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A LITTLE THING ABOUT ART▼
A LITTLE THING ABOUT ART
2024-12-15 17:55:40
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Shoji Meguro - A New World Fool (Persona 4)
Bizz
2024-12-15 17:56:59
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 03:58:55
"Okay, listen up! I invited you two today to help me out. This world is falling to shit, but I got a nice cozy room at the very top for folks who help me out."
Bizz
2024-12-15 17:57:21
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 03:59:05
"Zapp's hanging out at this bar, and you're going to help me get him back on the production crew! And....you know, to safety!"
Bizz
"I didn't want to go in there alone. Power in numbers helps, you know?"
0M3G4_BL4KH4RT
"a wise choice. u saw wat tht +sized snuggie did rite? u aint goin anywhere w/o deez legs, shet is crazy out der."
0M3G4_BL4KH4RT
"neway count me in. not bc i liek u or anything bizz but it wud kinda succ if my moviemaking N3M3S1S went & got himself e8n liek a dumbass"
Trick
"Yeah, it's a bit, uh, dicey in general. Not gonna, uh, forget what's been happening here, that's for sure."
Trick
"We'll bring Zapp back, and it'll be no problem."
Bizz
2024-12-15 18:00:51
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 03:59:50
"Cool, glad you're both on my side for this shit. Ain't letting my main man die out here! Let's go, team!"

The trio enter the bar. It's empty except for Zapp. The other holy interns and masterpieces have already moved to safety, sensing the impending disaster.

Zapp snorts in anger.



Zapp
"You ain't here for a fuckin' drink, I have to guess."
Bizz
"Zapp, Zapp! Dude, we're here to take you to safety!"
Zapp
"I did my math. I think I'm safest here."
Bizz
"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!"
Bizz
2024-12-15 18:03:08
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Posted by ID #103
Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:00:31
"And I got two people who agree with me, so don't you say, 'This is just in your head, Bizz.'"
Trick
"Yeah there's, um. I don't know if you've got the live feed running in here but there's kind of a whole deadly god situation going on and I know you know that we haven't had the resources to do those effects on the fly."
Zapp
"I know about the god situation, and I've decided to take my chances in here than sidin' with you folk."
Zapp
"I'm damn tired of this shit."
Bizz
"Dude."
Bizz
"There's like 2 more days of production. Chill. Damn!"
Trick
"I mean... honestly, m-me too, man. I've already called for a ride off of this rock. It's fucked. I worked with one of the guys eaten by that thing!"
Zapp
"I ain't scared of a damn pink dragon."
Bizz
2024-12-15 18:06:15
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:00:59
"Then what the shit are you 'done with' man?"
Zapp
"You."
Trick
"All due respect, but I can shoot fire from my sleeves and I'm afraid of the damn pink dragon, so like. Do you have a plan, or something? You seemed pretty practical the last time I met you."
Bizz
"W-What? Dude, we're making loads of money! All the eyes of the universe are on our show!"
Bizz
"Also what Trick said, there's this thing called NOT DYING!"
Zapp
2024-12-15 18:07:59
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:01:16
"I ain't gonna die. What's the damn chance that dragon is going to look into a random ass half-formed tower?"
Zapp
"Zoo and you are goin' to be in the biggest, and best tower in the city. You're a fuckin' idiot Bizz. That dragon is comin' for YOU, not my ass."
Zapp
"So first off, I ain't takin' my chances sittin' in the giant beacon, and second off, if I'm goin' to die, I'm not goin' to die next to you."
Bizz
"That's the weirdest fucking sentiment I've ever heard. Why do you care who you die next to?"
Zapp
".................................."
Bizz
"Oh yeah, ecton, I guess you do have to deal with what comes after your death."
Zapp
"I rather die in a ditch than bein' attached to the production anymore."
Trick
"That's fucked."
Zapp
"I'd call someone to pick me up, but I ain't riskin' anyone else's life."
Zapp
"Don't got anyone who'd care to risk their life for me anyway."
Bizz
"I'm risking my life for you, right now!"
Zapp
"I didn't ask you to."
Bizz
"What is even your damn problem?"
Trick
"I don't think some fuckin' spat is a good reason for suicide by dragon but I mean. The production has gotten pretty out of control."
Zapp
"Oh shut the fuck up."
Zapp
"The damn dragon would be here if it weren't for us!"
Zapp
"This is our fault."
Trick
"So you've gotta sacrifice yourself to make amends?"
Bizz
"And Zoo man is going to fix it!"
Zapp
"I already fuckin' told you. I have NO DAMN WAY OFF THIS PLANET! Else I'd fuckin' leave."
Zapp
"You want to risk your friends to pick you up, go ahead! But I ain't."
Zapp
"Not like I got any."
Bizz
"I'm telling you. Just go to the stupid tower, wait this all out, and you can leave AFTER, man!"
Zapp
"And let Zoo get his claws back into me? I knew he was trouble from the start. I could have stopped this shit by puntin' him out of this production."
Bizz
"What, you're saying you're too damn weak to survive a day with Zoo?"
0M3G4_BL4KH4RT
"@ dis rate u2 jerks r gonna bring teh R4D1C4L str8 2 us w/ ur arguin geez"
Trick
"Zapp, Bizz here is an idiot, obviously. And you're probably right about having been able to stop this. But I kind of firmly believe that you being up there can stop it from getting any worse, as hard as it is to believe it can get worse."
Zapp
"Hmmmmph. Sure. I'm weak man. I see those points go up and I keep thinkin' bout what I could do with them."
Zapp
"Let me ask you this. Ain't this shit just goin' to happen again?"
Bizz
"I'm pretty sure the chances of this happening again is fucking ZERO, man?"
Zapp
"This isn't the first time Zookeeper has done this. Did you know that?"
Bizz
"W-What?"
Trick
"What?"
0M3G4_BL4KH4RT
"y am i not surprised"
Zapp
"Kind of funny what a little cover up can do. Guess in a universe as crazy as this one, a fucking weird ass event can get covered up in the news if a company doesn't want it on there."
Credits - Resident Evil Outbreak File #2
Zapp
"When shit started to go down, when towers fuckin' started reachin' into the skies I did a little damn research. Especially when the machine started doin'....whatever the fuck it did to those folks who tossed themselves into it."
Zapp
"Let me tell you a little somethin' about the last Zookeeper event."
Zapp
"I guess you can call me full of shit. It's not like we know much about the last Zookeeper event. But I think you'll notice there's a few similarities. Just a few."
Bones
"Some artist who felt an empty pit in their soul just happened to come across some fucked up little machine."
Zookeeper
"One that offered them not only artistic freedom, but that sweet ass rent money."
Bones
"A new artistic wave hits the city. Suddenly, everyone is into these new fads. They gotta have the art. They fight over it. They don't even know what's so special about these pieces of shit.

Everyone's got it, and those who don't, ain't worth their existence."
2024-12-15 18:29:30
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"And they're willin' to do anythin' to get it. Even if it means being apart of the whole piece of shit system."

Bones
"But it ain't roses and kisses. There's no damn relaxing. The machine needs to be fed and it don't care what crap it's given. The amazing art boom turned into a pile of shit."
Bones
"You don't even want to know what happened when you get an art block in a situation like that."
2024-12-15 18:30:51
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"A pile of worthless art no one gives a shit about but the machine, payin' for a pile of shit no one needed."

2024-12-15 18:31:19
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"Everyone lost their god hatin' minds until....."

2024-12-15 18:32:14
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"Someone got tired. I don't know what they did. But that whole planet collapsed into itself. Ate itself alive. And some damn idiot out there gave it a ride."

Zapp
"So let me just make this simple. I'm damn tired of feedin' the machine."
Zapp
"I don't know what's goin' to happen in somethin' doesn't stop it. But I feel like it's too late."
Zapp
"Goin' to be honest. When I learned about this all, I though maybe there's a way to use the machine for good. It feels like.....it could have been, man."
Zapp
"But that hour is over."
Bizz
2024-12-15 18:33:41
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Last edit: 2024-12-15 18:33:49
"I say there's still a chance to turn it around!"
Zapp
"You're delusional."
Bizz
"Look, even if this shit's going to happen again, do you really just want to die?"
Bizz
2024-12-15 18:34:38
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Posted by ID #103
Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:03:13
"Look, what if I promise that you and Zoo don't have to talk?"
0M3G4_BL4KH4RT
"glad we can all agree tht Z00K has a very puntable face. but i feel liek dealing with tht thing is kinda our only hope of survival @ dis point"
0M3G4_BL4KH4RT
"i meen wat ru gonna do if teh R4D1C4L eats everyone else on dis planet? hope it doesnt get thirsty? u gotta form a team bro"
Fortuna rolls a 20 sided die. A 17 is rolled.
Zapp
Zapp snorts.

"Oh it's not like I don't want to go back to Zookeeper. Get that praise, get that cash. It's just the right damn thing to do!"
Zapp
".................but maybe you're all right. I'm bein' a little hard headed."
Trick
2024-12-15 18:37:59
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:03:47
"I don't think things can be turned around, at least easily, but having you up there with the perspective and knowledge you've got can help keep it more manageable. It's a lot to manage."
0M3G4_BL4KH4RT
"(idk bcoming a SHR1MP G0D seems liek teh cushiest option @ dis point)"
Trick
2024-12-15 18:38:49
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"...4."
Zapp
"You're goin' to leave Zoo after all of this, right?"
Bizz
2024-12-15 18:39:41
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:04:26
"Uh, I mean... Dude, I like working here!"
Trick
"Do you???"
Zapp
"Bullshit. This is soulless work."
Bizz
"Fine, it's not as good as I hoped.....But- it's better than going back and doing fucking commercials again."
Zapp
"Just make movies again, man."
Zapp
"I saw that spark in your eyes when we came here. You didn't want to make a damn trashy gameshow."
Bizz
"I....did see something I rather make."
Bizz
"But I don't think it'll pay the bills. I'm not going to get the height I used to get anymore. Documentary season is over, man. Out of style."
Bizz
2024-12-15 18:42:30
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:04:49
"And don't you dare fucking tell me, 'Oh, but just do documentaries cause you want to. ' I'm tired of hearing that shit!"
Zapp
"You like the attention."
Bizz
"I wish I was like those other stupid ass hipsters who don't care who sees their work."
Zapp
"Let me tell you a little somethin' Bizz."
Zapp
"Artists who don't like attention are one in a million. That shit is played up. Just cause some janitor died with 10,000 artworks he didn't show to anyone doesn't mean everyone needs to be like that. Most of us crave a little "good job" and a "I love your work", and god, hate us, if someone says "I'm a big fan" you're over the damn moon."
Zapp
2024-12-15 18:44:10
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:05:35
"If someone says that artists don't need attention, tell 'em to eat your damn ass."
Zapp
"That bein' said Bizz. Man.......you just want to keep gettin' bigger. You gotta stop at some point."
Bizz
"Nah I'm good, don't worry about it! Look, my plan is, when this is all over, I take the money, pay the debts, and go hang out in some tropical planet!"
Zapp
"Oh shut the fuck up, man."
Zapp
"You eat your damn lunches with me and Zookeeper."
Zapp
"You goin' to go to some tropical planet, and what? Eat at the hotel buffet alone?"
Bizz
".............................................."
Trick
2024-12-15 18:46:50
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:06:57
"For what it's worth, I don't think you could fade into obscurity. Seems like you've always been the best in the business at attracting eyes, and I don't think that goes away just because you start making what you want."
Bizz
"I don't know, I felt like I was at the lowest point in my life making advertisements for copy toners."
Zapp
"Well even people without fuckin' copiers were buyin' that shit. I don't....get it man."
Zapp
"Why are you so good at convincin' people to do shit on tv but, you got nothin' goin' for you outside the field?"
Bizz
"Cause why would anyone want to talk to me if it isn't for a job? I just feel like I'd be a bother asking folks to care about me for no reason. When it's a job, it works. I'm paying them to give a shit! That's why I-"
Zapp
"Like Zoo man. He's always interested in whatever you're up to. But you gotta understand. I don't think he cares."
Zapp
"Not in.....the way you're lookin' for."
Zapp
"He's manufactured, Bizz. He watches what you do and spits out the response that'll make you the happiest. He might not be usin' you in the same way everyone else uses you for money, but he doesn't understand you. Zoo man is like his namesake. He's like an animal."
Zapp
"Chances are a feral cat only comes to your door every day because it knows you'll leave out some food."
Bizz
"Please stop relating everything to animals."
Zapp
"Zoo man doesn't care about you. He's just happy that when he gives the brainless fairy some compliments it spits out art."
Bizz
".........................................."
Bizz
"I know."
Zapp
"But?"
Bizz
"That's what I like about Zoo man."
Trick
"I... don't get it."
Trick
"I thought the whole point was that you wanted people who, y'know, liked you and meant it. What possible reason could you have for this purely transactional relationship? The kind I thought you said you wanted to escape???"
Bizz
2024-12-15 18:53:54
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"Cause unlike everyone else, he's not after my wallet, my body–"
Zapp
"No one's after that."
Bizz
2024-12-15 18:54:29
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:06:10
"–or to be in my next shoot. He's just here for the art. My art! I KNOW what he wants. I don't know what everyone else wants."
Bizz
"If I call them out on it, it's suddenly "I wasn't doing that" or some shit. Suddenly I'm the bad guy for assuming the worst."
Bizz
"But I ask Zookeeper what he wants, and he tells me! And there's no difference between him caring about my art, and anyone else."
Zapp
"Except there's no soul behind it all."
Bizz
".................................................."
Zapp
"It feels nice right now Bizz. It feels real good. But in a few years you're goin' to realize that you're just feedin' a machine that doesn't give a shit......"
Zapp
2024-12-15 18:56:12
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"But I guess the issue is that the machine gets you the real attention you want. The real, living breathin' fans. This is your biggest show yet. By far."
Zapp
"But do you really want to be known as the guy who made crap tv?"
Zapp
"Or do you want to make Revenge of the Tallgoats 2?"
Trick
"Is this what you want to stay on the top of your Cosmosdex article?"
2024-12-15 18:58:03
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Trick holds up a picture.

0M3G4_BL4KH4RT
"srsly. whatever happened to teh bizz who made P3RM4FR0ST? tht was my shet bacc in teh day."
Bizz
"Permafrost was a fluke."
Bizz
"That survival situation was by accident. I can't ever catch that high no matter how hard I try."
Bizz
"I don't want to be TV's Garbage man..........but nothing I make is ever good enough."
0M3G4_BL4KH4RT
"(u no... isnt tht kind of liek the situation were in rite now?)"
Bizz
"NOTHING IS EVER GOING TO BEAT FUCKING PERMAFROST!"
Bizz
2024-12-15 19:00:23
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"And all my DAMN REVIEWS are going to say, 'This show was great, but I really liked Permafrost, and it wasn't as good as that!'"
Bizz
"I'm chasing a damn high I can't recreate. What's the point of making art if it's going to be compared to your old work all the time."
Bizz
2024-12-15 19:00:52
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Last edit: 2024-12-15 19:01:17
"Let me tell you this. Permafrost WASN'T EVEN THAT FUCKING GOOD!"
Zapp
"N-No, that's your best work!"
Bizz
"Permafrost is a bunch of idiots, in the fucking cold, dying! And that's it! That's the "Best I've made!" Perma FUCKING FROST!"
Zapp
"Hmmm. Bizz. Do you like making trash tv?"
Bizz
2024-12-15 19:02:37
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:08:31
"....................It's more fun to make than dudes in stupid survival situations. I think ideally, I'd make documentaries, but trash tv, is sort of a documentary on I don't know, man, the universe itself, disguised as a piece of shit."
Bizz
"And it's actually fun to make!"
Zapp
"You know, I think the wheels in my little ole brain are rollin'. I'm gettin' it. This is just the easiest way out of dealin' with a bunch of idiots who you fear will use you. Watchin' them. Filmin' them. Documentin' them."
Bizz
"Dude, save it for my therapist, man."
Zapp
"All I'm sayin' is, you know what. I'll come back."
Zapp
"But how about when this is all over, we make a little documentary on this whole event? After the hype about it dies down?"
Trick
2024-12-15 19:04:34
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:11:53
"Yeah, actuall,y how hard do you think it would be to negotiate therapy coverage costs from the studio?"
Trick
"Asking for a friend."
0M3G4_BL4KH4RT
"its fun to review ill tell u tht much"
Bizz
2024-12-15 19:05:30
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 04:12:06
"I have no idea."
"We'll have to ask Zoo man about that."
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