The Two Francisco Empirical

Look to the east, and what do you see? The Bay Bridge, iridescent with vidboards advertising centiburgers and cyhancements, and beyond that, the Oakland Slabs.

To the north: Alcatraz, miraculously untouched by the Quake of 2122. The lucky lottery winners will be making their annual pilgrimage there soon. A handful will be devoured by The Red Daisy. The rest will be disappointed and buy another ticket next year. Humans are ridiculous animals.

To the south: the BoomBoom Corporation Dome. Who can say what fantastic wonders are being developed beneath that plass and ChrohmSteel structure? Certainly nothing involving world-ending technologies, disturbing genetic experimentations, or multi-dimensional portal unlocking. Certainly not.

To the west: the Sutro Channel, then Sutro Island itself and the Whateverologists that inhabit it. Finally, beyond that, the gray and choppy waters of the Pacific Ocean.

This is the city of Two Francisco.

Enjoy your donuts.