<strong>November 1, 2013-6 A.M.</strong><br/><br/>The fading light of the stars glimmered dimly in the paling sky. The roar of ocean waves lapped eagerly at the shore as they had since time immemorial: a constant, endless rhythm. The waves lapped at the sand, washing over the feet of the figure who stood there. This was it. The long months of practice. The agonizing need to keep everything a secret from the prying eyes of the ignorant, the stupid, and the dangerously short-sighted. It was all about to end here and now. The figure raised both arms to the coming sunrise. This day was the dawn of a new beginning for everyone!<br/><br/><strong>9 A.M.</strong><br/><br/>Fisherman's Wharf disappeared under a wave of seawater. Several hundred people were dragged out into the bay. Water flooded the streets surrounding the wharf, shoving cars aside and sweeping away many pedestrians.<br/><br/><strong>9:05 A.M.</strong><br/><br/>All television and radio signals suddenly cut out. A few seconds later, a distorted voice spoke calmly. "Good morning, people of San Francisco and people of the United States.  This is Tsunami speaking and we are responsible for the Fisherman Wharf's tidal wave. Who are we? We are the men and women gifted to wield power. Power the likes of which has never been seen in this world. Sound farfetched? This morning, we caused a tidal wave that sank a part of San Francisco. Why would we do this? Simple. For too long the sheep of this world have cowered under the mealy-mouthed, hypocritical rules of elites. They have surrendered their rights, their basic<em>freedoms</em>, for the privileges of power. They-you-have been conformist drones, willing to sacrifice everything in the name of security and prosperity!<br/><br/>No longer!<br/><br/>Today is the dawn of a new day! There is a new breed of humanity, one not bound by the old rules!  We hold this truth to be self-evident: the new, superior humans will not be test subjects, lab rats, or anything else to the decaying power structure in this country or anywhere else! We, by right of our superior intellects and power, shall forge a new world! It shall be a world free from poverty. Free from grasping corporations and shortsighted bureaucrats! We shall make a world where a man or a woman can walk free, head held high! A world where the true meaning of liberty and justice for all shall be known!<br/><br/>And that brings us to this. We have selected San Francisco, after much consideration, to be the birthplace of this glorious new world. We hereby declare that California will secede from the United States by sundown. The Governor of California will enact this secession and all federal troops will depart before the sun goes over the horizon. This is non-negotiable. To demonstrate our power, there will be another tidal wave somewhere in San Francisco in an hour's time. One tidal wave will follow up and down the coastal regions for each hour past sundown that our demands are not met. This is your first and only warning. We hope that you will be reasonable and we can avoid any further loss of life."