Flatscreen LCD with a Knife-Chan Stuck in It

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Archie loves the sea.

The museum told him that all life had come from it. While his classmates were still divided over it, Archie made sense of it almost immediately. Of course people came from the sea. Why else would it feel so much like home? 

Shifting waves rocked him to sleep as a baby and guided the surfboard under his feet. By day, it was a respite from the scorching heat of summer. At night, Chinchou and Staryu lit the pathways along his seaside neighborhood enough to walk through the darkness without fear. Riding aboard a ship was as natural as breathing. And--hadn’t someone told him once that everyone was born with a little bit of swimming knowledge? Couldn’t be a coincidence.

“--Ow!”

Something crunches under his bare foot and he stumbles back. A partially smashed cola can is buried in the wet sand. Archie huffs.

“What kinda idiot leaves somethin’ like tha’ here…” he mumbles, reaching out to lift said can.

"The people come to the island to see the lighthouse, but they never come in. Never ever. It listens to its friend, though, and stays inside. It has to wait until he comes back." - Let’s Play!

"Fallen, fallen, from the throne, from the sky. Fallen, fallen, into the ground." - The Legend of the Two Kings

"Life’s roots penetrated deep, too far to be yanked free. Taking, taking, taking--until there was no more left to take." - Aura Break

"Perhaps you had been born with purpose. But you do not have to fulfill it to be." - Type: Full