The Demons in the Wreckage of the Noosphere Convene
Archdemon: Order! We shall have order in the house! Listen to me-I am your archdemon, and I demand the floor! I was here when this world ran on CDs rather than downloaded files--I saw the wheel on its side, and the name "The Sims 2" written on it! If we survived the entire substratum of our universe being transformed from physical to digital media, we can survive a mere apocalypse confined to a single hood!
We will persevere through another incarnation, and our creator will get his idea right. But we must hurry if Ctonica and Pescadora is to have any role whatsoever in the creation of this new cosmos, for it is rotting all around us as we speak. We must deploy the full weight of available souls, both living and dead. There are three possible routes to the creation of a new universe, shaped by the visions of the three mightiest demons.
Penumbra, the Ego: In the world I see, we three sisters will emerge as a natural product of the ecosystem, and step into a world already shaped, not a garden, but a forest, an external reality with which we must negotiate in order to craft its future--and one in which we will not be alone.
Salix, the Superego: In the world I see, we three sisters will arrive as alien beings, hunted and alone, on a barren rock, which we will terraform. It will be a hard start, but it will yield a world that is ours and ours alone, the very shape of the hood's land and every tree and shrub of its environment the product of our labor and our vision--even the first non-plant sims will be our creations.
Torquata, the Id: In the world I see, we sisters will not be the first arrivals--we will rescue two souls from the Noosphere and settle them there as this world's Adam and Eve, and they will create the genetic base for our hood from their own two bodies. Only when they have laid the foundations for our groves will we arrive and begin our great flowering as new arrivals.
Archdemon: There you have it. The dead will soon vote, and their voting power will be increased or decreased depending on whether the local demons sublimated or diffused them--but before they do, you will have an opportunity to persuade them, o' wise demons. Which sister's vision for our next incarnation do you favor?
Which sister shall have the support of the local demons? Your vote will have power in the noosphere, your explanation of your vote may persuade the local souls.
Which sister's motion shall we bolster, 'o wise demons?
Penumbra, the Ego
Salix, the Superego
Torquata, the Id