Episode 13: Mad World

***Mad World*** is the thirteenth episode of *Glass Paradise*.

## Summary

Almost two months have passed since the events of Episode 11: Cheeseburger Family. While cleaning a large vase, Oliver Roswell discovers one of the many secret rooms of the Johansson Estate: a room lined with swords, old maps, and sacks of doubloons. Alien Boy looks around while Oliver fumbles around with the lights.

Meanwhile, Mulholland Merritt is knocking on the door of the estate, asking for Jonah Johansson and the five dollars "he" (actually Oliver) owes him. Jonah claims he's never seen the clown child before. Jeeves tries and fails to escort the much younger and much more agile Mud out of the estate.

Alien Boy presents a set of papers to Oliver. The final words on the page ("Eat a rock") fly at Oliver, stick to his forehead, and sink into it. Feeling no immediate effect, he reads another page, this time narrowly managing to avoid "Jump out a window" by having Alien Boy grab the words out of the air.

Jonah avoids Mud by slipping out from his balcony onto his roof. He sees a shadowy figure in his garden and begins climbing down to investigate. Oliver calls him as he's descending to tell him they're "being attacked by words". They agree to meet in the garden.

Oliver meets Jeeves and Mud in the hallway as they're heading to the door. He notifies Jeeves of the danger, then slips outside with Mud while Jeeves calls security. They find Jonah fending off Miley "Miles" Cyrus, former member of the Paradise City Loungers, and his yield sign. The three manage to restrain Miles with Epitaph for My Heart's help and begin to question him.

The three deliberate about what to do with Miles. Jonah and Oliver, injured and tired of his incessant screaming, are all for killing him. Mud protests loudly, begging Oliver to use Alien Boy to help Miles. Oliver explains that that's not how Alien Boy works, much to Mud's exasperation, but offers to look through his memories and see if there was anything they could use to calm him down. They find out that Miles murdered a fellow Lounger in a drunken stupor, then went on a murderous rampage with Mad World, presumed by the boys to be the yield sign.

Security arrives with Jeeves shortly after. Jonah, surprised by their lack of reaction, asks security how many people there are in the yard, then asks Jeeves. It turns out that Jonah, Mud, Oliver, and Jeeves are the only ones who can see Miles. Jonah takes Jeeves aside and begins to press him about this and the papers.

Jeeves, trusting Oliver and Mud to take care of Miles, takes Jonah to the Johansson mausoleum. There, he reveals a secret workshop filled with marble statues, and the Johansson family history as "protectors of the town". He also introduces Jonah to his Stand, Arabesque, a marble sculpture that can “change things as a caterpillar changes to a butterfly.”

The two reunite with Mud, Oliver, and the still-restrained Miles. After much ethical debate and trying and failing to use Arabesque against Miles, they decide to hold him in the estate basement until Jeeves can contact Silver Tower.

In the post credits sequence, Epitaph for My Heart convinces Mud that he was being problematic and that the way they treated Miles was for the best. Oliver eats a rock.