MISSION: MISSION:
MERCILESS MERCILESS ICE MINES ICE MINES
Chris Callaghan
Amit Tayal
It was a beautiful snowy day in Flat Hill.
Hey, Myra, isn’t it brilliant? Do you want to build a snow S.N.A.I.R.?
No, I don’t. Why is there snow? It’s summer!
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Look at it all. The weather people got it VERY wrong today!
But … how?
But … why?
Ha ha ha ha!
Mum says put these on or you’ll be in BIG trouble.
This is crazy! It’s definitely not flip-flop weather.
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Good snow angel, my boy.
Wheeeee! Faster! Faster!
What are those?
I don’t like the look of them.
And what’s happening to them? It looks like they’re breaking apart!
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Yikes! This is getting serious.
Call to Action, Chaos Crew! Callto
think it’s time to ––Arrrrgh! Slower! Slower!
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Ooooff! Huh? Urrrrrr! Hooowah! !? ?! 7
Glad we have our thermals on.
Lucky for some!
Not everyone has their own central heating like Ember.
What’s going down, amigo? Apart from the temperature … and those weird snow icicles!
Hey, Merit, that’s just it. It’s supposed to be summer.
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Milo! I’ll keep you snuggly warm.
Typical! I was going to do the weeding today.
If you can read me, Bug, can you do a thermal scan on my location, please?
Wow! You’ve got some serious problems down there. I’m sending through some data.
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Wow! There’s a lot of weird stuff going on below our feet.
Your planet’s heating system is on the blink!
Bug has sent it. And it’s not just a drone.
Cool! One of your drones!
It’s a drone-driven p-wave balance generator.
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P-wave?
Pressure wave.
There’s been some major tectonic plate movement. It’s changed the pressure under Earth’s crust.
And pressure affects temperature. Simple physics.
The drone vibrates and rebalances the underground pressure –
So that will bring summer back – like turning up the thermostat?
Dad alway whenIdo
Dad always moans when I do that!
the tectonic plates.
by shifting thetectonicplates
First, we need to get this down to where the tectonic plates are.
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According to the ground scan, there’s a long, deep tunnel not too far from here.
The old coal mine! But it closed years ago.
Let’s go!
That should get us near enough.
Then we’ll have to re-open it.
I’m probably wasting my time but … BE CAREFUL!
And watch out for falling clouds!!
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