“Good evening, we interrupt our normal programming for some breaking news.

Today, several hundred government leaders and other politically and financially influential figures have disappeared.

The current list of confirmed disappearances include the following people: The president and vice-president of the united states of America, the chancellor and president of Germany, members of the royal family of the Netherlands, Spain, Norway and Denmark, the prime minister of Japan and the president of South Korea. 

And, although they have yet to release any sort of statement, it is suspected that the leaders of China, North Korea and Russia have also disappeared.

We implore citizens to stay calm and remain at home.

Anyone with information regarding this series of disappearances is requested to contact police immediately.

The find the complete list of disappeared persons, please visit...”

“Good evening, we interrupt our normal programming for more breaking news.

It has been confirmed minutes ago that her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth the second, has also disappeared in what is now dubbed as ‘The great vanishing’. 

Anyone with information pertaining to her Majesty’s location is required to report it to the police immediately. Failure to do so will be considered as treason and the offender will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

To aid in the search for her Majesty the queen and several other government officials, a curfew has been issued. Anyone outside after eight pm and before six am will be apprehended and will face a fine of up to two thousand pounds. Although this is an unprecedented crisis, the government asks everyone to remain calm and to not panic. For those who wish to learn more about...”

“...Among other news; The governments of North Korea, Russia and China are still refusing to confirm any information regarding the suspected disappearance of their leaders. After Japan finally confirmed the disappearance of their emperor these countries were expected to give a similar statement soon after. The UN has voiced its disapproval of this situation and will...”

“...Recent reports suggest that ‘the great vanishing’ wasn’t the first instance of individuals disappearing without a trace. The first recorded instance was of a military hand-to-hand combat instructor in South Korea named Yeong-Gi. Although the Korean government refuses to release the full video since it was recorded by a security camera in one of their military bases, we have managed to obtain the following clip.”

“Is ‘The great vanishing’ a punishment by God? Are aliens abducting us, humans? Is this some kind of government plot? Or is it something completely different? We are here to answer some questions.

Tonight, we are joined by Dr Jona Gold, who has a doctorate in quantum mechanics, Steve Bohdson, a ‘Truth Seeker’ and alleged witness of a vanishing. We are also joined by...”

“...Earlier this week the first ‘vanishing insurance’ has appeared. For a monthly fee, one's family will receive a one-time payment calculated by the vanished’s income if they were to vanish.

The company has received major backlash from this...”

“...A research centre in the Netherlands has started a large scale experiment related to the vanishing. The experiment was originally set up on a smaller scale by a student at the University of Twente located near the research centre, but after a surprising discovery in their research, the experiment got support from many investors and even the dutch government shows interest in getting involved...”

“...After receiving global attention for several weeks, the experiment conducted in the Netherlands has concluded. The full results have yet to be made public, but the information that we have gotten points to a major discovery.

To explain the discovery to us, we have invited Doctor Rick Ace from the National Vanishing Institution. Doctor Ace, can you briefly summarize the experiment for the viewers and what the results tell us?

Yes, of course; The experiment was conducted with several thousand volunteers from all over Europe. These volunteers remained in observation rooms for extended periods of time. These rooms were monitored with several high-precision measurement devices which could measure any change to the room including, but not limited to: the air density and composition in the room, the total weight of the room and the temperature in the room.

The experiment after that was quite simple; The researchers simply waited for a vanishing to happen within one of the rooms and record any changes. Although the chance for someone to vanish is incredibly small, the researchers were willing to continue the experiment for several years.

When a group of individuals among the volunteers finally vanished two days ago, the measured results were quite remarkable.

As you might know, energy within an enclosed system, can not decrease or increase. But, when the vanishing happened, the temperature, and thus the energy, within the room increased by a whole ten degrees whilst the total mass of the room remained the same.

The temperature in the rooms quickly returned to normal, but this is still a monumental event; one of our basic theories in science has been proven incorrect or, at the very least, incomplete. There is currently no explanation for where the increase in temperature came from.

Although these results give rise to countless questions, I’m afraid I won’t be able to cover all of these here tonight.

I see, our time has also run out, so let’s end it there. To any viewer who is interested in the experiment and would like to know more about it, you can visit the NVI’s website where the most recent information about it will be displayed. If you wish to ....”

“...An amazing discovery done by a research centre in the Netherlands has gotten the attention of the entire scientific community. Many who hear about the discovery consider it to be ‘Magical’, ‘Fantastical’ or downright impossible. When the research centre released the full results of the experiment, many research centra and even some governments began setting up similar experiments. The research centre in question has also not sat still; They have started developing a device which should be able to confirm the experiment’s results. The device is expected to …”

“...Although it’s been around for a few months now, South Korea is the first country to enforce the carrying of a ‘existence detector’. This device, which every Korean citizen got given, has only one function; letting the government of South Korea know that they haven’t vanished.

When the device fails to do so, its carrier will be flagged as ‘Vanished’ and the location of the vanishing will be investigated.

The South Korean government has implemented this policy in an attempt to gather more information about the vanishing. Many people, however, voice their concerns with this policy and...”

“The device developed by the now-famous research centre in the Netherlands has finally been released on the market.

This device allows the gathering and storage of the yet to be named energy that releases when someone vanishes. It is doubtful what use any private individual would have for this device, but many large companies have been anticipating it’s release. 

A new company, Unknown Energy Developers, or UED for short, has also been created by several members of the production team of this item. UED has already started the development of their next product and it is promised to be released in several months...”

“...Although many names have been suggested and used for the energy released at a vanishing, after the release of UED’s newest product, the ‘ice stick’, many people are now referring to it as ‘Mana’ or ‘MP’. This, because of the seemingly magical working of the device.

‘Mana’, originating from its frequent use in many fantasy stories and video games, has since become the official name of this energy despite the discontent many scientist voice...”

“Magica Devs, formerly known as UED, which is considered to be at the forefront of mana research, has released their newest product; the ‘mana sniffer’. This product can find and direct the user to traces of mana within several hundred meters.

Although it is quite expensive at 2000£, the mana sniffer allows even private consumers to find and gather mana….”

“The carrying of the ‘existence detector’, which was mandatory in several countries, is no longer allowed to be enforced, so states the UN. The UN had been hesitant to do this, but with the creation of the ‘vanishing detector’, they finally made a decision. The Vanishing detector, developed by Magica Devs, is a more powerful version of their ‘Mana sniffer’. It can detect sudden fluctuations of mana within several dozen kilometres of itself. Many countries have already placed orders for this device and it...”

“Although it went under the radar for many, it has been discovered that the numerous plots of land Magica Devs has purchased all have a dense concentration of naturally formed mana. Now, the countries where some of these plots are located demand the company to sell the land back to them. Some countries have even resorted to using police or even military force to reclaim it. Whether Magica Devs will be able to keep hold off the land is to be seen.”

“It has now been one and a half year since the ‘Great vanishing’. Since then, every month hundreds of individuals have been confirmed to have vanished. Not only that, but a new energy source, ‘mana’, has been discovered and is now used in tools all over the world. Magica Devs, which was the first company to develop ‘mana tools’, has grown to be one of the largest companies in the world.

A lot has happened in these eighteen months, and we can only wait to see what will happen in the future.”