Author Topic: story (Read 4455 times)

vh · « **on:** February 09, 2016, 05:23:45 PM »

i will be posting here once a day.

you can remind me to post if i miss a day

or ask for multiple posts in a day if you're interested

images will be widthed to 500 px

vh · « **Reply #1 on:** February 09, 2016, 05:24:03 PM »

Post 1

I awake beside a green-tinted lake. A gentle wind rustles through my thoughts. Why am I here? What is the meaning of reality?

I walk over to the edge for a sip of the water, but as my hand reaches into the icy lake, I hesitate. What is this place?

tuto99 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2016, 05:28:02 PM »

its mah swamp boi

vh · « **Reply #3 on:** February 09, 2016, 05:28:38 PM »

Note: since I just started this thread, i'm going to two posts on this first day to get the juices flowing

Post 2

Instead, I walk along a slightly worn path until I reach a neatly built hut. I don't understand any of these words, but neither does reality.
As I enter, someone taps me on the shoulder. It is a cat.
Hello, she says, and how might she help me?
Well, I answer, let's start where I am.
A lake in Rishiri Island, she says, just off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan.
Would you please come with me, I ask. The world is too big for just one of us.

DiamondMiner10 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2016, 08:58:43 PM »

This moderate city is too under extensive for the both of us

vh · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2016, 09:36:05 PM »

Post 3

After a bit more walking, we come across some busses, which will take us either to civilization or the depths of hell.
Or so I'm told by Sora, at any rate.
We board a bus and she starts driving.

Darvince · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2016, 09:49:12 PM »

go to hell

DiamondMiner10 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 09, 2016, 09:59:51 PM »

Wait the cat starts driving the bus you found? Isn't that sorta stealing?

atomic7732 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2016, 10:21:45 PM »

yeah why are you letting her drive take the wheel yourself

vh · « **Reply #9 on:** February 09, 2016, 10:47:53 PM »

Post 4

The view is quite exquisite.
Tell me about about your life, I say to Sora.
Well, I was born on that mountain-top. Yes, that high, snow-capped one right there, she says.
That doesn't make any sense, I'm about to say.
That doesn't make any sense at all.
I catch a view of a town, and stay silent.
Some things are better left unknown, such as why I happen to have a million yen in my purse.

DiamondMiner10 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 09, 2016, 11:27:56 PM »

Quote from: atomic7732 on February 09, 2016, 10:21:45 PM

yeah why are you letting her drive take the wheel yourself

yeah when u steal something dont let ur partner have all the fun

atomic7732 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 09, 2016, 11:31:12 PM »

have fun with your partner iykwim

vh · « **Reply #12 on:** February 10, 2016, 02:16:41 PM »

Post 5

But enough about me, says Sora, what are you doing here?
I wonder in silence as she parks the bus.
Is this about what I'm doing right now? Or perhaps what I'm to do with my life?
But then again -- is there really such a big difference?

atomic7732 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 10, 2016, 02:34:34 PM »

doing things = living

vh · « **Reply #14 on:** February 10, 2016, 03:39:32 PM »

Post 6

Strolling down a street, I think I finally have an answer.
I'm craving some deep-fried fish cake -- some Satsuma-age, which they make down south in Kagoshima.
Sora gives me a long hard look as the sun slowly sets.

vh · « **Reply #15 on:** February 11, 2016, 07:11:09 PM »

What nonsense, she says. You've got to be driven by something more than just food.
I think about it for a minute. But is it really that important? Does it really matter what makes my heart beat faster? And why are you, a cat, talking?

vh · « **Reply #16 on:** February 12, 2016, 10:02:55 AM »

Post 8

We board the ferry, lost in thoughts as deep as the pockets of my dress.
Which is to say, not nearly deep enough.
And I'd like to mention that I got quite drunk on sake on that boat, and awoke to find that we had reached land and Sora had carried me off the ferry.

vh · « **Reply #17 on:** February 13, 2016, 08:54:58 AM »

What a strong cat, I muse, staring under the endless horizon.
But perhaps, inside each of us, is a strong cat, waiting to show its bushy tail and dazzling eyes.
Yes, that must be it, and I lie down, contented with this revelation.

Darvince · « **Reply #18 on:** March 06, 2016, 03:49:14 AM »

vh · « **Reply #19 on:** March 07, 2016, 08:53:40 PM »

i can update this when i return to civilization if you enjoy it