Lost Civilisation

Geologists have discovered that old continents are not dissolved, but sink down to near the center of the earth. And now a dead continent is rising back to the surface, sending up alarming signals, as though something trapped for a billion years is stirring. -- Deathshead419

[AN: The mixture of science and unadulterated bullhockey in this prompt is going to be fun to balance]

Geology doesn't usually happen quickly. Sure, there's volcanic events, but those are, in geological terms, freak occurrences. Continental drift is meant to take thousands, if not millions of years.

Not this time.

This time, after some interesting undersea earthquakes and the seemingly mandatory tsunamis, an entire continent rose from the depths. Almost overnight. In geological terms, practically instantly. In more human terms - it took a week. Of course there was the usual palaver on the news and in certain circles about gloom, doom, and climactic upset.

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