=04= [Video] - mglw'nafh Freckle R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

[officerwhiskers]

[Oh, the panic! A string of odd glubbing and croaking sounds like an attempt at speaking English. It's a failed attempt, at first, but once he gets the hang of speaking through a mouth of tentacles, Calvin sounds quite horrified.]

Bwrrwlwwwwhyrrl Glyublrgh! Wwwwwwwwhys this qurrlbhhh...happening! Wwwbble... I hate thyis.

[The video snaps on, revealing a piercing pair of red and orange octopus eyes staring with a look of concern and sorrow... If such emotions could even be seen on a fishy character.]

Could anyg-gwuone exblain why I'm a monster.

[A tentacle creeps up and covers the journal, before it closes out.]

Comments

[Audio]

[idkmybffwolverine]

I don't know, but I doubt it'll be forever. I think there were others saying this has happened before.

I'm a cyclops.

[It sounds like there's supposed to be some sort of joke in there.]

[Text]

[officerwhiskers]

Did we do something wrong for them to do this? I hope it's not going to happen too often.

[Calvin lifts the journal up to his face, squinting at the word "cyclops". He's heard about those things before, right? Back in school. One of those fantasy monsters?]

So you only have one eye? That sounds better off than whatever I am, right now.

[Audio]

[idkmybffwolverine]

I couldn't tell you, Calvin. I hope so, too.

It's not that bad, I guess. My glasses don't fit, and I'm a lot taller than I used to be, but it could be a lot worse.

[He could have a visor that doesn't fit too, and then he'd be 10 feet tall and blind to boot.]

[Text]

[officerwhiskers]

If we did, that's not fair because I didn't even do anything. Sounds like a load of horsefeathers, if you ask me.

[Calvin frowns... Or, at least he shifts his face to resemble something that could look sad.]

I wish I were taller. Sounds like I got the crummy end of the stick here.

[Audio]

[idkmybffwolverine]

I'm gonna have to agree with you there.

Maybe, but try to find a bright side. You might be able to do things you couldn't do before.

[Pfff, teacher optimism.]

[Text]

[officerwhiskers]

I guess thats true. Maybe I can be a better swimmer, now.

[If you could sense emotion from his writing, there would be slight boost in his mood. Calvin hates wet fur, but no longer needs to be worried about that!]

[Audio]

[idkmybffwolverine]

There you go. I'd start with the thermal pools first, though; it's not really the right season to go swimming in the lake.

[Text]

[officerwhiskers]

Yeah. That's a good idea. It's still pretty cold outside.

[He tries to clean up his writing, taking a bit longer to scribble out this last bit.]

Thanks for the help.