on Paradisa's fourth wall meme

[strangeandunusual]

Hey, mun?

I don't really think this is a good idea. But ... if you don't think he'll show up ...

Maybe I'll go. I guess.

I don't really have anything better to do, after all. It's not like you've actually done anything with me, anyway.

Not that I blame you. Considering everyone else you have around, maybe I'm not as unusual as I thought.

Comments

[threeyesandmovingtattoos]

You seem quite normal to me.

[strangeandunusual]

I guess that's kind of what I'm afraid of. That I won't be worth wasting her time. She should send someone else. Like one of the time travelers, or the ones who've already been.

[threeyesandmovingtattoos]

You make it sound like time travel is strange.

[strangeandunusual]

To me, any kind that isn't one second at a time in forward motion is. We've only got that in books. Well. The living. Barbara says it's different when you're dead.

.... Are you dead?

[threeyesandmovingtattoos]

Not that I am aware of. Although in Night Vale it doesn't matter much. *He grins, revealing teeth like razor blades, and his third eye opens for a moment.*

[strangeandunusual]

[pardon her staring]. Wow.

What's Night Vale? Is it like Purgatory? Or... no, wait. Is that where the sand worms live? [she's heard of those, too. All Her Friends Are Dead.]

[threeyesandmovingtattoos]

Night Vale is a beautiful little town in the desert where the sun screams and buzzes, the moon is imaginary, and strange lights float through the sky while we all pretend to sleep.

[strangeandunusual]

... You sound like you could definitely have at least one sand worm lurking around. [you have her attention, though, because dude.]

If the moon is imaginary, what are the lights?

[threeyesandmovingtattoos]

I think most of the sandworms are in Desert Bluffs, the next town over.

No one is quite sure. But the lights above the Arby's are probably aliens, although I'm not sure why they hover 100 feet above the Arby's instead of invading or something. *He shrugs.* At least the lights racing above the highway seem to be careful drivers, as opposed to the ghost cars. Do not try to match speeds with the ghost cars, they want to get you killed.

[strangeandunusual]

... Maybe the aliens just like really bad fast food. I mean - the magazines are always saying they like to take cows, right? ... Or is that too weird?

Have you heard WtNV yet, by the way?

[threeyesandmovingtattoos]

That would make sense, except that they never come down to eat the fast food. And since the Arby's sign isn't that exciting, having never come to life or spontaniously inverted, I doubt that they've been examining it all this time.

not yet but I have heard several convincing testimonials

[strangeandunusual]

Huh. Do they ever move to, like, a McDonald's, or something?

It is hilarious. Like NPR for the Twilight Zone. An archive is here: http://nightvale.libsyn.com

[threeyesandmovingtattoos]

No, so far they've stuck to the Arby's. Specifically, 100 feet above the Arby's. But that's okay, the McDonalds was hit by 33 bolts of black lightning that giggled loudly instead of thundering yesterday in any case. *He smiles a razor-toothed smile and winks--or maybe just blinks--his third eye at her.*

[say_it_thrice]

[SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

Except not literally. You don't want to meet that guy he has HORRIBLE B.O.

Guess who pops up out of nowhere, hovering right over your shoulder, Lydia?]

Hey baby.

[strangeandunusual]

... spoke too soon.

UGH. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice --

[better do something or this is going to be a very short thread]

[say_it_thrice]

[He sputters, eyes going WIDE as he flails. One arm tightly grabs her around the shoulders as the other claps across her mouth just in time]

Ah, ah, ah. C'mon, ain't you gonna give a guy a chance?! [He gives her a pleading look c'mooooooooon]

[strangeandunusual]

[oh my god YOU SMELL GET OFF GET OFF GET OFF. she flails, attempting to elbow him in the ribs and twist away. there would be muffled shrieking if she even wanted to open her mouth with that hand over it, but God knows where it's been. as it is, there's a wordless sound that's about as close to "NO" as wordless sounds get]