[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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[shatteredcompass]

[Make that two gross and dirty post-apocalyptic hobos who have cleaned up a little bit. This one's been kind of lost in his own thoughts off to the side while Hajime's making his announcement to the network. Not too lost - he's always aware of his surroundings, even in such relative peace - but enough that he's keeping pretty quiet.

Ever since arriving in this point in time Kiyotaka's been replaying the events that lead to the apocalypse again and again in his memory, comparing everything happening around the school now to what he remembers from then. So much of it is the same, but so much of it is off, too. If other people are being displaced from their timelines and realities into one where none of their realities ever happened, what if the same is true for him and Hajime? He's been considering that a lot.

But there is still definitely a very real threat present in the bowels of the school, there's no denying that. He can't let go of the knowledge that there are subspace bombs hidden underground. He can't let go of the fear that they could go off at any time and he hasn't been getting any sleep because of it, but he can't do anything about them, either.

There are other things bothering him... He finally speaks up after Hajime finishes his broadcast.]

...Everything's so different this time.

[By now the tone of his voice probably makes his unspoken fears obvious. What if there are new surprises this time, too?]

[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?

[mini_misotheist]

[The boy with the disturbing familiarity turned on the video feed, nodding seriously, a strange look on a small child]

I understand. This place is...powerful, almost sacred. The creator of the universe had been drawn here...

That power is unstable, and I believe that the answer lies in those who have come to reside here. Yet who among us...certainly the Hands, but there must be more.

[At this point he seems to be talking more to himself]

Perhaps all of us. Maybe we have, together, reached critical mass. And yet our presence here is well within our rights. If the universe rejects us, that is cause for us to fight for our very existence.

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[voltecpower]

[Though Pulse had his doubts about the validity of time travel and dimensional rifts, he's had his own experiences with beings from one world plotting to invade another, and considering the danger posed by the invaders that had already arrived, he was more or less inclined to believe the supposed time-traveler's story.]

I will join in the effort to find and seal this rift.

[Of course, he had no idea how he would do it...]

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[pitticus]

[Pit has been down the bunkers numerous times, but all he had discovered were trophies and stands and monsters. Nothing like a rift. Everything Hajime described chills him down to the core. His first desperate thought flies to Palutena because she would know better than he how to handle a situation as widespread and grave as this. But she's not around to give him guidance.]

I'll do everything in my power to stop these calamities from happening!

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[mohawk_tomahawk]

[Connor went to the bunkers a bunch. Went into town. Saw the bombs. Saw the bugs. This was all serious. This was getting very serious, and a gentleman was here to give a warning. Seeing as how past and future don't matter, Connor got on the screen and gave this man a most attentive look. He was acknowledging what he heard.]

I will stand strong and fight against this menace, you have my word.