Squid Christ Abandons Humanity, Part One

And lo, the Squid did abandon the Earth when the time of prophecy did arrive and the gathering of Cosmic Squids was known across the depths of Space. And darkness did descend upon the Earth as the Squid left, for his direction must be kept secret, and a mighty cloud of ink was ejected from the Squid's holy ink sac upon the atmosphere of the earth, blocking out the Sun and the stars and the Moon.

But no harm was meant by the Squid in his parting, for the cycles of history do come upon us again and again as time turns upon the cosmic Wheel and Ages that were become that which is the present, and in the past the mighty cloud of ink from the Squid's holy ink sac dissipated in a matter of days, frightening dinosaurs and then giant penguins and then the fuzzy bipedal apes of humanity's ancient past.

But humanity had progressed much in the eons since the last gathering of Cosmic Squid, and in the pursuit of technology the immortal demon Lord Petros had infested the hearts of men who sought profit and power. And so, when the Squid did eject the mighty cloud of ink from his holy ink sac, the air was thick with the smoke and haze and stink of the Industrial Machine which drinks the black blood of the Earth as a vampire does steal the blood of frightened children. And this smoke and haze did hold the mighty ink cloud in place, preventing its dispensation, the darkness did not clear.

And humanity cried out to our lord the Squid Christ, "Why hast though forsaken us?" But the Squid was across the Universe at the gathering of Cosmic Squid, joyous in the company of nubile young Cosmic Squid females. Lord Petros laughed at the cries of humanity. And humanity did despair.