Ice-nine, while fully created and complete in its specified function, creates a problem that turns the world into chaos. The difficulty with ice nine is that once Papa Monzano takes ice nine, another person (the Doctor) ends up dead in no time. It would be fine if it only affected two people, but Monzano's body falls all over the freezing ocean water. Once everything is frozen, religion comes into play. The residue left by the new ice can kill any living organism. Among the bodies, what appears to be arranged, is a note signed by Bokonon himself. The remark