CH. 3 Paint Shop 2.0
"'Ere Mudds ya get 8A, Russ you can 'ave 10A and I'll get 9A." 2D said handing the other two guys keys and heading to his room. He put his key in 9A's lock. The door swung open to reveal a dusty, grimy room. He stepped in and threw his little case of clothes on the bed (he always was prepared when he went on trips that were longer than an hour) and saw the dust fly up. He went and sat on the bed. The thin lad immediately sunk in. He placed his hands on the side of the bed and pushed his bum up and out of the bed's crater. He grabbed some pillows and pied them in the crater, moving them around so he would eventually be able to at least sit on it. After about an hour of settling the bed so he wouldn't sink in too much, it was 7:30 and he was going to go for food. He opened the door and checked his pocket for his wallet. He looked up when he heard the pitter of feet that sounded all too much like Noodle. "Noods?" he said looking up. 2D discovered that it was the Essex counter girl. "Oy, waddid ya say yer name wuz?" 2D said.
"Oh, er, I'm Luna. And you're 2D, frum Gorillaz, right?"
"Yup."
"Want to come into my room?" She asked opining the door next to 10A's. 2D nodded walking in. It was a small room, but it was very clean and bright.
"Why is it that ya never smile?" Luna looked up.
"Oh, well, this ephemeral town has a kind of 'motto'. It's a melancholy town really, very rarely will anyone smile. The motto is 'a melancholy town where we never smile' with a frown face next to it." She gave a slight giggle and frowned even more when she did. "It used to be beaut'ful countryside but now, the factories have taken the clean beaut'ful air away. They all really need to go. They make stupid products that don't even sell well, they don't know wack 'bout how to make and do good. Sorry, I'm goin' on about this stupid town." She hit her head and gave a nervous laugh, still not smiling.
"No really it's no problem, I'm enjoying this. Can I sit somewhere?" 2D said looking surprisingly interested.
"Oh how rude of me! Here come and sit on the white bench, I'll sit on my bed" Luna said pointing to the bench in the middle of the room and hopping on her tall bed. "The city's basically breaking down on a camel's back with all those damn factories. And all those shoppers and hookers that fill the streets, well at times it's appealing to see them, but they're all damn ass free, ya know, and why the hell they don't leave the county, I don't know. Maybe it's their freedom talking, ya think! But I feel like I'm always awake and never mentally sleeping. But that was so random. I don't have any more comments to say" Luna looked up, blushing with a frown on her face.
"Where's your mum and pop?" 2D asked. Luna shrugged and pulled out a little book and started to read. The truth was, she was an orphan. "Wat's 'at" he asked pointing at the book. She looked up and raised a well trimmed eyebrow in question.
"Oh uh this is a story on the….uh….promise not to laugh?" she put her pinky out and 2D shook it with his. "It's all about the 'Island in the Sky' It's just a stupid story from the old version of our town. It says: 'When the outsiders came and ruined our land, the one most beautiful piece flew away from harm. It had an anchor on it and a dock. Its windmill would spin eternally. It flew away to a young', this is really stupid, 'a young Japanese girl who would forget her past' and that's it. Where the island came up, Feel Good Inc. was built. Legend says it still flies around here to help cleanse the land, it's a windmill for the land."
A/N: sooo I bet you didn't know that luna plays an important role….did you? HA well I (yes I'm luna) do! So there, stick that up your nose (rock it…)! Well now you all know where 2D got his sond inspiration…2D ROCKS MY SOCKS! Saraba ( floats on an invisible cloud from 2D's voice….drooling… Damon Albarn needs to give his voice to my boy friend…drools…)