3rd Performance | The Gods must be crazy

[with_the_big_top]

[Video]

Y'know, I haven't been here for very long and I'm still trying to figure this place out. I know it's really jarring to be pulled out of your own world and into another without any warning. Heck, it's even downright scary! I can totally understand being angry at the people responsible for it, too. Desperate times call for desperate measures, I guess.

I saw the cute little thing one of the Gods posted for someone, and it kind of explained a lot! Even before I saw that, though, I noticed a little bit of a trend.

Every time one of the Gods posts something a lot of people treat them pretty rudely. Like I said, I can understand being angry and scared...but is it really a good idea to act that way toward the most powerful people here? Sure, it would have been better if they had asked for our help before just pulling us here...but would anyone have said yes to their request?

I don't know if anyone else here has ever been in a situation where they had a chance to do something to save an entire world, but even despite the circumstances it's a chance to do something really cool and incredible! We can help save an entire world, and if what that God posted is true, a whole bunch of other worlds too...even our own.

I dunno, I kind of feel like I'm rambling. I guess I'm just saying we should probably try to cooperate with the Gods and do something to help. We're here anyway, right? I bet the quicker we get it done the quicker we can go home. Plus, it'll probably end in some kind of grand show! A final battle with the evil bosses! It's like something out of a video game, and will probably be something really cool to be a part of.

Besides, they're Gods. That demands some kind of respect, right? I'm not trying to suck up or anything, and I'm really not even sure why I decided to do this. I just figure we should be more cooperative since we're here anyway, and we might even become some kind of mythical heroes in the process! Even if you don't like the Gods, we should definitely all work together ourselves. We're going to have to fight for our lives, right?

I'm just a circus performer, though...so I guess I might be a little naive or something?

[Cerebella thinks about that for a moment, before the video feed mercifully shuts off.]

Comments

[video]

[fishdouche]

But that doesn't mean wwe should be wworkin' wwith our captors. Not like they'll be so eager to let us in on a wway out a' here.

[with_the_big_top]

I'm just saying the negativity doesn't get us anywhere.

I'm not like...a strategist or anything, though.

[fishdouche]

At least your attitude is better than most a' the other humans in this place. I don't trust those "gods" further than I can throww'em.

[with_the_big_top]

I like to try to keep a good attitude!

A circus performer has to have a smile on her face, even in the face of death!

[fishdouche]

Oh. So you're one a' them. "Down with the Mirthful Messiahs or wwhatevver."

[Welcome to Homestuck. We're being a clown is a religion.]

No offense, but you subjuggulators are just plain fuckin' wweird.

[with_the_big_top]

[Why...did I never make this connection until right now?]

Sub...juggawhat now?

[fishdouche]

Subjuggulators. They're a religion wwhere I come from. I'm guessin' they havven't yet reached your corner a' the univverse.

All about puttin' on a showw.

[with_the_big_top]

So, they're circus people?

I want to meet 'em!

[fishdouche]

Extremely vviolent "circus" trolls, yeah. I'm pretty sure their servvices end in troll sacrifice most nights.

You could ask Gam to be sure.

[with_the_big_top]

Uh...not exactly sure what you're trying to say here.

[fishdouche]

Usually by the end a' one a' Gam's religious evvents, someon wwinds up dead. From wwhat I understand.

That a bit more clear?

[He doesn't seem as fazed as he should be.]

[with_the_big_top]

That's not what circus people do!!

[fishdouche]

... A' course that's wwhat they fuckin' do.

[He blinks, tilting his head curiously. He's still learning about this entire violence isn't always the best option thing.]

Just ask Gam!

[with_the_big_top]

Who's Gam? I wanna ask them about this.

This isn't the image the Big Top is supposed to be putting out!

[fishdouche]

Gamzee Makara.

I'd do my best not to piss him off, though. Just a bit a' friendly advvice.

[with_the_big_top]

I'm not someone who likes making people angry on purpose.

Still...we need to talk about this. Don't worry, I can take care of myself too.

[fishdouche]

I wwasn't wworried. If he snaps your head off, wwell, that's none a' my business.

[with_the_big_top]

See, that's not what circus people are supposed to do!

[fishdouche]

Maybe on your planet.

[with_the_big_top]

That's not how it should be on any planet!

[fishdouche]

Wwell, that's your opinion. It's wwrong, a' course.

[with_the_big_top]

So you prefer a place of magic and childish wonder like the circus to be a place of murder and fear?

[fishdouche]

All a matter a personal choice, ain't it? Maybe I like murder.

[with_the_big_top]

Well that's just horrible by itself!

[fishdouche]

Says you. That's vvery fuckin' culturally insensitivve, by the wway!

A little bit a vviolence is perfectly acceptable, evven good for you.