gappy
Monday 8th January 2024 7:10pm [Edited]
Oxford
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KODO: [MYSTICAL VOICE, WHATEVER THAT MEANS] Greetings, weary traveller.
SHEFFIELD: I'm not weary. Just got off the bus.
KODO: Ah, a hale young wayfarer.
SHEFFIELD: I'm 47.
KODO: Alright - well met, anyway.
SHEFFIELD: Sure. See you.
KODO: No, but wait! What think you of this portal?
SHEFFIELD: This what?
KODO: This door.
SHEFFIELD: Err, yeah. Decent. See you.
KODO: You do not understand, this door leads...elsewhere!
SHEFFIELD: All doors do.
KODO: Yes, but this door leads to...a different place.
SHEFFIELD: That's the same thi-
KODO: This door leads to another world.
SHEFFIELD: Oh. Cool. What's it like?
KODO: Who's to say?
SHEFFIELD: Well...
KODO: Yes, me, obviously, I'm to say. And I say - take a look.
SHEFFIELD: The window's frosted.
KODO: And yet there is a miniature portal encompassed by the greater!
SHEFFIELD: The letterbox?
KODO: Yes, the letterbox. Look through that. What wonders do you see?
SHEFFIELD: Hallway.
KODO: But, a hallway in another world!
SHEFFIELD: Don't believe you.
KODO: Right! Come on then! Follow me.
SHEFFIELD: You had a key? Then why did you make me kneel at the lett-
KODO: Right, you're in now: another world.
SHEFFIELD: Still a hallway.
KODO: Jesus, look at thecCorrespondence. It is of another world!
SHEFFIELD: 62 Mystery Street, Birmingsnark, Untied Kingdom, Not Earth. Yeah, alright. We're in another world.
KODO: And now, turn back to the door. Would you believe that door leads to....another world.
SHEFFIELD: We just came from it, so...
KODO: Yes. But what do you notice of that world. Do you hear the sounds of the bustling street you left, hmmm?
SHEFFIELD: No. No. I don't hear anything. Silence. Eeerie silence.
KODO: That's right. Good double glazing isn't it?
SHEFFIELD: Yeah. Top work.
KODO: [BRIGHTLY] Why not call Mystery Street Double Glazing for a free quotation. The quality is [LOUD AND REVERBY] out of this woooorld!
SHEFFIELD: [PAUSE] Do I go now?
KODO: [QUIET] Yeah, just let yourself out. Cheers.