Subject: 'I-d just like to mention...'
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Posted on: 2019-02-22 04:34:00 UTC

'That I don-t like what you-re implying, when you want to interview Bingle and I together.'

'What's wrong with us being interviewed together, Finch?'

'The implication that we represent two sides of one whole, like we-re just two halves of some kind of mildly funny comedic duo or something, rather than real individuals in our own right.'

'Oh! Well, what else did you think we were?'

'What the Hell does tha--'

1. Ahh yes! Welcome to the interview! Please introduce yourself: name, species, continuum of origin?

'Bingle! I am Bernhard Bingard Bingle, I am a human, and I am from nowhere at all!'

'S86FNC-11630, Domestiworks V7 "Provend" automatic vending machine, "dried fruit orange" paint scheme, standard line. My theory is that I-m from Hell. It-d explain a lot.'

2. So, what department are you in, and who is your partner?

'The Department of Rubbish Losers Nobody Cares About Who Don-t Get Enough Funding.'

'The Department of Operations! We don't have partners but I don't doubt if we did Finch would be mine. I believe my intelligent calmness balances out his angered irrationality, you know?'

'You dirty bloody godd--'

3. Let’s start with the basic questions. How old are you?

'I don't know!'

'I don-t care.'

4. Height and weight?

'Tall enough that I keep breaking my nose on the doorframes, which is incredibly painful! I am forty kilograms, which sounds quite bad, but I actually don't have most of my organs at all!'

'Is this a damn medical checkup? I-m the height and weight of an average vending machine.'

5. Sexual orientation?

'Oh, I haven't thought about that since I left my wife all that time ago. Or husband. I can never recall which it was.'

'I get exposed to enough disgusting organic fluids on my job. No thank you.'

6.IQ?

'My Ice is very high Quality, thank you!'

'I-m certain I-m the smartest one in this room.'

7. Bra size? / Boxers or briefs?

'What is the smallest bra size, Finch?'

'I don-t really keep tabs on this sort-ve thing, Bingle. If you ask me undergarments as a whole seem like yet another great scam to pay someone else money to have yourself strangled when you least expect it.'

'My bra size is zero!'

8. Let’s cut the boring questions. Firstly, how many weapons are currently on your person?

'Oh, I recall taking karate classes very long ago, so I suppose you could consider my whole body a weapon.'

'My model is so unstable that where I come from it was considered, legally, an improvised explosive. So you could consider my whole body a weapon, too.'

9. Are you wanted for any crimes?

'If I were my own lawyer, I don't think I would want myself to answer this question!'

'I bloody well am, and every moment of every day I-m being punished for them.'

10. And the age-old ‘Are you a virgin?’

'Skip this one, I don-t want to hear or think about Bingle-s answer.'

11. Do you ever fantasize about same-sex relations?

'Oh, not recently. Should I?'

'I fantasise about no relations at all.'

12. Lovely. So, what is your favorite curse word?

'The simplistic beauty of "bloody idiot" makes it a far better, more versatile option than most.'

'Crumblo! You complete crumblo! It hasn't caught on quite yet, but, believe me, you will be very insulted in about three or so years.'

13. When was the last time you threw up?

'Exactly two days ago! Oh, what a terrible day that was.'

'What a horrid shift. I was going to puke, too, but I remembered I don-t have any guts.'

14. Have any mental illnesses?

'I-m the only one who doesn-t.'

'Oh, I'm absolutely flooded with them, I don't doubt.'

15. What is your biggest phobia?

'Collapsing walls. Bees. Flooding. Mammoth attacks. Freezing to death. Burning to death. Car crashes. Getting my wiring plucked out one by one by eagles. The black death. Measles. Being stabbed. Brown bears.'

'Oh, I have occasional anxieties that my friends don't really like me, and are just politely putting up with my antics.'

'Black bears. Polar bears. Waterfalls. Short circuiting. The undead. The idea of the afterlife. The idea of there being no afterlife. Rabid dogs. Train accidents. Fate. The--'

16. Do you crossdress often?

'Oh, hardly enough, I don't think.'

'I-m always naked.'

17. Have any addictions?

'I have this horrid addiction to decent interviewing that I really wish I could get a fix for right now.'

'I am addicted to the wonders of science and magic!'

18. What is the closest you have ever been to dying? Or have you ever died?

'Let me bloody tell you something, there-s not a bloody single moment of any day of any week that I-m not a single slip away from the final slamming dark end to my loose mo--'

'Yesterday for both of us! I died many years ago and remain dead to this very moment and it's not as bad as people say it is. Next question, please!'

19. Have the FicPsych nurses ever taken you away?

'Only ever when I-ve let them. They think they-re way slicker than they are...'

'Oh, yes. It's a wonderful alternative to a real holiday, you know. They even give you free food!'

20. Are the FicPsych nurses after you?

'Why? Are you working with them?'

'He's right, you know. That's an awfully suspicious thing to ask of us.'

'That-s an awfully FicPsychey thing to ask of us.'

'Just in case you are with FicPsych, well, you know, you're far less slick than you think you are, I can assure you!'

21. Do you snore?

'I do when I'm being choked!'

'You-re a bunch of bloody bigots. Not everyone in this hellhole needs to breathe.'

22. Are you drooling right now?

'Oh, I hope not. That seems quite rude. And Finch would be terribly upset with me.'

'You-re a bunch of bloody bigots. Not everyone in this hellhole has saliva.'

23. Let’s say that HQ was about to explode, and you could save one other person in here. Who would you choose?

'Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh, this is terrible! I can't--believe this! Oh! The--the wreckage! The waste of life? I don't know if I can handle this. Oh, oh heavens, oh, dear...'

'This is a rubbish question. In the case of a complete explosion of HQ I-d be the first to die. Don-t bloody contest me on this, I think about this constantly.'

24. When was the last time you used the toilet?

'Exactly two hours ago!'

'I don-t know, when was it for you? Maybe next time you should try s--tting out a better set of questions for us.'

25. Have you ever kissed a girl? / a boy? / another species??

'Oh, I'm sure I've kissed at least one.'

'Don-t you think I-d ever risk the "cooties" disease! I-ve heard of what it does to you!'

26. Did you like it?

'I strive to keep a positive attitude towards all things I do. If I didn't like it, well, I'm sure I learnt some kind of important lesson from it, anyhow!'

'Have you even heard what it does to you? Have you?'

27. The little voices in your head. Do you talk to them?

'Who the hell else is worth listening to?'

'All voices have a right to be heard and acknowledged, even the slithery, murdery ones!'

28. Were you made fun of in school? Why?

'Oh, absolutely! I was, and remain, the absolute perfect size and weight to be physically throttled and beaten and so on. Why, were I not myself, I would probably bully myself, too!'

'The other mechs at the scrapping plant called me "paranoid" for wanting to avoid incineration. Well, how-d that turn out, huh? Who-s incinerated and who bloody isn-t, huh?'

29. I can’t think of a question to ask you. Have any comments?

'Your questions are rubbish and you ought to be fired on the spot. I despise you, personally, and I-m incensed I used up so much of my--incredibly limited--lifespan to involve myself in this.'

'Nope!'

30. This interview has ended? Are you gleeful? Or would you like to complete our 100 question survey over thumbtacks?

'OH, NOT TODAY, NURSE!'

'YOU-RE NOT AS BLOODY SLICK AS YOU THINK YOU ARE!'

[Finch and Bingle, having flipped the table and scattered loose items and sheets of paper all over the floor, disappear into the distance]

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