I've been working on the new palisade for Origin, Some people still help, they see the usefulness of the added defense that it will bring against the cannibal raiders. Even they have lost some faith in my however, the Key wasn't as important as the Orb, but it still made things easier, including the construction of this wall. I was out on the edge of the light one time, it was drawing close to the horror we call night here. By now I'd learn to brave them, they lost their punch when the night consumed me but left me recovering afterwards when I found refuge in that mall. This time was different though, things started disappearing despite being in the light, and in strange chunks. Something else was going on clearly, the Lot Ghosts don't act like this. Soon what I had built of the palisade was vanishing around me and violently too. Then I disappeared too.

It turns out, in my absence, Xist Aliens created a massive, worldwide, geological phenomenon resulting in earthquakes the likes of which the world had never previously known across the globe. Luckily the commune was prepared and mostly survived, they had been rebuilding since, so I had a home to go back to. Azik and Santiago were not even from this Earth, and so they did not. I offered to let them stay with me until they could figure things out.

Azik got an offer to research this and other related phenomenon and seemed happy with that, so were just exchanged information. Santiago on the other hand, was not so lucky. He was faced with that or going to Spain to end up in the foster system. So in the end he came with me. Now we are headed back to Sherman, and once we are settled in I am going to get back in touch with Winsley and Mel...