[By now Doctor Bhamba has realized that the other transmissions are not just TV channels, although on occasion he still likes to treat them as such. This time? Call it a cautious attempt at coping with what happened to him during the event by randomly striking up a conversation with a stranger.]
There is a guy with white make-up and red lips. There is also a guy with a black and golden rabbit mask who is actually just the guy with the white make-up in a rabbit mask and occasionally there is also-
[Okay, they're probably talking about different people, because from what he knows of Markus he can't imagine the guy wearing something as flamboyant as purple feathers.
[The reasons why Bhamba even replied to this transmission are starting to escape him as memories of ~an evening with Sander Cohen~ come flooding back to him. His answer is therefore snippy, upset, as if Alex was the one who /dared/ to approach him about the subject.]
Oh, I don't know. Would you be okay if you woke up in the arms of another men, knowing fully well that the night before the two of you repeatedly-
[The monitor is shakily lifted back onto the wall and in the background you can see a crocodile retreating into its corner, clearly ridden with guilt.]
[Pick up on your visible discomfort? Who do you think this is, not!Bhamba?]
Anyway, so as I was saying-
[He pauses. Pauses more. Paaaaaaaauses.]
I lost my train of thought. Have we met before?
[Now that Alex has switched to video - undoubtedly out of shock or because he is trying to impress the crocodile - Bhamba can't help but wonder if he looks familiar. He didn't meet a lot of residents yet, but there was this one party during the event... then again, he spent most if it in a broom closet and- MOVING ON.]
[VIDEO] MOTHERFUUU-- oh well, the damage is done.40410June 22 2010, 23:51:48 UTC
[All of a sudden, Bhamba is looking at him, and Alex grimaces as he glances at the wall comm' and realises that the video has spontaneously started. Screw this mansion, seriously.]
I don't think so, I'd probably remember...
[...no, wait a second. Now he considers it, he's starting to think he spied you at Jack's party - maybe he didn't recognise you straight away without your hand down Cohen's pants.]
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[It clicks.]
Oh! You were with--
[...and suddenly, Bhamba's traumatized ramblings make a whole lot more sense.]
...that old guy with the mascara.
[He trails off. What's he supposed to say? "Hey man, I feel your pain, the same thing happened to me"? Hell no, that's not something everybody needs to know.
...Then again his face might say it for him; it's twisting as he tries not to recall his own experience of the mansion's gayification programme.]
[Bhamba shakes his head, his stare again lost in the distance. It's hard to say if he's caught the expression and is sympathising or if he's just back to talking to himself out loud, lost in a horrible, horrible memory.]
We had match-up programs at our company. Optional match-up programs...
[There's some more staring and then apparently he remembers that this transmission actually had a purpose.]
So why are you looking for this masked person anyway?
There is a guy with white make-up and red lips. There is also a guy with a black and golden rabbit mask who is actually just the guy with the white make-up in a rabbit mask and occasionally there is also-
[On second thought, this is not going well.]
No. No, I have not.
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...right. Do any of those guys have any other masks? I dunno, this guy could have more than one.
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Feathers. So many purple feathers.
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Also you're sort of worrying Alex.]
Uh, are you okay?
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Oh, I don't know. Would you be okay if you woke up in the arms of another men, knowing fully well that the night before the two of you repeatedly-
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I'm sorry about that, she sometimes-
[He taps the screen with his finger.]
Are you still there?
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...Holy shit.
[He sounds more shaken than anyone has a right to be upon witnessing a crocodile savage a screen.]
Holy shit.
Still here.
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Isn't she beautiful?
[Well, at least the conversation took a positive turn for /somebody/ here...]
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[Give Alex a minute to stop having a heart attack. Gee, you'd almost think he has a reason to dislike visual-audio tearing!]
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Anyway, so as I was saying-
[He pauses. Pauses more. Paaaaaaaauses.]
I lost my train of thought. Have we met before?
[Now that Alex has switched to video - undoubtedly out of shock or because he is trying to impress the crocodile - Bhamba can't help but wonder if he looks familiar. He didn't meet a lot of residents yet, but there was this one party during the event... then again, he spent most if it in a broom closet and- MOVING ON.]
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I don't think so, I'd probably remember...
[...no, wait a second. Now he considers it, he's starting to think he spied you at Jack's party - maybe he didn't recognise you straight away without your hand down Cohen's pants.]
...actually... maybe?
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[He gives him a little salute]
I was at that one party during the event, with my-
[Nervous twitch in the corner of his mouth.]
-brother.
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Oh! You were with--
[...and suddenly, Bhamba's traumatized ramblings make a whole lot more sense.]
...that old guy with the mascara.
[He trails off. What's he supposed to say? "Hey man, I feel your pain, the same thing happened to me"? Hell no, that's not something everybody needs to know.
...Then again his face might say it for him; it's twisting as he tries not to recall his own experience of the mansion's gayification programme.]
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We had match-up programs at our company. Optional match-up programs...
[There's some more staring and then apparently he remembers that this transmission actually had a purpose.]
So why are you looking for this masked person anyway?
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