Video, backdated to September 27

[italktofish]

I just want you all to know that the thing with THE GIGANTIC LOBSTERCRAB was NOT MY FAULT!

[Honestly! Really! Would this face lie to you?]

I DIDN'T WAKE IT UP! I SWEAR!

[So maybe everyone else had the right idea in getting him to leave it alone when he found it. Imagine that.]

And when it DID wake up, I COULDN'T TALK TO IT! I TRIED to see what it wanted and to see if I could get it to CALM DOWN, but I had ABSOLUTELY NO LUCK!

[He's pretty saddened by that, actually.]

I mean, I KIND OF got through, but all I got was that it was REALLY SCARED and it was like A BUNCH OF LITTLE VOICES going ON AND ON AND ON and I couldn't really make much SENSE of it all, except that maybe it just wanted to SURVIVE but it was like I was TALKING TO A WALL or maybe a REALLY DENSE SEA CUCUMBER THAT HAD BEEN OUT DRINKING ALL NIGHT ONLY NOT JUST ONE CUCUMBER BUT A BUNCH OF THEM!

[There's a sad sigh.]

And there was a LOT of other destruction, no doubt about that...EVERYONE was running scared at some point...so with all THAT in mind, I thought I'd SHARE something with you all!

[He takes a deep breath.]

I call it...THE SAD SONG OF THE SEA!

[And he starts making whale noises. Sad whale noises. These whale noises are very loud and full of SORROW...even if they're still just loud whale noises and the "sorrow" part of the equation is likely to be lost on most of the listeners.]

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[arrowpoint]

[Exasperated sounding.]

Oh my God, dude stop. The sea makes me sad enough as it is. That's just annoying.

[italktofish]

But this WHOLE THING is SAD! I'm just EXPRESSING MY EMOTIONS!

[Some people have no appreciation for art. GOSH.]

[arrowpoint]

Well express them quieter, man. The whole place is a mess and we're all tired.

[Big sigh.]

[italktofish]

QUIETER! Right, right...

[Enjoy the Sad Song of the Sea at something slightly above normal speaking volume instead of at full blast volume.]

[arrowpoint]

[Well... it was an improvement.]

Okay, okay, I get the idea... very sad.

[italktofish]

It is SO SAD!

[arrowpoint]

Yeah, very sad.

[Sigh. He looks like he's about to end the feed, but then a thought occurs to him.]

Wait, you know a lot about the sea, right?

[italktofish]

My friend, NO ONE ELSE ON THIS NETWORK KNOWS AS MUCH ABOUT THE SEA as I do!

[arrowpoint]

[Whoa, enthusiastic...]

Okay then, um... Have you ever heard of this thing called sea-longing?

[italktofish]

SEA-LONGING?!

[Arthur pauses for a moment, "hmmm"-ing in deep thought.]

Can't say I have, chum! What is it?

[arrowpoint]

Good question. It's like some kind of condition? It's something I have, but I don't know enough about it. I keep wanting to go someplace, but kind of in a sad way. If I go to the beach I feel better, kind of. I like to look at the water.

[A pause, as he tries to remember the song he just echoed.]

Then there's this song - thanks dude you just gave me a pulse - it goes like this:

[He's not nearly so loud, and he's actually a pretty good singer.]

To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying,
The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.
West, west away, the round sun is falling.
Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling,
The voices of my people that have gone before me?
I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me;
For our days are ending and our years failing.
I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing.
Long are the waves on the Last Shore falling,
Sweet are the voices in the Lost Isle calling,
In Eressëa, in Elvenhome that no Man can discover,
Where the leaves fall not: land of my people for ever!

[italktofish]

That was a BEAUTIFUL song!

[And wait, wait, he's got an idea.]

Chum, what I think YOU need is a BOAT!

[arrowpoint]

Er, thanks.

[He hadn't meant to show off any singing skills, just explain what the song was, so he's a bit embarrassed at that.]

You know, I would love to get on a boat, but there's only so far you can get off the coast of Locke before poof no more echos...

[italktofish]

I KNOW!

[He sighs sadly.]

One of these days, I'm afraid I'm going to go OUT SWIMMING TOO FAR underwater out there, and then BOOM! Can't surface in time!

[arrowpoint]

Wait, what do you mean you by get to the surface on time? Did you not know how to swim before your echos or...?

[italktofish]

Well, when I swim in the ocean, I go REALLY DEEP! Because I can BREATHE the water, and it feels nice! And I don't have to worry about THE BENDS!

But if you threw a NORMAL HUMAN GUY out there at THAT DEEP, that would be a PROBLEM!

[arrowpoint]

Holy crap you can breathe underwater?!

[italktofish]

YES! It's one of the VERY FIRST THINGS I got!

this is so funny because in another game I'm in Legolas is a mer-person and has gills.

[arrowpoint]

Whoa, well that can be handy, I guess. Yeah, I hear you then on that swimming out too far thing. I would try not to do that.

hahaha awesome

[italktofish]

Don't worry, chum, it's NOT on my list of things to do! And I wouldn't go out that far alone anyway--I'd bring some DOLPHINS or a WHALE or SOMEONE!

he's not happy about it XD

[arrowpoint]

What? Why would some dolphins come with you? Don't they have their own thing to do?

[Liam could get the gist of what animals wanted now, but mostly he'd dealt with the cats and his own dog. Cats definitely had their own thing to do, and were very clear about it.]

but everything's better down where it's wetter!

[italktofish]

Dolphins just want to have FUN! And hanging out with ME is different enough from what they USUALLY do, that they like the OUTRAGEOUS NOVELTY of it all!

XD

[arrowpoint]

[That begs the question...]

What is it that dolphins usually do anyway?

[italktofish]

They SWIM AROUND looking for FOOD AND GOOD TIMES! And instead of GOING OUT DRINKING, they KICK AROUND A PUFFERFISH!

[arrowpoint]

...They kick around a puffer fish? For real? I bet that's not a good time for a puffer fish, though.