...photos, color charts, and a few speculation pieces about the reason for their going bananas.] [On page two, though, is something of an entirely different nature--apparently, late last night, the 'Giant Godzilla-like Lizard' that has been laying on the ground in the park for the last few weeks got up and began tromping off towards the sea. Eyewitnesses claim that he was constantly bellowing and firing...

[The video starts up, and the view is nothing but black.] [At least until something bleats loudly but unintelligibly, that is--and then the black lifts, and part of the lens is no longer obscured; what...claws.] Khgx? [The comm is lifted up by unseen hands and moved. It's pointed at the grass now. A different voice--male, and probably human--gently speaks up from the background.] Don't drop this.

So... hungry. Weak. I need... energy. So much. I need... [the comm clicks back off] [ooc//As promised, the very very South side of the City may experience a temporary (~30 minutes) blackout while Godzilla goes and sucks up massive loads of energy from a power supply tower or two. Sorry about that? Feel free to blame Tony again. XD]

[Twenty minutes after a small earthquake shakes the business sector of the City.] [His polymorph is gone, but something's still clearly wrong with his mood when he speaks. In addition, the words are barely...reply if you want, I'll catch up when I come home. He tried to help with a nasty car pile-up in the business sector but did far, far more harm than good and is now back to laying in the park.]

... [The Great King pauses for a moment; anyone who can understand Monster will catch the happy note in his voice when he speaks again.] ...Hatchling? You are safe! [There is an earth-quaking thud as Godzilla falls down and passes out; thankfully, he is still in the harbor at this point. Silence reigns on the comm for a little while--when it is broken, he sounds... different.] ...No. Not... good...

[There are several things on that evening's late-nite newscast. After stuff like mysteriously missing children, coverage on that day's impromptu anti-superhero protest, and pet rabbits that water-ski,...day's failure of the local sports team to do anything other than get their asses whooped. ...D'you know, that poor man looks a little more grey-haired every day. I do hope he at least gets paid well.

...days--the lens is filthy, as if it had been dropped into mud; one big scaly grey finger clumsily wipes off as much as it can.] [The eye that peers into the camera is a fiery red-gold; it blinks.] [Godzilla speaks in an extremely halting fashion. The view doesn't change.] Am see. Truth. Am right. [The eye pulls back out of sight. More burning wreckage is visible, clouds of oily black smoke belching...

[There is a bright flash behind the clouds just as the sun has started to set; immediately afterwards, a shooting star seems to cross the sky. Or, rather, it... falls out of it.] [The brightly glowing...of the dinosaur age. The impact is enough to cause a bit of an earthquake.] [In four hours, he's going to be alive again, and very, very pissed off.] [Calling Gamera and Mary Marvel, party of two?

[As he rarely needs to sleep, generally hibernating only due to massive injuries, Godzilla has been razing a small path along the border of the City. A couple of miles have been completely crushed, and he is still going strong.] [The video clicks on to show the sight of the most recent destruction; the swath of broken concrete and melted steel looks more like it belongs in a post-apocalyptic movie...

...screeches.] Humans... take me. Home am gone. Bring here. Make. Make not-home. Dirty city not-home . Take take take take steal. Not toy, not for take, not Animal animal ugly stupid GODZILLA not pet King KING king I take all. I take. KILL KILL [The audio cuts out, as he turns it off.] [Shortly afterwards, he finally makes himself known at a construction site on...