No Annoying Bubbles

I saw a Dive shop down the road, called Dive This, says Arthur.

No good, says Sweezus. We have to go to Perth Scuba.

Where's that? asks Arthur.

Canning Vale, says Sweezus. Don't worry. I've done my homework.

This is impressive.

.......

Sweezus and Arthur get off the TRANSPERTH bus in Canning Vale and head for Perth Scuba.

They hire out diving gear there.

Can I help you? asks a staff member, eventually.

Yeah man, says Sweezus. We're from the Western Australian Museum. We need to hire a deep sea diving suit for an expedition.

You'll need the Dolphin Rebreather, says the staff member, whose name is Ferdy.

Brill. That's the one, says Sweezus.

Ferdy goes out the back and comes back with a Dolphin Rebreather.

These are great, says Ferdy. Light, easy to transport, sophisticated electronics, longer no-stop limits, and no annoying bubbles. Comes with divesorb and nitrox.

Awesome says Sweezus. How much?

A thousand and fifty per week, says Ferdy. And then you'll need the rest of the package. Mask, fins, suit, boots, weight belt, delayed surfer marker buoy. That's an extra one fifty.

Cool, says Sweezus. I'll just make a phone call.

He pulls Arthur outside.

Faaaark, says Sweezus. What do I do now? That's heaps more than I quoted to Gaius.

Leave it to me, says Arthur.

He goes back inside.

.......


Ageless, Baby Pierre and Brianna are in the luggage compartment of a TRANSWA bus about to set out from Kalgoorlie.

The compartment has not yet been shut.

The driver notices Ageless.

An unaccompanied lobster, says the driver. Where'd you come from?

Ageless takes off his red knitted hat and climbs into it.

Now at least it looks as though he's in a shopping bag.

The driver gets up on the first step of the bus.

Anyone here own a lobster?

Yes, reply several voices.

(Who doesn't like lobster?)

Okay, says the driver. We'll sort this out later.

He closes the luggage compartment with a bang.

He climbs the steps, sits down in the driver's seat, and turns on the engine.

Only five hours to Esperance.