[19] Audio Broadcast

[catatonicanon]

There's a sound of bed sheets rustling, a soft shift of fabric that has been washed to thinness. It's noisy here, the sound of footsteps walking, people talking, strange machines beeping and distant sneakers squeaking by.

Something shifts the bed sheets and the sound of a tiny baby whining in protest is heard over the radios. The bed creaks, the baby whines.

"You know what, Vic? He looks like a Denzel."

The voice is female; tired, young and distracted.

Footsteps approach and this time the voice is a young male.

"I thought we agreed on Brian?"

In the distance, someone begins to scream. The sound is drowned out by the woman.

"But he looks more like a Denzel. Besides, I like Denzel. Don't you like Denzel?"

"Yeah, yeah, do what you want."

"Heh heh! Denzel it is then! Hi, Denzel! I'm your mommy!"

The bed sheets shift, machines beep, a woman screams and shoes squeak on by.

Comments

[spandexisyouth]

If socks are all I have to lose, then it is not bad at all.

Challenge accepted? [Resisting every urge to pursue that. He'll know more if it does come back.] I enjoy challenges! They can be exciting!

Tamarindo? Cher? Nothing is a roach? So Nothing will survive? Or Cher will?

Our hair would stick up if we were walking upside down. [A beat as he considers Bell.] Everyone's hair would stick up if we were upside-down.

[catatonicanon]

That's the spirit!

Yes! I ACCEPT! I will build you a maze before the little boy goes back to sleep! After all I haven't spread my wings in a very long time.

Names don't wear them out! But I hear it's become fashionable to wear last season's moniker. Both! Maybe! Who knows for sure! I didn't expect the Bar Man, so you shouldn't expect Cher.

I KNEW IT! WE ARE UPSIDE DOWN! WE ARE IN A LAND DOWN UNDER!

[spandexisyouth]

Splendid!

I look forward to it! And you are saying that the little boy would not like mazes? Wings can be very lovely things.

Like some still calling me Youth when I am Gai. Though now you have given me a new moniker. ...And the barman did not survive, from what I read.

Under what?

[catatonicanon]

Have you ever seen the Gray Man leave the branches?

Fruitbowl is a better name! Youthful fruit guy! He caused a wave. I wonder what he did?

UNDERWHERE? [she laughs]

[spandexisyouth]

[There's silence here because she just confirmed a guess and he couldn't react, couldn't afford to react. Then he's under control and focused again.] I have not. But he died in the Wilderness, and so he's left them.

You can call me that if you would like, though I do not think I will introduce myself like that. It is not as easy to remember as Gai or Youth. I do not know what he did. I hardly ever spoke with him.

Under the sphere?

Not to distract or detract from the SRS WORLD PLOT TALK going on...but.

[grab-my-bells.livejournal.com]

Just so the Fruitbowl has a banana for me, I'm fine with whatever you call yourself.

[spandexisyouth]

[There's a confused pause for a moment, and then Gai is sputtering.]

I... what... this is... Bell! This is hardly the time!

Whatever Cancer's in

[catatonicanon]

Fruitbowl has a DATE! I told his boi not to let Fruitbowl show him his BANANA!

Don't worry though! It is guaranteed FRESH!

[grab-my-bells.livejournal.com]

Fresh? I think we've already popped that cherry.

[catatonicanon]

I KNEW I had to baptize you! BACK INTO THE TUB, HEATHEN!

[grab-my-bells.livejournal.com]

I think I'd rather not. If by tub you mean pod.

[catatonicanon]

YOU BATHE IN A POD?!








You scare me.

Missing all the innuendo to focus on one thing whee

[spandexisyouth]

My boy? What about my boy?

[catatonicanon]

The one you're taking under your wing, Secret Squirrel. I won't tell.

[spandexisyouth]

Taking. That is present tense. So you do not mean Lotus.

[grab-my-bells.livejournal.com]

I think it's a perfect time.

[spandexisyouth]

[What Bell is saying sinks in and Gai nods, even though it can't be seen. His voice is far more calm.]

You always think it is a perfect time.

[grab-my-bells.livejournal.com]

[There we go.]

There are worse things to enjoy than fruit.

[spandexisyouth]

Yes, but sometimes there are more appropriate forums to discuss it.

[catatonicanon]

GREAT SCOTT! He actually went BELOW? My goodness, the 49th HAS missed a lot!

It'll be our secret, Fruitbowl!

~Under the sphere! Da seaweed is always greener, in somebody else's lake!

[spandexisyouth]

The 49th? What?

...The radios are transmitting. It is not secret from anyone.

Lake? Bernard is not under the sphere.

[catatonicanon]

Sock!

You told everyone about our secret love already? YOU'RE TEARING ME APART, FRUITBOWL!

You realllly don't want to know where Bernard is from.

[spandexisyouth]

You have lost 49 socks? But how do socks miss things?

...I... what?

Why not?

[catatonicanon]

48. This is the 49th. Maybe they miss their SHOE.

Don't deny our connection!

Too disturbing. Ick.

[spandexisyouth]

So you were on the 48th sock when he went to the Wilderness? Or was the number even lower? ...Would a sock miss a shoe? Shoes can be tight.

I would never deny something that existed.

Bernard is very friendly!