Beware The Opening Portal

The salted caramel/ boysenberry combination ice cream is ready.

Pure Evil man turns back to the counter.

That will be six euro, sir, says the girl behind the counter.

Lordy doo! says Pure Evil man. That's expensive!

It certainly is, says David, overhearing. Are you sure you want to go ahead with this, Em?

Em nods, and starts ordering a complicated ice cream combination.

Pure Evil licks his ice cream with his long red tongue and grins down at Terence and Oscar.

Well worth six euros, says Pure Evil.

Is it? says Vello.

I said so, didn't I, says Pure Evil.

Vello takes an instant dislike to Pure Evil.

I didn't understand your earlier comment, says Vello.

Oho, says Pure Evil. Don't get me started. Just Beware September at CERN, that's what I say.

Nutella, Dutch Chocolate? asks Em.

I'll have what he's having, says Vello.

It's very good ice cream, says Pure Evil. Pity the world is soon ending. Thanks to THEIR MISGUIDED SCIENCE.

Do go on, says Vello.

All right, says Pure Evil, wiping a drool of salted caramel from his chin. Many are saying that CERN will open a portal to the Underworld in September. What do you say to that?

Nothing yet, says Vello. Who are these many?

David has got his ice cream now ( lemon and mango). He licks it, and instantly regrets his choice of two sorbets.

There are many who say Cern was responsible for the Nepal earthquake, says Pure Evil.

Disappointing, says David.

To say the Least, says Pure Evil.

He was talking about his ice cream, says Vello.

Pure Evil ignores him. He is on a roll now.

There are SIGNS! says Pure Evil. For those with eyes to see and ears to hear.

What are they? asks Vello, as Em hands him his salted caramel/boysenberry combination.

Salted caramel and boysenberry. What you asked for, says Em.

The signs, says Vello. I'm talking to Pure Evil man here.

Pure Evil looks put out for a moment.  Then the penny drops.

Allow me to introduce myself. Forster M. Reed, says Pure Evil.

Vello, says Vello. And this is David Hume, this is Terence our ...um...cherub, this is Em, our acquaintance, and that boy over there is her son, Oscar, science genius.

Em looks pleased with the description.

Forster M. Reed now has a large audience. His voice fills the ice cream parlour.

CERN! Their logo is 666! Their symbol is Shiva! CERNunnos is the horned demon god of the underworld. At St-Genis-Pouilly there is a temple dedicated to Apollo, reputed to be built over the gate to the underworld! St-Genis-Pouilly is situated above the route of Large Hadron Collider. There is more I can tell you. Much more my friends, about anti matter, dark energy and the spirit world........

It's hypnotic! Terence is captivated. He likes Forster M. Reed and his spittle. He sits down at his feet and stares upwards, neglecting his ice cream.

But to his credit, Oscar (Parrot-Boy), blood brother, science genius, nearly nine, will have none of it.