It’s a Small World After All…


*Popoy is wandering around outside the Gaylord mumbling to himself.*
Popoy

This pinche stupid fucked up shit is fucked up my ass. Puta madre, where does a motherfucker get some coochie around here, or some fucking boogie woogie god damn. This place is stupid. Stupid pendejadas stupid stupid puterias stupid stupid stupid…

*Angrily walking, Popoy’s attention is taken by some nearby singing. He stops to listen and notices Thanos sitting on a bench, alone, singing to himself in a soft deep voice. *
Thanos

It’s a world of laughter
A world of tears
It’s a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There’s so much that we share
That it’s time we’re aware
It’s a small world after all…

Popoy

(…what the fuck)

Thanos

There is just one moon
And one golden sun
And a smile means
Friendship to everyone
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It’s a small world after all…

Popoy

(…okay, just gonna back away slowly and hope he doesn’t notice me…oh shit, is that a branch? No…don’t…touch…)

*CRUNCH. Popoy steps on the branch.*
Thanos

Hmm?? What was that?

Popoy

(… God damn it…)

Thanos

…Oh, it’s you.

Popoy

Thanos

Did you also come to look at the stars?

Popoy

Fuck no.

Thanos

Hm. How strange…that fate would bring us together…on today of all days…

Popoy

(oh god oh fuck is this motherfucker gonna get all emotional)

Thanos

Do you know the song I was just singing?

Popoy

I didn’t hear no song.

Thanos

You didn’t? Let me sing it for you again –

Popoy

OH you mean the song you were JUST singing? Ahahahaha… Yeah, no I heard it – I heard it. Don’t sing.

Thanos

It’s an old song that I’ve grown rather attached to. And a song I’m reminded by every time I look at the stars: “It’s a Small World After All.”

Popoy

Thanos

I remember when I first heard it. It was on the dark ride at Disney World itself. I was furious, actually. Because of how inaccurate it was. I called it a testimony to human ignorance. One moon? One sun? Bah! Such a vast misunderstanding of the universe…

Popoy

(fuuuuuuuuck do I really have to sit through this)

Thanos

But as I spent more time with the company and learned more about its magic, I learned of the song’s true meaning. It’s about acceptance and unification. How we are all of one Earth. Or, more loosely interpreted, all one universe. Which we have a responsibility to protect and maintain. Even if it means making great sacrifices… Did you know on the dark ride at Disney World they sing the song in five different languages? I used to look up at the stars and think: “Bah! What do these earthlings know. Their Earth IS small. It is nothing compared to the vastness of the universe.” But now I look up at the stars and think of how wrong I once was. Yes. The Earth is small. But so is the universe. It is a small, but full universe. A universe that must be balanced in order to survive. Full of smiles, and laughter, and tears, and fears… and so much that we all share. It’s beautiful.

Popoy

(FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU)

Thanos

…did you know today is his birthday? Walt Disney himself?

Popoy

(I need to find a way out of this…)

Thanos

And on today of all days…I lost to a monkey. A degenerate offspring of the human species. Humiliating, is it not? To lose to a being so unremarkable? But I must commend them for their victory. They are obviously stronger than I. So I have chosen to admit defeat gracefully. I even considered eating a banana in his honor tonight, as a way to send him off on a successful victory on his battle against the corrupted one. But alas…I could not find one.

Popoy

Wait, did you say you were looking for a banana?

Thanos

Correct.

Popoy

Did you try CVS?

Thanos

…What is… CVS.

Popoy

Wha- you’ve been on Earth how long? God damn. It’s like literally right over there. I think they have like a fresh fruit section.

Thanos

…Well. It seems that my path is clear then.

*Thanos stands up.*
Thanos

I must travel to this… CVS… to obtain a banana.

Popoy

Okay, good luck with that amigo. I’m outta here.

Thanos

No. Stay with me. You must show me the way to CVS.

Popoy

Come the fuck on, it’s literally right there.

Thanos

Where?

Popoy

… Okay just – walk down this street here and look for a building with some red letters on it. That’s CVS. They’ll have your banana.

Thanos

Over there…?

Popoy

Yes, it’s literally right there. Now I gotta get –

Thanos

You are wrong.

Popoy

What?!

Thanos

The red letters on that building do not say “CVS”. It says Cadillac Ranch.

Popoy

Motherfucker, I’m not talking about that building! It’s a different building.

Thanos

On the other side of the street?

Popoy

I don’t fuckin’ remember, just go that way and you’ll find it!

Thanos

Those letters do not spell out CVS.

Popoy

YES IT DOES.

Thanos

No. It spells out CR.

Popoy

WHAT THE FUCK IS CR.

Thanos

It’s on the buildings over there.

Popoy

…BITCH YOU CAN’T SEE CVS FROM HERE YOU HAVE TO WALK THERE.

Thanos

Down the street?

Popoy

YES.

Thanos

How far?

Popoy

I DON’T FUCKING REMEMBER, JUST WALK DOWN THAT WAY UNTIL YOU SEE A CVS.

Thanos

This street here, or that one?

Popoy

THE STREET THAT IS LITERALLY RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

Thanos

My child, there are many streets here.

Popoy

Okay, hijo, you see this street?

Thanos

Yes.

Popoy

I’m pointing to it.

Thanos

I see the street.

Popoy

IT’S THIS FUCKING STREET.

Thanos

I see, yes, thank you.

Popoy

So, we good now?

Thanos

What side of the street will it be on?

Popoy

GOD DAMMIT I’LL JUST FUCKING SHOW YOU.

*A few moments later…*
Popoy

WHY DID THE MONKEY HAVE TO BUY ALL OF THE BANANAS?!?! FUCK!!!!

Thanos

Hmm… it appears we will have to find a banana else-

Popoy

No, FUCK this shit. I am NOT helping you find a banana. Fuck off, loser.

*Popoy storms off back to the Gaylord.*