Third Resurrection - Stretching...well...everything.

[decibel_chamber]

[So, it's been over a fortnight since Jono has been able to speak, walk on two legs,, or really do anything human. Folks on Route C probably didn't notice, but there was a seal gamboling about the beaches with red eyes, which naturally, was Jono. Now that he's been returned to his humanity, he's made a beeline straight to the Music Room, having had

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Jono

[doublehats]

[have some loud fumbling around as Chopper tries to find out where his journal is in his now rather trashed-up room-- ohp, there it is! opening it!]

Wh-what? Jono? What happened? Theme song? Aah, everything's so messy...

Chopper

[decibel_chamber]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Good thing's my room's usually a thrashed up mess, so not much was different. Still pretty pissed 'bout them takin' me stuff though. Had some things someone gave me that I'd like back.

Anyway, we spoke a few months back, I pulled y'outta th' duck pong when y'firs' showed up. Back then I was basically a walkin' band-aid with a great bloody fire in 'is chest. I went home fer a li'l bit, an' now'm different. I remember mentioning me line o' work, savin' people, an' you got all excited 'cause I'm basically a superhero. Y'told me I should have a theme song, so I wrote one.

[He chuckles.]

Jono

[doublehats]

I don't think I got anything taken... I leave some things in other people's rooms so I should check theirs! They messed up my collection of books though. And broke my mixing bowl. [those jerks! he takes a short moment to listen to everything else and he goes contemplatively quiet, a little awed to be reminded of how he arrived at Paradisa and just how long it's been]

That was a long time ago, wasn't it? But I still remember all of it. [a brief hint of amusement in his voice] That was a really bad way to end up in Paradisa but I'm glad you were able to help me out! --but, I'm really excited that you finally made a theme song! I really wanna hear it!

Chopper

[decibel_chamber]

I'm jus' missin' a couple o' scarves a friend made me. Don't really need 'em like I used to, but'm still pretty pissed they're gone. One o' me guitars is broken, but it ain' anythin' a bit o' gorilla glue won' fix.

'Twas a bit, yeah. I'm jus' glad I happened t'be walkin' by. Wha's th' deal with th' whole "no swimming" thing, anyway?

Sure, jus' gimmie a sec.

[He'll turn to his clones again, mentally urging them to give a repeat performance of this song.]

I know there ain' any lyrics, but'm part o' a team, so it wouldn' be fair if I jus' talked about meself, aye?

Jono

[hard_talker]

Oh my GOD, what was that one in the middle? That was fucking amazing.

Mark

[decibel_chamber]

I's a li'l somethin' I was workin' on while th' rest o' the seals were busy frolickin' an' otherwise bein' useless. Wrote it fer someone who left here not long ago, a friend o' mine I was...uhh...we had sort of an unsettled relationship, y'might say.

Based it on th' style o' a band called Apocalyptica. Bunch o' Nordic blokes who somehow make playin' th' cello cool. [He laughs.]

Jono

[hard_talker]

I like it. I mean, they were all awesome, but that was just ... different, y'know?

... Please tell me no one tried to balance fucking balls on your nose.

Mark

[decibel_chamber]

Yeah, tha's what I was goin' for. Playin' 'round with different sounds, an' gettin' things off me chest t'boot. I'll 'ave t'wish up some o' their albums, so y'can hear what they sound like when i's not me an' me 'maginary friends makin' th' music.

I was lucky, there. No one seemed t'notice me, I did me best t'jus' keep t'meself while I waited it all out. Wish I coulda helped out, with some o' th' stuff I was hearin', but what th' hell good would a seal've done? [He laughs.]

Jono

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She's trying SO HARD not to laugh, man.]

A seal. Really.

Nora

[decibel_chamber]

I know, right? Mighta had t'do with th' fact that up until we all got taken t' bloody Pirates o' th' Caribbean, I was on a loss. I'd been a dog fer th' past fortnight or so previous, so there I was.

Jono

[eat_me_beat_me]

You missed a hell of a trip, man. Did you hear what happened?

Nora

[decibel_chamber]

Bits an' pieces, yeah. Some people had it easy, while mos' had t'fight bloody pirates an' monsters.

Almos' makes me wish I could been part o' it, t'be honest.

Jonothan

[inafadingcrown]

A seal? [She might sound more amused than she should. Sorry about that.] You almost sound as if you would have preferred to have been shot at.

Galadriel

[decibel_chamber]

I know i's crazy, but I'll tell ya what; I was bored. This whole "hero" gig I've been on's affected me brain, I think. I'd've rather been out there helpin' folks than bein' stuck on a beach with naught t'do but horse around an' fish. I'll never eat another bloody smelt as long as I live, I swear.

S'where were you when all o' this was happenin'? I wasn' able t'keep track o' people real well, couldn' get too far from th' water, y'see.

Jonothan

[inafadingcrown]

That I can understand.

I was fortunate enough to have avoided much of the strife of this particular event; I was placed aboard a vessel which was most strange to my eyes- I suppose it was yet another instance of something from beyond my world and time. [You have no idea how weird a cruise ship looks to someone who has never even seen a motor.]

Galadriel

[decibel_chamber]

Seems t'be common among folks with th' whole "hero" thing goin' on.

Yeah, think I remember seein' a big cruise ship not far from where I was stuck. Must've been pretty swanky, gettin' t'spend a week in luxury like that. Cruise ships are a bit o' a indulgence where I come from. People go on vacation on 'em, the crew takes 'em about some tropical location or 'nother, an' they don't have t'do a thing th' whole time, if they choose.

[walkinthruwalls]

A seal? There was me thinking that you were still a dog but in the castle.

[decibel_chamber]

Yup. Guess th' castle decided I needed t'fit th' decor, rather'n lettin' me be human again. I was so bored.

[walkinthruwalls]

At least they could have made you a full seal rather than a you!seal - you might have had more fun.

[decibel_chamber]

Right? It was bad enough jus' bein' a seal, when everyone else was out havin' fun or bein' shot at, but t'be aware o' what was happenin' it was bloody maddenin'.