Oct 12, 2008 11:15
[[The webcam switches on, revealing a smirking Dr. Horrible in his lab.]]
"Good morning, Aternaville. You're all doing well, I trust. I myself have quite a bit of progress to--"
[[He breaks off, because the table full of bubbling beakers and interconnected test tubes has begun to tremble, setting off a rattling like beads in a rain stick.]]
"...Interesting. Historically this area is very seismically stable. I know there was a tremor recently, but..." [[Seeming to remember that the camera's still on, he stops mumbling to himself and turns a smile on the computer.]] "Never fear. I come from California; I know how to prepare my lab against a--"
[[Again he breaks off, because the rattling has built to a clatter. Offscreen, something shatters, and he twists towards it, now openly alarmed.]]
"Oh, that's not a good--"
>BOOM!<
[[The camera goes dark.]]