Daria leads the organisation of new defences, but naturally, everyone disagrees on everything. The strangers arrive to much anticipation, and New Town goes into fever pitch as ex-film stars, tv stars and pornstars emerge from the forest. Daria must now navigate around egos and old power to deal with their charismatic leader, Lee Trank, a robot dog owning former TV magnet, that dabbled in politics. Episode 3 of Apparent Magnitude is 15,000 words. A story about family, friends and feuds in the post-apocalypse.