Category: psychologue

  • Goodbye, Death (Resurrecting Parts)

    Goodbye, Death (Resurrecting Parts)

    The self-hating thing / Now appears / As a self-emptying man // Waiting for us / Waiting for me…

  • hel.lo.a.thing (The Un-Reconciled Part)

    hel.lo.a.thing (The Un-Reconciled Part)

    Youth: You… are not wrong. This is the pit that all mortal life is designed to avoid. And [looking at them with shining eyes] I thank you for the costly sacrifices you made, to keep me — us — alive.

  • Hello, Shame (Third Reconciled Part)

    Hello, Shame (Third Reconciled Part)

    Shadow: I once… was like you. But I ventured too close to the Place of the Skull, and it began to unmake me. I let out a cry of warning, and only that cry escaped. Now [shuddering] all that is left of me is that cry, which I use to…

  • Hello, Dread (First Reconciled Part)

    Hello, Dread (First Reconciled Part)

    Judge: Well, I guess because I am the only Judge most of them ever see. / It is my job to keep the peace, by doing whatever is necessary. / The only ones who ever meet the Chief Judge are the criminals I arrest. / Those [_coughing awkwardly_] who let…

  • Sex 415: Welding Day (Finale)

    Sex 415: Welding Day (Finale)

    Father Time and Mother Nature / 
Invite you to attend the wedding of their daughter / 
Princess Femininity (née ‘Nother Witch) / 
To Prince Masculinity (née Shylock/Contraption)

  • Sex 414: Rainbow Connection

    Sex 414: Rainbow Connection

    Connection: [nodding] That’s still true. And yet… I don’t. In fact [staring up in wonder] I think I actually love myself!

  • Sex 413A. From Lecher to Connection

    Sex 413A. From Lecher to Connection

    Your True Name is Connection. Sexuality is the strongest lever you could pull to achieve that, so it became your false identity.

  • Sex 413: Geni-Oz Deliverer (G.O.D.)

    Sex 413: Geni-Oz Deliverer (G.O.D.)

    Contraption: [to the Lamb] Are you truly the Geni-Oz we’ve been searching for?

  • Sex 412: Ohm-Coming

    Sex 412: Ohm-Coming

    She gazes into some sort of portal, or perhaps a mirror. Except this version of herself is calm and confident, not frantic and desperate. The other Nother smiles as she touches up her hair, then turns and holds out her hand to…

  • Hello, Death (Hardest Difficult Parts)

    Hello, Death (Hardest Difficult Parts)

    Concluding from Hello, Family. The kids — Friendship, Affection, Stranger — have all gone to bed. I’m outside having drink with Resilience while Dialogue preps for a case tomorrow. Suddenly we hear footsteps. Reapparence Resilience: [pointing] There they are, Earnest. I look and see Officer and Debater heading our way.…

  • Hello, Family (Harder Difficult Parts)

    Hello, Family (Harder Difficult Parts)

    The door bursts open, and a statuesque blonde struts — there’s no other word for it — into the room. Friday’s jaw drops. Mine probably does too. / The resemblance to Dialogue is obvious, but while Di could be the cute girl next door, De looks like a supermodel. Make…

  • Sex 411A: Lecher v Scribe

    Sex 411A: Lecher v Scribe

    Your honor, my client is innocent. He is just a naive part doing his best to unfold. Sexuality is an intrinsic aspect of maturity: it is literally the definition, in biological terms. He should be celebrated for his sexual explorations, not condemned.

  • Hello, Officer (Hard Difficult Parts)

    Hello, Officer (Hard Difficult Parts)

    My first instinct is that this is a horrible idea, which Friday will immediately reject as unprofessional. After all, he is the embodiment of my own legalistic need for perfection.

  • Hello, Stranger (Darkest Difficult Parts)

    Hello, Stranger (Darkest Difficult Parts)

    I emerge from the tunnel at the bottom of my psyche and stand up. / I see a small man, or older boy, wearing a hoodie with a white Guy Fawkes mask. / His voice is familiar. / Earnest: Are you… me?

  • Director, Silent (Darker Difficult Parts)

    Director, Silent (Darker Difficult Parts)

    He is sitting dead center in a screening room. / All alone. / Reviewing silent films. // Movies about me. / The story of my life…

  • Hector Protector (Dark Difficult Parts)

    Hector Protector (Dark Difficult Parts)

    Hector: Don’t we all? I am the part of you willing to bear that karmic burden. You can hardly blame me for supplying what you demand.

  • Sex 411: Shylock’s Home

    Sex 411: Shylock’s Home

    Earnest: (pensively) Something is still not right. / Reflection: Clearly all of us have to work together to pick up the full signal. / Klein: In a specific pattern. / Tube: But which of us goes where? / Which: (smiling as she rolls up her sleeves and comes over) I…

  • Hello, Keeper (Unhidden Difficult Parts)

    Hello, Keeper (Unhidden Difficult Parts)

    I stand up and look. / 
Keeper is an intimidating 14-year old, with her mother’s fierce, intelligent eyes. / 
She’s staring at me suspiciously, with her hands on her hips. / 
I take a Moment…

  • Hello, Trauma (Hidden Difficult Parts)

    Hello, Trauma (Hidden Difficult Parts)

    Then I realize he is more likely to show up — or at least I am more likely to notice him — when I am stressed, frustrated, or stuck. / That’s when I know his name.

  • Tick the Watchdog (Modern Difficult Parts)

    Tick the Watchdog (Modern Difficult Parts)

    Tick: What do you want? / Earnest: Ah, I believe you represent the “modern” part of me that is obsessed with time and efficiency, as opposed to the traditional values of relationship and conformity.