Always Morally Correct

[Afternoon. Gilda and Nicole are at the Grime/Griswold household at the Redfeather commune, in the living room. Gilda sits at the piano as Nicole stands]Gilda: “So, you like Bare Trees, do you, Nicole?”Nicole: “Yeah. What of it?”Gilda: “I wouldn’t have expected someone like you to know a deep cut Fleetwood Mac album. Well, deep cutContinue reading “Always Morally Correct”

Fourth Born, 400 Average

[Wyler household, early evening of August 13, 2016 on the strict timeline of ZP-51498. The Wyler family, minus Nicole, is gathered in the living room, dressed in formal attire]Dong-hoon: “And to think, Judith, that just thirteen years ago this day, this hour in fact if I recall, you handed her to me to hold forContinue reading “Fourth Born, 400 Average”

Like Julienne Fries

[Koko’s Bowling Alley and Frankfurteria parking lot, exterior. The Tetrad and Auggie walk up]April: 🎵 I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in 🎵Gilda, Margo, Wendy: 🎵 Yeah, yeah, oh yeah / What condition my condition was in 🎵 [the Tetrad and Auggie laugh]Auggie: “Hey, thanks again for letting me comeContinue reading “Like Julienne Fries”

No Concessions

[Iwerks University baseball field, late afternoon, before a game. As the Junior Shamrocks talk with one another, the coach taps their bat against the fence][Junior Shamrocks coach]: “Attention, attention. I have an announcement to make.” [the Junior Shamrocks fall silent] “There have been several complaints lately from spectators and even the Iwerks chancellor, about theContinue reading “No Concessions”

Green and Purple are Complementary Colors

[late August of 2016 on the strict timeline of ZP-51498. Gilda, gussied up in semi-formal attire, is on her way to meet the Wyler family at their home in Grunvale. She stops in front of a parked car to look at herself in the mirror]Gilda: “I’m a bit crooked.” [adjusts hair ribbon] “And my cheeksContinue reading “Green and Purple are Complementary Colors”

The Peak of Non-Comformity

Original Twitter Upload Date: June 23, 2022. The script below was originally posted to DA on the same day, and has been revised minimally from the original version. [June 23, 2018 on the strict timeline of ZP-51498. The Hynde triplets are celebrating their birthday at the manor; they’re helping themselves to the refreshments, Paddy and Molly toContinue reading “The Peak of Non-Comformity”

Libby y las Tortugas

The ficlet below is an extended version of the one that went with “Wendy Wyler – Revamped Notesheet”, originally posted to DA on October 24, 2022. [a Spring Cosmoses location on the borderlands of cartoon universes, 2022 in the sliding timeline. Wendy Wyler is having her fuchsia streak painted indigo by Stella Svampsson]Stella: “So why areContinue reading “Libby y las Tortugas”

Elafiphobia

[Spring of 2012 on the strict timeline of ZP-51498. The eight-year-old Shamrock Triad are on the swings at Yonderpine Park. Nicole is having difficulty maintaining the swinging momentum compared to Murphy and Charlotte]Nicole: “Ugggggh! You guys make it look so easy!”Charlotte: “Ya gotta swing yer legs, Wyler!” [with the movement of the swing] “Forwaaaaard, baaaaack!Continue reading “Elafiphobia”

The Tetrad in Silver

Margo: “Gilda, I appreciate that I now have 80s garb like you, you know I do. But I really must ask, what is it with you and black-and-white lately?”Gilda: “It looks cool and puts the focus more on light and details. Also, these portraits aren’t black-and-white. There’s an offset of ten units on both endsContinue reading “The Tetrad in Silver”