[ we are on: a gondola in the canals! how did they end up sharing one? well, there's a shortage of gondolas right now, and a lot of people trying to get around, so they're not letting single riders on, so oh no, and they were gondolamates!!
Anyway a few minutes into the ride, as led by one of the shadow people: ]
Okay, I admit it, this is cute...but this water's gotta be super dirty, right? [ she leans over to peer at it ]
[ he absolutely would not check to see if someone else was on a boat before jumping onto it, so this is a-okay. he's peaceably looking over the edge of the gondola even before she speaks, giving her room to do the same. ]
It's probably not safe to swim in. [ city water. ] But it's clean enough for fish. Look.
but he's not like, superhuman, and can only correct his balance so much. so he stumble-falls backward, and the slippery lil canal fish splashes out of his hands into the gondola. or onto her. it's a mystery. ] Ah.
[ okay well you can't just give me the option of throwing a fish onto her and expect me NOT to take it
it slaps her in the face and she immediately starts yelling and panicking, rocking the boat even further as she tries to catch the flopping fish in her own hands
Once she manages it eventually, she absolutely yeets it back at him like she's pitching a fastball ]
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Anyway a few minutes into the ride, as led by one of the shadow people: ]
Okay, I admit it, this is cute...but this water's gotta be super dirty, right? [ she leans over to peer at it ]
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It's probably not safe to swim in. [ city water. ] But it's clean enough for fish. Look.
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anyway Val looks closer and sees the fish swimmin around, barely visible through the rippling water ]
Yeah, but animals can survive in some crazy toxic environments. Those could be mutant fish.
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...I wonder what they taste like.
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then he reaches in the water and grabs a small, silvery fish. casually. ]
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Val is so taken aback by this that she jolts back in her seat, sending the gondola rocking a little ]
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but he's not like, superhuman, and can only correct his balance so much. so he stumble-falls backward, and the slippery lil canal fish splashes out of his hands into the gondola. or onto her. it's a mystery. ] Ah.
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it slaps her in the face and she immediately starts yelling and panicking, rocking the boat even further as she tries to catch the flopping fish in her own hands
Once she manages it eventually, she absolutely yeets it back at him like she's pitching a fastball ]