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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-23 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, so I've got flat scrap metal rigged up to some ropes and a basic overhead view of the area we're going to be working with. We should be good to go.

[You know Dirk researched 'how to make crop circles' pretty aggressively for this. And now he is READY! to MAKE THIS HAPPEN.]
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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-23 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[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.
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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-23 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
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.]
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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-24 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[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.]
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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-24 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
[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?
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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-24 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
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.]
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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-24 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
[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?"]
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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-24 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
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.]
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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-24 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
[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.]
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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-24 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[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.]
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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-24 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[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.]
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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-25 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Singing to Snoop was of course a given. The Stalkers are more interesting.]

Were there any clues about the origins of that song?
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[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-25 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
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.]