MOTORMOUTH Mike!

We shall not name it.

Something secret steers The Hacker and you too maybe

Crystals... Crystals!!

Well, didn't you know? You knew, didn't you?
You knew Mike ALREADY has a crystal, didn't you?

Mi-hi-hike! I'd hope you did.
Don't gaze too long... or else you'll start to see things you'd wish you'd never heard!

It's Mike! The TV Mike who's hair is Like!

Knowing Smile #UnknowingSmile

[ The doorknob grabs the Pippins' hand before they can grab it. There is no doorknob. ]

[ . . . ]

[ ... The door is now unlocked. ]

Take as long as you need... friend.

[ Mike exits through the door to the room. Mike locks the door from the outside. ]

Thanks, I just need tー

Leave the shift to me, pal.

Mmmh. Dats kinda how it was for me, too... I lived in da Dark Sanctuary for a bit. The church, dey had a TV in da back for some of da day programs there...

... It was quiet. Nice, but quiet. 'till Krissy swiped me up, of course.

Did ya... have any of ya theory stuff goin' on back den, too?

Mmhm.

[ Mike scratches at their itchy bandana. ]

... You ain't talk much 'bout Card Kingdom. What, eh... What went on over 'dere, exactly?

Hey, I like workin' too. Maybe not as much as th' average Zapper, but... I like bein' part of dis club with youse.

Just feels like... sometimes it feels like dis takes a toll on you more than it takes a toll on me or Pluey. Does dat make sense?

... Well, I dunno 'bout all dat, is just... youse seemin' a lil' extra wound up today, is all.

Maybe think 'bout takin' da weekend off, eh?

Dis gig is... it's a GOOD gig, boss. We got a good thing goin' fer ourselves, here. But it ain't worth losin' yer marbles over it.

Maybe, ahhh... maybe's ya need a lil' break from bein' Mike, lil' buddy.

<speaking like it's some kind of code phrase> I understand. I'm also a friend of Pluey's.

(Pluey)

My game!

But of course, don'tcha know? You know, don't you?

Of course you do, me-he-hike. Everyone knows that good ol' Motormouth Mike's Cat Petterz minigame is PLUEY, don't you? Of course!

Eh? "Battat"...?

... Oh, from one of the funny little cat games under Azzie's bed, right?

Understand there's nothing more that we can do, and I will not risk losing you

Our NEW album, "The Protomike, Act III,"

// Being Mike is the BEST gig I've EVER had if ANY of you fuck it up for me I swear to god

* But, even when given free access to the lime's light, few could contend for the title.
* Who even could...? Could anyone answer the call?

* ...
* Maybe... Maybe there was one.

* If only you believed it so.

* Despite it's anchorage, the TV stopped being the centre of the home a long time ago.
* Other pieces claimed their part, holding tightly to the role that still suited them in the places in-between.

* There was always a place in-between, after all.

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Thaaat's right! Tenna's favorite, most favoritored, with Tenna's most favorite hole in the head-- ohhhhh waaait that's nnOh good lord what the

// Okay fine!

>> * Mike is definitely Nonbinary Fortnite

{🟢OOC: meeeooowwww ',:3c}