in the tan we feasted, danced and played music, in the tan we spoke of unspeakable things, in the tan we made love to a thousand lovers, in the tan we abused the laws of physics, in the tan we accomplished nothing in the name of progress, in the tan we evolved to the end point, in the tan we made all directions one, in the tan we evoked the goddess and had her kill god, in the tan we destroyed all creation, in the tan we made peace with the alien nations, declared war on upon the gentle soft folk from the clouds, ripped off their wings and burnt them, we made slaves of the free and made free the enslaved, in the tan we built our foundation, in the tan we drunk exotic wines and after feasting, intoxicated on the fumes of plants we tore away the very mind of the matter and replaced it with heart.
pantheistic noble and wise, the citizens assembly awaited a great speech from their captain but he made them wait, a lesson in humility and imperfection, his face was weary when he stood before them, his eyes heavy with post lusting, he wandered around disorientated and confused and his words came out disjointed. he rambled some say he raved, some even say he was channelling babylon, some journalists wrote in the newspaper the next day, 'captain mission is in league with the demon choronzon,' and they may not be so far from the truth, for his form had been battled with many years previous but speculation aside this was nothing to do with the great abyss, demons and devils and angelic forms, for captain mission had found a new current, the current of prophetic communication and if one looked closely he was in tune with the infinite and giving all due warning, 'something will come out from the ocean and engulf us all.'
the crowd wandered away confused and disappointed, they were remiss in dismissing the events, they do themselves no favour, in their perilous omission.
captain mission returned to his airship, it was time to leave.
but tan is a city located in all space and time, every universes has it's version of tan, every universe in the multiverse, has this city somewhere within it's boundaries, the same city manifesting in all variety of forms, except one place. where it had already occurred and never could for it is indeed unique in all ways, on the most beautiful planet in existence, earth. in a place called atlantis, heard about through his bloodline, atlantis, the city of crystals and the city of magic. the captains home.