志异 Draft by Drama box July 2014 (english) | Page 61

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Oxford Circus – Chinatown – Covent Garden – Bryon

We sit across each other at the makeshift
dinner table. He tells me that if I did have a
huge mansion that was paid for by some high
corporate job I never wanted, I would never want
to leave the big empty mansion. He challenges
me further, ‘What life would that be?’ Before I
can even answer, he replies himself, ‘Life should
be like camping. You may have a crappy place
to sleep in, but everyday you want to get out
of the tent because what you do out there is so
much fun.’ It sounds like a very ideal philosophy
to live by. For a moment I find myself imagining
the possibilities of living in a forest, excited to get
up and walk through the tall oak trees and smell
fresh greenery. Then I realise I don’t like the lack
of proper toilets in nature, and I might have to dig
holes in the ground.

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My phone vibrates and a number of messages
come in. One from him saying she’s not the one.
Someone else shaves her head and another
feels betrayed. I feel like this is a new era for all
of us, and I don’t really miss where I came from.
I put down my phone and head out.
We walk through a forest where the Finnish
soldiers fought the winter war against Russia.
Outi gives us brief directions on how to get
here from her house. On our walk, we saw a
naked man sunbathing and an old woman
laughed at me as I held Jun’s hair like a leash.
We finally find our way back to Outi’s where she
has bought us butter buns. According to her, it
is a Finnish home tradition. She warms them
up in her oven and serves it to us at a perfect
temperature, just warm enough to blanket
your taste buds, but not hot enough to scald
your tongue. For a moment there is a serene
quietness and ease. I miss home.