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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. ]

Edited 2016-05-24 09:02 (UTC)

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.]

[ he is the best disney princess, it is him.

alternately he is the nerdiest kid who ever used enforced athletics on anything ever. ]

We'll brighten everyone's day. Hey, Rose has even read all my comics although I think she's rusty on her references. Maybe she'll get it?

[Make it both.]

How could she not? That masterpiece of garbage is way too memorable for anyone to forget.

[NOT EVERYONE WATCHED EVERY MOVIE LIKE 500 TIMES, DIRK.]

Roxy should get it too.

She's part of the fanbase, too?

[ is there no one in this canon that dave's sense of humor has not tainted ]

Dude, you are seriously underestimating how influential that franchise is. You were famous. Like, eclipsed-the-stars famous. All-the-awards, automatically-in-the-NFR famous. Everyone watched those. They remained culturally and historically significant for as long as there were humans to watch them. And obviously, me and Roxy have a special regard for the creations of our illustrious ancestors.

[While the telepathy extends in monotony, there's that push behind it, like Dirk is trying to restrain himself from being overbearing about just how important the works of his Bro and Roxy's Mom were to him personally, while simultaneously wanting to communicate that exact level of importance in terms of the world.]

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[ dave wants to say well of fucking course and he's probably going to joke, but. it's still kinda weird to hear about. post-scratch dave, you did well, even if dave knows he wouldn't trade his life for that one for anything. ...like, obviously the ending was not preferable even if it sounded like dave strider went out in stereo surround sound, but. even worse was a version of himself without the people who mattered most ]

I'd rub Rose's nose in it but I'm p sure she was the same way but with wordy wizard books, yeah? Strilondes are just naturally destined for greatness in the arts.

[ HE GUESSES DIRK'S PUPPET PORN PRE-SCRATCH...COUNTS...BUT DOESN'T MENTION THAT... ]

Works out great for me since y'all catch what I'm laying down usually. Except when you don't have any idea what I'm talking about but that is less referential and more metaphoric, and if your brain don't run crisscross tracks that can't be helped.

Yeah, you and Roxy share a proclivity for total nonsense which can't be helped. Fortunately, you're both too awesome for that to be anything but a charm point. But the Complacency of the Learned was very well-regarded. The series was maybe a bit dense, and fantastically allegorical, although nothing that anyone could have correctly interpreted without already knowing the cosmic truths behind the Baroness and her boss.

The movie adaptations were garbage, but that's a given.

[He kicks higher up above the seafloor when he reaches the spot to survey the choice again. A fairly wide area, lots of grass, and enough distortion in terms of 'flatness' that their best efforts will be warped as jpeg artefacts warped the comics.]

Here we go. Wiz is going to be hanging out above us, so if you need an overhead shot of how we're doing, just check your comm and he'll transmit it to you.

Rose should have let post-scratch me adapt her books, I could do some neat-ass things with her dense wizard fic.

[ he has no idea what post-scratch dave would do with them but he imagines he could do some funny things with even his rose's wizardfic. thinking in terms of a movie script isn't an impossibility, although it's not a medium dave has ever really experimented with so far. aside from a few shitty hand-held camcorded things he only really sent to his friends. ]

And got it. You're chill working without a gameplan?

[ or does dirk need a specific goal in mind for this art. not that dave will comply, but he's teasing. ]

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You definitely would have done something with them.

[Good or bad, no one could say. Dirk would have loved it though.

At Dave's prodding, Dirk just glances over at him. His eyebrows can be seen raised over the edges of his glasses, suggesting a smile for his line of a mouth.]

Oh, I'm good, Lil Mer. I'm just here to be a part of your world.

Maybe if Rose ends up doing more fic here I'll do something with that.

[ mostly to tease rose. but also because he thinks it could be fun? because he could tease rose and also dick around with short clip videos on his iphone or something. that...only the other strilondes would care to see but whatever.

it's impossible to tell if dave's smiling back with the suit but he probably he? his smiles are pretty minute a lot of the time but he does them a lot around dirk when they're not in heart-to-heart mode and are just dicking around. ]

Then let's make this shit transpire.

[ dave is going to do this as he does most of his artistic endeavors: completely by instinct and whimsy, so. he will be kinda...dropping metal wherever he fucking feels like it...and a picture may take a bit to emerge. ]

You got it, bro.

[Of course Dirk is more systematic. And he'd point out to Dave that it is actually basically impossible to have any kind of joint-effort on this if they don't even know what the end goal is? He can't just haplessly crush grass hoping it'll mesh up with whatever random nonsense Dave is trying to construct.

And yet, there he is, doing just that. Absently using his metal plate to flatten grass on the plateau. It requires extra effort when buoyancy is fighting gravity, and as he hops along, he considers maybe getting gasopod poison when they're done to make it a more permanent affair.]

[ he could point it out, but dave would probably just say that true art isn't planned or some bullshit he made up on the spot because. don't stifle him!! besides, the entire aesthetic of sbahj means that a mashup of random nonsense and whatever dirk does will actually Work in the overall mythology of his masterpiece.

yeah.

if dirk keeps checking the overhead layout, it seems like dave might be working on sweet bro's head first and foremost. he figures they will just like, do some iconic poses here or something. yeah, sweet bro as lady liberty, hella jeff as a merman. geromy doing something cool.

of course he doesn't bother to explain. any of that. so sweet bro will just slowly emerge and then details will start happening maybe. interspersed with whatever dirk's doing. ]

This is the best canvas I've ever used, damn.

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i was so glad to see this icon for these reasons

ah yes i mentally called that one subnautica dirk

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