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“If you liked what you saw, be sure to click the subscribe button and hit the bell so you know when we release more content!” Noodle waved at the camera.
“Yeah! And comment on what you wanna see next from us because we could always use ideas!” 2D smiled.
“Now, why would you say that? You’re making it look like we can’t create ideas on our own!” Murdoc barked at him making 2D cower.
“Come on, man! Why you gotta be like that? He just wants to interact with them!” Russel defended.
“Oh, you’re one to talk!” Murdoc retaliated and ignited an argument between them.
“Okay! Signing off! Bye bye!” Noodle turned off the camera and sighed. “Can you guys stop now?”
“Can we just delete this one? I’m not feeling it.” 2D frowned as he got up. “I wanna do gaming like Dashie and Markiplier, you know?”
“Because we definitely need another gaming channel…” Murdoc rolled his eyes.
“Yeah, D. I don’t know about gaming… Maybe we can do a cooking video? Those can be hilarious!” Russel tapped his chin trying to come up with more ideas.
“I want to do vlogging! That way the fans get to know what we do from time to time!” Noodle picked up the camera. “Makeup would also be a fun alley to travel down.”
“I say that YouTube is completely overrated and we shouldn’t be messing with it at all! But, whatever it is, it will not shatter everything that I made this band to be!” Murdoc scoffed. “It’s best to have every idea you create verified by me!”
“I wish Ace were here. He would be the tiebreaker!” 2D laughed. “Ah, cool guy… Cool guy.”
“Yeah…” Noodle nodded fondly.
“He did smell good once he got hold of that shower, huh? He knew what scent was good for him, and man… What a guy.” Russel looked up thinking about Ace. “And he was funny!”
“The funniest!” Noodle chimed in.
“He made me choke on every drink I ever drank!”
“Yeah, yeah! Ace is great! I get it!” Murdoc growled.
“Let’s call him!” 2D raced to the phone. “Hey, phone! Float your way over here, would ya?” The phone phased through the wall onto the counter in the kitchen ringing once it settled. “Thanks!”
“We really need to exorcise this place…” Russel mumbled. “I’m ordering pizza.”
“Finally, some good food!” Murdoc followed Russel out of the scene.
“Ugh. I really don’t think that this YouTube channel is a good idea… Everyone has so many different ideas…” Noodle put the camera away defeated. “Plus, I doubt anyone else is into it instead of us, 2D.” She looked around for a moment to see 2D gone. “2D?”
“Ereh pu…” 2D’s voice came from the ceiling with a ghostly resonance.
Noodle jumped and ran for the salt in the kitchen cabinet. “Not again!” She came back and threw some at 2D. “Come out, spirit!”
“Ack!” 2D plopped onto the floor once the spirit left him. He rubbed his head. “Flippin’ heck! Russel is right. We need to exorcise this place!”
“Look. This YouTube channel is tanking, you and I are the only ones really interested in it, and Murdoc puts his stink on everything … Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” Noodle raised her brow.
2D smirked in reply. Noodle, then, nodded her head and 2D followed suit. “I’ll get the rope and toothpaste.” He rubbed his hands maniacally.
“The what? No!” Noodle pinched the bridge of her nose. “That’s for another plan on another day with other people… I’m talking about right now!”
“Oh! Well…” 2D stood up. “Walk me through it!”
“Hey, YouTube! I know this may be a bit weird, but me and 2D decided on making our own channel! Welcome to Pot O’ Noodles! We plan on doing gaming and makeup, and we will upload every Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday?” Noodle looked at 2D.
“Right! Tuesdays, Fridays, and we’re going to do livestreams on Saturday!” 2D corrected
“Oh! Right!”
“It’s gonna be great! But, for now, let’s begin our first episode! Today, we’re playing Super Mario Maker 2!” He thumbed up the camera.
“Yes! And, please! Make us some levels to play! We would love to see how creative you can be!”
“Yeah! But, for now, we’re gonna play a level someone made for Dashie!”
Murdoc was walking down the hall when he heard 2D raging in the recording room. “That sodden punk must be making a video without us!” He snuck up to the door and opened it a crack. “That good for nothing-!” He saw Noodle in there as well. He passed the control to her and she began to rage at the screen. “No… No, no, no, no. Noodle? A traitor?” He closed the door gently. “Oh, that does it…”
“Pizza’s here!” Russel called throughout the house.
“I’ll get them… After I eat!” Murdoc ran down the hallway to go get his food.
“This is impossible, Ram-O! Why would you make this?” Noodle roared. “You really expect me to make it on time before the P-Switch’s timer ends?”
“He’s a monster.” 2D pulled his hair. “A monster!”
“Did y’all hear me? Come get your pizza while it’s hot!” Russel barged into the recording room making Noodle drop the controller. “Y’all making a video? Must be on fire! Sorry to interrupt.”
“You’re good, Russ! I think we need a break anyway!” 2D smiled as he got up off the couch. “This level sure is hard to beat!” They all started making their way to the kitchen.
The band was enjoying their pizza in silence with Ace on speaker phone for a while until Russel commented about how good the pizza was. “Mmm… Good pizza.”
“Yeah. Did they change the recipe?” 2D’s mouth was full of pizza when he asked.
“Stop that.” Murdoc looked away. “It’s disgusting.”
“What?” 2D swallowed. “It’s natural!”
“As natural as betraying this band, huh Pot?” Murdoc slammed his hands on the table. “You even brought my precious baby girl into this! What do you have to say for yourself?”
“What are you talking about?” 2D took another bite of pizza. “I didn’t betray anyone!”
“I’m sorry, are you talking about me?” Noodle snorted. “Your what?”
“I think it’s the crust that they switched up…” Russel contemplated. “It’s got a new flavor to it.”
“Who cares about the pizza!”
“I do.” 2D took another bite of his slice.
“Me too. It’s delicious.” Noodle took another slice from the box.
“Y’all are having pizza? I just got a gas station sandwich...” Ace said over the phone.
“We’ll eat a slice for you, man!” Russel took a big bite of his slice.
Murdoc growled and picked up the phone. “We’ll call you back!” He hung up the phone making everyone gasp. 2D even dropped his pizza, and, as in slow motion, it fell to the ground.
“What is wrong with you?” Noodle whispered brokenly.
“I should be asking that to you, daughter!” Murdoc spat then pointed at 2D. “You too!”
“Is this about them making a video? Let it go, man!” Russel furrowed his brows.
“No! No one cleared it to me that we were making a video! Not only that, but I said no to gaming videos!”
“This is exactly what I am talking about! You have to put your authoritative funk on everything !” Noodle pounded the table with her fist. “And put Ace back on the line!”
“No!”
“Yes!” She pounded the table again.
“You cannot put that gaming video on our channel!”
“Noodle made the channel, though!” Russel intervened. “I think she has a say on what goes on that channel!”
“Exactly!” 2D nodded.
“And it is not even going on the main channel! It is going on me and 2D’s channel! Pot O’ Noodles!”
“You made another channel?” Murdoc gasped.
“Because of you!” Noodle squinted at his maliciously.
There was a pause. Murdoc called Ace back and put him on speaker. “Ace, you need to know something.
“Yeah?”
“Noodle and 2D, no, Stuart Pot are traitors and they do not deserve to be your friend!” Murdoc took his box of pizza. “I’m finishing my pizza in my room so I don’t get my “ authoritative funk ” all over the place!” He stormed off.
“Oh.” Ace cleared his throat. “I think I’m missing some information here.
“Well, Ace. If you need to know, Murdoc is the one that doesn’t deserve to be your friend because he’s a big stinky green meany!” 2D shouted at the direction of Murdoc’s room. “Funky Authoritarian!”
“What? What did you say?”
“Murdoc sucks. He-”
“Sorry, you just didn't’-”
“No, Murdoc is mean.”
“Oh. That’s what you said?”
“Yeah. That’s what I said.”
“What’s an authoritarian?”
“Never mind, Ace.” 2D sighed.
“We’ll talk to you later, man.” Russel took the phone. “I’ll fill you in when everyone cools off.”
“Stinky green authoritarian! Stinky! And green!” Noodle shouted in the background.
“Okay, Russ. Make sure Murdoc takes a bath if he stinks so much. Maybe he just forgets every now and again.”
“Yeah…”