"Life is like a box of chocolates; Unopened. Dusty. And beginning to attract a lot of insects. Welcome to Night Vale."
The Wallaby family successfully lobbies the School Board to finally allow a computer in school to help their daughter Megan. Plus, a concert from Dark Owl Records and Amnesty Day at the public library.
Tropes present in A Beautiful Dream include:
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: The computer was only trying to help Megan, but still... It took over first the school, and then everything controlled by electricity in the entire town.
- Blatant LiesThe Librarians say that they will not harm you. In fact, they add, “It doesn’t hurt at all. Amnesty is actually quite freeing, quite delicious.”
- Kids Are Cruel: Megan is teased at school because she is an adult man's detached hand.
"Today's proverb: Thank you in your interest in a life free of pain. We are not accepting applications at this time. Please try again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again…"
