“I’ve heard that that ‘New York’ place is a real mess a lot of the time! Does it ever stay not-a-mess?“

He took the Repairman’s hand and shook it gently. A thought bubbled in the back of his mind that handshakes were weird, but he ignored it.

Fourth Wall repairman? If he’s piecing things together right, Sketch Lampoon’s comics have probably gotten a lot of visits from this fella.

“My name’s Scratch! Nice to meetcha!”

“Likewise,” the Repairman said. “And I don’t think they do.”

He couldn’t remember visiting an uneventful New York. Sure, some were calmer than others, but all the ones the inkblot visited had something going on.

He looked back up at the wall Scratch had duped him with moments before. There was still a splotch where the Repairman made impact, but it was still a decent painting.

“Pretty nice trick for someone new to Toontown,” he remarked.