styrofoam stars 🌅| gorillaz + 2d x reader

༄ 3. on an island in the sun

There was nothing but ocean for miles, from where you could see on the island's shore, but still, somehow, you were fascinated.

It was as if the ocean had no beginning, and no end. 

It made you wonder just how far out you really were.

There was a lighthouse nearby, on the first level of the island. It wasn't very tall, but it had an interesting design. Down the way from where your boat had crashed, there was a pier, resting under some fake looking palm trees. It looked like a place where you'd see different boats come through. But how could that be? They weren't expecting any visitors, were they?

The rest just looked like assorted heaps of garbage, which seemed to only interest the pelicans loitering by the pier. 

You'd seen enough. You looked up at the big structure above.

"Have you ever been up there?" You asked 2D.

"The very top?" He scratched his head. "Once, I fink."

You glanced around until your eyes were set upon some wooden stairs in the distance.

"Well, 'm s'posed t'be showin' you around, so I'd, erm, better start doing that." He walked ahead of you, leading the way. "These stairs here take you to a door, 'n the door takes you to the lift."

"The lift?"

"'s like an elevator," he explained. "Except it's rubbish."

You nodded. Makes sense.

Carefully going up the stairs, which creaked creepily under each of your steps, and passing the pelicans, who gave you funny looks, you finally reached the door. You both had reached at the same time to open it, but 2D insisted on opening it for you. He said it was his duty as your tour guide. You just rolled your eyes and smiled.

The room that held the lift was dark and crowded with assorted items against the walls. 

"'Ere, I know 'ow to work it." 2D opened it up, allowing both of you to pile inside. It was a very small space, so you were practically pressed together. It was a little strange, but you weren't gonna complain. 

2D fidgeted with a few buttons on one of the lift's walls; the one wall that wasn't covered with mess and graffiti. 

"Right then," he stepped back (or as back as he could) from the panel. "Watch y'self."

"Huh?" Suddenly, the lift shot straight up like a lightning bolt, until in no time at all the destination had been reached. The door opened up, revealing a different room. Once you'd stepped out into the room to take in the scene, the lift closed and shot away elsewhere.

"I like comin' up here sometimes. When Murdoc lets me, that is."

The room was much brighter compared to the first one you'd been in. The walls were bright blue, there was a big, long window in which the sun lit up the whole space. A bookshelf was built into the wall next to the lift, lined with several different genres of books, but most were about pirates or fish tank maintenance. The latter must've been for the fish tank that sat near the window. The small group of fish inside were bathing peacefully in the sunlight. There was a staircase in the middle of the room, but you didn't know where it lead to.

"Up there's our recording studio," 2D answered the question in your mind, pointing upwards. "We'll be recording the album there. The view from up there's pretty nice if you're into ocean water and trash heaps."

You laughed, which made him smile a little.

"Y'wanna see my room?"

You nodded. "Sure!"