[ He swallowed, wetting his lips, and glanced nervously at the others. ]

You're, uh - comin' through Vanessa. Uh - one second.

[ He fumbled with his communicator, turned the video on, recorded not-vanessa for a few seconds and then played her back the recording. ]

Look, I know this is weird and I know you're probably confused as all hell, but - trust me, we are too. And we need your help. A lot of terrible things have been happenin' to all of us, and we need to figure out what the hell happened to all of you.