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Outside, some of the robot unicorns begin digging at the ground, eventually uncovering giant forks. They then use these forks to pry up the pineapple shells and eat the larvae hiding underneath.
"How resourceful! The predators seem to have found some tools to help them get to their food."Some of the forks soon reveal themselves to be fork-mimicking snakes, their tines actually being fangs. The false-forks stab the unicorns, the venom causing paralysis. Not all of the forks are snakes though, as some of them seem to be actual forks.
"Oh! Another predator enters the equation, mimicking other objects. What a marvel of co-evolution we are seeing..."Meanwhile, Johnny is very confused and concerned about all the weird things going on outside the ship, as he pilots the ship towards the giant clam.
"Look we're getting close to the giant clam!" "By the way doc, what exactly are the health benefits of buttery cheesy bread?" Johnny asks out of the blue.
"Oh, it has many. For one, it combats many common diseases such as shell disease, fungal infections, parasites, and gaffkemia. The buttery parts in particular ward off the Aquamarina bacterium, which is the cause of various carapace conditions such as softclaw." "It's also a probiotic for beneficial micro-organisms, and is known to extend lobster lifespan by 10% or more. There are even various myths that buttery cheesy bread has miraculous properties such as causing the sprouting of a dorsal fin for superlobster balance, or the enhancement of gills to allow for breathing of surface air. There has never been a formal study done that confirmed such claims though." "In any case it is a highly sought-after delicacy in our world, for both its proven and unproven effects." Suddenly in the plains there appears a pack of terrifying surface creatures, the Zebras, who start running around eating all the pineapple pieces that litter the surface and getting ever-fatter. Some of the ones that get massively fat explode into dozens of smaller Zebras, beginning the cycle again.
"Oh no! W-What's happening!? T-This is horrifying!" Dr. Prawning covers her eyes momentarily, but her undying curiosity somehow surmounts her sheer absolute terror.
"No, no, no! We need to get out of here! Johnny!" Johnny takes a nose dive with the ship into the giant clam, submerging into a huge pool of water and entering an aquatic tunnel system within the giant clam.
It's much darker in here than outside on the surface--an environment that feels much more familiar to the lobsters.
"T-That was truly horrific... the way they devoured everything, and then broke down into smaller yet identical versions of themselves, only to restart the process..." Dr. Prawning utters, recovering from trauma.
"I will need to gather myself if I am ever to study those creatures for science..." "Anyway, these tunnels look interesting. We seem to be getting closer to our destination. I wonder how vast these underwater tunnel systems are." "This is neat! But uh, guys, this air-sonar situation isn't getting any better. There's more sticky stuff coming out of it, and it's filling the entire room." "I've never witnessed so much stickiness in my life!" "Damnit. Figure out what's happening! Get out and seal the room if you need to. I don't know about our chances of finding a repair station anywhere around here." "We'll try our best, sir..." [Roll: 4/20] "Steppy, watch your legs!" "Oh no it's trying to gormandize me and turn me into its eternal vassal!" "Here, take my claw!" "No, I think I'm done for! Save yourself!" "I'm not leaving you!" "It's crawling up my legs! It's like an electric eel that won't stop boogieing!" "Let me pull you up!" "Aagh!--o-okay. I'm okay. Let's get out of here!" "What the hell is going on!?!?" Johnny hears a door slam somewhere on the ship.
"It's the stickiness, sir. I think we managed to contain it in the systems room, but it almost got Steppy." "Damnit... we're too far from civilization to call for help. Hopefully it stays contained there." "Are you guys okay? Sounds like something was happening. Anyway, I'd just like to say that these tunnels are fascinating. It's like a ocean cave network, built underneath the surface. Did the strange honking things build this? I wonder..." Dr. Prawning seems to have recovered from seeing the Zebras, for now.
The ship cruises along through the tunnel network, a long mechanical eel-like vehicle with bright eyes slowly drifting by from the right. Up ahead, there is a mechanical octopus that seems to be cleaning the floor and walls of the tunnel, and there is a capsule-like object further down.
Giant wasp [contained in lab]
Strange honking thing [contained in lab]
Small piece of buttery cheesy bread [stored in lab]
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