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Presley’s Progress

Photo of Elvis Presley

“WHICH ONE OF YOU COLLEGE BOYS GONNA GO GET THE KING A BACON-AND-FLUFFERNUTTER SAN’WICH?”

How long is this press conference?

“THIS HERE’S THE THIRD DAY! ME AND MAH MONGREL DIMWIT DADDY, VERNON, BEEN TELLING STORIES AND AH SANG BRIEFLY. THERE WAS ALSO A KARATE DEMONSTRATION. THERE HAS BEEN SOME RACISM, BUT JUST IN THE STORIES. KARATE CAN’T BE RACIST. KARATE IS FOR EV’RYBODY, EVEN THOUGH AH DO IT THE BEST.”

Wait, I thought you were in Vegas, at the Katy Perry-owned Luxor Hotel where Kim Jong-Un was holed up in the King Tut suite with a nuke.

“GOOD WORK SNEAKIN’ THAT EXPOSITION IN THERE, BOY.”

Why does the sign say that you’re at the New York Hilton?

“AUTO-CORRECT.”

It is not a perfected technology.

“YEAH, AH AM AT THE LUXOR, MAN. THEY GOT ALL TYPES IN HERE. REAL FREAKIE-DEAKIES. AH SAW A FELLA WHO WAS ALSO A HIPPO.”

Oh, that’s Big Ping Pong. He’s Katy’s security.

“NAW, MAN. IT WASN’T NATURAL! AH SENT CHARLIE HODGE TO DEFEAT HIM IN BATTLE.”

How’d that go?

“JUST HOW YOU’D FIGURE.”

Yeah. Even before Big Ping Pong was a hippo-person, he was a 6’5″ defensive end from UF.

“CHARLIE AIN’T NO BIG FELLA. SOMETIMES HE CAN BARELY LIFT MY SCARVES AND WATER, AND MAH DISEASE-RIDDEN, SOUR-FACED, COUSIN-FINGERIN’, FLOPPY-DICKED DADDY–”

Vernon.

“–HAS TO HELP HIM OUT, FOR AH MUST HAVE MAH SCARVES AND WATER.”

Sure. King? You gonna do something about the madman with the bomb in the King Tut suite, or just do karate for journalists?

“ARE YOU CHALLENGIN’ MAH MANHOOD, BOY?”

No, King.

“ENTER MAH DOJO!”

No.

“BOY, YOU WRITE IN REGULAR PARAGRAPHS AND DESCRIBE THE ACTION OF ME KICKIN’ YOUR ASS!”

I don’t want to!

“YOUR AUTHORIAL CONCEIT LIMITS YOUR STORYTELLING OPTIONS!”

Can you get the hell back into character, please?

“YEAH, OKAY, YEAH. KARATE, PANTIES, ELVIS.”

Better.

“THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.”

Perfect. Now go up to Kim Jong-Un’s suite and chill him out and get the nuclear bomb.

“AH AM GOING, BUT ONLY BECAUSE AH WANT TO.”

“Okay, I need a plan B.”

Katy?

“Helloooo.”

Have you been there the entire time?

“I am everywhere. I am all within these pyramidal tracts. Do you know that pyramids have powers?”

Do they?

“Yes. Pyramid powers.”

Sure.

“I am mighty.”

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Wow.

“I am Katy Sphinxy.”

That’s lazy.

“You come up with one, then. Only thing I considered was the Skanx, but I’m not a skank.”

No.

“If Taylor Swift was a mythical lion-person, then she would be the Skanx, but not me.”

You hold grudges.

“I’m Egyptian; it’s in our blood. Well, Ancient Egyptian. Same thing.”

Nope.

“Can we get back to the plan? I like being a god and owning a casino.”

I thought you hated owning a casino.

“Running a casino. That’s terrible. But owning one is great. People walk in off the street and just give your their money. I can’t believe I’ve been busting my ass singing.”

Good work if you can get it.

“I’m going to make a call. Excuse me. Or don’t, but I’m still going to make a call.”

Sure.

CELL PHONE NOISE

CELL PHONE NOISE

“Yoooooo.”

“Are you kidding me, John? At least the other ones took effort.”

“I’m tired of you bullying me about my phone greetings. I’m a brave and wonderful person, and I put myself out there, and no one has a right to criticize that.”

“Have you been drinking your laundry detergent, John?”

“No, but if I did, I would be content in the fact that there were no artificial additives.”

“Are you on your way? Things are not good here. Elvis’ press conference has turned into a hostage situation. He won’t let the reporters leave, John. It’s gotten very downhome in there, and his father is doing things to people. His father is doing things to everyone, John.”

“Vernon?”

“Is that his name? I didn’t catch it.”

“Vernon.”

“John, where are you?”

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“Well, that answered my question.”

“Right?”

“John, this is not okay! All I wanted to do was go to Burning Man, and you lured me back here to Vegas! And–and!–that Li’l Kim maniac with the nuke is YOUR friend, John!”

“I’m pretty sure you let him into the White House at one point.”

“He was looking for you! Stop washing your face and live up to your responsibilities, John!”

“FINE! Fine, okay.”

“Elvis is not the man for this job, John. Can you keep a secret?”

“Maybe.”

“I think he might be on drugs, John.”

“Elvis?”

“Yeah.”

“Why do you think that?”

“Because I took the drugs with him, John.”

“Sure. Speaking of which: if you want to end this press conference, then get Doctor Gary out of the room.”

“How did you know that Doctor Gary was there?”

“Katy, press conferences don’t turn into three day-long mass kidnappings/hootenannies without Doctor Gary being present.”

“Dr. Nick is there, too.”

“Oh, that’s not good.”

“It’s getting weird, John. They’re dueling. Like wizards? But instead of wands and magic, they’re drugging everyone in sight at each other.”

“Wow.”

“It’s sketchy in there.”

“I bet. Are you sure Elvis can’t handle this?”

“John, he’s still talking about how aliens invented white cotton panties or something. He’s not in any shape to…oh no.”

“What?”

“Elvis has left the press conference, John.”

“Where’d he go?”

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“Look who I just kidnap!”

“WHAT YOU SAY, FAT BOY?”

“Ninjas! Now!”

BURLAP SACK NOISE!

“Now I got nuke, and I got hillbilly! Only Korea number one! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

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“Oh, that’s not good.”

Worst possible outcome.

“You have any ideas?

Yeah, but they’ll wait until next time.

“Okay.”

My Desert Serenade

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“Do you have a plan for dealing with Kim Jong-Un and his nuke, Your Majesty?”

“AW, NOW. KATY, YOU C’N CALL ME KING.”

“Sure. And you will refer to me by my Ancient Egyptian god name.”

“WHASSAT?”

“Boobankhamun.”

“ABSOLUTELY NOT.”

“Can we get back to the plan?”

“MAH CHARISMA WILL WIN THE DAY. AH PLAN ON BRINGING THE JORDANAIRES AND THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS WITH ME. WE WILL SING GOSPEL TUNES UNTIL HE IS OVERCOME WITH LOVE FOR JESUS, AND ME SINGIN’ ABOUT JESUS.”

“You sing about Jesus very well, King.”

“AH ALSO SING ABOUT LIFE IN THE GHETTO VERY WELL.”

“True dat. So, your plan is to weaponize backup singers?”

“AH ALSO HAVE A FANTASTIC DRUMMER.”

“Uh-huh. King, I’m gonna make a phone call.”

“WHILE YOU DOIN’ THAT, AH’M GONNA HAVE ME ANOTHER PRESS CONFERENCE.”

“Great.”

CELL PHONE NOISE

CELL PHONE NOISE

“John Ma–”

“Where the hell are you!?”

“Katy?”

“Who else would it be, John? If it was Elvis, then I would be in all caps.”

“Sure.”

“Where are you!?”

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“Oh.”

“Right?”

“John, this is not funny. I have to confide something in you, and this is between us.”

“Okay.”

“Elvis might not be the best person to send into the room with the nuclear weapon.”

“You don’t say.”

“At least not in the condition he’s in. Elvis met Doctor Gary, John.”

“How’d that go?”

“Predictably.”

“Yeah.”

“It turns out that Doctor Gary is on Elvis’ plan, John. In the network.”

“Katy, Doctor Gary isn’t a medical doctor, he’s a PhD. And I think they might have revoked that.”

“Yes, but Doctor Gary can do all the things a doctor does. Wait, no. Doctor Gary will do all the things a doctor does. He’s not very good at some of them, but he’ll still do them. Don’t let Doctor Gary take your tonsils out, John.”

“I’ll try not to. What exactly is the situation there right now?”

“You know how reindeer eat magic mushrooms and pass out pure psilocybin in their urine?”

“Please don’t say Elvis–”

“Elvis and Doctor Gary are ripped to the tits on reindeer piss, John.”

“–and Doctor…dammit, Katy. You’re in charge.”

“Nominally.”

“Go sober all your idiots up and try to keep things cool. Please?”

“There might be a small hiccup in your plan, John.”

“What?”

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“I’m not exactly the designated driver in this scenario, John.”

“Dammit. Where did you even find reindeer in the desert?”

“It’s Las Vegas, John. You can get anything you want if you’re Elvis.”

“Okay. Listen, just try to hold things together until I’m done sitting in at the Grammys.”

“The what?”

“Nothing; you’re in charge; don’t let the world blow up!”

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“Where did Elvis go?”

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“LOOK AT HOW SPECIAL AH AM!”

“Oh, right. Press conference.”

John Mayer Does Not Play Dice With The Universe

CELL PHONE NOISE

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“Star of social and all the other kinds of media John Mayer speaking.”

“Oh, you shouldn’t answer the phone that way. What if the person calling is a much bigger star of social and the other kinds of medias?”

“Media is already plural, Katy. And I’m not talking to you.”

“Why, John?”

“You know why.”

“Blowing up your house with the cruise missiles?”

“No. I mean: yes. But no.”

“It’s not the herpes, is it? I keep telling you that I didn’t give you herpes, John. I gave it back to you.”

“Not the herpes.”

“Did I steal your backup dancers? If I did, then I understand your anger, John. Stealing backup dancers is unforgivable.”

“You have a thing about that.”

“Fuck that skinny bitch.”

“I did.”

“Maybe I should call Russell again.”

“How could you go back to him, Katy? He’s just the worst.”

“Any reader of the tabloids could tell you I enjoy making the same romantic mistakes over and over. You, for example.”

“I thought we were soulmates.”

“Soulmates, John!? You left me all alone in this casino–”

“The Luxor, which you own for some reason.”

“–and I got bored. So, first I wore clothes.”

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“That’s what I do when I’m bored. Good work, Katydoodle.”

“Don’t call me that. But wearing clothes didn’t work, John!”

“Did you buy some expensive bullshit?”

“I had Bugatti make me a one-woman submarine.”

“Wow.”

“And, you know: we’re in the middle of the desert, so I have absolutely no use for it. Maybe I’ll take it down to that joint with the shark tank and bother fish, but otherwise the thing is a bust.”

“Sub got a name?”

“The Goin’ Down.

“Nice. Very on-brand.”

“Right: bawdy, but not dirty. Anyway: it’s sitting in the parking lot. I think there’s a guy living in it.”

“Hippie?”

“Yes.”

“That’s Soup. He’s all right.”

“So, John: I wore clothes, and then I bought expensive bullshit I didn’t need. But I was still bored and lonely without you!”

“Aw.”

“So I dated.”

“You love to date!”

“So do you!”

“It was the first thing we had in common.”

“Oh, no, John. You know you’re my type.”

“Please don’t say–”

“Tall, dark, and douchey.”

“–tall, dark, and…yeah, that. You’re really full of mixed signals, Katy.”

“I hate owning a casino, John. It’s boring and hard, like a Russian novel with a boner. Do you know what casinos are made out of?”

“Concrete? Steel?”

“Math. It’s all math, John. The entire building is made out of math. Probability, statistics, game theory, profit margin: the carpets are fractals, John. It’s all math and I may or may not have gone to high school.”

“That doesn’t sound fun.”

“And so many germs, John.”

“So many germs.”

“No. Oh, no. No. We are not doing the Howard Hughes bit.”

“Oh, John, I’m not going to pee in tissue boxes and invent the airplane–”

“Close.”

“–I’m stating a fact: all of these people in the casino have skin made of doody. They’re just so dirty.”

“Oh, sure, yeah. Just don’t get all germaphobic.”

“One cannot be simultaneously be a germaphobe and invite John Mayer to bed.”

“I can’t argue with that.”

“I made you something, John.”

“What? Yeah? That’s sweet.”

“Hold on.”

TEXT MESSAGE NOISE

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“Look, John! I drew your dad.”

“Katy, Bobby isn’t my father.”

“Yes, John. He is. It was foreshadowed a while ago and it’s going to be a storyline soon. Probably the next time you two take a bunch of pictures together. But, yeah: John, he is your father.”

“It would explain a lot.”

“Yeah. Okay, John: come to the Luxor.”

“Is that limey dipshit gone?”

“Yes, John. I had forgotten how awful he was, but then I looked at him and also he started to talk. So much theatrical gesturing, John.”

“The worst. Oh, hey. Katy?”

“Yes, Johnnycakes?”

“Wow, yeah. I see why you hate ‘Katydoodle.’ Don’t call me that. Anyhoo: is Kim Jong-Un there?”

“Yeah, hold on.”

“Wait, I don’t wanna talk to–”

“Hot Dog Dick!”

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“Goddammit.”

“Where you at, bro? Party is off hook! Katy comp. Big suite. One room Kim. One room posse. One room bitches.”

“That sounds great, man. Listen, about hanging out. I am SO busy, and I was just thinking–

“One room nuke.”

“I’m on my way.”

“This third act, Hot Dog Dick. Clock ticking. We chill or Vegas burn.”

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An Anniversary

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Look how serious you look.

“Really?”

Are you the Saddest Rock Star in the World?

“Knock it off.”

Ladies and gentlemen, step right up and see The Saddest Rock Star in the World! His tears fill stadiums! His guitar solos sound like moping!

“You done?”

Sure. Why are you in LA? You were literally en route to the Luxor hotel–

“Which Katy now owns.”

–last time I saw you.

“No. No, I was a deer-person last time you saw me.”

Oh, right. Katy–

“Who owns the Luxor.”

–is also an Egyptian god now and chimerafied you.

“I was a deer-person.”

You’re angry?

“A little.”

Johnboy–

“Don’t call me that. Only Andy Cohen gets to call me that.”

–I don’t understand why this is the thing that drives you over the edge.

“Straw that broke the camel’s back, man. Forget the freejacking. Forget the deer-person thing. It’s everything. Remember when Eddie Vedder beat me up?”

Umm…yes. Wait, yes. That was funny.

“And when all the dead musicians used a time machine–”

Sheath.

“–for the specific purpose of pooping in the Earthroamer?”

That’s happened on several occasions.

“What about the time I turned into Lego?”

That was Bobby.

“I wasn’t in that one?”

Can’t make a Lego you. Just looks like a guy.

“Sure.”

If you grew a giant beard or something, you would be much more Legoable.

“No, no. I getcha.”

John?

“Yeah?”

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“You’re a dick.”

What?

“This Instagram post was very meaningful to me, and you’re just a dick.”

I know, I know: it was to celebrate the 15th anniversary of a record or something.

“Tenth.”

Excuse me?

“Tenth anniversary. Of Continuum.”

Oh. Because I was going to say you looked good for 15 years, but for ten years, you look rough.

“Asshole.”

Hey, man: you’re the one who thinks a face can be washed in only an hour. That’ll catch up with you eventually.

“Such an asshole.”

Hold on, wait: aren’t you supposed to be meeting Kim Jong-Un at the Luxor, too? And didn’t he threaten to set off more nukes if you didn’t?

“He can wait.”

CELL PHONE NOISE

“Asshole.”

Whatever. Pick up the phone. Someone needs to teach you responsibility.

“Mayer.”

“You don’t need to come by. I don’t need that thing.”

“Katy?”

“Everything’s all good. Fo sheezy.”

“You sound weird. I’m coming there right now.”

“Negative, negative. We had a small reactor leak. Give me a minute to lock it down.”

“Katy, what the hell is going on!?”

Russell Brand And Katy Perry Visit Planet Hollywood Resort A nd Casino To Celebrate Grandmothers 90th Birthday

“Don’t come here okay bye.”

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“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo!”

To be continued!

“Well, no shit ‘to be continued.’ These things are always continued.”

Leave me alone: I didn’t have an ending.

“It’s the effort you put forth that brings all your success.”

You do realize that every time you open your mouth, that phone gets closer to ringing?

I thought so.

Deer John

CELL PHONE NOISE

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“Katy, what did you do to me?”

“Hi, John.”

“Katy.”

“You were running very late, John. You angered me, and as you know–”

“You’re an Egyptian god who owns the Luxor in Vegas.”

“–I’m an Egyptian…yeah, that. And I have powers, John. Mighty powers.”

“Undo this, Katy.”

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“You’re a deer person now, John.”

“This is not cool at all.”

“John, what’s the point of being an Egyptian god unless you can turn people into animal-monsters?”

“I am not a monster.”

“What happened when you went outside like this?”

“People with pitchforks chased me.”

“Yeah. Monster.”

“My solo album is coming out soon! I have a publicity push, and this is no good at all for my Instagram.”

“Your Instagram isn’t really a big deal, John.”

“I happen to have 1.6 million followers!”

“Hold on, I’m texting you something.”

CELL PHONE NOTIFICATION SOUND

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“You’re mean sometimes.”

“And sometimes you forget how much richer and more famous I am than you; that gets in the way of our relationship, which is that of soulmates.”

“We’re soulmates again?”

“Scene partners, soulmates, whatever.”

“Katy, un-deerify me, please.”

“I think you look beautiful, John. Graceful. Very deer goth.”

“Deer goth?”

“It’s the new thing. It replaced health goth.”

“I still have no idea what a health goth is.”

“No one did. It was the 2016 version of normcore. Young people enjoy lying to old reporters. But still: this is the thing that replaced it.”

“Hold on. I smell something weird.”

BANG

“Hunters!”

“Run, John!”

BANG

“Serpentine, John! Serpentine!”

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Pyramid Schemin’

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“Mayer of Funkytown.”

“Oh, we’re back to the kooky greetings?”

“Katy?”

“I sent for you, John Mayer! You are keeping a god waiting!”

“Wouldn’t you be a goddess?”

“Was I a presidentess, John? When I was in the Grateful Dead–”

“You were never in the Dead.”

“–was I a Grateful Deadess? People have genders, not jobs. Be aware of how language facilitates oppression at the unconscious level, John.”

“I will, I promise. Katy, what’s all that whooshing noise? Are you by a shower or something?”

“No, John. I’m flying.”

“What?”

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“This is not even my final form, John.”

“Oh, for fuck’s sake.”

“I soar through the air, John! I mean, not the air-air. I’ve been inside the Luxor.”

“You’re just swooping around the atrium?”

“Yes. Plus delivering room service. You were right: the slingshotting was a terrible idea. Killed a Belgian tourist. Ironically, not with a waffle.”

“That’s not irony, Katy.

“My name is Kate-Ho-Tep! I am the legendary and feared first offspring of a crocodile and a peacock and also a river, and I am great and terrible and very cute! I am an Egyptian god who owns a casino shaped like a pyramid, and I will say what is and isn’t irony, John!”

“Fine. It’s irony.”

“Yes, I know. John, Doctor Gary aerosolized a batch of intelligence suppressant and he’s feeding it into the HVAC system. Is that illegal?”

“I don’t want to live in a world where it isn’t.”

“It’s not permanent, John. The effects wear off as soon as you leave. But while you’re here, you take the ‘surrender’ bet in Blackjack.”

“Jesus, how dumb are you making people?”

“It’s not my fault they breathe so much, John. I am the god of wearing outfits, and dating, and war. Not breathing.”

“I have a question. Assuming that all this is actually happening and you’re not hallucinating in your basement, I have one question.”

“Let’s find the answer together, John.”

“You bought the Luxor?”

“I own the Luxor now.”

“I know this semi-fictional universe well enough to be suspicious of your phrasing there, Katy. You couldn’t have bought a casino.”

“But I’m so rich!”

“Not casino-buyin’ rich. You didn’t buy the Luxor.”

“It’s mine. Oh, and actually: when I said I owned the Luxor ‘now,’ I was a little off. I have always owned the Luxor.”

“How?”

“Y’know how Wally has a crush on me?”

“Dammit.”

“It’s amazing the things he can change. Didn’t even need the Time Sheath, either.”

“Well, no, that doesn’t make sense. Property ownership involves papers and documents and hard copies of stuff in file cabinets.”

“Wally had Precarious break in and switch the deeds.”

“Sure.”

“I’m a casino magnate, John. And a god. Now, your tardiness wearies me! Hasten!”

“I’m coming, I’m coming!”

“I bet you say that to all the girls.”

“I’m on my way. I stopped for one second.”

“Where are you?”

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“I just stopped to get a bottle of wine.”

“How drunk were you planning on getting me, John?”

“Okay: if you can see me, then why did you ask where I was?”

“Do not question a god! Okay, come over now.”

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“Mayer.”

“Un.”

“We doing this?”

“You got booze?”

“Yeah.”

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“I got mad bitches, yo.”

“There’s women here, Kim. Don’t bring Only Korean women to Las Vegas. It’s like bringing coal to Newcastle.”

“Father invent coal.”

“Whatever. See you at the Luxor.”

“On way.

“Hey. Josh Meyer.”

“What?”

“You got dick like hot dog.”

“What does that even mean?”

“You know what mean.”

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Trinity

CELL PHONE NOISE

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“John Mayer.”

“Are you not answering the phone in wacky ways any more?”

“Katy?”

“Where are you, John? I have been in Las Vegas for almost 24 hours.”

“I’m aware. You’ve been in four different places, and every time I go to one, you’ve just left. Then you call me and yell at me like it’s my fault.”

“I must keep moving, John!”

“Why?”

“Britney’s coming for me!”

“Katy.”

“People forget: she is pure backwoods. She has swamp-fighter blood, John. All the world is a Wal-Mart parking lot to those types. I feared for my life!”

“You really shouldn’t.”

“I wanted to stop running, but I needed a way to protect myself, John. I needed a defensible position, you see.”

“What did you do, and where are you?”

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“I bought the Luxor, John. And I’m there, obviously.”

“Goddammit.”

“Come over. I’ll comp you. Also, I’m an Egyptian god now.”

“No, you’re not.”

“Yes, John. I live in a pyramid. All the Egyptian gods lived in a pyramid on the top of Mt. al-Impus. One of them had a hammer and he’s an Avenger now.”

“That’s all wrong, but I’m moving past it. Katy–”

“You will call me by my godly name!”

“Which is?”

“Nefertitties.”

“Stop that. Where did you get the money to buy the Luxor?”

“Well, it’s not the Wynn, John. Shabby kind of place.”

“Fixer-upper.”

“Good bones, though.”

“Pyramid bones, John! Doctor Gary says it’s a place of power. John?”

“Yeah?”

“What’s a skim? Doctor Gary keeps talking about it. Is it a dance?”

“You need to keep him away from the vault. Or the count room. You shouldn’t let him on the premises at all, if we’re honest.”

“No, he’s turned a corner! He’s been helpful, John. Doctor Gary came up with a great idea to speed up room service. You know how the inside of the Luxor is open and the rooms are surrounding a big empty space?”

“Sure?”

“Slingshots, John.”

“Katy.”

“It works for sandwiches. Salads are proving trickier.”

“Katy.”

“Something solid, though, like a lobster? ShhPROING fweeeeeeee PLOP. You got your lobster.”

“Rice pilaf had to be removed from the menu entirely.”

“Katy, you can’t hurl food at guests and you also can’t own a Las Vegas hotel.”

“Merv Griffin did.”

“Atlantic City.”

“Sinatra did.”

“Tahoe.”

“John, stop correcting me. I am an Egyptian god. Look at my cat-people.”

“Are they from Felicidae IV, Throneworld to the Felis Empire?”

“What?”

“Nothing.”

“I used my powers, John! My godly powers. I made the Nile overflow, and then I parted the waters.”

“Would have been easier to have not done anything at all, wouldn’t it?”

“Not the point! Also, I turned Big Ping Pong into a hippopotamus-person.”

“How does he feel about that?”

“Territorial.”

“Sure.”

“I bought him a tusk-grill. He looks awesome, John. Fucks mad bitches, yo.”

“Okay, lemme just ask: what the hell are you on? What did Doctor Gary come up with now?”

“Well, John: Doctor Gary has recently been concocting chemicals in honor of our location. He says he got the idea from a guy from Texas.”

“Sure.”

“There was a pill called the Howard Hughes. It made you paranoid.”

“Why would you want to take that?”

“Why would you ask me that? Are you with the Russians?”

“Katy.”

“And a hypnootropic that Rain Manned you. Blackjack was sooooo much fun, but then someone touched me and I started shrieking.”

“Of course.”

“His latest is Ocean’s Eleven, John.”

“What is it?”

“Eleven things. It’s basically a Long Island iced tea of drugs.”

“Sure. Okay, so you’re at the Luxor? You’re gonna stay there for the twenty minutes it’s gonna take me to get there?”

“Yes, John. I cannot leave my pyramid, for it is where I draw my power from. Also because half of catering is out, and a fire alarm keeps going off for no reason, and I have three whales at the moment who are massive dickholes. It turns out owning a casino is hard work, John.”

“Yeah, they don’t exactly run themselves.”

“Come here, John. Where are you?”

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“In front of books.”

“Are you posing for your senior picture, John?”

“Are we really never going to discuss why you can see me?”

“Egyptian god, John. I am powerful and sandy. As my people say: eyeball eyeball stork man eyeball snake.”

“I see what you did there.”

“Hearken unto me, John Mayer. Enter my pyramid.”

“On my way.”

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“Katy?”

“YOU WISH, HOT DOG DICK! YOU SEE WHAT ONLY KOREA JUST DID, YO?”

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“Fuck.”

“You no return call? Nuke go boom.”

“You’re kidding.”

“No kid. Illegal in Only Korea. We hang out or I start World War II.”

“Three.”

“I start both. No care no more. Used to be bro, Hot Dog Dick.”

“Dude, this is not the way to have a relationship with a person.”

“We hang out or nuke go boom.”

“Do you know where the Luxor hotel is?”

“Vegas, baby?”

“Sure.”

“We go strip club. Maybe I still nuke. On way.”

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“Why do you keep doing this to me?”

Personal amusement, and jealousy.

“At least you’re honest.”

Sure.

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“This is John Mayer, whose new album drops soon.”

“I don’t think you’re going to sell too many copies if that’s your ad strategy, John.”

“Katy?”

“Just as in my semi-hit single, I have woken up in Vegas, John.”

“Underrated song.”

“And the video! It was great, John! I presented my boobies in so many different Vegas-themed ways: showgirl cleavage, tourist ta-tas.”

“It was a boob-heavy video, yeah.”

“My boobs are very heavy, John.”

“Physically or intellectually?”

“Yes.”

“So, you’re in Vegas? Where are you?”

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“I’m at the International, John.”

“No, Katy. That doesn’t exist any more.

“Yes, John. I have an enormous band and I’m playing three shows tonight. Everyone is smoking.”

“You are not Elvis, Katy.”

“It’s not so much a band as it is three or four bands. Great drummer, though.”

“Okay, let’s back up: you left Burning Man.”

“We flew out on the C-5.”

“Doctor Gary stole a C-5? Those things are massive.”

“I know! So roomy. I redecorated, obviously.”

“Obviously.”

“And as you know, Doctor Gary was concocting wicked potions up at Burning Man.”

“Okay. And?”

“You know how you can take a bunch of different leftovers and make a casserole out of them?”

“Oh, no.”

“Doctor Gary called them Doctor Nicks. He cried a little when he told us. Doctor Nick was his mentor, John.”

“I had sort of assumed that, but thanks for clearing it up. Then what happened?”

“Something. And now I’m Elvis. Come to my hotel suite wearing white cotton panties, John.”

“Sure, okay.”

“Do you have guns, John? I feel that guns are in order.”

“Aren’t your security guys armed?”

“Yes, but for some reason, they won’t give me their guns.”

“Shocker.”

“Bring me a badge, John. A shiny badge and also some popsicles.”

“I’ll stop at the store. Now I need you to bear down: where are you? Geographically, not psychohistorically. Think. Concentrate.”

“Maybe I should just come to you.”

“Good idea. Come hang out. I’m having fun.”

“Oh, no. Are you with more of your friends? Are they hippie friends? I liked your hippie friends, John. Or are they your douchebag friends?”

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“Neither?”

“Oh, sweetie.”

“What?”

“Did the big one tell you his opinions? He has so many.”

“These guys are great! Hold on, they’ll do a trick for you over the phone.”

“I don’t get it.”

“Think of a card, any card.”

“Happy birthday, nephew.”

“Not a greeting card, Katy. Playing card.”

“You need to speak more specifically, John. I am now thinking of a card.”

“Okay. Katy, Penn wants to know if this is your card?

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“That’s my card!”

“See? Not bad guys.”

“You still have to come to me, John. Find me.”

“I’m Elvis now.”

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“Dammit.”

“Chicks, huh, man?

“You said it, Penn.”

“Ha! Good one, Teller.”

All Good Things

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“Johnny Vegas speaking.”

“Why do you do this every time you go there?”

“Katy?”

“Vegas does something odd to you, John.”

“Action, baby! Besides, I figure I might as well get used to it.”

“Both of our best-case scenarios are winding up there, yeah.”

“What’s that sound?”

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“Burning Man, John! It is the sound of freedom, and radical self-reliance! Also, there’s like 200 hot chicks doing yoga poses in slutty outfits while their boyfriends take pictures for Instagram. Very loud.”

“Sure.”

“Also, there’s a little bit of a sandstorm.”

“You know you’re allowed to take drugs and have sex in weird costumes in your living room, right?”

“The sand is the scour of Drug Christ!”

“Who?”

“Like regular Jesus, but with drugs. Lot easier to believe in, honestly. He protects the Playa.”

“Where was he when those rich guys got their camp burned?”

“Even Drug Jesus falls out once in a while.”

“Sure.”

“John, have you considered that the fact that ‘slavery’ and ‘white slavery’ are two different things starkly underlines the white supremacy baked into the system?”

“I haven’t, but I will now. Huh. Good point.”

“Why would you–”

“Doctor Gary has begun slaving.”

“–bring up slavery? Oh, no. Katy, tell Doctor Gary not to enslave people.”

“He’s stubborn.”

“Sure.”

“But he’s not racist! Well, wait: he’s a terrible racist, but he’s not doing the slaving in a racist way.”

“How so?”

“Between the fact that everyone’s completely covered in dirt, and the fact that almost everyone here regardless of race has dreadlocks, it’s almost impossible to tell what the hell people are. I mean: what they are is Doctor Gary’s slaves now, but you know what I mean.”

“He’s kidnapping Burners?”

“Kidnapping implies release and ransom, John. This is enslavement. He owns them.”

“That’s not legal.”

“Before I got impeached, I signed a stack of pardons for Doctor Gary, John.”

“Katy.”

“It was a big stack.”

“Katy.”

“My hand hurt after I did it.”

“Katy, you need to make Doctor Gary stop…no, y’know what? You have to get away from that guy entirely.”

“He is a colorful character.”

“How is he even doing this? How do you ‘enslave’ someone at fucking Burning Man?”

“Benzobarbital.”

“I don’t what that is, but it sounds scary.”

“First step’s a doozy.”

“What is it?”

“Layman’s terms?”

“Please.”

“Zombie pill.”

“Goddammit, Katy. This is not right.”

“It got weird almost immediately. 120 Days of Sodom mixed with Human Centipede.”

“You need to not be associated with this. It’s a bad look, Katy. Come down to Vegas.”

“What’s in Vegas?”

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“Nice, huh?”

“Is that the Suicide Suite? Because it looks like that’s the room the hotel gives to people they know are going to kill themselves during their stay.”

“It’s a cabana.”

“That is a cabana of drudgery and sadness.”

“But I’m in no danger of being enslaved by a rogue chemist.”

“Excellent point. I’m on my way. Hold on one second.”

“Sure.”

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“Okay, I’m coming to Vegas now, John.”

“Yay.”

Burning Up The Wires

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“What’s crackalacking? John Mayer’s yakking.”

“Please hold for me.”

“Katy?”

“Hello, John. It’s me.”

“Katy.”

“I have become glorious, John.”

“Stop stealing Wally’s lines.”

“He’d let me. I think Wally has a crush on me. He says that parts of me remind him of his ex-wife.”

“I wonder which parts.”

“My boobs, John.”

“I figured, Katy. Are you still at Burning Man?

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“I have also become Burning Man. I am Burning Woman now, John.”

“Sure. Listen, be careful. There are people burning down the rich people’s camps.”

“No, John. Everyone here is rich. They’re burning down the wealthy people’s camps.”

“Yeah, actually.”

“I hate rich people: they’re so poor.”

“But you’re okay?”

“I’m trailed by half-a-dozen ex-Mossad guys at all time, John. Plus I’m surrounded by half-a-dozen giant black guys.”

“How is Big Ping Pong?”

“Good.”

“Didn’t a gorilla eat him?”

“He got better.”

“That’s good.”

“Big Ping Pong says hi.”

“Tell him I say hi.”

“He says–”

“Katy, I don’t really want to talk to Big Ping Pong.”

“Come to Burning Man John! I will show you the world! Shining, glimmering something!”

“I can’t.”

“The Burner aesthetic will be the design language of my next tour: Katy Perry – Burning Woman ’17. There will be radical self-reliance, and stuff welded together, and I’m going to sell goggles with my name on the side for eighty bucks a pop.”

“Those will sell.”

“And at the climax of the show, we’ll light the Burning Woman.”

“I wish Dead & Company did pyro.”

“No, John. Not pyro. We will light a forty-foot tall wicker lady.”

“In a hockey arena full of people?”

“A football stadium in the summer, but yes.”

“They’ll stop you.”

“Who is ‘they,’ John? Tyranny? The stultifying strangulation of society? The fire marshals?”

“The last one.”

“Fire marshals are very unfair and liberal.”

“You can’t light a wicker lady indoors, Katy.”

“Why not?”

“The deaths it would cause.”

“Art is dangerous, John.”

“Art, sure. Will you sing your hit single Ur So Gay before or after the ritual fire?”

“Don’t take that tone with me: I have a warehouse full of cruise missiles.”

“How much stuff did Doctor Gary steal?”

“Doctor Gary is now the 13th-largest military in the world.”

“That’s no good.”

“It’s good for Doctor Gary.”

“Sure.”

“Come here! Why are you the worst, John? Come to Burning Man. Where are you, anyway?”

“Vegas.”

“With who?”

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“Steve Aoki.”

“You have the worst friends.”

“He’s great!”

“He’s the Asian Dan Bilzerian.”

“I’m friends with him, too!”

“Yes, John. I know.”

“I know.”

“There’s nothing wrong with my friends.”

“Nothing you couldn’t fix with a hammer.”

“What?”

“Nothing. Come to the Playa!”

“Katy, I’m already in Vegas. This is my version of the desert. I can totally see the desert out of my hotel room window, but I stay in the hotel with the nightclub and the pool and the electricity.”

“Burning Man has electricity, John. How else would the genital zapper work?”

“Okay, sweetie. I’m gonna go and take the same drugs you are, and meet the same kind of dickheads you are, but then at the end of the night, I’m in a permanent city and there’s a shower and WiFi and room service.”

“Luxury has softened you.”

“Delightfully so. Night, Katy.”

“Night, John.”

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