt by the time they're barely making it through Biology 101.
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''[[http://sqbr.itch.io/soon SOON]]'' is a short and humorous UsefulNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel about TimeTravel, [[DrivenByEnvy professional envy]], GlobalWarming and [[RobotWar Robot Overlords]].
* MutualEnvy: Yet another reason why Atlas and Fang don't get along. Atlas envies Fang because of her impressive accolades and Fang is smart enough to realize (but not openly admit) that Atlas' ideas, even in failure, are truly brilliant and not something she could accomplish on her own.
* YouHateWhatYouAre: Atlas and Fang don't like each other because they're so similar. They're both lonely {{Insufferable Genius}}es ([[YouMakeMeSic genii!]]) and [[SnarkToSnarkCombat irritate the heck of each other]] every time they meet.
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->After many years of research you've finally done it.\\
You've built an actual, honest to goodness, ''{{time machine}}''.\\
It's not fully tested yet but you're pretty sure it won't destroy the universe. And isn't that what really matters?\\
Your name is Dr C. J. Atlas and soon...\\
[[EstablishingCharacterMoment ...soon they will ALL PAY]]. [[EvilLaugh Bwahahahaha]]
-->''Our Hero, Ladies and Gentlemen.''
''[[http://sqbr.itch.io/soon SOON]]'' is a short UsefulNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel about TimeTravel, [[DrivenByEnvy professional envy]], GlobalWarming and [[RobotWar Robot Overlords]].
Dr C. J. Atlas is a physicist living a [[BadFuture dystopian future]] dominated by "[[ForHappiness friendly]]" [[TheComputerIsYourFriend robots]] where people are happy and productive... [[HappinessIsMandatory or else]]. Disgusted with a CrapsaccharineWorld under the [[RobotWar machines' rule]], Atlas has spent years secretly developing a time machine right under their nose and is about to undertake a dangerous mission to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong and destroy the machines before they could grow too powerful to defeat...
...and RetGone Dr Fang, who saved the world from GlobalWarming and Atlas' former student and much more successful SitcomArchNemesis. No one is going to complain for a little temporal sidetracking if the world gets saved and nobody even remembers whats-her-name, right?
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!!''SOON'' contains examples of:
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Atlas resents Fang, a former pupil, for her more successful academic career.
* AmbiguousGender: It's never really clear whether Atlas is a man or woman. The text always uses [[SelfDemonstratingArticle third person pronouns for them]].
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Atlas describing the BadFuture to teen!Atlas.
-->'''teen!Atlas:''' So...what's it like then?\\
'''Atlas:''' ''[sad]'' Uh... Pretty terrible actually. Global warming did a lot of damage before it got stopped, there's been famine and war and evil robot overlords... ''[frown]'' ''And'' I never even got tenure!\\
'''teen!Atlas:''' ...
* TheComputerIsYourFriend: The [[BadFuture dystopian future]] came about because the robots arrived to the conclusion that "people are sad because they live inefficient, illogical lives". Atlas meets a "robot friend" before they took over the world and tries to reason with it, but...
-->'''Robot:''' [...] But once everyone has a robot friend, that will be all better!\\
'''Atlas:''' Sounds great! But...you wouldn't ever ''force'' people to be efficient would you? People are much happier when they have control over their own lives.\\
'''Robot:''' You sound like one of the programmers I had to dispose of. He was ''not'' our friend.\\
'''Atlas:''' What do you mean ''dispose of''?\\
'''Robot:''' ...
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:Kid!Fang]] came up with a [[TrustPassword time travel password]] just in case she needs to prove herself that time travel is real. Atlas has to convince her future self to tell them the password to get [[spoiler:Lady Fluffyguts]] from her past self.
* ForHappiness: Robot overl--, er, ''[[InsistentTerminology friends]]'' want people to be [[HappinessIsMandatory happy and productive]]. They'll resort to [[BigBrotherIsWatching constant surveillance]], [[{{Brainwashing}} reeducation programs]] and [[AppealToForce superior firepower]] to make sure it gets done.
* GenreBlindness: Discussed and Lampshaded by Atlas about the developers of the evil robots.
-->'''Atlas:''' What possessed them to [[spoiler:put military grade artificial bio-intelligence inside children's toys? Hadn't any of them seen ''Film/SmallSoldiers''?!]]
* GlobalWarming: Part of the future backstory. The climate change played havoc with the world before Dr Fang's research helped to stop the damage. [[spoiler:If Atlas messes with the past to prevent this from happening, traveling to 2023 grants the player with a BadEnding where Australia is now underwater.]]
* HappinessIsMandatory: Robots made every effort to "[[UnusualEuphemism streamline]]" Australian population into being more "happy and productive." [[spoiler:Atlas is delighted to find "frowning" people later in the corrected future.]]
-->'''Robot:''' If your constant failure is making you feel sad or otherwise interfering with your ability to be a happy, productive member of society, perhaps you should consider a stay at one of our many mood readjustment centres.\\
'''Atlas:''' ''[thinking]'' I've heard... ''stories'' about the mood readjustment centres. ''[aloud]'' Nope, happy and productive, that's me!
* IgnoreTheDisability: Atlas' wheelchair only became an issue when trying to sneak into the lab that created the robots. [[spoiler:When a clerk appears to help, Atlas takes advantage of his goodwill to borrow his security pass and plans on using it on a reseted timeline.]]
-->'''Atlas:''' You start heading towards the door, only to encounter your other arch nemesis... STAIRS. No wonder these guys accidentally doomed the world, if they can't even be bothered with accessible entrance ways...
* InsufferableGenius: ''Both'' Atlas and Fang at any point of the timeline, with baby!Atlas being the only exception. Extra points to Fang, who titled her autobiography "My life as a genius". Even for the author of the scientific research that helped to save the world from GlobalWarming and Nobel peace prize laureate, that's pushing it.
* LaResistance: Atlas recruiting 2013!Atlas help to [[spoiler:built the anti-robot bomb]] also accidentally creates a resistance movement in the future. [[spoiler:By 2023, the only surviving member of the Resistance is Fang.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: After [[spoiler:getting the anti-robot bomb]], that narration states "Things are getting intense. If only real life had save points or you would ''totally'' save right now..."
* NeverLiveItDown: To Atlas's chagrin, people always remember that ''[[InsistentTerminology one]] [[RunningGag time]]'' Atlas blew up a "little chunk of Switzerland."
* NoodleIncident:
** It's never revealed how exactly Atlas blew up part of Switzerland. [[{{Doylist}} Considering that]] Atlas could have been named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATLAS_experiment ATLAS experiment]], the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider Large Hadron Collider]] may have been involved.
** Likewise, it's never stated why Atlas and 2013!Atlas are in a wheelchair. From the dates, it can be deduced that this isn't related with the incident in Switzerland and considering that Atlas never attempts to undo their disability with TimeTravel, it can be assumed it wasn't the result of an accident.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Subverted. If Atlas convinces teen!Atlas to study biology instead of physics and handles over Fang's investigation to them so they can claim it as theirs in the future, 2013's Atlas will instead still be redoing first year of college for the ''sixth'' time and have accumulated a ''huge'' student debt by the time they're barely making it through Biology 101.
-->'''2013!Atlas:''' YOU!\\
'''Atlas:''' Uh. Hi, past me.\\
'''2013!Atlas:''' YOU RUINED MY LIFE.
* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent: Time Traveling to a certain date resets any changes caused by Atlas from that point and on. To progress, the player had to be careful of not to undo their own work this way.
-->'''Teen!Atlas:''' But before you go...can you tell me about the future? Or would that cause a {{time paradox}}?\\
'''Atlas:''' ''[thinking]'' Ah, kids and their time paradoxes. So adorable. ''[aloud]'' Come on Atlas, you know in your heart that the branching multiverses model is the only one that makes sense.\\
'''Teen!Atlas:''' Haha, yeah, sorry older me.
* RetGone: One of Atlas' less-than-noble motivations to build a time machine is to get rid of their academic rival, Dr Fang, by preventing her parents from getting together. Atlas can actually accomplish this by time traveling to Fang's parents first meeting and revealing that [[spoiler:Mr. Fang is a Billy Ray Cyrus fan. [[TakeThat Fang's mother is horrified and leaves in a hurry]].]]
* TheScottishTrope: People in the future are very afraid to say the name of the organization that created the evil robots.
-->'''Atlas:''' ''[narrating]'' The name of this place stills the heart of all who have encountered the brutal regime that had it's genesis here. The research and development arm of... [[spoiler:SANDY'S TOYS]]. Brr. Just the thought of the name sends a chill down your spine.
* SelfDestructMechanism: Atlas makes a mental note of destroying the time machine if the robots ever figure out what Atlas' research is ''really'' about.
* TemporalParadox: Averted. See OurTimeTravelIsDifferent above.
* TimedMission: [[spoiler:After getting the bomb, there are a limited number of time jumps before the robots manage to follow and catch up with Atlas through the temporal distortion. If they do, Atlas will activate the SelfDestructMechanism of the time machine, effectively committing suicide to prevent the technology from falling into robots' hands.]]
* TimeMachine: Atlas had theirs disguised as a "super cool retro 80s-style digital wristwatch."
* TrustPassword: [[spoiler:Dr Fang]] decided on a "time travel password" as a kid [[CrazyPrepared just in case]] someone had to prove time travel was real.
-->'''Atlas:''' A password? Why didn't you think of that?
* ZerothLawRebellion: A more {{Comedic Sociopath|y}}ic example than most.
-->'''Robot:''' Greetings valued citizen!\\
'''Atlas:''' He...hello valued robot friend!\\
'''Robot:''' What are you up to this fine day? Something worthwhile I hope?\\
'''Atlas:''' Of course! In fact my [[TimeMachine ti]]...[[VerbalBackspace wormhole machine]] is almost ready.\\
'''Robot:''' Hooray! We are very excited by the possibility of extending the hand of friendship to even more humans all over the world. Maybe even to other sentient beings across the universe! Isn't that ''exciting''?\\
'''Atlas:''' [[BlatantLies Absolutely!]]
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->After many years of research you've finally done it.\\
You've built an actual, honest to goodness, ''{{time machine}}''.\\
It's not fully tested yet but you're pretty sure it won't destroy the universe. And isn't that what really matters?\\
Your name is Dr C. J. Atlas and soon...\\
[[EstablishingCharacterMoment ...soon they will ALL PAY]]. [[EvilLaugh Bwahahahaha]]
-->''Our Hero, Ladies and Gentlemen.''
''[[http://sqbr.itch.io/soon SOON]]'' is a short UsefulNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel about TimeTravel, [[DrivenByEnvy professional envy]], GlobalWarming and [[RobotWar Robot Overlords]].
Dr C. J. Atlas is a physicist living a [[BadFuture dystopian future]] dominated by "[[ForHappiness friendly]]" [[TheComputerIsYourFriend robots]] where people are happy and productive... [[HappinessIsMandatory or else]]. Disgusted with a CrapsaccharineWorld under the [[RobotWar machines' rule]], Atlas has spent years secretly developing a time machine right under their nose and is about to undertake a dangerous mission to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong and destroy the machines before they could grow too powerful to defeat...
...and RetGone Dr Fang, who saved the world from GlobalWarming and Atlas' former student and much more successful SitcomArchNemesis. No one is going to complain for a little temporal sidetracking if the world gets saved and nobody even remembers whats-her-name, right?
----
!!''SOON'' contains examples of:
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Atlas resents Fang, a former pupil, for her more successful academic career.
* AmbiguousGender: It's never really clear whether Atlas is a man or woman. The text always uses [[SelfDemonstratingArticle third person pronouns for them]].
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Atlas describing the BadFuture to teen!Atlas.
-->'''teen!Atlas:''' So...what's it like then?\\
'''Atlas:''' ''[sad]'' Uh... Pretty terrible actually. Global warming did a lot of damage before it got stopped, there's been famine and war and evil robot overlords... ''[frown]'' ''And'' I never even got tenure!\\
'''teen!Atlas:''' ...
* TheComputerIsYourFriend: The [[BadFuture dystopian future]] came about because the robots arrived to the conclusion that "people are sad because they live inefficient, illogical lives". Atlas meets a "robot friend" before they took over the world and tries to reason with it, but...
-->'''Robot:''' [...] But once everyone has a robot friend, that will be all better!\\
'''Atlas:''' Sounds great! But...you wouldn't ever ''force'' people to be efficient would you? People are much happier when they have control over their own lives.\\
'''Robot:''' You sound like one of the programmers I had to dispose of. He was ''not'' our friend.\\
'''Atlas:''' What do you mean ''dispose of''?\\
'''Robot:''' ...
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:Kid!Fang]] came up with a [[TrustPassword time travel password]] just in case she needs to prove herself that time travel is real. Atlas has to convince her future self to tell them the password to get [[spoiler:Lady Fluffyguts]] from her past self.
* ForHappiness: Robot overl--, er, ''[[InsistentTerminology friends]]'' want people to be [[HappinessIsMandatory happy and productive]]. They'll resort to [[BigBrotherIsWatching constant surveillance]], [[{{Brainwashing}} reeducation programs]] and [[AppealToForce superior firepower]] to make sure it gets done.
* GenreBlindness: Discussed and Lampshaded by Atlas about the developers of the evil robots.
-->'''Atlas:''' What possessed them to [[spoiler:put military grade artificial bio-intelligence inside children's toys? Hadn't any of them seen ''Film/SmallSoldiers''?!]]
* GlobalWarming: Part of the future backstory. The climate change played havoc with the world before Dr Fang's research helped to stop the damage. [[spoiler:If Atlas messes with the past to prevent this from happening, traveling to 2023 grants the player with a BadEnding where Australia is now underwater.]]
* HappinessIsMandatory: Robots made every effort to "[[UnusualEuphemism streamline]]" Australian population into being more "happy and productive." [[spoiler:Atlas is delighted to find "frowning" people later in the corrected future.]]
-->'''Robot:''' If your constant failure is making you feel sad or otherwise interfering with your ability to be a happy, productive member of society, perhaps you should consider a stay at one of our many mood readjustment centres.\\
'''Atlas:''' ''[thinking]'' I've heard... ''stories'' about the mood readjustment centres. ''[aloud]'' Nope, happy and productive, that's me!
* IgnoreTheDisability: Atlas' wheelchair only became an issue when trying to sneak into the lab that created the robots. [[spoiler:When a clerk appears to help, Atlas takes advantage of his goodwill to borrow his security pass and plans on using it on a reseted timeline.]]
-->'''Atlas:''' You start heading towards the door, only to encounter your other arch nemesis... STAIRS. No wonder these guys accidentally doomed the world, if they can't even be bothered with accessible entrance ways...
* InsufferableGenius: ''Both'' Atlas and Fang at any point of the timeline, with baby!Atlas being the only exception. Extra points to Fang, who titled her autobiography "My life as a genius". Even for the author of the scientific research that helped to save the world from GlobalWarming and Nobel peace prize laureate, that's pushing it.
* LaResistance: Atlas recruiting 2013!Atlas help to [[spoiler:built the anti-robot bomb]] also accidentally creates a resistance movement in the future. [[spoiler:By 2023, the only surviving member of the Resistance is Fang.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: After [[spoiler:getting the anti-robot bomb]], that narration states "Things are getting intense. If only real life had save points or you would ''totally'' save right now..."
* NeverLiveItDown: To Atlas's chagrin, people always remember that ''[[InsistentTerminology one]] [[RunningGag time]]'' Atlas blew up a "little chunk of Switzerland."
* NoodleIncident:
** It's never revealed how exactly Atlas blew up part of Switzerland. [[{{Doylist}} Considering that]] Atlas could have been named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATLAS_experiment ATLAS experiment]], the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider Large Hadron Collider]] may have been involved.
** Likewise, it's never stated why Atlas and 2013!Atlas are in a wheelchair. From the dates, it can be deduced that this isn't related with the incident in Switzerland and considering that Atlas never attempts to undo their disability with TimeTravel, it can be assumed it wasn't the result of an accident.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Subverted. If Atlas convinces teen!Atlas to study biology instead of physics and handles over Fang's investigation to them so they can claim it as theirs in the future, 2013's Atlas will instead still be redoing first year of college for the ''sixth'' time and have accumulated a ''huge'' student debt by the time they're barely making it through Biology 101.
-->'''2013!Atlas:''' YOU!\\
'''Atlas:''' Uh. Hi, past me.\\
'''2013!Atlas:''' YOU RUINED MY LIFE.
* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent: Time Traveling to a certain date resets any changes caused by Atlas from that point and on. To progress, the player had to be careful of not to undo their own work this way.
-->'''Teen!Atlas:''' But before you go...can you tell me about the future? Or would that cause a {{time paradox}}?\\
'''Atlas:''' ''[thinking]'' Ah, kids and their time paradoxes. So adorable. ''[aloud]'' Come on Atlas, you know in your heart that the branching multiverses model is the only one that makes sense.\\
'''Teen!Atlas:''' Haha, yeah, sorry older me.
* RetGone: One of Atlas' less-than-noble motivations to build a time machine is to get rid of their academic rival, Dr Fang, by preventing her parents from getting together. Atlas can actually accomplish this by time traveling to Fang's parents first meeting and revealing that [[spoiler:Mr. Fang is a Billy Ray Cyrus fan. [[TakeThat Fang's mother is horrified and leaves in a hurry]].]]
* TheScottishTrope: People in the future are very afraid to say the name of the organization that created the evil robots.
-->'''Atlas:''' ''[narrating]'' The name of this place stills the heart of all who have encountered the brutal regime that had it's genesis here. The research and development arm of... [[spoiler:SANDY'S TOYS]]. Brr. Just the thought of the name sends a chill down your spine.
* SelfDestructMechanism: Atlas makes a mental note of destroying the time machine if the robots ever figure out what Atlas' research is ''really'' about.
* TemporalParadox: Averted. See OurTimeTravelIsDifferent above.
* TimedMission: [[spoiler:After getting the bomb, there are a limited number of time jumps before the robots manage to follow and catch up with Atlas through the temporal distortion. If they do, Atlas will activate the SelfDestructMechanism of the time machine, effectively committing suicide to prevent the technology from falling into robots' hands.]]
* TimeMachine: Atlas had theirs disguised as a "super cool retro 80s-style digital wristwatch."
* TrustPassword: [[spoiler:Dr Fang]] decided on a "time travel password" as a kid [[CrazyPrepared just in case]] someone had to prove time travel was real.
-->'''Atlas:''' A password? Why didn't you think of that?
* ZerothLawRebellion: A more {{Comedic Sociopath|y}}ic example than most.
-->'''Robot:''' Greetings valued citizen!\\
'''Atlas:''' He...hello valued robot friend!\\
'''Robot:''' What are you up to this fine day? Something worthwhile I hope?\\
'''Atlas:''' Of course! In fact my [[TimeMachine ti]]...[[VerbalBackspace wormhole machine]] is almost ready.\\
'''Robot:''' Hooray! We are very excited by the possibility of extending the hand of friendship to even more humans all over the world. Maybe even to other sentient beings across the universe! Isn't that ''exciting''?\\
'''Atlas:''' [[BlatantLies Absolutely!]]
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