Soft Matter Page #2

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That'll be a thing, right?

Dude, I invited real people, okay?

Not art school jerks.

They don't wanna see your sarcastic take

on the art world.

They are the art world.

And they want real cheese.

To go with my real art.

That's what we're telling 'em, yeah.

Do we need more time?

I mean tonight's too soon, right?

Nah, I'm off, alright?

I got the internet, grab your paintings.

The art world rolls in at midnight.

But I do have to paint

things inside the building.

Okay dude, so what?

You're fast.

The sun sets soon enough.

I don't know how we're

gonna pull this off.

Yo.

Trix

(menacing music)

No, it will shock me.

[Female] Just try it.

(electrical zapping)

Idiot.

Be careful.

Interesting.

[Male] What is it?

Dirty mop water.

Bits of dust, mud.

I thought you said it glowed.

That's just too small

a sample to see it.

Watch this.

[Female] Astonishing.

Did it do something?

Yes.

It got your finger wet, dope.

Is the water in the mop

bucket still glowing?

It is.

But I'm not sure that it's water.

[Voice] Stop!

What the hell?

[Voice] Stop your quest for immortality.

It is not for you.

This is a demand, not a request.

Pee into this jerk.

[Voice] You don't understand.

I am a god.

Each of us could be a god.

[Male] We're using the genes

from biologically immortal animals.

Jellyfish, octopi...

[Voice] I'm no mere

bucket, no mere fluid.

You may not be able to tell by sight

but I am the queen of the seas.

I have been since before

the land even was.

For years, my kingdom was a peaceful one.

A place where all could live in harmony.

But there was a shark.

A proud creature not unlike yourself.

"I'm just an angry guy."

He thought that there was glory to be had

and that he was the one to have it.

[Shark] Plus I should be famous.

[Voice] He quietly made plans

with his confederates to usurp my throne

and when they were ready

they launched an assault.

I of course was furious.

[Past Queen] Get out of my house!

[Voice] The shark brought with him

the most ferocious creatures of the ocean.

The swordfish, the eel, the urchin.

It was the humbler animals

that stayed by my side.

The jellyfish, the lobster.

The whales remained neutral

as they do in all things.

"I'm just not a fighter."

It was a difficult battle,

hard fought on both sides.

[Female] My face is for stabbing.

[Voice] With my guidance

we prevailed and at the end

I gave my allies the greatest gift

a God could bestow, immortality.

I gave it to them and only to them

and that is why you can

not have immortality.

It is not for you.

I hope you understand.

No, you don't understand, bucket!

This fellow and I were

left here to die, to die!

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