i_speak_softly | Sixty-Seventh Theory [Accidental Video]

[Turtle Luck runs true to form, and Don crashes shell-first into the full bathtub in the winter room, Robert falling unceremoniously on top of him. The scientist, mildly stunned from the impact, pushes back and breaks the surface with a sputtering sound. Don fights down his panic reaction at being suddenly submerged, and simply sits up in the shallow water. He tries not to bang Robert against the sides of the tub, but the close confines ensure Robert's legs get squashed somewhat as Turtle and human attempt to suddenly coexist in an unforgiving ceramic tub.]

Don, are... are you a-alright?

Yeah. Just -- can you get up?

[Robert complies, scrambling out of the tub.] What an... unusual place to be returned. Perhaps the rogue Malnosso were... more interested in seeing our reaction to that than... "testing" us...

[Don coughs, and drags himself out of the water behind his housemate.] Typical. Give me a minute to convince my lungs they're fine, and then we can theorize about the Malnosso's motivations all you want.

[As the two talk, neither notices that Don's journal is transmitting video of their awkward return and private conversation.]

((Joint post! Don and Robert's conversation will be continued in a thread; feel free to assume your character can hear all of it. Specify who you want to talk to or you may get both. :) ))

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[In the most deadpan of voices:]

So a turtle and a scientist fall into a bathtub together. The turtle turns and says to the scientist, "Is it just me or are the Malnosso getting lazier about their experiments?"

And the scientist says, "Looks to me like they're all washed up."

[While the mun finds this joke uproariously funny, Robert... takes it completely literally. Or, well, mostly literally, if only because this means they've been heard.]

Ah -

...

The... j-journal was... broadcasting this...? [Suddenly very glad he chose to wear a housecoat, or his scars would've been on camera.]

Aye. But don't worry, you weren't doing anything too risque, eh?

[Leave it to Marco to be that guy.]

[Leave it to Robert to have no idea what Marco's implying by that.]

... I... s-suppose not. I am not certain what... w-would be considered as such, especially when much was... n-not intentional...

It never is.

[Nope, not explaining either.]

[As much as Robert likes explanations... he doesn't know if he should press for one this time.]

Well, n-no. I... imagine most people would... n-not willingly broadcast themselves... being returned in s-such an unpleasant fashion...

[It's obvious that Robert doesn't like to be seen so unkempt.]

Aye that, or just being in the tub together at all, eh.

Are you hurt or shifted or anything?

[That's the least of Robert's worries, honestly. ~~Though he's not too fond of the idea of his arm scars being public knowledge.~~]

... It... d-does not appear as such, no... [If there is anything, it's so subtle that he can't tell, and that is subtle.] Any... minor damage sustained during the i-impact was not enough to... harm either of us...

That's good at least, if a little pointless.

The e-entire kidnapping seemed... largely pointless, but... wh-who am I to... understand their motivations...?

... The M-Malnosso never... follow any proper protocol, as it i-is...

Or if they do, they probably mix it up just to throw off suspicions and make patterns harder to pinpoint.

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