Chapter+5

When the chapter begins, Julius is in his house and is showing signs of regret of his choice of words to Lil two days prior. Dan walks in looking for him and Julius finds out that he has gone back online. Deciding it would be better to succeed on merit rather than dirty tricks, the idea involved having fans take control of the attractions in the Mansion. Dan's feedback of the idea was positive, considering it "very Bitchun." After hearing this feedback, he relays the idea to Lil and gets an estimate for the new additions to the attraction. Suneep, one of the Imagineers of the park, is able to bring the time down to eight weeks without design reviews from the original five years. After Julius remembers the time when he first fell in love with the Mansion and met Lil, he beings making plans to recruit some key people in the project, including Tim, one of Debra's programmers.

Later on, Lil and Julius get into a fight about what Lil is supposed to be doing. Eventually, Julius comes clean about being offline and promises to see the doctor the next day. He continues to put the appointment off and focuses on his work on the Mansion. One day, he returns to Lil's house and finds her and Dan having sex. Lil kicks him out and he stays in a hotel room. Dan comes ten minutes later and wants to talk with him. Lil comes to the hotel and takes Dan back, permanently cutting off her relationship with Julius.

Quotes:

"And those are the very fans Debra'll have to win over to make a play for the Mansion." - Page 85

"Lil was working with Suneep, AKA the Merch Miracle. He could design, prototype and produce a souvenir faster than anyone - shirts, sculptures, pens, toys, housewares, he was the king." - Page 86

"While I tell Lil that I noticed her first and the Mansion second, the reverse is indeed true. But it's also true - and I never told her this - that the thing I love best about the Mansion is: It's where I met her." - Page 99

"I choked on a knob of misery, and I realized that it was Dan, not Lil, whose loss upset me the most. Lil took Dan's hand and led him out of the room. //I guess I'll take what I can get, too,// I thought." - Page 109