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i hate this

the sky has been leaking for DAYs... WEEKS??

it's so cold my eyes are frozen!

i hate this weird white water

i want to go outside...

[ A photo of a colored pencil drawing is attached... depicting Alberto "(in a blanket)" beside his familiar Carlo and his pet compsognathus Sofia, trapped inside his home "(forever?)," labeled "cold, alone... and fed up!" beneath falling snow — AKA "weird white water??? (every day...!!!)" — outside the window... All of them clearly "very unhappy" — the sheer image of misery itself. ]

SO!
let's trade!!!
anyone who can help me find or make something like this, i'll cook you food or something, whatever, we'll talk......
but as soon as possible,
i need one of THESE:

[ Another image is attached of Alberto wearing what... seems to be a diver's suit? Or something??? Holding a "giant umbrella" in one hand and Sofia on a leash in a harness in the other, Carlo floating above, all "dry, safe, warm, and NOT at home..." There's still plenty of ~~snow~~ white water around them, "but not on Alberto!" Most importantly, though, in this drawing, they're all happy! — as... baffling as it is to anyone else, surely... No thanks, no niceties, just complaints and demands, urgent, desperate, and maybe a little, um, bizarre? Un po. The kid's gone mad with cabin fever, possibly? This is... well... th-this is something. Definitely something. Ahem. ]

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[ Someone else calling Alberto an "expert," on anything, even if it's just jumping off cliffs without dying or sustaining serious injury?! Wow! His heart is soaring. Usually it's just him calling himself an expert, this is great.

But they've got important matters at hand to discuss now. ]

I've been. They're jerks. S'not worth it. They won't even let you in their village! I mean— I did it anyway, but they threatened us and said if we didn't leave, they'd curse us to stay down there forever, soooo... yeah. Not the friendliest.

[ Alberto completely misinterpreted their warnings and intentions, but also, he was lying to them and sneaking around town with some humans cursed to look like sea monsters, not revealing that he wasn't cursed...! But they probably guessed it because he looks nothing like them. Jade and Azul would fit in. Alberto stuck out like a sore fin. ]

Oh, they are those sorts? That just makes it more interesting? Now I really do have to ask Azul what they're like. Maybe we can negotiate together.

[Which means that Jade will have to break some people's bones. Sure he doesn't have any actual attack magic anymore, but much like his brother, he is talented in "squeezing" people.]

Though I wouldn't want to stay down there forever. Lakes are alright to swim in sometimes, but the ocean is better.

Yeah, yeah, the ocean is better, but I just don't wanna be stuck underwater period. Everything good is above the surface. So, uh, yeah, ask Azul. I'm not really interested in going back down there and risk getting trapped on a kelp farm forever. Knock yourself out.

[ His tone is dismissive and derisive, sarcastic, standing contraposto hands on his hips, his brow cocked with a look of skepticism. Alberto doesn't mince his words. He's not interested in living below the surface with other sea monsters and scarcely ever has been. He strongly feels he belongs on land, if he belongs anywhere... ]

Then I shall not bother you with such a thing. Though really, the surface has everything good?

[He chuckles, though admittedly, his own feelings on the matter were complex. His first year above had been one of the most frustrating experiences in his existence. Granted, by now he'd changed his mind a bit...

But still.]

We can still go mountain climbing though, can't we? That definitely doesn't involve kelp farming.

Yeah-hah, definitely! The forest on the edge of town is really cool, too — I mean, to me, at least. My island didn't look anything like that...!

[ He's quick to shed that sarcastic energy, still excited by the idea of exploring and hiking and mountain climbing above all. ]

I take my lizard monster there all the ti– Oh! Heh! D'you wanna meet her!? Sofia! She's under the bed~ Ahah, I mean— you've been here long enough and she hasn't come out to bite you yet, so... S'probably fine, eheh!

[ As... confidence-inspiring as any introduction can be. But his excitement doubles as the idea strikes him, clearly. The kid goes a mile a minute. ]

[It is fortunate that Alberto is so easy to steer away from bad moods. And well, visiting the forest genuinely does sound wonderful.

He raises an eyebrow at that.]

If she does bite me, I shall survive. I can heal myself and even if I can't, it's not like I haven't had worse misadventures.

[When he first started exploring the mountains back home, he'd had a bad habit of wanting to pet any forest creature he got close to. And still hadn't learned his lesson.]

Oooh, you're a healer? Good to know~

[ Alberto throws him a smile as he takes note of that bit of information, mildly foreboding as it is that he's taking note of that at all... but all the same, he's grinning as he drops to the ground, crawling on his hands and knees to the edge of the bed with his head lowered. His face becomes more focused as he peers underneath the bed, searching for his pet in the dark through narrowed eyes. She's not the only thing under there, unsurprisingly, so he's gotta discern which dark lump is alive and which dark lump is just more accumulated crap.

He slides even lower, pressing his chest almost flat to the floor as he crawls forward on his belly, his rear still in the air with his knees bent, not quite lying flat. The erratic way kids move — the erratic way this particular kid moves — is ridiculous; he doesn't even know how funny he looks half the time. He sticks his head halfway under the bed, cheek squished to the floorboard, before he starts reaching both arms out into the depths, cooing in a sweet, coaxing, singsongy voice as he does. ]

Sofiii~ina~ Mia bambina~

[ And as much as there was surely something foreboding about this from the start... of course it comes true. There's a soft scuffling from underneath, a strange chirping hissing sound ~~(what the hell sound do dinosaurs make, after all?)~~, and then an audible chomp, before Alberto lets out a yelp in pain and scrambles out from under the bed, falling backwards to clumsily sit crosslegged holding his hand protectively with a strained and incredulous look on his face, staring a bit frantically into the unseen depths.

Yeeeaaahhh... She definitely just bit 'im. ]

[It's a funny image, watching this kid crawl around on the floor and peek under his bed. Not worth snapping a covert picture of or anything like that, since Jade doubts Alberto can be blackmailed with embarrassing pictures. At least not like this.

Not that Jade is thinking of blackmailing him. No. But it's also the default his mind always goes to. Always looking for info that can be used at a later time, to gain an advantage.

Still, when the bite does happen, Jade flinches then gets up and walks over to him.]

Perhaps she is in a bad mood, especially since she has a stranger in her home.

[He kneels down and holds out a hand.]

Is it bad? Let me see it.

[His voice is gentle, but a perceptive person might notice a spark of excitement in his eyes. He's still fascinated by the ability to heal and every chance to try it out is a welcome one.]

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