Scuba-Stuffocator Trial Run
Hello, this is Dr. Parker, and the StuffedZoo has commissioned me to work on new, top-secret Stuffocator technology. By now, you should know that what I am working on involves taking patented Stuffocator technology deep under the sea. The Stuffed Sea is now known to hold many, many species thought impossible before.
Well, while Karl and V were in the Stuffed Animal World’s rainforest tracking V’s mystery animal, Karl snuck away from the insanity, ate a tuna sandwich, did forty-five jumping jacks, and met me out on the shoreline (I was speedily flown there via StuffedZoo helicopter). I gave Karl the finished prototype Scuba-Stuffocator, which includes, among other things, a complex helmet, air supply system, five-point harness, flippers, and grappling hook.
Karl did not hesitate climbing into the heavy and, I’ll admit Baroque, gear. “Anything to get me away from V,” he said. “This mission for the spaniel-beaver-seal thing has gotten out of hand! V is out of control, obsessed!” And so Karl strapped in and bravely sloshed right into the water.
About fifteen minutes later I heard him over the two-way Stuffocator Radio. “Bbblliss bbllace bliz bbllammazing,” he said, the water somewhat garbling his voice. “Bbbluffed blarks, bblluffed bblahles, bbluffed bblolphins: I bllant bbllelieve it.”
Another ten minutes in, and I could see Karl returning to the sand. The grappling hook was hooked into the punctured air tank, the helmet was cracked, his harness system had completely tied his left arm down to his side, and one of his flippers was on backwards (the other one: gone). He panted and puffed, trying to catch his breath for several minutes. I patted his back, making sure his lungs hadn’t taken on any sea-water.
When Karl had finally regained composure, he said simply, “Got one.”
Next Time: Learn what Karl Stuffocated!
