The Pax Disaster part 4: The message Vien opened the door and watched a look of astonishment and surprise come over Verbatim's face. "Whoa, you're really big" he had said. Vien took a few seconds, but then he joked rather nervously "That's what she said.". It was a gag humans used whenever somebody said something that could be taken sexually. Verbatim uttered a forced laugh. They exchanged pleasantries and switched cards. Verbatim moved into Vien's hotel room and Vien began took the elevator downstairs to Verbatim's room and unpacked. As he was beginning to put his clothes in the drawers, his phone emitted a moan. He looked at a rather mysterious text message from a number he did not recognize: [i]"Vien, I hope that this warning does not come too late. We are not alone. The horrors of our origin have made their touch. I have a suspicion that they will manifest at the convention you are attending. I wish I could say more, I am being pursued. If you have any weapons, carry them. <3 <3 <3"[/i] Vien was bewildered at the meaning of the message. He began to wonder if it was some sort of odd prank when he received another text message from Verbatim telling him that they were supposed to meet up with Camnator. So Vien met up with Verbatim once again and took a cab to the convention center. After arriving and paying cab fare, Vien hit his head on the roof of the cab, then got out. Verbatim lead Vien to a small square garden with rocks jutting out of it. Apparently that's where they were supposed to meet Camnator and waited. 10 minutes went by without any sign of Camnator. There was a group of human children nearby chasing eachother and laughing. Vien smiled, he began to grow fond of the often quirky and unpredictable behavior of humanity's youth. But Verbatim let out a groan and leaned on a trash can. "What ails you?" Vien asked. Verbatim gave a look at the children running around and said "Them.....". Vien nodded, apparently Verbatim's hatred of humanity's progeny extends to the real life world as well. Vien opened his phone and sent a text to Camnator, explaining the situation. But he got no reply. One of the children accidentally bumped into Verbatim, got knocked back, and fell on his bottom and began to cry. Verbatim's face turned red, his temples throbbed, and it looked like he was about to shout at the young boy. But instead of making any sort of sound that resembled a word, he vomited directly onto the young boy's head. The boy scrambled up and ran off screaming, trailing specks of bile on the ground behind him. Another 10 minutes had passed when Vien received a reply from Camnator: "Sorry, I got lost. I'll be there soon. My head is foggy, I didn't smoke enough weed last night." Vien and Verbatim waited for Camnator to show up. The time went by rather slowly, people hustled past, some gave the two strange looks. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, a cab pulled up and a rather odd fellow stepped out of it. His clothes were all adorned with pictures of Marijuana leaves. He carried a rather large green backpack that seemed to be on the point of bursting. Indeed, the zipper couldn't zip all the way and there were what appeared to be a few hoses dangling out of it. The guy took out what appeared to be a roll of $20s and threw it at the driver, then he started walking towards Vien and Verbatim. When he was about 5 feet away, he gazed at Vien with reddened eyes, then he looked at Verbatim, in another fit of vomiting again. Then he began to giggle hysterically and he tried to speak. "Heyyyyyy guys, what's up dudes? Are you ready for this or what?" "Are you Camnator?" Vien asked. Camnator blinked for a moment, and then said "Ah yeah, sorry. I forgot to put on my badge." then he reached into his pocket and pulled out a marijuana leaf-shaped piece of paper wearing glasses. On the paper was written Camnator. Verbatim finally stopped puking and said "God, you are a -blam!-ing idiot.". Camnator just smiled and said "What's wrong with him?". "An adolescent ran into him earlier." Vien explained. "Is it possible for your speci.....for somebody to be allergic to children?" "No," Camnator replied, "He's just incoherent. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH!" "That made no sense" Verbatim replied, glowering at Camnator. So then Vien and Verbatim put on their namebadges and headed into the convention center with Camnator, who just got a lettuce size ball of weed out of his bag, stuffed it into an ice cream cone and began to eat it like a snack. As they headed inside, it got noisier and busier. It was so noisy that Vien did not hear his phone moaning. If he had looked at his phone, he would have seen a notification from Maluki, warning him that he had left behind the power cell recharging apparatus for his hologram. ________ [i]From an undisclosed location, a mysterious female voice resonates through the minds of 3 young woman. "He is here, the one who will enable our conquest. You must capture him. And remember, you must be together. Be careful about the actress, she is onto us." "Yes master, we will do as you command" the 3 women said simultaneously. [/i] (To be continued. )