Beatle sighs, watching Jedan sigh depressingly while in his apartment. There is a rope that was torn to pieces and parts of it is in Beatle's hand. "Tell me what happened, kid."
"Tried to talk woman. Rejected me. Got picky."
"Okay, well that's-..."
"Tried to talk woman again. Rejected me. Got picky."
Beatle sighs, realizing he should intently listen.
"Tried to talk woman again. Rejected me. Got picky. Tried to talk man this time. Rejected me. Got picky. Tried to talk women again. Said I was misogynistic.Called me a rapist. Penis bad. Decide to be alone forever. Got lonely. Tried killing myself with rope. My stretchy powers made me choke for like.... Seventy fucking HOURS!!!"
Beatle breathes out. "I am the Messiah of my world... the Multiverse... The world fucked over because they learned I was bi."
"Great. Another reason to die-..."
"I wasn't... fucking... finished. I died alone."
"What?"
"I died alone. And the world burned for it."
"And you hated that..."
"No. I fuckin' enjoyed it. Each moment, Humanity became extinct. By 2050, Homo Sapiens reduced by 45% since women avoided fucking men. Understandable. Sure, fine, but what's fucked is that 22% killed themselves."
"Because women-..."
"No. Because of social media. Because of how men and women are addressed in the world based on the disgusting thought of politics itself."
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"Sir. You're a politician."
"Yeah. And when I died, the world burned. Because I couldn't convey my message. My predecessor's message. Christ's message to love your neighbor. Over time, social media and the disgusting extremism of humanity began to use stupid words, 'woke', 'fascist,' Like shut the fuck up. People are dying."
"And thus I must die."
"Again. Not finished. Shut up the fuck up and let me give you happiness."
"THEN MAKE ME HAPPY!!!"
Beatle sighs and groans and hugs the kid. "I. SEE. YOU, kid. You're beautiful. Just the way you are."
Jed began to laugh. "Bruno Mars." But... he began to cry. "My favorite... artist..."
Beatle shushes him. "It's okay."
"My parents... They said I was pathetic... I was harassing women because I just wanted to pick someone up from a date... Dating apps don't work and-..." the young man cried.
"Kid, I am 904 years old. I watched kids like you come up and die over and over. Not this time, though. Not this time..."
"I'm just so lonely... I began... seeing things-..."
"Don't think about it."
"I was shut in for five years in here... I was so scared..."
Beatle sighs. "Hey, kid. Ever heard of "Hikkomori"? NEETs? They're a social group of people in Japan, mostly men but even some, women, who had become so lonely that they end up becoming social outcasts. Thus, the reduction of their population since 2011. Think of this social existence as an inevitability for the rest of our world."
"What do we do about it?"
Beatle pats his shoulder. "We stay healthy. We have friends... We stay alive. You wouldn't be able to save the world when you die, now, would you? The world gives marginalized people more rights. Over time, those people will become more. Will become extremists. Not entirely a bad thng, but still a bad thing. Eventually, roles will be reversed. Humanity will come to its extinction. My world is a post-apocalyptic ice age... That's simply ONE of the factors why our world end. Others are global warming... And y'know... Nukes. Also Communism, but that's for way later."
"You don't sound like you care."
"Because... I watched too much... saw too much death... When you look into the blackest pit of nothingness, it turns you numb... I... actually thought about shooting myself one day one time... But I know, my Father is such a fucking asshole... A lovable one, albeit... That he'd bring me back here... And because he reminds me of my own passion. I give A FUCK about you. I always will. Even the littlest one. Like you, kid."
"I want to love someone."
"Then don't die. Come back to your family, kid, Us. Please... Miguel misses you, kid. I may not have known you for long, but in other worlds, I met you a thousandfold."