Pinky appeared quietly in my Study. "Erm....What are you doing here ? Where's that new Writer-Man ?"
I turned to her. "You're in my place, Pinky.....You got the wrong house. You want Sphinx's place now."
"Oh....Yeah", she said looking around. "I remember this place now. Been a long time."
"Not for me", I told her. "Time passes differently in my world than in yours."
She really didn't understand that, so she let it go. "So, where's this new Writer-Man ? I gotta talk to him."
"I don't know", I told her, "He hasn't been around lately. Might never come back, for all I know."
"WHAT ?", she exclaimed, "That can't be !! I seriously gotta talk to him, really !!"
"Well", I sighed, "Maybe I can help you. What did you want to talk about ?"
"Its....It's about Ricky", she said nervously. "I'm afraid he'll come after me, because of what Kurt and I did to him. If he finds me, he'll beat me up, and try to kill Kurt, I just know he will !!"
"Oh, so Kurt's back, out of the Loony Bin is he ?", I joked. "How's he doing these days ? Still a wild and crazy guy ?"
"That's Not Funny !!!!", Pinky screeched. "And he's not Crazy !! That was all your fault, you made him that way, Mr. Big Shot Writer-Man !!"
"Not my fault", I told her calmly. "I just write 'em how I see 'em. By the way, how'd you wind up being a Hooker ? I never wrote you into that."
She sniffed. "That's your fault too....You had Daddy put in Prison ! He lost all his money, and my Bitch stepmother divorced him and took everything else. I didn't have anywhere else to go ! I had to sell my Pussy to eat !"
"Again, not my doing", I said, shaking my head. "You'll have to take that up with the New Writer Man, if he ever comes back."
A gleam came into her eye. "Well, maybe you could fix it up ? I can give you a free blow job !" She started to approach me.
"Umm...No", I said hastily, "That's not how it works, characters and creators can't do stuff like that together....Different Worlds don't mix that way. y'know ?"
"Well, what am I going to do then ??", she wailed. "Ricky will BEAT me and KILL me !!!"
"Not if you kill him first", I said.
"Me Kill Him ?". she blubbered, "I can't do that !"
"Sure you can", I told her, "Or Kurt can. He's killed somebody already, hasn't he ? Just get a gun and stalk Ricky, then shoot him. There's a lot of dead bodies in Liberty City, one more won't make any difference."
"But...Somebody has to write about it first", she said, "Could you do it ? Make it happen ?"
"Sorry, I can't", I told her. "I'm not in control of your character any more, that's up to the new guy. I wish you luck, though."
"Ooooooh, you're no help !!", Pinky said savagely, then turned and disappeared in a huff.
Really, I hoped Sphinx would return and solve Pinky's dilemma. I also considered taking a rather long vacation to the North Woods where these characters couldn't find me.
