Your pal, Gog Agog!

so you're collecting this worm tithe.

for the worm?

oh
worm?

[ The soft, jingling footsteps of someone approaching from off screen. ]

geez, it's a tough crowd today, huh?

[ Enter; Gog Agog. ]

[ What should've been a simple, albeit hard flick in the head... Went way more intense than it should've. Probably of her own volition. The head's gone completely off her neck, rolling away, and her body's fallen limp to the ground. Oh. There's a few twitches. ]

[ She's dead. ]

just do as i do. it's pretty easy! watch.

[ She's shifting her face. Making her face a perfect copy of Susie's face! That girl can't do that, probably. She's intentionally messing with her. ]

or just y'know, the opposite of whatever dumb thing you did. probably a whole hero's journey in that.

You could just be me. Bein' me's awful fun, y'know!

[ There's a worm in her hand. She's weighing the tension for a second. Probably a no, she thinks. ]

baaaha! i'm just messin' with ya!

[ There's a pause. Unless...? No, probably not. Her face straightens. ]

so, here's what you gotta do, uh...

[ There's a Look on her own face. A scowl, for just a second. The clown's mimicking its face. Obscured, except those bright green eyes. ]

fine! if i can't see your face, you can't see mine!

[ She's copycatting its exact posture. Deliberately poking the bear. ]

oh, i've just met a few people just like you. it's a really neat trick, hiding yourself like that!

[ She's utterly unbothered. Staring it down. ]

[ A God of the Seven-Part-World has taken note of you. ]

[ . . . ]

so... is there anything on your face beside your eyes, or...

you're a real hoot to watch. not entertaining enough to keep an eye on, but you've got your moments!

oh, nobody /that/ important. i'm just takin' a lil stroll through this universe.

[ There's a swish-swash of her wrist. ]

golly, it's a shame that my reputation doesn't seem to precede me here! makes a gal feel real small in this big, big universe.

[ Something has noticed them. ]

[ Something that has seen the beginning and the end, over and over. Something utterly alien to something alien. ]

yeah. you would yawn, wouldn't ya?

i should probably side-add that this char is a walking death tw warning i will literally kill her any chance i'm given i don't care it's funny to turn her into a little red stain

[ . . . Oh! Where'd she come from? ]

oh...

first time changing skins? i can show you how to fix that.

[ She's a planck's length away from just tearing into him. Divine ass being having a crashout. ]

you must be a real hoot at parties, huh? i bet your friends love you.

do you even go to parties? your hair's already gray!

i'd wager an entire planet on you doing something mundane for fun!

ugh!

[ i need to dunk him in boiling MILK ]

what ARE you worried about then, huh???

mister 'stoic'?

[ She's pronouncing stoic wrong. ]

mister aloof and uncaring? oh, you're just /so cool/, huh???

you're boring! you have no joy or whimsy in your soul!

ugh!!!

/nobody/ gives me a fair shot!

[ She's visibly deflating. ]

y'know, you're being a real buzzkill now...

[ Oh... So it wasn't. ]

whoops! my mistake! sorry, sorry, wrong pocket!

dunno how those got in there...

oh, i'm just... y'know.

ugh... /fiiiiiiiine/. i guess i can be nice and do that.

no.

worm.

you're going to kin me after what i do to you.

that one was a real blabber, huh? all talk-talk-taaaaaaalk!

maybe /i/ should ask you some questions.

how many times have you been on your little ride? five? six?

have you decided to change the roles any? play the bad guy? maybe get a cute love interest, new haircut?

am i hitting any marks?

[ Her head's been blown clean. Even twitching a bit! She must be a really good- No, she's pretty dead. Blood doesn't pool out of actors like that. Another Gog Agog has appeared, gently nudging the body out of the way. Holstering the gun in her waistband. ]

well, geez, glad i'm not her, huh?

mmm...

[ She almost sounds annoyed. Squinting. ]

it's awful hard to impress kids these days, huh? you see the wheel turn a few times, and you think you just know eeeeeverything there is to know! well, let me te-

[ Arms outstretched, then BANG. An immediate thunk. She's been shot. ]

oh!

[ There's a quiet little chuckle. ]

i'll have to remember that next go around.

no, no!

wait, yeah, kinda!

being both the murderer and the murder-

murder-ee?

that doesn't sound right... uh...

murdered? murdered.

[ . . . It doesn't quite sound right when you die this much. ]