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@trickstertriangle
Somewhere in the woods is a house. In that house lives a scientist and an alien from another dimension. They don't often leave their clearing, and the only time one is seen away, it's the scientist picking up supplies- groceries or tools, usually. Despite everything, they live in relative peace.
Literally everything you need to know under the cut!
... Did you know that it's mother's day, Bill? ... it is? Yes! ... I... I called my mother earlier. oh! what did she say? ... She'd... Like to see us. ... us? Yes. ... oh!
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
"whats 'delta-rune'?"
A "video game!" More advanced than anything from our own time... But unfinished. If you would like, I could send it to you over the mail for you to try! Do ensure that you don't save over Bill or I's files, though. I fought all the secret bosses for Bill, and my own save is for that... odd route I found...
bbbllbbllpppplbppppbllbppp...
"oh! yes, please! that would be wonderful!"
"mhm, mhm— you dont say, telemachus?"
I'll go pack it up safely to ensure it arrives in good condition right away, then!
oh! i'll stay here and show telemachus the radio!
[Telemachus is placed directly in front of the radio.]
babalammmmmllllbllll
"thank you!"
"uh-huh, yeah? and what'd you do after?"
"are you conversing with the child, stanley?"
fweeeeeeeheheheee! mmmaababa... mmnnn... faa.
"really? wow! language, kid!"
mmmmuh! bllllpbbblllppp...
awww, blowing bubbles, baby?
mmmaaabababa!!!
"hey, you oughta not let your kid say such foul language!"
"the baby isnt even saying words!"
"shhh. I speak baby."
... i, um- uh! ... i- ... telemachus, maybe don't keep talking...?
mmmammaaamuh...
no!
"awwww. this kid is going places; trust me."
bababaaammnaa...
[There's quiet confused mumbling in the background.
"well, ill tell YOU how my day is going— someone spilled their coffee on me while I was shopping today! how messed up is that!"
mmmmaamm-
that's a radio, lemmy! that person you're talking to is ship!
... mmmmuh.
... hehe... sorry about the coffee getting spilled on you, ship...
[... He. Hasn't realized.]
"aah, its fine. hey, is the baby callin' you 'mama'?"
... is he?
mmmamamamaaaamamammm..
... ohh... lemmyy... is that...? is that on purpose?
"I bet it is! first word! I think."
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
What's going on? I've mailed the package, by the way.
mmmmmaaammaaaaaaaahmmuh!
... Oh. No way...!
"I got the package!"
"you missed the kid's first word!"
"WHAT."
But how? He shouldn't be anywhere near that stage of development, and he hasn't heard that word before as far as I'm aware- Oh, that's a new expression.
I'm a mama...!
bbbbpplllpppbbllpp... mmuh! mmaaammuh!
"this is the best moment of my life."
"liar!"
"SHHH. the baby is speaking."
pbbbbbbbbbbbffttt... mmmnn... mnuh...
... i think he's tired...
... Such a sweet baby...
"better get him to bed if hes getting tired!"
yes! yes yes! right away! nap time for baby!
bblllmmnnnpllmbppbpbmmmnn...
Ah, Bill won't be returning. He'll want to make sure his baby is safe and sound... He never wants to leave his side. Well, enjoy playing Deltarune!
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
"whats 'delta-rune'?"
A "video game!" More advanced than anything from our own time... But unfinished. If you would like, I could send it to you over the mail for you to try! Do ensure that you don't save over Bill or I's files, though. I fought all the secret bosses for Bill, and my own save is for that... odd route I found...
bbbllbbllpppplbppppbllbppp...
"oh! yes, please! that would be wonderful!"
"mhm, mhm— you dont say, telemachus?"
I'll go pack it up safely to ensure it arrives in good condition right away, then!
oh! i'll stay here and show telemachus the radio!
[Telemachus is placed directly in front of the radio.]
babalammmmmllllbllll
"thank you!"
"uh-huh, yeah? and what'd you do after?"
"are you conversing with the child, stanley?"
fweeeeeeeheheheee! mmmaababa... mmnnn... faa.
"really? wow! language, kid!"
mmmmuh! bllllpbbblllppp...
awww, blowing bubbles, baby?
mmmaaabababa!!!
"hey, you oughta not let your kid say such foul language!"
"the baby isnt even saying words!"
"shhh. I speak baby."
... i, um- uh! ... i- ... telemachus, maybe don't keep talking...?
mmmammaaamuh...
no!
"awwww. this kid is going places; trust me."
bababaaammnaa...
[There's quiet confused mumbling in the background.
"well, ill tell YOU how my day is going— someone spilled their coffee on me while I was shopping today! how messed up is that!"
mmmmaamm-
that's a radio, lemmy! that person you're talking to is ship!
... mmmmuh.
... hehe... sorry about the coffee getting spilled on you, ship...
[... He. Hasn't realized.]
"aah, its fine. hey, is the baby callin' you 'mama'?"
... is he?
mmmamamamaaaamamammm..
... ohh... lemmyy... is that...? is that on purpose?
"I bet it is! first word! I think."
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
What's going on? I've mailed the package, by the way.
mmmmmaaammaaaaaaaahmmuh!
... Oh. No way...!
"I got the package!"
"you missed the kid's first word!"
"WHAT."
But how? He shouldn't be anywhere near that stage of development, and he hasn't heard that word before as far as I'm aware- Oh, that's a new expression.
I'm a mama...!
bbbbpplllpppbbllpp... mmuh! mmaaammuh!
"this is the best moment of my life."
"liar!"
"SHHH. the baby is speaking."
pbbbbbbbbbbbffttt... mmmnn... mnuh...
... i think he's tired...
... Such a sweet baby...
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
"whats 'delta-rune'?"
A "video game!" More advanced than anything from our own time... But unfinished. If you would like, I could send it to you over the mail for you to try! Do ensure that you don't save over Bill or I's files, though. I fought all the secret bosses for Bill, and my own save is for that... odd route I found...
bbbllbbllpppplbppppbllbppp...
"oh! yes, please! that would be wonderful!"
"mhm, mhm— you dont say, telemachus?"
I'll go pack it up safely to ensure it arrives in good condition right away, then!
oh! i'll stay here and show telemachus the radio!
[Telemachus is placed directly in front of the radio.]
babalammmmmllllbllll
"thank you!"
"uh-huh, yeah? and what'd you do after?"
"are you conversing with the child, stanley?"
fweeeeeeeheheheee! mmmaababa... mmnnn... faa.
"really? wow! language, kid!"
mmmmuh! bllllpbbblllppp...
awww, blowing bubbles, baby?
mmmaaabababa!!!
"hey, you oughta not let your kid say such foul language!"
"the baby isnt even saying words!"
"shhh. I speak baby."
... i, um- uh! ... i- ... telemachus, maybe don't keep talking...?
mmmammaaamuh...
no!
"awwww. this kid is going places; trust me."
bababaaammnaa...
[There's quiet confused mumbling in the background.
"well, ill tell YOU how my day is going— someone spilled their coffee on me while I was shopping today! how messed up is that!"
mmmmaamm-
that's a radio, lemmy! that person you're talking to is ship!
... mmmmuh.
... hehe... sorry about the coffee getting spilled on you, ship...
[... He. Hasn't realized.]
"aah, its fine. hey, is the baby callin' you 'mama'?"
... is he?
mmmamamamaaaamamammm..
... ohh... lemmyy... is that...? is that on purpose?
"I bet it is! first word! I think."
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
What's going on? I've mailed the package, by the way.
mmmmmaaammaaaaaaaahmmuh!
... Oh. No way...!
"I got the package!"
"you missed the kid's first word!"
"WHAT."
But how? He shouldn't be anywhere near that stage of development, and he hasn't heard that word before as far as I'm aware- Oh, that's a new expression.
I'm a mama...!
bbbbpplllpppbbllpp... mmuh! mmaaammuh!
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
"whats 'delta-rune'?"
A "video game!" More advanced than anything from our own time... But unfinished. If you would like, I could send it to you over the mail for you to try! Do ensure that you don't save over Bill or I's files, though. I fought all the secret bosses for Bill, and my own save is for that... odd route I found...
bbbllbbllpppplbppppbllbppp...
"oh! yes, please! that would be wonderful!"
"mhm, mhm— you dont say, telemachus?"
I'll go pack it up safely to ensure it arrives in good condition right away, then!
oh! i'll stay here and show telemachus the radio!
[Telemachus is placed directly in front of the radio.]
babalammmmmllllbllll
"thank you!"
"uh-huh, yeah? and what'd you do after?"
"are you conversing with the child, stanley?"
fweeeeeeeheheheee! mmmaababa... mmnnn... faa.
"really? wow! language, kid!"
mmmmuh! bllllpbbblllppp...
awww, blowing bubbles, baby?
mmmaaabababa!!!
"hey, you oughta not let your kid say such foul language!"
"the baby isnt even saying words!"
"shhh. I speak baby."
... i, um- uh! ... i- ... telemachus, maybe don't keep talking...?
mmmammaaamuh...
no!
"awwww. this kid is going places; trust me."
bababaaammnaa...
[There's quiet confused mumbling in the background.
"well, ill tell YOU how my day is going— someone spilled their coffee on me while I was shopping today! how messed up is that!"
mmmmaamm-
that's a radio, lemmy! that person you're talking to is ship!
... mmmmuh.
... hehe... sorry about the coffee getting spilled on you, ship...
[... He. Hasn't realized.]
"aah, its fine. hey, is the baby callin' you 'mama'?"
... is he?
mmmamamamaaaamamammm..
... ohh... lemmyy... is that...? is that on purpose?
"I bet it is! first word! I think."
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
What's going on? I've mailed the package, by the way.
mmmmmaaammaaaaaaaahmmuh!
... Oh. No way...!
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
"whats 'delta-rune'?"
A "video game!" More advanced than anything from our own time... But unfinished. If you would like, I could send it to you over the mail for you to try! Do ensure that you don't save over Bill or I's files, though. I fought all the secret bosses for Bill, and my own save is for that... odd route I found...
bbbllbbllpppplbppppbllbppp...
"oh! yes, please! that would be wonderful!"
"mhm, mhm— you dont say, telemachus?"
I'll go pack it up safely to ensure it arrives in good condition right away, then!
oh! i'll stay here and show telemachus the radio!
[Telemachus is placed directly in front of the radio.]
babalammmmmllllbllll
"thank you!"
"uh-huh, yeah? and what'd you do after?"
"are you conversing with the child, stanley?"
fweeeeeeeheheheee! mmmaababa... mmnnn... faa.
"really? wow! language, kid!"
mmmmuh! bllllpbbblllppp...
awww, blowing bubbles, baby?
mmmaaabababa!!!
"hey, you oughta not let your kid say such foul language!"
"the baby isnt even saying words!"
"shhh. I speak baby."
... i, um- uh! ... i- ... telemachus, maybe don't keep talking...?
mmmammaaamuh...
no!
"awwww. this kid is going places; trust me."
bababaaammnaa...
[There's quiet confused mumbling in the background.
"well, ill tell YOU how my day is going— someone spilled their coffee on me while I was shopping today! how messed up is that!"
mmmmaamm-
that's a radio, lemmy! that person you're talking to is ship!
... mmmmuh.
... hehe... sorry about the coffee getting spilled on you, ship...
[... He. Hasn't realized.]
"aah, its fine. hey, is the baby callin' you 'mama'?"
... is he?
mmmamamamaaaamamammm..
... ohh... lemmyy... is that...? is that on purpose?
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
"whats 'delta-rune'?"
A "video game!" More advanced than anything from our own time... But unfinished. If you would like, I could send it to you over the mail for you to try! Do ensure that you don't save over Bill or I's files, though. I fought all the secret bosses for Bill, and my own save is for that... odd route I found...
bbbllbbllpppplbppppbllbppp...
"oh! yes, please! that would be wonderful!"
"mhm, mhm— you dont say, telemachus?"
I'll go pack it up safely to ensure it arrives in good condition right away, then!
oh! i'll stay here and show telemachus the radio!
[Telemachus is placed directly in front of the radio.]
babalammmmmllllbllll
"thank you!"
"uh-huh, yeah? and what'd you do after?"
"are you conversing with the child, stanley?"
fweeeeeeeheheheee! mmmaababa... mmnnn... faa.
"really? wow! language, kid!"
mmmmuh! bllllpbbblllppp...
awww, blowing bubbles, baby?
mmmaaabababa!!!
"hey, you oughta not let your kid say such foul language!"
"the baby isnt even saying words!"
"shhh. I speak baby."
... i, um- uh! ... i- ... telemachus, maybe don't keep talking...?
mmmammaaamuh...
no!
"awwww. this kid is going places; trust me."
bababaaammnaa...
[There's quiet confused mumbling in the background.
"well, ill tell YOU how my day is going— someone spilled their coffee on me while I was shopping today! how messed up is that!"
mmmmaamm-
that's a radio, lemmy! that person you're talking to is ship!
... mmmmuh.
... hehe... sorry about the coffee getting spilled on you, ship...
[... He. Hasn't realized.]
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
"whats 'delta-rune'?"
A "video game!" More advanced than anything from our own time... But unfinished. If you would like, I could send it to you over the mail for you to try! Do ensure that you don't save over Bill or I's files, though. I fought all the secret bosses for Bill, and my own save is for that... odd route I found...
bbbllbbllpppplbppppbllbppp...
"oh! yes, please! that would be wonderful!"
"mhm, mhm— you dont say, telemachus?"
I'll go pack it up safely to ensure it arrives in good condition right away, then!
oh! i'll stay here and show telemachus the radio!
[Telemachus is placed directly in front of the radio.]
babalammmmmllllbllll
"thank you!"
"uh-huh, yeah? and what'd you do after?"
"are you conversing with the child, stanley?"
fweeeeeeeheheheee! mmmaababa... mmnnn... faa.
"really? wow! language, kid!"
mmmmuh! bllllpbbblllppp...
awww, blowing bubbles, baby?
mmmaaabababa!!!
"hey, you oughta not let your kid say such foul language!"
"the baby isnt even saying words!"
"shhh. I speak baby."
... i, um- uh! ... i- ... telemachus, maybe don't keep talking...?
mmmammaaamuh...
no!
"awwww. this kid is going places; trust me."
bababaaammnaa...
[There's quiet confused mumbling in the background.
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
"whats 'delta-rune'?"
A "video game!" More advanced than anything from our own time... But unfinished. If you would like, I could send it to you over the mail for you to try! Do ensure that you don't save over Bill or I's files, though. I fought all the secret bosses for Bill, and my own save is for that... odd route I found...
bbbllbbllpppplbppppbllbppp...
"oh! yes, please! that would be wonderful!"
"mhm, mhm— you dont say, telemachus?"
I'll go pack it up safely to ensure it arrives in good condition right away, then!
oh! i'll stay here and show telemachus the radio!
[Telemachus is placed directly in front of the radio.]
babalammmmmllllbllll
"thank you!"
"uh-huh, yeah? and what'd you do after?"
"are you conversing with the child, stanley?"
fweeeeeeeheheheee! mmmaababa... mmnnn... faa.
"really? wow! language, kid!"
mmmmuh! bllllpbbblllppp...
awww, blowing bubbles, baby?
mmmaaabababa!!!
"hey, you oughta not let your kid say such foul language!"
"the baby isnt even saying words!"
"shhh. I speak baby."
... i, um- uh! ... i- ... telemachus, maybe don't keep talking...?
mmmammaaamuh...
no!
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
"whats 'delta-rune'?"
A "video game!" More advanced than anything from our own time... But unfinished. If you would like, I could send it to you over the mail for you to try! Do ensure that you don't save over Bill or I's files, though. I fought all the secret bosses for Bill, and my own save is for that... odd route I found...
bbbllbbllpppplbppppbllbppp...
"oh! yes, please! that would be wonderful!"
"mhm, mhm— you dont say, telemachus?"
I'll go pack it up safely to ensure it arrives in good condition right away, then!
oh! i'll stay here and show telemachus the radio!
[Telemachus is placed directly in front of the radio.]
babalammmmmllllbllll
"thank you!"
"uh-huh, yeah? and what'd you do after?"
"are you conversing with the child, stanley?"
fweeeeeeeheheheee! mmmaababa... mmnnn... faa.
"really? wow! language, kid!"
mmmmuh! bllllpbbblllppp...
awww, blowing bubbles, baby?
mmmaaabababa!!!
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
"whats 'delta-rune'?"
A "video game!" More advanced than anything from our own time... But unfinished. If you would like, I could send it to you over the mail for you to try! Do ensure that you don't save over Bill or I's files, though. I fought all the secret bosses for Bill, and my own save is for that... odd route I found...
bbbllbbllpppplbppppbllbppp...
"oh! yes, please! that would be wonderful!"
"mhm, mhm— you dont say, telemachus?"
I'll go pack it up safely to ensure it arrives in good condition right away, then!
oh! i'll stay here and show telemachus the radio!
[Telemachus is placed directly in front of the radio.]
babalammmmmllllbllll
"thank you!"
"uh-huh, yeah? and what'd you do after?"
"are you conversing with the child, stanley?"
fweeeeeeeheheheee! mmmaababa... mmnnn... faa.
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
"whats 'delta-rune'?"
A "video game!" More advanced than anything from our own time... But unfinished. If you would like, I could send it to you over the mail for you to try! Do ensure that you don't save over Bill or I's files, though. I fought all the secret bosses for Bill, and my own save is for that... odd route I found...
bbbllbbllpppplbppppbllbppp...
"oh! yes, please! that would be wonderful!"
"mhm, mhm— you dont say, telemachus?"
I'll go pack it up safely to ensure it arrives in good condition right away, then!
oh! i'll stay here and show telemachus the radio!
[Telemachus is placed directly in front of the radio.]
babalammmmmllllbllll
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
"whats 'delta-rune'?"
A "video game!" More advanced than anything from our own time... But unfinished. If you would like, I could send it to you over the mail for you to try! Do ensure that you don't save over Bill or I's files, though. I fought all the secret bosses for Bill, and my own save is for that... odd route I found...
bbbllbbllpppplbppppbllbppp...
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
"you named your tv?"
yep! telly vision!
It's been named for a while...
-but when i got that thingy in the mail with this game on it called "deltarune" there was like- a tv there- and- i don't want to rename telly! what if telly remembers us? i want to make sure telly knows i care!
... He named the oven too, I believe.
the forgemasterrr...
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
"all that matters is that youre a parent, and youre doing a good job at it! am I correct?"
ummm... ford?
Yes, Bill, you're doing a good job.
yay! yes, then! i'm doing very good at taking care of lemmy!
... "Lemmy"...?
... i couldn't use telly, that's the tv's name.
Right...
[ @sailingstans109 ]
[a message is coming through! its from a stanford you know! and its on the radiooo! you can tell its him because its. its his voice. cant make out what hes saying yet but its!! him!!]
[Bill races Ford to the radio while carrying Telemachus and stretches his free arm to push Ford away. Sam and Max to the phone style.]
hello? who's there?
[eventually, the voice is cleared up]
"hello! its me, stanford! ah— well, the other one you know. we should probably have different names to distinguish ourselves more clearly. ahaha!"
oh! hello!
Greetings! I am here too- Bill, get your hand off of my mouth!
it's so good to hear from you!
[Telemachus babbles.]
... how's boat?
... Future Ford?
no. boat.
"awwh, hiii telemachus! and other meeee."
"ah— the stan-o-war?"
no, as a name!
... We're not calling him "boat," Bill.
but it works! and then his stanley can be ship!
. . .
"snrk— gaheheheheehe—"
"no, no, itll work for now! we can think of those as, ah, placeholder names!"
[Bill can be heard chanting "YES! BOAT AND SHIP! BOAT AND SHIP!" while hopping around the room. Telemachus giggles all the while.]
... Right, well, it's good to hear from you! Was there any reason for contacting us? Not that you need one, of course-
boat and shiiip!
[you can hear the smile in FORD's— or, 'boat's, voice]
"oh, I just wanted to check in on everyone! see how things were going! and my, it seems like those two in the background have a lot of energy!"
Ah, yes, he has a lot of energy, indeed... So much that it's become a challenge to keep him calm. At least he seems more than capable of caring for little Telemachus, but-
BOAT! telemachus wants to say hi! ... you can't see him waving, but he's waving!
Sigh... Yes, Bill, he's waving...
[BOAT laughs] "oh, dear!"
"im waving back, as well! can you tell?"
[no, they cant, centipede man.]
No, the radio transmits soundwaves, we aren't hearing you wave-
spoilsport!
... Bill.
... sorry.
"ahaha, yes, i— i am aware of that, yes."
"who're you waving at? are you finally losing your marbles?"
"stanley, I assure you I have all my marbles secure and exactly where I last left them."
[Bill snickers and giggles all along, otherwise not interrupting.]
Hello, Stanley! Er- "Ship", as Bill seems to think a fitting temporary nickname for you.
"'ship'? you guys are callin' me ship now? where the hell did you guys get that?"
"well, we needed to differentiate ourselves from THEIR stan and ford, so...nicknames! they call me boat, now."
"..please tell me these are placeholder names."
Yes, absolutely placeholder names. Don't worry.
[Bill resumes chanting "ship and boat!!!"]
... He's... quite pleased with himself... Bill, gentle! You're holding a baby!
"did you give him sugar or some shit? whys he so energetic!?"
... Not sugar. I believe it's a change in hormones, possibly combined with excess sunlight exposure?
[Telemachus squeaks.]
hey! don't say that word!
"what? sunlight exposure?"
no! different word! that you said!
Bill, it's okay, Telemachus is too young to learn to say it... Ah, yes, sunlight exposure. He can feed off of sunlight, so it follows that an increase of activity could be caused or heightened by an increase in exposure to it.
"huh.. could bi—"
"no, stanley. variants of the same species can have different inner workings."
"ah."
"but that is fascinating! is it the same with telemachus?"
we met humans whose inner organs were mostly upside-down once, in our travels!
... Bill was the only one who noticed that.
I can't tell for certain if Telemachus is the same yet- the hair could be blocking it, or it could allow for a greater area to be used to absorb it. As of right now, he has no way to tell us if he has more energy from it or not, and he's too young to survive on that alone regardless... It's a difficult thing to isolate and test for, and the risks outweight the benefits.
"ah, right. understandable!"
"I still cant get over that my new nickname is ship."
"placeholder* nickname!"
"how the fuck did you say that."
Same way that I can say this!* We could think of something better for you, don't worry. How about "Better Stanley"? *Explanation not included.
no.
"...both of you ford's concern me. ill stick to ship."
"ship, ship, ship, shi—"
"you sound like mabel when shes reading those..uh..what are they, Japanese comics?"
"I think theyre called mangas, actually."
*Fords.
shiiiiiiiiiiip, wheehehehee! SHIIIIP aND BOOOAAAT!
... Manga would be correct, yes- But why would that...
"whenever she reads a Manga and sees two people having a 'romantic moment'—"
"she also does this in real life!"
"—she will start chanting 'ship, ship, ship, ship', which I believe to be short for 'relationship', as she wants those characters— or people— to start dating. she did it a lot when her brother and that northwest kid started hanging out more often."
"theyre actually dating now."
"..what."
... i should start doing that... Bill, no!
I see! Well, tell those two that I would like to congratulate them on their relationship!
and boaaat ship and boaaat shiip and booaaaat!!!
"ha!"
"I will let them know! once, of course, they stop trying to hide it, that is."
Ah, young love...
like you'd know anything about that.
Bill-!
hehehe! ship and boaaat!
babababoabababba!
"awwwwww, babyyyyy. hey— whyd you name the baby telemachus again?"
ohhh my boy, sweetest joy i've knooooown-
That isn't really a boy. I don't think your species has any kind of gender, normally...
let me have this.
Right, sorry.
. . .
... am... am i a father, or a mother? i... the, uh... time for me to be the father i never was... kind of... doesn't make sense either...
... I don't think it matters, Bill. You aren't a species from Earth, barely any of our terminology applies to you.
... frowny face.
