Orwell

## 1931

Watergate Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated is founded by Edgar Watergate.

#### 1

Instead of the expected date in March, April Kerrington is born to Esther Kerrington and Jonathan "Jon" Kerrington on the first of April, hence her name.

## 1987

### November

#### 19

May Kerrington is born to Esther and Jonathan.

## 1990

### December

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June Kerrington is born to Esther and Jonathan.

## 1992

Josef Langley graduates from Stelligan University and opens his own law office in the city of Bonton.

### February

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A little bit unexpected, Juliet Kerrington is born to Esther and Jonathan, so they decide to end the strictness of their naming convention for a slight aberration.

### September

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Cassandra Watergate is born to Alice Watergate and Edgar's grandson, Bruno Watergate.

## 1993

Aaron Gunther "immigrates" to The Nation from Germany, changing his name to Abraham Goldfels.

## 1995

Professor Goldfels publishes the essay, "Privacy vs Public interest - Where the Right to know ends".

## 1998

Rhosen Technologies is founded by Viktor Rhosen.

## 2008

The Nation retracts troops from the neighboring country of Parges, leading to a terrorist incident.

## 2009

The Party is elected into The Nation's government. The year of the passing of the Safety Bill and electing of The Party may be mistakenly swapped.

The Ministry of Security is immediately established by Catherine Delacroix, who is granted the position of the first Secretary of Security.

## 2011

The Safety Bill is passed, first conceived by Catherine Delacroix.

The Parges Peacekeeping Mission is signed in, sending The Nation's troops back to Parges for aid.

## 2012

Professor Goldfels publishes the study, "Id, Ego & Selfie - An Analysis of Dangers in over-expressive self representation in Social Media".

Micloth Limited Company is founded by May Kerrington.

### March

Abraham writes the first blog post on the Thought website, after creating his administrator account "goldfels".

#### 30

7:54 P.M. - A guest writes a comment on the article, deciding to follow the blog.

### April

#### 1

6:56 A.M. - Abraham thanks the commenter, having thought that nobody would even discover his blog in the first place.

## 2013

After the release of A Grey Shadow and Another Grey Shadow, the conclusion to the movie trilogy is announced, A Hundred Grey Shadows.

### November

#### 5

Harrison protests against government plans to increase surveillance on his blog, The Wall of Text.

## 2014

Professor Goldfels publishes the book, "'Die Gedanken sind frei' (The thoughts are free) - A modern-time Declaration of Independence towards Mass Surveillance".

### January

#### 19

On his blog, Harrison says that safety is an illusion, and he needs a way of getting the truth into people's heads.

### February

#### 1

A commenter says that Harrison's blog articles suck. Harrison insults in return.

### August

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Harrison blogs that he wants to start a band.

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Commenter suggests The Targets as a band name. Harrison thinks it is a lame name, but considers it.

### March

#### 3

Harrison posts on his blog about the prevalence of cameras for attention and how he desires for a group of like-minded people.

### May

#### 2

Professor Goldfels leaves a comment to invite him to a debate club, Thought. Harrison responds that he is always debating on his own, but invites him to privately message him.

### June

#### 8

Harrison blog commenter says he relates and wants to meet up with Hancock. Harrison questions sometimes why he even has the messages page.

### July

#### 19

A commenter on Harrison's blog claims the government scans websites for threats and disappears people who spread rebellious ideas. Harrison replies that he should put on his tinfoil hat.

### August

#### 2

Harrison posts about the formation of Thought on his blog.

## 2016

Founder of Rhosen Technologies, Viktor Rhosen, meets with the siblings who created Timelines, Ada Davenport and Alan Davenport, on Nation Today.

In the fall, Professor Goldfels retires from teaching Media Ethics at Stelligan University, rendering the course unavailable.

### March

#### 21

7:50 A.M. - Harrison asks for Stelligan University survival tips on Timelines.

9:49 A.M. - Judy Hull is wondering if he lost a bet or something to go there. Mistakenly pm.

10:24 A.M. - Frank Barnett says that it's a bit early for April Fools.

11:02 A.M. - Harrison questions why he cannot attend university like a normal human, even if only for a lecture for a friend.

### April

#### 12

6:36 P.M. - Cassandra posts to her Timeline about a shopping trip with her best friend, Mary Bligh, commenting that she should visit her stylist soon.

8:45 P.M. - Mary retorts in a reply that it is what happens when Cassandra does her hair.

### June

#### 28

4:14 P.M. - Cassandra Watergate discovers a new band, The Targets, and plans to attend their concert in the Cell next week, posting it about it on Timelines.

5:00 P.M. - Mary Bligh doesn't like punk, instead asking if they can see cherry cheeks sometime in a reply.

5:17 P.M. - Cassandra replies to defend her position.

5:24 P.M. - Mary Bligh apologizes, stating that it's just not her thing.

6:01 P.M. - Cassandra accepts, but thinks Mary is the one missing out.

### July

#### 4

The Targets perform at The Cell in Bonton.

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4:50 P.M. - Harrison posts about him and Juliet rocking the show.

5:19 P.M. - Juliet thanks him for taking her along, surprised by the warm welcome.

5:25 P.M. - Mike Hutchinson compliments her for it.

5:34 P.M. - Juliet also thanks Mike for the compliment.

6:01 P.M. - Harrison gives a very jealous reply, assuming that Mike is flirting.

6:03 P.M. - Juliet tells him to calm down, she doesn't think that was Mike's intent and apologizes to him for it.

#### 6

8:09 P.M. - The Targets' concert is so amazing that Cassandra changes her profile picture on Timelines.

8:40 P.M. - In a reply, Mary Bligh asks what happened to Cassandra's hair and why she didn't tell her so they could go to the stylist together.

8:55 P.M. - Jake Klefton confusedly replies that Cassandra is going punk, asking if her parent approve.

9:01 P.M. - Juliet Kerrington likes the look and suggests a new name "Cassarthis".

9:30 P.M. - Cassandra likes the clever name suggestion.

9:39 P.M. - Juliet proclaims the nickname.

10:11 P.M. - Harrison O'Donnell invites Cassandra to Thought and their protest at Freedom Plaza on Friday.

#### 10

During a Thought protest at Freedom Plaza, Cassandra assaults officer Franklin, who falls into a coma, out of protection for her friend, Juliet Kerrington. Officer Lloyd Duncan arrests Cassandra and holds her at Bonton Central Police Department.

9:30 P.M. - Juliet posts to her Timeline that even though they just met, Cassandra stood up for her at the protest. Her post links The National Beholder article from two weeks later.

10:50 P.M. - Harrison posts to his Timeline, but he deletes it in the future.

#### 11

Abraham writes the eighth and his last blog for Thought, halting his engagement with the group after the troubles it has gone through.

11:16 A.M. - Rick Denton replies to Juliet's latest post, calling the outcome obvious. He also points out how out of character this new activism stuff is for her.

12:46 P.M. - Juliet states that some people change their minds.

1:25 P.M. - Rick doesn't want to be indifferent, like the alternative Juliet suggests. He just sees no point in occupying public space and throwing stones, when this is a democracy with petitions and the like.

2:40 P.M. - Sarcastically proud of the slacktivist that Rick is, Harrison O'Donnell posts to the chain of comments that he would really like to post a slow clapping sound, but Timelines doesn't have that feature.

3:29 P.M. - While Juliet appreciates Harrison having her back, there is no need for him to intervene in this Rick-and-Juliet only interaction.

11:13 P.M. - Peter Fletcher makes a reply to Harrison's last Timelines post, saying the facists turned it into a nightmare. The protest was peaceful until they showed up and provoked the crowd.

#### 12

8:48 A.M. - Nina Maternova leaves a comment for Abraham to reconsider, seeing what happened as a good thing.

#### 25

The National Beholder publishes an article about the incident two weeks ago.

10:22 P.M. - Harrison makes a post to his Timeline which he deletes later.

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10:07 P.M. - Peter Fletcher comments on Harrison that he feels sorry for the girl, she was clearly attacked and panicked.

9:49 P.M. - Frank Barnett comments whistling we didn't start the fire.

### August

#### 9

Cassandra's case is dropped due to lack of evidence. Her lawyer, Josef Langley, uses video evidence to turn the tide of the proceedings, but the case may be reopened in the event of new evidence surfacing.

5:10 P.M. - Cassandra posts on Timelines in excitement over the closure of her case.

5:41 P.M. - Mary Bligh replies with a congratulations to Cassandra.

5:45 P.M. - Harrison O'Donnell replies expressing excitement over how ineffective all the cameras were in proving Cassandra's guilt.

6:01 P.M. - Juliet Kerrington also congratulates her and suggests a party on Friday, which would be the 12th.

6:20 P.M. - Cassandra thanks her friends for the replies.

#### 10

The National Beholder questions if Cassandra's wealthy parents played a part in the dropping of the case.
5:05 P.M. - Cassandra posts on her Timeline to complain about The National Beholder's writing on her case.

5:34 P.M. - Mary Bligh replies to Cassandra's post, inviting her for some evening shopping.

5:45 P.M. - Cassandra declines the invitation because she has a date with Josef Langley.

6:09 P.M. - Mary asks who, but garners no response.

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Cassandra changes her status on Timelines to being in a relationship with Josef Langley, who is not a member.

### September

Cassandra registers account "cassarthis" on the Thought blog, writing the last and only public article on the blog about all the surveillance cameras.

#### 19

12:48 P.M. - Juliet posts on her Timeline that she has a week until she enters her thesis for Media Ethics at Stelligan University, then she is going to be done.

7:33 P.M. - Amanda Hines assures they will stay in touch no matter what in a reply.

9:50 P.M. - Juliet responds with a thanks.

### December

Last login of Abraham on the Thought website.

#### 19

9:16 P.M. - Juliet posts on Timelines that nobody noticed and nobody cares.

9:34 P.M. - Cassandra asks what Harrison did this time. She thinks Juliet needs to ditch him.

#### 21

5:31 P.M. - ThatGirl NextDoor replies that maybe people would, if Juliet was less enigmatic about it.

## 2017

The Targets release their album Advertisement for the Poor.

### January

#### 11

6:19 P.M. - Harrison makes a post to Timelines that he later deletes.

8:01 P.M. - Cassandra asks if everything is alright with him.

9:51 P.M. - Harrison says that now it is, and good riddance.

#### 29

7:45 P.M. - Cassandra posts a hateful message to the government on Timelines.

8:20 P.M. - Although they haven't hung out together in a while, Mary Bligh replies to ask what the matter is, since it sounds so out of character for her.

#### 30

5:17 A.M. - Cassandra tells Mary to shut up and that she cannot deal with this right now.

10:14 A.M. - Mary says she's sorry for still caring about her best friend, but that's in the past now then.

#### 14

6:13 A.M. - Esther wishes Juliet a happy birthday on her Timeline. She updated Juliet's profile on their family page to mark the occasion.

9:45 A.M. - Amanda Hines also wishes Juliet a happy birthday.

#### 15

1:49 P.M. - Judy Hull posts a comment to Harrison's July 10, 2016 Timelines post, asking about what is going on with the self-censorship of his Timeline.

#### 17

4:15 P.M. - Bot posts advertising spam to the first Thought blog post.

### March

#### 1

11:01 A.M. - Cassandra posts on Timelines about her quitting as Chief Operating Officer at Watergate Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

11:24 A.M. - Jake Klefton replies to ask who is going to pay for her stuff, and how unhappy her parents will be.

2:19 P.M. - Cassandra says not to worry as her art is making plenty of money.

#### 3

6:37 P.M. - Cassandra is bored and posts to Juliet's Timeline to asks her to come out with her, using muffins as an incentive.

7:14 P.M. - Juliet asks what she must do.

7:20 P.M. - Cassandra simply wants to go explore Bonton's famous nightlife.

7:22 P.M. - ThatGirl NextDoor messages Cassandra to ask the muffin recipe for her mother.

7:33 P.M. - Juliet is not keen on going out late-night and cannot dance, asking to please be spared.

7:45 P.M. - Cassandra understands and will have to eat all the muffins out of frustration then.

7:47 P.M. - Juliet gives in and will meet Cassandra in 30 minutes.

Approximately 8:17 P.M. - Cassandra and Juliet presumably meet together.

#### 4

11:20 A.M. - Cassandra posts on Juliet's Timeline that she actually can dance.

2:37 P.M. - Juliet replies, and also asks who took the photo.

2:45 P.M. - Cassandra does not reveal her tricks.

2:51 P.M. - Juliet enjoyed the time, but doesn't plan on going out again soon.

4:14 P.M. - Adam Dunbar asks how Juliet falls for muffins when she's so busy every time he asks her out.

5:06 P.M. - Juliet gives a snarky reply to him.

#### 19

Harrison pays for EZvid On Demand Monthly and visit to Emcato Supermarket Bonton.

#### 31

Harrison buys from the same drugstore. Charged overdraft fee.

### April

The most recent login of Cassandra into her account on the Thought blog.

#### 1

Harrison makes two LifeTrust Health Insurance payments, and monthly payment to Outskirts Camping Limited Company for 1 lot and wifi. Paid by his job at The National Beholder Publishing, Incorporated.

#### 4

Harrison buys from Emcato Supermarket Bonton.

#### 8

Harrison writes in The National Opinion column of The National Beholder about why the border to Parges needs to be closed. Incidentally predicts a bomb will go off in Bonton or Farview in the next week.

Harrison purchases from the drugstore again.

#### 10

7:31 P.M. Harrison's most recent login to his bank account, until interference from Orwell during the game.

#### 11

Stelligan University's canteen wins the "Best Public Dining Hall" category of the annual "Nation's Best" contest.

Harrison pays for EZvid On Demand Monthly, as well as Emcata Supermarket Bonton.

#### 12

After numerous setbacks due to production problems, self-proclaimed "visionary director" Sumishii Aran announces on his Timelines profile that filming for A Hundred Grey Shadows has been completed, eager to begin post production for a release date of Valentine's Day in 2018.

Peace negotiations fail in the Pargesian capital, Triflith.

Local authorities in Bonton receive an anonymous letter of the first three stanzas from the German folk song "Die Gedanken Sind Frei" (The Thoughts Are Free)

7:49:42 P.M. - Freedom Plaza is bombed by Nina Maternova. The Freedom Memorial is destroyed, three people are killed, and five are injured.

#### 13

The Ministry of Security releases new crime statistic for the past year, showing a 4.8% decrease in criminal offenses.

The National Beholder publishes articles regarding all the events of the previous day, and morning.

Josef Langley is forced to cancel a date with Cassandra due to a meeting with a very important client in the evening.

5:19 P.M. - Cassandra posts on her Timeline in celebration of the destruction of Freedom Plaza.

5:29 P.M. - Jake Klefton asks if Cassandra is seriously laughing at people getting killed.

While Cassandra is rearrested for her previous assault charge due to Orwell surveillance, Nina Maternova bombs Stelligan University. Three are injured, a student and lecturer are killed. Same anonymous letter was received minutes prior. The National Beholder already has an article up 30 minutes later.

#### 14

Stelligan president Hopkins holds a morning press conference in regard to the recent attack. Stelligan University will be closed until further notice, at least for the rest of the week.

Weather report from The National Beholder indicates heavy rain clouds over the western portion of The Nation over the weekend, culminating on Sunday. Public relations statements are released by both Rhosen Technologies and Timelines about a cooperation between the two companies, The National Beholder covers the Friday announcement. The National Beholder also releases another article about the recent bombings. The National Beholder soon covers a vague announcement on the arrest of a suspect in connection to the bombings, though Cassandra stays anonymous.

Harrison orders flowers from Semiramis Flowers Limited Company for Angela.

4:46 P.M. - Juliet states on her Timeline about how devastated she is about the Stelligan University bombing, after having spent five years attending.

#### 19

The Targets had a canceled concert planned for this date.

### October

Applied Physics (B) course at Stelligan University is discontinued and plans to only accept applications until this month.