[Video] Apocalypse PSA

[inspirethefire]

[There's a scruffy young man on the screen. I mean his hair is washed, and everything, which is just... like, super amazing... wow. Hot water. You guys have it good. What was I saying? Right, scruffy. Cleaned up some, sure, but still in shabby clothes and generally haggard, weary in a way that makes him look way older than he is. He looks sort of familiar, if you squint

He looks pretty goddamn serious, or is certainly giving his best effort to be, but he keeps getting halfway there and getting lost, overwhelmed. God, he wants this to work, but he has no clue how to make it happen. He just wants to help, somehow, please.]

Smash Academy.

My name is Hajime Tanaka. You... may have known me. Know... still know me. A past... me. [time travel is the worst why]

Most of you have surely noticed, by now, the strange occurrences affecting your friends, or perhaps yourselves. I am certain many of you are worried and confused by the matter, but it is important for you to understand: no matter how much duress they may cause you, these effects are little more than a distraction from something much greater and more terrible to come.

The warped sky you've seen in the last month, the shadow insects and the monsters they make--they're the first signs of a terrible calamity yet to come. This school rests atop a dimensional boundary, and it is ready to split and unleash untold chaos upon Final Destination City. I come from the future, to... wow, that... sounds so silly out loud--I have come from the future where it has already happened, and it's... it's... been a bad time. I don't... I'd rather you not have to deal with it, is the thing.

I understand that many groups have already gone to investigate and inspect the catacombs beneath the school. Any who are willing and able, I implore you to keep looking, to try and locate the rift and put an end to this invasion before the world can end.

Those of you who can't or won't look for whatever reason, be warned and be ready in case of whatever may occur. Prepare and store whatever you can--food, weapons, clothes, whatever amenities you can. Locate safe places to hide, or--

[Wait. Wait this is either going to instill panic, or make him look like a nut. Deep breaths. Okay.]

The... the most important thing to me is that people are ready. We were taken by surprise last time. I cannot possibly emphasize how little I want that to happen to you all again.

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Comments

[golonghorns]

[So, this is something Joel has been through before, more or less. Advance warning would have been swell back in his world. If someone had come along on September 27, 2013 and told him what was going to happen...

...well. No. He wouldn't have believed it any more than he believed the street barkers with their 'the end is nigh' signs.

But now? Oh, ho. Hoo boy. Now, he's a completely different animal.]

I've been collecting weapons from this world.

Hard to believe anything could overtake a place with so many... special folks. I mean, people who can set their punches on fire and turn into giant animals.

What kinds of things are we goin' to be fighting and what's the best way to kill them?

[firegonedire]

Hmm. It's astounding, how much damage the element of surprise can do.

[Hence, this business. He'd often thought, if only they'd known, if only they'd have looked a little harder, paid a little more attention. There are powerful enough people here, with proper forewarning, maybe...]

Some of the foot soldiers have already appeared. The creatures come in all shapes and sizes, with weaknesses varying between them, but I've done my best to compile all I know about them. Their greatest unifying factor is that they're all made from the shadow insects that have infested the school.

[golonghorns]

Good. This is good.

What about places that can be reinforced as effective shelters? Which places have held up best and which places would work with a little more shoring up?

[firegonedire]

The dorms can be barricaded into effective shelters, for a time. They held up surprisingly long for how close they are to the disaster's origin. There's a volcano outside the city that makes a natural vantage point--several of the monsters move on wheels, and do poorly on uneven terrain.

[golonghorns]

Volcano? It's dormant, right?

What about in the city? Any facilities in the city that hold up? I'm a carpenter so if there's places that could be useful with some extra reinforcement we can get started on early, that'd be great.