Nice

Interior. A mansion at night. A formal party is in progress.

Moptop: [approaches guests in black-tie apparel, extracts ice cube from water glass]

Moptop: Ice to meet you

Soliloquy

Moptop's torso ripped open, revealing a smaller man hidden inside. The little man laughed and ran away, leaving the two halves of Moptop on the floor.

Moptop's head turned into a strange machine. The humming grew ever-louder.

The Passion

The stairs of the Capitol, midnight. A huge assembly, dressed in tribal ritual costumes, files into the building. A small demon takes the podium.

Demon: "It is the inevitable march of history that leads to this. Bring him before us."

Moptop, dressed in rags, looks on, exchanging nervous glances at his compatriots.

Demon: "Who is this man that he might defy us?"

The Tribal-Fusion Christ is pulled from the crowd. Moptop recognizes it is a play, and he must act the role of Judas. However, he cannot condone it, and runs forward to fight the centurions. The script is compromised. A blade is drawn, blood is shed. Judas tumbles down the colossal stairway. Screams. A bittersweet release from life. He failed, but died with a pure heart?

The illusion continues for 600 years, until the horrifying reality dawns upon Judas, who wakes up in a cheap motel room with the Devil. He puts on a robe and slippers and weeps.

"What have I done?"

Last Resort

"Look, you try to be patient and understanding, but sometimes, when all your other tenants are complaining, you just gotta take 'em out and drop a vampire bomb on 'em!"

The Importance of Being Montano

Montano wrote the final answer to the test with a dramatic flourish, and the professor cast a suspicious eye upon him.

"Hmm, finished, are we? We'll see how you do for an easterner."

"It's the best one you'll see today!" countered Montano.

"COOL IT, OSKAR WYLDEFIRE!"

Plague Living - 1

From The Illuminated Guide to Survival:

"It is only an imagined hero who rises up from the ground."

"The harvest is bountiful, but the revelers are few!"

"Rats are a thing which should not be considered last, nor first."

"In the end, it is the Fool who will enjoy the King's Table."

Shopping with the Beast

The grocery store was vexing in every sense--Moptop struggled to push the cart, lift the absurdly heavy bags of food, and was generally despondent at the lack of quality products at reasonable prices to be found anywhere in the huge establishment.

Below, the Devil roared with pleasure. His revenge against humanity would soon be complete.