Kazoo Day 24

[zombiemessiah]

VIDEO|CW: ZOMBIE RELATED STUFF

[Murphy's in the store room by the ICP there, hand leaning on the wall beside it and he's tilted so he can point at the refridgerator. And he has very, very red skin and is wearing a red team uniform shirt but with a leather jacket over it.]

Hello! Hi. My name is Murphy, pleasure to meet you. Having a great time here, really. Loving the whole 'pre-apocalyptic civilization experience', that's always a favorite but.... Ummmmm.

[He purses his lips for a bit, makes a little popping noise, before continuing.]

Sooooo... there was a tupperware container in the fridge holding an item wrapped in brown paper. Silly me, I didn't think to label it. [Tiny wince. Oopsie doodle.] That item was a human brain. Pretty recognizably a brain. That is my brain, and I'm gonna need that back. [Big smile? Big smile. Come on, do him a solid.]


OOC: It was stolen by Jack, but its fine for anyone else to have balked at it or poked it or whatever. Permissions are here as needed.

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[sirentologist]

[Tannis doesn't even question why he'd need a brain. In fact, now she wants one.]

Oh is that who that belonged to? I was intending to claim it for myself, although I suppose I must share it.

[zombiemessiah]

Are brains really in such high demand here?

Aside from the really obvious intelligence jokes that can be made. Like... who else would even need one?

...

[Now he's really wondering if 'brain' qualifies as a 'snack' for him in the shop or small item.]

[sirentologist]

Oh, I could think of several things I could do with a spare brain. Or a dozen.

[zombiemessiah]

And I thought my social life was fulfilling. I need to try harder.

Okay, so. When was the last time you saw it in there?

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[hashtagparkerluck]

uh...

a brain?

like a for real, human brain?

[zombiemessiah]

I don't know, I wasn't on the grocery run to pick it up.

[You know what? He's not even going to pretend that it was for an experiment or something. It's a waste of time.]

Actually, it could be convincing brain tofu for all I know. It tasted real enough from the little I had, but didn't have any memories or knowledge.

[hashtagparkerluck]

Cool, cool.

there's a lot to unpack there but uh-I guess I'm gonna save us some time and just throw out the whole fuckin' case.

[ SIGH. Zombies. Just what the train needed. the goddamn zombie apocalypse. also, good thing May's not here to ground him, shit. that is a BAD word to slip up and say over the intercom. Gg Peter Parker. ]

Did you check the storage car? there's a fridge in there-it could be there.

[knifewithnoname]

Why did your brain be being in the fridge?

[Asking the important questions here. But look Soldat's soul was in a lantern, so this mans brain could well be in a fridge.]

[zombiemessiah]

[Oh hello there small child.]

[Some adults may not want to have conversations like 'sometimes the bad or on a good day morally gray man needs a dietary boost.' Murphy lives under the assumption kids figure it out sooner or later, might as well be sooner.]

Because that brain isn't for thinking.

That brain was for snacking. I wanted to make some cookies for myself so it would last longer.

I mean, I'd share but I don't think most people would want to try them.

[knifewithnoname]

Do brain be tasting good to you?

[She honestly isn't sure what brain would even taste like but the idea of eating human brain was weird and a little disgusting.

Okay very disgusting. She's never heard of anyone who snacked on brains before.]

I did no never be hearing of brain cookies before.

[Or cookies with any kind of meat... Was brain like meat?]

[irrationally]

.. are you just waiting for one of us to make a joke about it being rather telling that you sound exactly the same, regardless of whether your brain is located inside your head or not?

[ Because.. come on, Murphy. You put that ball right in front of the goal. It's so obvious. The joke is right there.

She shakes her head. ]

Seriously, though, you shouldn't just put stuff anywhere in this place. People put their sticky fingers on everything, even if it isn't theirs.

[zombiemessiah]

I know. I know. Come on, you said it yourself. I'm old. I forgot what college was like. You never leave anything in the fridge without marking it.

...Well I guess an office job was about the same. Always someone ready to steal your lunch.

[He's hangry, okay! And he's not even gonna pretend he doesn't need it because, honestly, he's gonna start smelling people and while he's pretty decent at holding back those urges he just kind of hates looking at people he hangs out with and just thinking, 'I bet you taste great' thoughts.]

[irrationally]

[ The college and office job jokes are super going over Alice's head right here, but at least she can kind of get the gist of it from the rest of what he says.

Still, more importantly-- ]

And so you think the person who took it truly is going to admit to it, just because you happened to ask nicely?

[shegypt]

[ Bakura is not the sort of person who prefers to interact with the talking box, though when it turns on, she does listen to see whether it says anything useful.

It is not saying anything useful, now. But it is saying something that makes her laugh, so, okay. Talking box, you have earned the attentions of the King. ]

Heh heh heh heh heh.......

[ bakura maybe do something other than putting your ticket in and chuckling ominously

or don't i mean

this is how you live your life ]

[zombiemessiah]

[What in the ever-loving hell?]

...You know, I really hate having to mention the whole brain-thing in public because, you know... it's a little creepy. So I owe you a debt of gratitude for coming in here and way out-creepy-ing me.

[shegypt]

[ A little more chuckling, for ambiance, just for him. ] Any time.

[ Okay she's good now, well, she's still grinning, but she can talk. ] How'd you get it out of the skull?

[ the extraction methods used back home are.....inelegant. ]

[azrthmtrnznthos]

Your brain...

[Raven is pondering this, seriously.]

Generally brains aren't used as phylacteries, so I'm guessing you're not a lich of some kind. Zombie?

[Straight and to the point.]

[zombiemessiah]

I'm a Blend. I'm about half-zombie, half-human, and a whole bunch of jazzed-up vaccine immunity serum.

I'm alive enough to still enjoy living and dead enough to bitch about life.

[azrthmtrnznthos]

Fun.

[Raven's deadpan tone didn't make it clear if she was being sarcastic or agreeing with him.]

As long as you don't go looking at the rest of us as food, it should be fine. Which is probably why the train provided you a brain. Want help looking?

cw: cannibalism

[helborn]

[Great. Wonderful. Eating human flesh, that's not something he wanted to encounter again.]

Was it just wrapped up or was there formaldehyde? I'm familiar with... both smells.

[zombiemessiah]

You people still have way more interesting social lives than me. So why are you familiar with the smell of brains?

[Scientist? Coroner? Gotta be something like that for the formaldehyde.]

I'll be fine. I'm hoping whoever took it will just own up and give it back. But if not, I'm getting hungry enough that I'll probably be able to track down the scent myself.

[Which isn't creepy or anything. You know, sometimes he likes the freedom that comes with what he is now? Sometimes he just really misses being a normal ass guy that didn't have to go struggling after brainstink like a dieter around a bakery.]

[helborn]

Grew up in a funeral home. Not everyone arrived with a head that was... in a good shape. And I helped out a bit when my dad got called to help out with an autopsy.

So yeah I'm extremely familiar... and I've got a good nose on me now, besides.

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[firewalled]

...Uh.

[You know, for all Rich talks about how being in the hivemind was like being a zombie, he's never met a real one. If this guy is somehow living without his brain, though, that gives him a seriously bad feeling.]

How are you talking if you don't... have your brain in your skull?

[zombiemessiah]

Oh that one is still there.

This brain was provided for me by the train. Because I need to eat it.

[Which, he can understand, would be a reason that someone wouldn't think of when they found a brain in the refrigerator.]

I have the good luck to be a partial-zombie. And by 'good luck' I mean 'I fucking hate it, but here we are'.

[firewalled]

Oh, fuck.

[Okay, that's definitely freaky, but reassuring at the same time. The guy is a little good natured about it all, and he doesn't exactly seem like he's raring to go bite people's heads off, so Rich relaxes.]

I haven't seen it around, but I'll keep an eye out. It sounds like a real bum deal, but... hey, at least you've still got your senses.