Audience: Kaz Kaan

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Comments

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Smart idea! Umm...

[they're thoughtful for a bit. hmm, hmm.]

Oh, I know! It rhymes with one of the things inside one of the new rooms you can go into!

[sloth you aren't helpful]

[bachelorbored]

There's new rooms?

[KAZ]

[probe]

[.....kaz??????]

Yeah! They are on the other floor! You should go see them if you haven't. The one with stars is kind of amazing! I've never seen stars in my life.

[bachelorbored]

[he does seem vaguely interested in this, though!! not like, jumping up immediately to see them? but yeah!]

Oh, do you live in a big city? There's usually too much light pollution in Neo Yokio to see any stars, but you can see them in a planetarium. Is it like that?

[probe]

Nope, nothing like that! It's definitely another plane of existence!

[bachelorbored]

What, just floating in a void? That sounds awful. Don't you ever get bored?

[probe]

Not exactly. It's a place. Well, um, it's several places in one big place! No time to be bored. It's so busy. So many people coming in!

But I do get a little lonely, if I'm completely honest. Don't tell anyone, okay?

[bachelorbored]

Lots of people coming in? I hope they text first. There's nothing worse than cold callers.

[he yawns, pushing his hair out of his face, and considers.]

Oh, I totally feel that. Surrounded by people, but lonely? What a vibe. If Charles was here, I'd tell him to play something melancholy, but he's not, and I'm not one for beatboxing.

[probe]

No texting in that place. They just show right up, but I have a list of who is supposed to be there! So it's fine!

[they peer at kaz beneath the hood.]

Charles? Is he your friend?

[bachelorbored]

A VIP list, huh? You make it sound like you're a bouncer to another dimension!

Charles? Oh, no, he's my mechabutler.

[probe]

What's a bouncer...?

[???]

Oh! I know someone like that! Um, a butler, that is.

[bachelorbored]

You know a butler, or you have one? And bouncer is like a security guard—they keep out troublemakers who aren’t on the list!

[probe]

I know one!

[hm. they see.]

Wow! I guess I am like a bouncer then!

[can't believe sloth now thinks they are a bouncer.]

[bachelorbored]

Yeah, congrats on being a bouncer to the afterlife, or whatever weird Earth-but-not void you work in!

[probe]

Aww, thanks!

[they sounds really earnest]

[bachelorbored]

[kaz gives sloth an encouraging thumbs-up, and fluffs his pillow.]

Yeah, it's wild that you, uh... [he yawns] ...that you're not human? But as long as you're not a demon causing trouble, I'm surprised to find that I really don't care. I think that's the beauty of a multi-cultural melting pot like Neo Yokio!