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[cullscuttlefish]

[GUESS WHO'S BACK. BACK AGAIN. And is on the network to say hello. If you guessed a fish troll, you would be correct.]

...huh. Didn't think I'd ever sea this plaice again. It feels like everything and nothing have changed at the same time. New room, new people, same glubbing oatmeal.

[She laughs.]

How long has it been, anemoneway? Last thing I remember was getting a box of tentacles in my mailbox and a bunch of weird shadow kids following people around.

Right, right. I'm Feferi Peixes.

[She waves at the camera.]

I was here for - glubbing shell, I don't remember. You start to get somefin like aquadementia - ocean madness - after spending too much time on a dead world. Things get fuzzy.

I'm guessing, though, based on this timer and what people are saying, that we don't have a whole lot of time left. Figures that I'd be coming back at the end. It seems to be a thing!

[She doesn't look upset; more amused than anything.]

So. What did I miss? I want to hear everyfin.

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[cullscuttlefish]

[She nods. She vaguely remembers that, she thinks, though she's not entirely sure.]

That was...last summer? Somefin like that.

[And she has to think about that.]

...I don't know if I want them back here, but I also don't think I want them floating like I was. Nobody deserves that kind of loneliness.

[longwinded]

Right, it started failing last summer. I recall some time in the fall I refused a collar check. Boycotted it, or something.

[He's still digging. All the memories are rushing back at once.]

I understand. Coming back here may ultimately end up being better than nothing. The timer is running short, and maybe it'll be for the better. We just have to figure out what is happening right now.

[He's still kind of sorry that he can't help her with that. If only they could have the knowledge available.]

[cullscuttlefish]

I remember that, too...but that's one of the last things I remember. The rest of it's just open ocean for me.

[She nods.]

We just have to stay positive, right? That feels a lot eelsier for me now than it did before. Maybe that time did me some good, as much as it sucked.

I'm shore we'll figure it out. We've just gotta keep our fins up.

[longwinded]

I was here right as winter started, but not long after that. I honestly can't remember much from that time. The blur starts right around there.

[He gives her a grin.]

We already know the ropes, so I guess it won't be much trouble settling back in.

[A pause.]

We are definitely going to get out of here this time.

[cullscuttlefish]

That blur sucks. I mean, reely sucks.

[But now is not the time to think about that, and she grins right back.]

Nope. Just a matter of getting up to speed, now. And about that - I just got the word that Jason's dead, so that's one less thing to worry about.

So yeah. We're gonna get out of here and back home for real this time.

[longwinded]

[HOLD UP JUST A DAMN MINUTE.]

Whoa, no kidding? At least we know one piece of the puzzle. Who offed him?

[Huh..]

It's just a matter of time, we were unsuccessful before. But now? I have confidence.

[cullscuttlefish]

No kidding. Apparently Ruana threw a bunch of people into a maze and told them to start killing each other in a 'game'. Eventually, she threw Jason in there, and someone went after the bastard. Still waiting to hear who, but, well...whatever happened, Ruana herself finished him off.

[It still feels pretty unreal to her, too.]

One way or another, we're doing this. We'll make it happen.

[longwinded]

I always knew she was a crazy bitch, but not to that extent. Finished him off? Like...finished him off? [He doesn't wanna go into that. It's pretty gruesome. Though Feferi should know what he's talking about.]

If we see more people, well, then that's more that are also going to get out of here.

[cullscuttlefish]

Yeah, it's five kinds of fucked up, to put it mildly. And yeah, I mean...yeah. That.

[She gives a determined nod.]

Exactly. I'm feeling a lot betta about things than I was before.

[longwinded]

Damn, we really did miss a lot then. Though I am almost unsurprised considering this is Ruana we're talking about.

[Fef is always so optimistic. It does brighten his own mood.]

Have you found anyone else you know that maybe didn't leave?

[cullscuttlefish]

Same here, to be honest.

[She nods.]

Yeah. Enoch is still here, and so's Zelda. I'm shore there are others, but I'm gonna talk to both of them soon.

[longwinded]

Let's just hope she doesn't go bat crazy and try to eat anyone else.

[He nods.]

I'll keep a look out for the others. If they also come back of course.

[cullscuttlefish]

You can say that again.

[She nods.]

Thanks, John.