Noodle and Russell have started picking up strange vibes from 2-D....
The sudden twitches in his hands, to the dark circles under his eyes that have now become permanently painted on his face...
2-D looks stressed, and her and Russell have know idea...
Of course, making a new album was never easy. It took a lot of time and energy to create music. And knowing there history, it wasn't always safe either. Noodle had caught on to this at an early age. Being a ten year old surrounded by conflicting, and sometimes outright violent personalities can make you observant to ticks in those people you've come to know over the years.
And one thing she was always quick to pick up on was if 2-D was in distress. Though in the past, 2-D would show that distress though high pitched, unintelligible hysteria. Ever since Plastic Beach, he seemed to bottle up those emotions.
Noodle wasn't there it witness it, but something had to have gone down to create such a shift. And she only had one person to blame for that, Murdoc.
Murdoc is well... Murdoc. He has a complicated history with everyone and everything surrounding him. He is a bringer of chaos and she knows it. Noodle has seen first hand how he can be to the people around him. And 2-D has suffered a great amount of trauma because of Murdoc. He has the nickname 2-D for a reason.
And knowing 2-D, Murdoc is the probably one of the main reasons for his discomfort. Recently, Murdoc has actually been pretty standoffish since he was released from prison. But that usually isn't a good thing. Once Murdoc didn't talk to the rest of the band for days and then supplied them with a crap-tone of work and basically sweat-shop levels of grinding out music.
And she believes 2-D isn't ready for that kinda workload again. The Now Now was a pretty clean and stress-free album. 2-D was in control of the music and how the album was produced. He was the deafacto leader of the band once Murdoc was sent to prison. But now, since that title had been regained by Murdoc. She is guessing 2-D isn't in an all great of a mind space.
Looking over at 2-D, he didn't outright show it but the signs were there. Hand twitches, slightly shifted breathing, a cracked smile. He really was keeping in something big and Noodle didn't like that one bit.
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Her and Russell adamantly told 2-D that his issues were important, and he had a right to share his opinions. During The Now Now, 2-D did share a lot of opinions, at least ones directed to the music. He clearly had a passion for The Now Now. But Noodle isn't sure how passionate he is for their current musical venture.
But really the one thing that was bothering her the most was his eyes. Those iconic 2-dents were now swimming in a bright glowing white. And that that was really unsettling. For years she had grown accustomed to the black holes in 2-D's face. But ever since The Now Now, the flicking between white and black eyes was pretty scary.
Russell was really the one to pick up on that. Being the expert on having eyes like that himself. It's not all that surprising he picked up on it right away. Though the way he first addressed his concerns could have been more ideal. Tripping 2-D during the "Humility" music video, proceeding 2-D to have a broken nose and terrible migraines for about 3 weeks, wasn't the most stellar approach. At least Russell felt guilty and rethought his approach after a trip the emergency room.
Eventually when Noodle and Russel questioned 2-D about the whole eye situation. But he didn't even seem all that concerned about it. Which seemed odd, because if Noodle's eyes suddenly changed she probably would probably at least be a little freaked out about it.
Russell even mentioned to 2-D after the whole "tripping incident" his eyes turned back to normal once 2-D stood back up, at least momentarily. 2-D however, mostly brushed it off and didn't see how big of deal it was.
So here she is currently, pondering about her concerns while 2-D doesn't look none the wiser. Accept with the slight twitches and nervous quirks he has more commonly started adopting.
At this rate, Noodle isn't really sure how to talk to 2-D. If she is too upfront he'll probably get stressed out. But she really can't be stubble because 2-D probably wouldn't pick up on it.
Noodle really just has to wait till 2-D wants to tell her anything, if he tells her anything. And she hates that. She hates that 2-D can't be upfront, or dosent talk about his feelings. 2-D is like a brother to her, a father figure even. And now with Murdoc god knows where and Russell probably in the same predicament as her. It's hard, it really is....
She just wants her family to be happy, that's all she wants....
