Chapter 3 - Ramblings of an old merman
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The 2 sea-dwellers brought their semi-seaworthy friend down to Atlantica. During their trip, they conversated about whatever came to mind.
"Say Riko, do you collect human things?" asked Ariel
"Oh yeah, the stuff humans throw at me." Riko replied
"Oh! That's horrible!" a shocked Ariel responded.
"Not really - one guy threw his knife at me. I threw it back. Poor guy's never gonna sit on that one buttcheek again." Riko grinned "But I was kinda sad."
"How so?" asked Ariel
"Well, it was an expensive knife. I felt ripped off throwin' it back...like when I bought tickets to see Smash Mouth."
(Cutaway)
"...all that glitters is gold...only shootin' stars break the mold..."
the song ended and the audience cheered.
"Well, that's our show for the night, thank you for coming!"
The audience booed with displeasure.
"Hey! What do you expect? That's like our only song!" The singer yelled back.
(End Cutaway)
The group arrived at Atlantica. Riko was astounded by the architecture of the palace and surrounding towers.
"You had some designer. He must have really stayed up late designing that tower." Riko pointed at a tower shaped like the sexual education tool he threw away earlier.
"Well, it is what it is." Ariel really had no idea what Riko meant.
The 2 figures swam into the palace, where Ariel swam ahead with Flounder. And there on his throne, was King Triton signing papers that Sebastian was handing off to him.
"How many more, Sebastian?" asked King triton
"Just a few more, yer highness! Den we can get on wit' de sea soccer game you said you would referee." Said Sebastian.
"Oh yes...a king's duty never ends." Triton sighed.
Ariel entered the room.
"Hi daddy!" She said
"Hello Ariel, how are things?" asked Triton
"Good! I made a new friend today!" Ariel smiled
"You make a lot of new friends." Sebastian added
King Triton was curious to this new friend of Ariel's.
"Oh, will I like him?" asked Triton
"Probably not." Sebastian added his 2 cents in.
"Ok Daddy, this is Riko." Ariel motioned for Riko to come forward, and forward struggled the aquaharpy.
"Hows it goin', eh?" asked Riko
Triton got off his throne to look closer at the young man his daughter brought home.
"You have no fins?" asked Triton
"Nope." Replied Riko
"You have wings...are you a flying human?" asked Triton
"Daddy!" Ariel was embarrassed at her father's distrust of humans.
"Oh yeah, i'm a human alright. I can breathe underwater and hold normal underwater conversations like humans..."
"I'm no fool, young man...you are no human...but you are no fish either."
Ariel felt the need to interrupt.
"Daddy! Is there ever going to be a time where you'll stop being so scared of humans?" Asked an Irritated Ariel
"Never! And believe me, I am your father and I know what's best!"
"Sure, like the time we brought all that old sea junk to the dump?"
(Cutaway)
"Daddy, do you want me to get out of the chariot and guide you?" asked Ariel
"I've got it, Ariel, don't worry." Replied Triton
Almost immediately after Triton said that, he backed up his chariot into something.
"Ah, Crap!" Triton swore
Ariel jumped out of the chariot and looked at what her dad had backed the trailer up into.
"Daddy! You hit the 5 sign!"
(End Cutaway)
Triton had his own reply.
"Uh-huh. Coming from the young lady that wrecked that Accord you found on Craigslist?"
(Cutaway)
Ariel was attempting to drive a used 1989 honda accord when she crashed it into a tree, to which Triton was more than disappointed.
"Ariel! You have brakes for a reason!" Triton yelled out
"How can I hit the brakes with my fins?" Ariel yelled back
(End Cutaway)
"Daddy, that car was a write off. Not worth the 250$ the guy wanted for it." Replied Ariel.
"It still wasn't yours!" Triton replied
"But what i'm trying to say is, maybe you should let my friend have a chance!" Ariel begged.
"I'll think about it." Triton sighed, and turned to Riko "So for the time being, Young man, you can wait outside of Atlantica while I think about letting you hang out with my daughter."
Riko groaned, and began to struggle away. A couple of mersoldiers began to help him. Of course, Ariel was more than disappointed.
"Daddy, he can fly, that's why he has wings!"
"And how do humans treat him?" asked Triton
Of course, Ariel didn't want to answer that. Triton figured Ariel had something to say but didn't want to.
"That's what i thought. Trusting him is a poorer choice than when Skullhead Boneyhands went to see Internal Corrosion."
(Cutaway)
Skullhead Boneyhands was headbanging in a crowd of metalheads to "Legacy of Blood" and was raising his hands, doing the rock on pose. But eventually, he headbanged so hard his head came off. He began stumbling around, looking for his head, until he wandered into the mosh pit, and then got shattered into 206 pieces when a thrashing metal fan crashed into him.
(End Cutaway)
"Oh Daddy! He's a good guy!" Ariel swam away, a bit distraught.
King Triton laid back on his throne, sighing as if he had hurt his daughter.
"Hmm. Teenagers. Dey tink dey know it all." Sebastian added his 2 cents.
Triton would normally agree, but somewhere in the back of his mind, maybe thought he may have made a bad choice. Maybe Ariel was right. That Riko boy might not be such a bad guy.
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