Bubble Tree
The delicate Bubble Tree. Bursting with plain bubbles waiting to be tuned, these somewhat unstable specimens harbor fruit of perfect transparency - and thoughts of bizarre conspiracy.
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One Tree Claims To Know the Unknowable
Bubble Tree
Nothing. You’re not ready for my truth. Get away. Get away. And if that Spicy Son of Spriggan apparatchik tries to feed you any more of the party line, you just tell him from me tha… Shhhhh
You
Um. Ok.
Bubble Tree
Psst. PSSSSSSSSSSST! Over here. For your ears only, ‘k?
You
Sure.
Bubble Tree
Did that Spice Tree tell you all that business about how he was a great friend of Spriggan’s? And how Spriggan always considered the Sprigganite ages the greatest?
You
Something like that.
Bubble Tree
Lies. It’s all lies. Don’t listen to a word.
You
He wasn’t a friend of Spriggan’s?
Bubble Tree
No! One little tree? Spriggan could sneeze a thousand-thousand of him down before breakfast. But it’s more than that, it’s that there haven’t even BEEN multiple ages.
You
Huh?
Bubble Tree
No. That’s what they WANT you to think. Don’t trust them, comrade. Trust no one. Never chew copper. Check both ways before you dig. That’s all I’m saying. That’s all I’m saying.
You
Is it, though? IS IT?
One Tree Claims To Know the Unknowable
Bubble Tree
They all lie.
You
Huh?
Bubble Tree
All of them. With the exception of a few trees, two kinds of a rock and a critter, there’s not a truthful one among th…
You
…em?
Bubble Tree
SHHHHH. Did you hear that? That clicking noise? The giants. Everywhere. Listening. Well, them, or ghostly versions of their most determined disciples, clinging on to the artifacts they’ve left scattered around, like ghosts in a machine, rattling and buzzing and click, click, click, click…
You
What?
Bubble Tree
Click click. Click click click. Get away. Get away, they’re following you, I tell you - get away, get away. Click. Click click.
You
Over and out.
The Shape of the World
Bubble Tree
It’s all made up.
You
What is?
Bubble Tree
HEY! Don’t look. Just listen. Don’t let anyone know you’re listening. Just pretend you happen to be standing there, and if anyone asks you, I haven’t told you anything.
You
You haven’t told me anything.
Bubble Tree
That's it.
You
No, you ACTUALLY haven’t told me anything.
Bubble Tree
Ah. Shhh. Yes. Did you hear that? There was a clicking and a… Never mind. Just know this. Whatever anyone tells you about this place - about it being round, or flat, or layered or flipped or upside down or outside in…
You
How did you know?
Bubble Tree
I know how it works. I know a hawk from a handsaw, but shhhh, this is important: it’s all wrong. There’s nothing in this world that’s concrete. It’s all a bubble inside a bubble. A thought inside a thought. It’s not real. Nothing’s real. The only thing that’s real is… shhh!…The rook!
You
Wait, what?
Bubble Tree
SHHHHH! Wingbeats. I heard wingbeats. Get away from me. Get away. You never spoke to me. I never told you anything. Pop. Pop pop. The giant ate the moon. The moon’s an avocado. You’ve never been here. You’re not here now. POP.
You
You're weird.
The Ages of the World
Bubble Tree
Pop! Pop pop pop!
You
Say what?
Bubble Tree
All of it. Someone whispered a lie to the chickens, and they passed it feather to feather, and piggies will believe anything told while... well, you know. But this is the ONE truth: It’s all made up.
You
But WHAT is?
Bubble Tree
All of it. Eleven dreams at once, all crashed into each other, and here you are. If you can say there are any ages, there is only this, and yet none of it’s real. None of it will last. None of it. Pop. Pop pop.
You
Pop pop.
The Bubble Conspiracies
Bubble Tree
Shhhhhh. Testing for hidden wires. Can you hear whining? Feedback? Pop! Pop pop! Shhh…
You
Um. I… Whu?
The Bubble Conspiracies
Bubble Tree
Come back later. Another time. Be on the safe side. In the meantime: trust no one. NO ONE.
You
Message received.
The Bubble Conspiracies
Bubble Tree
Don’t believe everything they tell you.
You
What?
Bubble Tree
Just don’t believe everything you hear. That’s all. I’m not calling anyone a liar. I’m just saying, maybe some of your sources might not have all the information, if you know what I’m saying…
You
Not really, but ok.
The Bubble Conspiracies
Bubble Tree
You know about the great divide, of course?
You
No?
Bubble Tree
At one time - not everyone knows about this, so keep it under your hat - after the great confluence, the great collusion and the formation of the great council, there was the great debate, the great filibuster and, eventually, the Great Divide: Pot, Spriggan, Mab and Humbaba on one side… and on the other… on… the…
You
Other?
Bubble Tree
Shh! I think someone’s listening. POP. Pop pop. Shhh. Tell no one.
You
I couldn't if I tried.
Bubble Tree
Sometimes, when my bubbles burst while I’m growing them, I hear old voices. You hear that?
You
I don't think so…
Bubble Tree
The other day, I swear I heard two voices - not Glitches like you, but echoes, older voices, from before maybe Grendalinians from the sound of them – discussing their search to find some sort of artifact they needed, in a plot to overthrow … to… overthrow…
You
… to overthrow…?
Bubble Tree
SHHH! Did you hear that? Someone’s listening. Walk away! We never had this conversation! I told you nothing!
You
That's not too far from the truth…
Bubble Tree
Shhh… Pop! Bees! Bees everywhere! Bees in hats! Military hats! Pop POP!
You
Um… Ok.
