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- Bro
- Have you ever worn a party hat?
- Grey
- ...What?
- Bro
- You know, a party hat. A cone with a strap connected to it. Maybe a little puffy ball on top? You wear 'em at little kids' birthday parties. New Years Eve. Places like that.
- Grey
- I don't...
- <I'd like to get back to more important things. Despite myself, though, I can't help but actually consider this ridiculous question.>
- Grey
- You know, come to think of it... I... I don't think I've ever worn a party hat before. Is that weird?
- Bro
- I don't know! But I was thinking about it the other day and I realized that I've never worn one either! At least not that I can remember. And I gotta say, I have a pretty top-shelf recollection. Not to brag. But you remember Stacy Keaton's 8th birthday party?
- Grey
- No. Who the hell--
- Bro
- Well I do, and we didn't wear party hats. Same deal with Brent Sanderson's 10th birthday party. You remember him? The weird smelly kid in the back of Ms. Bouvier's class?
- Grey
- Oh god, I totally forgot about him. That smell was like... like if glue could fart, isn't that what we said?
- Bro
- Yeah! His mom gave him a card with $500 in it at that party. And she didn't buy anyone a single party hat, that bitch.
- Grey
- What does one have to do--
- Bro
- Anyway, I wasn't sure if that was weird or not, you know? To never wear a party hat. I sort of thought it was, but now you say you haven't either. And what are the odds that we're both weird in the same weird way? That would be weird.
- Grey
- Are you going to get to a point sometime this century?
- Bro
- Well, I mean, I was thinking about it and -- well, look. Like. You might NEVER wear a party hat. Ever. You could die tomorrow and you would die without ever having worn a party hat. Doesn't that depress you?
- Grey
- It depresses me that I might die tomorrow. Party hats don't really enter into it, you know?
- Bro
- Well it fucking bums me out, man. Like, it seriously depresses me. I'm not sure it should make me this sad. But it does. So while I was at the Stop 'n' Fuel yesterday, I grabbed a pack of party hats. Do you know that no one looted any party hats when all the shit went down? No one. Now how does that make sense? You'd think SOMEONE would have grabbed a pack or two during the looting. All the potted plants got stolen, and what good are they? Total hypocrisy, man, I'm telling you.
- Grey
- Potted plants?
- Bro
- So yeah. I have some party hats here and I'm pretty sure we should be wearing them right now.
- Grey
- You're not serious--
- [bro's sprite changes to a version with a party hat on]
- Grey
- You're serious.
- ---
- (after a long, dangerous, and tense supply run during which Grey and Bro wear their party hats, the two return to the church.)
- Naomi
- What the fuck are you two wearing party hats for?
- Elly
- Oh wow! Is it someone's birthday today?
- Bro
- Every day is God's birthday, Virginia.
- Elly cocks her head and stares at us with a confused smile.
- Elly
- What?
- Bro
- Like a fucking puppy dog, I'm telling you. I just wanna put her in my pocket and carry her around, I swear.
- Naomi
- Why are you wearing party hats, goddamn it?
- Bro
- It's fun. Guess you're allergic.
- Naomi
- You know Grey, I expect this kind of thing from him, but why do you have to get down on his level like that?
- I shrug, too tired to pretend to be apologetic.
- Bro pulls the last party hat out of his back pocket and unfolds it.
- Bro
- Here, we have an extra. They come in packs of three... guess the moral there is that you can't have a party with less than three people. You should put it on.
- Naomi
- You're out of your fucking tree if you think I'm gonna wear that thing.
- Bro looks momentarily deflated, but then Elly raises her hand high in the air, jumping up and down excitedly.
- Elly
- Oooh! I'll take it!
- Naomi
- Don't you dare--
- Elly takes the hat and puts it on.
- Elly
- How fun! Oh gosh!
- She runs around in a little circle, then stops suddenly, putting her forfinger to her chin in contemplation.
- Elly
- I don't think I've ever worn a party hat before. Is that weird?
- Bro
- I don't know! I was wondering the same thing too, because I hadn't ever...
- Bro rambles on to a rapt Elly and Naomi massages her entire face with both hands.
- Naomi
- I'm surrounded by idiots. It's the goddamn apocalypse, and I'm surrounded by idiots...
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