Dark Years [2]

 A certain occult scientist stands on the border of reality and madness, casually biting into a chicken salad sandwich, meticulously crafted on a croissant with 24 month aged sharp New England cheddar.  This is quite notable since the actual geographical location is "somewhere in South Africa."   Zeph Tacool stared into the void marble for a moment, sitting down the sandwich and it's plate casually on the ground.  A young Brazilian woman in traditional nun looking attire approached him from behind, standing next to him she tugged on his sleeve.  'God help us, what can we do?'  The doctor simply shook his head and looked to her "If God had anything to do with this, I fear for our longevity."

Void Marbles are the non technical terms for these reality aberrations. Dr. Tacool was the foremost researcher and opinion on these phenomena recently forming at unset intervals around the world.  His recent findings substantiate a claim that these voids are actual causality singularities.  This is an attempt to rectify the apparent invulnerability to change in any fashion exhibited by the exterior of these spheres. Still this doesn't actual explain much within their overall mystery.  People are eager to devour any information at all about these mysterious spheres that have shaken society. In his earlier dissertation to the South American Scientific Council and press, he went on to illustrate how radioactive samples monitored within a void zone previous to expansion showed no signs of decay for a period which is believed to be the "void expansion."

This has served as anecdotal evidence to stave off black hole theorists and provide some sort of scientific feedback to combat the religious zealotry that has sprung from these events. Still the crackpot theories and conspiracies multiply every day as these black spheres stand as monoliths across civilizations and cultures. There has yet to be a witness for one of these events unfolding, all satellite and video feedback simply have the spheres popping into existence with a sudden snap. The most advanced surveillance equipment detected for approximately one second before voids are summoned, there is abnormally low light levels in areas affected.   Currently all voids [5] can be measured at 666 meters of volume in perfect spherical configuration.  Doctor Tacool claims this is merely coincidence based on relative material, pending additional data analysis.

There is no correlation of timing, victim or locational geography for the site of all five of the voids either, aside from the fact that all of them have considerable victims.    The first was in a populated mall on Christmas Eve in the United States. News of this phenomena would spread like wildfire immediately, with national coverage within the hour. The US National Guard would be the first to officially respond, sanctioning off the area and removing personnel.