Midnight Pals: Chimera

Bitter Karella: [carrying bindle sack] siiigh
Karella: ahem
Karella: AHEM
Poe: oh sorry what's going on?
Poe: what's with the bindle sack?
Karella: oh THIS bindle sack? this one right here?
Karella: funny you should ask

Karella: last week was my birthday
Karella: and none of you remembered!
Karella: so I'm running away from home!
Barker: bye
Poe: CLIVE

Poe: did you
Poe: did you tell anyone it was your birthday?
Karella: no but
Karella: but if you really cared you would know
Poe:
Barker:
King:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Poe: well happy birthday
Karella: THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Karella: I don't want people to say happy birthday
Karella: i want REAL attention!
Poe: do you want to tell a story
Karella: YES I WANT TO TELL A STORY
Barker: oh my god what a little brat
Poe: clive

Barker: here i'll handle this
Poe: i really wish you wouldn't
Barker: no i'm really good with kids
Karella: [stamping foot] i'm not a kid!!!
Barker: oh yeah? how old are you?
Karella: i'm
Karella:
Karella: no wait let's just say i am a kid

Barker: good would this comically oversized lollipop make you feel better?
Karella: NO
Karella:
Karella: yes
Koontz: i would also like a comically oversized lollipop
Barker: well of course, for you, dean, anything
Barker: cuz you're always as good as gold

Karella: why didn't you say that to me
Barker: cuz you're a fucking shit
Karella:
Karella: you better be nice to me
Barker: yeah? why?
Poe: clive

Poe: what would make you feel better on your birthday karella
Karella: i would feel better if everyone went out and pre-ordered my upcoming book moonflow
Karella: available for preorder in the pinned skeet
Poe:
King:
Koontz:
Lovecraft:
Barker:
Barker: best we can do is the comically oversized lollipop
King: yeah that's the best we can do

Karella: ok fine! then
Karella: then
Karella: i want to do a bit with mary shelley
Karella: she's always funny when she appears
King: oh yea she's a hoot
King: a real crowd pleaser

Mary Shelley: sup fuckers
Shelley: whoa what the hell is going on here
Shelley: why's everything all meta in here
Bitter Karella:
Shelley: oh it's because of you innit?
Shelley: little postmodern shit
Karella: hey!
Shelley: that's a real fuckin "john barth" ass move

Karella: y-you take that back!
Shelley: just like john barth
Karella: it's not like john barth!
Karella: i'm my own original idea, damnit!
Shelley: [to poe] its just like fuckin john barth
Poe: you know i was just thinking that
Karella: SHUT UP

Karella: stop saying i'm doing john barth style meta commentary!
Karella: i'm not! i'm not!
[giant pencil erases karella, camera pulls out to reveal john barth at the drawing table]
John Barth: ain't i a stinker?