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Me and Casey departed as we head straight for breakfast, it was quite unusual. There were Neuroctopus based products, tentacles, organs, and eggs (both fertilized and unfertilized). There were also some Sea Pig meat, slugs, tuna, salmon, some kelp, and green reefberries. Worse of all, I saw a few cooked Snork arms on the table. I've learned this is what I stuffed myself with yesterday, it couldn't get any source.
It had, we were drinking a special batch of reefberry juice made by smashing reefberries with feet and the juices were filtered out by a pair of underpants. I wonder how my friends cope with this fact, apparently they still have some of their matters but they were acting silly.
"Is this what survival looks like?" I asked.
"Pretty much," said Radio, "There were little choice for everyone, but at least it taste good."
I ended up eating anyway, knowing Radio might try to get back on me if I didn't. After breakfast, I headed out to wonder around in the Seaworthy Nuclear Steam Plant to see what's going on around here.
Whatever is going on, there were hundreds of children all over the place. Playing the usual children's games like tag, cops and robbers, and patty cake. After walking in the middle of it all, they all stopped and stared at me smiling. I had a bad feeling about this, either it's getting mobbed by children wearing just underwear that's worse or being shot by a miniature torpedo round in the buttocks. Apparently, I was thinking of being shot at this moment.
"Distant ancestor," yelled that silly girl I've met the day before.
All the children just dog piled me, they knocked me to the ground and they piled on top of me and each other. I tried to scramble out of the pile but my muscles were too weak, the adrenaline wasn't pumping as I thought it would. I began to scream for help, trying to break through the sound of laughing and giggling children. This was too ridicules, when I finally freed myself out of the pile of Snork children I was gasping for breath.
When I got back up to my feet, I see all the "adults" laughing at me. They were laughing harder than the children, apparently the adults who were laughing at me were my grandchildren in their 90s or 100s. I can tell because I thought I was seeing multiple versions of myself, the stress of a big family began to bear down on me. Luckily my goggles didn't came off from that experience since the sun was quite bright this morning.
I tried to run out of there but the children tried to pin me down, one jumped right onto my back and brought me back down onto the ground and they all dive bombed on top of me again. "HALP! HALP!" I screamed, "Occy!"
Occy came to the rescue just in time, but we was brought down by baby Neuroctopuppies. Lots of them. It seems ironic since any Neuroctopus in existence can trace their ancestry back to Occy, I squirmed out of the mass of children and ran back inside and slammed the door behind me – leaving Occy to fend for himself.
After gasping a huge breath of water, I slumped to the ground with my back against the door. That was totally unexpected, but then that silly girl showed up out of nowhere and stood before me as I was panting. "What was all that about?" I asked.
"Family love," said the girl as she stuck out her hand, "Need help AllStar?"
"You know my name?" I asked as she helped me up.
"Everyone knows you, we grew up worshiping you." said the girl, "Anyway, my name is Sally Great Great Grandpappy."
"Silly Sally," I said, "You all look up to me?"
"Everyone does, you were responsible for their existence in the first place." said Sally.
"Not really, it was Radio who made it happen." I claimed.
"Because he stole semen samples from you awhile you were sleeping than after you died..." spoke Sally.
"Gave them to Casey," I interrupted, "Radio told you every detail?"
"He told us where babies come from at the age of 5," said Sally, "And where we come from."
"Well did he told you about how he came to the world?" I asked.
"He told us he formed out of Radioactive Poop," said Sally, "After you cut your hand on some Nuclear Waste barrels and dropped blood onto the stuff."
"That story is so messed up," I comment, "I'm at the limits of my endurance, I never felt so weak in my life."
"Is there something wrong?"
"Everything is wrong."
"What do you mean?"
"The food, the behavior, the moonshine, everything is so wrong. I don't know everybody anymore and all this happened on accident, I hadn't intended you guys to be alive from the beginning. Radio had, not me."
Sally just stared at me in silence for a moment, her smile drops. "I'm sorry to hear that," she said.
"Oh well," I sighed, "Radio is right, this is how life works, as a network, as a community, as one single being and not the way my old life works. I guess I have to put up with you guys from now on, everything is so screwed up and nothing makes sense. But I think I understand what goes on inside Radio's head through you Sally, he's just as weird when he's young and nothing has changed about him now."
Sally's smile return as I took her hand and we walked down a hall, "Is there a science lab around here?" I asked.
"Your in it," said Sally.
"Well, they say old age means wisdom." I said, "But my judgment is cloudy and my common sense is at it's limits, I'm going to finish the rest of my life as a Scientist. Researching whatever there is to learn, just what Uncle Gallio did."
"Gallio?" asked Sally, "You mean the ghoul?"
"Radio mentioned about him, although I have my doubts but everyone hates it when he's right including him." I said, "Snork, he's always right."
Me and Sally walked into the science lab, it was very high tech. More high tech than Radio's lab, he must have upgraded. It's like a playground for the scientist, and it seems it's all mine to myself.
"Hello?" I called out, "Is anyone here?"
I heard someone yelp in the backroom and a Snork came swimming out in a hurry, his appearance was a bit odd. The Purple-skinned Snork had a slightly large head, his body appears frail and scrawny. He had thick framed glasses and was wearing a Scientist Labcoat, his description nearly fits the stereotypical nerd but he had no mouth full of braces. Even though he looks old, he has a head full of thick brown crazy hair that reminds me of a Mad Scientist.
"AllStar Seaworthy," he said in a nerdy voice, "It's an honor."
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I'm a descendent from Dr. Gallio and Dr. Strangesnork," said the Snork, "My name is Dexter and I'm the owner of this lab, pretty much one of the few smartest Snorks in the world. My IQ is about 325, or was that just 300. I can't remember."
"Wait, you said your bloodline came directly from Gallio AND Strangesnork?" I asked.
"I'm a 100 year old inbred, my parents were both cousins who parents' happened to be Dr. Gallio and Strangesnork Seaworthy." said Dexter, "It resulted in a birth defect of my body as you can see, it's been frail since birth but my brain had grown slightly larger and it matches Radio's brain power. So I'm just as smart as him, or smarter. I can't tell the difference, sometimes I can't remember my own name. Oh, what was it?"
"Dexter?" I asked.
"Oh, yes that's it. " said Dexter, "Oh Snork, I can't remember what was I doing. Oh well, I'm sure it will come to me sooner or later."
"You know what?" said Dexter, "I think that I only have one grandmother and my parent's are not only cousins but are also Half-Siblings, I think Radio was involved in my birth I just know it. He's been responsible for making inbreds lately, he just have to make me so smart that it sacrificed all my physical features. No strength, I'm weak physically but my brain power alone would defeat the Wetworths."
"Are my Uncles still alive?" I asked.
"Sure, they're not aware that they're parents and grandparents." said Dexter, "They don't even know who I' am, those two ghouls still have their rivalry but I'm sure one day we would meet together."
"You mind if I work with you on your research?" I asked.
"Sure, it's good to have a family member who's cousins to my parents to work with me." said Dexter, "I swear, I do need help around here."
"I guess I'll go now," said Sally as she let's go of my hand, "I'll see you later AllStar."
"Bye Sally," I said.
Sally swam out of the lab, Dexter took off his glasses to wipe it then puts them back on. "Let's get start on... Snork, I forget." he muttered, "Well, let's work on something."
For some reason, I think I like this distant relative a lot. It's probably the closest I'm going to get to Uncle Gallio for now, but also Uncle Strangesnork as well. Radio, what have you done to our family?
TO BE CONTINUED...
