Chapter 4: Interlude 1
It was funny. Kinda. Well, you had to laugh. Actually, you shouldn't laugh. Should you? She liked laughing though. She was full of giggles. Giggling all the time. She liked to laugh and make other people laugh. So therefore shouldn't we all be laughing now?
Hmm. How long has it been since I've slept?
Laughter. It's what she would want. Or would she. Maybe she would think we were happy. Happy she is gone? Well, no one is happy. Not anymore. Not in rainbow land. It's like.. an essential component has been removed. A keystone from a bridge. Something that looks like all the other stones, but in reality binds them all together. Keeps them unified.
Two days since I've slept? Gotta rebuild the Color Console though. Rainbow is depending on me. If I fix the Color Console, then we can look at the spectrum. If we can look at the spectrum, we can plan on how to fix the spectrum.
Maybe Pink was a keystone? Arch bridges have keystones. Arch bridges look like rainbows. So without Pink we now all fall down?
Maybe I should sleep. Rest my eyes. My eyelids feel so heavy. And my eyes keep unfocusing. Almost makes me wonder why I wear glasses. Why do I wear them if my eyes won't focus. Maybe I need to build auto focusing glasses. Or maybe I need take my glasses off altogether.
Wait. That's silly. If I don't wear my glasses then how will everyone know it is me? They'll ask 'Where is Shy Violet? The one with the glasses' and I'll reply 'I'm right here.'. But they'll be 'Oh no, you're Indigo. Cause Shy Violet wears glasses'. And then I'll have to write poetry instead of equations because I'm Indigo.
How long has it been since I've slept? Maybe I'm Moonglow instead. She's always tired. Well not anymore. Now she's always sad. Like everyone else.
I saw her crying today. She didn't know I saw her, but I did. It was just after she got home at sunrise. She went into the kitchen and she cried. I guess I should have said something to her. But I didn't know what to say.. So I kept my head down.. down deep in the bowels of the Color Console pretending I couldn't hear. Sometimes I can talk forever. But, when it's most important, I find I can't say a word.
Ow. I just burnt my finger again. Must stop slipping with the soldering iron. Another burn, another bandaid. So many bandaids. Maybe I'm becoming Patty O'Green?
Wait, that's silly. Patty wouldn't be repairing the Color Console. Remembering that she shouldn't be soldering that red wire into the green one. Oh, whoops. Shouldn't have done that. Where did I put the wire cutters?
I wonder if Red would ever date Green. I think that would make Orange rather jealous. I wonder if anyone would ever date me. I wonder if I would want to date anyone. I wonder what the point of dating someone is. I must ask Lala that.
After I fix the Color Console, of course. I should probably rest my eyes though. Maybe just for a few seconds. Help them focus.
I wonder if Pink is okay. I wonder what it is like being a keystone. I wonder if everyone would miss me if something happened to me. Probably not, as I'm not a keystone. Maybe the Color Console would. After all, I'm the one who built it and knows how to repair it.
Yes. That's it. It's settled. Once I repair the Color Console, I'm going to date it. And Lala will be so jealous.
But first I'm going to rest my eyes. How long has it been since I slept?
London Bridge is falling down.. Falling down. Falling down. Rainbow Land is falling down. My fair Lady.