Cole Potential, Ch. 6

Long before the Big Bang occurred which created the Universe, Jordan Almondium and Brock Walnutini were both vying for the affection of a certain Clarissa Fartimus. Their rivalry soon evolved into a competition of who had the most Cole Potential. Almondium concentrated all his Cole Potential into creating the gemstones of Kamue't.  These gemstones resembled an pair of eyes--the most beautiful eyes ever created--and had the unique property following the observer from any direction. 

Walnutini realized that the Fartimus would be completely taken by the gemstones and Walnutini would win, so he devised a devious plan to steal and hide them. However, as Almondium had very good vision, Walnutini had to hide the gemstones in a place where they would never be found by Almondium. So Walnutini used most of his Cole Potential to create another universe to hide the gemstones.  Then he used his remaining Cole Potential to create an exquisite bouquet of nano-flowers which so impressed Fartimus she declared him the winner and favored him by permitting him to take her on date in a fortnight.  However, legend has it that the date didn't go well for Walnutini, so it appears in this case that no bad deed was left unpunished. 

On his part, Almondium suspected foul play but was never able to prove that Walnutini took the gemstones.  Almondium was somewhat of a slob and often chastised leaving his toys laying around.   It only goes to show that cleanliness is next to godliness, even if you are a god.

So you might be asking yourself, what happened to the gemstones in the newly created universe? Little was known about their whereabouts for the first 500 billion years. They had been rumored to have appeared as cometary apparitions in numerous galaxies.   However,  in 1503, a Italian inventor/painter observed what he believed to be a meteor strike a pasta field next door to him while  he was stargazing.  The young Da Vince investigated and found that the meteor fragments.   He, of course, was entranced by their beauty and later incorporated them into a painting he was making of a fair Florentine maiden.   And of course, you guessed it, the Kamue't gemstones became the eyes of the Mona Lisa.

You might think that our story ended there.   However, years later, 10 billion years for now, Almondium will create a machine that allows him to track any object that had ever been created.  On a whim, he decided to locate the lost gemstones.  He found them in a private collection of a dealer of antiquities located in galaxy  LEDA 25177 (MCG+01-23-008).   Almondium thought to retrieve them but then thought better.   Fartimus had long married her astro-psychiatrist, divorced and remarried.   Almondium decided to drop it--she wasn't worth the effort.  It is a long haul to LEDA 25177 (MCG+01-23-008) anyway.

Pictionary, snake oil, and the daughters fathers trip to the place of his origin, leaving someone to care for the dog, eat horseshoes, vomit, and entertain unexpected visitors.