It began innocently enough.

Years ago, while our local government experimented by inoculating innocent people with viral material, the forerunner to BONS devised a plan to deliver an unknown substance into the not-yet-fully-grown members of a species.

But how…?

Then, during an emergency message session with early members of MORTIE, it hit us.

Halloween candy!  Of course…

But when…?

Now.

The microorganisms and nanobots have been tested until our test subjects got blue in the face and could no longer breathe…but that’s not important right now.

This year, people across the world will stuff their faces with [non]sugar[free] substances that have been molded and coloured with Halloween themes.

Forthwith, this great nation shall finalise the species interconnection dream of a scientist some claim came from another world.

But as you know, what’s the difference between celestial bodies among friends?

No more relying on our main five senses.

Straight-to-nanobot communication will greatly increase our propaganda productivity.

The illusion of freedom of the individual will be complete.

All the old arguments about racial/genetic inequality won’t matter because we’ll all be equally connected.

What’s the point of mind reading if every one of your thoughts has been written by NBN, this new nanobotnetwork?

Those who’ve argued about the detrimental effects of the MSM (mainstream media) will happily embrace the NBN unknowingly.

In fact, most of you already use cars, mass transit, computers, and mobile phones without blinking an eye in revolt.

So eat your Halloween candy, breathe in the clouds of smoke machines, drink bottled/tap water/soda/beer/wine/liquor, bob for apples, drive/ride to parties, and join your families/friends in the holiday revelry.

In the future, don’t call it the contagion.  Call this period in the transition of our species our destiny with technology.

The more candy you, your friends, and family eat, the more the microorganisms and nanobots become part of you, exhaled when you breathe out, passing into the atmosphere and speeding toward full saturation of Earth.

We need this global expansion of the laboratory experiment in order to start the next phase, seeing if atomic level transformation will allow us to modify our species for space travel.

With seven billion specimens as test subjects, we can pick and choose which genetic mutations ensure our highest survival rate while in-transit between celestial bodies.

Besides, the law of unintended consequences will surely create a few new industries we haven’t thought of yet.

Speaking of which, time to get out the Book of the Future and see which industries it tells us will make the out-of-work, frustrated street protestors happy again.

That’s the one thing we haven’t figured out how to solve with the microorganisms and nanobots we’re integrating into the worldwide populace – emotion control.

We can tell you what makes you happy.  We can create enticements that make you want to seek happiness.  You get to the point where you seek happiness without our prodding.

But we haven’t found a 100% unhappiness cure/antidote.

Our soothsayer on staff keeps trying to tell us that unhappiness is an important part of what makes us alive.

Who’m I to disagree with the soothsayer?

Thanks to John at Pizza Hut; Cheryl at Gibson’s BBQ; Shalyn, Connie, Sam, Darrel and others at Publix; Rave Motion Pictures; Brittany at Target; the staff at Brookdale Place.

Happy Halloween – the gobbling will get you if you don’t watch out! Oh, ho ho, ha ha, he he…