1996
People leaving the theatre (left) go to the stadium, where the opening ceremony will start in a while. Jupiter's new bronze statue sits in front of the main gate, patronizing the Games. It will be a long month of sports, dinners and celebrations: we are all philosophers here, we know how to enjoy life, true? But don't think that we are lazy people, we can work hard - if we want - and make wonders: just look at this cart wheel's factory, below! Isn't this a great way to make them, with melted Aluminum instead of wood? The Game's organizers passed by the other day, bought five of them and created the Game's logo, imagine! They said that this new technology - we have to import this too from TCS in Italy, whose leaflets say that they have reinvented the wheel, you see... - will bring us very, very far...! What did they mean? We don't even have highways!
A cart driver just broke one of its old-fashioned wheels, but he was lucky: he can get a spare one from the shop in a matter of minutes, see what the progress can do? They might even invent the Aluminum cart itself, one day: I'd like to be there to see!