He said, "nothing compares．．．．．．．
   to the fever dream"．．．．．．．．．★
   It's what I do~
   I wait for you... ♡︎．．．．．．．．．？
CONTENT WARNING: SUGGESTED SA & R＠PE/NEGATIVE TALK
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Basil slowly gazes his eyes at it's. It's eyes meet his crimson glare.
"Who are you?" Basil speaks finally, turning his head in confusion.
"H-hi...! I'm Snaley!" It says, quivering, "Who are 𝐲𝐨𝐮?"
   (It looks like a big marshmallow, if you missed Snaley in the main game lmao)
"...I'm basil." He points to himself awkwardly.
   "Nice to meet ya!" It trots happily over to him, his whole tone changed.
   "Where... am I?" He decides to use this commoner as a guide, given no one else is in sight.
   "This is the Deep Sea!" Snaley's grin keeps Basil a tad bit more positive.
   "Oh, okay. I have a question, if that's okay with you."
   "Shoot!" It beams, seeming like he's the only being it's seen in a while.
   "Do you know where any other people are?"
   "Hmm... well... there is the Last Resort... I heard there's been a lot more strange human workers hired there." It says in uncertainty.
   "Can you take me there, please?" Basil politely asked.
   The smile seemed to go up even further on its face, "Of course! Anything for my new friend!" It turns around excitedly, "Last Resort, Here we come!!"
   It waddles, and Basil follows.
   "So! Where are you from?" It looks up, trying to compensate for the hight difference.
   "Oh... er..."
   "It's okay! You don't have to tell me."
   ...
   "What brought you here to the Deep Sea?" It asks another question.
   "Well..." Basil pauses.
What was I here for...?
   "Uhm... I got separated from my friends." Not a true truth, but not a full lie either.
   "I'm sorry..!"
   "It's okay."
   ...
   After some more unsettling silence, Snaley stops in his tracks. "We're here!"
   "I don't see it?" Basil glances around, trying to look for something that could look like a 'Last Resort'.
   "Oh! We have to take a taxi there."
"Ah, got it."
They encounter a taxi, just like it said, with a very suspicious looking driver.
"Where to?" The squalid croc doesn't regard them, keeping his eyes on the magazine he's reading.
"To Last Resort!" Snaley shouts with pride.
"Ugh. You again, Snaley? I told you, no clams, 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞." He hissed, examining the croc lady on the page diligently.
"No! This time, I got a friend!" It bounced up and down.
The croc rolls his eyes and took a glimpse at Basil.
"Hi?" Basil waves nervously, as the croc just... locked in on that red hue.
"... I'm not paid enough for this shit." The croc, without any implication, puts the car into gear and zooms off.
"Wait...!!! Aw, darn. I was sure that was gonna work." Snaley frowns, and kicks at the rubble in defeat.
"I'm sorry." Basil crouches down to its level.
"...Nah! You're fine! We'll just walk there." It returns that smile on its face, and hops down the road.
"... wonder what that was about." He ponders, but shakes it off.
He follows it, not knowing what was in store for them next....
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"This is it! The Last Resort!!" Snaley announced, while Basil couldn't get his gaze off of the resplendent view.
   The building, was in fact really impressive.
   It blinded Basil, and the smell of fish lingered in the 'air'.
   "Wow.."
   "Yeah! Cool, isn't it?" It grinned joyfully.
   Basil started to walk forward, but stopped once he realized Snaley wasn't following.
   "You coming?"
   "I... I can't. I'm banned from ever stepping foot into the place." It says, sorta looking frustrated, "but you can go and we'll meet up later!"
   "But-" Basil started.
   "It's okay! I hope you find your friends, Basil! See ya!" It takes one last glare at him, then it bolted off into the distance and around the corner.
   "Huh." Basil rests his hands on his hips.
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   "Hi Mari." Basil waves at her, monotonously, and proceeds to go up the steps to the building.
   "Wait, Basil." Mari holds out her hand.
   "Hm?" He hops down and walks over to her.
   "What's up?" He crosses his arms.
   A glimmer of bright green flashes in Mari's eyes.
   "Ȉ̷̳t̴̩̆'̷̯̓s̷̩̾ ̴̮̎ä̸͎́l̵͓̏l̸͎͠ ̷̣͝y̴̥̏o̴̢͌u̴̲͘r̶͈̾ ̷͎͠f̸̜̋â̷͓û̷͖l̴̝͂t̷̝͋.̶̨̓" she mumbles.
   "Huh? What did you say..?"
   "Ḯ̸͕t̸̤͒ ̴̪͐ẅ̵̢́a̸̦̿s̸̬̈ ̵̝̎y̶̗̒ò̴͉u̴̖̽r̸͚̅ ̵͙͝f̵̲́a̵͉͝ǔ̷̮l̸̪̐t̷̘̉ ̸̖̌s̷͎̈h̵͕̑e̵̛̫ ̵̝̂d̴̂͜ǐ̶̟é̴̙d̵̯͐.̶̱̐" A smile crept on her face.
   "I̴̱̕ ̶͕̉w̵͉̽a̴̺͑ǹ̷̫n̷͉̋a̷͎̕ ̷̦̋f̶̤̑u̷̝̅c̸̙̀k̷̤̀ ̷͚̈́y̶͚̎o̵̝̓ǘ̴̙ ̵̨̈́à̵̞ǵ̶͔ȁ̴͙i̶̥͗ñ̷͍ ̷̫̃ṣ̸̂o̴̧͗ ̵͙̒b̸̭͒ȧ̸̧d̴̜̃l̵͔̚y̸̓ͅ.̵͈̍ ̶̜̏I̶̠͂ ̶̫͊w̷͎̕a̶̫̽n̷͉̂ņ̴̛a̴͗͜ ̴̗̕f̴͕̑e̶͙̔ẹ̴̊ļ̶̋ ̴̘̾y̷͜͝o̵̘͒u̶̳͒r̷̳̃ ̵̭͂s̴͓̓k̵̥͗i̶̯̊n̴͍͠ ̵͊ͅá̷͉g̵̡̚a̷̪̋ḭ̵͆n̷̺͂s̷̗̓t̴̜͝ ̷͙͊m̶̡͘i̸̮͐n̴͎̄e̷̹̐.̸͕̑ ̴̳͂I̷̦͗ ̶̝̀w̵̱͂á̷̹ṉ̵̃n̸̜̈́a̴͚͊ ̵̧͒ẗ̵̫́a̷̼͑s̵̗̑ț̷̔ę̶̒ ̷̖̍ẏ̴̳ö̴́͜u̸̜̇r̸̖̈́ ̵͔̾s̸͚̋o̶̺͠u̵͇̔ḻ̶͐ ̵̼̀a̴͊ͅṅ̷͇d̷̲̀ ̷̣̈b̷̺̋o̸̭͋d̵̠͗y̷̩̅ ̴̹͝o̶͈̒n̴͈̎c̸͓͘ẻ̵̤ ̷̝̏ḁ̶͌g̴̹̊å̸̭ỉ̶̯ṉ̶̃...̷̟͛" she stood up and limped over to Basil, and rested her hand on his shoulder.
   Basil's eyes widened, and he froze in place.
Why... does that hand... feel so...
"...W̵͓̿a̸͍̓n̷̾͜n̵͚̒á̶̩ ̵͕̚p̸̩̂l̶͚̐ȧ̸̘y̷͖͋ ̷̗̚a̴̫̒ ̸͕̍g̵̛̬ã̶̮m̸̜̏é̶̡...̷͇̄ ̷̬̿j̸͎̋u̵̘͝s̷̜͑t̸̜̂ ̶̺͑ö̵͈́n̷̹̆ȩ̶͌ ̵̠̒l̶̫͑ȃ̸̝s̸̤͛t̷̹́ ̸̰̄t̵̟̿i̸͍͋m̵͇̐ȇ̴͕...̶͔̋?̸̭̏" 
Basil was shaking violently, and he could feel his veins jump out of his skin. A billion thoughts were flooding his mind, all leading to one thing.
"Y-"
"Basil!! Mari!!!" Kel quickly slams open the door and jogs down the stairs, "Hey! You guys good??"
"..." Mari stepped back and sits down, her same warming smile resting on her face.
"Yep! We're good. Basil here was just gonna find you guys."
Basil was still stuck. An opportunity had flown right in front of his face.
And he just missed it.
What's wrong with me...?
Kel ran up to Basil worryingly, and snapped in front of his face.
"Hellooo?? Earth to the country of Brazil??"
That got him to snap out of it.
Well, most of it.
"...HEY!" Basil's face flushed while he hid it under his sleeve, jokingly punching Kel in the stomach.
Kel burst out laughing, and Mari giggled.
"Ahh... Kel. You're so funny." Mari joined in on the conversation.
Kel immediately stopped laughing and took a deathly, cold glare at her. Mari stopped chucking and rested her eyes right back.
Basil smiled, but it quickly faded. His stomach churned in pain.
What is this feeling?
"Let's go help Aubrey and Hero." Kel darts his eyes away, grabs Basil's arm, and pulls him up the stairs. This makes Basil more flustered.
Mari waved goodbye innocently.
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"Woah..." Basil looked around the casino, a stronger aroma hitting his nose.
"Yep! This is the Last Resort!! I'll explain on the way." Kel beamed, dragging him along.
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Basil and Kel made their way through the first floor of the Last Resort, and Kel explained to Basil what had happened.
"So, apparently... Aubrey is working at as a secretary, and Hero is working with the boss!! I have no idea how they even got to that point! But we gotta go get them back!!!"
But Basil could barely pay attention, his ears ringed, drowning out Kel's voice.
A sickening feeling throbbed in his stomach.
It was so familiar, yet so different.
...
I got to... I got to...
g e t i t o u t .
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A/n: brazil you okay there buddy?