第一幕 - 进入
他对封闭的空间深恶痛绝。自从他年轻时他就觉得那些小房间的存在本身就有错误。他最痛恨的就是没有窗户的时候。当他小时候被迫坐在他就读的资金不足的公立学校的教室里,他从窗户里向外看去,眼前是开满雏菊的草地,放着许多的玩具,这使他的精神获得宁静。但是他现在在的地方可没有窗户。他叫做Reed Todd,现在正在参加他朋友的孩子的生日派对。
"闭上眼睛然后许一个愿吧!" 他的朋友告诉孩子。Reed强行挤出了一个微笑。正常情况下他并不是应付不来小孩子——他只是受不了这个地方。为什么就非要在这中令人难以忍受的地方办派对?为什么就不能在外面,至少是一个有窗户的地方开?再怎么样,他的朋友也可以在一个看起来很不错的地方开派对!Reed只觉得房间里的黄色墙纸很恶心。
最后,Reed发现自己再也呆不下去了。他很快找了个借口出去,到走廊上朝着通往出口的楼梯间走去。在他逃离的时候,他感到一阵难以言表的感觉,就像整个世界都出错了一样。他突然感觉他的整个身体都定住了,房间里空气也凝固了一般——就像整个世界停止了运转。他不知道他会在这里呆多久,可能只是短短一瞬,也可能是永远,但是这一切毫无预示地结束了。Reed在一切恢复正常的时候摔到了地上,但是这种怪异感丝毫未减。
Reed感到前所未有的恐惧。他飞奔穿过走廊,想要到达楼梯间,但是在本应有楼梯间的位置,只有另一个泛黄的房间。
Reed感到他的心脏怦怦直跳,呼吸变得急促,额头渗出了汗珠。他从另一个出口跑出去,但是只能到一个更大的黄色房间。他恐惧地环顾四周,但他所看到的只是一个黄色墙壁围成的迷宫,上面都是同样的黄色壁纸。他无助地跪在了地上,发狂地尖叫起来。他感觉浑身都在颤抖,胃里翻江倒海。他两手撑地,吐在了地上,然后仰面昏倒在地上。在他昏倒的那一刻,他隐隐约约地看到了一篇绽满雏菊的草地,但是他心知肚明,他再也见不到了。
第二幕 - 噩梦初醒
白色的雏菊在风中微微摇曳,沙沙作响,孩子们光着脚在草地上奔跑,他们都迷失在世俗生活之外的世界里。有人爬上了巨大木制游乐设施的顶上,坐在上面,仿佛自己位于这个世界的巅峰。他看了看这群孩子,他们的未来有无限的可能,雏菊在草地上静静地生长,云朵从空中飘过。他给每一片云彩都起了名字,他幻想着那些雏菊花在向他分享它们的智慧,他看见一个孩子呼唤着他,他和孩子们相识相知。他准备爬上游乐设施,感觉这个世界一片海阔天空。
云朵变得昏暗,霎时电闪雷鸣,雏菊被狂风连根拔起。孩子们看着设施顶上的男孩,他们的皮肤开始融化,他们不住地尖叫。短短几分钟前,孩子们还高兴地站着,而现在他们站在那里尖叫着,他们的皮肤已经剥落。他们跳动的心脏从胸口爆发出来,他们的血液像柏油一样污浊。
他们朝游乐设施狂奔,向顶上攀爬。顶上的男孩恐惧地尖叫着,望向天空,祈求着救赎。他感觉天上的眼睛在注视着他,一阵雷鸣响起。一道落雷从天而降,回应了他。这一道雷将地上的数目劈倒,声音像是太空一样寒冷,又像恒星一般炽热,响彻天宇:"这个世界的主啊,俯视您的国吧!"这阵声音没有愤怒,没有恶意,没有挖苦。这一阵声音和石头一样毫无感情。
这木制的游乐设施,他的城堡,他的壁垒,连带着轰然倒塌。失去了皮肤的孩子们一拥而上,他们的身躯汩汩冒着污血。他们口中念念有词,将他包围。他想要逃跑,但已经没有退路。这个曾经开阔的世界已经成为了血腥污秽的地狱。他们撕扯着他的衣服,他的皮肤,他的面部。他们扑在他的身上,张开血盆大口,大块大块地撕咬他的血肉。他眼睁睁地看着一只怪物将他的肠子扯出,再吞进嘴里。他感到难以忍受的疼痛,但是疼痛开始减退——他知道他就要死了,无尽的黑暗吞没了他。
In a previous lifetime he had been a boy, but that life already seemed like an eternity ago. Slowly he drifted up into the sky. The screams and growls of those below him had no effect on him. As he approached the sky, he heard the voice of thunder speak to him as it had once spoken to him before. It told him something that was too sacred to be known by the living. It told him its name. Then it t blew him back down into the ground and into his body. The skinless children were struck dead by lightning and their bodies lied beside his. He felt his body decompose and become dirt in the ground, then he fell asleep.
He awoke in the moist earth. He felt purpose fill him. He struggled against the ebony warmth, growing his body upward. At last he pierced the veil of dirt and felt the sun against his green flesh. He soaked in the light of the sun and let it flow into him. He used the light to grow his green body upward. At last he became tall enough that he formed something very special within himself. When the time came he opened it up raised his flower towards the sun. The flower sat there for a time but slowly it decayed just as his body decayed. But even as he decayed, the seed from his flower was scattered and the children of his seed filled the whole field. Season after season passed by until one day the whole world was full of the seed. And they were at peace
But then a buzz filled the world, an insane monotonous buzz, and once more the seed knew fear. They forgot the name of the voice of thunder and they felt themselves drift into another world of pain. They realized that they were not daiseis, they were a man, a man named Reed Todd, and the man had awaken.
Scene 3 - focused on escaping
Reed Todd groaned as he slowly woke up. His nostrils were immediately assaulted by an awful smell. As he looked upon his body, he was disgusted to realize that he was drenched in his own vomit. He slowly sat up and looked at his suroundings. All around him there were yellow walls. He was confused. He didn't know where he was. He managed to get off of his feet and stared at the yellow hallway in front of him. As he stared, he began to remember. He remembered his friends birthday party. He remembered leaving his friends birthday party. He remembered being frozen in time.
And he remembered being unable to escape.
Reed Todd could feel stress moving into the back of his mind, but he knew that he couldn't give in. Having another mental breakdown would not help him - he had to stay focused. He looked at the vomit on the ground, he could use that as a landmark. He looked down on his vomit drenched overshirt. He could rip it into pieces and use the pieces to mark different locations. Like Hansel and Gretel, he would leave a trail for himself.
Slowly, Reed Todd made his way through the the maze of yellow hallways, leaving bits of cloth from his overshirt on the ground so that he could make his way back if he needed to. As he made his way through the monotonous labyrinth, he began to realize that something was deeply wrong with its structure. He backtracked and than went down another path, keeping track of every left and right that he took. To his shock, he realized that the configuration of the rooms was impossible in euclidean geometry.
TO BE CONTINUED
Author's Notes
Scene 2 is still only a rough draft that I'll improve in the future. Its probably the weirdest thing I've ever written.
