I am on a roll today. This is a story I had written long back. It's a little long :)
Was a dark room.Could have been dingy..but it was too dark to see,could have been large,but was too dark to see...could have been small..did I miss the dark part??darn!she thought,there has to be some light,henceforth she'll contribute to the society of blind instead of feline rehabilitation,she then wondered whether it was tax benefits..She stumbled upon something and that bought her back to the reality.Why?she thought..why does she venture to all these places after reading the novels.A small voice inside her head said..because it was romantic and adventurous,another voice said..right!it also says you are gullible and prone to be cheated and that you are stupid and you had forgotten the torch.Hey!she said,in my defense,I dint plan to do this today.I had a lazy evening planned out...
It all started when she was returning to work after a lunch break.She was reading a book called Spaces by Alan Frank,she was so immersed in reading the novel that she had overshot her lunch time by almost an extra hour.She closed the half read book and gathered her things and hurried back.Thank god her office was only five minutes away.She can tell she was held up by a client.Not that anyone would ask.She decided that it was too late even to take the normal way and decided to take a shorter route through two old and abandoned buildings,she did it sometimes and it took her almost exactly at the back of her office.
She started to make her way through the rubble..darn globalization she thought..creates more rubbish than wealth..if rubbish were wealth..she sighed! and closed her eyes momentarily,she opened them and there was utter darkness..the first feeling was that of pure panic,had she gone blind??her friend had said she must not read in dim light so much.what will she do?then slowly she composed herself,closed and opened her eyes again,ok she could see some vague outlines somewhere,she was not blind(hopefully)but she must have taken some turn while thinking of wealth.darn again!where was she???in the buildings..she had no clue which one.they were so close together.Ok,she thought,she always wanted to find out what was there,so she could as well do it now..So she went ahead,with her hands out for balance,her bag and files seemed to have disappeared.Well..she'll worry about them later.She had to find her way out of here first.
So gathered herself after yet another stumble.How can there be absolutely no light she thought,the buildings were so damaged..one of the walls had completely collapsed and left a gaping hole..She went further,then there was a prick of light..yippee she thought,she followed the source and as she came close she was surprised to see that they were torchlights,ones with real fire,like the ones in ancient days..preferably in corridors to light the way..she was more curious now than shocked..maybe..just maybe..there will be something else beyond..what followed was a whole set of winding corridors,lit intermittently with the torches,then she reached a fork..the sane voice said..i think you need to go back.enough of this famous five adventure series..but she forged ahead,taking the right fork..After a while,the corridor led her to a door with an elaborate knob..which seemed out of place for a plain wooden door.She turned the knob in trepidation...it turned and opened..almost instantly she was blinded,because the room was startlingly white and devoid of everything except a small gold statue of indeterminate religious idol.She had no idea what to do?Was she supposed to take it,she reached out and then immediately there was a hiss in the room,like a warning and the room had turned imperceptibly cooler and dimmer,as she got closer,she had a feeling that she was being pulled back,lightly first time,but with more stress as she got closer,it got dimmer and she felt that the oxygen was sucked out of her lungs..she couldn't pull back as she was drawn to picking up the idol and something wasn't letting her get close to it...her lungs felt like they were on fire,the force holding her back was slowly crushing her and the pain was immense...with a great amount of difficulty she reached out and was just about to reach it....when....
She raised her eyes and saw that she was in her seat at the cafe where she was sitting reading the book.She was still reading the book...except,it was on the last chapter and the next few pages were blank..like she was supposed to live the ending...She was living the contents of the book..literally!!!The book could take her where she wanted to,not just in her imagination but in reality and the ending would be completely made by her choices and would be forever printed in the book and passed on like of the previous person who had read it..she was chosen to continue till the author found the right ending.He would persevere till she found it for him or start another chapter.why oh why!!?? she thought,the previous had not chosen French Polynesia or something to visit..atleast death would have been in paradise since there was no guarantee of paradise in afterlife....She had to relive this everytime.
It all started when she was returning to work after a lunch break.She was reading a book called Spaces by Alan Frank,she was so immersed in reading the novel that she had overshot her lunch time by almost an extra hour.She closed the half read book and gathered her things and hurried back.Thank god her office was only five minutes away.She can tell she was held up by a client.Not that anyone would ask.She decided that it was too late even to take the normal way and decided to take a shorter route through two old and abandoned buildings,she did it sometimes and it took her almost exactly at the back of her office.
She started to make her way through the rubble..darn globalization she thought..creates more rubbish than wealth..if rubbish were wealth..she sighed! and closed her eyes momentarily,she opened them and there was utter darkness..the first feeling was that of pure panic,had she gone blind??her friend had said she must not read in dim light so much.what will she do?then slowly she composed herself,closed and opened her eyes again,ok she could see some vague outlines somewhere,she was not blind(hopefully)but she must have taken some turn while thinking of wealth.darn again!where was she???in the buildings..she had no clue which one.they were so close together.Ok,she thought,she always wanted to find out what was there,so she could as well do it now..So she went ahead,with her hands out for balance,her bag and files seemed to have disappeared.Well..she'll worry about them later.She had to find her way out of here first.
So gathered herself after yet another stumble.How can there be absolutely no light she thought,the buildings were so damaged..one of the walls had completely collapsed and left a gaping hole..She went further,then there was a prick of light..yippee she thought,she followed the source and as she came close she was surprised to see that they were torchlights,ones with real fire,like the ones in ancient days..preferably in corridors to light the way..she was more curious now than shocked..maybe..just maybe..there will be something else beyond..what followed was a whole set of winding corridors,lit intermittently with the torches,then she reached a fork..the sane voice said..i think you need to go back.enough of this famous five adventure series..but she forged ahead,taking the right fork..After a while,the corridor led her to a door with an elaborate knob..which seemed out of place for a plain wooden door.She turned the knob in trepidation...it turned and opened..almost instantly she was blinded,because the room was startlingly white and devoid of everything except a small gold statue of indeterminate religious idol.She had no idea what to do?Was she supposed to take it,she reached out and then immediately there was a hiss in the room,like a warning and the room had turned imperceptibly cooler and dimmer,as she got closer,she had a feeling that she was being pulled back,lightly first time,but with more stress as she got closer,it got dimmer and she felt that the oxygen was sucked out of her lungs..she couldn't pull back as she was drawn to picking up the idol and something wasn't letting her get close to it...her lungs felt like they were on fire,the force holding her back was slowly crushing her and the pain was immense...with a great amount of difficulty she reached out and was just about to reach it....when....
She raised her eyes and saw that she was in her seat at the cafe where she was sitting reading the book.She was still reading the book...except,it was on the last chapter and the next few pages were blank..like she was supposed to live the ending...She was living the contents of the book..literally!!!The book could take her where she wanted to,not just in her imagination but in reality and the ending would be completely made by her choices and would be forever printed in the book and passed on like of the previous person who had read it..she was chosen to continue till the author found the right ending.He would persevere till she found it for him or start another chapter.why oh why!!?? she thought,the previous had not chosen French Polynesia or something to visit..atleast death would have been in paradise since there was no guarantee of paradise in afterlife....She had to relive this everytime.
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