Tuna Retrieval Protocol

[SCENE — LOCATION: DOCKSIDE SECURITY TERMINAL / STORM LIGHTNING OVER WATER] [sound design: alarm ping loop, sonar blips, wet metal clanks, distant crew chanting rhythmically] [SECURITY OFFICER - male, procedural monotone] Unauthorized culinary absence detected [CAPTAIN VALE - female, focused, low fury] Say that again in normal language [SECURITY OFFICER] Tuna… not located [VERSE 1: CAPTAIN VALE] They installed a system for “fair exchange” But it keeps acting slightly strange Like fish are classified as “optional intent” And hunger is just… a sentiment We logged the hours, we signed the line We even followed maritime design But somewhere between dock and pay The tuna got filed away [PRE-CHORUS: CAPTAIN VALE] I don’t need theory, I don’t need code I need what was promised in the load [CHORUS — ALL] Initiate tuna retrieval plan From the bureaucratic sea and man We worked the waves, we earned the right To something edible in the night Initiate tuna retrieval call Through shipping grids and ledger wall We don’t accept “not found” as truth We want the ocean in proof [VERSE 2: CAPTAIN VALE] They say it’s “pending classification” Under corporate ocean administration But I’ve seen crates move through this gate And none of them ever contain “debate” The crew all gathers, silent, tight Like hunger learning how to fight And every beep from the terminal screen Feels like it’s hiding what it means [CREW - rhythmic chant] Not found Not found But it was around [VERSE 3: CAPTAIN VALE] So we override the gentle way We start asking systems what they delay If tuna is just “asset class B” Then why does it taste like memory We reroute logs through dockside air We make the silence become aware And suddenly the system hums Like something edible might come [PRE-CHORUS] I don’t need theory, I don’t need code I need what was promised in the load [CHORUS — ALL, faster, louder] Initiate tuna retrieval plan Through broken ports and shifting sand We worked the tide, we broke the seal Now make the missing thing feel real Initiate tuna retrieval cry From corporate sea and coded sky We don’t accept “not found” as truth We want the ocean in proof [BRIDGE] [sound cue: sonar stops, everything drops to bass pulse] A signal answers from below Not words… but something we all know Like hunger learned to send a sign Through systems built to draw the line [FINAL CHORUS — ALL] Initiate tuna retrieval now No more excuses, no more “how” We worked the storm, we broke the chain Bring back the ocean in the name Initiate tuna retrieval fate Before the ledger learns to wait We don’t accept what we can’t chew We make the system answer true [OUTRO] [sound cue: sonar ping resolves into distant tin can opening] Status update: “Something has been located.”