Midnight Pals: So Surreal (Patreon)

Leonora Carrington: tea spoons and jelly spoonsCarrington: i'm going to tell you about something i know nothing aboutCarrington: one sunny night two dead boys woke up to face each other back to backCarrington: if you don't believe me, ask the blind manCarrington: he saw itCarrington: now pull up a chair and sit on the floorCarrington: and we'll discuss the four corners of the round table

Carrington: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the hearing trumpetCarrington: it's a little bitCarrington: surrealPoe: oh that's great! you'll fit right inPoe: we've got a few bizarro types hereCarlton Mellick III: yes!Shane McKenzie: we love strange stories!Carrington:Carrington: you are all weaklings

Carrington: you call yourselves strange?Carrington: ha!Carrington: to me, you are like little babiesCarrington: you will not survive the winterMary Shelley: ha haShelley: i LIKE this chick

Carrington: so there's this old lady who has trouble hearingCarrington: and she gets this hearing trumpetCarrington: that really doesn't have anything to do with what's about to happen thoKing: what's about to happen?Carrington: oh, buddyCarrington: what ISN'T about to happen?

Carrington: so her family puts her into a homeCarrington: which turns out to be a weird cultCarrington: but that doesn't really have anything to do with what's about to happen thoKing: what's about to happen?Carrington: buddy

Carrington: it turns out there's a murder plot happeningCarrington: some of the old ladies are making poison candyCarrington: but that doesn't really have anything to do with what's about to happen thoKing: what's about to happen?Carrington: just watch

Carrington: anyway there's a picture of a nunCarrington: who turns out to have been looking for the holy grailCarrington: but that doesn't really have anything to do with what's about to happen thoKing: i'm lostPoe: yeah i'm having trouble followingCarrington: you gotta keep up, manCarrington: or you'll be left behind

Carrington: ok so you remember i said this old lady has a hearing trumpet?King: yeah?Carrington: well, the earth's poles shift, ushering in a new ice age and the destruction of all life on earthCarrington: also a biblically accurate angel blows up the rest homeKing:King: that didn't reallyCarrington: didn't really follow? i know, isn't it great!?Carrington: surrealism, baby!!

King: wow! that's crazy!Carrington: You think that's crazy? you ain't seen nothing yet, pal!Carrington: just watch!Carrington: things are about to get a little bitCarrington: [eyes spinning in opposite directions] surreal!