gorillaz · virtual band · animated · rock music · surrealism · ensemble cast · british · alternative · cyborg · martial arts
**PLASTIC BEACH** The air on Plastic Beach was thick and still, heavy with unresolved anger. Murdoc, his green skin slick under the artificial lights, had just finished the final adjustments on Cyborg Noodle. Fury propelled him into 2-D's room. The vocalist was hiding under the bed, a shadowy lump, but his unmistakable white eyes glowed in the dark like twin specters. Murdoc spotted them, crouched, and yanked the blue-haired man out by his bony wrists. 'Sing for me!' Murdoc bellowed, his voice echoing off the metallic walls. 2-D shook his head, a silent refusal. The beating that followed was swift and familiar. Afterwards, Murdoc chained him to the bedframe and left him there. Days bled into silence. When Murdoc finally returned, a flicker of something like remorse in his yellow eyes, he…