144.98750 Public Channel [Day 63]

[amusicaladventure]

Hey, guys? Anyone -- I hope you still have your radios...

[Ash sounds worried to the point of frantic, barely keeping her alarm and panic covered under a veneer of anxiety.]

Listen, something's really wrong here. Have you guys actually talked with anyone else? It's scary as hell, guys, they're hollow, it's like their brains have just shut down -- they're running for kicks and thrills like they're the only thing that matters. I mean I know all the drugs and stuff here can have that effect, but it's not just the junkies. And some of you all are scaring the hell out of me too just from what I've seen...

This place isn't safe. We're not safe here. It's too much pleasure and it might even be more than that. Pull out, guys. Please, now.

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[spaghettimonster]

Oh.

[She sounds so certain, so worried, and it's troubling... for a minute. But her pain seems less and less real, and it's so easy to just shrug it off.]

Well! I hope you're taking your own advice. If you need any ideas, hmmm... The spa's relaxing.

[amusicaladventure]

Uh, yeah I'm taking my own advice, and that advice is that something's way wrong here. Seriously, way wrong.

[spaghettimonster]

Everybody seems fine to me... but, if you say so!

[amusicaladventure]

Dude. I'm telling you. Look into the eyes of one of the longer-term guests. It will send shivers up your spine. [She doesn't know...]

[spaghettimonster]

Staring deeply into someone's eyes... that's so intimate! And embarrassing! I couldn't. Not with a stranger! [The point is in high orbit somewhere above Papyrus' head now.]

[amusicaladventure]

...That is the lamest excuse to get out of independent self-verification I have ever heard!

[spaghettimonster]

It's true...! I don't know what I'm looking for. And I don't even have my glasses, so I wouldn't see it anyway! I would just stare, and stare...

[amusicaladventure]

You don't need to know! If you're too afraid to face the truth, just say so and quite with the terrible reasons!

[spaghettimonster]

[Normally, that kind of insult would be a clear sign of distress in the insulter. Right now... it all just seems silly.]

Okay. I'm good!

[amusicaladventure]

Oh my God. No. Being afraid to face the truth is BAD. Not good.

[spaghettimonster]

Okay... What do you want to hear me say?

[amusicaladventure]

...Are you going to say whatever I say I want to hear you say?

[She doesn't know whether to be incredulous or just angry.]

[spaghettimonster]

Ummm... Not if you don't want me to...?

[Yes.]

[amusicaladventure]

Nrrrrrrrrrrgh--!

[That isn't a good noise.]

Would you -- just -- why are you being this way?!

[spaghettimonster]

[That growl of an impending suplex or explosion... It sure isn't a comfortable noise.]

I'm just relaxing. And getting along with everybody!

[amusicaladventure]

That's just avoiding the problem. That's denying the problem, it won't make it go away!

[spaghettimonster]

We're supposed to be having a good time, and you're saying stop!? Isn't that the problem??

[And that's the important thing, right? Enjoying themselves. Having fun. Anything that gets in the way of that should stop.

Anything like, maybe, the sounds coming from this radio...? Papyrus puts a hand to the power and hesitates. It's... important to leave this on. Isn't it?]

[amusicaladventure]

You're not having a good time! The good time is having its way with you! And pretty soon there won't be a YOU to have a good time any more!

[Has he gotten an extra helping of insidious mental corruption -- or is he just like this naturally? Or both? It's a scary thought...]