It's shark week! ...shark month! SHARKNADO! Or something... [Mingle]

[ourearth]

Date: 5th of October onward
Characters: OPEN

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Starting on the 5th and until the end of October, the Numbered are being watched. By sharks. Very tiny sharks.

Those sharks pop up in every water surface that has a connection to a larger water network (in other words, they will primarily pop up in people's loos, but the tiniest ones of them will also flush out of taps when they're turn on, or even out of showerheads...).

But never fear, it's not a widespread issue: It only happens in houses and other places that Numbered live, study and work in - anywhere that they are very often, a shark might pop up.

Comments

[dragoonrouge]

I

[All of a sudden a video is being broadcast across the network. The video is of a modern kitchen with tasteful, dark countertops and light cupboards. Front and centre is a large sink and a slender hand with purple-painted nails holding a large saucepan of uncooked pasta under the tap out of which very tiny sharks are falling.]

There are tiny sharks in my pasta. [The statement from Sadie has a hint of hysteria to it.] Why are there tiny sharks in my pasta?!

II

The shark thing was getting old now, they'd been popping up everywhere Sadie went; University, Ben's house, work... Even her family had had run-ins at home with the small marine critters. All she had wanted to do was shop in peace when the shark had popped up out of the water fountain.

Anyone else in town will find the blonde participating in a staring contest with a shark in a water fountain.

I.

[faimommy]

[Weeeelllllp....

That's new. And in this crazy land of constantly-new crazy things, that might say a lot. Or.... at least it does to Rune. And that probably says a lot.

A gentle, slightly-nervous laugh, and he tries to roll with it.]

Erm... mehbee thars ah prahblim with'a soerce?

Ahr they biy-en?

[Erm... maybe there's a problem with the source?

Are they biting?]

Re: I.

[dragoonrouge]

If it's a problem with the source then this is the weirdest pollution ever.

[The camera zooms in to provide a clearer view of the sharks swimming around the saucepan,]

I'm not putting my fingers in there but they've been nibbling on the pasta a little.

II

[iamnotgod]

Don't mind if Walter joins in on staring at that shark.

"Is this like with the dormice, then?" Walter asks.

He sounds more exasperated than terrified, which is probably a good sign of his mental stability.

[dragoonrouge]

"At least the dormice were cute... Don't tell Ray I said that."

Sadie gently nudges against Walter, "Where did your first shark appear?"

I

[channingchanningchanning]

Don't try to eat them, they bite!

Re: I

[dragoonrouge]

I wasn't planning on it.

Chad...[Sadie's voice is light with barely constrained giggles.] You tried to eat them didn't you?!

[spaghettimonster]

What do you mean, in your pasta??

[Sadie, he just opened the connection to the network, so he could ask if anyone else had been spooked by toilet sharks recently. Don't tell him they're materializing in food, he may need to flee the entire echo boundary.]

[dragoonrouge]

They're coming out of the tap!

[dreamtamer]

A: Tilly House Kitchen
Thom is hurriedly rummaging through the closet in search of a fishbowl. He finally locates it and rushes it back to the sink, where he fills it up. And then tries to decide on the best way to transfer the tiny shark he'd rescued earlier into the bowl.

B: Network
Does anyone know what baby sharks eat? I found one in the sink!

Can I keep it?

B

[iamnotgod]

Most sharks are carnivorous, though these are so small they might be better off being plankton-eaters.

[A pause.]

I suspect you're not going to get to keep it, however. Sharks normally need a lot of space to swim around in.

And if your moms haven't seen this yet, I bet they will soon.

Re: B

[dreamtamer]

Oh. I wonder where I could get plankton.

Even if I can't keep it for long I don't want it to go hungry.

B

[scarsolderthanyou]

No, Thom, you can't keep it. It's probably a spy for Mr. Evil.

A

[catted]

"...What are you doing in there?"

Mary Ann pokes her head into the kitchen, having heard the flurry of activity but not worried because she heard nothing break yet.

Network

[lovedramamoron]

Is anyone else being stalked by tiny sharks?

Everywhere?

Network, Text

[iamnotgod]

Yes.

This is worse than the mice; at least they haven't made a showing in the shower.

[dragoonrouge]

My professors at university are fascinated with them. We've got a fish tank full of the tiny ones.

It's awful.

[Network] October 6th.

[iamnotgod]

[Using video for once, Walter looks very unamused.]

I'd say this qualifies as the third worst birthday present I've ever gotten.

[And the third time he's gotten a present he's ever really disliked, for that matter.

As for why? ... He's holding a water-filled bowl, containing an admittedly-happy-looking shark.]

This one fell on my head.

I truly hope no one asks us to do interviews on this development.

[Audio]

[scarsolderthanyou]

Happy birthday.

[It sounds dry and almost deadpan. Sorry, that was funny. A shark on his head. That's awful but also kind of hilarious.]

[Network] October 6th.

[spaghettimonster]

I didn't give you the second, did I?

[Just to be sure, but mostly he's just here to laugh at his flatmate a little. Also...]

...Are you keeping it, by the way?

OTA-ish

[scarsolderthanyou]

Sam takes any shark he finds in his house and dumps it out outside on the lawn. And watches what happens. They're fish. Do they die from lack of water? Do they flop away to try and find water? Do they do anything?

Also, what do they smell like. He's half-expecting them to smell like Mr. Evil, given the sharks around his island.

Then he moves to his daughter's house to do the same thing.

If they don't die on their own, he might experiment with trying to kill them himself. Stepping on them, tossing heavy things at them, taking a pocket knife to them. Whatever.

Re: OTA-ish

[saveournpcs]

They die in due time when dumped onto the lawn, just like any regular shark would.

And they do faintly smell of Mr Evil.

[catted]

"Stop that." Mary Ann follows him when he carries sharks out of her house to see what he's doing and frowns when he dumps them into the garden.

She frowns at him when he chucks the sharks onto the lawn.

"At least put them somewhere the kids don't see them die. And then put them in the bin afterwards."

[singlefaith]

[Yua has not had any luck with this whole being a reincarnation of someone or other thing . . . it's only seemed to come with problems.]

[This time in the form of tiny sharks sprouting out of the garden hose when she tries to water her grandmother's herb garden.]

[Her shriek can probably be heard a few houses down as tiny sharks flop around on the grass. The hose is dropped as she yanks back; tiny sharks continue to spurt out onto the grass.]

[iamnotgod]

[Walter happens to be passing by on his bike - and the abrupt scream has him hitting the breaks.

He avoids hitting a post, but just barely.

Making the rest of the way in Yua's direction off his bike, walking it alongside him, he props it up somewhere out of the way before speaking up.]

... Should we hide them, or do you want me to call animal control?

[Hell, he could probably run them to a suitable location if they have a large enough basket - but that might be Too Much Weird.]