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The Wonderful tale of Glorbus
(with bonus content!)

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Chapter two: Glorbus makes a friend

        After a long, hot night in a big ol' tire, Glorbus realizes the weight of his existential dread was lighter than he had previously assumed. All Glorbus needed to do to was find another character in his life to be a foil to, and hopefully that will fill the gaping hole in his empty, sorrowful mind. Glorbus had a direction now, and a goal. He needed to find someone to be his friend. Glorbus could only run so far before running out of energy however, so he had to stop to rest various times during his journey. Rations were scarce, and Glorbus became hungry very quickly. He thought of all the things he would like to see in a new friend. Someone tall, who could carry Glorbus so he wouldn't get tired, someone with access to food, so Glorbus wouldn't get hungry... Glorbus soon realized he was thinking of objectifying qualities, all to suit his own personal gain, and none of witch have to do with an actual person. Glorbus felt bad, but to avoid another moral panic, Glorbus simply added on that he would like someone nice, just to even it out.

        Glorbus walked for what felt like minuets, thinking about who he might meet, wondering what the dominant species of this planet might be. Glorbus imagined other Glorbus's, but with different colors and antenna lengths, (because aliens always look exactly like us, why shouldn't the same be true for Glorbus?) Glorbus merrily skipped along, looking around hopefully, waiting to see other colorful blobs, roaming the street. He fanaticized about how the other Glorbus's would use the large doors and strange, alien looking objects strewn about.  He imagined many fantastical devices, like big robot legs, or advanced technology to somehow elevate their figures. Glorbus figured this curiosity of the unknown would make a good fiction genre, but that was a thought for a different time.

        When Glorbus was first confronted with a human, he thought is was another object. It didn't look alive, so tall and menacing, and dead-looking. It looked like it's soul, or whatever soul substitute was given, had been thoroughly removed. This grotesque creature had been excavated of all will to function, it didn't even react in the slightest when Globus ran right into it. He examined the creature, and came to the realization that this was a being of low intelligence, and was not worth attempting to interact with. Glorbus went on his way, searching for something more worth his while. Glorbus did not like the strange, dead-eyed creature, it made him extremally sad. Glorbus didn't need to try to avoid the humans, they stood there like empty husks. Some moved, but in a shallow way. Globus was getting very bad vibes from them.

        Glorbus wandered even farther, as he attempted to develop his senses, but all he could take in was an unpleasant sensation of vaguely sweet smoke, in a disgustingly sick way, like a sweet lull into a horrifyingly sick, deathly smell that made Glorbus gag. Glorbus realized the production of this horrible sensation had to do with the gaseous grey blobs floating through the air, Glorbus also noticed the grey declined significantly near small wispy green areas, that gave off an ora of refined perfection, compared to the depressing grey everywhere. Glorbus found a rather large patch of it fenced in a small square, hidden behind a stiff block of grey. Glorbus rushed as fast as his gelatinous lil' nubblies would carry him, almost getting struck by multiple cars, but Glorbus only had eyes for the luscious stalks of various size and hue. Glorbus rolled in the small, sharp green stalks, washing the smell of smoke off and getting bits of dirt and grass stuck to his semi-permeable membrane. But Glorbus only cared for the sensation of non-smoky bliss. It was only after being thoroughly cleaned by the nature that Glorbus remembered what his objective was, and Glorbus searched in the brush and behind the long stalks to find a friend who wasn't a dead, soulless husk. Glorbus saw movement multiple times, but alas, it was merely small specks that scurried away as soon as Glorbus could attempt at a second look. Glorbus had too look deep within the thin, intricate layers of Earth-substance, heavily detailed with little white lines and speckles. Glorbus scanned the sticks very carefully, layer by layer. Glorbus almost didn't see it at first, it was so small, and perfectly hidden deep inside. a small, long green lizard. with a deep-looking camera-like eye one one side of it's head. It was casually draped over the side one arm hanging off the branch, and its long, tapered tail curled over in an S shape. Glorbus stared down at the creature in bewilderment, trying to figure out if it was alive, when it made the slightest motion of the pupil, a small, quick, unwavering flick directly through to Glorbus's very soul. A layered, brown eye identical to that of a camera. With no whites or highlights, the eye pierced straight through to the soul, and Glorbus felt extremely uncomfortable, like this animal was judging him, with its wide, flat mouth, and unlinking stare.

        No matter how long Glorbus looked through the tunnel that was this animals eye, it refused to move in any way. Glorbus was afraid to blink, as he didn't want it to run away. The staring contest lasted almost ten minuets before Glorbus's eyes felt very dry and painful, and he gave in, and blinked. It was one of those long, satisfying blinks, where you contort your face in all kinds of weird ways to get maximum eyeball coverage, but 'suppose that must have scared off the lizard, because when Glorbus opened his eyes again, it had scurried off into the shadows again. Glorbus needed not to look far to locate it again however, because it had only moved a few inches into the bush. Glorbus stuck his pudgy head farther back, so he could get a closer look, but the lizard slowly moved away, but relaxed when it saw the lack of teeth on Glorbus, and the general harmless vibe he was getting.

        "What do you want?" The lizard asked suspiciously. All Glorbus did in response was do a perfect surprised Pikachu impression, unaware that the Earth creatures could make sound.

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Bonus!

I don't like this chapter that much. It's probably my least favorite chapter. I don't hate it necessarily, but it's not great. It feels just a little too preachy considering what the story is about, and I definitely could have introduced Johnny more creatively. I'll cut myself some slack though, since I was kind of rushing and I was in middle school when I wrote this. Not much else to comment on to be honest. 

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