La Enfermedad Mortal
Chapter 6: The Phone call.
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Man, I make pathetic chapter titles, eh? Probably just pathetic chapters, full stop. I spy in the night sky, don't I? …Something… something… something, so many moons! Quiet in the sky at night! Hot in the Milky Way! Outside in… na, na, na-na-na! and all those words. Wolf 359, Beetle juice. Sun, sun, sun, sun, sun, sun, sun, sun…… -Blur, Far out. Lyrics are hard. Chords are easy. It's no.8 in Parklife made in 1994. Just thought anyone would like to know… it's quite a nice song… here's a new chappy.
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I don't own Gorillaz… actually, 'own' is such a tedious and unoriginal word… I don't occupy Gorillaz… well, that's for lack of a better word at the moment.
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"… Hello?"
"Hey, love. How you doing?"
"I'm ok. You?"
"… Well, I've been better. Um… look, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for letting slip that you're leaving the band. I hear that dullard's giving you a hard time about it."
"Yeah, just a little. He keeps emailing me."
"So you haven't forgotten your password?"
"…No. I just don't reply. It's bad enough I even read them."
"I'm really sorry, love."
"It's alright, Murdoc. I forgive you and I'm sorry for being a jerk. I mean, he probably already had a clue from the day I started packing."
"He keeps bothering us all. Should I run him down and dump his comatose body back in a hospital again?"
"No! Just leave him alone. He's obviously a bit shaken up about my absence."
"That's an understatement, you know that?"
"Why? Why is it such a big deal to him? It's not like he was acting this strange when Paula left."
"…"
"… He was?"
"Err, you mind, love? Best not talk about her."
"Right, sorry. But he'll forget about me in a few months, what do you want me to do about it? I can't tell him I'm dying or he'll defiantly pester me more."
"He just wants to know why you left. Can't you just tell him that his vacant glare scared you away? Or Russel got too big to fit in your room without you being squashed against the wall with lard?"
"Or you're insults just got too irritating to brush aside anymore?"
"Just shut him up for me."
"I'm not going to lie to him… but I don't want to hurt him."
"Noods, just tell him, tell Russ, tell the world."
"Not the world."
"But hey, the press would be asking where you went. They'll think I murdered you or sent you away or some dodgy business when I can't give an exact address."
"Oh, fine! Let me die with dignity. But only tell them when they ask!"
"Got a reporter right outside the front door, love."
"Dammit!"
"It was a joke, love, calm down."
"… Well… what about the video? Is it good?"
"El Manana? It's perfect, love, I'm surprised you haven't seen it yet. Doesn't that 2 metre high island have any reception?"
"I don't watch much television here, there's too much to see in the outside world."
"You haven't even heard it play in your local CD store?"
"I don't think they even have our first album."
"Faggots is what they are. Anyway, it's amazing! These kids are seriously whacked out about it, everyone's sobbing into their pillows at night over that sweet Gorillaz guitarist's loss! It was a damn fine brilliant way to end Demon Days, love. It was really worth the effort, the whole shoot was just great."
"Well, I'm impressed. We really did pull it off, didn't we?"
"You did, love. So, you know, we did it! That was the final single and so I thought why not just leave it there? We're finished, shut down, we'll take a break for a while before we make another grand entrance, right?"
"Yeah. With a new guitarist and everyone."
"… Well… this was great, love, but… aren't you happy for us?"
"No, I am, it's just… I won't be there to find out what happens."
"…"
"… I better go… long distance calls cost a fortune…"
"If you try to fail and succeed, what've you done?"
"… Failed. Goodbye, Murdoc."
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Ah, yeah… hmm… Should've… kept that in mind, eh? I forgot all about El Manana… haha! Yeah it was… really weird. It's sorted now, nothing to worry about it. Damn, it's so hot in this country, I can't focus anymore… -groans- I'll be sure to add in something about this 'condition' of hers if anyone hasn't worked it out yet. ...Anyone have any doctor dictionaries?
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