Very Well

"....well I'll be damned and partly responsible..."

"Diesel..."

"...it's just graphite Sunny, people used it for cooking non stick shit."

"........I feel like this happened before..."

"Well that guy we were talking about...what was his name again?"

"Holo or Halo?"

"Halo! That's it..."

"No it was something else..."

"....well let's call him Yin and we will call the little ones Yang..."

"Good choice."

"Well Yin had to deal with some kind of weird house..."

"Some kind of infrastructure built for deception."

"They tried to make him believe he was some ugly people's son."

"He was always seeing and experiencing crazy things..."

"Once he saw a red fox..."

"That one was alright I guess..."

"He made a silver dagger about the story..."

"Varushna said he was a writer..."

"What did he write?"

"....said it had to do with wolves and bobcats..."

"What?"

"Yeah...about some people who get together wasn't it?"

"Aw who knows anymore!"

"....he had a sword!"

"What?"

"...."

"He was real secretive wasn't he?"

"..........where did he come from?"

"Alright well Mary said that she heard voices from the black pyramid and then this light sound mass entered her body for a moment. When she woke up there was a baby."

"....where was she at?"

"Some kind of hotel or something..."

"What?"

"I thought it was a barn."

"Must of been that weed hospital over in....what did they call that city again?"

"They named it after a donut."

"No they didn't!"

"Yeah they did!"

"What was the donut called then huh smart ass?"

"....was it jelly?"

"These are our guardians Cordelia."

"....they humor me."

"....I know it was him that did that..."

"It wasn't any fun after he was gone though..."

".........he should of came earlier!"

"He was there the whole time and nobody knew his name!"

"...still don't..."

"They called him the snake handler."

"They said a cobra wrapped around him to keep him warm....something about a tree and the number forty..."

".....god damn it..."

"I think it was that tree they get Meth from..."

"What was he doing there?"

"Thinking about shit."

"Where did he get morphine from?"

"The doctor gave it to him after that fight!"

".....he said a thousand years was unto a day or a slight moment..."

"Something like that..."

"Basically said time was bullshit."

"A belt around his waist..."

"His pants were always falling down."

"....those things used to piss people off."

"Remember those chains!"

"Yeah....that motherfucker sure did look like a god damn bat."

"................hell yeah."

"How do we come from him?"

"Yes we need to know this."

".....well however he got here is how you got here."

"But wasn't he born analog?"

"....well...."

".........they said he was already there just waiting for the moment to reveal what's really going on..."

"What was he?"

"What is he?"

"What are you?"

"Good question..."

"Well whatever you guys are that is what we are..."

".....was he an ice crystal?"

"Was he blue amber?"

"....I asked him that."

"What did he say?"

"He said he was a ruby and an amethyst."

"....could he of been more vague!"

"...well...one is blood and the other is royalty..."

"Oh."

"....he was a good looking guy though wasn't he?"

"I thought he was beautiful."

"That damn nose sure was a bloody broken thing."

"....they said he broke it thirty three moments!"

"He did look rather youthful."

"....he did didn't he?"

"What color were his eyes?"

"....he didn't have coronas!"

"They said he was blind as a bat."

"That's cause he was!"

"...oh yeah..."

"Who were his wives?"

"Some women who pissed everybody off..."

"Where did they come from?"

"....uh...."

"....I don't know."

"....some kind of ghost machine."

"What?"

"Some kind of thing that makes berries turn into humans."

"Oh yeah."

"Okay that makes sense."

"What?"

"How does that..."

"Yeah...these belong to him for sure."

"What about Lucid and Ebony?"

"....they're your blood."

"....I like him Cordelia."

"Me too."

"........well he did dress up like that one guy what did they call him?"

"Mosaic."

"No that's not it!"

"...Moose?"

"Fucking bloody hell."

"Didn't he make that jelly thing split apart?"

"That damn ugly fish!"

"About time it became one!"

"Ugliest red thing I ever saw!"

"....that thing spilled everywhere after it gave him a hug!"

"....shit."

"He was that other guy too..."

"What was he doing in that boat?"

"...pissing people off!"

"They said it looked like an orange couch!"

"....he raised some kind of dove that flew really fast and high way high above the earth!"

"....they said he was a damn good cook."

"He was really pissed off."

"Sometimes he wore a fake beard and a mustache..."

"Didn't he invent contact lens?"

"....yeah he dyed some pieces of crystal with beet juice and chocolate."

"....hard to hide him."

"It sucked being Peter."

"I wanted to be him!"

"God damn it!"

"I had to be that one who always complained about taxes..."

"Who was that other guy?"

"That one...what a motherfucker!"

"Where did he come from?"

"He snuck into the game."

"At least he finally got to take that damn beard off..."

"We all died too!"

"We came back."

"So did he..."

"What was that damn place they put him?"

"I thought it was Florida."

"There were oranges..."

"....why did they put him in there?"

"They said some kind of reptiles would protect the body."

"....it worked."

"Good thing Tusk and Fiasco pushed it..."

"You sure it was them!"

"Who else would do that?"

"He had motherfucking holes inside his middle arms..."

"And inside those hip bones..."

"They used mercury spikes..."

"He couldn't figure out how to mold his flesh back together..."

"I told you he was made out of that stuff!"

"Must of been the fish or something..."

"There was only one body of water!"

"...oh yeah I forgot."

"....jesus christ!"

"What did you say?"

"I said something but I am thinking about fish again!"

"We had to fish for god damn every night to feed those people!"

"That desert sucked major political envy."

"Why did he want to go there!"

"To hide."

"....I told you that smoking behind that bush was a bad idea!"

"....well I talked the whole time!"

"Damn weed dries fast out there!"

"Why couldn't those snakes stay still!"

"Who was that guy in the hat?"

"It was him..."

"Why did he do that?"

"He was testing us..."

"I don't understand him at all at this point..."

"He said it was all a show that would lead into something..."

"....what about spaceships?"

"He said they came from Atlantis."

"Oh yeah...he was one of them?"

"Yeah he was one of them."

"....what happened?"

"He said there wasn't enough reflection or rainbows to hold it together..."

".........."

"He said there wasn't any blue..."

"Amber..."

"Yeah?"

"...why did you come back?"

"To be your companion and to meet my wife."

"Who is she?"

"....somewhere you are..."

"Where is that?"

"Some weird place you get a body."

"What is this thing?"

"Clothes!"

"Change!"

"Ready girl?"

"....I look like a doll."

"....isn't that what we want?"

"Yeah I guess."

"Nobody will recognize you."

"....yeah...."

".............last one."

"He said something about the last of people going first or people who get fucked get to live bodacious..."

"He got that word from that man who said he was from that place with huge flies."

"Cause there is a giant dead body there."

"What?"

"Yeah!"

"....whose is it?"

"...they call him dog."

"No it's not dog!"

".....fuck I forgot again."

"Are you watching their eyes shoot back and forth at us?"

"Yeah it's entertaining."

"...hehe..."

"Alright the name is some kind of..."

"They said he used to be the universe."

"What happened to him?"

"Yeah?"

"....he wanted to see himself..."

"I guess there wasn't a mirror around."

"....yeah he just turned into a person with legs and arms..."

"What does he look like?"

"....his eyes are blue, green, and brown."

"Gray too!"

"....I don't know you two."

"Which one is which again?"

"Okay the one we call Yazz is the one who is smacking the chocolate boy."

"Why is she doing that?"

"Chocolate Boy put some chocolate on her nose."

"Why?"

"To make it chocolate."

"Well Mocha Boy just put some mousse on his nose."

"Why?"

"....to make it pudding."

"Now they are rolling on the ground laughing."

"..."

"He's watching you!"

"Who?"

"...what was his name again?"

"Jesus bloody fuck!"

"No that wasn't it..."

"Christ fucking hell!"

"....god damn it!"

"God!"

"Jesus!"

"Fuck!"

"Christ!"

"Almighty!"

"....you started it."

"I ate it."

"I did too."

"....well he said they were going to do it again."

"Do what?"

"....he saw them stand in front of a gate."

"What does the gate symbolize!"

"....money...."

"He said they hated it so they chose death."

"....they called him Rasta didn't they?"

"Yeah."

"....what else did they call him?"

"....uh...."

"What the fuck!"

"Did he have to dress up like her!"

"She was such a bitch!"

"....oh he wrote Alice in Wonderland."

"I was wondering about that!"

"Me too...."

"What else did he write?"

"....something about clocks and oranges, bears and honey, and seeds getting fucked up..."

"Yeah and he wrote that story about the dead gal and the bird."

"...."

"Victoria...this is informational."

"....didn't they call him Webster?"

"Yeah cause he built webs for dumb assholes."

"....what is that you are working on?"

"We call it Britannica."

"...yeah they belong to him."

"What are you writing?"

"The stuff you are telling us..."

"What is that?"

"The new Bible."

"....these children are evil."

"It's encoded..."

"....didn't he write that story too?"

"....about that painting?"

"Yeah!"

"....that guy who couldn't get over himself...Gray wasn't that his name?"

".......he wrote a lot of books....."

"That's what he was doing in front of that damn screen!"

"He had to wear glasses."

"Some guy made them..."

"What was his name?"

"We called him Gun...what the fuck..."

"Yeah it was something like that..."

"It was made out of some kind of weird glass from sand..."

"It's the only way he could keep the glare out of his...."

"Eyes?"

"........."

"I don't know don't look at me with those eyes!"

"Mine are blue."

"Mine are brown."

"....how do you think that big guy died?"

"Worry."

"For who?"

"Two little people who are running around the room chasing each other with wooden swords..."

"Oh."

"That's probably where that ghost came from!"

"That guy with holes in him!"

"People are always making a big deal out of nothing!"

"I know you two had something to do with that shit...shit is crazy!"

"Who has a point."

"He's pointing at you!"

"Diesel is pointing at you!"

"....did you dream they were wearing hemp?"

"Yeah I did."

"....Momma do books ever end?"

".....yes."

"How?"

"To begin again..."

"......he sure did curse a lot."

"He said bloody a lot."

"Bloody hell!"

"Bloody fuck!"

"Yeah he sounded just like that."

"Remember when he told people he was black?"

"....that was great."

"Did they really whip him?"

"....where did you get that scar from?"

"A slave master..."

"That's who got him."

"He got all of us..."

"What are they?"

"They come from the metal pyramid."

"Who made that thing?"

".....he tried to explain that."

"We blame mortals."

"........god damn."

"What the fuck is a Jewish person?"

"It's some kind of special plate..."

"Food..."

"A cook?"

"Yeah..."

"Oh."

"Oh."

"Which one said that?"

"They're both covered in chocolate and mousse who the fuck knows anymore..."

"He invented the motorcycle."

"How?"

"He was always fucking with discs and making them fly..."

"Oh."

"Oh."

".....Chocolate Boy!"

"...how do I get this foil off?"

"......can I put you in milk?"

"....he's mine."

"Nadia!"

"He's nuzzling me with chocolate milk..."

"There's something weird about chocolate..."

"He said it was made out of blood and amulets..."

"It's a god damn plant Enoch!"

"Yeah so is everything!"

"Oh."

"Remember when he flew off that mountain!"

"He had faith and landed on his feet."

"Why did he jump off that thing?"

"....there was some fat lady up there."

"What does that mean?"

"Explain fat..."

"Nothing."

"Something in food that kills fucked up people."

"It's white."

"Oh."

"Oh."

".....do I kiss you too much?"

"No..."

"What if somebody else kisses you?"

"....like who?"

"......"

"Will you always carry me?"

"....you are getting heavy."

"How did he lose that weight?"

"They said he was getting sick from people's dirty laundry."

"....."

"Sure was a crazy dude."

"What kind of snake was that Yasmeen?"

"....looked like one with diamonds..."

"She seemed really sad."

"There were two..."

".....they had white mouths...."

"Oh."

"How come he didn't have any stuff down there?"

"....he called it the same thing!"

"Stuff!"

"He said it didn't interest his interests....already did it before...."

"Did what?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing."

"Nothing."

"Nothing."

"Nothing."

".....they both said the same thing Victoria."

"I am tired of asking Cordelia."

"....we had to name them us."

"I don't even know which one I am anymore!"

"What are they doing?"

"Rolling around on the floor."

"....she has chocolate on her nose."

"She has mousse on hers."

"....should we stop them?"

"No it's entertaining."

"Momma....where do bats come from?"

"....you need to ask Diesel."

"Who is that?"

"......my engine."

"I want my hair to be long."

"What else?"

"....I want to wear a chain around my neck!"

"Diesel wears tank tops."

"....what are those?"

"Tight shirts that show off muscles."

"Ooooh."

".............Cordelia...."

"I'm over here!"

"What was that?"

"A mirror..."

"Zen!"

"....who was that?"

"Drake."

"Amethyst!"

"Yes?"

"Yes?"

"....you better remember me girl."

"Mighty?"

"Yeah."

"How did you get in here?"

"We're trapped inside this thing..."

"Will you be a real person again?"

"....yeah well I am your friend the scientist..."

"It's blood."

"I brought you three shirts..."

"Let me see the lipstick!"

"Keep it."

"What am I supposed to do with it?"

"Carry it and think of me."

"It has a little black leather pouch."

"Do you like it?"

".....this is the strangest thing I ever had."

"What gets out lipstick!"

"A divorce."

"You are so...you make me so...I...forget it!"

"....nothing gets out mortal blood girl."

"I have a name."

"No you are girl."

"Why do you say that?"

"Click click click tap....prance prance prance...kiss on the collar."

"Do you call him boy...?"

"How did you know?"

"....I should be upset but I'm not."

".........."

"You usually reply with something snappy and sharp."

"What am I a shark?"

"You damn berry people are all alike!"

"How so!"

"You are all so damn....so damn...satirical!"

"Yeah I know.....you do wear a hell of a lot of make up."

"You better remember me."

"What does your skin look like?"

"....I don't know."

"Who does your make up?"

"An android."

"What do you call him?"

"....Aucoin."

"Why?"

".....he's made out of Australian coins...."

"........all you need is this right here..."

"It's the only one like it."

"Whose blood is it?"

"I don't want to talk about it..."

"....I do."

"Will you say that in church?"

"No."

"Do you ever go?"

"No."

"....me neither."

"......I need to know whose blood this is!"

".........I'm not saying a word."

"You're just like Helen Keller."

"Who is that?"

"Some bat who talked to me once."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"What did she say?"

"She said the sonar was traceable underwater from little sea turtles shaped like octagons..."

".....I feel like shit."

"Me too."

"How are you so small?"

"I am sick."

"From what?"

"....I don't know....might be cigarettes..."

"It's got a lot of stimulant..."

"That must be what's doing it. I smoke instead of eat."

"....I miss my husband."

"One of these days all this running away will catch up to you."

"I hope you will be there."

"....what if there are three of me?"

"....be a ghost and I shall as well."

"Very well Victoria."

"Bye..."

"Bye."