~ three

On the conference stream watching her pull out Looksmaxxing Egg's intestines, smiling and nodding to his camera as he pulls out more and more ... Guy Who Wears a Mask for Reasons stares ... Girl Who Never Tox looks up at the screen for a sec, a look of WTF then back down to her phone with a sip of the straw.

The sound of a knock on the door.

In her motel room, she answers the door, Eddie smoking, and literally smoking.

Charlotte - "Back from Hell then."

Eddie - "Coffee."

Charlotte - "Hungry ?"

Eddie - "Famished." ... "What's your name again ?"

Charlotte - Looks at him ... "I'm Charlotte."

Eddie - "Eddie.  I was in hell for five fucking years.  Time dilation.  Lots of names.  So many names and they all had a story, and it was always bullshit."

Charlotte - "Find your Bible salesman ?"

Eddie - "Who ?"

Charlotte - "Your quarry."

Eddie - "Yeah.  I think I'm gonna have to torture him."

Charlotte - "Wasn't he just in Hell ?"

...

Eddie - "Coffee." 

Charlotte - "I also made bangers."
____________

Police arrive at Miserella's School for Gifted Youth/party motel.  At the door ~

Miserella - Bets flipping burgers behind her, "What the hell are you even talking about ?"

Cop - "Uhhh ... "
____________

Girl Who Never Tox sits in her video room watching Guy Who Wears a Mask for Reasons babble his outrage and fear ~

Guy Who Wears a Mask for Reasons - "And what are the police doing ?  To end this campaign against free speech !?  Nothing."

Girl Who Never Tox watches the explosion on the feed, a flash before the screen goes black.

Charlotte - Standing by the door behind her, "Feel that ?"

...

Girl Who Never Tox - "Feel what."

Charlotte - "That feeling like you know you really should care about something but deep down inside, you know.  You just ... don't !  But what you can feel is that emptiness inside, right in that place where give a fuck should be.  Even makes you a bit queasy sometimes, like give a fuck was the food you know you need and you're hungry for it and so you go to the fridge and ... nope !

"Not one single fuck to be found ... you feel that ?"

Girl Who Never Tox - Lights a joint and passes it behind her, "I'll never talk."

Charlotte - Takes it, "Well then ... I guess it's on to the next tale."
________

The news ~

Newshuman - Footage of a burning house in the upper suburbs, "There are currently no suspects.  In other news, President Dumptruck declared war on the world today, but no one was certain if he was serious, Eddie Schlock reporting on scene."

President Dumptruck - On camera, "I mean they're very bad people, the world.  Very bad people." 
________

Charlotte wakes to the sound of explosions on a military cot in her greens, looking around in confusion as Switchblade walks by.

('Rock this Way' remix by Pithy Projects)



Switchblade - Walking by for the flap, "Wake up buttercup.  Time to shine."

She exits the tent and sees the squad waiting in their fatigues, all the main actors in their idealized forms, flanked by all the minor players, loading weapons.  Camera view and credits to the war raging all around.

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