"Hello, is anyone there?" "This is Ichabod Temperance, transmitting from the year 1875." "Do you read me?" "Oh my Goodness! We've got trouble, y'all!" "Ever since that strange comet passed our world, not only have there been more than just an overwhelming amount of steam and spring inventions popping up all over Earth, but there also have been uncanny monster sightings as well! Well, almost sightings, as these inter-dimensional, over-legged, eyeball-clustered beasties are nearly invisible to the human eye! That is where my own enhanced inventiveness has gotten me into misadventure as I alone have created a device that allows me to see the hippo-sized craw-daddies." "Maybe Fate had a hand in my goggle development, for it led to my meeting the most beautiful girl in the world in this year of 1875. Now it's up to me and Miss Plumtartt to save our planet from being gobbled up gone!"