seneschal Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) Recently major news outlets announced that temperatures in Antarctica had hit 65 F. "It's melting! What a world, what a world!" https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-65-sixty-five-degree-antarctica-record-high-20200207-zm6jxtpofjgtvmp7itwkuibvqe-story.html%3foutputType=amp However, a two-week forecast says the hottest temperature this fortnight will be a scorching -18 F. https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/antarctica/south-pole/ext What's going on? Well, the 65 F hot spot isn't at the south pole. It's on a peninsula that veers far north (relatively) from the frozen continent. And if you read down to the bottom of the Daily News article, the area has drifted into the 60s before and the usual temperature variation is from -140 F to 50 F -- less than 65 but still well above freezing. But let's say the continent really was thawing out. The Elder Things and their rebellious shoggoth former servants are unlocked from the ice and making tea ("Earl Grey! Hot!") with all that liquid fresh water. We can assume that other ancient critters have revived as well. What happens next? Can the investigators do anything about it? Despite the warm-up it is still chilly, extremely isolated, and dark eight or nine months out of the year. Bring lots of ramen packets. Oh, and it is muddy. Really, really muddy. Edited February 13, 2020 by seneschal 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagonet Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Shoggoth beach party? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 Are Annette and Frankie still available? "The Shoggoth In the Invisible Bikini." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Henerson Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Time to send in X-COM. We will have no shoggoth beach parties on our planet! Edited February 14, 2020 by Old Man Henerson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dethstrok9 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) This has become, MY FAVORITE FRIKING THREAD ON THIS WHOLE SITE. Also, great scenario idea, sounds almost like a Time RIP:) Edited February 14, 2020 by Dethstrok9 2 Quote -Voice of the Legion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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