Adventure 28 | [Video]

[italktofish]

GUYS! GUYS! I THINK I KNOW WHERE THE OTHER ME CAME FROM!

[There is a dramatic pause, but Arthur is grinning with a giddy sort of energy and looking super excited over everything. He can't hold that dramatic pause for long.]

FROM ATLANTIS!

[Look how excited he is; it's like watching a kid on Christmas morning.]

See, I remember ALL SORTS OF THINGS about Atlantis now! Like I think I could draw a map of it if I had to!

[Not that it would be the world's best map, but hey, a map's a map.]

And it makes sense, too! Why, I even got this outrageous ATLANTEAN SPIRITUAL SONG back a while back, and I've been practicing it ever since! I wanted to make sure it was OUTRAGEOUS my first time sharing it with the network, you know?

[Speaking of sharing it with the network, that time is now. Enjoy being serenaded by Arthur's song, everyone. It sounds as though he is singing in whale like Dory in Finding Nemo, so there's a lot of weird EEEURRRRGHHHHH-type noises.]

Comments

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[knights_king]

[Jesus, it's the big guy. Dude really WAS a numbered guy.]

Dude, I think you're really amped up right now.

[Wonderfully brilliant observation, Watson.]

Hope no one minds a threadjack

[not_good_not_wicked]

No, this is actually about normal for him.

it's cool!

[italktofish]

Normally OUTRAGEOUS, you mean!

Wouldn't YOU be excited to find out YOU WERE FROM ATLANTIS?!

[knights_king]

[It was like every time Arthur raised his voice--the young man would just sort of wince.]

Y-Yeah, I guess! Still, sounds like you've been poundin' redbulls, pal!

[italktofish]

Poundin' redbulls? HAH I'm just EXCITED! NATURALLY SO!

[knights_king]

Damn, really? What's your wake-up routine? I'm always a mess when I get up.

[italktofish]

Well, I get up PRETTY EARLY because I've got to get the bus prepped and ready to bring all the kids to school, and so I have a few cups of coffee and make sure to watch something fun on TV! And I also make sure to feed all the fish and check their water, and we have a lot of OUTRAGEOUS conversations!

[knights_king]

OK. So, you get all jazzed up on coffee and the routine seems pretty normal from there--

...OK. OK. So, what do you talk to 'em about?

[italktofish]

Well, whatever they want to talk about! Like their food or their water quality or what they've seen on TV or ANYTHING!

[knights_king]

[...OK, that last piece had him extremely curious.]

What kinda shows do they like?

[italktofish]

Well, they really like INFOMERCIALS! They tell a story, and they're short enough for the fish's attention span!

[knights_king]

I. [That sounds a little believable.]

Can you get fish to dance like the lobster did?

[italktofish]

Sure I can! You want to see?

[knights_king]

I. [A lot of stuttering was exiting this conversation at high velocity.]

I definitely wanna see that.

[italktofish]

[So the video feed moves around a bit, and then a large fish tank containing a few goldfish comes into view.]

Hey, guys, this guy thinks fish don't dance! Show him otherwise, would you?

[The goldfish start performing some kind of country western line dancing thing as much as their fins and the general movement limitations of goldfish will allow.]

[knights_king]

[Even with the HD image, Arthur was still at a loss as to what kind of dance they were doing.]

...Uh, they're kinda well synchronized, surprisingly. Do you make 'em dance a lot?

[italktofish]

I don't MAKE them dance--I ASK them to dance! And we've practiced quite a lot, too!

[knights_king]

Oh. Whoops, sorry-- [Arthur was pretty sure goldfish had brains the size of strawberry seeds, but hey--so did he.]

I mean, they really like doin' it? I thought that was a thing people did.

[italktofish]

They seem to like it--I'd guess they'd tell me otherwise!

It's DIFFERENT! They don't get to do stuff like this normally!

[knights_king]

...Oh. So, do they do it on their own without you askin'?

[italktofish]

Well, I ask them to dance, and then they pick which dance they want to do!

[knights_king]

[Obvious next question.]

How many do you know? And, how do you tell the difference?

I MIND. I MIND A LOT /dies

[knights_king]

You serious? Is talkin' real loud somethin' that comes from Echoes?

TOO BAD IT ALREADY HAPPENED /kills

[not_good_not_wicked]

That's just how he talks. Trying to understand it'll just give you a headache.

[knights_king]

I'm already a lil' hungover, so I don't think it'll make a diff-rence--diff-er-ence. Difference.

[He nodded, as if confirming that his pronunciation was finally a success.]