Displacing the miasma

Andrew said to Alice, « They've put me on Ritalin now. Everything seems so clear. »

Alice said, « Good for you, » and went to tell Barry, for it seemed like the type of news that should be shared. Barry didn't care about that.

Alice told Barry about her problems with Christopher. Barry didn't care much about that, but he knew that Darlene would, so he pretended to be interested and sympathetic, and then rushed off to tell Darlene.

Darlene was happy to hear the gossip, but since Barry wasn't very good at being catty, she tracked down Evan so that they could make fun of Alice and Christopher.

Evan was good at being catty, and after he and Darlene finished their artful derision, Evan went to find Felix in order to make fun of Darlene.

Felix did better than that, and they mocked the pathetic lives of Andrew, Alice, Barry, Christopher, and Darlene for awhile. Then Felix went to tell Andrew all the awful things that Evan said about him.

Andrew was horribly offended that Alice had betrayed him. He raged for two minutes, then turned his anger inward, got terribly depressed for eight minutes, and then killed himself.

Felix was disturbed, and went to tell Evan. Evan found this to be greatly entertaining, and proceeded to spread the gossip.

Nevertheless, the miasma was displaced.