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how is 2d handling flower not wanting to speak to him?

HE IS HANDLING IT POORLY, BUT MATURELY. IT SEEMS THAT HE HAS NO IDEA HOW TO GET ON THE GIRL'S GOOD SIDE, THOUGH THAT HAS NOT STOPPED HIM FROM TRYING. THIS WHOLE ORDEAL HAS MADE HIM INSECURE, OFTEN HE WILL ASK HIS FELLOW BANDMATES IF HE IS A BAD PERSON, AND HE SEEKS REASSURANCE MORE OFTEN THAN NORMAL. HE IS ON EDGE, AND CONFUSED, AND SADDENED, FOR A LOT OF REASONS. A LOT HAS HAPPENED RECENTLY! THE CULT DISBANDED AND MOON FLOWER DISINTEGRATED AND THE BAND MOVED ACROSS THE PLANET SO SUDDENLY... THEN THE GIRL ON TOP OF THAT, WELL, TO SAY THE LEAST HE IS NOT DOING WELL. I ONLY WISH I KNEW HOW TO EASE THIS FOR HIM, BUT I AM A MERE OBSERVER.

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INTERESTING IT WAS...THE STRANGER WAS A PIRATE, AND SUGGESTED A "MUTINY". I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS TERM. SHE PROMISED NOODLE THE EXACT LOCATIONS OF THE MOST SECRET AND BEAUTIFUL PLACES ON EARTH, IF NOODLE WOULD ONLY PASS ON HER FAME TO A BAND OF THE STRANGER'S OWN. NOODLE IS ADVENTUROUS, AND LISTENED INTENTLY. SHE MUST HAVE AGREED, THOUGH SHE DID NOT SAY SO. I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF A SCALE BEING PASSED BETWEEN THEM, THE STRANGER EXPLAINED IT WAS FROM A MERMAID SHE HAD KILLED. IT IS IN A COLOR THAT DOES NOT OCCUR OFTEN IN NATURE ON EARTH, BUT THAT REMINDS ME OF MY HOME PLANET, WHICH I HAVE NOW BEEN AWAY FROM FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. AH, BUT ANYWAY, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES.

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AH, BUT WHAT IS THIS? NOODLE IS WITH A STRANGER CHATTING AT A CAFÉ. NOODLE DOES NOT USUALLY ENTERTAIN SMALL TALK, THIS MUST BE INTERESTING. I WILL GO DOWN THERE IN DISGUISE TO HEAR BETTER, THEY ARE WHISPERING AND MY SYSTEMS CANNOT PICK IT UP.

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What has Noodle been doing to help Flower adjust to living with them?

SHE HAS GIVEN FLOWER SPACE AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE HER MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE OTHER BAND MEMBERS. HOWEVER, FLOWER SEEMS STUBBORN AND UNWILLING TO ACCEPT HELP, AND AT THE SAME TIME, UNWILLING TO INITIATE CONVERSATION. SHE GETS ALONG WITH THE CHILD GREATLY, AND SHE IS ATTEMPTING TO BEFRIEND RUSSEL BY USING HIM AS AN EXCUSE TO "HANG OUT" WITH HIM. (RUSSEL AND THE CHILD ARE VERY CLOSE). SHE IS ALSO TRUSTING OF NOODLE AND WILL SOMETIMES JOIN HER FOR TRIPS FOR SUPPLIES. HOWEVER, IT APPEARS SHE DOES NOT FIND MURDOC'S JOKES AT HER EXPENSE TO BE FUNNY AND SO SHE AVOIDS HIM JUST AS SHE AVOIDS 2-D. 2-D HAS MADE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO INITIATE CONTACT, IN ONE SUCH OCCASION HE ASKED ABOUT HER SKATEBOARD. SHE DID NOT ENTERTAIN THE CONVERSATION FURTHER, AND HE SEEMED HURT.

ALL THIS TO SAY, NOODLE IS TRYING HER BEST. BUT THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH SHE CAN DO. THIS GIRL SEEMS... UNWILLING.

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What are Murdoc and Tucker's interactions like?

MURDOC IS FOND OF THE CHILD. I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY THAT HE "SPOILS" HIM. IT IS SWEET TO OBSERVE. IT IS REMINISCENT OF WHEN NOODLE WAS A CHILD.

AS FOR THE INTERACTIONS THEMSELVES, THE CHILD DOES NOT SPEAK AND SO IT IS LARGELY MURDOC TALKING ALOUD. SOMETIMES THE CHILD MIMICKS HIS LAUGHTER. HE LIKES TO GO ON DRIVES WITH MURDOC AND OFTEN GESTURES FOR HIM TO INCREASE THE SPEED, TO WHICH HE OBLIGES.

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have flower and 2d started talking to each other?

2-D WISHES TO SPEAK TO HER. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THAT FLOWER IS SORE AND HURT. SHE DOES NOT SPEAK TO HIM. WHEN SHE SEES HIM, SHE TAKES A DIFFERENT ROUTE IN THE HOUSE TO GET WHERE SHE IS GOING. DO NOT TELL ANYONE, BUT 2-D HAS BEEN WORKING ON A SONG TO WORK THROUGH HIS FEELINGS ABOUT THIS.

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Gnorp gnarp 👽

WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY MOTHER?!

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A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE MY LAST UPDATE. MY APOLOGIES FOR THE HANGING OF THE CLIFF AS YOU SAY, THOUGH THE REASON FOR THIS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO AN IMPORTANT LEAD IN MY MISSION AND THE FACT THAT I FORGOT I HAD THIS "BLOG".

AS I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE, THE BAND IS ON THE RUN. MOON FLOWER IS DEAD. THE BAND ALSO HAS TWO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THEY BROUGHT ALONG- FLOWER POT, 2-D'S OFFSPRING, AND TUCKER, THE CHILD THAT EMERGED FROM THE HAUNTED VIDEO GAME CABINET.

AS A WHOLE, IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING SEEING THEM ADJUST TO THE NEW SETTING, AND LISTENING TO THE NEW SONGS THEY ARE WORKING ON. I CANNOT TELL YOU OF THESE, IT WOULD BE RUDE. I CONSIDER THIS CLASSIFIED. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE WONDERING HOW THE NEW STOWAWAY IS DOING, SHE SEEMS TO GET ALONG WITH RUSSEL AND NOODLE. SHE IS CLINGY TOWARD NOODLE. SHE DOES NOT GET ALONG WITH MURDOC, AS HE DOES NOT LIKE HER. THEY TEASE EACH OTHER. SHE DOES NOT SPEAK TO 2-D. SHE SEEMS TO THINK OF THE CHILD TUCKER AS A LITTLE BROTHER. THEY ARE OFTEN TOGETHER.

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Why did you decide to start watching the band? Were they just intresting or did someone tell you to watch them?

APOLOGIES FOR MY LATE REPLY, EARTHLING! I HAVE BEEN CAPTIVATED BY THE HAPPENINGS OF THE BAND AND FORGOT TO SHARE MY FINDINGS.

AS FOR YOUR QUESTION, WHEN I WAS NEW TO EARTH (MY MISSION WAS TO FIND THE EXPLORERS HELD PRISONER HERE) I FOUND AN ADVERTISEMENT WHILE I WAS BROWSING YOUR PRIMITIVE INTERNET. I BELIEVE IT WAS AN EARTHLING NAMED CRAIG FILLING OUT A LIST. THIS CRAIG WAS ASKING FOR AN ACTOR WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO PLAY THE PART OF AN EXTRA TERRESTRIAL IN THEIR MUSIC VIDEO. IT SOUNDED INTERESTING, AND SO I RESPONDED, AND BROUGHT MY SHIP ALONG

THIS IS MY SHIP!

THE MAKING OF THE VIDEO WAS "FUN". AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND WERE FUN ALSO. AND SO, WHEN I AM NOT ATTEMPTING TO FULFILL MY MISSION, I AM WATCHING THE BAND. THEY INTEREST ME GREATLY.

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FLOWER WAS FORCED TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY. STAY HERE, IN LA, OR LEAVE TO MUMBAI. SHE DECIDED HER CHANCES WERE BETTER THERE AND WENT ALONG.

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BREAKING NEWS! THEY ARE ON THE RUN. THEY STOPPED BY NEW YORK TO GET FAKE PASSPORTS AND THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY TO MUMBAI. THIS IS EXCITING.

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Does noodle celebrate father's day or does she have a different view of the other's?

I HAVE NEVER SEEN HER SPECIFY. SHE DOES NOT CALL THEM FATHER, UNCLE, OR BROTHER, AS IS TYPICAL WITH HUMAN BEINGS OF HER STATUS. BUT SHE DOES SEEM TO TREAT THEM AS CAREGIVERS THAT SHE LOVES AND APPRECIATES. WHILE SHE DOES NOT BUY THEM CARDS READING "HAPPY FATHERS DAY" SHE IS ALWAYS SURE TO WRITE THEM A LETTER SHOWING HER THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO THEM ON THIS DAY. SHE HAS SLID MURDOC'S UNDER HIS DOOR. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY READ BUT RUSSEL CRIED WHEN HE READ HIS AND THE SINGER HELD HIS CLOSE. MURDOC HAS NOT NOTICED HIS YET.

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Today was Father’s Day, do you know much about that holiday?

I DID NOT UNDERSTAND AT FIRST BUT AFTER YEARS OF STUDY I HAVE DETERMINED IT IS A RITUAL IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS WILL THINK ABOUT THEIR MASCULINE PARENTAL UNITS. MURDOC HAS NOT LEFT HIS ROOM ON THIS DAY, HE USUALLY DOES NOT.

2-D HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY ANTSY.

FLOWER HAS NOT LEFT HER ROOM.

NOODLE HAS SPENT THE DAY WITH RUSSEL AND 2-D. SHE KNOWS BETTER THAN TO BOTHER MURDOC TODAY.

THIS IS EVERY NOTABLE REACTION TO THE HOLIDAY I HAVE OBSERVED AS OF RIGHT NOW.

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LOG 39109. 6-17-23 EARTH TIME.

FLOWER HAS STILL NOT UNPACKED HER BELONGINGS. ONE WOULD ASSUME SHE IS ON THE FENCE ABOUT STAYING.

TODAY THE GIRL AWOKE TO THE CHILD SHAKING HER AWAKE. HE WANTED TO PLAY WITH HER. SHE OBLIGED, AND THE GIRL PUSHED THE CHILD THROUGH THE HOUSE IN A STOLEN SHOPPING CART BASSIST ACE HAD LEFT BEHIND WHEN HE LAST VISITED. (THE DECEASED ANIMAL IS STILL ASLEEP, SNUGGLED UP IN HER BLANKETS.)

THIS INTERACTION LED TO AN UNSAVORY ENCOUNTER WITH MURDOC, WHO SCOOPED UP THE CHILD AND SCOLDED THE GIRL. THIS SEEMS HYPOCRITICAL, AS I HAVE SEEN HIM DO MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THINGS WITH THE CHILD, LIKE LETTING HIM IN THE HELICOPTER WITHOUT PROPER SAFTEY EQUIPMENT.

RUSSEL HAS STOPPED ORGANIZING HIS RECORDS. HE IS PACING IN HIS ROOM, HE IS NERVOUS ABOUT SOMETHING.

2-D HAS BEEN UP ALL NIGHT WRITING A SONG. HIS TRASH CAN IS FULL OF DISCARDED VERSES.

NOODLE IS TENDING TO HER BONSAI TREE, KATSU IS TRYING TO CONSUME IT.

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NORMAL SLEEPING RITUALS HAVE COMMENSED. THEY HAVE EACH GONE TO THEIR ROOMS, THOUGH FLOWER AND THE CHILD NOW SHARE A ROOM. TUCKER HAS THE RACECAR BED, AND THE NEWCOMER HAS PUT BLANKETS IN THE CORNER TO NEST IN.

AN EVENTFUL DAY. NOW FOR THE BORING PART (WATCHING THEM BREATHE LOUDLY FOR HOURS).

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Yes that is cannibalism.

PRECISELY! MURDOC HAS A STRANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH DEATH, THAT IS ONE THING THAT IS SURE.

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Alien, what is the weirdiest thing you've seen even for your species?

Also do you try to guess how they will act?

AT LAST! CONTACT WITH THE HUMANS!

I HAVE TO SAY, BASSIST MURDOC HAS DONE MANY THINGS THAT HAVE CONFUSED AND SCARED ME. EXCLUDING HIS MATING RITUALS, THE STRANGEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN HIM DO WAS WHEN HE WAS "GRAVE ROBBING". HE FOUND A SKELETON WITH FLESH STILL ATTACHED AND HE SUCKED IT OFF! IS THAT NOT "CANNIBALISM"?

AS FOR YOUR SECOND QUESTION, YES, I DO! I HAVE TRIED TO PREDICT THEIR ACTIONS MANY TIMES. I HAVE BEEN OBSERVING THEM FOR A VERY LONG TIME, YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD BE GOOD AT IT BY NOW. BUT, THEY NEVER QUITE DO WHAT I EXPECT THEM TO DO, THAT IS WHY I ENJOY OBSERVING THEM SO MUCH.