[EP 21] Quest In The Realms – an interactive Bananafish production!
Look who’s there, a wandering adventurer looking for the Bananafish treasure! This episode is part of the interactive story/treasure hunt called “Quest In The Realms”. If you landed on this page because you’re trying to solve the mystery, don’t hesitate and keep delving in the story. If you came here through random loitering, what are you waiting for!?
21
“Kneel?” you say, “to a king in the form of Smiley Smyrus?”
You laugh.
“Fuck you, fuck your music, fuck this place, like a wrecking ball.”
Vickie the punk shakes her head, black ooze spits from her ears. “That was a really, really, stupid thing to say.”
The King in Yellow lifts her hand and makes a fist.
“But,” you yell, “It doesn’t seem we have much choice.” Then you kneel.
The King lowers her hand. She smiles and more moths fly out. She points at Machete.
“You’re gonna wanna make it move, keep pushing on the other side.”
“I what?” Machete asks.
“She means, you’ve got an important role to play once we get outta here. Maybe you have to climb something?” Tìo explains. “I’m a fan of Smiley,” he adds.
“It ain’t about how fast you get there, just get there.”
“Yup. Sounds like you’re in for something special Machete.”
“The bitch is back,” King Smiley says, “stone cold dead, as a matter of fact. I have a task and my servant insists you all are cut out for it,” she continues, “Let me pick your brains, all I need is right here.”
“She means, she’s going to test us and this is our only chance,” Tìo explains.
“On an all night flight to the island, I’ve seen death, I’ve seen truth. I’ve lost control…straight out of my mind or worse. Out of the fire…you disrupt me. Something fucked up. Space dude’s evil lair. There’s something giving me that feeling. Tiger dreams.”
The band looks to Tìo to translate.
“There’s an island,” he says. “Something crazy going on. Dreams of death and life and all that. Some kind of musical hypnosis. It’s even affecting the King. She wants us to investigate. ”
“You got it!” the King says and waves her tongue as only Smiley can.
“Don’t let the sun go down on me,” Smiley says. “Dooo it.”
She motions for you to kneel to her. You glance at your band mates as your knee touches the ground.
Suddenly the floor disappears and you fall from the sky, along with your band mates. Tio is almost laughing. Machete screams like a terrified girl. Tres pukes. Each of you land on a cold, hard steel wrecking ball dangling from space.
You crash into one another as if you’re a deranged Newton’s cradle. As each wrecking ball collides, the force ripples into the skies. Above you, below you, the world recedes and there’s nothing but the crash of the balls. You hear Smiley Smyrus’ voice sing out the chorus of the pop song and you slip from the ball, falling into a the sky. It’s a wall of light now, and you know when you reach that light something will happen. Something terrible, something twisted and weird. As you pierce the light you hear Smiley’s voice again.
“And we always end up singin’ the same song”.
What a trip this is turning out to be.
Your Machete makes me die for laughing.