The Human Monument Project

The Human Monument Project is an effort by the United Nations to create a final, lasting monument to celebrate the existence of humanity, as its decline continues and they are increasingly replaced by fairies. The project struggles to make any progress, however, as there is no clear goal or plan in mind. The role of project lead gets passed around with nobody ever making decisive progress or getting much done. At one point Silver takes over the lead and suggests making the project an analog one, using books and the like to assemble all the needed information because technology and disk storage can fail over time. However, the starts fooling around and gets absorbed in her hobby, causing the project to be passed to The Director who wants to work with electricity.

This coincides with the return of Pioneer and Voyager, which is a great boon to the project. A festival is thrown to celebrate electricity, but The Mediator learns that fairies actively avoid electromagnetic waves and that Pioneer and Voyager actually don't want to return to space. She ends up sabotaging the generator and stalling the project, which also leads to The Director quitting. By the end of the story, the project is still ongoing.