Day 11 part 3
So... speeding along toward the depths of the ocean...
I'm in open water now, bye bye reefs.
Just empty sea-floor as far as the eye can...
Oh... that's a big whale...
Those are VERY big teeth, Grandma...
That isn't a sperm whale, either...
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I hear sonar pings... okay... ultimate death match: Demigod Squid V Gigantic Carnivore Whale...
GO!
“There you are... I've been looking everywhere for you.” [Francis]
Aw... it would have been so fun...
“Look at us, we both evolved, huh? What are you, I'm a demigod!” [Squid]
“OH? Lucky! I'm only a titan...” [Francis]
“Sharky caused your change I assume?” [Squid]
“That very well could be the reason.” [Francis]
“One of the guys who ate some mentioned he got a message about how old Sharky was... did it say on your end?” [Squid]
“Some ridiculous number... I think it was around four million years...” [Francis]
“Yikes... grandpa indeed... so what are you specifically?” [Squid]
“The message said 'Livyatan melvillei' I believe. It said this was an extinct breed.” [Francis]
“Is that name... Leviathan?! Melville? Holy crap, you got a species named after Moby Dick and a sea monster!” [Squid]
“Whats this about a... a... penis!?” [Francis Angry! Francis Smash!]
“It is a name of a famous sperm whale... Moby Dick... it isn't a penis thing.” [Squid]
Very often...
You just don't get a break do you... first semen now male genitalia?
“You seem to be going somewhere in a hurry, do you mind if I tag along?” [Francis]
“I'm going deep, as far as I can. I don't know what I'll find... it might be a tough fight.” [Squid]
“Well I can't hang around down there forever I'll be able to pop down every so often to help, if you need it. I will still need to breathe so don't expect too much...” [Francis]
“Is that all? I mean I can make a bubble of air of any size within water. Hang around and lets see we find. Oh... I'm tremendously stronger by the way. The powers you saw before... I don't have many limits anymore. I don't even know the range and I tested that one. All I know is it is beyond my sight.” [Squid]
“Lets not spar then...” [Francis = Intimidated] “Oh, were you playing with water earlier today?”
“Did you get caught up in that? Sorry, I got burnt a little and wanted to make a point.” [Squid]
“Not to worry... I wasn't hurt...” [Francis = Pride Shattered]
“So how deep have you gone before?” [Squid]
“The bottom. Its only about two miles down.” [Francis]
“'Only'?” [Squid]
“I've been around. There are a few trenches that are about twice that? It is on the shallow end.” [Francis]
“Oh, that's right. You used to hunt my kind down there, huh?” [Squid]
“But... but not anymore... I don't need to. With this new body my meals are different.” [Francis]
“How different?” [Squid]
“...whales.” [Francis = Cannibal]
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“Ah... I imagine the ocean became a lot less friendly? Your relatives must be worried.” [Squid]
“Actually... they swam away soon after I changed. I think it was because of me...” [Francis]
(Actually it was because of Squid: Giant Mode.)
“Well I have no issue with you. Besides, now you look like you're grinning.” [Squid]
“It is just the foot long teeth.” [Francis = Depressed]
“Oh. They're very clean and white?” [Squid]
“Hehe, thanks...” [Francis = Pleased]
Swimming down we enter the crush zone. The pressure of a ton per square inch. It can turn submarines into recycled cans...
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I hold up under this just fine, as I have no hard body parts to break and notice little difference besides the efficiency of my movement under my own power dropping slightly. Truly squids are adapted for this place. I don't even notice the lack of light. I turn on my phosphorescence so Francis can follow me easier.
She has it a bit harder, mostly because she has to breathe and avoid the bends (a condition caused by pressurization being lost too rapidly, the nitrogen in the bloodstream bubbling and collecting in the brain causing convulsions, brain-damage and death).
On the plus side, she has much better long range senses. Her sonar scopes out the terrain and creatures far into the distance. I only need to provide air every half an hour too. I do this by forcing the water apart and pushing the nearby oxygen molecules into this gap via osmosis. If anything I have to be careful it isn't too oxygen rich for her.
We pass strange creatures that stare back, equally surprised.
“Wierdos...” [Dumbo Octopus]
We pass others more familiar but still as surprised.
^Guys! Look at that him! He's hanging with a whale! Freak!^ [Giant Squid Juvenile]
/Should we teach him not to fraternize with the enemy?\ [Racist Intellectual Giant Squid]
\Naw, we kill em!/ [Stupid Giant Squid]
I look at the trio and then at Francis. I shrug.
With a grip of water I hold the Giant Squids Hooligans and pull them close.
^Or what?^ [Cocky Juvenile Squid]
^AHHH! I'm soorrryyy!!^ [Scared Juvenile Squid]
/I apologize profusely! Please do not subject my extremities to rupture!\ [Smart Squid]
\I ain't done nuthin'./ [Very Stupid Squid]
<...eeny meeny...> [MC Squid]
A water harpoon pierces the stubborn idiot between the eyes as I make an example of him.
“Uh... Mr Squid?” [Francis]
“Yes, you need to breathe again?” [Squid]
“No... we have visitors... of a nastier kind...” [Francis = Concerned]
“Well now... what to make of all of this?” A giant humanoid female asks. “Do you have any ideas, Kraken my friend?”
The giant octopus, the size of a galleon looms over us all.
(Woof!) [Kraken]
What we learned:
A kraken is a reincarnated dog?!
Mystery female present.
Squids are all impulsive idiots at heart, to different standards.
What we missed:
Monkey Butlers and Gorillas form coalition, banish Apeharteid.
Gambling addiction islander's newest scourge, bets placed on chance of cure...
Squid Jr drags Yumi around the reef urging her to beat people up... she finally manages to do so when confronted by a sole only to find out it is masochistic. Wants to be tread upon.