The Whateley Universe. A majority of the people are exemplars (that is to say, idealized people, superhero-lovely), and there are all those who use auras and glamours to make by themselves even more desirable. The people experienced a "Commercial Sign" to warn them that the demonstrate was about to take a break. Examples are Crow remaining frozen when Beaulieu was unavailable, and Joel getting thrown out of an airlock when he took a crack.