There's lots of world out there.

[noimpulsecontrol]

The funny thing about an inter-dimensional tunnel? You could never be sure where one would pop up.

Della was doing some solo exploring. She'd been back on Earth for over a year and finally felt ready to do as much, and - inspired by a certain dayglo-bright friend - she'd decided her first time adventuring on her own since the moon would be mapping out the unexplored caverns that stretched out past Coot's underground corn stores.

Speaking of Gobo, though- At first, Della barely too note of the tiny off-shoot tunnel; to small for her to fit through, but she supposed it ought to be on the map. And once she started paying it some mind, she got curious as to who or what had formed in. Leaning down, she peered inside...

With a delighted laugh, she waved at the very familiar figure she could just barely make out in the glow from her flashlight, and her free hand reached in to ruffle a messy head of magenta hair.

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[noimpulsecontrol]

"Huh. Well, I can't make it out that clearly, but I hear something, I think."

[gobetween]

He looked over curiously, then walked to where she'd been listening and pressed the side of his head to the rock. His expression was one of intense concentration, though after a minute or two came the same foot-tapping gesture from before, and he leaned back from the rock with a bright smile.

"Yeah! I think you found it, Della! If we keep following this tunnel, we might find another branch-off to where the water's coming from."

[noimpulsecontrol]

Della pumped her fist, grinning. "Well, that's great! Look at you, teaching this old dog some new tricks," she laughed.

[gobetween]

Gobo laughed and grinned, her cheer infectious. "Hey, it's never too late to learn!"

Just going to take a minute to add some notes about the water and other features of the tunnel to the map, then he started off again, while looking it over.

"You know, we Fraggles are pretty good at finding the places we need to go underground when we need them. You and I might just get lucky with this."

[noimpulsecontrol]

"Yeah?" Della asked with an amused smile. "I gotta say, good luck is something that doesn't run in my family. We might need yours to carry us through."

She said it entirely light-heartedly, a bit of humor at her own expense rather than a genuine complaint.

[gobetween]

With her light-hearted touch at it, he laughed and wobbled his hand in the so-so gesture.

"I don't know that I'd call my luck all that good, but we'll move along and see what happens!"

[noimpulsecontrol]

"Moving along and seeing what happens is my approach to life most of the time," Della snickered. "You might've noticed."

[gobetween]

"Yeah, I've noticed." Another laugh. "That's pretty Fraggle of you, you know."

[noimpulsecontrol]

"One thing I've learned, knowing you? My family can be pretty darn Fraggle," Della pointed out with a wink.

[gobetween]

"I've noticed that too! Probably why we're all such good friends." He paused a moment, then snickered. "Well, a Fraggle will make friends with just about anything, but being very Fraggleish will certainly help."

[noimpulsecontrol]

"Probably! And as far as making friends with just about anything goes, I've got a cousin whose best friend is a mutant krill. And my brother's was briefly a few watermelon...? So, I think that just further proves my point."

[gobetween]

"I know what a watermelon is, I know what a mutant is but I don't know what a krill is, so I'll take your word for it."

[noimpulsecontrol]

"It's like an ocean bug," Della said with a shrug. "The point is... I guess the point is that some kinds of weird really just go together, and the weird I'm used to and the weird you're used to, they're like that." She laughed, shaking her head. "I don't know, maybe there isn't a point."

[gobetween]

"I think the point is, we go together." He snickered some, and smiled up at her.

[noimpulsecontrol]

"You got that right, squirt." Della glanced down at him and nodded. "One big family, huh?"

[gobetween]

"Yep! One big family." He thought a moment, then looked at her with a smile. "You know, with a bit of magic from the other side, you could become a Fraggle yourself!"

[noimpulsecontrol]

That earned Gobo a hearty thump on the back. "No kidding? They can really do that over there? I mean, I know about Scrooge's snow stuff, and Louie showed me a picture of him as an animal kind of duck."

A snicker at that memory.

[gobetween]

"Yeah! Like Bridge, that Duck you see him as is different from what he actually has. Plus, he and a couple others have gotten Fraggle forms, so it's totally possible for you to, too!"

[noimpulsecontrol]

"Well, I definitely want in on this!" Della said with enthusiasm. "I'd be all cute and tiny and fuzzy - like you! It sounds fun!"

[gobetween]

He laughed warmly and nodded. "Yeah, it does! It'll be great, you'll see."