27th May 2011 : Ipod
"Look at this" the girl said excitedly and she sat down next to me. Her enthusiasm was over whelming and she seemed exceptionally bubbly for the dark day out. We were sitting on a wooden bench overlooking a cul-de-sac. I thought to myself this was a really strange place to be sitting in, considering there was nothing aesthetically pleasing around. She pulled out what looked like an iPod, leaning in close to me, she pressed the button to play something. Images seemed to flash from the iPod and while I tried to look away, I couldn't bring my head to turn. I kept staring into the kaleidoscope of pictures and colours. A strange flapping sound filled my ears, drowning out everything around me as I stared mesmerised at this contraption. I felt a feeling that can only be described as floating and then the images faded. Everything disappeared and I was back sitting on the wooden bench. The iPod was in my hand and I turned to ask the girl what just happened, but she wasn't sitting next to me.
I saw myself, I suppose the only way to describe it, is as if I was looking down at the scene, and I appeared to be coloured shades of grey. The world around me seemed to take on a grey hue when my "mother" walked up towards me. She looked at me and shook her head. She tutted with that familiar click of the tongue, she smacked the iPod out of my hand and told me I was stupid. She said she had to find someone to get back what was taken from me. I got up to follow her down the dirt track to the road where the car was. I reached the end of the track and was about to step off when I felt a gush of wind and I was sitting back on the bench. I got up and tried again. The same thing happened. The mother figure told me she'd be back with help and to wait for her. She got into the car and disappeared up the road. I walked back to the bench and sat. I stared at the houses opposite me, the trees with the slight bits of dulled green seemed to sway and laugh at me. I sighed and stretched out, wondering how long this was going to take. My mind was already bored and didn't really want to spend the rest of the time sitting doing nothing. I looked at the iPod covered in dirt on the ground. I leaned over and picked it up. Sitting back up I dusted the dirt off the screen and tried to turn it on. Nothing happened.
"I told you it was awesome" Said a voice next to me. I turned and the girl was sitting next to me, she was in full colour, in fact her clothes were so bright, they almost hurt my eyes. She giggled as my eyes adjust to the brightness of her. She grabbed my hand and asked me "want to see something else even more fun??" She dragged me to my feet and pulled me towards the deserted field that was opposite the road. We stood in the middle of the field, and I looked around. Nothing but grass. I looked at her and said "I don't see anything". She giggled and said, look harder. I stared into the field, and then I noticed the grass was blue, and the colours seemed to get deeper. The wind passed through the grass, making them wave back and forth, back and forth as the colours got deeper. I rubbed my eyes and took a step back as the whole field seemed to cave in on itself and become water.
I was standing on a dock staring up a large cruise ship. Strange colours seemed to emanate off it. The girl ran ahead and up the plank onto the ship, calling for me to follow her. I walked up the plank, feeling it shift beneath my weight and onto the deck, I could see her up a head weaving through a crowd of people who were as brightly coloured as she was. She motioned me to the front deck, where she was standing peering over the side. A few people were gathered around her, standing on the rails, feeling the wind. I walked up next to them and she flashed a huge grin. She said "this is the best bit". The person next to her let go of the rails and jumped into the water, which seemed to form a pit at the bottom. Everyone seemed to be enjoying this a lot, however I noticed no one who jumped resurfaced. The girl smiled and said I had to try it; it was the only way to experience everything. I got up on the rails, I could feel my hands shaking as the wind swept upwards, daring me to jump. I can do this, I thought to myself. I closed my eyes, let go one of hand, and then I heard a scream. I opened my eyes and grabbed the railings. The scream had come from a guy standing next to the mother figure. I could make out the bench in the distance. I climbed back over and ran towards the bench. I turned and looked at the ship. The girl was still grinning but she seemed to fade, along with the ship.
I stood next to the guy, who sat me down on the bench. He told me to close my eyes and concentrate hard on the sound of his voice. I listened and felt something around me, like a heavy atmosphere. I felt a tugging within me, and then a push that threw me backwards off the bench. I opened my eyes and he was holding what looked like a long straw that was multi coloured, similar to the colours from the boat. He smiled at me and said, "It’s a good thing you didn't jump, I don't think I would have been able to get you back". I smiled, as he handed me the straw wrapped around the iPod. He told me I had to hide it and not look at it, or I wouldn't come back next time. That I would be lost.
I looked the iPod and headed into my house, looking for a place to hide it where no one would find it. The iPod seemed to hum, wanting me to watch the video. I could hear the girl’s voice in my head egging me on to watch it, to just look at it for a second. The humming grew louder and louder and I could feel my restraint slipping. Finally I found a box and threw the iPod in there. I could see the faint glow of the screen against the black in the box. The screened seem to turn over, bright colours bouncing off the box. Quickly I threw the lid on, however the light seemed to find its way along the edges of the box. I placed the box on the shelf and walked away. I could still hear the humming, I had to will myself to walk away. I turned around and the girl was standing next to the box on the shelf. She looked at me, smiled and said, "You’ll be back."
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