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

[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?

[italktofish]

I know an OUTRAGEOUS number of dances! And I can tell the difference by the way the fish move! Show him a different one, guys!

[And now? Now, this is fish ballet.]

[knights_king]

...I think they're pointing a little further up?

What is that, a waltz?

[italktofish]

I think it's ballet, actually! Look at the wee little pirouettes Slippy is doing!

[knights_king]

[He was definitely staring.]

...Is it really ballet if they aren't the ground? I thought it was a jumping thing.

[italktofish]

It's WATER BALLET! I'm pretty sure that's an Olympic sport or something!

[knights_king]

I don't watch the olympics. Why would water ballet be a thing?

[italktofish]

Because it involves GRACE and SYNCHRONIZATION!

[knights_king]

That's a group thing, though. Aren't the Olympics supposed to just be for one person at a time?

[italktofish]

NONSENSE! They have TEAM EVENTS too, you know!

[knights_king]

I dunno, man. I'm just more of a hockey guy. I don't like those kinda sports to begin with.

[italktofish]

But they DO have hockey in the Olympics! The WINTER OLYMPICS!