She really d()esn’t need t() be pacified, she’s chill like that. M()rgan is the ()ne wh() keeps me fr()m g()ing c()mpletely psych() and reminds me that it’s ‘bad manners’ t() try and terrify my friends. In turn, I pr()tect her and d() everything I can t() ensure she’s happy and safe.

In a way, yes, he did. When we first surfaced and were selecting a l()cat()n t() build a hive, he insisted ()n this h()le in the gr()und. Bef()re I had the dr()nes build anything in the caverns, I expl()red it with M()rgan and f()und s()mething really fucking c()()l near the b()tt()m.

It was an ()ld chest with my symb()l ()n it, s() it must have been left by my ancest()r c()untless sweeps ag(). It was full ()f junk like flat Fayg() and dried up face paint, but als() a machete (my first weap()n) and a j()urnal. M()st imp()rtantly, he left behind a scr()ll that related the Dark Carnival pr()phecy unt() me. ()ver the next several days I had visi()ns ()f that mystical paradise kn()wn as Shangri-La rising fr()m the shattered remains ()f ()ur universe, and I knew it t() be true.

()ver time I’ve researched m()re and learned ab()ut the legacy ()f the Jester Saints and J()ker Card st()ries such as the Slaughtering Circus, and ()f c()urse I still have the visi()ns fr()m time t() time. It’s like I was hatched a cl()wn and was always meant t() kn()w. The Carnival is c()ming, and I am its herald!!

What ever y()u say, man. Maybe I’ll meet them s()metime?

And f()r y()ur inf()rmati()n, I happen t() find Brim()n’s c()wardice endearing!

He’s the ()nly science tr()ll I kn()w I can trust. Why d() y()u care?

Y()u can find my hive as unnerving as y()u like, that’s fine by me, but he can be incredibly ann()ying when he’s trying t() get ()ut like that. That’s n()t a bad idea at all, th()ugh! I’ll see what the D()c can science up f()r y()u.

If I was g()ing t() kill y()u f()r g()()d, I w()uldn’t make my lusus d() it. Y()u’re right, th()ugh. If I c()uldn’t st()p him, things c()uld end badly…

Never mind then! Vide() games and bulging ar()und ()n the internet it is!

()f c()urse y()u can. I just fed my lusus t()(), s() maybe we can try bringing him ()ut and see if he’ll be civil this time?

I had n() idea he was that affecti()nate (()r c()uld wake up). That’s pretty cute, D()c. My lusus makes me g() t() my recuperac()()n t()(), heh heh.

Heh heh heh heh. Y()ur me()wbeast is fucking sp()iled.

()nly because y()u’re g()()d at running! I keep his d()()r cl()sed when y()u’re ()ver f()r a reas()n. I really need t() train him that y()u’re a friend, n()t f()()d.