(The Next Day, Ramshackle Dorm)
"Morning, Little Shrimpy, Baby Seal", Floyd announced, he and Jade entering the dorm, "we're here to get you, it's time to go",
"Erk, whenever I see you two, I'm always worried you're schemin' something, makes my heart skip a beat", Grim stated
"Please, we would never dream of getting rough with those who aren't in breach of contract", Jade reassured, "the weather's quite clear today, perfect for an outing; on that note...",
"Off to the Atlantica Memorial Museum", Floyd announced
"Azul's arranged it so that we'll have the whole museum booked for ourselves", Jade explained, "he's already gone ahead and is waiting on-site",
"I'll have to thank him when we get there, but please tell me you haven't doctored the photo", Evelyn asked
"We haven't, I've taken full responsibility for keeping the photo in safe custody", Jade reassured
"C'mon, let's move, time's a-wastin'", Floyd stated, Grim and Evelyn left the dorm, following Floyd and Jade, meeting up with Ace and Deuce and going through the mirror and swimming to the museum, with the aid of Floyd and Jade's eel forms.
"Duuude, wild, so this is what it's like inside", Ace said, looking around the room
"There's a statue of a legendary Sea King, huh", Deuce said, "I guess there's more famous figures around these parts than just the Sea Witch",
"King Triton was a good ruler of the sea's, sometimes strict, but he always kept his family safe", Evelyn explained as Azul walked up to the group
"Welcome, everyone, to the Atlantica Memorial Museum", Azul stated, "the Mostro Lounge will be holding a study tour today, or at least, that's the purpose of our visit on paper; regardless, I bid you take your time and enjoy yourselves",
"There you are, octo-tentacle Azul, only... you're not; are you just stayin' in human form", Grim asked
"Yes, betentacled mermen like myself aren't common around these parts", Azul said, "I wouldn't want to draw any undue attention to myself when our job is to return a photo on the sly",
"I see no reason to be concerned, no one would see the cute chubby little merman in the picture and connect that it's you", Jade reassured
"It wouldn't hurt you any to swim around in your real form on a trip home, why limit yourself to two legs when you can have eight", Floyd stated
"Just drop it, please", Azul asked, "I'm going to slip the photo back in its spot; the rest of you, feel free to explore the museum",
"Hey, check it out, there's a display for the mermaid princess's silver hair comb", Floyd said
"I saw a picture of that in the pamphlet before, that's clearly a fork, not a comb, right", Ace asked
"Maybe that's how it looks to you land-dwellers", Jade said, he, Floyd, Ace, and Deuce swimming around the museum
"You're not joining them", Azul asked
"I will; I just wanna make sure you're alright", Evelyn stated, Azul sighed, looking down at the photo in his hand, staring at his younger self
"I thought that if I could erase every photo of my past... I could erase my past itself", Azul explained, "my youth spent mocked as a slow, dimwitted octo-twerp; the Sea Witch never hid her past misdeeds, she worked to restore her reputation, and earned the people's respect that way; I kept saying I wanted to be like her... but in the end, I couldn't accept my own past, I kept rejecting it",
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