Loser Saturday June 3, 2086 After two weeks of new leadership, Major Tawhiri’s changes in Psion Beta headquarters had become quite apparent. He enforced strict curfew rules: 2130 Sunday night through Thursday night and midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. The exception to the rule was that the winning team of each week’s Game got to stay up until 0100. Everyone hated the change. They brought up their dislike for the new rule in their weekly meetings with the major (something Byron had never done), but the major insisted that they all adhere to the rules, like it or not. Tawhiri also implemented dietary restrictions. This irked Sammy’s friends, particularly Brickert, who normally gave no thought to the fact that he ate a hamburger or pizza almost every day. Now the Robochef counted their calories and forced them to take vegetables and fruit on a regular basis. Brickert and Sammy threw the vegetables away until the Robochef refused to give them anything but salads.
