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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[dominateartimus]

There must have been something else that woke it up. [He sounds exhausted, but the comment about being unable to talk to it and the multiple voices he heard was surprising.] Do you recall what those voices said?

[A brief pause.]

...I don't think a sea cucumber can get drunk.

[Also thanks Arthur, you scared off Connor with your sad whale noises. Who's memowing in the background.]

I take it that you 'pulsed' back that song?

[Voice]

[italktofish]

They didn't say ANYTHING really DISTINCT! Just a lot of FEAR! And a DESIRE TO SURVIVE!

And I should TRY to get a sea cucumber drunk, I guess! GOTTA TEST THAT OUT!

[Great, now he's got weird ideas.]

I DID get the song back! It came back to me after the creature FINALLY FELL!

[Voice]

[dominateartimus]

So, they sounded panicked?

[There was that disapproving tone of his.] You probably won't get anywhere by doing that.

That is interesting. I got a 'pulse' after that giant snake was taken care of, but this time around, I 'pulsed' when I saw the lobster crab creature.

[Voice]

[italktofish]

Panicked and NOT WILLING TO LISTEN!

[Oh, come on, no fun there.]

I think I got a COUPLE! But THIS one was the MOST OUTRAGEOUS!

[He pauses, thinking on this..]

I don't need to TURN THE LIGHT ON WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO GO TO THE BATHROOM anymore! I guess THAT counts!

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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.]

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[ursoreckless]

You know, I'm hoping that there isn't a bunch more of those pink things running around underground ready to wake up all mad and everything because I am running outta cars to hit them with.

[ not that shou was any where near that thing, nope but it is the thought that counts. ]

You can sing like a whale now?

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[italktofish]

But maybe you'd get some INVINCIBLE MAGIC CAR echo at some point!

[The possibilities! Think of the possibilities!]

I've BEEN able to sing like a whale--this is just a DIFFERENT SONG!

[Careful, Shou, he might bust out the first one.]

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[ursoreckless]

It'll be nice, but I doubt it. It's not something that I expect a ninja gunman to get.

I'll take your word for it.

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[italktofish]

You NEVER KNOW! I wouldn't have expected ME to get a JETPACK, but I DID!

[He is so proud of that.]

THAT'S the spirit, chum!

[hustru]

[There is frightened barking and running little dog feet on this end of the line, and then a very stern and angry face.]

STOP. [You frightened her baby. WOW not cool.]

[italktofish]

Whaaaaaat?

[He didn't hear the scared puppy thanks to the volume of his singing, and he's genuinely confused.]

[hustru]

Floweregg's frightened.

[More glaring.]

What is that?

[italktofish]

I didn't MEAN to be FRIGHTENING, just SORROWFUL! It's the SAD SONG OF THE SEA!

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[flamberge]

Talking to the voices yielded no reaction at all?

Also you might consider singing courses before taking that song out into the public again.

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[italktofish]

None WHATSOEVER!

[He sighs sadly at that.]

And are you KIDDING! I'm a PROFESSIONAL! I've had JOBS singing! That's what I'm doing NOW that I GOT FIRED AS A BUS DRIVER!

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[flamberge]

[Woah woah woah back up there. They can deal with sad marine life later.]

You were fired?

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[dragon_blossom]

...so maybe it was drinking?

[ Oh please cut out the singing, the only thing sorrowful about it is having to listen to it. ]

Or they? Like, it was a crabster made up of lots of little crabsters?

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[italktofish]

I don't think it HAD been drinking; it wasn't HAPPY AT ALL!

And at least its VOICE was like A BUNCH OF LITTLE ONES! It was REALLY KIND OF FREAKY!

[He sighs again.]

Poor thing, it never knew what hit it.

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[dragon_blossom]

...that hardly makes sense, but you're the one who talks to sea life.

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[wirsinddiejager]

man Im sorry you couldnt get through to it. and idc what anyone else says that song is awesome.

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[italktofish]

THANK YOU IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT SOMEONE AROUND HERE APPRECIATES ART

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[wirsinddiejager]

dude appreciating art is what I am all about. I mean its like your vision. youre expressing your feelings through your art and anyone who doesnt like it just does not get it.