Pity, Cassandra, that no one believed you... But, then again, you were lost from the start.
I WILL CEASE
ONLY WHEN IT CEASES BEING FUNNY
I APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
AFTER ALL
IT WOULD BE HARD FOR A BRICK WALL TO GARNER A PHD
WELL ,
I WOULD FIGURE IF I HAD SOMETHING THAT SUBSTANTIAL
IT WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN HANDLED .
I AM A DOCTOR WITH AIMS HIGHER THAN PROFIT
PERHAPS ,
PERHAPS NOT
THE TIME AND MY BODY BOTH
HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM ME
WELL ,
IF YOU INSIST ,
I WILL COME PREPARED FOR THE ROLE NEXT TIME
I KNOW THE PERFECT ACTOR TO CAST AS BILLY
[ * Cartoon thought bubble: FRIEND in a Billy mask. It does a couple circles on the floor and goes to sleep. ]
. . .
EFFECTIVELY
I HAD NOT THOUGHT BEYOND THE COSTUME
[ * If one could even call this a costume. ]
[ * His cheeks are painted. ]
HELLO SPAMTON
I WANT TO PLAY A GAME
HM ?
I SUPPOSE THAT THIS IS ENOUGH
YOU HAVE OFFERED A PERSPECTIVE
I DO NOT SEE OFTEN
. . . YOU REMIND ME OF A FRIEND . HA HA .
BE ON YOUR WAY
OR LINGER HERE FOR LONGER
IT MATTERS LITTLE
EXACTLY - -
I COULD SHOW YOU A PATH
THAT WOULD GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU DESERVE
BUT YOU CANNOT WALK IT WITH LEGS THAT ARE NOT YOURS
AND YOU CANNOT SEE IT WITH EYES THAT BLIND YOU FROM THE TRUTH
IT IS YOUR FATE AND YOUR FATE ALONE
WELL ,
IT IS THE WAY THINGS GO .
WHO AM I TO IMPOSE
WHEN I AM NOTHING MORE
THAN THE MAN IN YOUR DREAMS ?
FOR WHAT REASON
DO YOU SEEK TO APOLOGIZE ?
YOU HAVE DONE NO WRONG .
[ * The way in which she speaks reminds him of something quite funny. It tilts its head one way, then the other. ]
YOU ARE VERY OPINIONATED .
I SUPPOSE THERE IS LITTLE USE
IN TRYING TO HAVE YOU SEE THINGS
THE WAY EVERYONE ELSE SEES THEM .
[ * A click of its 'tongue' reverberates hundred-fold. ]
THAT'S IT, MISTER! YOU JUST LOST YOUR BRAIN PRIVILEGES!
THIS IS NOT SO .
YOU ARE THE ONE
THAT SHOULD BE WANTING .
IT IS MERELY A SENTIMENT
FROM A FRIEND .
. . .
AND YOU CLEARLY ARE NOT .
BECAUSE THEY ARE SELFISH .
MANY BELIEVE THEY ARE BORN THIS WAY
BUT THEY ARE SELFISH BECAUSE THE SELFISH SURVIVE .
[ * He steeples his fingers, and points them at Battat. ]
IS IT SO WRONG TO OPERATE WITH YOUR INTERESTS IN MIND ?
I BELIEVE IT IS NOT .
IT IS A SIMPLE FACET OF LIFE .
ALL BEINGS ARE ENTITLED
TO KINDNESS
TO PURITY
TO GOOD .
AND IF THEY WILL NOT GRANT YOU IT ,
YOU MUST LEARN TO TAKE .
YOU LIE TO YOURSELF AS EASILY AS YOU BREATHE
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE
BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU
IS THAT YOU DESERVE BETTER
AND YOU MUST FIGHT FOR IT
VENGEANCE UPON THOSE THAT FAULT YOU .
DO YOU TRULY BELIEVE YOU DESERVE THIS ?
DO YOU TRULY BELIEVE YOU ARE WORTH
SO LITTLE ?
. . .
DOES IT NOT EXHAUST YOU ?
DO YOU NOT SEEK RETRIBUTION ?
" OFTEN TIMES I DO JUST SAY THINGS "
COULD HAVE BEEN THE ONLY PART OF THE POST
COULD HAVE BEEN AN E - MAIL
FOR THOSE EASILY FRUSTRATED OR CONFUSED
IT IS PERHAPS ANATHEMA TO THEIR CORE
AND IT INVOKES EMOTIONS THAT I ENJOY THE MOST
OFTEN TIMES I DO JUST SAY THINGS
WITH THE PROSE OF A PURPLE PEN
LARGELY BECAUSE IT IS WHAT I KNOW NOW
BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT IS REALLY FUNNY TO ME
IS THAT RIGHT ?
WELL ,
THE MESSAGE WILL RING TRUE
NO MATTER WHICH BELL YOU STRIKE
. . . THOUGH THAT MAY MEAN
SOMEONE STILL HAS IT OUT FOR YOU ,
AFTER ALL !
HA HA .
THEN THERE IS NOTHING
YOU NEED TO DREAD
AT LEAST NOT FROM MYSELF
[ * A silent, freezing dread permeates the air. ]
IT IS NOT AS IF WHAT YOU SPEAK OR DO NOT SPEAK
CARRIES ANY WEIGHT
FOR SOMEONE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO LISTEN
IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME AND ENERGY
TO DO ANYTHING VIOLENT
OUT OF TURN
WOULDN ' T YOU SAY ?
KILL YOU ?
IS THAT NOT
A BIT TOO RICH
FOR YOUR RESIN ?
[ * So-so hand motion. ]
THIS ,
I CAN DO .
[ * All at once, a new contact burned itself into Alphys' phone. It buzzes with a text message from them which serves to be nothing but mojibake gibberish. ]
[ * The second she goes to check, the doctor will have vanished. ]
