As the time passes, within half an hour, Beergarden Park fills to capacity. The mood across Murphy Central is best described as party-like as people emerge out from whichever pub, shop, brothel or school they happened to be in at the time & prepared for the big event everyone's been waiting for.
Banger, Hannah & Dengue, having joined their table with some other Gaians table they've never met before, all indulged in singing together a decades old Gaian drinking tune.
"Hello?" Banger said as he put down his mug & answered the call coming through his Neural Net.
'Mr. Grimm, we are now ready to go online at your word.' came the reply.
"Start the count now then."
About 10 seconds later, a voice echoes through the PA system, across Murphy Central:
'Network online in 5,4,...'
By the number three, the countdown voice is joined by the full chorus of excited onlookers cavern-wide.
"3,2,1!!"
A slight pause, and the network of black screens power on in unison, turning the black to a lightly pale glowing purple.
A collective gasp of excited anticipation echoes as the screens flicker a few times before blanking out to purple again to the sound of a resounding & disaponted-sounding "AWWWWW!!" from the masses.
'Uh, hang on a second.' eventually came a sheepish voice through the PA.
The screens went back to black & came up seconds later, as the outside view of Islay Station flickered onscreens, giving a surprisingly passable approximation of a bio-dome view to the outside ice cloud amid the deafening cheers of the crowd.
Banger wiped the nervous sweat from his face & collapsed with relief into a freshly filled clay mug of stout, underneath the central caverns' newly created artificial skyline.