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[radio host]You're listening to 97.1, The Point.
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One of the reasons whyI love living here so much
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is that we get this amazing weatherwell into the fall season.
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Temperature high of 104 degreestoday in the greater Las Vegas area.
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Tonight, a high of 66 degrees and clear.
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[Sparkles] Morgana has offered mea guest performance spot
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to perform in the tank in Vegas.
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This is the opportunityI've been dreaming of.
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[engine starts, revs]
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But it could also mean,
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"I've given you this chance
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and you blew it again, kid."
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-["Black Sea" by Natasha Blume plays]-♪ Come down to the Black Sea ♪
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♪ Swimming with me ♪
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♪ Ah-ooh-ooh ♪
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{\an8}♪ Ooh-ooh ♪
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{\an8}♪ Come down to the Black SeaSwimming with me ♪
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{\an8}♪ Ah-ooh-ooh ♪
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{\an8}♪ Go down with me, fall with meLet's make it worth it ♪
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{\an8}♪ Ah-ooh-ooh ♪
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{\an8}♪ You rise, I fall ♪
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{\an8}♪ I stand, you crawl ♪
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{\an8}♪ You twist, I turn ♪
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{\an8}♪ Who's the first to burn? ♪
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{\an8}♪ You sit and stay ♪
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{\an8}♪ I don't obey ♪
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{\an8}♪ Where do we land? ♪
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{\an8}♪ In the Black Sea ♪
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{\an8}♪ Ooh-ooh ♪
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{\an8}♪ In the Black Sea ♪
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♪ Where do we land? ♪
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♪ In the Black Sea ♪
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{\an8}[song fades out]
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[mermaid 1] Let's get it.
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Um… Hello?
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[indistinct overlapping chatter]
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-Um, wait. What do I get?-I don't know.
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Something sweet and… What about--
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-Can I take a picture of y'all?-[mermaids] Uh, yeah.
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Love the Pride flag in the background.Three, two, one.
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["Fluorescent" by Russell Chimes playing]
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-I'm gonna get a Cocksucker next.-[bartender 1] Perfect.
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-Can I have a Caribbean Tea?-[bartender 1] Perfect.
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Jameson, rocks.
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-We're gonna need the Rainbow Show shots.-[bartender 2] Okay.
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-Yeah. Okay.-Yay!
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Oh, does it change color? What? Magic!
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-Ah!-Wow!
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["Fluorescent" continues playing]
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All right, so, to our first time in Vegas
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and to many, many happy returns.
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-Whoo-hoo!-Cheers.
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I was actually havingthat conversation in the airport.
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{\an8}This is the first time in a long time
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{\an8}I've been to Vegaswithout a bag full of weapons.
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-[mermaid] Yes.-And I got to the airport and felt naked.
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I'm like, I forgot something.
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Like, where is…Where is my golf bag full of swords?
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[laughter]
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["Fluorescent" continues playing]
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[glasses clink]
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[song ends]
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[pensive music playing]
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{\an8}So, my seaster, Chè Monique,tagged me on Instagram.
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{\an8}There is a King and Queenof the Sea pageant
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{\an8}on the Virgin VoyageMermaiden cruise ship.
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{\an8}"This exclusive event will featuremermaids and mermen from around the world
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{\an8}as they sail the Caribbean to competein underwater skills and pageantry
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{\an8}for the honor to be crownedKing of the Seas and Queen of the Seas."
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{\an8}[Blix] First, it's the firstcruise with a mermaid on it,
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{\an8}and she's brown-skinned.
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Like, come on, I have to be on there.
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I have my phone.I'm doing the application.
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Underwater contest in tails.
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Uh, talent show. Definitely doing that.
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"Intro. Who are you?And where are you from?"
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"Why should you be chosen?"
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"And Platform.What cause is important to you,
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and how are you workingtowards a solution?"
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Ooh!
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Splish-splash on 'em. It's The Blixunami.
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Ah, I messed up. Let me re-record.
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I should be chosen to beone of the 20 for this competition
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because I'm The Blixunami.
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Messed up again. Goddamn!
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All right, take 35,000.
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We gonna do this again. Come on, dolls.
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[Blix laughs]
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The competition's gonna be fierce
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because I do havesome sea-blings out there
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that always slay everything,but I'm ready to be fierce just as much.
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{\an8}Oh, I didn't see you there.
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{\an8}Hello. My name is Merman Andy.I'm from sunny Southern California.
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{\an8}I would love to be a contestant,
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{\an8}since this would open upso many doors for my community.
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{\an8}Why should I be chosen?
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{\an8}I'm the current Miss Mermaid Nevada,
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{\an8}a sailor, a free divingand mermaid instructor,
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{\an8}and a professional mermaidstunt performer and fire entertainer.
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{\an8}I think I should be chosenfor this pageant
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{\an8}because mermaiding ismy greatest passion in life.
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{\an8}To me, it's more than just an art formor a sport. It's a lifestyle.
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{\an8}I'm an attorney, a professional mermaid,a competitive swimmer,
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{\an8}and also Miss Mermaid Arizona.
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I think that's the one.
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{\an8}[upbeat music playing]
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-[laughter]-[mermaid 1] My hair was fine, and then…
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[mermaid 2] Is anyone bringingtheir makeup kit for touch-ups?
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[mermaid 3] Oh, yeah.
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[mermaid 4] This isthe only eyeshadow palette I have.
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[mermaid 5] No, that's not gonna work.
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[Morgana] Mmm.
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[both] We should have brought rum.
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-They probably deliver.-[both laughing]
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[mermaid 3] Probably.
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[Kira] So I went to the Silvertoneight or nine years ago with a friend,
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{\an8}we saw the mermaid show, and I was like,
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{\an8}-"This is cool. I want to do that."-[Morgana] Really?
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-Yeah.-This is gonna be amazing.
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[music ends]
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[soft music plays]
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[Sparkles] These mermaids areused to swimming in deep cold water tanks.
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I practice ina nine-foot-deep pool every day.
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Cold water is my mermaid weakness.
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Any time I get in cold water,I tend to clam up,
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and it affects my breath holds.
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They've got so much more experiencejust entertaining people,
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being underwater,interacting through the glass.
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I have none.
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[door shuts]
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-Hi!-Hey.
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Come on in. Hey, baby girl.
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-Sparkles is here.-[mermaids] Yay!
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It's nice to meet you,fellow sparkle fish.
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Yes! I'm so happy to be here.
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-We are so excited to have you.-I'm very honored.
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We're a bit behind schedule.So we gotta get going.
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No one's wearing glitter.
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-You got the memo? Fantastic.-Yes.
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And then everyone hastheir eyes, ears, sinuses health kit?
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All right. We're good to go.
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-[exhales]-[Morgana] Everybody over here.
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Okay, let's go two to a seat.Try getting body first, then bag.
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[mermaid 5] If you're gonna sit,you're gonna need to sit.
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-[Sparkles] Okay. Sorry.-I can't hold this very long like this.
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Trying to make sureI was getting in the right spot.
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Okay, sorry.
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There we go. I'm in.
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[Kira] Do you do your rainbownessyourself, or do you have…?
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-Had a friend-- These are extensions.-Oh, they're extensions!
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[Sparkles] Yes, and I hada friend dye them for me.
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-I hope you're not attached to the color.-[Sparkles] Oh no, I'm not.
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[Kira] 'Cause it'll be goneafter one dive.
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[Morgana] Everybody in?
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[Kira] Please keep all legs and finsinside the vehicle at all times.
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[Morgana] Fasten your seat belts.Off we go.
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{\an8}[Tristan] So, I'm at Mertailor,and it's my birthday.
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And while I lovewhen I'm inside of those walls,
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life became very lonely for me.
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And then I get a messagefrom somebody that I used to use with.
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And he invited me to a Memorial Day party.
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{\an8}And in the first hour, out come the drugs.
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I took just one hit,
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and then the instant shame.
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And it got badvery, very quickly. [chuckles]
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It got so bad. Um…
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I didn't go home to where I was living.I was living in my truck for weeks.
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And I'm seeing, like, my phoneis blowing up from Eric, Candy,
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all the mermaids.
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And I didn't know what to do,
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and I finally just, like,threw my hands up in desperation
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and I talked to Eric's mom, Candy.
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{\an8}I wanted to afford himan opportunity to get back to the place
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{\an8}and the person that he was.
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{\an8}That he is.
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[Eric] I was concerned about Tristan.
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And I wasn't sure what wasgoing to happen with him.
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{\an8}But I'm a believer in second chances.
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{\an8}And because he is such a"I'm going to do better" person,
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"I want to do better,"
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you know, why not give somebodythe opportunity to do better if you can?
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And that woman and that man, together,
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are the only reasonthat I may be alive right now.
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{\an8}[steam whistle blows]
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{\an8}[Blix] I was living withMerma Naja in the middle of Georgia.
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But Naja's living situation changed,and I basically had to move out.
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It's been super stressfulbecause I need somewhere to go.
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Well, I reached out to my mom,
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and I asked if I could stayfor a couple of weeks.
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And the response I gotwas basically a, "No, you can't."
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"But live your best life and good luck."
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[chill lo-fi music playing]
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I got more friends that I can go to.
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{\an8}So, I hit up Gabi,and now I'm here in the big city.
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-I'm going to make some tea.-[Blix] Thank you, sis.
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Financially, I am very low on funds.
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So right now, I am couch-surfing.
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Couch-swimming.
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[Gabi] I've known Blix for 12 years.
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{\an8}He's helped me in the past,and so now I'm here to help him.
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His family is pushing him to the side.
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You'd think this is the timehe needs them the most,
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and actually they justkind of left them out in the dry.
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[Blix] I gotta keep swimming.
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[big band music playing]
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[Kira] Ah, look at the fish!
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-Wow!-[Sparkles] So pretty!
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[Morgana] The Silverton Aquariumis a crazy place to perform.
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You almost have to work harder todraw that audience in, to take them away
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from the slot machines and bright lightsand be even more magical
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than everything else going on in Vegas.
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[mermaid 1] Wow!
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Look at the ray. Look.
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Oh my God. He's so cute.
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[Sparkles] As aquarium gigs go,this one is harder than most
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because casinos are open 24/7.
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So you don't get a practice divebefore being on display.
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Take inspiration. Gonna make me emotional.
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-[Morgana] Too early to get emotional.-[Sparkles] I know.
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-[Morgana] You ready?-[Sparkles] I think so.
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All right, guys. We gotta head up.
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[big band music fades out]
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I love this smell.
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[Sparkles] Wow.
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[Morgana] All right, circle up.
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Welcome to the 117,000-gallonSilverton saltwater tank.
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-Whoo!-[Morgana] Yes.
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[Kira] Yay!
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[Morgana] Working ina live stocked aquarium
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can be very dangerous, very fast.
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Hypothermia is a constant riskwith aquarium work.
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In less than 80 degrees, we wantto really limit our time in the water
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in order to make sure no one gets too cold
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to the point where they havea loss of motor control.
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Gonna be doing 20-minute setsto make sure no one goes hypothermic.
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As far as hazards and animal life,you guys need to move slow.
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This is a heavily stocked tank.
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If you're gonna go to the bottom,
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land nice and slow,and don't land on a ray.
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There is also a porcupine puffer fish.Everybody see him?
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Don't try to pet him.
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-He gets a little nippy.-[Sparkles] Hm.
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We're going to start tailing upand put on a show.
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-Awesome. Exciting.-[excited chatter]
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I tend to wake up on show daysalready having the nightmare
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that something's gone horrifically wrong.
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That something has busted or brokenor is leaking somewhere.
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If the pump has failed,if the filter has failed.
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What if the entire thing explodescatastrophically, the glass breaks,
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and the mermaid shoots out the side
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while lacerating all her major arterieson the way out,
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dies, and traumatizes 47,000 children?
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There's so many members of this teamthat have trusted me with their journey,
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that trusted me with their safety,trusted me with their livelihood,
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and if I make the wrong calls,
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all of that goes away.
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♪ It's a new dayIt's time for a new slay ♪
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["Funk and Strut"by Robert W. Lamond playing]
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If I get selected for this cruise,I have to have money to get to Miami.
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Because that's wherethe cruise ship is docked.
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So, it's hustle time.
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["Funk and Strut" continues]
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Imma be back here. Mark my words.Radio City Music Hall.
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It's gonna say,"The Blixunami World Tour. Sold out."
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[photographer] Big arms, Blix.
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Is this your real job?Or do you have a day job too?
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Yeah. This it.
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-This is your real job? Cool.-Uh-huh. [laughs]
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[Gabi] Bring on the tail.
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[Blix] A lot of mermaids have one pirate,
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but The Blixunami needs a crew.
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[photographer] The transformation.
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Then just get the buttons.
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In New York, friends are willingto help me get to be where I want to be.
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-Your lips look good, honey.-Okay.
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Since I'm in New York, I'm going tomake sure I get Instagram followers.
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Getting the brand out thereand doing my thing.
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[camera clicking]
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Going to make sureeverybody knows who The Blixunami is.
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-Yes!-Gorgeous!
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Thank you!Make sure y'all tag me on Instagram.
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Flip that fin.
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[camera clicking]
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[laughter]
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[Blix] Excuse me! Merman coming through!
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[photographer] He just splashedin the city. Making big waves.
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The Blixunami!
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[Blix] A lot of peoplesee me with a smile on my face,
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but deep down inside,a lot of the times, I'm--
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I have a sad face that I'm hiding.
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[soft, somber music plays]
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And I try to mask it with,"Oh, that's the past."
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But deep down inside,
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little eight-year-old Ericstill is hurting.
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And it's lingering to 30-year-old Eric.
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My parents still haven'taccepted me fully for who I am.
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I got to keep swimming.
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{\an8}[birds chirping]
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{\an8}[radio host] The Fox, 96.7.Good afternoon. It's Kelly Wright.
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With me, got a special guest,Eric Ducharme,
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from Mertailor's MermaidAquarium Encounter.
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You're doing something wonderfulfor Halloween. What's going on?
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We have our first,what we call, Underwater Spooktacular,
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where we transform the entire aquariumto a little spookiness.
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And, uh, basically we're invitingall of our guests to come in
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and be transformedinto this underwater world.
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Then we'll have a special performancein our underwater theater
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with our mermaidsand underwater skeletons.
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So we're gonna dry practicefor a little bit,
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and we're gonnaget in the water and run through this.
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{\an8}The Mertailor Halloween Showis a very big investment.
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This was a very big move for me.
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The financial stress is… Is tough.
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And this is when we all push off.
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[Candy] We are very dependent
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on this being successful.
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We hope that people are gonna cometo see these new mermaid shows,
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but the recovery from the investmentin that tank alone will take years.
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If this doesn't work,you could potentially lose everything.
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[bus driver]{\an8}No speakerphone conversations.
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Please keep your phoneconversations at a minimal tone
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so you don't disturb other passengers.
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The restroom is in the backof the coach for your convenience.
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If you need to movethroughout the coach, use the handrail
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by the overhead compartment,
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or use the headrestsat the back of the seating area.
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[Blix] So, even thoughmy real family doesn't really accept me,
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my mermaid family accepts all of me.
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And I can't wait to see themand meet them all at Afro Mermaid Summit.
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["Clear Path" by Joe McGuire playing]
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So, we made it. We are here in Miami.
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My seaster, Carrie Wata,
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she's the first Black womanto host a mermaid event.
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She is Sea-yoncé.
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[camera clicking]
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-[knocking at door]-Shello!
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-[excited chattering]-Hey! Hi!
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[both laughing excitedly]
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[Carrie Wata] Hi, guys!
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[woman] Hi, sis!
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{\an8}Growing up, there was never really muchrepresentation of Black princesses,
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{\an8}of Black mermaids,or just anything Black and beautiful.
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[upbeat music playing]
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I created Afro Mermaidbecause Afro Mermaids
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didn't have a pod or a place to call home.
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-Yes, hi!-Hey, welcome to your own party.
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-Hi, everyone!-Come on, girl.
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Rolling through. We want to really see…
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{\an8}Afro Mermaid is a lot more intimatethan MerMagic Con,
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{\an8}and therefore, everyone feelsmore connected.
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{\an8}Like, it really does feellike a family reunion.
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Pulling your armslike you're twisting a rope,
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but you want to keep spinning, spinning.
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We'll practice it a little more.Probably… We'll do a little bit today.
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We'll do a little more tomorrow.Hello! Hello! Shello!
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[Carrie Wata] At Afro Mermaid,everyone's welcomed,
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and we're all just teaching each otherhow to grow and be great together.
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[Ché] This is likethe unlearn-your-bad-habits class.
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[mermaid 7] Yes.
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[Ché] That's whyI'm hoping more people do this
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within their, like,first six months of mermaiding
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so that they don't createthe bad habits in the first place.
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-Ready? All right, let's go.-I'll go.
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["Shake, Shake, Shake"by Photronique playing]
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[Blix] We've never hada place where we could be ourselves
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and swim as brown mermaids.
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The fact that we now have somethingcatering to us just means the world.
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♪ Shake, shake, shake, shake ♪
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[singers vocalizing]
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♪ One style with the gas, racecar… ♪
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At Afro Mermaid, me and Mermaid Najaare going to be filming my music video.
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[Naja] Three, two, action.
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Oh, that's perfect!
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Just flip your fins and stay in one place.
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And I plan on havingall the Black and brown mermaids
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from Afro Mermaid at my video shoot.
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[Naja] Mermaids, can I get a "Shell yeah!"
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[mermaids] Shell yeah!
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[overlapping chatter]
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[mermaid 8] Go, Kelsey, go!
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There she goes!
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[mermaids] Five, four, three, two, one!
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[all cheering]
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[Blix] Okay, y'all,so right now, for the video,
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I want all of us to gather over hereand be lined up,
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so we can do the one shot.
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Then we're going to film just us,B-footage, just dancing.
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Then we're gonna swim aboutand just flip tails.
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Just do all that.And it'll be-- Yeah, just like that.
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♪ Let me fix my crownBefore I hit your pool now ♪
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♪ The Blixunami liveI make my rules, yeah ♪
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[Naja] Splish-splash on 'em!Whoever's in the water, splash your tails.
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♪ Conch shell blowing bubblesPuff, puff, puff… ♪
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[song fades out]
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She's so sparkly.
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Make your instructor proud.
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-Yes, always.-[chuckling]
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[Morgana] Tuck your leggings in the back.
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-[mermaid 1] Well, the…-[Morgana] Tuck anyway.
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Sit up. Thank you. Better.
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You got 15 minutesto be a magical, magical fish.
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Just go down and find your zen.Go see your friends.
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[tense instrumental music builds slowly]
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Oh, there she goes. Oh, that's my girl.Oh my God, look at her!
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God, she's got a great backflip.
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That's my girl.
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Yes, full extension.Watch your head. And perfect!
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You're nailing it.
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[Sparkles sighs]
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[Sparkles] I'm so afraidthat they're going to be
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so flawlessly free divingdown to the bottom of that tank.
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Her depth is perfect.
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[Sparkles] Hitting theirbeautiful, elegant poses.
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[Morgana] I love it so much.
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Hey, Michelle, one more time,go through the arch.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing twice.
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[Sparkles] And I'm scaredI'm going to be flailing at the surface.
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Gasping for air.
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[breathes deeply]
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[tense music fades]
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[Morgana] You gotta breathe at some point.
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Maybe they don't.
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-[chuckles softly]-[water splashes]
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Gorgeous. Amazing.
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Warm shower.Hypothermia bad, warm shower good.
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-Tasha, you did eyes, ears, and sinuses?-[Tasha] Yep.
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[Morgana] Okay.Sparkles, go get your tail.
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[Sparkles] Okay.
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[inhales deeply]
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[exhales sharply]
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[creepy atmospheric music playing]
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[Eric] Blue is fascinated by Halloween.
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The way he treats Halloween is likemost people would treat Christmas.
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And this is an example of what he does.
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[recorded roaring]
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{\an8}See? Every time.
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[recorded laughter]
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It's phenomenal. He's gotten so awesomeat creating this Halloween world.
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We were replacing the toiletsnext door for our neighbor,
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and I had this great ideato use it for a prop.
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And I had to havesomeone throwing up this year.
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So I have the guy puking in the bucket.
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Aw, It didn't go off.
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-[creepy atmospheric music plays]-[chuckling]
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[Candy] Ladies and gentlemen,welcome to the Magic Palace.
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{\an8}Tonight's performance, by Magic Eric…
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{\an8}Oh, Eric Ducharme.
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He was always building.He was always making.
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He would build stages at the house
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and figure out how to producethese magic shows.
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Hello, folks. Ladies and gentlemen,
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I'm Eric Ducharme, and first of all,I would like to welcome you
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to the Magic Palace.
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Now, today we havea first wonderful trick…
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I'm not talking aboutthe typical little kid stages.
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My entire back porch was a stage.
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Voilà!
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Then, for a little while,we were into clowning.
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Clown!
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[Candy] Everything wasentertainment and artistic.
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I would come home and find my motherdressed up in the silliest outfits.
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And my father dressed up,sitting in a chair,
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not looking as happyas my mother would be.
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Part one of The Invaders,
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where real invaders come to this Earthand destroy people on Halloween night.
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Thank you.I hope you enjoyed this show. Bye.
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[pensive music playing]
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[Eric] It's because I really wanted itso bad that I made it happen.
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-Okay, we got four minutes to open.-[woman] All righty.
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We're very excited about of our firstever event, the Halloween Spooktacular.
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[mermaid 9] I feel likeI'm looking a little raccoony.
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This is more stressfulthan doing the shows.
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The shows I got down.
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Okay. Are we ready, guys? Doors open?
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[woman] Can we open doors? Are we ready?
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Hi, how are you? Welcome.
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Go left and have a seat in the theater.
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A full house per show is only 40 people.
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We have sold 15 tickets.
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This has been a little scary.Of course, we went over budget.
481
00:28:29,499 --> 00:28:32,627
[Eric] I never got to doa Halloween show at Weeki Wachee.
482
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:36,840
I really wanted the firstHalloween performance at Mertailor
483
00:28:36,923 --> 00:28:39,342
to be beyond my wildest dreams.
484
00:28:40,927 --> 00:28:44,389
I am a cursed piratefor the Halloween show.
485
00:28:44,472 --> 00:28:49,227
I get to act up and be silly,in the best way.
486
00:28:49,811 --> 00:28:52,689
[Candy] We're not gonna wait any longer.Doors are closing.
487
00:28:52,772 --> 00:28:54,524
[woman on radio] One minute to show, guys.
488
00:28:55,316 --> 00:28:57,444
-Do we have a lot of people?-[woman] Uh…
489
00:28:58,236 --> 00:28:59,738
I want to say 20.
490
00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:01,865
[groans]
491
00:29:01,948 --> 00:29:07,370
[Eric] I'm building a life at Mertailorfor a whole new type of history to happen,
492
00:29:08,538 --> 00:29:11,124
and I want everybody to experience that.
493
00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:13,501
["Secrets" playing]
494
00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:16,004
♪ Let me pull you in ♪
495
00:29:16,087 --> 00:29:18,673
♪ Let me take you over ♪
496
00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:21,551
♪ Let me pull you in ♪
497
00:29:30,143 --> 00:29:31,519
[spectator] That's so cool.
498
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:38,860
That's beautiful.
499
00:29:39,402 --> 00:29:41,404
["Secrets" continues playing]
500
00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:58,004
[song ends]
501
00:29:58,087 --> 00:29:59,923
[applause and cheers]
502
00:30:00,006 --> 00:30:01,216
Whoo!
503
00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:04,719
[Candy] People have to comethrough the door
504
00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:07,347
in order for us to be ableto continue to do this.
505
00:30:07,430 --> 00:30:10,850
But now we know what we're capable of,
506
00:30:10,934 --> 00:30:15,897
this is just a very small pieceof what I know he wants to come.
507
00:30:24,739 --> 00:30:27,575
{\an8}-[Ché] Thank y'all for your patience.-[mermaids chattering]
508
00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:28,743
{\an8}I know, that's why…
509
00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:30,078
Fat fishies, gather!
510
00:30:30,161 --> 00:30:32,664
Let's take a Societyof Fat Mermaids group photo.
511
00:30:32,747 --> 00:30:34,791
I think everybody is here.
512
00:30:35,542 --> 00:30:37,710
{\an8}-Who is holding it?-Oh, I had one end.
513
00:30:37,794 --> 00:30:39,671
{\an8}-Gonna hold an end.-That's your side.
514
00:30:39,754 --> 00:30:43,800
{\an8}All right, all right. Let's get tightlike we like each other.
515
00:30:43,883 --> 00:30:47,053
{\an8}I think because I startedSociety of Fat Mermaids,
516
00:30:47,136 --> 00:30:51,307
I think I just kinda popped up at a momentwhere people were ready to see who I am.
517
00:30:51,391 --> 00:30:53,977
So, even though I don't feelI've been doing this long,
518
00:30:54,060 --> 00:30:56,187
I feel very known and very present.
519
00:30:56,271 --> 00:30:59,023
-Fat Mermaids!-[all] Make waves!
520
00:30:59,107 --> 00:31:01,609
-Fat Mermaids!-[all] Make waves!
521
00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:04,487
-Fat Mermaids!-[all] Make waves!
522
00:31:04,571 --> 00:31:07,198
[all cheering]
523
00:31:07,282 --> 00:31:10,076
[Ché] There really aren'ta lot of merfolk my size.
524
00:31:10,159 --> 00:31:13,288
I'm on the bigger side of, like,
525
00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:17,250
the plus-size you're gonna findin not a specifically plus-size shop.
526
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:22,505
I really want a silicone tail becausethose experiences where kids touch it,
527
00:31:22,589 --> 00:31:26,968
and it's like, "Ooh! You really are real."That does seem absolutely magical.
528
00:31:27,051 --> 00:31:30,513
I've got 60-inch hips,so it's hard to find a mermaid tail.
529
00:31:31,389 --> 00:31:34,642
{\an8}Mermaid Kariel has agreedto make me a silicone tail.
530
00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:37,687
She's been working on moreplus-size stuff lately.
531
00:31:37,770 --> 00:31:40,481
And we've been talking abouthaving, like, a partnership.
532
00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:44,819
Totally blindsided me. Like…I didn't really know she knew I existed.
533
00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:47,322
She's like a legend in our industry.
534
00:31:47,405 --> 00:31:49,991
I kinda thought that Kariel represented
535
00:31:50,074 --> 00:31:52,702
that thin, white,Barbie-like mermaid dream.
536
00:31:52,785 --> 00:31:56,372
I never thought that Kariel and Iwould have any type of partnership,
537
00:31:56,456 --> 00:31:59,792
but we talked waiting for coffeeat MerMagic Con.
538
00:31:59,876 --> 00:32:03,004
And she just reallywanted to work with me.
539
00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:04,589
[line ringing]
540
00:32:05,715 --> 00:32:06,633
[computer chimes]
541
00:32:06,716 --> 00:32:09,469
-Shello!-[Kariel] Hi, Chè, how's it going?
542
00:32:09,552 --> 00:32:11,429
Beyond excited for this moment.
543
00:32:11,512 --> 00:32:14,515
I need to take all your measurementsso that I can make you
544
00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:18,061
your very first silicone mermaid tail.
545
00:32:18,144 --> 00:32:18,978
Yay!
546
00:32:19,062 --> 00:32:23,066
So you can take those amazing mermaiddreams of yours just a little bit further.
547
00:32:23,149 --> 00:32:24,609
-Babe?-[man] Yeah.
548
00:32:24,692 --> 00:32:26,778
-Could you come here, please?-[man] Okay.
549
00:32:26,861 --> 00:32:29,113
-Supportive husband.-I am ready.
550
00:32:29,197 --> 00:32:30,156
[laughing]
551
00:32:30,239 --> 00:32:32,116
[Kariel] Oh yeah! All right.
552
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,160
You have to tell me too. Like…
553
00:32:34,243 --> 00:32:37,914
I think part of this isI don't want to be offensive in any way.
554
00:32:37,997 --> 00:32:40,375
Okay, that's fair.Say what you need to say.
555
00:32:40,458 --> 00:32:42,085
I'm comfortable in my skin.
556
00:32:42,168 --> 00:32:45,838
I want to do the largest partof your butt area.
557
00:32:45,922 --> 00:32:48,841
-["Keep On" by Muszette playing]-♪ They told me to stand still ♪
558
00:32:48,925 --> 00:32:52,011
♪ So Imma keep on runnin'They try to bring me down ♪
559
00:32:52,095 --> 00:32:53,805
♪ But I'm the one that's huntin' ♪
560
00:32:53,888 --> 00:32:57,266
♪ And every day I see the sun riseOut of the darkness ♪
561
00:32:57,350 --> 00:32:58,518
[Kariel] That's it.
562
00:32:58,601 --> 00:33:00,603
-All right. Talk soon.-[Kariel] Bye.
563
00:33:00,687 --> 00:33:03,481
♪ Wanna give me reasonsWant me to stay the same ♪
564
00:33:03,564 --> 00:33:06,609
♪ But I ain't losin' nothin'From what I got to gain ♪
565
00:33:06,693 --> 00:33:10,822
♪ Better for it on the other sideStronger than my weakness ♪
566
00:33:11,906 --> 00:33:14,951
-[cheers and applause]-♪ I will not surrender ♪
567
00:33:15,034 --> 00:33:17,203
♪ Can't break my soul ♪
568
00:33:18,329 --> 00:33:20,999
♪ I will always remember ♪
569
00:33:21,082 --> 00:33:23,292
♪ What I am to the core ♪
570
00:33:24,419 --> 00:33:25,878
Shake, shake.
571
00:33:25,962 --> 00:33:28,172
-[all cheering]-♪ Keep on, keep on ♪
572
00:33:28,256 --> 00:33:30,174
-[song ends]-Who's next?
573
00:33:30,258 --> 00:33:31,801
[laughing]
574
00:33:33,136 --> 00:33:35,722
[Blix] My seaster, Carrie Wata,
575
00:33:35,805 --> 00:33:39,475
asked me if I could perform"Splish-Splash on 'Em,"
576
00:33:39,559 --> 00:33:42,603
and I immediately told her yes.
577
00:33:42,687 --> 00:33:46,065
This'll be my first performance.It's going to be amazing.
578
00:33:46,149 --> 00:33:50,069
And I hope when everybody sees meperform this song they see the magic,
579
00:33:50,153 --> 00:33:53,489
and the passion, and the sparkles,and the glitter, and everything!
580
00:33:53,573 --> 00:33:56,409
All the dramatics, and the bubbles.I'm about to kill it!
581
00:33:56,492 --> 00:33:58,077
It's gonna be everything.
582
00:33:59,996 --> 00:34:02,957
-Y'all got no more bubbles?-We do. You're good. You're divine.
583
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:05,126
-I need the mic too.-You want the mic now?
584
00:34:05,209 --> 00:34:07,211
-I don't know where it's at.-Right here.
585
00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:13,051
Hey. Hi. No, I need the real mic, girl.
586
00:34:13,551 --> 00:34:14,552
[laughs]
587
00:34:15,970 --> 00:34:18,639
uh-uh. What are you doing?Where the mic at?
588
00:34:23,644 --> 00:34:26,481
[Carrie Wata] Now we have… Blix!
589
00:34:26,564 --> 00:34:29,609
[audience cheering]
590
00:34:32,820 --> 00:34:34,697
[spectator] Blix, Blix, Blix, Blix!
591
00:34:34,781 --> 00:34:37,325
-[audience cheering]-Go, go, go, go, go, go.
592
00:34:37,408 --> 00:34:39,368
[Carrie Wata] Ladies and gentlemen,
593
00:34:39,452 --> 00:34:44,749
The Blixunami!
594
00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:47,627
[woman] Whoo!
595
00:34:50,046 --> 00:34:51,339
Yes!
596
00:34:53,633 --> 00:34:56,844
Afro Mermaid! What's up? What's up?
597
00:34:58,304 --> 00:35:01,099
♪ Imma be the main event, yeah ♪
598
00:35:01,182 --> 00:35:05,019
♪ Swimmin' on your screensIn a pretty fin, yeah ♪
599
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:08,856
♪ The BlixunamiWill never be pretend, yeah ♪
600
00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:12,485
♪ Let me fix my crownBefore I hit your pool now ♪
601
00:35:12,568 --> 00:35:16,155
♪ The Blixunami liveI make my rules, yeah ♪
602
00:35:16,823 --> 00:35:20,034
♪ Amaretto Sour in my shell cup, cup ♪
603
00:35:20,618 --> 00:35:24,122
♪ Conch shell blowing bubblesPuff, puff, puff ♪
604
00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:27,291
♪ Imma be the main event, yeah… ♪
605
00:35:27,375 --> 00:35:30,670
[crowd] Go, Blix!Go, Blix! Go, Blix! Go, Blix!
606
00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:35,424
♪ The BlixunamiWill never be pretend, yeah ♪
607
00:35:35,508 --> 00:35:37,510
[cheering continues]
608
00:35:39,595 --> 00:35:44,016
{\an8}Shello, everyone. The resultsof who is accepted to participate
609
00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:48,855
{\an8}in the King and Queen of the Seas pageantwill be coming up very soon.
610
00:35:48,938 --> 00:35:52,900
{\an8}We're going to be announcing the top 20Kings and Queens of the Sea.
611
00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:56,237
So, keep your fins crossedand check your notifications.
612
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:57,989
You don't want to miss this.
613
00:35:58,072 --> 00:36:02,577
-[whimsical music playing]-[repeating excitedly] Oh my God!
614
00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:03,703
Okay…
615
00:36:03,786 --> 00:36:04,662
[exhales sharply]
616
00:36:04,745 --> 00:36:07,165
[laughing excitedly] Ah! Goddamn! Ah!
617
00:36:07,248 --> 00:36:09,500
[repeating excitedly] Oh my God!
618
00:36:09,584 --> 00:36:11,544
[squeals] Oh my God!
619
00:36:11,627 --> 00:36:13,004
[shouting excitedly]
620
00:36:13,588 --> 00:36:15,006
Oh, sh-- [laughs]
621
00:36:16,507 --> 00:36:18,509
-I got selected.-[partner] You got it?
622
00:36:18,593 --> 00:36:20,469
-I got it.-I just got accepted.
623
00:36:20,553 --> 00:36:21,679
Yes!
624
00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:23,347
[exhales]
625
00:36:24,056 --> 00:36:25,099
{\an8}Whoa.
626
00:36:27,393 --> 00:36:31,647
{\an8}It says they want me to be on their…Finperial Council.
627
00:36:32,565 --> 00:36:36,110
Like… a judge,except they're not having "judges."
628
00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:39,447
They're having a "council"'cause it says, "Mermaids don't judge."
629
00:36:39,530 --> 00:36:42,533
It's on now, y'all. It's on now.
630
00:36:42,617 --> 00:36:45,411
Oh, I'm so excited!
631
00:36:45,494 --> 00:36:48,706
It's gonna be so good!
632
00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,084
[repeating] Oh my God!
633
00:36:54,629 --> 00:36:55,671
[groans]
634
00:36:57,590 --> 00:36:58,799
[whimsical music ends]
635
00:37:06,140 --> 00:37:07,558
-Hey, Sparkles.-Uh-huh.
636
00:37:07,642 --> 00:37:09,352
-Breathe.-[chuckles]
637
00:37:09,435 --> 00:37:11,229
-Yes.-Okay, this isn't a race.
638
00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:15,066
Deep breaths.Take your time getting into your tail.
639
00:37:15,149 --> 00:37:17,109
-Keep your heart rate down.-Okay.
640
00:37:17,193 --> 00:37:21,280
[chuckles] My heart rate has beenout of control all day, so thank you.
641
00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:28,329
[Morgana] You have an ankle wrinkle.
642
00:37:28,412 --> 00:37:30,706
You want to get itor do you want me to get it?
643
00:37:30,790 --> 00:37:34,043
-[mermaid 5] You're a little twisted too.-Yeah. I see. I see.
644
00:37:35,461 --> 00:37:37,880
If you do that again,I'll have a heart attack.
645
00:37:37,964 --> 00:37:41,133
When you grab this tail, I need youto grab it from the actual tail,
646
00:37:41,217 --> 00:37:44,804
not just the hip fins,'cause they are gonna come off one day.
647
00:37:45,304 --> 00:37:46,472
[shuddering breath]
648
00:37:46,555 --> 00:37:49,392
My bad. Honestly,I was not paying attention.
649
00:37:49,475 --> 00:37:52,103
-[mermaid 1] It's your tail.-[Morgana] It's a beautiful tail.
650
00:37:52,186 --> 00:37:54,355
-Let's be nice to it.-[Sparkles] I'd hate to rip a fin.
651
00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:56,774
[Morgana] All right,Anna, she's coming in.
652
00:38:03,406 --> 00:38:06,367
Whenever you're ready,fly free, little fishy.
653
00:38:09,870 --> 00:38:11,455
[dramatic music builds slowly]
654
00:38:11,539 --> 00:38:13,666
You're gonna swim underwater to Anna.
655
00:38:19,213 --> 00:38:21,382
Let go, and you're gonna swim over there.
656
00:38:28,431 --> 00:38:29,432
All right.
657
00:38:30,474 --> 00:38:31,475
Come here.
658
00:38:33,102 --> 00:38:34,270
Look at me.
659
00:38:34,353 --> 00:38:37,982
You're gonna duck dive underand swim to that sparkle fish right there.
660
00:38:38,065 --> 00:38:40,443
She's gonna meet you underwater.You can do this.
661
00:38:40,526 --> 00:38:43,612
I'm watching you get in your head.We're not gonna do that. Ready?
662
00:38:43,696 --> 00:38:44,822
[Sparkles] Yes, ma'am.
663
00:38:48,367 --> 00:38:50,286
[Morgana] We're gonnado a one, two, three.
664
00:38:50,369 --> 00:38:53,831
You're gonna take a deep breath on three,then you're gonna go swim to her.
665
00:38:53,914 --> 00:38:54,874
-Okay?-Okay.
666
00:38:54,957 --> 00:38:56,167
[Morgana] All right.
667
00:38:56,250 --> 00:39:00,212
One, two, three.
668
00:39:00,296 --> 00:39:01,297
Breathe in.
669
00:39:02,381 --> 00:39:03,382
Go get her.
670
00:39:12,308 --> 00:39:13,309
There we go.
671
00:39:13,392 --> 00:39:16,270
[soaring instrumental music playing]
672
00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:18,439
She's good. She just had to let go.
673
00:39:18,522 --> 00:39:19,607
[mermaid 1] Yeah.
674
00:39:22,485 --> 00:39:23,903
[spectator] Yay!
675
00:39:27,615 --> 00:39:30,534
[mermaid 1] Look at her still going. Nice.
676
00:39:30,618 --> 00:39:32,370
[Morgana sighs] There it is.
677
00:39:34,705 --> 00:39:36,999
Beauteous. Beauteous. Beauteous.
678
00:39:39,168 --> 00:39:41,754
Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Yes!
679
00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:44,548
[light applause]
680
00:39:44,632 --> 00:39:46,634
Yes, sparkle fish!
681
00:39:46,717 --> 00:39:48,719
[mermaids cheering]
682
00:39:48,803 --> 00:39:50,805
[soaring music continues]
683
00:40:02,608 --> 00:40:03,609
[Morgana] Stunning.
684
00:40:08,906 --> 00:40:10,908
[chattering]
685
00:40:11,659 --> 00:40:14,578
[Morgana] Getting past the nervesand getting to who you are. Love it.
686
00:40:16,163 --> 00:40:19,166
I'm gonna go down there and watch.Have my proud mama moment.
687
00:40:20,334 --> 00:40:22,336
[soaring music builds slowly]
688
00:40:43,357 --> 00:40:45,359
[soundscape muffles]
689
00:40:53,242 --> 00:40:56,328
-[mermaid 1] Are you okay?-I'm fine. I'm fine. I just…
690
00:40:57,163 --> 00:40:58,581
[exhales, chuckles]
691
00:40:58,664 --> 00:41:00,207
…need a second, I think.
692
00:41:08,841 --> 00:41:10,843
[breathing deeply]
693
00:41:20,936 --> 00:41:22,605
-[mermaid 2] Okay?-[shivering]
694
00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:26,692
Are you starting to shiver?
695
00:41:26,775 --> 00:41:28,402
[Sparkles chuckling]
696
00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:30,821
-I'm all right. Thank you.-You're welcome.
697
00:41:30,905 --> 00:41:33,032
-[chuckles] This is amazing.-Yeah.
698
00:41:34,241 --> 00:41:35,826
But you cannot be cold in the water.
699
00:41:36,410 --> 00:41:37,786
-It's all worth it.-I know.
700
00:41:37,870 --> 00:41:39,455
But also, no dead mermaids.
701
00:41:39,538 --> 00:41:42,166
-I know. No dead mermaids. You're right.-[chuckling]
702
00:41:42,708 --> 00:41:43,876
[exhales, shivering]
703
00:41:48,172 --> 00:41:51,217
She's hypothermic.She's hypothermic. I gotta pull Sparkles.
704
00:41:51,300 --> 00:41:53,844
[dramatic music builds]
705
00:41:56,597 --> 00:41:58,390
Can't wait. She's hypothermic.
706
00:42:00,351 --> 00:42:01,519
We have to pull Sparkles.
707
00:42:01,602 --> 00:42:02,937
[dramatic stinger]
708
00:42:03,020 --> 00:42:06,524
-["Before I'm Dust and Bone" plays]-♪ Save my soul ♪
709
00:42:06,607 --> 00:42:09,860
♪ Take me home ♪
710
00:42:09,944 --> 00:42:13,531
♪ Save my soul ♪
711
00:42:13,614 --> 00:42:16,909
♪ Take me home ♪
712
00:42:16,992 --> 00:42:20,162
♪ Save my soul ♪
713
00:42:20,246 --> 00:42:23,541
♪ Take me home ♪
714
00:42:23,624 --> 00:42:26,961
♪ Save my soul ♪
715
00:42:27,628 --> 00:42:32,841
♪ Before I'm dust and bone ♪
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