kingofwaste | 15th Short - [Action/Video] (Forward-dated to Friday the 16th)

[The day started off like any other day for Oswald. He rolled himself out of bed, spent half an hour trying to wake his lazy mechanical cow, checked the journals and got to work on his model of Wasteland. He was just making some real headway on Bog Easy when he realized he'd run out of suitable parts.

Early in the afternoon, he decided to scavenge the stores for useable supplies. Match sticks, glitter, screws and nails... Anything he could get his hands on. He'd learned a long time ago that even the most worn junk could still be recycled- Wasteland prided itself on that art. He was just going through a box of small gadgets when his eyes fell on a familiar device. A remote. His remote. It'd been created to control Beetleworx, but it could essentially hack into most machines in Wasteland. One quick press of a button told him enough. The remote's broken.

From that point on, people can find Oswald sitting by the base of the fountain, screwdriver in one hand and the remote in the other. It's been a long time since he last held the device in his hand, but he still remembers what makes it tick. Fixing it should be done in a jiffy. ... Is he humming It's A Small World while he works? He sure is!]

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[It's been almost two years since Oswald first arrived in Luceti and he's been plagued with doubts lately. Doubts about what it means to have left Wasteland. To have made so many friends since he first arrived here. Not just fans- actual friends. Mostly, he's wondering if perhaps he's already regained what he lost so long ago without realizing it. How would he check? He may be a toon, but he can't reach inside himself to feel around for it.

So he decides to turn to the journal system when he returns to his apartment later in the day.]

Hey folks, I got a question for y'all. I'm not really lookin' for one answer in particular, so be as elaborate as you like. That is... What do you think it means to have a heart?

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You really think so? [Oswald's never entered "mind" into the equation. It was always about love for him.]

So the stronger the mind, the stronger the heart?

Rabbit, imagine if one's mind is focused on...say...horrible death and destruction and sadness. And all kinds of negative, gloomy stuff.

Would you have the heart to care for others? To do great deeds? To become a grand hero?

Well... I think that you would have the heart, but you're just not usin' it. There's a difference between heart and conscience, you see. If you don't have that little voice in your head tellin' you that hurting other people is wrong, it doesn't matter if you can feel emotions or not.

Conscience is inside your head, your head is connected to your heart. They work together, yes?

Yeah, that sounds about right. You've gotta know what you're doin', see? For example, if a hungry little girl asks you for a sandwich, you give her a sandwich, but when a mean ol' angry villain comes along and asks you for a gun so he can hurt people, givin' him one is definitely a bad thing.

Of course that sounds right, I am always right. As in one hundred percent right.

[Loki frowns at Oswald's examples.]

But what if I do not have a sandwich on me to give to a hungry child? And I definitely do not need a rifle. And most evil angry villains possess special powers that makes them invincible and extremely hard to defeat.

... But that ain't the point. What I'm sayin' is that you can help people in need, but you can't help villains hurt other people.

[Loki nods.]

Of course I am getting the point. I am merely stating that I do not have guns or a sandwich on me. My clothing does not provide me with enough pockets, unfortunately.

[He moves away from the screen for a moment because Thori is not behaving like a good dog at all this time. When Loki returns it is obvious he has burned a finger.]

And that is what having a heart really means, you see?

Errr. Not really...?

[What does not having enough pockets have to do with having a heart? Or is it not about the pockets? He doesn't get it.]

Must I draw it out for you? It is no science of rockets.

[He holds up a pen.]

Yeah, sure! Draw it out!

[Loki disappears from the screen for a moment and when that moment takes a bit longer than he had expected Oswald can hear him yell from somewhere far:]

I have some paper! Now to acquire a pen!

[When Loki returns he holds a small notepad and something that used to be a pencil before a certain tiny god of mischief decided that it is good to chew on a pencil.]

Any requests?

[Oswald rubs the back of his head, looking a little thoughtful.]

Err, no. Just the heart thing will do.

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