The Eye--update

At about noon today, I made my announcement. It was easy enough--I used a sonic modulation beam to make my voice heard everywhere in the downtown area. It went something like this.

"People of New Vineyard, this is Doctor Cataclysm. I trust you're having a good, partly cloudy day. Or, wait, is it raining?" And then I made it rain. "Or, wait, maybe it's snowing." And then I made it snow.

"I think you get the jist of things by now. My weather control is complete--I made the monsoon that flooded Brannigan. And I can do so much worse--and I will, unless my demands are met. I want all the precious and rare metals and gems this city has to offer--at least one ton per day for the next, oh, let's say week. These items are to be placed in a large pile in the park where they will be teleported to me.

"Now, you might be wondering--what happens if you refuse? Well..." The clouds got darker, and thicker, and a huge downpour began, lightning crashing and thunder blasting out of the sky. Winds began to pick up, until they reached near-hurricane levels. Then, as suddenly as I could, I turned the storm down to a light misting.

"If my demands are not met, I will erase this artificial island with an artificial hurricane of such magnitude there won't even be foundations left to mark the houses. If I get fake metals, or an undersized pile, I destroy this island. If you try to leave or someone tries to arrive, I destroy this island. If a superhero, like you, Quizzer, or the army tries to stop me, I destroy them, and then this island. You have thirty hours--that's six p.m. tomorrow, to make your first tribute or, well...I think you get the point by now. Have a nice day."

Oh, that felt good. I spent the rest of the day watching movie channels.

Speaking of movies, Brannigan finally did something smart, and drilled a hole through the top of their installation rather than try the front door. Which is kind of disappointing...I was really looking forward to the look on the first guy to open the bunker door's face right before the wave hit. I was thinking about making it my screensaver. Oh well.