It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Caleb Widogast, a human wizard . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, The others try to persuade Nott to join them in swimming down, and you casts Suggestion on her to convince her to try it. Nott, Beau, and Fjord join Yasha and Jester inside, Nott forgetting she's holding the weasel, who lives but isn't happy about it, joined shortly by you, Caduceus, and Nugget.
DM: Okay. As Frumpkin pulls his way through the tunnel, slowly the tentacles unfurling and dragging him forward through this slick, somewhat slimy algae grooved tube. It goes on for about a good 150 feet before it meets another grate.
Player: At this point I can't send in-- I can only watch, but I did tell him to go. So what would you-- well it's up to you what Frumpkin would interpret that as.
DM: All right, so you can't watch at this distance?
Player: Well I think what we've established--
DM: Oh, you can view, but you cannot give actions.
Player: I can view, but I can't give commands. But I said to go in, so it's up to you what--
DM: So Frumpkin comes to this next grate. Go ahead and make a strength check for Frumpkin.
Player: That is-- oh, for Frumpkin. So I need to go to a different tag. That's a three.
DM: It's a three. Frumpkin is unable to push past that secondary grate and fighting with it for a bit, returns to you within range to communicate and tells you there's no further to that tunnel.
