Adventure 02 | Various

[italktofish]

[So, ever since he's found the network, Arthur has been so excited at finding a bunch of new people to talk to. And he's been trying quite hard to talk with everyone! Over the past few days, he's left a series of messages on the network of varying levels of unimportance. Indulge him? Tell him to quit spamming with this mess? Pick your poison; just specify which message you're replying to!]



[Text and Picture, Backdated to Saturday, May 25]



HOW HARD DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE TO ADOPT ONE OF THESE

IT WOULD BE GREAT WE COULD HAVE SO MUCH FUN TOGETHER





[Video, Backdated to Sunday, May 26]

[So it's late at night, but look, there's Arthur making another video transmission. He's pointing it at the TV, which is playing a commercial for some spray-can sealant that seals stuff so well, it can even make a functional raft out of a screen door.]

Do you think that stuff actually WORKS?





[Video, Backdated to Monday, May 27]

[The video feed opens, and once again, Arthur is sitting there with Slippy, his goldfish.]

Look! Slippy's learned a new trick! Slippy! What's four plus four?

[The fish will swim around in a quick figure 8. It can't really do math; it just knows that when Arthur asks it what four plus four is, it is to swim around in this pattern.]

OUTRAGEOUS, isn't it?





[Doodle on a Paper Bag, Backdated to Tuesday, May 28]

[Arthur's stuck in traffic, so what better way to pass the time than to doodle on a paper bag? He's made a goofy cartoony drawing of a smiling fish with a speech bubble proudly proclaiming "HELLO!" to everyone.]





[Forwarded Email, Backdated to Wednesday, May 29]

[Arthur has decided to brighten everyone's day, so he has forwarded an email to the entire network! It's quite obviously a forwarded email and not something Arthur has written himself (attached is a list of email addresses of every poor person who was ever sent this thing, and it's probably been making the rounds since 2003 or so), but it's still bad enough.]

just remember that you are important

S~M~I~L~E



*~*~*~*~*~*~*tomorrow is going to be a great day*~*~*~*~*~*~*



[The message runs on a lot longer in a similar fashion all "inspirational"-like and in "whimsical" purple Comic Sans. He really shouldn't pass on any more emails Granny Curry sends him...]





[Video, Thursday, May 30"]

[Arthur's cheerfully waving at the camera before starting to speak.]

So, I got thrown out of the grocery store today! Can you BELIEVE that? All I was trying to do was to have a nice conversation with the lobsters, and they threw me out, just like that! I was even trying to be quiet about it, too...!

[And now he's holding up a live lobster.]

At least they still let me take Charlene here home!

Comments

[Text] On the 30th.

[shiromadoushi]

You don't have many friends, do you?

[Text]

[italktofish]

OF COURSE I HAVE FRIENDS

BUT I CAN'T TELL THEM I CAN TALK TO FISH AND INTRODUCE MY NEW FRIENDS TO MY OLD ONES

[Caps Lock is cruise control for cool, right?]

[Video] The 25th

[princenopants]

Do they have them in pet stores?

[Video]

[italktofish]

If they do, I haven't seen any! Most of them just have freshwater fish, like Slippy here!

[He will proudly hold up a bowl containing a long-suffering goldfish.]

And the places that DO have saltwater fish don't seem to have any octopuses!

[Arthur, no, that's octopi.]

text; the 26th

[reapsthewind]

there is only one thing to do

and that's to use SCIENCE to find out

[Video, because he's still broadcasting that commercial.]

[italktofish]

SCIENCE? Really? How would THAT work! I just talk to fish; I don't have a chemistry set or anything!

video; mirror; 30th after all the other messages

[unreaching]

[There's just a low chuckle on his end. It's...not a particularly pleasant sound.]

You might be the craziest bastard I've ever seen, an' I'm used to hobos.

[Video]

[italktofish]

[He is completely unfazed by this. He's grinning, even.]

I've always said you've gotta be a little crazy to survive in this world of ours.

voice | May 30

[reckless_fire]

... [Of course, Arthur can't see Kenji facepalming or dot-dot-dotting at him--BUT HE SO IS!]

Dude, maybe you should just stay away from seafood counters entirely...and pet shops...probably marine parks, too.

Uh...come to think of it, you might wanna stay away from the beach as well.

[Video]

[italktofish]

Stay away from the beach? Why would I stay away from the beach?! I'm going to have to take Charlene down there eventually if I want to release her back into the wild!

[Well, at least he's not outright arguing over the wisdom of his staying away from the others.]

[Audio] | May 30

[visionarykitten]

Why do you keep saying stuff with so much vefessh?

[The voice on the other end sounds disgusted. Also, he can't read, so he's only going off of the pictures and stuff Arthur is saying. Plus, that last word doesn't come out in any language Arthur can understand. Sorry, man.]

[Video, just so he can continue showing off that lobster]

[italktofish]

Stuff with so much what?

I'm sorry, friend, could you say that again?

[Voice] The 30th.

[scramasax]

[Anthony temporarily loses any and all track of anything he was going to say. He is actually suppressedly laughing for a few seconds.]

...Did you... still have to pay - for her?

[Video]

[italktofish]

[There's a laugh.]

Yeah, they still made me pay for her! I might have gotten more if they hadn't!

[Video] The 25th.

[destinedforrock]

Eeeeep!

[There is a beast in her water trough and she stomps it with both forehooves.

The connection is broken. Over a few beats, she notes that her front is rather chilly, and what was probably a misunderstanding.

Hastily splashes her number back into the trough.]

Now, who's responsible for this picture? You gave me a fright!

[Video]

[italktofish]

Frightened? But he's so CUTE!

[Wait, wait, manners...]

Ah, but I'm sorry I scared you like that! Wasn't at all what I meant to do!

video | 30th {iphone}

[ursoreckless]

[Shou is going to laugh for a while before managing to answer.]

What are you smoking? Can I have some?

video

[italktofish]

Smoking? I haven't been smoking anything!

[WHY does everyone think he's on drugs? First the people at the marine park, now this guy.]

I can just talk to fish--that's all!

[Video | TV | 30th]

[odd_jobs]

[Tadashi stares at the screen for a few long, mute moments. He opens his mouth to say something and seems to reconsider... then again...

On the third try he manages a...]

What would they even say?

[Video]

[italktofish]

Mostly, they talk about food! Sometimes bubbles. Or swimming! And since this is a girl lobster, sometimes she talks about boy lobsters!

Video | Webcam | May 30 but really a response to the entire week

[soulsborderline]

You have a major effing problem.

Video

[italktofish]

Problem? I don't have any problem!

[What is it with these people and their not wanting to be friendly? Sheesh.]

[ text | iPad | On the 30th ]

[hoennmaihime]

You need to stop.

Just.

Stop.

In fact, if you stop, I'll tell you how you can get that octopus. I'll even help you. [for a nominal fee.]

But only if you stop.

[Text]

[italktofish]

STOP WHAT? IM JUST TRYING TO SHARE

BUT ID REALLY LIKE HELP GETTING THAT OCTOPUS IT'S SO CUTE AND THEYRE SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY SMART

[Well, maybe if he had a better regular conversational partner, he'd stop oversharing with the network...]

[video] 30th

[acequeen]

[Don't mind this girl staring in complete bafflement for a second or two. Cue the eyebrow raise.]

You're a really crazy guy, you know that?

[video]

[italktofish]

I keep telling everyone, I'm not crazy--I can just talk to fish!

my 27th

[dorkytracksuit]

no one care about your stupid fish. stop spamming the network

[Text]

[italktofish]

HEY JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE HIM DOESN'T MEAN ANYONE ELSE FEELS THE SAME WAY

I MEAN LOOK AT HIM HE IS JUST THE MOST ADORABLE AND SMARTEST GOLDFISH EVER REALLY A GREAT ROOMMATE