My OperaSway (A Short Story)
Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:47:44 AM
It has to be said, when I heard Sway start … talkin’ to me, it was bit bloody weird, y’know?
I was on the bus, right? Heading into town … ? An’ I was sittin’ up the back. I mean … right up the back, y’know?
Uhh … fuck, eh?
Bit bloody stupid of me. Why am I tellin’ you that?
Of course … you know.
But, see … that’s how I knew that I was the only one there.
Besides you, I mean.
And … you were up the other end of the bus.
Anyway … I knew it wasn’t you, ‘cause of how close the bloody voice was. I mean, it was right in my fuckin’ ear …
Well … actually it was kinda …
… it was kind of in the back of my head, really.
Between my ears. But …
… back a bit ...
I know …
… there’s a lot of people out there who say they got some little voice in the back of their heads …
But that wasn’t it. That wasn’t it at all.
See, this voice was clear. Clear as if it came from someone sitting right behind me.
Which was bullshit, of course, because the only thing that was behind me was the back window of the bus!
Which didn’t stop me from lookin’ around, of course.
But …
… there was nothin’ there!
I mean, no cars. Nobody … bloody … behind the bus.
An’ the road was empty …
I mean, you fuckin’ know that … we’d been goin’ along for about, what … forty minutes? An’ there was no sign of anyone!
But … even if there was, right? Even if there’d been a car there and some prick in it’d been yelling, or something, right? That couldn’t have been it. Because the voice I heard wasn’t yelling.
It was speaking.
It was speaking loud and clear. Like …
… like one of those bloody actors, or somethin’, y’know? Who knows how to … project his voice? From the pit of his stomach?
Strong …
… commanding!
That’s the bloody word I was looking for … commanding!
I’m surprised you didn’t hear it.
Well … not really surprised.
Not now.
I was kind of surprised then, I remember. I was like, “Why can’t this prick hear it?”
But now, of course …
… well, now I know that nobody can hear Sway but me.
That’s right.
He only talks to me.
He told me.
I bet you’re wondering what sort of … life … that’d be for him, eh? Like … how would he be able to … uh … interact with the world, if all he is is a bloody voice in my head, eh?
Well … well, I dunno, mate.
I only started hearin’ ‘im about half-an-hour ago …
But … nah … it’s all right.
No need to worry about that.
He can interact with the world just fine.
Through me, y’know … ?
I mean, like I said, he hasn’t been talkin’ to me for very long, but …
… yeah … he can get his point across just fine.
Hah!
Heh, heh …
… I guess I don’t need to tell you that, though.
Do I?
Heh.
No, you figured that out already …
Uh …
… what was I … ?
Kinda hard t’ think.
Uhhhh ….
Ah!
Yeah.
Questions!
I bet you’ve still got some bloody questions though, eh?
Well … well, okay.
We’ve got a bit of time.
And … it’s not like nobody’s gonna interrupt us, eh?
Hah hah hah!
Ahhh …
Sorry.
Guess you don’t see the humour in it.
Ah, well …
An’ … look, sorry about that smack on the back of the head, too. But it was the only way I could get control of the bus to drive it into the paddock, y’know?
Are me … are me socks too tight?
It’s all I could find to tie you up with …
Uhh …
Shit. Where was I … ?
Oh!
Yeah.
That was it …
Sway …
Y’know, I reckon you’re wonderin’ some things. Like …
… like …
… like why’s he called Sway, for a start.
Well … I wondered that myself, y’know? I mean, I knew it wasn’t his real bloody name, or nothin’.
He told me, but … he said there was this … this quote, y’know? Kinda famous if you’re into that kind of shit. Me, I’d never fuckin’ heard of it before.
It was …
… it was, “Pause awhile, And let my counsel sway you in this case” 1.
Something like that. Some … some bloody guy with a spear. ‘Shake’ fuckin’ somethin’. Could’ve been ‘Shakin’ fuckin’ Stevens’ for all I bloody know.
Anyway …
What was … ?
Oh!
Yeah …
… next question!
I bet I know … ! Eh?
Eh?
What did Sway say to me?
Well …
… well …
… like I said … his voice was …
… commanding.
I mean, I couldn’t bloody help myself, y’know?
And …
… an’ I’m pretty bloody sure you can figure out exactly what he fuckin’ said, Driver …
… considerin’ I just ate your bloody eyeballs.
Copyright © 2007 by David Scott Aubrey
All Rights Reserved
877 Words
This short story is a work of fiction. Any and all names, characters and/or incidents are either products of my imagination or are used fictitiously. Where any such resemblance may exist to actual persons (living or dead), actual events or locales, it is purely coincidental.
Please don't assume that my characters speak for me or carry my own opinions on various matters in any way, shape or form (though some might - you never can tell).
1 "Pause awhile,
And let my counsel sway you in this case".
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616); British dramatist and poet. Spoken by the character of Friar Francis, in Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1, l. Trying to help the distraught Leonato.
Quote sourced from Famous Quotes
If you're of a mind, hitch a ride on the arrow of time and come on back next week!
I was on the bus, right? Heading into town … ? An’ I was sittin’ up the back. I mean … right up the back, y’know?
Uhh … fuck, eh?
Bit bloody stupid of me. Why am I tellin’ you that?
Of course … you know.
But, see … that’s how I knew that I was the only one there.
Besides you, I mean.
And … you were up the other end of the bus.
Anyway … I knew it wasn’t you, ‘cause of how close the bloody voice was. I mean, it was right in my fuckin’ ear …
Well … actually it was kinda …
… it was kind of in the back of my head, really.
Between my ears. But …
… back a bit ...
I know …
… there’s a lot of people out there who say they got some little voice in the back of their heads …
But that wasn’t it. That wasn’t it at all.
See, this voice was clear. Clear as if it came from someone sitting right behind me.
Which was bullshit, of course, because the only thing that was behind me was the back window of the bus!
Which didn’t stop me from lookin’ around, of course.
But …
… there was nothin’ there!
I mean, no cars. Nobody … bloody … behind the bus.
An’ the road was empty …
I mean, you fuckin’ know that … we’d been goin’ along for about, what … forty minutes? An’ there was no sign of anyone!
But … even if there was, right? Even if there’d been a car there and some prick in it’d been yelling, or something, right? That couldn’t have been it. Because the voice I heard wasn’t yelling.
It was speaking.
It was speaking loud and clear. Like …
… like one of those bloody actors, or somethin’, y’know? Who knows how to … project his voice? From the pit of his stomach?
Strong …
… commanding!
That’s the bloody word I was looking for … commanding!
I’m surprised you didn’t hear it.
Well … not really surprised.
Not now.
I was kind of surprised then, I remember. I was like, “Why can’t this prick hear it?”
But now, of course …
… well, now I know that nobody can hear Sway but me.
That’s right.
He only talks to me.
He told me.
I bet you’re wondering what sort of … life … that’d be for him, eh? Like … how would he be able to … uh … interact with the world, if all he is is a bloody voice in my head, eh?
Well … well, I dunno, mate.
I only started hearin’ ‘im about half-an-hour ago …
But … nah … it’s all right.
No need to worry about that.
He can interact with the world just fine.
Through me, y’know … ?
I mean, like I said, he hasn’t been talkin’ to me for very long, but …
… yeah … he can get his point across just fine.
Hah!
Heh, heh …
… I guess I don’t need to tell you that, though.
Do I?
Heh.
No, you figured that out already …
Uh …
… what was I … ?
Kinda hard t’ think.
Uhhhh ….
Ah!
Yeah.
Questions!
I bet you’ve still got some bloody questions though, eh?
Well … well, okay.
We’ve got a bit of time.
And … it’s not like nobody’s gonna interrupt us, eh?
Hah hah hah!
Ahhh …
Sorry.
Guess you don’t see the humour in it.
Ah, well …
An’ … look, sorry about that smack on the back of the head, too. But it was the only way I could get control of the bus to drive it into the paddock, y’know?
Are me … are me socks too tight?
It’s all I could find to tie you up with …
Uhh …
Shit. Where was I … ?
Oh!
Yeah.
That was it …
Sway …
Y’know, I reckon you’re wonderin’ some things. Like …
… like …
… like why’s he called Sway, for a start.
Well … I wondered that myself, y’know? I mean, I knew it wasn’t his real bloody name, or nothin’.
He told me, but … he said there was this … this quote, y’know? Kinda famous if you’re into that kind of shit. Me, I’d never fuckin’ heard of it before.
It was …
… it was, “Pause awhile, And let my counsel sway you in this case” 1.
Something like that. Some … some bloody guy with a spear. ‘Shake’ fuckin’ somethin’. Could’ve been ‘Shakin’ fuckin’ Stevens’ for all I bloody know.
Anyway …
What was … ?
Oh!
Yeah …
… next question!
I bet I know … ! Eh?
Eh?
What did Sway say to me?
Well …
… well …
… like I said … his voice was …
… commanding.
I mean, I couldn’t bloody help myself, y’know?
And …
… an’ I’m pretty bloody sure you can figure out exactly what he fuckin’ said, Driver …
… considerin’ I just ate your bloody eyeballs.
Copyright © 2007 by David Scott Aubrey
All Rights Reserved
877 Words
This short story is a work of fiction. Any and all names, characters and/or incidents are either products of my imagination or are used fictitiously. Where any such resemblance may exist to actual persons (living or dead), actual events or locales, it is purely coincidental.
Please don't assume that my characters speak for me or carry my own opinions on various matters in any way, shape or form (though some might - you never can tell).
1 "Pause awhile,
And let my counsel sway you in this case".
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616); British dramatist and poet. Spoken by the character of Friar Francis, in Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1, l. Trying to help the distraught Leonato.
Quote sourced from Famous Quotes
If you're of a mind, hitch a ride on the arrow of time and come on back next week!
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