What: Taking on a volcano.
Who: Jack freezespirited and you!
When: 03/14-03/16.
Where: Throughout the city.
Warnings: Nothing except volcano stuff.

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I can help with the volcano, but I also don't want to make it worse. Can anyone help?

[The feed comes on in the middle of a sentence, and for a moment it might be confused for gibberish, but no, she's speaking in Gaelic, shouting over the terrible rumble of the mountain and the crash of falling debris. The camera lies on its side in the grass, with a half-obscured view of a veritable stampede of creatures fleeing. Not a one of them seems to care if predator and prey are beside one another: they're all wild-eyed and panicky, but for the moment they're under control.

Aisling stands on a fallen tree, clearly visible. From this angle, at least, she seems as calm as a person may be under these circumstances, with a dray of baby squirrels under one arm. She throws out her free hand as the ground shakes, and the phone settles enough to see more flaming projectiles raining down into the forest further away. As they disappear below the treeline, Aisling cries out and falters, going to one knee as though she's been struck. The ground stops trembling for the moment, but she still shudders, breath hissing between her teeth.

Her control over the animals has slipped, and they're beginning to branch out, backtracking, pausing, snapping at one another, utterly terrified. Slowly, she pushes herself back to her feet, flinging back her hair and reasserting her control. The eyes of the animals glow red for a second, as though a flashbulb has gone off, and they calm enough to keep heading the direction she wants them to go.

Glancing down, Aisling catches sight of her phone and stoops to lift it.]

Get to the sea! A river of fire is coming, and there is no way to stop it that I know. Fly, and keep yourselves out of harm's way!

[She's too busy to linger, and the feed shuts off with a click.]

Everyone, please don't go to the shore! Volcanic activity can sometimes trigger tsunamis that could flood the city, so please go for higher ground as far from the mountain as possible instead! And gas masks are VERY GOOD IDEAS RIGHT NOW!! Make sure as much skin as possible is covered to avoid getting burned!! Take care of small children, the elderly, and the infirm!! The people who should be evacuating first are those CLOSEST to the mountain, followed by everyone else, so we don't bottleneck and trap ourselves. BE CONSIDERATE OF ONE ANOTHER.

Out of curiosity, has anyone else been having their bad dreams come true, or is this just coincidence for me?


And Poland, I'm afraid I have bad news about your pool on the roof.

Sooo...

I'm selling gas-masks, fire extinguishers, and bottled water.
Because I'm pretty sure you all kind of need those.

Also thneeds are flame-retardant. If you already got one, I'd recommend using it as a fire blanket. If you don't got one then... I have twenty on me.