(if you would like to be added to a notification list, let me know. ) Camnator was witnessing his world descending into chaos, a rapidly expanding ripple that liberated everything it touched from the laws of physics. Everything he loved about planet Earth was being either destroyed or corrupted. All of it's wonders were being transformed into mere mockeries of themselves. The geysers of yellowstone national park turned into homosexual corn cobs that spewed out of the ground. The stones of mount Rushmore sprouted legs and began to run away, brutally running over everybody and everything that tried to get away. People exploded and imploded, then exploded again. And porches....porches rained out of the sky like meteors, exploding and sending splintery shrapnel flying everywhere when they hit the earth. It was too much for Camnator to handle because nothing was coherent to the laws of reality, nothing made any sense. Nothing had any context, things just happened for no reason. The bane literally was chaos incarnate, ungoverned by any rules. "Wait a moment..." Camnator said to nobody in particular "It isn't governed by any rules...neither am I." He witnessed thousands of people reacting with confusion, scrambling madly about because their ordered world is tumbling down around them. "I follow no rules." he repeated, coming on the verge of an epiphany. As the world descended into chaos, as the structured society crumbled around them both literally and figuratively, Camnator realized he was ready for this. He was not bound by the norms of society because he didn't respect any sort of authority. The bane brought chaos and disorder, but he was immune to such things. Weed enabled truth and clarity, it enabled him to see opportunities in even the most horrific of events. And right now, he saw a big opportunity. It was going to be risky as hell, perhaps even suicidal. But Camnator felt he was one of the only people in the world who could do it. "Release me" he said, hoping the high mind could hear him. "AHHHHH.....I SEE....YOUR INTENT IS NOBLE AND BRAVE. VERY WELL, YOUR FRIENDS AWAIT." the high mind said. The fog began to clear and the huge chamber began to reassert itself in Camnator's vision. Verbatim was standing over him giving an uncharacteristic grin, his hand outreached. "Verbatim?" he asked, "Are you ok? You're smiling. Are you sick?" Verbatim chuckled, "No I am not sick, not anymore. I should have listened to you. It turns out I really did have a stick up my ass." Camnator smiled, then took Verbatim's hand and stood up. "I don't know what you went through friend, but I'm proud of you." Verbatim didn't answer, but he smiled with all his teeth. But there was something odd about the way he smiled, something in his teeth. "Verb, I've never seen you smile before, so perhaps I didn't notice that your teeth look kind of odd. Did you file them?" he asked. Verbatim closed his mouth and gave a perplexed look. "No, why?" "Well, you have fangs." Camnator said. "I'm sure you're seeing thin..." Verbatim was interrupted when Vien shoved them both aside, sending them flying as he walked towards Jane. "Vien....what happened?" she began to ask but Vien interrupted. "Kiala...my love..." he said. "You remembered my na.." she began to say, but she was interrupted when Vien threw his arms around her and gave her a long passionate kiss. Their mandibles interlocked and clacked lovingly against their cheeks. After a minute of embracing, Vien pulled out and fell on his knees. "I....remember everything. I remember Sanghelios...the day of our wedding...the day our son was born...and the day he was taken away from us." his voice broke. "Kiala....I am sorry for everything I have put you through. The artifact, the o ne I brought with me into this world, it wiped my memory...but now, I remember and I love you more than anything in the universe. I want to be with you again for the rest of my life." "Vien...." she began to say, her mandibles quivering. "But...there is something you should know. Our son...he is alive." Vien continued. "Valuken is alive? How?!?" Jane asked, "How do you know this?!?" "It was revealed to me by that creature. He is alive and he is on this world." Vien explained. "But he has been changed by the bane....and I did not realize it was him. If I did....if only I had remembered...but even if I did, I STILL WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN HE WAS OUR SON!!!" Vien roared. "KIALA!! HE LOVED ALL THE THINGS I LOVED, HE WAS AN ALIEN LIKE I PLUS HE INHERITED YOUR....POSTERIOR SO I WAS IMMEDIATELY ATTRACTED TO HIM! OUR SON....I MARRIED OUR SON!!!! MALUKI IS VALUKEN!!!!" Camnator was almost crushed by the tangible atmosphere of awkwardness. There was a long period in which the party remained silent in shock. But the silence was interrupted by the an incredibly obnoxious voice. "Hahahahaha! That's funny you -blam!-ed your son! You should have gotten an abortion so that this never would have happened. HA HA! HA HA! HA HAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" The group turned and looked at the entrance they came from. Standing there pointing and laughing at the group with her arms, was Rose. Next time: things get very annoying.