The Underwater World - Spaceship #240 - A Bedtime Story

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Hello, friends from across the nation and around the world.
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I'm Martin, and you are listening to Dad's Bedtime Stories.
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And tonight, we're headed back into the spaceship universe for
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a very exciting episode inspired by this idea.
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Um, I'm Allie, and I would like a spaceship episode
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of About an underwater planet.
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Great idea, Allie. I'm sure that somewhere we've done something
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underwater before, but I couldn't find it. So we're going
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to do an underwater planet. If you like the podcast,
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don't forget to rate it and review it wherever it
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see who we have. That's right. Panos. Thank you, Panos.
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Possibly Pano. Sometimes subscribers don't come with pronunciation guides. So, yeah.
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Let me know if I got it right and I'll
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Either way, I really do appreciate you sponsoring me on Patreon,
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so thank you. And now, it's that time again. Time
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to get as comfy as you can in that bed,
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close your eyes, and imagine yourself doing what the kid
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in the story does. Because in these stories, you, my friend,
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are in fact the main character. You find yourself sitting
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in one of the comfortable chairs inside Spaceship, staring out
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the front window as you travel and super hyper drive. Interesting,
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Spaceship says. What's interesting, you ask? I believe I have
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found something. Something good? Potentially. Well, what did you find
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spaceship brings a hologram up in the middle of the
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room a blue planet appears almost completely blue you stare
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at it for a moment that looks like a lot
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of water it is how much water you ask Approximately
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100% of the surface area. You blink. So there isn't
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any land? None that I can detect. At least not
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above the surface. The hologram zooms closer. But that is
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not the interesting part. Tiny lights begin appearing all over
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the planet. Thousands of them, and then millions, and then
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possibly billions. My long-range scanners are detecting an extraordinary amount
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of life. Fish? Fish, plants, large aquatic creatures, and spaceship pauses,
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and intelligent life. Now you're standing. Are you telling me
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there's underwater people? Possibly merpeople? Apparently, spaceship answers. You walk
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toward the hologram. A planet with no land at all.
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An entire civilization that's never needed to live above water.
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How far away is it? Not far at our current speed.
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Then set a course. Understood. I assumed you would say that.
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Spaceship curves a little bit to the left and continues
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at super hyperdrive. Stars streak across the window and a
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few moments later, You drop out of, well, Super Hyperdrive
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and a blue planet fills almost the entire view screen.
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It's beautiful. Bright white clouds spiral above an ocean that
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seems to stretch on forever because, well, because it does.
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You search for an island or a tiny rock or
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anything at all, but There's nothing. That's so weird. It
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certainly makes waterfront property less valuable, Spaceship remarks. You just
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stare at him awkwardly. Entering Atmosphere The ship begins to
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shake as you pass through the atmosphere. Fire rolls across
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the windows as you blast downward, and then it disappears.
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You drop below the clouds, and the ocean gets closer
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and closer. You glance around.
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Uh, spaceship?
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Yes. We seem to be going pretty fast towards the surface,
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you say. I am aware. Uh, the water is coming
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up pretty fast, spaceship. I am also aware of that.
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The ocean rushes towards you. Spaceship? The entire inside of
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the ship suddenly shifts. Panels slide across the windows. The
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wings outside fold backward. The engine rotates. And you feel
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spaceship shape changing around you. Submersible configuration initiated. The nose
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of the ship becomes... Longer and narrower. Small fins extend
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from the sides. Brace yourself. Splash. Spaceship smashes through the
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surface and water explodes around you. For a few seconds,
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everything outside is just, well, bubbles. Then the bubbles clear
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and your mouth falls open. Whoa.
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Whoa.
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The ocean is glowing. Not literally everywhere, but enough creatures
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and plants produce light that the water seems filled with color.
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Schools of tiny silver fish move past you like clouds. Long,
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ribbon-like creatures curl through the water. A gigantic animal shaped
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almost like a Monterey passes overhead. Its wings, or swimming
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wings or whatever you call them, covered in blue patterns.
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Below you, enormous plants arise from the ocean floor. Some
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of them look like trees, while others just look like
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giant flowers. Bright fish dart between them. Spaceship slows down.
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You're right, you say. I usually am. Then, something moves
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beside one of the huge plants. At first, you think
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it's another fish, but then it turns. A person. Well,
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almost a person. They have a head, arms, and a
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body like yours, but their skin is kind of Pale, greenish-blue,
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small fins extend behind their forearms, and instead of legs,
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they have a long, powerful tail. You point. There. I
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see them. Another swims past, then another, then dozens. Some
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have different colored tails. Some have scales running across their
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shoulders or down their arms. Others have strange fins extending
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from the sides of their heads. They are, well, mermaids.
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Or mer-people, I should say. Sort of, anyways. But clearly
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not exactly the same as the stories from Earth. Spaceship
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continues to travel through the underwater world, over top of
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an underwater ridge, and you see what lies beyond it.
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Whoa.
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An enormous city stretches across the ocean floor. Towers made
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from white stone rise hundreds of feet into the water.
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Huge domes are covered in colorful coral. Bridges connect different
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parts of the city. even though nobody really needs bridges
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because everybody can swim, so that's strange. Giant glowing crystals
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light the streets. Hundreds of underwater people move through the city.
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Fish people. Thousands of them. Spaceship slows almost completely. I
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believe it is prudent to activate invisibility. I do not
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wish to scare the native inhabitants of this planet. The
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outside of the ship flickers, then disappears. You can see
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everything around you through the windows, but nobody outside can
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see Spaceship. You drift silently above the city, and the
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longer you watch, the stranger it gets. A giant turtle-like
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creature swims below you carrying enormous slabs of stone strapped
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to its shell. Several fish people guide it towards a
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construction site. Nearby, creatures that look like giant seahorses pull
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carts full of glowing plants and other materials. You point
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toward another area. What are those? You ask. Several workers
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are gathered around an unfinished building. One of them raises
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both hands, and the ground begins to shake. Stone rises
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directly out of the ocean floor. Your eyes widen. The
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worker twists his hands. The stone bends. Actually, bends. made
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curls upward and forms part of a wall. Did he just... Yes,
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I believe so, spaceship answers. Another worker swims forward. She
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spreads her arms, and water begins spinning around her. A
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powerful current forms, carrying loose sand and debris away from
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the construction site. Then... You notice someone else swimming beside
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a huge shark-like creature. The fish person touches the shark's head.
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The shark turns. The person points towards several crates. And
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the animal calmly swims over, takes one of the crates
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in its mouth, and carries it away. You stare. They
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have powers?
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Powers?
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It would appear that some of them do. Magic? you ask. Possibly.
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Spaceship pauses. However, my preliminary scans indicate something unusual in
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their genetic structure. You turn toward the ceiling. What kind
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of unusual? I would need a closer scan to be certain.
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but parts of their DNA appear to have adapted far
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beyond what I would expect from natural underwater evolution. So
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what does that mean? It means, a hologram appears showing
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twisting strands of DNA, that different members of this species
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may possess genetic mutations allowing them to interact with particular
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parts of the environment. You look back out the windows.
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One fish person controlling stone, one controlling water, another speaking
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to animals. So they evolved superpowers. That is extremely simplified,
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but basically correct. This planet is awesome. You say? I
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was afraid you might say that. Why, you ask? Because
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I recognize that expression. You point towards the city. Spaceship,
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we need to go down there. Spaceship sighs. I thought
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you would say that. If you are determined to go
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down there, I would prefer that you do not immediately
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announce to an entire alien civilization that you are from
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another planet. I am unsure if the people of this
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planet have encountered those from other planets before. Good point,
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you say. You look around at the underwater people swimming
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between the buildings and Can the transmorphophyser copy one of them?
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I believe so, Spaceship answers. Spaceship slowly moves closer to
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the city. You point toward one of the fish people
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who's swimming near a fountain. He stretches out one hand,
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and the water around him twists into a spiral. That one,
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you say? Understood. Scanning now. A beam that luckily can't
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be seen by the fish people passes through the water,
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and a second later, Spaceship announces, Genetic profile acquired. You
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raise your watch. The transmorphophizer appears above it as a
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little holographic symbol.
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Ready?
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You ask.
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Ready.
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You press the button... and immediately your whole body tingles.
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Your legs pull together, scales spread across your skin. Your
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feet disappear completely as your body stretches into a long
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blue-green tail. Small fins appear along your arms. You look
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down at yourself. Okay, that's weird. Spaceship moves away from
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the city. and settles behind a huge underwater rock formation.
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I have found a location where I should remain undetected.
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The back section of the ship suddenly starts to glow.
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Panels slide around, fly through the air, and it starts
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to change shape. A doorway appears behind you, one that
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wasn't there before. What's that, you ask? An aquatic transition
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chamber and decompressor. You step inside. The door closes behind you.
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Spaceship's voice comes through the speaker. Beginning pressure equalization. Water
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starts pouring into the chamber. It rises past your tail,
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your waist, Your chest. You instinctively hold your breath. Do
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not hold your breath, spaceship announces. You are a merperson.
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You should be able to breathe underwater. Easy for him
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to say. You watch the water as it reaches your neck,
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then your mouth, then your nose. You squeeze your eyes shut.
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The chamber fills completely, and eventually, you have no other choice.
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You breathe in. Water rushes into your mouth, and nothing happens.
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In fact, it feels perfectly natural, like you're breathing air.
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You open your eyes. I can breathe, you say. although
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it obviously comes out kind of gurgled, your transformed body
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is extracting oxygen directly from the water. But that's not
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the only strange thing. You feel something else. The water
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around you feels strange. Not wet, not heavy, almost like
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it's a part of you. You move your hand. The
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water follows it. You twist your fingers. A little ball
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of water spins between your palms.
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Whoa.
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It appears your copied genetic abilities are functioning well. You
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push both hands forward. and there's a whoosh. A blast
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of water slams against the far wall. Maybe don't do
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that while you are inside, Spaceship says. Oh, yeah, sorry.
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The back hatch opens. The ocean awaits. You swim forward,
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which comes rather naturally. Your tail moves automatically and you
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shoot through the water straight towards the city. Within minutes,
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you reach it. You swim past markets filled with strange
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glowing fruits. People trade using colorful shells, possibly the currency
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around here. Children chase tiny fish between buildings. A massive
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octopus uses several arms at once to help workers repair
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a roof. You swim deeper into the city, and then
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you hear shouting. Down a narrow alley, three rough-looking fish
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people have surrounded someone smaller. A young girl. Give us
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the shells! One of them says. She clutches a little
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pouch against her chest. No, she shouts. One of them
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grabs it. You swim forward instinctively. Hey, you say, and
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the others turn. The biggest one looks you up and down.
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Get lost, kid. You cross your arms. I don't think so.
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He swims closer. You want us to show you why
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people don't mess with us? You look at the scared girl,
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then back at him. No, I want you to give
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her the shells back. He swings at you. You react
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without thinking. Your hand shoots forward, the water explodes, and
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with a boom... A powerful blast sends him spinning across
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the alley. The other two charge. You sweep both arms sideways.
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The current bends around you. One attacker gets thrown into
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a wall, and the other almost reaches you. You clap
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your hands together. The water around his arms instantly freezes.
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Ice locks them against his sides. He looks down.
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What?
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You grin. The first attacker comes rushing back. You spin,
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causing a whirlpool to form around him. He twists helplessly
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in circles before you release him straight into his friends.
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They all fall over and then stare at you. None
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of them seem to have any powers like you do. What,
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want some more? you ask. They all shake their heads
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and drop the pouch of shells. You crack your fingers
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as they swim away as quickly as they can. The
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girl picks up her pouch. Thank you, she says. No problem.
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She hesitates and then smiles again. I suppose I should
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tell you who I really am. You weren't really thinking
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she was pretending to be someone else. She pulls a
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small piece of cloth away from her head, and a
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golden crest underneath it catches the light. I'm Allie. You wait,
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and she laughs. Princess Allie? Your eyes widen. Princess? You
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start to get the impression that she might be kind
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of a big deal around these parts and that, well,
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people would normally know her name. I wanted to see
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the city without guards following me everywhere. She looks down
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the alley. Clearly, not my best idea. Probably... better if
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I get back to the palace. Want to join me?
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The palace? Yeah, the palace, come on, she says, waving
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for you to follow. You shrug your shoulders and decide
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to go along with it. Before long, you arrive at
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the palace. It's absolutely enormous. White towers twist upward like
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shells and Streams of glowing fish swim through the gardens.
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Huge statues stand outside the entrance. Allie brings you through
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giant golden doors. At the far end of the throne
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room sits her father, the king. He's absolutely enormous. A
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crown rests on his head. In one hand, he holds
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a huge three-pronged staff that looks almost like a giant
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magical fork, which seems a little cliché to be honest,
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but also pretty cool. Allie tells him everything. The king rises.
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You protected my daughter when you believed her to be
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an ordinary citizen. He lowers his staff. That tells me
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more about you than any title ever could. An attendant
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swims forward carrying a smaller trident. Blue electricity crackles between
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its points. The king takes it.
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Kneel.
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You decide to go along with it since he is
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the king and sounds rather commanding. I name you Thane
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of the Underwater Kingdom. He places the trident in your hands.
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This weapon carries the power of the storms. May it
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serve you when you have need of it. Electricity dances
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across the metal. You stare at it. This is incredible. Eventually,
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you start to notice how dark the water outside has become.
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I should probably get going, though. Getting late, after all,
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you say. Allie smiles. Come back some day. I will, maybe,
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you respond. You swim out of the kingdom. The guards
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open the doors for you. And a few moments later,
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Spaceship's invisible hatch opens in front of you, revealing the
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inside of a ship that you can't see the outside of.
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You swim inside. The doors seal behind. BEGINNING DECOMPRESSION, SPACESHIP ANNOUNCES,
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AND THE WATER SLOWLY DRAINS AWAY. AIR FILLS THE CHAMBER.
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THE INNER DOORS OPEN. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, CHANGER,
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YOUR SHAPESHIFTING DOG, IS WAITING HAPPILY. YOU PRESS THE BUTTON
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ON YOUR WATCH. YOU FEEL A STRANGE TINGLING SENSATION. As
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your tail disappears, your legs return. Soon, you find yourself
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fully human again. You walk over to the wall where
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you keep most of your trophies, magic staffs, super powerful cards,
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that sort of thing. You carefully hang the electrical trident
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beside the other strange things you've collected on your adventures.
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Blue sparks flicker between its points, and you smile. Do
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you believe we will ever need that? Spaceship pauses. Considering
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our unusual adventures, we just might. Then you head towards
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your own room. Behind you, the Trident gives one last
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little crackle of electricity. You quickly climb into your bed,
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pull the covers up to your chin, close your eyes,
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and with each breath, you begin to, well, sink down
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into the mattress a little bit more. You let go
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of the tension from your arms, then your legs, then
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your shoulders, your neck, your head, your face. And with
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each breath, you sink a little bit deeper, and your
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mind begins to wander off to thoughts of new dreams
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and new adventures to come. Good night, everyone. Amen. Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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You Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you. you Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Amen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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You Thank you. you Thank you.