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Chapter five - Underwater Discoveries

The pipe-like lift stopped and the doors opened. Noodle and Skipper got out.

"Who's there?" was the first thing they heard as they stepped into a dark room.

"It's Noodle, 2D-san," Noodle said softly. "And someone who wants to meet you".

Suddenly lights came up, and Skipper could see whom they were talking to. It was a surprisingly young looking man, tall and thin, with blue hair. But the most distinctive feature of the man, who Skipper assumed to be called '2D', was definitely the fact that Skipper couldn't see his eyes, even though the man was looking straight at him. Or so Skipper thought, it was hard to tell, when his 'eyes' were completely white.

"'Ello," the blue-haired man said happily, but Skipper could detect slight nervousness from his voice.
"Who're you?"

"Why don't you tell me your name first," Skipper replied, and the other man shrugged.

"I'm 2D. Or actually, me name's Stuart, Stuart Tusspot. But ev'ryone calls me 2D," he smiled, and Skipper could see that the man was lacking two of his front teeth.

"Well, my name is Skipper," the penguin replied.

"Skipper-san has lost his memory. I'm helping him to get it back," Noodle explained.
"He heard about you and wanted to meet you, so I brought him here," she continued, sounding apologetic.

"It's okay," 2D smiled. "I wos jus' worried it wos Muh'doc who came in, ya know..." his voice faded towards the end, but then he grinned.

Skipper heard 2D's thick accent, but he couldn't place it anywhere, so he decided to ask the man about it.

"I'm from Cockney," 2D replied. "Or thereabouts," he grinned. "And so's me accent".

"So, you're all from England?" Skipper asked.

"In a way or another," Noodle winked.

"I kinda thought so," Skipper said. "You know, I have this friend with a British accent.. it's so fake," he laughed. "Whot eva you say, govna'!" the penguin chuckled, badly imitating a British accent.
Noodle just stared him, and slowly a wide smile formed on her face.

"What?" Skipper asked in confusion.

"Skipper, do you realize what you just said?" Noodle replied.

"I just talked about a friend and... Oh, I see what you mean!" the penguin exclaimed.

"I remember him! ...I think it was a 'he'," Skipper continued a bit more quietly.
"...And I can't remember his name. I can't remember my own friend's name!"

"But you remembered him, and that's what matters," Noodle tried to cheer up the now sad-looking penguin.

"Well... I guess so..." Skipper said slowly. "I can remember his voice... But not the face".

"Could you tell me something he has said to you? Anything at all," Noodle asked.

Skipper tilted his head, but then started to think. A while passed, but eventually the penguin had to shake his head.
"No, I can't remember anything" he said sadly.

"It's okay," Noodle smiled encouragingly.

"..wait.. I think I remember something... Yes, I think the face is coming back to me," Skipper suddenly said.
"Small, innocent, round..." the penguin listed. "Cute and... cuddly!" he muttered.

"Cute and cuddly!" Skipper exclaimed. "That's what I always say! And then we smile and wave..." he said while demonstrating the smiling and the waving.

Noodle giggled. "You seem a bit silly penguins".

"'Silly penguin'... I hear that a lot, from a... neighbor!" Skipper thought out loud.
"There are so many things coming right back to me!"