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[Fortunately, Dirk considers Dave's stunning artistic mind the only thing anyone ever needs to bring to anything! Also he knows Dave doesn't do the crazyprepared thing so he has no problem making up for it on their incredible team ventures of, er, bringing artistic masterpieces to the ocean world. Are they probably about to wreck some habitats? Maybe. Does Dirk consider this reason enough not to do this? Absolutely not.

He decaptchas the scrap-with-rope and offers it out to Dave to take.]

Wiz is going to be coming with us for the overhead view. I'd have put him in my sylladex, but I thought the little guy might enjoy the swim.

Can't leave him out of a Strider outing, I approve.

[ but then again he. likes wiz a lot...

dave promptly takes the scrap-with-rope and gestures for dirk to lead the way. he figuers dirk has the route mapped out as well, because...dirk. ]

It's about time he learned about art, anyway.

What do you call all the raps we've been teaching him? [That's also art! Amazing art.

Dave isn't wrong. The moment they're out of the airlock, Dirk's already swimming along with his route in mind. He is a man with a mission and the mission is doing stupid shit with his brother. It's a great mission. He will fight you if you say otherwise.

Wiz is of course jetting along beside them. Of course Wiz can't actually use telepathy in the water so they'll have to rely on text prompts from the comms, but he gave the little drone some guidelines so that he could operate on his own pretty readily.]

Different kind of art. He's got the musical sector on lockdown - or he's getting better, anyway - but we have to introduce him to the visual medium, yeah? Though I will admit his stickers are pretty rad currently, we can improve on that.

[ dave immediately starts keeping pace with dirk, following his lead without question or complaint. wiz gets a grin that he likely can't see from behind the breathing apparatus, but whatever; the robot is cute and dave adores him to little bitty pieces. ]

[Dave you love that robot too much.]

Fair enough. By the way, there's a robotic mermaid suit in the base resources now.

[This is important on the level of 'Dirk thinks Dave will get a kick out of it as much as Dirk does' which is obviously the most important level.]

[ no he doesn't. dirk has definitely never walked in on midnight rap sessions with wiz or found dave just hugging the robot or giving him headpats or doodling little wiz figures in the margins of anything he's working on.

you can't prove any of that.

dave turns a completely betrayed look on dirk. ]

Whoa, what? And why isn't one of us wearing it right now?

[Dirk actually stops his swimming. The look surprises him? He thought Dave would be excited but not that excited?

(Also he has proof. He has video proof. He has video proof of so much.)]

Do you... wanna go back and get it?

[ dirk, how much of your glasses memory is slowly being dedicated to basically what amounts to a family scrapbook.

also: who the fuck wouldn't be excited about a mermaid suit ]

You promised me the best fake vacation ever, how's it the best fake vacation ever if you're not in a mermaid suit, dude.

[ or if dave is not in one. HONESTLY, HE DOESN'T CARE WHO WEARS IT. the point is someone has to. ]

That's a yes, then.

[It's not like they'd gone far out, so it's right back to the airlock because apparently someone has to wear a mermaid suit for proper vacations? He isn't even sure that will help with the crop circle. He has a feeling it will hinder it, a lot.]

The spear that I'm building to go with it isn't finished yet. Sorry, dude.

[It isn't the full merman experience.]

[ dirk...you can say no to stupid requests from dave, you know. but yep back in they go. ]

What kinda spear are you building? Isn't a trident more the done thing?

[ note that dave doesn't even ask why someone would build a mermaid suit. why WOULDN'T someone build a mermaid suit? ]

[Nah.]

Retractable, with a laser. The engineer who built it wanted a spear. I'm not going to deny the dude his legacy. [Here, he uses 'dude' in the gender neutral sense. He has no idea the gender of the robot builder. All he knows is that Todd could not stop it from happening.

They get to the suits, and Dirk drags the suite out for Dave to see. If Dave chooses to wear it, he will of course be greeted by the AI asking on boot up, "Ready for a fucking adventure, Todd?"]

Oh my fucking god.

[ dave has to. stare. for a little bit here. that is the coolest suit in the history of ever? holy shit? AND SURE DAVE WILL. CHOOSE TO WEAR IT. WHY NOT. ]

Who the hell is Todd. Oh my god mermaid adventure time we need more than one of these holy shit?

[ THIS IS THE MOST ABSURD THING EVER. dave loves you, mysterious todd-harassing scientist. ]

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He must've been one of the Aurora's scientists. He did not want this thing built.

[Congrats, Dave. You are now a mermaid. Which. Dirk realizes that Dave is probably not going to have the easiest time leaving the base as this because. No water.]

I can carry you out if you want.

[On the other hand, if Dave wants to flop to the exit, that would be hilarious and Dirk would not stop him.]

Suck it, Todd!

[ whoever the hell you are. in response to the options, dave holds up his arms. ]

Dude, if I'm going full Ariel I expect to be treated like a fucking princess.

[ is this brotherhood thing everything dirk ever dreamed. because. surely this situation was not in any of his boyhood imaginings. ]

[Nope this definitely did not come up when he thought about hanging with his Bro.]

You might want to think up a sweet tune to sing to the fishes then.

[Dirk hauls this mermaid bro up into his arms. He doesn't feel like he has to say that any singing will be recorded. It is basically a given.]

[ maybe someday dave will manage to have a meeting with dirk that will like, not turn to idiotic shenanigans - no

no that's never gonna happen. ]

Do you think fish like rap? They should totally like rap. Maybe we should see if we can teach the reefbacks how to really jam.

[And Dirk likes it that way just fine.]

They already have a sense for melody. It's about time they learn rhythm and flow.

[Okay, airlock. Merbro in arms. Switching gears and popping out into the depths. Swim free, merbro.]

[ give dave a minute or two to figure out the controls on this thing. he is thankfully extremely flexible and athletic and pretty quick to learn things, but he'll flop around for a bit just to figure it out.

all right. ]

Sweet, add that to our to-do list. Some of the other fish out here respond to music sometimes, too, come to think of it.

[Dirk waits patiently for his brother to get the hang of it, and he isn't actually left waiting that long. So that's good. Once Dave is moving, Dirk follows after him.]

Which fish have you been singing to.

[Is it something deadly. Did you sing to dangerous fish, Dave.]

The Stalkers.

[ dave says with a "duh" tonne of voice. ]

And the Magister. But on one of my scavenge quests, I found a recording of a weird song? I tried humming that to one of them and it was kinda weird, how it acted. I'll show you if we see one.

[Singing to Snoop was of course a given. The Stalkers are more interesting.]

Were there any clues about the origins of that song?

[ how were the stalkers not a given though dirk, you know dave is super into them ]

Not really. I couldn't even tell what language it was in. I just kind of memorized the tune.

[ but he still has the recording device, he can show that to dirk later. ]

Show me when we get back.

[They have had enough detours for now. Dirk gives Wiz a wave when they're caught back up to him, and the drone moves from its overhead position to come down near to Dave and prod gently at him. Yes, that is the Dave. Correctly spotted. Good work Wiz.

Wiz decides to stay near Dave. Maybe he's worried about Dave handling the mermaid suit.]

Sure thing.

[ yes there is important work to be done now...dave holds up a hand for a high...five? whatever. he pats wiz on the head after a second for good measure. HEY WIZ DID YOU MISS THEM???

dave seems to be doing? okay? with the suit swimming? it's kind of weird as fuck still but it's fun and he is completely nailing this ariel thing. ]

How far out's the site?

[It's kinda impressive to see it actually work. Dirk knew that in theory it would be a perfectly useable method of transportation, but he had his doubts about the practice of it. Good work, Dave. You're a great Ariel.]

Not far. I figured we'd want it somewhere that people were likely to see it.

[Heavens forbid they spare the rest of the base from their shitty humour.]

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