#1 Ship crew:
🎵I'll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue
And it's, hey to the starboard, heave-ho
Look out, lass a merman be waiting for you
In mysterious fathoms below.🎵
Princess Madison: Isn't this great? The salty sea air, the wind blowing in your face. Perfect day to sail, don't you agree, Chalice?
Lady Chalice: Oh, yes, perfect. [retches]
Sailor#1 :A good strong wind, and a following sea, King Kettle must be in a good mood.
Madison: King Kettle?
Sailor#2: Ruler of the merpeople lass, I thought you, being a good sailor, would know him?
Lady Chalice: Merpeople. Madison, pay no attention to this nautical nitwit.
Sailor#1: I ain't a nitwit, I'm telln' the truth! I'm tellin' ya! Down in the depths, they live!
[fish slaps Chalice in the face] Lady Chalice: Aah!
Ship crew: 🎵In mysterious fathoms below🎵
[trumpets fanfare]
Announcer: [Clears throat] His royal highness, King Kettle!
[Applause]
Announcer: And presenting the distinguished court composer, Horatio Felonious Reticent Elegant Dice!
[Saxophone fanfare]
[Applause]
King Kettle: I'm looking forward to the performance, Dice.
Dice: [chuckles] Your Majesty! This'll be the finest
music number I've ever came up with. My singers, they'll be spectalah!
King Kettle: [Laughs] Yes, especially my grandsons.
Dice: Yes, yes. They have the most handsome voices. Hmm? [whispers] If only they'd show up fer rehearsals once in a while.
[instrumental of The Die House starts]
Dice: Merfolk, and other creatures alike! I present to you, in their first performance, Prince Cuphead and Prince Mugman!
[ The red curtains open]
[Gasps from the audience]
Dice: [gasps] Y your Majesty! I I can expla-
King Kettle: [Yells] Mugman!...Cuphead!
Somewhere near a shipwreck~~~
Mugman: Gosh Cuphead, wait for me!
Cuphead: Mugs, hurry up!
Mugman: Cup, ya know I can't swim that fast.
Cuphead: There it is. Isn't it cool?
Mugman: Yeah, sure. It's cool, Cup. Can we go now?
Cuphead: You're not getting cold fins now....are you?
Mugman: Who me? N no way, Cup! I'm way too cool, to get cold fins. I just g got this uh...cough, yeah.[coughs]
Cuphead: [whispers] All right. I'm going inside. You can just stay here and keep a look out for imps.
Mugman: Ok. [whispers] yeah, i'll just keep a look out for...[Yells] What? Imps? Cuphead! Wait fer me!
Cuphead: I thought so. Come on, mugs.
Mugman: [whispers] Cup, do really think there might be imps here?
Cuphead: Com'on Mugs, don't be such a guppy.
Mugman: Wha? I'm not a guppy!
Cuphead: This place is awesome.
Mugman: Y yeah, unlike the woopn' Grandpa's gonna give us, when he realizes we swam out here!
Cuphead: *sighs* Mugs, he's not gonna woop is.
Mugman: That's what you said last time! My behind still throbs from it.
Cuphead: But wasn't the thing-a-bob worth it?
Mugman: Why don't ya ask my sore heinie?
Cuphead: ...?
Mugman: Uh...no. A hard no.
Cuphead: Look mugs, i'm so- hey look I see something.
Mugman: [rolls eyes] And there he goes again. Why Cup, why do I let you drag me into your shenanigans?
Cuphead: Because i'm your brother, and you loooooove me?
Mugman: Ugh...yes. What'd ya find?
Cuphead: it looks like a...like a...
Mugman: A what?
Cuphead: Huh, I dunno. But I bet ol' Hilda'll know. Come on, we'll pay her a visit.
Mugman: Oh great, another thing Grandpa doesn't want us to do.
Cuphead: Why? She knows everything about humans.
Mugman: That's why, Cup. He hates humans.
Cuphead: Why? What's so bad about humans?
Mugman: I dunno, Cup. Every time I try to ask him, he ignores the question.
Cuphead: Well that's his opinion. I think humans are cool.
Mugman: I think they are too. Wouldn't it be cool to meet one?
Cuphead: Are ya kiddn'? It'd be awesome!
Mugman: Yeah...but Grandpa would never allow it.
Cuphead: Well...com'on! Let's find out what this is, and get back before Gramps comes to look for us!
Mugman: Ugh...alright Cup. Let's go!