Governments worldwide ignored the danger. Only worried about their luxury lives being ruined, since all money became digital right before the first crystal clear pictures ever taken of both Big Foot and the Loch Ness monster were leaked, their focus lied on finding a way to profit from the growing scandals. Of course no one believed it nor cared, yet the public opinion shifted when sharing funny pictures and jokes on social media turned impossible, due to the pandemic of phantasmagorical possessions of all technological pieces. And so, those who weren't in positions of power made a powerful decision: cut all electricity off, thus called Lights Out. It was later renamed to Second Lights Out, first one being the era before artificial light.

 

The partition presented limited options: move away in masses, flee to small villages where lifestyle didn't suffer a big change, leave by yourself letting your favorite fictional character take the wheel or stay in the big cities regardless of what might happen — these were accused of being supernatural themselves. In such a situation, external validation saw a decrease in importance; Losing stocks if the market included concepts.