This press message was released by the Government of the Selucian Empire.
This past month, all 136 member of the VBS Party, the Selucian Empire's largest party, mysteriously went missing, leaving a large void in the Imperial Senate.
A search party was organized to attempt to find the members of the VBS party, but the attempts have thus far been fruitless.
Rampant speculation has emerged about the fate of VBS Party members. Some speculate that their mother ship beemed them aboard and flew back to their home planet. Others are certain that the VBS Senators are hiding in a rhinestone encrusted cave with Elvis.
The most likely scenario is that the entire party got lost in the woods while taking a party "nature retreat" in one of Selucia's national parks. This could in part be caused by the party's habit of traveling to the right for extended periods of times, then sharply turning left unexpectedly, before just as suddenly moving way back to the right.
Selucia's boy scouts are still scouring throughout PMP Memorial National Park in hopes of finding them.
"We will spare no effort in our search for the VBS Senators" said a rather intoxicated Emperor Robert Buisson Esq. "I personally have been stumbling all over my palace, looking under all my furniture and in my many wine cellars for them. I haven't found them yet, but I have found many long lost bottles of port."
When pressed for more details, Emperor Buisson admitted that they got an offer of help from a group of mimes that were in West Shadar for a convention, but turned them down. "I said no to them. Mimes scare the pants off of me." said the visibly shaken Emperor.
While the ultimate fate of the VBS Party is unclear at the moment, one thing is entirely certain; the usually combatitive and boisterious Imperial Senate has been overcome by an eerie quiet and emptiness, the likes of which it has never before experienced. Signed,
the Government of the Selucian Empire