AZOTUSLAND Chapter Seventy-Seven
Sabine dropped Matisse off and they exchanged pleasantries. Then He asked Sabine "would you like to come in and see the progress?"
"I think I'll let you and Matty do that," she said nice. "I'll checkit out when I get back at 4."
He gave her a quick hug and then he and matisse held hands and walked the long way around the path on the North side of Azotus. When they got to the Gallery, Hans looked up with a smile and Matisse let go of her father's hand and danced over to his desk.
"Ok sveet Matty," Hans said serious-like. "Vich drawyer is the ringpop in?"
"That one!" she said of the middle left drawer and Hans opened it. "Nope! Two more guesses." Matisse suddenly looked demure. "The same one on the right."
"Ah!" Hans said as he slided it open and picked up a bright red ringpop. "Veir you are sveetheart," he said and she gave him a hug.
As they made their way back Jim looked over his shoulder and winked at Hans.
Inside Silo three there had been significant changes thanks to Fred and his speedy crew. The room appeared to be now three-quarters the size, and it was now that Matisse had her own room. Fred had constructed a long wall that was mostly collapseable made of dark wood veneer, almost black on the outside facing into the larger part of the room. I rand the full length, over the koi pool which now had a thick granite slab on Mattisse's side for her to safely across. There were sold door structures on either end. One a small one on the South side that openly came out about 4 feet. The structure on the far North side was 10 feet and ended inbetween two of the tanks on the wall so inside of Matisse's new room there were three long tanks along the North wall then a third of one that disappeared behind the new wall.
Mattise looked at her Papi and asked, "Where's my room?"
"It's right here Pumpkin," he said and led her over to the door and opened it. Her face lighted up. Against the far wall were to big book cases and a desk inbetween. The bookcase was filled with her favorite books, toys and there was a new twin bed for her that had Spongebob sheets and her favorite stuffed animals. The head of the bed was just below the middle tank. She bounced up on it and look in at the small collection, the lobster, the crab, a red starfish, a bank of yellow sea sponge.
She giggled. "Oh Papi..."
He led her over to the folding walls which had some her drawings and art tacked to the pourous grey cloth. Then he led her over the bridge and she dropped down and said, "Where is 10Cents?"
They waited awhile until he came all orange and golden and ate some little food from her hand and the other larger koi groped and gulped.
He walked her around the corner past the monolith shower and showed her the bathroom which now had a new smaller sink and drawers.
"This is for you," he said "and you can set it up anyway you wish..."
What would you like to do now?" Jim asked. He didn't want it to be overwhelming. But she looked up and said "How do I feed Mr. Krabs?"
**********
Tim had riden up to the Seminary nearby and found an alone place in the stacks. He found an old book that Jim had mentioned from the 16th century by a monk named Luis de Leon called The Names of Christ. Jim had, over that dinner, discussed what Ted's passion might really be and Ted felt confused at once and a bit defensive. By the end of the evening, Jim had made a modest proposal.
It was for that reason that Ted was now in the stacks reading some obscure priest from the 1500's. He felt nuts but strangely interested.
**************
Rachel was dismayed. Since that night Jim had been evasive and she could not figure it. He seemed to respond to open and honest discourse, yet he had not returned her calls and she was pretty sure he was, in reality, just another asshole, or worse, just insane.
***************'
Jim ordered Thai food for dinner to be delivered at 4 and he poured a glass of wine for Sabine when she came down.
She was a bit taken back, and even worried. She knew her husband was a complex man but it was difficult to see it played out in time and space in Silo 3.
He was strangely undaunted. "Matty, please go show you mom your new room," he said and they moved off and were gone for a good 15 minutes.
When they emerged, Sabine looked harshly at Jim and said" we have to go," in a terse voice. There was nothing he could do. She had always held all the cards that way. He hopped over the moat and knelt down by his daughter and said sweetly, "Thanks for coming sweetheart. The next time you come I will show you how to feed Mr. Krabs, okay?"
"Okay Papi," she said sadly. Then they left.
Jim walked into Matisse's new room and looked around. It was hers. Her room. He saw Sabine's wine on the nightstand, barely touched and he went over and downed it quickly. Then he hit the side panel and slipped in to feed Mr. Krabs and the others.
********
Maugham had been very busy. He had shown interest in various ways and invited exchange. Nothing had come through but he figured this one would spend a a week doing research to avoid detection.
He knew Alabaster, or RCane would expect some response..some search. It's why he avoided all the normal routes and had just painstakingly been like a man looking for a hot woman for his own means. It was so NOT Jim., but it was so utterly male. And the photos she had posted were so obviously meant to play to just them. A shower scene which almost showed a nipple, but had the curve of her back. Another with her laying on her back to receive a man or whatever she could get.
"Men are idiots," Maugham muttered. He was in a chess match and this one had been bested once by him and would be again because she was evil.
Maugham thought about Martine and how the opposite she was. So sweet yet you could push up against her and she was solid. It had been months now and he was still in quiet "in love." He liked it. He liked how it licked around the edges of his mind as he slept. He liked it when he caught her scent. He liked it when she laughed at him and when she bore down on him in love making. He was smitten.
Maugham did not get a response for a week, except for two messages from Rnonymous.
The first said:
Maugham laughed and wish he could reply "Yeah, for what fuckweed?"
The second one said
"I think I'll let you and Matty do that," she said nice. "I'll checkit out when I get back at 4."
He gave her a quick hug and then he and matisse held hands and walked the long way around the path on the North side of Azotus. When they got to the Gallery, Hans looked up with a smile and Matisse let go of her father's hand and danced over to his desk.
"Ok sveet Matty," Hans said serious-like. "Vich drawyer is the ringpop in?"
"That one!" she said of the middle left drawer and Hans opened it. "Nope! Two more guesses." Matisse suddenly looked demure. "The same one on the right."
"Ah!" Hans said as he slided it open and picked up a bright red ringpop. "Veir you are sveetheart," he said and she gave him a hug.
As they made their way back Jim looked over his shoulder and winked at Hans.
Inside Silo three there had been significant changes thanks to Fred and his speedy crew. The room appeared to be now three-quarters the size, and it was now that Matisse had her own room. Fred had constructed a long wall that was mostly collapseable made of dark wood veneer, almost black on the outside facing into the larger part of the room. I rand the full length, over the koi pool which now had a thick granite slab on Mattisse's side for her to safely across. There were sold door structures on either end. One a small one on the South side that openly came out about 4 feet. The structure on the far North side was 10 feet and ended inbetween two of the tanks on the wall so inside of Matisse's new room there were three long tanks along the North wall then a third of one that disappeared behind the new wall.
Mattise looked at her Papi and asked, "Where's my room?"
"It's right here Pumpkin," he said and led her over to the door and opened it. Her face lighted up. Against the far wall were to big book cases and a desk inbetween. The bookcase was filled with her favorite books, toys and there was a new twin bed for her that had Spongebob sheets and her favorite stuffed animals. The head of the bed was just below the middle tank. She bounced up on it and look in at the small collection, the lobster, the crab, a red starfish, a bank of yellow sea sponge.
She giggled. "Oh Papi..."
He led her over to the folding walls which had some her drawings and art tacked to the pourous grey cloth. Then he led her over the bridge and she dropped down and said, "Where is 10Cents?"
They waited awhile until he came all orange and golden and ate some little food from her hand and the other larger koi groped and gulped.
He walked her around the corner past the monolith shower and showed her the bathroom which now had a new smaller sink and drawers.
"This is for you," he said "and you can set it up anyway you wish..."
What would you like to do now?" Jim asked. He didn't want it to be overwhelming. But she looked up and said "How do I feed Mr. Krabs?"
**********
Tim had riden up to the Seminary nearby and found an alone place in the stacks. He found an old book that Jim had mentioned from the 16th century by a monk named Luis de Leon called The Names of Christ. Jim had, over that dinner, discussed what Ted's passion might really be and Ted felt confused at once and a bit defensive. By the end of the evening, Jim had made a modest proposal.
It was for that reason that Ted was now in the stacks reading some obscure priest from the 1500's. He felt nuts but strangely interested.
**************
Rachel was dismayed. Since that night Jim had been evasive and she could not figure it. He seemed to respond to open and honest discourse, yet he had not returned her calls and she was pretty sure he was, in reality, just another asshole, or worse, just insane.
***************'
Jim ordered Thai food for dinner to be delivered at 4 and he poured a glass of wine for Sabine when she came down.
She was a bit taken back, and even worried. She knew her husband was a complex man but it was difficult to see it played out in time and space in Silo 3.
He was strangely undaunted. "Matty, please go show you mom your new room," he said and they moved off and were gone for a good 15 minutes.
When they emerged, Sabine looked harshly at Jim and said" we have to go," in a terse voice. There was nothing he could do. She had always held all the cards that way. He hopped over the moat and knelt down by his daughter and said sweetly, "Thanks for coming sweetheart. The next time you come I will show you how to feed Mr. Krabs, okay?"
"Okay Papi," she said sadly. Then they left.
Jim walked into Matisse's new room and looked around. It was hers. Her room. He saw Sabine's wine on the nightstand, barely touched and he went over and downed it quickly. Then he hit the side panel and slipped in to feed Mr. Krabs and the others.
********
Maugham had been very busy. He had shown interest in various ways and invited exchange. Nothing had come through but he figured this one would spend a a week doing research to avoid detection.
He knew Alabaster, or RCane would expect some response..some search. It's why he avoided all the normal routes and had just painstakingly been like a man looking for a hot woman for his own means. It was so NOT Jim., but it was so utterly male. And the photos she had posted were so obviously meant to play to just them. A shower scene which almost showed a nipple, but had the curve of her back. Another with her laying on her back to receive a man or whatever she could get.
"Men are idiots," Maugham muttered. He was in a chess match and this one had been bested once by him and would be again because she was evil.
Maugham thought about Martine and how the opposite she was. So sweet yet you could push up against her and she was solid. It had been months now and he was still in quiet "in love." He liked it. He liked how it licked around the edges of his mind as he slept. He liked it when he caught her scent. He liked it when she laughed at him and when she bore down on him in love making. He was smitten.
Maugham did not get a response for a week, except for two messages from Rnonymous.
The first said:
$250,000 in unmarked bills in a case on my instructions and I go away for good.
~Rnonymous
Maugham laughed and wish he could reply "Yeah, for what fuckweed?"
The second one said
I know where The Girl lives. get ready.
~Rnonymous
posted by Obi-Mac BakDon | 11:48 AM
2 Comments:
Matisse is so into her room! Hopefully Sabine can settle into Jims complexiy.
Maugham is in love, awwwwww, and it is a soft love of solid stillness.
That woman Rnonymous is really scarey!
As for Rachel, hopefully she can figure out that sometimes things begin a certain way, but, then they turn in wierd ways too!
Thanks for the entry!
i'm glad you are still posting!
that mean lady is so scary!! i hate it when they threaten loved-ones . . .
i like that he called her "fuckweed" though! it's like saying "i'm not afraid of you."
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