"Haven't you heard? The signal is back up, and The Bard said 'Kindred Spirits Dread Ghosts.'" "What do you think it means?" "No, no, they said not to listen anymore, because the Auto-Bard busted and has been screaming ever since. 'Avoid Channel 1' is the only unbreakable rule left, 'or you will wish you were deaf.'" "Right, right, but this one came via carrier pigeon . I saw it in the blackness with him, it was the exact shape requested, a green dove. Errr... Rock Dove. Well, pigeon, like I said." The boldness of these words gave the three C's pause, so they all synchronized their watches and counted the prescribed 7 seconds (from the whole Bothers fiasco that got swept under the rug last time, never ever to return. Still, better than Panic Attack Mark II by all accounts). They thought that they had mapped every nook and cranny of these Crossroads, and every twist and turn that might be presented, and it was meant ...