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Glitch into the Hufflverse Chapter 6: Septnautical

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Once Alt is done describing outside, the others have reached the secret hidden research lab holding Jack. The boys and Zara all come into another tank of water- which seems to be an observatory aquarium facing the lab.

Curled up on the sparse white floor is Anti. He’s lying on top of a few of his tails, idly watching the view into the lab. His ear twitches as he hears people enter and then blinks in surprise at seeing all his brothers. “O-Oh… hey.” He smirks and looks at  reaper Jackie and Henrik. “Did those weird humans get eaten yet? I hope so-“

His eyes then widen as the human-hybrids enter and then they quickly narrow as he bares his fangs. “What the fucking hell?! Is this a joke?! Is this a white suit trick?!” He hisses as his back fin puffs up.

“Anti please- try to stay calm.” Henrik says gently. “It is strange I know but… this is not a trick. We’re trying to help them get home.”

Anti doesn’t seem convinced as he curls up more and growls at them. “How do you know this wasn’t just a-a elaborate plan to get to Jack?! You all just lead them straight here!”

“Cuz we trust them dude!” Mer- Jackie says. Marvin and Chase kinda grumble but Jackie ignores them. “I don’t think they could lie about all this- not even Alterra could make up some of the shit we’ve heard!”

“Look man, if we wanted to get into this place we wouldn’t bother with some fucking elaborate trick,” Jackie says, trying not to snap. “We’d be plenty capable of getting in here without any trickery.”

“I do not think that’s as reassuring as you want it to be,” Schneep mutters, hanging back.

We understand that this is strange, and you don’t have to trust us, JJ says calmly. But we really don’t mean you any harm. If there’s anything we can do or say to prove that, we would.

“As long as you don’t tell us to do something we can’t,” Jackie mutters. He leans to the side. “So… this is some kind of lab space. Or, it is on the other side.”

“Anything interesting?” Schneep asks curiously.

Anti bristles and growls at Jackie, bunching up like he might lash out. But Jamie comes over and shakes his head at him and touches over his heart. This seems to give Anti pause. Then, hearing JJ use the same robot as Jamie has him relaxing even more. But, he still on edge.

Behind Anti and through the glass is the lab space. Seems to be open air at the moment as a couple people in blue and black suits are walking around, typing stuff in on holo screens or checking on the main subject of the room. Which of course is Jack. He seems to be asleep, set mostly upright on a lab table with wires and things tucked under brown armor-like plates on his arms and upper torso. He has 5 similarly armored tails that are submerged in a small tank of water below him. They seem to have glowing bits of blue underneath like suction cups. He seems to have a breathing mask on his face but filled with water that also filters over the gills on his neck.

“Ya wanna prove yourselves to me? Okay- I wanna hear what Jack has to say about this.” Anti growls.

His brothers all balk and look at each other. “Uh… I dunno how that’s gonna happen Anti…” Chase says quietly. “You’re really the only one here that talks to him… r-regularly in your dreams…”

“He’d know if these bitches are a threat or not.” Anti glares at the newcomers. “I’m not letting them near him otherwise.”

“Anti please be reasonable!” Zara tries to say, “We just need to talk to Danan and you know she’s-“

“No!” Anti growls sitting up to spread out his tentacles in a defensive stance. “Don’t get any closer…”

JJ backs up, hands raised. We’ll stay back, he promises. He looks at the others. Won’t we?

Jackie looks up and nods. While this exchange has been going on he’s been describing the lab—and Jack—to Schneep. Now he looks at Anti warily. He doesn’t want to fight him, but if it comes down to it he’ll defend himself.

“Jack… is the one outside of the glass?” Schneep asks slowly. That soul feels strange. Like his Jack, but… there’s something about it. Like the magic he senses in JJ, Alt, and Bro. “A-and he speaks in your dreams? How? A-and… how are you going to get advice from him? You are not asleep.”

“He can hear us,” Anti says eerily. “If he’s as worried as I am… he’ll do something…”

“Like.. what exactly?” Alt says with a raised eyebrow. “Look I-if you let me closer I could talk to him for you- I could go into minds and-!” He attempts to swim a bit closer but Anti snaps his jaws and lunges forward. But not to attack just to keep Alt back. And Alt glitches back and Bro catches him.

“Don’t test me ya fucking fake humans! I’ll tear you to ribbons!” Anti growls. Jamie hugs his neck and tries to hold him back but- Anti is bigger and stronger than him.

Jackie tenses, glaring at Anti, the mandibles on his back instinctively snapping. JJ holds his hands out, a shield starting to form. Schneep backs up, scleras turning black, getting ready to leap out of the way of danger.

However before the situation can get anymore tense- the human-hybrids and Anti feel a sudden pull in their guts- and their eyes fill with cyan. And then… it’s like they’re pulled into sleep and they all sink to the floor as their consciousnesses get pulled somewhere else.

When they open their eyes, they seem to be in the deepest reaches of the ocean- almost pitch black around them. It still feels like water- and they’re still in their hybrid forms. But it also feels… floaty. Like a dream.

And… Schneep finds he can see.

A bit before them is… the hybrid they saw in the lab. But he’s awake now, staring at them with startling bright cyan eyes. He regards them with a neutral expression, tilting his head as he studies them.

“Huh?” Jackie looks around. “What? Huh?! Huh?!”

“W-Woah…” Alt whispers.

“T-The fuck is this place?” Bro asks.

JJ backs up. Is this an illusion?

“Ah!” Schneep presses his hands to his eyes, closing and opening them several times. He expects them to hurt from the sudden influx of imagery… but they don’t. Confused, he looks around.

Alt startles and goes over to Schneep, “A-Are you okay Schneep?”

Bro sees him seemingly looking around and gasps, “Can you see?”

“Oh! I can see! I can see!” Schneep laughs in amazement. 

“What?!” Alt and Bro both shout in delight.

Alt smiles. “This is the mind I guess… like you being able to see in dreams.”

Schneep looks at the others, starting with Alt and Bro. “Oh! I can see the resemblance, but you two look less like my friends than I was picturing.” 

Bro and Alt look at each other then laugh. “It’s the freckles I bet.” Alt snickers.

Then Schneep looks at JJ. “You look very much like my Jamie, though—except for the mouth of course.” Then he looks at Jackie. His eyes widen in shock for a moment. But he doesn’t say anything. He looks down at Jackie’s tail. “Oh—you have a lobster tail.”

“Wh—no I don’t!” Jackie protests.

JJ laughs. Lobster boy.

“Shut up!”

Bro laughs too, “Oh my god! He is a lobster!” Alt hides his laugh behind his hand.

Anti shakes out his head then gasps and spurs up towards Jack, “Jack!!”

The other hybrid smiles at Anti and open his arms and Anti hurries over and gives him a quick hug. Then he seems to protectively hang over Jack’s shoulder as he glares and growls at the visitors.  Jack keeps his face neutral but there’s a bit of warmth radiating from him.

“Sorry to just… pull you in. I didn’t want Anti to hurt you… if you’re as innocent as you claim.” He says with a bit of authority. 

“U-um…” Jackie stares at Jack. It’s a bit… strange… to hear his voice, so similar to the Jack he knows. When was the last time he heard Jack’s voice?

It’s fine, it seemed like an emergency, JJ says. 

Jack tilts his head, “Anti said you were …fake. And… I can sense you are not Alterans but also… so strange… were you really.. human?”

“We were indeed human,” Schneep says. “A-and we can be human again. It is unusual, I know, but it’s true. We mean you no harm. You or any of your family.”

JJ glances around. So… this isn’t an illusion. It must be some sort of… mental landscape.

Jack nods, “Yeah we’re… I dunno exactly where but I have like… telepathy I think it’s called. The hybrid part of me is sea emperor and they have that too… I think the doctors here think I can do a bit more cuz of you know- having a human mind.” He laughs. “It’s weird but… I can talk to people like this… least until they figure out how to wake me up.”

Jack separates himself from Anti, much to the younger brother’s dismay and appears in front of the group in a flash of blue. He studies them closer.

“Alt… Chase… Schneep… JJ and… Jackie huh?” He says slowly looking at all of them. He then smiles and nods. “…yeah I… I think you’re good.”

“What?! You trust them just like that?!” Anti yells.

“Mmm yeah. I can see… bits and pieces of where they come from. This isn’t their home… and it seems like they all have a lot to get back to… family and people they really love.” Jack smiles sadly and holds a hand over his chest. “…I know the feeling…”

Jackie backs up a little as Jack appears closer. “O-oh. You can like—read our minds?” he says. “Can you um—n-not do that? There are things in my brain that I-I don’t want people to see.”

“Not fully,” Jack laughs, answering Jackie, “I just get… feelings and snippets. Flashes of things that are important or like..  really strong feelings. I can talk in the mind more than see it. I won’t pry I promise…”

Jackie lets out a sigh of relief. "I-I know you won't. Still... thanks."

“You’re like… an enchanter almost…” Alt mutters.

Jack blinks, “…I dunno what that word means but… thank you?”

JJ also looks a bit uneasy, but he pushes through that, knowing Jack means no harm. We would very much like to get home, he says. I sort of left my friend waiting.

Jack looks to JJ with sympathy and nods, “Unfortunately me and my brothers don’t have the kinda powers you guys have… but I’m sure my brothers will do what they can to help. Even Anti.”

Anti makes a noise of protest but Jack gives him a look and Anti crosses his arms and grumbles. “…yer sure they’re not with Alterra?””

Jack nods, “I’m sure.”

There’s a beat of silence before Anti groans, “Finneeee!”

JJ laughs a little at Anti's attitude. He can't help but be reminded of his friend. Thank you, Anti. I'm sure there's a lot you could do to help us.

"You know, Jamie, if this is the mind, why are you still signing?" Schneep asks. "Shouldn't you be able to talk if I can see?"

JJ shrugs. I suppose I'm more used to this by now.

"Ah. Well, in any case, thank you, Jack." Schneep nods at him. "Now we have to figure a way out of here."

Jack laughs and shakes his head, “Don’t worry. I got that. It was… nice to meet you all. I wish it could have been in person but… keep my brothers safe if you can, okay?” He smiles sadly and then his eyes turn cyan before the space around the boys turns white.

"Bye Jack!" Jackie shouts, a bit desperately, as the space starts to fade.

"Nice to meet you too," Schneep adds.

Your brothers will help you, I know it, JJ says.

Jack smiles at them all before everything goes white.

Then, they’re back in the lab observatory. Alt shakes himself out and blinks as the merboys have surrounded the passed out visitors.

“Are you guys okay?!” Mer Jackie asks.

Anti pushes himself up and shakes his head out like a dog. Jamie hugs his head with Anti lets him do so begrudgingly.

Schneep blinks. "Ah, back to reality."

"We're okay." Jackie pats himself down. "Jack just wanted a word with us—well, kind of? He wanted Anti to know we were safe to trust."

Which we are! JJ says cheerfully.

Chase's eyes widen. "Y-You talked to Jack??"

"Yeah... and they're all good." Anti sighs.

"Now. Is Danan out here?" Schneep swims up to the wall of the tank, facing out. "I can tell there are people, is she one of them?" Anti lets Schneep pass with a huff. 

At the window, an older black woman with bouncy black hair and bright green eyes is writing notes on her own PDA. She blinks as Schneep comes forward and smiles. She touches a button on her jacket and her voice comes from a speaker on their side. "Oh Henrik I-!" Then, she blinks and takes notice of how different Schneep looks and seems confused.

Jackie chuckles. "I think you've been spotted, Schneep. And she looks really confused."

"Ha! I can imagine." Schneep grins.

"Yeah just- hang on-" Henrik says and goes to push the button for the comms as Alt and Bro come over to meet her. "Hello Danan? Is there a way for you to meet us in here? We have... many things to discuss with you."

Danan looks surprised but then she nods and touches the button again. "Of course. Lemme just get finished up in here."

It takes a few minutes but soon the door to the observatory opens and the woman swims in. She smiles at everyone but she can't hide her surprise. "Oh well! Hello there... I did not know we had so many new people on my base."

JJ waves at Danan. Hello! This must be very surprising. Well you're going to be even more surprised when we tell you where we came from.

"We're not from here," Jackie says. "To the point where we haven't even heard of Alterra. I'm Jackie, this is JJ, Schneep, Alt, and Chase. We're from another universe."

"Nice to meet you!" Schneep waves cheerfully. "The others speak highly of you."

“Do they now?” Danan says with a smirk. “I’m glad my reputation precedes me! Well I’m Dr. Kendra Danan and…I’m sorry did you say another universe?”

“Insane, right?” Zara laughs. “Have you ever heard of traveling to different universes?”

“Well… it was a theory I remember being vaguely interested in for a bit…” Danan says, crossing her arms.  “Alterra was very interested in the possiblity of it off planet but… not here.”

Alt deflates a bit, “Oh well… we were hoping you might know if it’s.. possible to maybe reprogram a… what were they called?”

Marvin’s eyes flicker pink, “Alien Arch.”

“yeah that!”

Danan hums and then thinks. “…I’m not sure we have the tools but..  if they were maybe connected to architect technology somehow…?” She looks at Marvin.

Marvin shakes out himself then looks at Danan with wide eyes. “M-Me?!”

“You are the only warper around that can possibly understand technology like that…” Danan says with an encouraging smile.

“Oh I.., I don’t k-know…”

“Well… it’s either we try this out or… we just wait for the rifts to find us again… which is not ideal…” Alt mutters.

Danan and Zara blink, “Rifts?” Danan asks.

"They're what sucked us here in the first place," Jackie explains. "See, the three of us—" He gestures at himself, Schneep, and JJ. "—were actually from a different universe than those two." And he gestures at Alt and Bro.

"Three separate universes, actually," Schneep says. "But then we were pulled to their world through these rifts, and all five of us were pulled from that one to this one some time later."

They look like black cracks or tears, JJ explains. Like the air itself has been ripped. And they pull at people nearby. Like... when you open an airlock and all the air goes rushing into the vacuum.

"How do you know what airlocks do? You've never been in space!" Jackie says. "H-have you?"

No, but I've seen movies! You ever seen a movie where someone got ejected into space?

"...I've played Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Unleashed, does that count?"

"Ayyy SBA2! That's me and Alt's favorite!" Bro says excitedly. Alt slaps his tail with his own. "Focus-"

JJ blinks. Sorry, I've never played a Sonic game.

"Really?" Schneep says. "Even I have played a Sonic game--the classic sidescrollers, though, none of the 3D games."

"We're getting so distracted." Jackie shakes his head. "God—I've probably missed my time to take my ADHD meds. Anyway. The point is. You really think that we might be able to mess with these alien gates to open up a way to another universe? That seems... complicated."

"... I'm sorry I don't know anything about these rifts...." Danan says.

"They also have like- magic and stuff." Mer Jackie says excitedly. "So- maybe that could help?"

"Well... what the architects could do was nothing short of magical... so- who knows? It's still a mystery to us but... maybe it just needs the right touch." Danan smiles. "Us scientists believe there's nothing wrong with trying something out. They should be safe to look at, at the very least."

Alt sighs, "... It at least gives us a goal for now... and if it works, great! If it doesn't then... gotta wait for the rifts then... honestly it could be worse."

Bro grins at the merboys, "You guys up for taking us on an adventure?"

"I wanna! I wanna!" Mer Jackie says excitedly. Jamie claps and swims around his brothers in a couple big loops. Henrik chuckles, "I am quite curious what we could find." Anti and Marvin grumble a bit but Chase nudges them and they get quieter. "If Jack trusts you all then... yeah. I'm willing to help you guys get home." Chase smiles.

"Awesome!" Jackie whoops. "Let's see more of this place! It's the strangest fucking place I've ever been, so might as well enjoy it while it lasts."

"I am getting better at swimming, I swear I am," Schneep says.

"Y'know, if might actually be better if you took off your shirt," Jackie suggests. "Less drag. More maneuverability. I mean--the fish'll still be there, but still."

"Huh. You might be right, actually," Schneep says, tilting his head thoughtfully. "Okay, might as well try. This is not time to be modest." He starts taking his shirt off.

JJ frowns at Jackie. Did you just want him to join the rest of us in some weird peer pressure thing?

"No, I don't care what he wears or doesn't," Jackie shrugs. "But I really do think it might help. Here, put it in the bundle. Also, do you guys have a bag or something for all our clothes?"

"Of course," Danan laughs. She swims over to the wall and there seems to be a fabricator in here too. After clicking a few buttons it starts to create a large flexible bag. She swims over and hands it to Jackie. "There! That should work right?"

"Ah sweet, thanks!" Jackie grins and takes the bag, putting all their clothes inside. "I hope one of you two know how to dry stuff for when we get out," he says, looking at Alt and JJ.

Oh, of course, that's easy, JJ says.

Then, Danan seems to think and looks over to Marvin, "Marvin... how did you know about the alien arches? Most of them are on land where you all can't reach..."

Marvin quickly looks away and holds his arms. "Um well... I... one it's this... f-fucking chip in my head... but um... I also found one in the lost river...? I... I think the forcefield that kept the water out got d-damaged by a Ghost Leviathan."

"The Lost River?!" Chase shouts, "T-That place with the brine that poisons you guys??"

"...I mean the new Schneep guy is a river prowler- he'll be fine." Marvin says shortly. "And JJ.. he's a ghost ray. And I-I can... self-repair... apparently."

"Ghost leviathan?" Jackie repeats, raising an eyebrow. If that reaper thing was also a leviathan—and there was poisonous brine— "This doesn't sound like a good place."

"Oh! I think there's another forcefield that got damaged in the one by the mushroom forest though!" Zara says happily. "I'm pretty sure I came across that recently but- wasn't really sure how to use those things still..."

"They need an ion cube to work usually," Danan explains. "Most of them that need ion cubes in the main gates are down in HQ but... I think those are still intact...? hm... the mountain base is probably one that needs one."

"...the Lost River one was active." Marvin says quietly.

"...that's really dangerous though! Last time you and me went there you nearly lost your arm and I got bitten to death by mesmers!" Mer-Jackie explains.

"We didn't die Jackie-" Marvin snaps at him. The two glare at each other the way siblings always do when they fight and want to be right.

"W-well, don't fight about it," Jackie says, voice trembling a little. "Don't—don't fight about it.” 

"What the fuck happened that nearly lost you an arm?" Schneep mutters.

And... what was that? Mesmers? JJ repeats, spelling out the word. He's visibly uncomfortable with the implications of that name.

Marvin looks to Schneep, "...a Ghost Leviathan attacked me and bit my arm. ...and it was just a baby too." He shudders and grabs his arm, where the others can see what looks like bite marks. "And uh.. m-mesmers are fish that can... pull you in with colors on their fins and they can s-speak in your mind."

"They majorly suck." Reaper Jackie says and Henrik nods in confirmation.

Hypnotizing fish, JJ comments. Great. He signs the word slowly, making the fish robot say it in a drawl that's clearly meant to be sarcastic.

Alt bursts into giggles. "Oh my god- that was great JJ. But also- mood."

"Also… uh, The brine is easy enough to avoid. It's only on the bottom of things and like... the falls and pools." Marvin mutters.

"Since when do you know so much about it?" Mer Jackie asks with a growl.

"Since I was trapped there for a month, asshole!" Marvin snaps back. Henrik quickly goes to push them aside. "Enough you two!"

Jackie cringes while looking at mer-Jackie and Marvin. He knows that they're siblings, bickering is probably normal, but—why is he thinking of fights with his Marvin? He doesn't like thinking about him— “We can—maybe we can grab one of those cube things from the lost river base and take it to the mushroom place?"

If we're going there anyway we might as well just stay there, JJ points out.

"Can you not make an ion cube with your machines?" Schneep asks, confused. "Or... do you need the design or something?"

"The ion cubes are architect tech so... we don't know how to make them." Danan explains, "They seem to grow in these places though and there's a self-replenishing supply in HQ. But that one is one you all cannot reach... or my boys can't at least."

"Plus uh- Alterra." Zara points out.

"Yes that too."

"Huh. I suppose even machines that can rearrange matter have a limit," Schneep says thoughtfully. "But that limit is not helping right now."

Alt looks at Jackie with a bit of concern and lightly touches his tail against his. Then he sighs and says, "... if the one in this lost river is the only one you all can take us to that's active... then we'll just have to take our chances."

When Alt touches him, Jackie jumps a little, then quickly shakes himself off. "Yeah. And we have safety in numbers, too."

"Besides! We got tons of natives here to help us!" Bro tries to say positively. The merboys either smiles at him or snort and look away.

Danan smiles and nods, "It shouldn't be a long trip. Marvin should just be able to warp you straight there. Unless you all are eager to explore. It is an eerily beautiful place down there."

JJ smiles at Danan. Perhaps we can explore a little bit, but we should do this quickly, I think. Messing with these arches might take a while.

"So we are leaving right now, then?" Schneep asks. "Or—should we prepare? I would be fine with leaving now, in either case."

The merboys all look at each other. Anti shrugs, "I say lets get this over with. I'm eager for things to... be less exciting." He grumbles.

Marvin nods and then opens up a warp gate in the middle of the room. "This should take us straight there." He says, "Everyone swim on through."

"Hmm. Swim through? So you open up a portal," Schneep muses. "Like a small wormhole. Or like a portal from the game Portal." He giggles to himself at the repetition of the word.

"Yeah, actually, it does look a bit like a portal," Jackie says. "But you can't see through to the other side and it's this swirling... pink and purple and blue—"

"Oooo, my favorite colors," Schneep says, grinning. "As my Jackie would say, bisexual lighting."

Jackie and JJ both burst into laughter at that. A little less intense, but you got the idea! JJ says.

Alt studies the warp gate curiously. "... I wonder what would happen if I tried to glitch through this..."

"I dunno if now is the time to play around like that Alt." Bro chuckles.

Marvin makes a face then shrugs, "If it's similar to warping... hm... I can't say I'm not curious too..."

Alt's eyes sparkle a bit and he grins and then glitches through. From their end- nothing seems to have happened- except a tiny spark of green across the surface. And a bit of green reflecting in Marvin's eyes and a barely noticeable twitch in his hands. Bro hurries after Alt.

JJ frowns as Alt glitches through. Not sure that was a good idea.

"Well, it's too late now." Jackie shrugs, making sure that he has the bag on securely. Then he swims on through.

Schneep frowns. He swims forward hesitantly, then passes on through.

JJ lingers nervously at the back. He probably shouldn't be worried. Probably nothing happened. But still, he can't stop the anxiety as he approaches and slowly goes through the warp gate.

Mer-Jackie doesn't look excited to go in the warp gate but Jamie grabs his hand and starts to lead him through. Henrik and Chase laugh a bit at this and follow after. Anti gives the others a neutral glance before he shuffles through.

Once everyone is through, Marvin follows and the gate closes. Zara and Danan wave goodbye. "You have your radios if you need us boys!"

[chanelfunnell]

mail, no crazies

A) we will loose tonight against Canada I am afraid unless Wright will not freak out from Mrs Troll Ashley Wright poaching Crosby in Cole Harbour and he does not score own goal. Did you see Marner's fake fun from side to side before sending it to the net? Better than 4 players in front of goalie not catching up on rival's quick break away and banging like a young idiot into the gates without finding an angle and a square against the net Draisaitl has waited a micro second for his the best spot by the top outer right circle and fired the puck out. Somehow healthy now...and next question

B) anon, do you reckon Marcus Aubrey looks quite ok and in the shape? I don't mean NYE gym freaks, loose baggy clothes. Don't forget he is not an indie author but a biz boy with healthy life style so you expect it if he runs Innit gym and all crap.

C) yes anon, I like Caley's style. She is 29 and with two kids, good body and she covers NHL after NFLso many girls in NHL franchises knowledge or just for non serious sideline chat but you spot these amateurs attention seeking poaching puckbunnies camouflaging like a female reporter from distance because acres of flesh on the ice rink lol

Check..1990s hair and her Versace like micro mini wih a split secured by safety pin not to score into a five hole. Otherwise a great body ahd a style, just too much. Lile yiung gubs banging nonstop llike deaf to scire but stupod angle, shot, slot, timing...

This one circles around Bedard's team

D) Malkin is an eternal overgrown kid Sidney Crosby is not maybe Bedard now not even McDavid but Crosby throws toys out of his pram like a spoilt kid often. All Brilliant players but Crosby is like Ovechkin, chasing individual records.

E) alnon, yes, they defeated us more times. Juniors as well as A team so Canada is ok for us. I have found only videos in non English but he is a d-man of AHL for December so far. I wonder whether they will be placed into after-school detection with tons of homework in the case Sweden will beat them again because David J who goes often around the net has the 2nd video about the school. He stands in the video like a scorned pupil rather than a player on the ice rink lol. Marketa corrected someone's spelling in the paperwork once in HC Slavia ages ago and she has had a teaching practice in Brno, her hometown, at a sport gymnasium where they trolled her exbf how he did not score or laughed during reading a poem Lorelei bcs she was a swimmer with long golden locks. I am surprised how many NHLers have an uni degree or studied an uni. Tazer at Dakota uni, so McCabe etc. M has masters from Psychology from Czechia and Economics and Computer Science with stats from Prague, then LSE London in UK and one year course at Wharton uni in Pennsylvania. She has copied activity of mobile d men from Klopp of FC Liverpool and his gegenpress and definitely from Joel Queneville from the Blackhawks. Duncan Keith played like that and yes I think the Oilers made it into the play offs last season and more up to the ladder bcs of his defensive skills and axis of their d zone with experience. They are scoring but also getting a lot of goals.. You laugh as Nurse runs to help out to his d man buddy as ,nurse, instead of staying and sticking to his side to protect it and they are not passing away lol. They need Draisaitl's holistic very expensive chain by Chanel. He is healthy again but I think he just had a whale of time yodling and drinking around NYE with his nonstop Ja,ja,ja yaaaaah....sure ya yaaa jaa

[pebblecarton]

“I'm just no good at these things I don't like sweet unless it's bitter And I can't love you cause I'm a quitter...

Nicotine and tangerines All summer I spent with you Chasing the taxis to get anywhere that we want to You can't change what's inside of you No matter how much you want to”

- Nicotine & Tangerines by Caley Spivey, Small Talks

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver 2011

[septnautical]

Hair Tails

It always weirded Zara out… the boys’ hair was always so well kept. Did they know what scissors were? Did they have any here? What about when they were little? Did their hair just grow wildly until they couldn’t stand it? Kinda like Marvin’s when she first saw him…

One day, while hanging out with Jackie, she couldn’t take it anymore. She had to know.

“Hey, Jackie?”

The reaper merman turned on his side from where he was laying on his stomach. Zara floats off with a giggle, since she was hanging on his back. She pokes his nose, making him twitch it sillily, then settles down next to him, resting on his hip.

“I got something weird to ask you,” She hums, reaching up and running fingers through his wild green locks. “How do you boys take care of your hair? How do you cut it? What did you do before you came to the Ocean Arms?”

Jackie blinks and then puts on a thoughtful face. “Huh… well- when we were first in our tank, the white suits would come in and shave our hair to all look alike. It was easier to test us that way, if they wanted to put like… those weird sticky squares on our head.

But, when we escaped, the couple of us with claws would try to cut everyone else’s hair! So, me, Anti and Henrik.” He laughs and sinks to the ground, a faraway look in his eyes but a small smile gracing his lips.

“Henrik always tried to use white suit tools… it freaked us out so we kinda stopped asking him after a while. Anti was the best at it- but he would tug and shove us to make us sit still and he wasn’t very patient… Then, I’m one of the babies- so it was hard for me to control my claws or mandibles to help. But, i was eagar and i tried my best! There were a couple messy jobs when we were small.” Jackie laughs again and Zara joins him, the image of little jackie too cute in her head.

...when Anti got taken and Schneep started to get a bit more.. Distant. That’s when I really learned how. I’m pretty good at it now~” The reaper grins smugly, wiggling an eyebrow at Zara. The girl chuckles then pushes her hair out of the way of her mask.”

“Maybe you should do me sometime!”

The merman pales and then laughs nervously, “Uh- how would you like a short haircut?”

Zara bursts into laughter at that, “Oh c’mon Jackie, you did Marvin’s hair just fine! He’s keeping it longer now isn’t he?”

Jackie hums in thought then smiles, “Oh yeah- longer than he did before that’s for sure.. But definitely not as long as it was! When we found him he was a mess! It was all curly and matted, and chopped in weird places….”

The blue suit winces visibly, “ah- part of that might have been Zeke… he got annoyed by Marvin’s hair pretty quickly and chopped some off to see his face…” She looks at Jackie apologetically.

He shrugs, “It might have been a relief for Marv. His hair was so crazy… and he wouldn’t let us touch it for a long time after he got back too.”

Zara is quiet for a bit, tapping her fingers on her leg as she thinks. Then, she perks up and taps Jackie rapidly on his tail. “Jackie! I just had a great idea!!”

Not that Jackie gets to hear it- Zara actually swims off before telling Jackie, leaving the merboy laying in the sand with a confused head tilt.

The raven haired girl swims around for a bit, looking around the sunny spots near the base on the reef. She brightens when she seems a familiar patch of purple and she swims down. Marvin is curled up on the sand, peacefully dozing. His head is resting on his arms, his tails curl up against him. With his mask, he looks so much like a sleeping cat Zara can’t help but giggle at the sight. The merman slowly opens his eyes and looks up to Zara blearily, blinking sleep out of his eyes. He yawns and stretches and Zara has to cover her mouth to not laugh again at how cat like it is. Marvin sits up and rubs at his eyes, tilting his mask sideways on his head.

“Zara…?” He croaks, sleep thick in his throat, “What’re you doin’ here…? Whatcha want?” He narrows his eyes slightly, studying her closely. They really haven’t had much time to hang out,so he wasn’t sure how to act around her. But Jackie trusted her, and she did help save him.

Zara studies Marvin right back, watching as the currents stir Marvin’s hair. It’s a light mossy green with hints of brown peeking through. It floats just past his jawline now, in a curly messy bob of sorts. When Zara first saw him, his hair was wild and went to his shoulders, bangs so long you could hardly see his eyes. Jackie had done a really good job of cleaning him up. But, Zara knew something that would help him even more.

She sits down next to him and he scoots back slightly, looking at her with big confused eyes. Zara smiles timidly then pulls something out of her pack. It’s a nice looking piece of blue green fabric- looking like it could be used in some of the ocean’s arms suits. Marvin leans closer to it and tilts his head, before looking back to Zara, “What’s that?” He asks quietly.

“Well, Jackie was telling me about something I was curious about. I wondered how you all keep your hair so nice when you don’t have tools like us humans do… and then i remembered that you were wanting to keep your hair longer- but it’s gotta be a little annoying right?”

Marvin feels through his hair and looks up as he thinks. “Yeah… i guess- It gets in my face sometimes when i swim… or in my mouth when I’m sleeping.” He sticks his tongue out and smacks his lips like he can still taste it. Then, he starts to twiddle his fingers slightly, looking away from Zara. “i… I like having it longer now though… it’s nice to be different from the others. It… feels good too? Now that it’s not so… you know.” He gets a darker, faraway look in his eyes. “And… it’s a reminder… of what i went through. That I'm stronger now than i was then.”

He looks back to Zara and then snaps out of his daze, his ears and cheeks turning a slight magenta as he stammers, “Ah- sorry that was… probably stupid- to be so… weird about hair…”

Zara quickly shakes her head, then lightly grabs Marvin’s hand, “It’s not weird! I think your hair is lovely- and the fact that it has such a good message for you is wonderful!”

Marvin knits his eyebrows together in confusion, “Then… why bring it up? I thought you were gonna tell me to cut it like my brothers do…”

She giggles and shakes her head again. “That’s something boys dont get- but, i thought i’d give you an easier way to get your hair out of the way when you need it!” Zara stretches out the ribbon in Marvin’s face then swims around to be behind him.

The warper merman stiffens slightly and Zara hesitates, not yet touching him. “...do you mind if i try something Marv? I won’t hurt you or cut it- I swear.”

He’s quiet for a second before squeaking out, “O...okay..” He tries to force himself to relax, twirling and untwirling his tails to distract him. Zara finds that kinda cute-

Taking his hair, she softly and gently bundles it up in her hands, grabbing some of his still choppy bangs and trying to merge it with the back and smooth it out. Then she twirls the ends so it kinda resembles a bun- he doesn’t have that much hair though- so by the time she ties the fabric around, it’s more of a small ponytail than anything. But, the blue suit swims away, satisfied. She reaches into her bag then pulls out a small compact with a mirror, showing it to marvin.

“All done! What do you think?”

Marvin blinks and takes the mirror, looking at it strangely for a second. He’s only seen his reflection in pools and glass windows before. But, as he adjusts to it he straightens and tilts his head around to see.

“Wow… Zara- this looks really good.” He mumbles, then feels up the back of his head. “And… feels good.”

Zara grins, “You should be able to swim with no problems now! And you can take the tie out whenever you want it loose! In fact, want me to teach you how to do it yourself?”

The warper looks at her with sparkling eyes, before timidly asking, “...c-can you…?”

The girl smiles warmly and plops down by him, pulling out a small purple brush that shines iridescently in the ocean light. She gives it to Marvin and then babbles excitedly, “Yeah! I can teach you all sorts of things to do with your hair! We can braid it- ohh! You would look so good with a dutch braid??” She moves to his back again, then waves a hand to him, “That brush is for you by the way! It’ll help you pull your hair back better- and so it won’t get tangled! It must be hard to brush with claws!”

Marvin looks to the brush with wonder, watching the color change as he twists it around in his hands. “.. t-thank you Zara…” Braids huh- Jack knew how to do those… but he never got the chance to teach Marvin how.

…..

Later that night, Marvin is getting ready to sleep in the cave, looking at the brush. Then he smiles and removes his mask, letting his hair down and starting to brush his hair, snuggled up against the wall.

Jamie swims over with wide eyes, and points to the brush with excitement. “Pretty!”

The warper mer smiles and pats the place next to him, and Jamie eagerly swims up and curls up to his side. Marvin then takes the brush and brushes Jamie’s soft teal locks. The cuddlefish merman’s eyes flutter and he smiles wide, nuzzling up more against Marvin. This reminds Jameson of Jack… playing with all their hair as they laid in a pile together.

Marvin grins mischievously then uses his new tie to mess with Jamie’s hair, who giggled and swatted at Marvin, his hair now sticking up in a straight ponytail like a pineapple.

Chase swims over to the commotion with a low chuckle, “What are you two doing?”

Marvin slips the tie out of Jamie’s hair then bundles his own hair back with it, a sly grin on his face. “Nothing~!”

The older brother cocks an eyebrow, “Is that so?” It was good to see Marvin joking again- playing games with his siblings. It warmed Chase’s heart. He floats down to them and then picks up the brush curiously while also eyeing Marvin’s new hair tie.

“Where’d you get this stuff Marv?”

The warper merman sinks against Chase with a soft happy smile, “A friend.”

Chase smiles back then ruffles Marvin’s hair lovingly, earning quiet protests from the younger brother. “You look good, kiddo. S’like a new you!”

Marvin hums and feels up to his ponytail again, his smile getting bigger. “Yeah… it is.”

[namesetc]

hello! i hope you're doing lovely today. i was wondering if you had any neutral sounding names that are short (like around 4-5 letters) and preferably start with the letter c. thank you!! :)

Short neutral C names!

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Carter

Callie

Cade

Casey/Cassie/Casy/Cassy

Cason/Casen

Cain

Cal

Cam

Cass

Con

Cree

Crow

Cory/Corey/Corrie/Coree

Conor

Colt

Cole

Cody/Codie

Chase

Cecil/Cecyl/Cecile

Circe

Cosmo

Cross

Cobi/Cobie/Coby

Ciri/Ceri (Siri)

Coren/Corrin/Corin

Caley/Callie/Cali

Cacey

Cyan/Cian

Caelan/Callen/Callan

Ciel

Cruz

Cash

Candy

Celia

Celt

Cheri/Cherie

Cley/Clay

Crew/Crue

Cael/Cale

Cord

Cage

Cove

Cort/Corte/Court

Case

Curt

Chet

Chip

Creed

Cyrus/Cirrus

Cyril

Cyrix

Calla

Charm

[hollandsmushroom]

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❤️ Compliments!! Caley, you are so sweet, you have sent the sweetest anon I have ever received and its heartwarming to know that someone would even bother to send me a message. You are amazing and kind and your love for Cal matches mine and I love you!

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The sand was displaced as you tread across the beach, your hand holding Cal’s as the other held the blanket you were planning on laying out for the two of you to rest on. The salty breeze felt good against your skin, a lovely contrast to the sun that was beating relentlessly down on your back. You and Cal found a relatively secluded area of the beach, back from the wandering eyes of people you didn’t know. You untangled your fingers from Cal’s, grabbing the corner of the blanket and opening it up to its size, shaking it to make it unfold, the fabric becoming caught up in the wind it unfolded entirely letting you spread it across the sand. 

You stepped onto the blanket, the sand beneath giving way to the weight of your foot, you looked over at Cal as you sat down, admiring him as he removed his shirt from his body, his abs clenching as he lifted the white cotton off of his torso, tossing it in the bag he had brought and looking down at you, he laughed at your wide eyes blatantly scanning his torso.

“See something you like?” he asked, dropping to his knees and crawling towards you on the blanket. You didn’t think you could form words, resorting to nodding your head and biting your lip, eyes drawn to his plump pink lips as he got nearer. Leaning into you he brushed his lips past yours, just as you were about to lean in and meld your lips together, he pulled back.

“Will you put some sunscreen on me?” he asked as if he hadn’t just denied you of a kiss. Groaning, you snatched the bottle out of his hands, squirting some of the white lotion into the palm of your hand, rubbing it into the skin of his back and neck, your hands traveled to his sides and onto his chest, running over the skin as you began to kiss his spine as you sat behind him. He groaned at the physical affection, loving the feeling of having your hands on him. He began to turn in your arms, going into place a kiss on your lips, but you quickly stood up causing him to fall forward onto his face on the blanket as you ran to the ocean.

You picked up speed as you heard Calum shout behind you,

“Oh no you don’t,” you knew he was chasing after you but you also knew that your head start would allow you to reach the water faster than him, your feet splashing up as you quickly waded into the water, followed soon after by the splashing of your boyfriend, he caught your arm and spun you around in his arms, crashing his lips to yours as he pulled the both of you under water.

[poeticjupiter]

9/17/18 don’t you dare say i do

at the alter and all i see is you marrying the girl of your dreams. i’m watching as tears come to my eyes, i really shouldn’t cry. i’ve been chasing you for so long but you never saw me the way i longed. grasping my nails into my skin as i’m trying to hold it in. “does anyone object this love” i stand and say “i do because i have loved you for many suns.” you look at me and see how this is truly effecting me. you say “caley, i have loved you so but not in the way i love her though.” i sit back down and think of the times my smile was made by your charming eyes. a few years later i come to see you have a child and she looks nothing like me. not the way i wished it to have been but those eyes they really draw you in. you see i have a child too but he doesn’t have a father oh how i wished it could have been you. sounds kinda similar you never really had one either. he will grow to love a girl thats not like me but thats rightfully so. girls like me never get the right ending instead we stand aside at wedding. i’m glad this was all just a dream because maybe there is still hope for us dont you see?

[hbhughes]

Harry “Hank” Williams

Harry “Hank” Williams, 88, of East Meadow Street, Chase Manor, Shavertown, died on Wednesday, December 4, at Mountain View Nursing Center, Montrose, PA.

Born in Wilkes-Barre he was the son of the late William G. and Margaret Smith Williams. He graduated from Coughlin High School class of 1950. He served in the U.S. Air force during the Korean Conflict.

Hank had resided in Shavertown since 1977.  Previously he had resided in Forty Fort. He had been employed as a sale representative for Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp. for 32 years and later was the owner of Northeast Amigo.

Hank was an active member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Dallas. He served as an Elder, Deacon and on almost every committee at the church. Recently he was the President of the Men’s Club. Formerly he was a member of Forty Fort Presbyterian Church.

He was active with the Cub Scout Pack 123 and Boy Scout Troop 123 of Forty Fort. He also coached for many years with Forty Fort Little League.

Hank was a 50 year active member of Kingston Lodge 395, F & AM.

Surviving are his wife of 66 years, Nancy Miller Williams; children, Richard (Keri) Williams of Webster, Mass, Karen (Michael) Perzia, Swoyersville, Susan (Mark) Smith of Springville, PA; Raymond Scott (Gette) Williams of Elysburg, PA, and Ken (Karen) Williams of Ocean Springs, Mississippi; grandchildren, Jason Williams, Aaron Williams, Adrienne Campbell, Caitlin Williams, Stephanie Williams, Lee-Anne Liberatore, Michelle Curtis, Kimberly Perzia McKinley, Jillian Smith-Carpenter, Benjamin Smith, Jacklyn DelPrete, Samantha Kozokas, Andrew Williams, Lucy Williams, Amanda Williams, Dana Williams, Caley Schmidt, Eric Schmidt and step grandchildren Dorothy Shoup, Rebecca Shoup, Molly Shoup and Andrew Shoup.  Great grandchildren Pierce Campbell, Julian Williams, Emily Williams, Grayson McKinley, Scarlett McKinley, Gianni Bruno, Avery Curtis, Christopher James Curtis, Bradley Curtis, Kathryn Smith, Jamie Smith-Carpenter, Jack DelPrete, Jocelyn DelPrete, and 3 more on the way and a step grandchild, Haley Knight.

A Memorial service will be held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 105 Irem Road,                          Dallas, on Saturday at 12 P.M. with Pastor Jen Baer, officiating. Friends and relatives may call on Friday from 5 to 8 P.M. at the Hugh B. Hughes & Son, Inc., Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort. A Masonic will be conducted on Friday evening at 7 P.M.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Trinity Presbyterian Church, 105 Irem Road, Dallas, PA 18612 OR Meadow View Resident Activity Fund, 225 Park, St, Montrose, PA  18801.

[huffle-dork]

Glitch into the Hufflverse Chapter 5: Septnautical

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Diving under the water they see the murky yellow water under the aurora and the shapes of the hybrids swimming through it. Mer Jackie waves and then loops around to catch up with Henrik.

As they all swim after them, the water quickly starts to transition towards more of a green, rough rocks jutting out from the sea floor. Then, it turns a brilliant bright blue, the sun shining dream-like through the surface of the waves above.

Jackie and JJ both fumble for a while as they swim. This isn't like swimming as a person at all. Jackie figures it out first, moving his tail up and down. JJ takes a bit longer, but soon realizes how he has to use his new wings to help him glide along. It's a strange arms-out position.

Schneep, unfortunately, struggles for a while. His soul sensing abilities don't extend to all animals, only the bigger or smarter ones. And so, since there are a lot of alien fish in this alien ocean, he keeps bumping into them and slowing down. Eventually, JJ doubles back, reaching out and offering his arm. Schneep finds it and quickly clings onto JJ, looking a bit upset about how he can't swim as well as the others yet.

As they swim Henrik starts to explain, "Ah... we are obviously not fully human. But you cannot be... naturally born as this. And Alterra is a large company who has been given free reign to... experiment on this planet. And that is how... we all came to be. ...to them, we are not even known by our names. We all chose these names... but we are only letters and numbers to them- a result to be studied. They know me as... SH-003. The... third of the hybrids to be created."

Alt feels dread hit him like a punch in the gut. "... you all are... experiments...?" He asks quietly.

Mer-Jackie nods and holds his arms. "Yeah... I'm- uhhh RL-006-! But, we don't usually use those. Feels icky."

JJ sighs. He knew it wasn't good.

"Don't worry, if you do not like those titles, we will not use them," Schneep says.

"Yeah, I'd hate to call someone something that makes them feel icky," Jackie adds. "Uh... I'm uh... s-sorry if..." He clears his throat. "Well, I'm glad you were able to find your names."

"How many of you are there? If Jackie is six and he mentioned two others younger than him... eight?" Schneep is more talking to himself than anyone else.

"Oh! There's 7 actually- that fact makes it confusing." Reaper Jackie laughs, "Actually i think... right after I was born I... I technically died? But me and Marv were the only ones born outside of eggs and we were ready at around the same time so... I think putting us together saved me somehow?" He shrugs, "That's what Zara told me a PDA file said about me and him. But- that's why I'm technically older but he's the fifth- WH-005. The last one is Jamie- he's CH-007."

Henrik nods as if to confirm this. "Yes and other than them and me. There is RR-001, Chase- SE-002, Jack..." Henrik seems to linger on Jack's name before moving forward, "And... my near twin, Anti, SD-004."

“Died?" Jackie blinks, surprised. "I'm guessing you don't remember that. I hope you don't." He shakes his head. "I, uh... know someone named Marvin, too... But I can't imagine being paired with him." He hides a shudder.

"I can picture it all too well," Schneep mutters.

Reaper Jackie laughs, "Nah I don't remember- Marvin doesn't either! We were like... just a few days old i think." He swims back to look at Jackie and tilts his head at him. "Huh? Why...? Is your Marvin mean? ... I mean mine can be too but- I'm also kinda mean sometimes." He bares his teeth in a sharp grin and flexes his mandibles. "Then again I'm biased~ he's my twin!"

'You are not actually twins, Jackie." Henrik chuckles.

"It's close enough!" Mer-Jackie argues.

Jackie shakes his head. "The Marvin I know... isn't a good person..." he says slowly. "It's a long story." He wishes he could put his hoodie on over his new mandibles.

"What do all those Letters mean?" Bro asks, "I get the numbers just... the letters seem weird."

Henrik chuckles, "Those let the scientists know what species of hybrid we are. Like me- SH, stands for Stalker Hybrid."

"And I'm Reaper Levithian, RL!" Reaper Jackie adds with a grin, easily swimming circles around the others.

"You will understand better when you meet the rest." Henrik smirks. "Since it seems you are all not familiar with the fauna here."

"yeah- totally in the dark," Alt mutters. "... they're neat though I... I'd love to learn more."

JJ nods slowly. I vaguely remember hearing some of these names from my Anti, he says. While he uses his arms to sign, Schneep transfers his grip to JJ's waist, holding on via tendrils.

Mer-Jackie bllinks at JJ's signs and then looks to Alt. "What did mustache guy say?"

Alt laughs, "He said his friend Anti told him some of those names."

"Oh yeah! Cuz they said it was a game! Man- that's weird. Is it a naming game? Like- name all the fauna? That's nooo fun- that sounds like white suits drills." The reaper grumbles.

JJ chuckles at being called mustache man. I wish I had a spell that could let everyone understand me... but at least one person can.

"It is much more helpful than having someone translate for me," Schneep says. "Or the morse code system me and my JJ use. It is just a shame we found a wor—we found somewhere where most people do not know."

“I have a spell- but it’s still kinda iffy on non- spoken languages,” Alt sighs.

“It’s just that your signs are weird! But also cuz no one really uses them here much- ‘Cept Jamie now. And like- we didn’t really know how to read for a while so learning stuff like that is hard!” Mer Jackie chuckles.

“Imagine having to learn to read with your fingers," Schneep says. "I'm sure sign language is easier."

JJ looks back at him and frowns. Braille is an alphabet. BSL has individual words.

Schneep laughs. "You are right, you are right."

“We all have our struggles Schneep,” Alt laughs.

As they're swimming, they're now in a more colorful patch of ocean. Large tunnels of coral and weird looping structures of rocks. Colorful rays with bright blue and orange swim by, singing a sweet melody. The ocean is alive with schools of fish and colorful plumes of plant life.

JJ looks around with wide eyes. This place is beautiful! He waves at the rays as they swim by. Jackie can't help but duck through some of the rock loops.

The hybrids slow down a bit as the others take in the sea. Henrik smiles. "It is beautiful out here, is it not?"

"The shallows is one of the prettiest places! That's why our cove is over here! But also cuz it's the safest place!" Mer Jackie explains.

Bro sees Jackie swimming through some of the loops and laughs, trying it out himself. Man- it feels just like flying when he swims- just a bit more muscle work. Alt laughs at their antics.

"It is just a bit further to the forest," Henrik calls, spurring forward. "Careful you keep up- we have been building up our camouflage so you could get lost!"

The group speeds up as Henrik says to. Schneep bats angrily at the kelp strands as they pass. He makes a note to himself: never travel through forests. He doesn't want to hit his head on low-hanging branches. JJ squeezes his hand, reassuring him that he's there.

Henrik has taken to the kelp forest with ease- this is clearly his element and he has the way memorized well. They start to go a bit lower into the tall flowing strands of thick kelp. There’s even bundles of glowing seeds clustered together to make patches of bright light. Which helps since the ocean seems a bit… darker here amongst the swaying fronds.

Eventually they seem to come across a hole amongst the rocks and kelp and in it, surrounded by tall rocks is a white base. Most of it is covered in windows and… tubes? But there are some parts hidden amongst the twisted maze of hallways and rooms.

“Woahhh!” Bro laughs, “That’s so cool!”

Henrik grins. “Welcome to the Ocean’s Arms.”

"Whoa!" Jackie gasps. "Look at that scifi shit!"

JJ stares up in awe. His eyes are practically sparkling.

Schneep tilts his head to the side. He can sense nearby human souls... though none seem familiar. "What is it like?"

"Oh—well it's all white and glass," Jackie says. "Made of tube and round rooms—very round in general. It's all twisting and stuff."

"Ooooo. Sounds very nice." Schneep grins.

After Schneep is done getting the lay of the land- a black and white bundle speeds up and suddenly tackles mer-Jackie in a big tentacle-y hug. The reaper laughs and pats the new tinier merman that has attached himself to him. “Hi Jamie! We brought some new friends- you wanna meet them?”

A head of teal hair perks up away from Jackie’s chest and looks at the others. He has the same mustache as JJ’s except less maintained. He has black and white dots all over his face like freckles except one large patch that covers his left eye. And instead of the long singular tails the rest of the boys have- this tiny merman has 5 black and white spotted tentacles. He gasps quietly at seeing the others and then shakes mer-Jackie’s arm, pointing wildly.

Mer-Jackie laughs. “Yes I see them! Say hi! Show off your new thingy!”

Jamie nods and swims up closer to the others. Now that they are closer- it seems like he’s wearing… gloves of some kind? But with strange robotic-like finger attachments on the outside. He taps on a bag he has on his side and a strange robotic fish swims out, its body mostly consisting of a green and blue eye. Jamie makes a show of coughing in a somewhat dramatic manner like he’s gonna speak before- he starts to sign. And as he does- sound comes from the fish that sounds exactly like JJ from the few things they’ve heard him talk.

“Hello! I am Jamie! I’m still learning this so- forgive me if I am slow. My friend Ollie is teaching me trans-universal sign!” he beams once he’s done, flicking and swirling his tails, almost like a happy dance.

"Oh!" Jackie gasps. "Ohhhh that's so cool! Gloves that like—like translate sign language! That's so cool!"

JJ laughs. It would definitely be helpful—though it seems like sign language here is different.

"Yeah, no wonder they were calling BSL weird," Jackie agrees. "Anyway—it's nice to meet you, Jamie! You're like—some kind of black-and-white speckled octopus—pentapus? Cause there are only five tentacles?" He laughs and shakes his head. "This place is crazy."

Jamie tilts his head to the side. “What’s an octopus?” He whispers in a very quiet voice.

“Yeah or a pentapus- the fuck is that?” Reaper Jackie asks.

“Uh- creatures from our world.” Alt explains, “They’re helping us… take all this in better.”

“A pentapus isn’t even real,” Jackie laughs. “That was a joke.”

“Ah well here- he’s a cuddlefish!” Mer-Jackie grins. Jamie smiles shyly and twists his tails again.

"We should introduce ourselves," Schneep says. "Though... if you are anything like your brothers here, you will find it strange. My name is Schneep, and this is JJ—"

JJ waves.

"—and Jackie—"

"Hey!" Jackie grins.

"—and Alt and Chase."

Alt gives a two fingered salute to his name and Bro grins. “Yo! Nice to meet ya!”

Jamie blinks at all of them before pointing at the others and looking back to Henrik and mer-Jackie. “…they have your names.”

“Yes-“ Henrik nods.

“They look like you too!” Jamie tries to say a bit louder.

“Kinda freaky isn’t it?” Reaper Jackie laughs.

“Freaky? I can imagine,” Schneep says, amused.

Jamie swims up so he’s face to face with JJ. He blinks big blue eyes at him and tilts his head curiously. He signs and the robot fish says “You look like me! JJ… I like that!” Jamie smiles wide.

JJ blinks, then nods excitedly, matching Jamie’s enthusiasm. “I do look like you!” He says—though he then coughs and rubs his throat. Probably best to avoid that for a while.

Jamie’s expression turns into one of my sympathy and he floats towards JJ and lightly touches his neck. “…hurts?” He asks quietly. He then touches his own neck and nods like he relates. JJ can see a bit of scarring there.

JJ nods back, giving Jamie a small smile. He hopes the understanding comes across.

 Then, Jamie looks at Alt and Bro. He points at Bro. “…Chase-“ then at Alt, “Anti!”

Alt chuckles, “That’s one of my names yeah- but only Chase calls me that. You all can stick to calling me Alt.”

Jamie looks back at the hybrids and signs, “Anti came back here earlier. He looked mad. Said something about freaky new humans.”

“Oh? Did you see where he went?” Henrik asks.

“He went to go see Jack.”

“Oh. Well um…” Jackie squirms slightly, tail flicking. “We… might know something about those ‘freaky new humans’.”

“Surprise! It is us.” Schneep waves. “You are not going to believe hearing that, but it is true. You can ask your Jackie and Schneep.”

Jamie then blinks and looks at all the others and then mer-Jackie and Henrik. They laugh.

“Strange is it not? They have uh… magic I guess. To turn from human to hybrid.” Henrik says.

Jamie’s eyes sparkle with wonder as he swims excitedly all around the others and studies all their tails.

Jackie blinks. “…Jack, huh? He flipped out about him earlier. Sensitive subject, I take it.”

Jamie deflates as Jack is brought up. He looks back to his brothers as if asking for permission.

Reaper Jackie sighs “…we might as well tell them.”

Jamie looks back at the others and signs slowly, “Our older brother Jack is… asleep. He has been for a long time. The white suits did something to him and… Anti was used by Alterra to protect him… as a weapon. But, he still loves Jack so much- we all do. It makes us sad that he is still asleep.”

Bro’s eyes widen, “…woah that’s… that’s insane.”

Alt feels a bit in his stomach. “Anti.. he was used as a weapon…? How?”

The merboys all look a bit uncomfortable. Finally reaper Jackie says “… mind control. They erased Anti’s memories of us and put these weird chips in his ears that made him obey them. But he’s- he’s better now! We saved him from that.”

“Oh,” Jackie says quietly. “I-I’m um… I’m sorry about your brother.”

“Fucking mind control,” Schneep mutters. “I have dealt with a…similar situation with a friend of mine.”

JJ sighs. He nods. Me too. We’ve all had to deal with that in my home.

“Lotsa fucking mind control out there, isn’t there?” Jackie says.

Alt looks angry at hearing what happened to his counterpart, his tail flickering and a few zaps of electricity coming off him. Bro gets zapped and he yelps. “Ow Alt! careful!”

Alt blinks and then looks at his fins and tries to shake out the electricity. “ah sorry…”

“I-it is good that you are all past that, though,” Schneep says, smiling a little. “I suppose that makes sense why Anti was not trusting of us.”

Jackie pauses for a moment, giving the news the respect it deserves before moving on. “Well. Uh… This is where you guys live, then?” Jackie says, gesturing at the base. “Cool. I’m guessing you guys can’t actually go inside. Cause like… you’d need legs and stuff. But this is where those Ocean’s Arms guys live? They’re, uh… your friends?”

Mer-Jackie laughs, “We don’t live here! Our family has a cave together in the shallows! But, Henrik stays here mostly- he has a neat little cave he made for himself to hide all his scrap!”

Henrik blushes a little and flicks his tail. “… we all spilt up for a bit but we are… coming back together.”

Jamie smiles, “yes the base has our friends! The Ocean’s Arms saved my brothers from lots of things so now they make it so we feel safe here. They take care of Jack and! They made it so we can travel inside- in fact I think Marvin, Chase and Anti are inside if you’d like to meet them!”

“Coming back together, huh?” Jackie repeats. For a moment, he looks thoughtful. Then he shakes his head and smiles at the hybrids. “Yeah, we can go meet them.”

JJ nods excitedly. He wonders what the others will look like! The fish seem to have some crazy variations here!

Schneep chuckles. “I am glad of that. Everyone should have a place where they feel safe. We would love to meet your brothers. Ah, how do we get in?”

Reaper Jackie grins and flicks his tail. "Just follow us!" He dives down towards the base with Henrik and Jamie following closely after him. Alt and Bro follow after them.

Jackie quickly chases after the rest of the group, while JJ and Schneep are a bit slower.

As they approach the base, they suddenly notice the tubes have a couple entrances into the water, which the merboys slip easily inside. Alt looks a bit apprehensive about going inside but Bro helps him in.

"... these are a bit tight..." Alt mutters.

Henrik laughs, " A bit- you get used to them. These designs were made for tinier fish but they make it work!"

"Honestly I prefer this," Schneep mutters. "Less options for places to go--and nowhere for the fish to jump out at me—"

JJ laughs. You weren't hurt by running into all those fish, were you?

"I think the fish were more hurt, actually."

Jackie taps the tube walls as they go along—sometimes unintentionally hitting them with his mandibles. He wonders if people can hear that on the other side.

They swim for a bit in dizzying circles before stopping inside a larger aquarium tank that flanks an inner most hallway. There is another hybrid with bright yellow green hair, a large blue speckled tail with bright orange fins and even orange appendages that stick out from his back. He also has wings like JJ's attached to his arms with bright blue edges. He seems to be sitting in the sand, talking animatedly to... a couple kids?

Jamie swims over first and tackle hugs the new hybrid. He yelps in surprise and then laughs, hugging him back. "Oh hi Jamie! The kids were wondering where you went!"

Jamie beams and waves at the kids. There's a tiny brunette boy with- what looks like a prosthetic leg. And a tinier blonde girl with her hair in pig tails. And she's holding an almost holographic looking device in her hands. When she sees Jamie she lights up and starts rapidly typing on the pad. A robotic voice calls out, "Hello Jamie! Welcome back!" Jamie giggles and then tugs on the hybrid's arm to try to get him to get up. The older hybrid laughs, "What's got your tails twisted, Jay??"

The hybrid then looks up at the approaching group of new hybirds and freezes. Especially as he meets Bro's eyes. "oh... woah..."

The little boy gasps, "More hybrids?! I-I didn't know they were more!"

Mer Jackie laughs, "They're... kinda new? But also- kinda human? It's... super weird."

Henrik smiles, "Everyone, this is Chase. Our eldest brother."

Chase spurs up to look at the others higher in the water. "Uh... h-hello..." He stares at them apprehensively and a bit guarded, pushing Jamie behind him. The smaller merman huffs a bit. "Who... are all of you exactly...?"

"Uh... hi." Jackie waves a little at the kids. "And... hello to you, Chase."

JJ also waves, much more enthusiastically. How cute! The friendly blonde girl sort of reminds him of his Jackie's daughter—though they look nothing alike.

"This is going to sound very unbelievable," Schneep says. "But we have the same names as your group. I am Schneep, for example."

"And I'm Jackie," Jackie says. "This is JJ, Chase, and Anti—but he prefers Alt."

"You sound a bit nervous," Schneep mutters. "I... suppose that is understandable. But we are not here to do anything. It is a long story, how we even ended up here."

Bro waves awkwardly, "Uh yeah I... I'm also Chase..."

Chase stares at his copy. "...you look just like me..."

"Uh... yeah." Bro agrees. "Even got the same hair~"

Chase's eyes narrow and he bares surprisingly sharp teeth at the others, eyes flitting around a bit wildly. "S-So what is this? Is this a trick from Alterra?! D-Did they make you all t-to replace us?"

"H-Hey Chase calm down bro! I-It's not like that!" Reaper Jackie tries to say.

Jackie holds his arms up, showing that he has no intent to harm though—though he's aware that it might look like he's concealing something inside their bundle of clothes. "We're really not here to hurt you. We've never even heard of Alterra before we arrived here!"

"Y-Yes they are... they are human, but they are not Alterran!" Henrik adds.

Chase quiets down but still seems defensive. "...where did you all come from then? W-Why are you hybrids-"

Alt swims a bit forward, "Um... I know it doesn't make much sense to you but... I'm a magician! I can cause... strange things to happen by just- thinking about it and I... I knew a way to let us come underwater since there wasn't much for us on land."

"and if they are lost... I think Danan and Zara can help them find a way back to where they are from," Henrik adds.

Chase hums in thought, still warily looking at Bro but seems to relax a bit. "... okay uh... w-welcome then..." Jamie swims up and hugs Chase's middle, both to show the others he means no harm and to comfort Chase.

"Thank you for the welcome." Schneep smiles in Chase's direction. "It is nice to hear. Things were very confusing back when your brothers first met us. Hopefully we can take care of things quickly."

JJ nods. It's good to meet you—even if I know it might be confusing.

"JJ says it's good to meet you, even though it's probably confusing," Jackie relays.

Bro tries to smile encouragingly at Chase.

Chase seems to fully take in the way JJ signs and looks at Jamie behind him. "... he does the hand thing that Ollie taught you." Jamie nods excitedly. Chase seems to hum and then looks back at JJ. "... Henrik and another blue suit made the robot that Jamie is using to talk... maybe they can make one for you too? Just so we can understand you..."

Alt's eyes sparkle as he looks to Henrik, "You made that robot??"

Henrik flushes more and nods, "With some help... M-Marvin helped me to draw it and Tessie put the ideas i-into the fabricator... it can make anything so... w-we could make another..."

JJ’s eyes light up and he nods eagerly. That would be so helpful! Can they make one so fast? Well, this is supposed to be the future, isn’t it? That would make sense.

Schneep clears his throat. "Your Jackie and Henrik mentioned those two. Danan and Zara. They are... friends of yours?"

Mer Jackie swims up and nods excitedly to Schneep, "Yeah! They're our friends! Danan is a former scientist with the white suits but she left to form this place! Cuz she wanted to take care of us but also let us be free! And Zara- well... she realized she was doing bad stuff and left to help us too! Now she's like- one of my best friends."

Chase smirks, "More than friends, I'd say."

"Huh?? What's that supposed to mean??" The reaper screeches, face getting red.

Jamie looks up and then makes kissing faces at mer-Jackie. The reaper shrieks in response and tackles Jamie to the ground and the two start to wrestle. Henrik and Chase don't seem phased by this but they do laugh.

Jackie grins. “Ah… reminds me of a friend of mine who constantly teased me about my dating life. His name is Chase, too.” He shakes his head. “Still can’t believe he figured out Frederick was my boyfriend before we told him…”

JJ blinks at him. You know, in my world you’re married to a lovely person named Rama.

“Really? Never met anyone with that name. Glad he’s happy with them, though.”

Alt looks over at Jackie with wide eyes and then swims over, looking excited, "You guys got together?! Thank god! Dude you were sooo obvious the last time I was there!"

“Wh—sh-shut up, I was not!” Jackie protests.

JJ laughs. If you’re anything like my Jackie, you were.

“Oh yes, same,” Schneep says. “The Jackie I know is not dating anyone right now—the whole… situation kind of interfered with that—but in the past, when he did—”

“You all are so mean to me,” Jackie whines.

"You're one to talk Alt," Bro snickers, "Sounds like there's another doppelganger of your boyfriend here if I'm guessing right."

Alt shuts up as his face turns red. "y-you don't know that... m-maybe its just... similar names!"

Bro rolls his eyes and then looks at Mer Jackie. "In our world you- I mean... our Jackie is married to someone named Zara. They have 3 kids together."

Reaper Jackie seems to short circuit. "k-kids?!" His face becomes as red as his hood.

The rest of the merboys laugh. Alt and Bro also burst into laughter at the other boys' banter. 

Jackie laughs as well. “Yeah, I know, right? I can’t see it for myself, personally. Kids, I mean.”

"Anyways- Danan knows a lot about this kinda stuff. More than we would. If you guys... don't know Alterra and got lost here, she can probably help." Chase explains.

Schneep clears his throat. “In any case, yes, we would love to meet Danan. She sounds wonderful.”

Henrik swims up back towards the tubes, "Come- we can stop by the lab first to get a device for JJ. Maybe Danan will be nearby!"

“Ooo, ‘the lab,’” Schneep repeats, eyes lighting up—literally, irises turning turquoise. “That sounds fascinating. Well, lead the way, then! Ah, if you want to, of course.”

Henrik smiles, "Of course! Follow me." And he swims back up into the tubes. The others start to follow. Jackie follows after Henrik immediately, and Schneep isn't far behind. But JJ lingers, waiting for everyone. Chase swims down and meets back up with the kids. "I think my brothers need me anddd your mom is probably looking for you." He laughs and pokes the glass. "Don't get into more trouble, okay? "

"Awww okay Chase." The boy whines. Chase chuckles, "Don't be sad, Grayson. We'll catch up later okay?" The girl perks up and types out another message. "Bye Chase! Love you!" Chase blinks and blushes a bit before smiling warmly, "Yeah... bye Skylar..."

Grayson grabs Skylar's hand and starts to lead her back down the hall and Skye leans back to keep waving at Chase. Chase floats there for a second waving after them before sighing and following after the others.

JJ smiles as he sees Chase's interaction with the kids. He doesn't know a Chase in his world... but if he's anything like Bro and this Chase, he must be kind. And yet, as that thought comes to him, something bad lingers at the back of his mind. Why does he feel... dread? His smile fades and he shakes it off, following everyone else into the tube system.

The tubes lead into a few more confusing circles before they wind up in a green tinted room. It's filled to the brim with gadgets and materials, fabricators lining the walls and bigger machines in the corners. A workbench-like table is set up in the middle and even though this place looks like it’s made more for humans, it’s filled with water on the inside. Inside curled up in the corner is a bundle of purple.

"Oooo." Jackie looks around. More scifi shit.

Jamie seems excited and swims forward, "Marvin!" He quietly greets.

The purple thing jumps- and a bunch of metal starts to float around it, caught in a blue light that reflects in its eyes. Upon closer look- it's another hybrid! But this one seems closer to JJ- in which his tails are see-through, you can see his inner organs inside his chest and he has two tentacle-like legs. A purple armored cape hangs around his shoulders that end in tentacle-like tails too. He has bright green hair that is quite long compared to the others, pulled back into a ponytail by a bright blue ribbon. And most notable at all, he has a white cat mask on his face, a strange red symbol in the middle.

Reaper Jackie swims up next and grins, "Marv! I wondered where ya were!"

Schneep lingers near the wall, pressing a hand to the glass. There's someone else in here. He can feel them even before Reaper Jackie calls out his name. Marvin, huh?

JJ grins widely, flapping his arms and causing the attached wings to flutter. This place is so cool! Oh, and another Marvin! A nice one, he hopes--feels like he's the only one who has a nice Marvin. This one has cool powers!

"y-yeah h-hi...?" Marvin mumbles out nervously, "I was just... I..."

"You were trying out those new powers of yours, yes?" Henrik supplies. Marvin sheepishly nods. Then, he seems to notice the new people and he yells, throwing out a hand and sending bits of glowing metal junk hurtling towards through the water.

"Holy shit!" Jackie starts to dodge the junk but a big bit hits him in the stomach, sending him flying back. JJ isn't as fast and takes two blows, one to the chest and one to the tail. Schneep immediately tenses when he hears Marvin yell and the whoosh of water. He instinctively leaps to the side, but he doesn't quite get out of the way and a sharp bit of metal cuts his upper arm. "Motherfucker!" Schneep curses. "We mean you no harm!"

Alt and Bro try to dodge- But Bro gets hit across his cheek and he holds it with a yelp. "Ow! Jesus!" Alt almost manages to glitch out of the way- only to be disoriented by glitching in water which feels weird and actually kinda hurts! So he gets hit by another piece that hit him in the chest. He oomfs and tumbles back in a bit of somersault before he rights himself.

"Stay back!" Marvin hisses, holding out his hand as more objects lift up in the water, glowing like the blue light in his eyes that starts to shift to a hot pink. "I-I don't know who you guys are but-!" He gasps a bit as he sees Alt glitch though and the objects all float back down as the power dies down. He appears next to Alt in a circle of purple and blue magic and gets right up in his face. "Y-You... you warped! H-How?? How did you do that? Y-You're not a warper!"

"A-A what?!" Alt stammers out, nervous now that Marvin is in his face. That shade of purple is... luckily not like Mag's. But, it's too close for comfort.

Marvin swims back with wide panicked eyes and behind all the human-hybrids a pull is felt. But- it's not like the rifts- this one is glowing and swirling with pink and blue like a whirlpool. "I-I dunno what you are but! G-Get away from my brothers!" Marvin shouts.

"Really! We're not here to hurt you!" Jackie holds his hands up--then spins around as the pull appears behind them. JJ gasps in surprise. A whirlpool?! Schneep immediately latches onto the closest person—who turns out to be Jackie—and braces himself to be sucked in.

Then, Mer-Jackie tackles Marvin and the warp gate behind them bursts into bubbles as the concentration is broken. "M-Marv! It's okay! They're with us!"

JJ shakes his head, also raising his hands, and tries to look as harmless as possible.

"I said we're not here to hurt you," Jackie mutters.

The rest of the merboys come over and try to explain, kneeling down by Marvin.

"Friends!" Jamie emphasizes.

"I-I still don't get it but i-I Think they're harmless..." Chase adds.

"We are trying to help them, Marvin, but we will not let them hurt you...!" Henrik says gently.

Marvin still seems freaked as he looks up towards the human strangers. "W-Who are you?"

"um- I'm Alt, if that helps..." Alt speaks up. "And t-this is my brother... Chase."

Bro waves, "You guys can call me Bro though if you want... s'easier."

"I... think this will be very strange for you to hear," Schneep says slowly. "But I am Schneep, and this is Jackie and JJ."

"Hi." Jackie tries for a smile.

Marvin's eyes widen as he hears their names and looks at all his brothers with a bit of distress. Reaper Jackie gives him a tight smile. "Yeah... it's weird I know but... I just think they're lost. And they have like weird powers which is why they're hybrids too. Alterra didn't make em..."

JJ swims over towards Jackie and Schneep, holding onto Schneep's arm. A bit of blue magic wipes away the cut on his arm. Is anyone else hurt? he asks.

"I'm fine... just got my breath knocked out of me," Jackie says, looking down at his stomach where the junk hit him. He might have a bruise there later.

Marvin still looks a bit guarded but that goes out the window as he sees the blue magic and how JJ healed Schneep. He swims over and then pulls on Schneep's arm and then lifts it up like he can see where the cut went. He looks at JJ with wide eyes. "H-How did you do that??"

The other merboys also look fascinated by this and swim a bit closer.

Schneep stiffens a little, but he doesn't pull away as Marvin grabs his arm. JJ notices, though. He smiles at Marvin and gently pulls his hand away from Schneep. Magic, JJ says.

"He says it's magic," Jackie says. "That's some of those weird powers your Jackie mentioned."

Bro timidly raises his hand and points to his cheek, "...if you wanna show them more, J."

JJ looks at Bro and nods. He puts his hand on his face, next to the scrape, and similar blue magic heals it away. He then pulls away, shaking his head slightly. I can't do it forever. I have a limited amount of energy. So I think I'll save it for emergencies for now. Jackie repeats this for the hybrids.

Alt looks at JJ with worry. "Do you need anything to fuel your magic like I do? M-Maybe some food will help..."

JJ looks at Alt. Time and rest, is usually all I need. But food does help. I like thinking of it as a stamina bar in a video game. It recharges slowly but there are items to help fill it.

Alt laughs with JJ, "I like thinking of it that way too!"

"Magic?" Marvin's eyes shine a little bit then he giggles a bit shyly, "...i've always liked that word. .. it's how it feels to make my warp gates... you know? Making something out of nothing..."

Henrik notices the boys having to translate for JJ and hurries down to one of the fabricators, bringing up a hologram menu and clicking around on it. After finding the right plans he beams then swims around to collect the materials. He sets down the right ones and sets the machine to create. Two beams of light start to create the base of a fish robot like Jamie's. Henrik hurries over to another and makes the gloves that go with.

Schneep hears Henrik working around and swims closer, trying to figure out what's happening just by the sounds. He grins. This seems so interesting. Even just the noises are cool.

Alt can't help but be fascinated as he sees the machines create stuff- so much so that his tail starts sparking again. "Woah! Oh my god that's so fucking cool?! How is it doing that??"

"Oh uh... I dunno." Henrik says.

"Oh oh! Zara says it has something to do withhh rearranging maffer." Mer-Jackie says.

"It rearranges matter at the atomic level," Marvin says almost robotically, a bit of pink appearing in his eyes. "It was the catalyst behind the great expansion, and remains the backbone of the modern world." He shakes himself out. "It uh- makes stuff from other stuff."

The merboys look at Marvin weirdly.

Jackie frowns. "I'm guessing you didn't mean to say that," he mutters.

"...he's doing that fancy talking thing again," Reaper Jackie mutters. Chase laughs and ruffles Marvin's hair, "Kinda nice I'm not the know it all anymore!"

Marvin swats them with his tails. "I-I am not! Besides- Schneep is the know-it-all!"

"Yes, but I did not know that." Henrik laughs. He does give Marvin a look, something that holds a bit of concern.

Schneep turns his face towards Marvin again. "I am guessing you quoted something? It did not sound like your voice at all. Ah, I mean your personality—I assume, I mean." He tilts his head. "Rearrange matter at the atomic level... that must take an incredible amount of power. Yet this room does not seem so big. And I think the others would have mentioned it if you saw a huge power plant nearby. Oooo, how incredible it must be, then! The technology you could have that is possible but only limited by power—" He grins excitedly.

Jackie sighs. "All this science and magic stuff flies right by me. I mean... it's cool. But still." He rolls onto his back, floating with his hands behind his head.

Bro laughs with Jackie and nudges him, "dude me too- I don't get a lick of this stuff."

Marvin looks freaked out and backs up some. "I-I uh... I-I..." His eyes have a bit of pink in them again and he stiffens a bit, "T-There's multiple power sources on the planet. We are on top of a super volcano which provides thermal power the lower you go. Or Solar power which runs this base. Power Transmitters can use both solar and thermal power to power a single seabas-" He then shudders and swims backwards, holding his hands to his chest. He looks scared. "S-Sorry- sorry-" Jamie swims over and tries to hug Marvin- Marvin is stiff at first but slowly lets him.

Schneep faces Marvin again as he speaks some more. "N... no, I am sorry, for making that happen," he says quietly. He's curious, but he doesn't want Marvin to be seemingly taken over by whatever this is. Still, he's not the best at comfort, so he stays silent and lets Jamie take care of it.

"I-It's... fine." Marvin grumbles, "I'm t-trying to learn how to c-control it... sorry..." 

Henrik grabs the new objects and hands them to JJ. "Here- put on these gloves... and then try to sign something. The robot should translate out loud for you. I have it set to have the same voice as Jamie's."

JJ's eyes light up. He puts the gloves on, making sure they're secure, then signs, Thank you. Can you understand me now?

The robot fish powers on and swims around JJ, partially translating. "Thank- you understand?"

"Huh... guess it's still struggling with BSL..." Alt mumbles.

"BSL? I've heard of that!" A new figure appears in the lab, and she has black hair bundled back into a ponytail and- oh she's human! She's in a blue and black dive suit with a strange symbol on her shoulder glowing blue and white. She also has purple eyes. Bro and Alt seem to recognize her immediately and stare a bit in dumbfounded awe. She's... younger than the Zara they know but- definitely Zara.

Mer-Jackie perks up and swims over to throw his arms around the woman. "Zara!! Hi!!"

The others turn to look at Zara—or, Schneep faces her. She's not familiar to the three of them, but Jackie does blink in surprise. So the Jackieboy from Bro and Alt's world is married to someone like that? ...well she is cute. Maybe if he'd never met Frederick he would've found her cuter, but he can understand it. He laughs a bit at mer-Jackie's excitement.

Zara laughs and hugs Jackie back, "Hey you!" She then blinks and realizes how many hybirds are in the room. "Woahhh- I knew our scanners picked up new lifeforms in the system but... wasn't expecting this..." She then grins and goes to swim over to grab JJ's fish robot. "Lemme try to fix this for ya though before we do intros!" She takes out a tool from a small bag tied to her leg and opens up a panel on the side of the fish. A small hologram menu shows up again and she scrolls through the options before she beams. "ah ha! Here it is!" She selects it and closes the panel before gesturing for JJ to try again. "Give it another try!"

JJ looks down at his gloves and tries signing again. Hello! It's nice to meet you. All of you.

The robot repeats his words back perfectly. The merboys all perk up and smiles. "Yay! We can understand you now!!" Mer Jackie says excitedly. Jamie swims around JJ in circles, giggling. "New friend! New sign friend!" His robot says.

Alt and Bro look relieved too and smile at JJ. Zara giggles, "Sorry it's usually set to Trans-Universal- BSL is like ancient now but some people still use it!"

Alt smiles at Zara, "I'm Alt- this is Chase." Bro waves.

Schneep nods. "Nice to meet you, Zara. This is going to sound very strange, but I am Schneep, and this is Jackie, JJ, Chase, and Alt. We are... ah..."

"We're from another universe," Jackie says bluntly. The others turn to face him, surprised, and he shrugs. "What? I got tired of dancing around it. Technically we're from other universes, actually."

Zara starts to smile at first but her face falls a bit and her eyes widen. "What...? a... different universe? Different universes?" She emphasizes looking shocked. "you're... all not even from this star system?"

"We're not even from this... plane of existence." Alt answers, rubbing his arm. "Like... good example- what year is it here? For us... it's 2020. Or for me and Chase- I mean Bro at least."

"WHAT?!" Zara exclaims in pure shock.

JJ nods slowly. Well actually it's 2019 in my world.

"Oh same," Jackie says.

"In mine, too," Schneep says.

Really? What month is it for you? It's March for us.

"January," Schneep answers, and at the same time Jackie says, "June."

"Oh you all are a year behind us- huh." Bro comments.

JJ looks at the hybrids. Sorry for not saying all this earlier. We weren't sure you would believe or understand us.

"Hell, I barely understood it, at first," Jackie says.

Schneep sighs. "And yet, you were so eager to share it."

"Honestly, I think it was rude for us to hide it."

"Well...Anti was very aggressive for us even mentioning our friends called Jack," Schneep says carefully. "Based on that, I was a bit hesitant."

"I'm not even sure I understand it..." Mer-Jackie says as he scratches his head. "The fuck is a universe?"

The merboys do all look a bit confused about this. Marvin grips at his head a bit but bites his lip to keep from saying anything.

"If you don't even know what a universe is, then... I am not sure how to describe it," Schneep says. "Think of it like... you have a piece of paper with a drawing on it. You copy the drawing, and on one you add some more details, but on the other you add different ones? Does that make sense at all?"

The merboys look even more confused. Well- except Marvin. He seems to understand the drawing analogy and nods. “Okay… I guess that makes sense.”

“Does it?” Henrik asks, making a face.

Zara still looks shocked, "I.. I can't believe that... h-here it's... 2232-"

"2232?!" Jackie inhales sharply. "Whoa... I-I guess it makes sense that time wouldn't line up perfectly... and that some worlds would be way ahead or way behind of the others.”

Alt sputters, "What?! t-that's insane-"

"As insane as you saying you're from another universe!! That's like- not in ours-"

"It's... parallel actually." Alt explains, "...that's why we all look similar or have similar names... in a way- we are some of you. Just... from somewhere different."

Chase makes a face, "How does that work? I.. I'm me- I'm not- not that guy!" He points at Bro.

Bro laughs nervously. "It's... complicated. But there's always ah... trends- similarities that tell us we're the same. B-Besides you know... looking like each other and having the same name."

I think that in a lot of ways that matter, we're not like you, JJ says. So... if it's easier for you, you can just think of us as a group of people who are kind of similar to your little family.

Chase nods to JJ, “y-yeah… you’re just… g-guys that look like us… that’s all.” He hugs his arms. “I-I don’t wanna think of it more beyond that…”

JJ smiles back at Chase. We'll leave it at that, then.

"Are you okay Ms. Zara?" Schneep asks. "You sound very shocked." He chuckles. "Though... that is understandable. It is very shocking."

Zara blinks at Schneep and then waves her hand. “Y-Yeah I’m just… trying to process all of this… like there’s a world- m-multiple worlds where these guys… don’t grow up here. In the past… that’s so crazy.” She laughs, “Do I even have a parallel in your worlds?”

“Uh… not in theirs,” Bro gestures to JJ, Jackie and Schneep. “But in mine and Alt’s? … yeah. You… you’re… a mum. And married to our friend, Jackie. Jackie Mann. But I think… is your last name uh… Caley? Cuz that was her maiden name.”

Zara’s face turns dark red and she holds her cheeks. “W-woah… god I… I’m way too young to be a mum!”

“To be fair our Zara is more of Bro’s age,” Alt laughs nervously.

“…there’s a universe where I… I get to be with Jackie and… have a family…?” She whispers, slowly smiling to herself.

"Yeah—and the kids are very cute," Jackie says, grinning. "I saw them for a bit when I popped into Alt and Bro's world. But I didn't see you." He pauses, thinking about what Bro said about Zara and their worlds. "Actually, maybe you do exist in our worlds? Our three. Maybe you exist, but we just don't know you?" He guesses. "It's a big world, after all. A whole planet—oh! Wait a second, by the way, is there even a planet Earth in this universe? Or did humans evolve on a different planet?"

"Perhaps it does?" Schneep says. "Alterra—the company name has 'terra' in it, and that is a word for Earth. It could be a very big coincidence that Alterra was called that—but perhaps not?"

Zara laughs, getting over her blush even if she glances at reaper Jackie who looks equally as flushed, hiding his face in his hood. “No you’re actually spot on! A lot of companies who went off into the further reaches of space came from earth of course, but Alterra was the only one bold enough to take its name. This is a planet far from Earth though. I’ve never even been near Earth- I was born here.” She explains, “We’re around a star called 4546 in the Ariadne Arm. This planet was the first found around 4546 so we call it 4546B. It’s a bit far from federation space but it’s more habitable than it was when it was rediscovered by Alterra almost a century ago. Right now Alterra’s trying to find… use of it. There’s lots of good resources and… well- ample places to experiment.”

Schneep makes a little "ooo"ing sound as Zara talks, and JJ swims closer, fascinated. But she lost Jackie the moment she confirmed that Earth existed.

“Those are… so many big words.” Bro mutters.

Zara laughs, “That sounds like something Jackie would say!” Mer-Jackie flicks his tail a bit in annoyance.

“I… I can’t believe we’re on a completely different planet…” Alt whispers in awe. “We’ve never managed to do that before.”

Zara blinks, “You’ve been to… other universes before?”

“Yeah! A ton! Me and Alt are like regular multiverse travelers now!” Bro grins.

"Not us, though." Jackie gestures at himself, Schneep, and JJ. "This is the first time I've been sucked into multiverse travel. Though—I guess I can't speak for you guys."

JJ shrugs. I got snapped to Alt and Bro's world one time, alone with some friends. But nothing since then.

Schneep shakes his head. "No, it is the same for me, Jackie, you are right." He pauses. "Though... one time, when I was getting used to my powers, I... ended up somewhere very strange. It is hard to describe... but it might have been outside my world." After a moment, he shakes his head again. "Don't ask me to go back there, though, I do not think I can. It was a freak accident... and very confusing."

"Well... what do we do now that we know more about this world?" Jackie looks at the others—mainly Alt and Bro, the experienced travelers. "We have these cool mermaid forms—hybrid forms, I guess. So I guess we could go anywhere? But... just, what do we do?"

“I… I dunno-“ Alt admits. “Honestly I was hoping… if this was future tech then… maybe they’d have a TRVLR like IRIS but… I don’t think they do.”

“Yeah sorry… none of those are ringing a bell.” Zara says softly.

Marvin seems to stiffen again and then clasps hands over his mouth. The merboys all look at him with confusion. “…do you know of something, Marvin?” Henrik asks.

Marvin tries to shake his head but then blurts out, his eyes going a bit pink again. “Sector Zero has an interplanetary phase gate hidden for Architect use-“

Zara’s eyes widen, “What?! A… a phase gate?!”

“Uhh- what’s a phase gate?” Bro asks.

"Ooooo, a phase gate," Schneep repeats, interested. "It sounds like some sort of... man-made wormhole."

Like from that movie Stargate! JJ says. He looks at the others. If you guys know what that is.

"I've vaguely heard of it, but I've never seen it," Jackie says.

“Yeah same- never was big on sci-fi movies.” Bro laughs.

“Phase gates are used for travel between sectors of space- they’re huge things used to teleport whole space crafts to other worlds. Sector Zero has that??” Zara gasps.

“The fuck is sector zero?!” Mer Jackie asks. Marvin almost seems to pale.

“It’s the arctic part of this planet outside the crater where we are now… I know there used to be researchers there a while ago but… that place gets abandoned a lot. It’s too cold.” Zara laughs lightly. Then she perks up and seems to realize what Jackie is. “oh!! That’s why you look so strange! You’re not a species from this side of the planet you’re a- a… oh what are they called?”

“A chelicerate.” Marvin supplies robotically before clasping his mouth shut again.

“Yeah!! That!” Zara beams. She swims around Jackie to admire him. “yeah! They’re like… the equivalent of reapers over there! That’s what my dad said at least- I think he and Zeke studied there for a bit!”

Jackie looks down at himself. "Oh. Huh." The mandibles snap again. "So... guess it's fitting that I turned into one, if this Jackie is part reaper. Parallels and shit."

Are you okay, Marvin? JJ asks, concerned. Do you need us to stop asking questions?

Marvin shakes his head. “I… it’s fine I just- h-hate that this k-keeps happening. I-It’s like my head fills with words and they don’t go away until I… I say them.” 

“Danan did say it could be from your warper chip… warpers apparently are very smart.” Chase says. 

Marvin grumbles. “I don’t wanna be smart… I don’t like being a… computer thing that just s-spews stuff out…” Jamie frowns and hugs Marvin around his shoulders.

Schneep frowns at the implications. Did they put a chip in Marvin’s head? Sure, the guys are experiments in this world, but something about that seems a bit too far even by those standards. "Unfortunately, I have another question that seems important," Schneep continues. "What does this phase gate have to do with the TRVLR thing, and IRIS? I see the connection between traveling through space and traveling through worlds, but... it is a different thing with a different purpose. And apparently made by a different company."

"And who the hell is Zeke?" Jackie asks.

Zara sighs, “Unfortunately… Zeke is my older brother. He’s… not a good guy. He’s the reason I left to stay here and… he tried to turn Marvin into a…a full time warper for him to use. And uh here- warpers are a type of like- mix of biology and tech… they were made by an ancient group of aliens that lived here like… a thousand years ago I think?”  She shrugs, “The ones that live here are pretty harmless. Just- warping around, which is like teleporting. They’re Predators but they keep to themselves mostly. Not many are left cuz… they don’t reproduce and the Architects are gone So… Zeke thought Marvin was… fascinating.” Both Zara and Marvin shudder.

“Oh, so he’s an asshole,” Jackie says.

You can’t just call someone’s relative an asshole, even if they’re a bad person, JJ says.

“No no no, let him keep going,” Schneep says. See, that’s why he thought it was too far to put a chip in someone. Who knows how that could be taken advantage of? Even if these real warpers have tech, he can’t believe Alterra did that. Or—any of this, really.

Zara laughs, “No you’re right. He’s the biggest asshole. …but I think he just… got influenced by all the Alterans we worked with… I dunno. Part of me wants to… find some way to…” She shakes her head. “no… there’s no excusing what he did. But uh- speaking of the architects that brings me back to Schneep’s point. I.. I don’t know how a phase gate relates? I mean… they’re powerful… maybe there’s a way to set it to… different universes? I dunno… I don’t know many people here who work on that kinda tech. Most of us are like… Xeno-biologists or simple Alteran engineers.” Zara explains. “Besides I feel like if Alterra had that kind of knowledge they’d be advertising it like crazy. Those guys only care about research and money…”

“Hm… maybe Marvin simply got triggered to say that from hearing traveler?” Henrik suggests.

“Fuck if I know…” Marvin sighs, crossing his arms.

Alt hums, “…maybe we can try to see if we can like- work with a phase gate?”

“I dunno- those things are hugeee.” Zara says. “And still- no one here knows how to work them…”

“Hm… is there anything… smaller then? M-Maybe like- interacting with something like that could… I dunno- sense we’re not from here and send us home? Or like- I’m good with tech…maybe I could figure something out..”

Marvin stiffens again, “Similar technology is used in the Alien arches scattered across the crater. All connect to the Primary Containment facility.” He says robotically.

The merboys all gasp slightly. “T-That is where they had Jack and Anti…”

Alien technology… JJ repeats. It’d be exciting if the hybrids didn’t all have an immediate negative reaction to hearing about this containment facility. I’m going to guess the place is under the company’s control?

“Then it’s probably not safe to get too close,” Jackie says. “People like that would be fascinated with your guys’ magic.”

“But we still need to get home,” Schneep mutters.

“Yes but… the base there was also destroyed.” Henrik replies to JJ, adjusting his goggles. “I do not know if the containment was destroyed… but we also do not know if there are any… survivors down there.”

“It’s also not safe to go there cuz it’ll boil most of us alive.” Mer- Jackie says, “It’s down in the lava zone. Only Marvin and Anti can go down there without being fried.”

“Lava zone?!” Jackie gasps. “That would be so cool if it wasn’t able to kill us! Well—still kinda cool, I guess, but you know what I mean.”

Schneep frowns. He almost wants to ask what destroyed the base… but maybe later. He doesn’t want to get sidetracked.

Marvin’s eyes dim a bit and he answers a bit more quietly, “…I think A-Ant- Alt is onto something though… if similar tech exists in these arches then… t-they’re teleporters. Maybe there is a way to make the destination back towards your homes…”

“That is true… these humans do possess power that even the white suits do not have…” Henrik muses.

“And um… we don’t need to go to the lava zone… we can find one of the arches c-closer by I think…? I’ve… seen a few around.” Marvin says timidly.

“Oh yeah- isn’t there one in the mountains?” Chase says. “It’s that- freaky black diamond thing we sometimes race through.”

“Y-Yeah that’s it.”

I suppose it makes sense that there are closer ones, JJ says. If you have teleporting technology you would want to use it.

“…we should ask Danan,” Zara says. “She’s been researching on this planet longer than I have and might know more about this architect stuff.”

“Danan, right.” Jackie nods slowly. “If she’s in charge here, we should let her know we’re here, anyway.”

“Where is Danan?” Bro asks.

Zara sighs. “She’s taking care of Jack… which means well- you’ll be able to see Anti again because.. he’s there too. Doing his uh- guard thing.”

JJ tilts his head. You know, where I’m from, Jack is Anti’s cousin. They’re the only ones of us who are related.

“They’re pretty close where I’m from, too,” Jackie says. “I uh… don’t know how to describe it. They’re like best friends and family and a weird symbiotic relationship wrapped all into one.”

“Ha… weird. I got a friend named Jack back at home. He helps me make my music for shows.” Alt grins.

Schneep laughs nervously. “Well… that is fun to know. Anyway, should we head in that direction?” He doesn’t want to talk about his Jack and Anti.

The merboys shift a bit uncomfortably. “Jack and Anti have always been close… despite Jack being a bit older than him.” Chase says sadly. “But… now Anti hardly leaves Jack’s side… I think it’s cuz…”

“Cuz of what those white suit fucks did to him.” Reaper Jackie growls, digging his nails into his arms. “They made him their personal bodyguard to make sure Jack never escaped. But- heh, that backfired on them.” He grins.

The more I learn about Alterra the less I like them,” Schneep mutters. JJ and Jackie nod in agreement.

“Yeah just know he might be a bit… snippy, to put it lightly.” Zara says with a wince.

“Don’t worry though! We’ll protect ya!” Mer-Jackie says brightly.

Bro laughs, “I’m not worried dude- I think we can handle it. We’re all a pretty tough bunch.”

“Hey, I can handle a snippy Anti,” Jackie says. “The one I know is a dick. Good person, but a little mean.”

JJ chuckles. My Anti can be like that too. You have to get through the prickly outside.

“Yeah I think all Antis are like that- especially the good ones.” Bro laughs, nudging Alt. Alt glares a bit then flicks his tail at Bro giving him a tiny shock. Bro yelps then makes a face at Alt who only grins back. “What? You said I was prickly, prick.”

“Okay, I suppose that you should all go in front, then?” Schneep hurriedly says before anyone can notice him avoiding the topic of his Anti. “So that way he sees you first before us. I imagine we look quite shocking.”

“Your tail is transparent, by the way,” Jackie comments. “We can see the bones.”

“What?!” Schneep leans down and grabs onto his tail, but it feels like normal fish flesh to him.

The others all kinda hide their laughter. “Y-You didn’t know? You’re just like me actually.” Marvin tries to smile.

“Oh uh- Schneep is… blind.” Bro tells everyone. The ones who didn’t know eyes widen.

“Oh! Wow- you… don’t super act like it but that makes sense..” Zara says. “Good thing you got those tendrils though! I bet they help.”

“River Prowlers use their tendrils to lure in prey.” Marvin says with a twitch and then shudders.

“The extra limbs are helpful, yes,” Schneep says, one of the tendrils grabbing onto JJ’s arm. JJ looks at it a bit warily as Marvin makes that comment, but doesn’t pull away.

Mer-Jackie nods to Schneep, “Well you got the right idea other Schneep, we’ll head the group, c’mon!”

He quickly swims back up into the tubes, the rest of his brothers following after. Zara smiles at the rest of them before following.

“Oh, Zara’s coming with us?” Jackie says, surprised. “I, uh, hope we’re not interrupting anything.”

“I’m sure she knows what she’s doing,” Schneep says. “It will be nice to have someone to help explain.”

Thank you again for your help with the robot, by the way, JJ adds. Then they all follow the others, leaving in that order.

“Ha don’t worry! Hanging out with these guys is kinda my part time job now. ” Zara says with a wink. “Except better cuz I enjoy it! …and I don’t get paid regardless.” She laughs. “Plus it seems like you all need some more uh- human explanations. The boys are still- learning a bunch.”

Alt and Bro follow closely behind but Alt starts mumbling. “I wish I knew a spell that could like… I dunno… fix your vision or at least let you see temporary, Hen…”

“Hmm? Oh.” Schneep turns back towards him and smiles. “Thank you for the concern, Alt. It means a lot, truly. But you don’t have to go out of your way for me. There is a sadness that I lost my sight, but I have grown used to it. I have more accommodations than most blind people, since I can tell where people are, at least.  I am mostly satisfied with my situation. I don’t think I need anything more.”

“Wow Schneep you’ve taken losing a whole sense with a lot of grace.” Bro smiles.

Alt frowns and holds his arms. “…I can’t imagine losing my vision. Maybe it’s just cuz I’m an artist but… I just… that terrifies me. I dunno how you do it.”

“I do wish you could see all this though,” Bro says quietly, looking outside the base as they cross through the glass tunnels. “All of this is… just insane.”

“Oh, well, it has not been easy, of course,” Schneep says. “I had to leave my job—hard to be a surgeon when you cannot see the patient. And there are many inconveniences. Even something like buying food can be difficult. Cannot read the labels, yes? But I am lucky to have had support in adjusting. My friends are always willing to help.”

Jackie looks back at him for a moment, thinking. “You… I’m glad they’re there for you,” he says softly.

Schneep nods. “I am very thankful for them.” He presses a hand to the glass wall of the tube. “But I am sad to be missing out on the view.”

We could describe it for you? JJ suggests.

Schneep laughs. “Give me the colors, if anything. I can figure out the rest with my other senses.”

Bro sighs, “Damn… going to medical school for so long and then having to stop… that majorly sucks.”

“Your friends are good ones though,” Alt smiles. Then he blinks and looks out the windows. “Well here it’s- it’s kinda green but I think that’s cuz there’s these tall kelp vines. You probably felt those. Most of the leaves are at the top of the water though so it kinda makes a canopy? So it’s a bit darker here… and there’s like these glowing fruit things on the vines so it’s all- glowing and shit.”

“Glowing…” Schneep repeats. He smiles. “It must be beautiful.”

[kinggst]

Reposting my pretty twins Caley and Chase. i wish there was a ponytail option where the hair was lower, but it’ll do.

they fight over whos makeup is whos alot.

[septnautical]

Refugees

“Marvin, gimme the thingy! I’m older!!” Jackie whined, reaching from where he was laying on the tank floor. Marvin sat not too far away, turned to the side, indifferently looking at the holographic video the PDA was playing for him while he was working on copying a new tool design.

“I’m sorry Jackie- my mask must be malfunctioning- all I can hear is ringing? I can’t hear you all of sudden,” The warper-mer deadpanned, continuing to work. Jackie whined again and rolled onto his side, shaking his hair out of his face.

“Marvinnnn!!”

Schneep winced from where he was napping on their small but growing pile of scrap metal in the corner of the tank and peeked open a sleepy eye, “Would you two stop with the noisy and the bickering?” He growled before turning tail and rolling over. Jameson smiled to himself before looping over and flopping on top of Schneep’s tail lightly. Henrik almost snapped before seeing the tufts of teal hair in which he relaxed with a small huff, curling back on the floor. Jamie gave a silent giggle, his shoulders shaking as he reached over and ruffled Henrik’s grassy green locks. Despite, the stalker’s grumpy expression, his eyes closed and he leaned into the gesture.

Chase watched from above, a soft and proud smile on his face as he gazed down at his brothers. He adjusted the bag of food him and Anti just went out to collect right as the merman is question rounded around his side, lightly running a tail along Chase’s back to let him know he was there. The older mer let his eyes flick over to study Anti, who seemed to be doing the same to his siblings below. The rabbit ray merman then turned and touched Anti’s shoulder, avoiding the spikes, causing him to flinch slightly. Chase offered him a small apologetic smile before he tilted a head to the littler brother.

“I… I haven’t really had a chance to really ask you Anti but… how are you doing? With-” The rabbit ray’s deep blue eyes gaze back down to the cluster of hybrids below, “well adjusting back to everything.”

Anti is silent for a second, rubbing his arm and flicking his tails as he thinks. Then he answers back quietly, not quite meeting Chase’s eyes, “It’s… different. But, it’s not… bad.” He looks down at the others and a ghost of a smile appears on his face. “I… like being back with everyone.” Then, he frowns again. “I miss Jack though.”

Chase’s face softens, “Yeah… we all do.”

The sea dragon takes a steadying breath, his gills flaring before flattening against his neck, ‘I keep… dreaming about him. Seeing him... “ He nearly whispers, “Amongst… my- other dreams…” Anti then hugs his arms tighter, a slight tremor coming into his hands. Chase quickly swims to hover a hand over him before drawing the sea dragon mer close to him, gently petting his hair. Anti freezes slightly but quickly relaxes, one of his tail lightly laying against Chase’s.

“Just know we’re here for you, dude,” Chase mummers softly to his hair, rubbing comforting circles into Anti’s scales. The littler brother nods before answering.

“I… I know. Just… hard getting used to… relying on… people again.” Anti sighs then tugs on Chase’s bag strap, carefully untangling himself from his side. “C’mon, we should get these guys their food before Schneep and Marv tear the others a new one-”

Chase snorts then flicks his tail to shoot down towards the bottom of the tank after Anti, “Roger that!”

After a filling lunch and playful banter session, the hybrid brothers all gather round for a warm guppy pile nap in the beams of sunlight shining into the tank. Anti still hesitates, all this still feeling equally foreign and familiar to him. But, slowly he swims over and he carefully curls up at the bottom of the pile, letting his tails fall on top of a couple of the other boys tangled tails. It doesn’t feel… quite right yet. But it’s close. And it makes Anti feel… warm.

The boys nap like this for a while, dozing peacefully in the base just as easily as they would back in their cave. It’s a new change of pace- and not one anyone really expected. But no one can really deny now that… the base is becoming a second home-

BHAMBOOM-!

EEEEEEEEEWEEEEEOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-

The boys all startle awake to the sound of a loud blazing alarm. Anti is the first to shift into fighting mode, getting down on his hands in the sand, eyes darting to the top of the tank and darkening- claws expending and fangs bared.

“What the hell is that?” He growled dangerously, “What is making that noise?” His tails flicked agitatedly in the sand, some curling against his body. “Someone make it STOP!”

“Anti, calm down!” Marvin wheezed, his own shoulders starting to hunch, his eyes flickering around wildly under his sleep crooked mask.

Schneep pushed out the pile and started to swim above them, “Is only the alarm- it… it could be nothing.”

Jackie brought Anti and Marvin a bit closer to him, one with his arm the other with his tail. His eyes darkened slightly. “It could be something though. We should check it out.”

Chase and Jamie exchanged wary looks but nodded and soon Chase was leading the charge of the rest of the boys out of the tank and back through the tubes to the more main part of the base.

But- something stopped them from going all the way there-

Broken glass obscured their tubes, small bits floating off into the sea. Electrical wires fizzed and sparked minutely from where the tubes had been destroyed. Henrik gasped and tried to scuttle backward farther into the tube, burying himself into Marvin’s side.

“What.. happened..?” Chase whispered in shock, staring at the destroyed tube. What could have done this?

Jackie quickly squeezed through the tight cluster of mermen and swam ahead past the glass and hazards and pointed a little bit ahead. “L-Look!”  

The rest of the boys helped each other out of the wreckage and out to open water to see. In the distance was what seemed to be… the sparking wreckage of a few larger Altera seamoths- and with them about half a dozen whitesuits.

Panic gripped the brothers’ hearts. Danan, Zara and a couple of the other bluesuits (what the boys had started to call the other humans who worked the base) were trying to talk to the intruders. There was a blonde woman, holding what looked to be another smaller woman, but bleeding. You can see the steadying stream of red flowing into the water from over her mask- The woman is shouting at Danan and the Doctor seems to be struggling to get a word in edgewise. A man who looks to be like the one in charge is talking loudly- close to shouting, holding someone who looks similar to him and gesturing to his chest in urgency. The smaller man looks out of it- like he can barely understand the conversation. Zara is trying to help Danan but she’s struggling too.

Behind the two shouting whitesuits is a smaller cluster. Two taller men are watching other what looks to be… children. Well- a teenager with fiery wild red hair, who has her arms wrapped around two injured and crying, little kids. When the boys peer closer it seems like the men are holding something… it looks like blasters-!

Anti feels a shock go down his spine- like being shot up with lasers back in HQ. His vision feels it’s dimming, anger bubbling dangerously in his stomach. He can feel his fangs getting sharper, his claws getting longer. He needs to do something! These white suits fucks are going to destroy his brothers’ new home!

With a wild, echoing roar that startles everyone out of their bickering, the sea dragon hybrid lunges forward, aiming to take out the two armed men. One of them fumbles with a yelp, having trouble gathering the gun into his hand properly. He can’t quite find the right grip or aim it right. The other one, however, is a natural. In one fluid motion, he has the gun locked and trained on Anti and with a quick FWICK and a blast of yellow electricity, Anti find himself stationary- stuck mid attack, mid-roar in a stasis bubble. The white suit smirks at him.

“ANTI!!” His brothers all shout in varying degrees of panic. Marvin’s eyes flicker pink, Schneep’s fangs grow slightly as he growls low in his throat. Jackie roars even louder than Anti and the ground seems to shake with his anger as his mandibles and claws spring out. Jameson seems to panic, trying to reach out with his arms and tails to stop him, Chase hot on his tails with the same idea but they're not fast enough. Jackie nearly slaps them both in the face with his tail fins as he rockets down, fire in his eyes. The smirking white suit looks terrified and trains his gun again-

“STOP!!”

“Stop!”

A blur of black and blue thrusts itself through the water and in between the speeding reaper and the white suits. Zara faces Jackie down with a hard stare and arms outspread and Jackie quickly tries to slow down to not run into her.

But- that’s not the only thing that stops the aggression in the air. A softer voice- a voice that could almost go unheard seems to float through the water… no not just the water. Through the brothers’ heads. It brings a sense of calm and peace, a plea to stop and listen.

Marvin’s eyes widen slightly at the feeling and his eyes dim back to blue. “Did… did you guys hear that?”

“... I’m not sure I heard it-” Schneep seems to whisper, “More like… felt it.”

Chase looks to Jamie, slightly haunted. “...do you think it was…?’

The cuddlefish looks to the base with a whisper, “... Jack- “

“Z-Zara?! What are you doing? Get out of the way!” Jackie nearly snarls at the girl in front of him, mandibles sticking up like fur on a cat.

“No!” Zara challenges back, “You’re attacking without thinking Jackie! You don’t even know why they’re here!”

“They attacked my brother!”

“He attacked first!”

“YOU KNOW WHY HE DI-”

“Enough!” Danan shouts, moving away from her argument with the other woman and bearded white suit and moving to where the young woman and reaper are shouting. Jackie deflates slightly, though he still glares with an angry air, poised to attack.

By now, the stasis is already wearing off and Anti is starting to wiggle and twitch, snarling and roaring, pupils narrowing to his target. Marvin quickly warps over and wraps his brother up, soothingly smoothing down his hair as his muscles unlock. The sea dragon tries to bite and resists at first, animalistically trying to get back at the white suits. But soon, his eyes start to droop and he relaxes in his brother’s hold, slowly beginning to shake. Marvin quietly shushes him and rubs comforting circles between his scales and armor plates and the sea dragon curls against him.

“I need everyone to gather around here!” Danan order with authority. An authority that definitely shows her old position of power back at HQ, and it definitely shows with the older white suits. They all snap to attention and quickly swim to the doctor’s side. Well, the smug gun-toting one seems to hesitate, seeming to not be used to being ordered around. Eventually, though he complies, making sure the kids are following along with the redheaded teenager. The hybrids hesitate more but eventually, they all swim over, opting to stay behind Danan with her team, leaving a sizeable split between bluesuit and whitesuit. Danan sighs and looks at the assortment of people and creatures before her.

“Look- I understand why we are all acting a little heated- but before any more of us act without thinking, why don’t I fill us all in on the situation. Then, we can figure out a solution- sound fair?”

The bearded man immediately starts shouting, followed by the blonde woman-

“You don’t understand- my brother cannot stay submerged much longer-!”

“What part of bleeding head injury- do you not understand? She needs immediate attention-!”

“Alright!!” Danan cries holding up her hands before looking to two of her personnel.

“Finley, Markus? Can you take these two inside and get them treated? Well catch them up when they’re well.”

The two bluesuits nod and take the unconscious whitesuits and quickly carry inside the base. Once they’re out of sight, Danan raises an eyebrow and eyes the two previous shouting whitesuits down. “There, that’s taken care of. May I go on?”

The whitesuits shuffle awkwardly but grumble and nod. Danan smiles and looks to the others.

“From what I am to understand, the Altera HQ is now- well destroyed-”

“...what?”

Anti’s small voice swims through the crowd and all eyes turn on him. He stares wide-eyed up at the Doctor and she slowly nods, trying to smile with her eyes.

“HQ is gone. It had been damaged for a while as I heard and now it is unlivable. So refugees from the other levels are fleeing to find other bases. That’s what brought you all here right?”

“Correct,” The bearded white suit says robotically.

The blonde woman sighs, “We all came from different departments, worked different jobs but lived in the same general bunker area. So they all put us on the same ship. But our ship got damaged and could only make it out this far. We were trying to make it to an Altera base somewhere closer to the Mushroom Forest.”

The other man that was watching the kids speaks up, but his voice is not like the others. It’s soft and harder to hear at first like he’s not sure he’s allowed to talk. “Now that it’s broken… and we have injured people… a-and no supplies, no transportation… we have nowhere else to go.”

Chase now breaks forward through the bluesuit crowd, staring at Danan with disbelief. “What- You’re... You’re not actually thinking of letting them stay here, are you?!”

Danan hesitates at first before sighing, “What would you have me do, Chase? Leave them out in the Ocean to die?”

“Yes!” Jackie snarls, his eyes darkening. “They’re whitesuits! They tortured Anti! They put Jack to sleep! They’re evil!”

The blonde whitesuit gasps and tries to swim forward towards the angry reaper, “How DARE you! We haven’t done anything to you! I didn’t even know the hybrids existed until a couple weeks ago!”

The bearded whitesuit scoops the blonde one away from her destruction, “Stacy, please.” He sighs. Then he goes to meet the other side’s eyes.

“She is right though. Majority of us worked beyond the genetic experimentation department. We didn’t know of the… atrocities until the base started to fall apart.”

The boys… didn’t know what to say to that. They looked over to Anti, who was still shivering in Marvin’s arms. They see the glint of the sunlight on Marvin’s mask, a constant reminder of what Zeke did to Marvin’s mind… Jackie turns back to the white suits and starts to growl again.

“Bullshit! There’s no way you didn’t see my brother swimming around your little home, behaving like your personal slave! I don’t buy it! I will never let any whitesuits near my brothers ever again!”

Slowly, Zara swims up behind Jackie and lays a hand on his shoulder. The reaper-mer almost snaps at her but manages to stop himself. The black haired girl raises sad violet eyes to him. “What about me Jackie…? You let me…”

Jackie sputtered, a slight blush coming to his face. “H-hey no-! T-That’s different! You.. You saved Marvin! And you…” He casts his eyes down, before balling his hands into fists and crying out, “Y-You just want to help them because they’re human like you!”  

Zara swims backward, expression broken. “...J-Jackie…”

“Alright, Enough!” Danan shouts again and all attention snaps to her once more.

“I refuse to leave a group who needs help out to die- no matter what their alliance is.” She turns to the boys and raises an eyebrow, “Boys I’m sure you will remember when we first met- when you were injured Jackie, did i turn you away?”

Jackie huffs angrily and turns away but that’s enough to answer the doctor’s question. She turns to the whitesuit refugees before her. She meets all their eyes, young and old, all looking so lost and helpless. How could she turn them away?

“Here are my conditions- You are not to contact Altera, under any circumstances, am I understood? From this point on, ties with headquarters are broken. This base does not exist.”

“What?!” The gun-toting whitesuit exclaims, pushing through the crowd, “You can’t expect us to do that! O-Our families- and I’m not even from the base! I was a visiting envoy from the orbiting station above planet!”

“Well, if you want to live I’m afraid you’re gonna have to make sacrifices,” Dr. Danan responds with a slight deadpan. “My crew here has given up a lot to protect the ocean here and the hybrids. If you want to stay here, you will have to do the same. Am I understood?”

The other whitesuits all nod. Eventually, the one with the gun nods too, but he does not look happy. The doctor then continues.

“Good. Other than that, you can help us with the skills you used at headquarters. You are free to use our facilities as long as you help gather supplies, scrap, and food. You are to follow orders from me and other higher Ocean Arms officials without argument. Our goal will be to either help you all create separate quarters here for you to stay or help you repair your ship to get you to another base. But, it will be to another Ocean Arms base with some of my team. You will not return to Altera. ….We cannot risk Altera finding where the hybrids are. They are our number one priority.”

The redheaded teenager raises her hand to ask a question once Danan finishes. Her voice is thick with an accent that’s hard to place, “...What about the hybrids? Are we allowed to interact with them?”

Danan looks back to the boys, “Well I believe that’s up to them.”

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7 takeaways from the USMNT’s rotten, yet important 1-1 draw against Honduras

The Americans got the result they needed, but it sure didn’t feel good.

The United States men’s national team did not play well on Tuesday evening. Its 1-1 draw with Honduras was a terrible game to watch. Field conditions, weather, the classic laissez-faire CONCACAF style of officiating, bad tactical choices and bad individual play led to a game that was thoroughly unenjoyable. Then the USMNT clawed its way to a set piece goal, and now the Americans are in decent shape in World Cup qualifying again.

Despite the game having so few positives for the USMNT to take out of it, a draw made it more likely than not that it would progress to the World Cup.

With the 1-1 draw in Honduras, #USMNT's SPI chances to qualify for the World Cup are now at 74%. http://pic.twitter.com/iaBeqEt3fI

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 5, 2017

So we’re left to consider what to take out of a game in which the USMNT played poorly for the second match in a row, but ultimately did its job.

5 players deserve credit for great effort on the equalizer

Christian Pulisic was largely invisible in this match, but went on an excellent dribbling run to win the free kick to set up the Americans’ only goal. Then four of his teammates combined to find the back of the net, so let’s single them out for their efforts too.

GOOOAAAAL: It's a mess, but @BobbyS_Wood to the rescue for #USMNT! #USAvHON http://pic.twitter.com/FbtF4b6ToS

— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) September 5, 2017

Kellyn Acosta, for a great free kick on target. It would have gone in if not for an excellent save by Luis Lopez.

Matt Besler, for chasing down the rebound and getting it back into play.

Jordan Morris, for an excellent flick-on header.

And Bobby Wood for his very composed chest trap and finish.

This might have been the only truly good moment of the game for the Americans, but it was solid bit of set piece play, featuring big efforts from players who had looked like they were physically incapable of running about two minutes prior.

Now to the bad stuff — that stunk

By expected goals, a 1-1 draw looks like a fair result, and the Americans don’t look like they played particularly poorly.

xG map for Honduras - USA. The US men just barely snag a draw on the road with a late set play goal. Wheee. http://pic.twitter.com/g0STfyUFIc

— Caley Graphics (@Caley_graphics) September 6, 2017

But the biggest chance by far was the goal, and the other big chance is probably a bit overstated by the xG model — it was taken by Pulisic in the 41st minute, and the Honduran goalkeeper Lopez was in great position to make an easy stop. It would have taken a truly miraculous finish to beat him. The other seven shots are of little consequence; the USMNT created nothing from open play.

The passing stats look even worse. According to Opta, via the MLS Match Center, the Americans completed only 50 percent of passes in the final third and an appalling 8 percent of crosses.

via MLS Match Center

The passing map looks even worse still than the stats — the USMNT completed one forward pass into the box.

via MLS Match Center

The lack of completed passes to attacking areas on the flanks is alarming too. Even the center of the park looks bare. There’s nothing to like here.

Bruce Arena made miscalculations in back-to-back games

Against Costa Rica, Arena sacrificed a midfielder to get two strikers on the pitch, thinking he’d be better off with an extra body in the box. Jozy Altidore and Bobby Wood struggled to combine, while Michael Bradley being isolated in midfield by himself led to the opening goal. After the game, Arena admitted he got outcoached.

On Tuesday, Arena decided that he needed a runner in Jordan Morris and a second striker behind him in Clint Dempsey, rather than hold-up or possession players that might let the USMNT keep hold of the ball. The Americans barely got Morris running onto the ball and Dempsey was a total non-factor.

The best attribute Bruce Arena has as a coach is that he makes the right game-day tactical decisions, helping a team become better than the sum of its parts and limiting the opposition’s strengths. That’s why the LA Galaxy succeeded under him while cycling through replacement-level minimum salary USL players, and that’s why U.S. Soccer thought he was the best man to clean up Jürgen Klinsmann’s mess. He’s whiffed on pre-match tactics two games in a row.

The individual errors from center backs are inexplicable

I’ve watched what Omar Gonzalez does on the Honduras goal about three dozen times and I’m still at a loss for words.

GOOOOAAAAL: @RomellSamir strikes first, and #USMNT will have to wake up from an early nightmare! #USAvHON #WCQ2018 http://pic.twitter.com/cIvRMugIU2

— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) September 5, 2017

Regardless of what you think of Gonzalez and his errors in a USMNT shirt, he’s a solid player. Pachuca offered him more money than the LA Galaxy was willing to pay him because he’s a good player, and he was a key starter for them in a title-winning season because he’s a good player.

And even if he wasn’t a good player, any professional center back should be able to get a toe to a ball that is right next to them. Omar Gonzalez has made this play literally thousands of times. He makes this exact play successfully at least once every game. Even though there was no pressure on the passer and the grass was weirdly long, Gonzalez will look at this tape and tell you he expects to make this play 100 percent of the time.

Gonzalez started this game in place of the dropped Geoff Cameron, a first choice player for Premier League team Stoke City. Cameron is technically solid for a center back, which is why Stoke has used him in midfield and the Houston Dynamo even played him as a No. 10, but he was benched for giving the ball away repeatedly while under little pressure against Costa Rica.

For good players to make individual errors as poor as Gonzalez and Cameron did in back-to-back games is something that shouldn’t happen. Maybe they won’t do it again. There’s nothing to analyze here, they just have to not make uncharacteristic errors anymore.

Build around the team around Christian Pulisic

For the second straight game, Pulisic started on the right wing and it didn’t go well. His passing map is ugly.

via MLS Match Center

Pulisic also went 34 minutes without attempting a pass, from the 47th to the 81st minute.

via MLS Match Center

Even though he’s just 18, Pulisic is already the USMNT’s most talented player and its most effective attacking option. He was primarily responsible for the Hex win over Trinidad and Tobago, the draw in Panama, and was arguably the man of the match in the 6-0 home defeat of Honduras. He’s had a spectacular start to the season for Borussia Dortmund. The USMNT should be built around getting him the ball in dangerous attacking positions as often as possible.

Pulisic’s best games for the USMNT have come in the center as a No. 10, and his usual position for Dortmund is on the left wing, where he can cut in on his stronger right foot. He’s more effective in both roles than he is on the right wing, so that’s where he should be played, even if other players need to play out of position to accommodate him.

The USMNT has a fullback problem

DeAndre Yedlin is injured, Timmy Chandler’s USMNT performances have never matched his Bundesliga performances and the Eric Lichaj experiment didn’t go well in the Gold Cup, so Arena’s decision to play Graham Zusi at right back is understandable. So was his decision to turn to the experienced DaMarcus Beasley in a tough road game in Honduras. But those two players got absolutely roasted by Honduras’ quick wingers, repeatedly.

This is a problem without an obvious solution. Jorge Villfaña is quicker than Beasley, but also makes more mental errors. Fabian Johnson prefers playing midfielder over fullback. And even when Yedlin is healthy, he’s a very attacking fullback who relies on his speed to cover for defensive mistakes. It’s probably too late in the cycle to pluck a new player out of MLS and throw them into the deep end.

Arena switched to a 3-5-2 formation at the end of the game, and it’s something Klinsmann experimented with as well before he was relieved of his duties. The USMNT’s personnel seems to fit a back three better than a back four — it has good center back depth, but no obvious starting pair, and fullbacks who are athletic but mediocre defensively. But that’s probably too extreme of a change to make ahead of two must-win games, so Arena’s stuck with trying to pick the least bad fullbacks for his back four and praying.

Why are we sure the USMNT can win 2 games?

The USMNT doing enough on Tuesday to control its own destiny is... good, I guess? In most cycles, getting a win at home against Panama and a win away to Trinidad and Tobago would sound very doable. But this iteration of the USMNT only has two wins in the hex and is coming off two bad performances. Panama outplayed the Americans in the draw between the two teams in Panama City, and T&T contained the USMNT in Colorado before Pulisic took over the game. In the previous round of qualifying, T&T earned a 0-0 draw at home against the Americans.

These games are not gimmes for the United States. October is going to be dramatic.

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Fluffy Follow-Up to the last Swap Boys Request! 

Predictably, the group headed straight to the hospital. Jackie was obviously overdosed. Chase remembers everything in a dizzying blur. He remembers crying when the nurses took Jackie away, wheeling Chase away in the opposite direction. The others had to calm him down, whispering hushed reassurances to the delirious hero. Then, he remembers being put under, so the doctors could help get the drugs out of his system. 

It was interesting- having to go to the hospital. Chase’s body healed much quicker than anyone could guess- which is probably why he could remember the last bit of their encounter while the beginning was a confusing blur. The next thing Chase knew he was waking up in a soft bed. He sighed blissfully to himself- trying to ignore the dull aches and pains he felt in his wrists and legs. He distantly remembers the panic he had before- how his powers weren’t responding. Jolting up- he tries to feel them, activate them. A rush of warmth surges through his veins, lighting them up in faint blue light as silver blue filled his eyes. Chase laughed in relief, pushing his hair out of his face. He was normal again… he was okay- “Chase!” A sudden voice shouts and suddenly Chase’s center is thrown slightly by arms wrapping around his shoulders. He blinks in confusion, then the comforting smell of fruity shampoo and the sight of blond hair has his heart skipping a beat. 

“...S-Stacy??” Chase asks in a high pitched voice, his cheeks growing flushed. The blond lets go and looks to Chase was a soft but concerned expression. Chase can’t calm down his heart. He was so surprised to see her here- they hadn’t been officially dating that long… did the others tell her about his powers?? About who he was? He… He wasn’t ready to tell her yet- he didn’t want to scare her off! Trying to push past this new panic he swallows then asks softly, “What… What are you doing here…?” Stacy laughed lightly and pushed some of her hair behind her ear. “Mrs. Mann had to tell me some things once she left to help…. Then, the kids wanted to stay at the hospital until they could see Jackie. They’re with their mom right now... “ She looks down and fidgets with her fingers then looks back up to Chase. She hesitates then brushes light fingers against Chase’s cheek- making the hero blush even more. “...and- I was worried about you, dummy.” Chase sputters slightly, not knowing what to say. Stacy laughs at the noises he’s making then reaches up to kiss his cheek. “I’m glad you’re okay... “ Chase hesitates then leans his head against hers and chuckles lightly, going to take her hand. “... and I’m glad you’re here-” There was a choked (but obviously faked) sound of disgust from the door way. ALt was leaning against the frame and Chase glared at his little brother slightly. Alt grinned back, then nudged his head back towards the hallway. “If you two are done- Jackie is awake.” ---- There’s a distant hum that fills Jackie’s ears as he slowly opens his eyes. His vision is filed with white- and with how often he’s here… he knows exactly where he is. Jackie makes a quiet snort of a laugh then groans slightly as he moves his head to take in the room. His head feels like its filled with molasses. His entire body hurts- aches in a way that’s hard to describe. But- he’s not dead… despite Overdose’s best efforts. ...What exactly happened after she injected him with that needle…? He.. can’t remember a thing… so- how did he get here…? A familiar hand is soon overtaking his vision and cradling his cheek, helping to move his sight towards the other side of the room. “Something catching your eye, love?” Zara’s smooth voice chuckles lightly. Jackie meets her eyes and smiles dazedly, slowly bringing a hand to cup her own and rub it lightly. “Now? I only have eyes for you, my dear…” He sighs. Zara laughs then pushes his cheek away playfully. “Ew- don’t be so doughy in front of the kids!” Jackie blinks in surprise, “The kids??” Something heavy slams into his legs on the bed, causing Jackie to oof out loud and wince. Zara is quick to get up and scoop up the offender in her arms, helping to drag her to her side and keep her off the healing father. “Kelsie! Careful honey- Daddy is still recovering.” His daughter blushes bashfully up at her mother, “Sorry Mama- I just got excited when I heard his voice!” She then leans on the bed in front of Jackie and grins big, “Hi Daddy!” Jackie’s expression melts seeing his bright cheerful daughter. He smiles warmly, “Hi Sunshine…” Something nudges Kelsie back and she huffs slightly and almost pushes them away but Zara holds her back. Kelsie pouts. But, a brunette head of messy hair peeks up over the bed, his glasses slightly skewed. “Hi Daddy!” Ollie whispers, like you would in a library or museum, “I’m glad you’re not feeling sick anymore!” The father reaches out a hand to ruffle his son’s hair, “Me too Kiddo-” He grins. Ollie shuffles slightly then puts a piece of paper on the bed. Jackie scoops it up and looks at it as Ollie tells him, “I made you something! To help you feel better faster-” It’s a crayon drawing with a red figure laying in bed, a stick hanging out of his mouth. At his side is an orange glad figure with green hair and a hat, a woman with black hair in purple, two kids one pink the other blue, a man in yellow with round glasses, a teal man in a suit, and a woman with blond hair. Zara smiles and brushes back Ollie’s bangs as the boy bounces excitedly. “It’s all the people that came to see you! Like Stacy- and Uncle Henny and JJ! And Bro- I mean Uncle Chase! because I know he would come you if he wasn’t sick too-”

“Ollie, that’s scary dude- how did you know?” A light voice jokes from the doorway. Chase grins at the room, Alt right behind him and Stacy helping Chase to stand up. Kelsie squeals and rushes up to Chase before Zara can stop her. She barrels into Chase’s leg and Alt has to help keep the hero up. But, Chase just laughs and bends down to hug Kelsie. “Hi Kelsers!” “I’m so happy you’re awake too Uncle Chase!” Kelsie beams up at him. Chase grins then pats his chest. “You think a little kidnapping is gonna keep your brave, strong Uncle Chase? As if!” Alt rolls his eyes and Stacy giggles. Kelsie laughs too then grabs his hand- leading into the room towards Jackie’s bed. “Daddy’s awake too!!” “I heard!” Chase answers back excitedly, using his kid voice, making Jackie and Zara smile. Chase was so good with the kids- and he was their favorite person (and not just cuz he was a superhero- but that helped). 

Jackie huffs out a tired laugh and looks up to Chase with a tired smile. “Hey Chaser…” Chase smiles back, hiding his exhaustion behind it, “Hi Jackieboy. You hanging in there?” “Define hanging in there-” Jackie mumbles, “Is- I just woke up and I don’t know what is happening but I’m just happy to see everyone I love good enough?” The adults all look at each other then Chase laughs, “That’s more than enough, dude.” “Hullo mein friends!!” A new voice joins the fray from the door frame, Henny waving wildly as he walks in exaggeratedly. Jameson is right behind him, holding a cup of coffee in one hand and bouncing a sleepy Penny in the other, watching the gentleman with a muted smile of amusement.  Now is Ollie’s turn to go greet the new quests- with Henny lifting the boy up and spinning him around- causing Oliver to giggle wildly. Jameson goes to hand Alt some coffee as the two stand back and watch the chaos. Jackie can’t help but laugh, feeling warm and safe now- despite everything. Zara sits down next to him on the bed and goes to interlace her fingers with his. Jackie squeezes his wife’s hand and sighs contently. He lets the sounds of laughter and love fill the room and his head, pushing away all worry from their awful ordeal.

Kelsie bounces around, holding onto Chase’s hand and giving him bright excited eyes. “What happened to you and Uncle Chase, Daddy?! Did a bad guy come get you?” “Kelsie…” Zara says in a warning tone. Jackie pats his wife’s hand lovingly and then nudges his head to Chase. He knows what is gonna happen- Chase grins and bends down to Kelsie’s level, scooping her up and then spreading out his arm like he’s about to tell a grand story on stage. “A bad guy like you wouldn’t believe Kels! There me and your dad were…” 

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This Biography is about one of the best Actor Chevy Chase including his Height, weight, Age & Other Detail…

Biography Of Chevy Chase Real Name Chevy Chase Profession Actors, Comedians Nick Name Cornelius Crane Chase Famous as Comedian, Actor Nationality American Personal life of Chevy Chase Born on 08 October 1943 Birthday 8th October Age 73 Years Sun Sign Libra Born in New York City Grouping of People Saturday Night Live Cast Diseases & Disabilities Depression Family Background of Chevy Chase Father Edward Tinsley Chase Mother Cathalene Parker Spouses/Partners Jayni Chase (m. 1982), Jacqueline Carlin (m. 1976-1980), Suzanne Chase (m. 1973-1976) Children Caley Leigh Chase, Cydney Cathalene Chase, Emily Evelyn Chase Education Stockbridge School, Haverford College, Bard College, Net worth $50 million Awards 1975 - Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance 1978 - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Music or Comedy Program 1976 - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Music or Comedy Program Personal Fact of Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase is a famous comedian, film and TV actor and writer. He became a house-hold name with his television debut on Saturday Night Live. His big break, however, did not turn him into the big celebrity which many dream of when coming to Hollywood. Among several roles he played on television and in films, his portrayal of Irwin M. Fletcher in the Fletcher film series and his role in the National Lampoon series were the best.

However, his failures and obtuse decisions while picking roles overshadowed his comic brilliance. Chase has a great knack and passion for music - a fact not known to many. He played the drums for a few years with different college and church bands. Like many other struggling actors, Chase did a host of odd jobs to support himself before realising his passion for comedy and films.

Even after his constant career setbacks, he made effective comebacks. He is presently working on a couple of new film projects - one of them being a sequel to his movie Hot Tub Time Machine. His impeccable comic timing and a career filled with triumphs and tribulations, makes him an interesting comedian who has also managed to inspire younger talents like Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell.

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