Ten teleseismographs were the first things to notice, their readouts springing to life. Simultaneously, all their feedback circuits overloaded. They understood the x-axis, the y-axis and the z-axis, but what was this w-axis information they were gathering? Their warnings were for naught, as none noticed them die.

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Two global positioning systems on ships in the southern Pacific Ocean were the next to notice, followed quickly by the crewmen monitoring them. It was impossible, but there it was: a landmass at Latitude 47°9’S, Longitude 126°43’W. Where mere seconds ago there was nothingness, now there was an island.

And then the island began to move.

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A thousand different people in a thousand different sanitariums in a thousand different locations took note. They all, in unison, screamed “Iä!” and refused to stop — even enduring beatings and working past strong narcotics — until their vocal cords snapped.

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Then the world noticed: a cancer was spreading on it’s surface.