[Video Post]

[allons_y_alonso]

[The video pickup fuzzes out for a moment and then focuses on a comical multicolored figure about half a foot tall:

This small, harrumphing rabbit is holding an enormous fob watch open in front of him, reading the clock face as though it's a book.]

Attention, attention!  I've become ahare that not all of you here know what's going on right now, and that's simply a disaster.

I'm sorry.  I'm so sorry.  But the powers you've been granted were given to you for a reason, and that reason is about to arrive.  

Well, reasons, actually.  Five reasons.  Five reasons and a lizard.  Or more than five, really, who knows?

What's important is, very shortly a lot of large, unpleasant monsters are going to attack the island.  Some of them are here already. Already!

Only you can fight them, you girls and boys and boys who are for the moment girls!  Only you!  


So you'd best get ready!  [He blinks in alarm at something he sees on the watch face.]  Oh my!  I'm about to be late!  Very late!

Comments

[thneed]

I do wonder where the lizard comes in...

[allons_y_alonso]

Wondered about it myself, really. But there's always a big radioactive lizard at some point, at some point.

[thneed]

Oh dear. This situation's going to get pretty hare-y. A giant radioactive lizard would be pretty scary.

[allons_y_alonso]

That's it exactly! Exactly! And that's not the worst of it!

[thneed]

What's the worst of it?

[allons_y_alonso]

Well, I don't like to say right away. Not right away.

[thneed]

No? You can tell me right away. I won't spoil it for anybody.

[allons_y_alonso]

Well, I suppose someone should be on the lookout. We'll put it in code, in code.

.straeh reiht ni ssendoog evah srewop htiw slrig eht lla toN

[thneed]

[ how do you... squint. head. tilt.
oh it's backwards! ]

Hmm. I see.

.od t'now yletinifed tahT .od t'now tahT
?wef a fo dir tog ew fi tahW

[allons_y_alonso]

!elbirret ,elbirret oot tsuj s'tahT !oN !?tahW

[thneed]

.dab fo dir teg ot doog s'tI !lla ta elbirret ton s'tI
.gnipleh eb dluow tI

˙ǝɔıʇou ןןıʍ ʎpoqou
˙ǝuo ʇoƃ
˙ןןɐ ʇɐ ǝןqıɹɹǝʇ ʇou s,ʇı

[allons_y_alonso]

What?! What sort of powers do you have, anyway?

[thneed]

You broke the code, Doctor.

[allons_y_alonso]

I didn't think this question needed a secret answer. Is it a secret?

[thneed]

Not really. Anything life they have belongs to me.

[allons_y_alonso]

Oh, of course, of course.

[allons_y_alonso]

Wait. Wait!

[allons_y_alonso]

What? I'm sorry, but what?

[thneed]

It's not that hard to grasp. I take their life and add to mine. Because it belongs to me.

[allons_y_alonso]

Oh, no. Oh, no!

[thneed]

Oh yes!

[allons_y_alonso]

You're one of them! One of them!

[thneed]

One of what?

[allons_y_alonso]

The ones I was talking about. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

But one of them will stop you. They have to.

[thneed]

You mean a monster. That's rude.

They won't stop me. I'll stop them.