[video] punch and judy

[maddest]

[Xerxes Break is combing tangles out of his little doll's hair when the whirr of the PCD alerts him to the fact that it's been turned on. The doll pipes up right away, in her irritating falsetto;]

Ow ow owowowow stop pulling!

I wouldn't have to pull if you hadn't let yourself get this tangled, Miss Emily.

[The ventriloquism is perfect. She continues;]

Help! Please! If someone on the network can hear meeee-

Don't be silly, Miss Emily, you couldn't live with anyone else. None of them would have the patience to put up with your temper or the insults you like to hurl.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Then you're wrong.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Hm, you're a bit of an unpleasant person too, you know.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I am not.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

That's exactly why you are.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

What do you mean?

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

The way you protest. It's annoying.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

So cruel.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

It's accurate.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

You're in a wretched mood.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

I'm always like this.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

No, you're worse than usual today.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

I'm disagreeing with you more, of course you'd say that.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

You're also doing it quicker, over things you've let slide before.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

So there's an end to patience.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

You're worrying me. Is everything all right?

Is it about Yuca?

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[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Drop the pretensions of concern.

...Why would it be?

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

You're an idiot, doctor.

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[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Anything better to offer than insults, Break?

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Nothing you'll hear.

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[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

My hearing is fine.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Then what isn't?

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[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Nothing.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

All right.