“This is absurd,” said the lead scientist, Dr. Helga. “The only person who might understand this layered linguistic mess is you.”

Finally, they reached the center: a vast, silent ocean beneath a floating crystal sky. There, they found remnants of an old 2008 expedition — the one from the first Journey to the Center of the Earth movie. They were still alive, trapped by a language barrier with a peaceful subterranean species. The species communicated in light-pulses that matched… subtitle timing codes.