Sex And The Lion City (SATLC) Episode 1
An Encounter on the Eve of Christmas Eve
Cast: Narrator cum protagonist, a girl, some extras as bus passengers, a bus driver.
Narrator:
Everytime I go home you can tell that I am in deep thought.
Often it is me in one of my daydreams.
Somehow the daydreams are always quite similar to one another...
I am at the bus interchange.
It is night. (preferably it is close to midnight because it seems like a more romantic time- the romance of the last bus)
I spy a good-looking girl waiting for the bus.
She has long flowing hair and really sweet features.
I wonder which bus she is going to take.
My bus arrives. I am happy cuz I hate waiting.
I happily board the bus.
Presto, she takes the same bus as me.
I sit at the seat at the second row from the back.
Presto, she sits at the seat right in front of me, the one that faces sideways instead of forwards.
I steal a few sidelong glances at her.
She steals a few sidelong glances at me.
I catch her stealing sidelong glances at me.
Unfortunately, it is time for me to alight from the bus.
I alight from the bus.
I didn't see if she also alighted- I assume not.
It is very dark.
I cross the road.
I walk down the pathway towards my block.
I think about her for about 3 seconds on the way.
I approach the lift lobby... and presto, she is walking to the lift lobby too, from the opposite direction! (because there are two ways to get to the lift lobby)
Our eyes meet. We are both aware of the coincidence that has taken us from the interchange to the lift of our block and our reaction is to smile at this thought involuntarily.
I step into the lift.
She enters after me.
I press my floor number and step back to allow her to press hers.
But she doesn't do anything but just stands there.
I wonder why.
The lift arrives at my floor, and I step out reluctantly.
Presto, so does she!
The sheer coincidence finally causes her to break the ice, and she speaks.
"We live on the same floor!"
Quite stunned, but I recover sufficiently to reply.
"Yes, that makes us neighbours!"
Then everything else happens in a rush. We exchange names and phone numbers and promise to keep in touch.
I leave her with a beaming smile and a friendly bye-bye wave.
She leaves me with a charming smile and an enthusiastic bye-bye wave.
We turn away from each other and walk to our respective flats.
There is a spring in my step as I walk to the door.
I sleep very well that night- there is no need to take the pills for once.
But this is what actually happened:
I am at the bus interchange.
It is almost midnight.
I spy a good-looking girl waiting for the bus.
She has long flowing hair and really sweet features.
She is dressed in a white blouse-shirt and black pants.
She looks like she is working.
I wonder which bus she is going to take.
My bus arrives. I am happy cuz I hate waiting.
I happily board the bus.
Presto, she takes the same bus as me.
I sit at the seat at the second row from the back.
Presto, she sits at the seat right in front of me, the one that faces sideways instead of forwards.
I steal a few sidelong glances at her.
She steals one sidelong glance at me.
I catch her stealing one sidelong glance at me.
Unfortunately, it is time for me to alight from the bus.
I alight from the bus.
I didn't see if she also alighted- I assume not.
It is very dark.
I cross the road.
I walk down the pathway towards my block.
I think about her on the way.
I approach the lift lobby... and presto, she is walking to the lift lobby too, from the opposite direction! (because there are two ways to get to the lift lobby)
Our eyes meet.
The lift is here, but I am some distance away from the lift, while she is very close to the lift.
I have a quick decision to make.
Shall I make a rush for the lift, or shall I take the next lift.
Any man with a brain and a p***k would have done the right thing.
But suddenly,
Scenes from Crimewatch flooded into my head.
You know, when those lift robbers or molesters strike
They are often rushing into the lifts with their prey at the very last moment.
That's what my good brain was thinking of then.
So i decided not to rush for the lift.
Meanwhile, she enters the lift.
I slow down my pace considerably..
I take a detour around the dustbin..
Would she keep the lift open for me?
Apparently not, the lift door closes.
I walk pass the lift as it closes.
I wonder if she took a sidelong glance at me. (the lift doors are transparent, you see)
As her lift departs I make a rude sign to express my disappointment.
I dejectedly jab the lift button.
Meanwhile her lift goes up floor by floor: five, six, seven..
stopping at the eleventh.
I don't live on the eleventh floor, but I guess that's not really the point.
My lift arrives, I slink into the lift.
I slink to my flat and open the door.
I take a cool bath.
I think of the episode and think it is quite funny.
I am unable to sleep.
I pop the pills, and they work as usual...
- End Of Script -
Cast: Narrator cum protagonist, a girl, some extras as bus passengers, a bus driver.
Narrator:
Everytime I go home you can tell that I am in deep thought.
Often it is me in one of my daydreams.
Somehow the daydreams are always quite similar to one another...
I am at the bus interchange.
It is night. (preferably it is close to midnight because it seems like a more romantic time- the romance of the last bus)
I spy a good-looking girl waiting for the bus.
She has long flowing hair and really sweet features.
I wonder which bus she is going to take.
My bus arrives. I am happy cuz I hate waiting.
I happily board the bus.
Presto, she takes the same bus as me.
I sit at the seat at the second row from the back.
Presto, she sits at the seat right in front of me, the one that faces sideways instead of forwards.
I steal a few sidelong glances at her.
She steals a few sidelong glances at me.
I catch her stealing sidelong glances at me.
Unfortunately, it is time for me to alight from the bus.
I alight from the bus.
I didn't see if she also alighted- I assume not.
It is very dark.
I cross the road.
I walk down the pathway towards my block.
I think about her for about 3 seconds on the way.
I approach the lift lobby... and presto, she is walking to the lift lobby too, from the opposite direction! (because there are two ways to get to the lift lobby)
Our eyes meet. We are both aware of the coincidence that has taken us from the interchange to the lift of our block and our reaction is to smile at this thought involuntarily.
I step into the lift.
She enters after me.
I press my floor number and step back to allow her to press hers.
But she doesn't do anything but just stands there.
I wonder why.
The lift arrives at my floor, and I step out reluctantly.
Presto, so does she!
The sheer coincidence finally causes her to break the ice, and she speaks.
"We live on the same floor!"
Quite stunned, but I recover sufficiently to reply.
"Yes, that makes us neighbours!"
Then everything else happens in a rush. We exchange names and phone numbers and promise to keep in touch.
I leave her with a beaming smile and a friendly bye-bye wave.
She leaves me with a charming smile and an enthusiastic bye-bye wave.
We turn away from each other and walk to our respective flats.
There is a spring in my step as I walk to the door.
I sleep very well that night- there is no need to take the pills for once.
But this is what actually happened:
I am at the bus interchange.
It is almost midnight.
I spy a good-looking girl waiting for the bus.
She has long flowing hair and really sweet features.
She is dressed in a white blouse-shirt and black pants.
She looks like she is working.
I wonder which bus she is going to take.
My bus arrives. I am happy cuz I hate waiting.
I happily board the bus.
Presto, she takes the same bus as me.
I sit at the seat at the second row from the back.
Presto, she sits at the seat right in front of me, the one that faces sideways instead of forwards.
I steal a few sidelong glances at her.
She steals one sidelong glance at me.
I catch her stealing one sidelong glance at me.
Unfortunately, it is time for me to alight from the bus.
I alight from the bus.
I didn't see if she also alighted- I assume not.
It is very dark.
I cross the road.
I walk down the pathway towards my block.
I think about her on the way.
I approach the lift lobby... and presto, she is walking to the lift lobby too, from the opposite direction! (because there are two ways to get to the lift lobby)
Our eyes meet.
The lift is here, but I am some distance away from the lift, while she is very close to the lift.
I have a quick decision to make.
Shall I make a rush for the lift, or shall I take the next lift.
Any man with a brain and a p***k would have done the right thing.
But suddenly,
Scenes from Crimewatch flooded into my head.
You know, when those lift robbers or molesters strike
They are often rushing into the lifts with their prey at the very last moment.
That's what my good brain was thinking of then.
So i decided not to rush for the lift.
Meanwhile, she enters the lift.
I slow down my pace considerably..
I take a detour around the dustbin..
Would she keep the lift open for me?
Apparently not, the lift door closes.
I walk pass the lift as it closes.
I wonder if she took a sidelong glance at me. (the lift doors are transparent, you see)
As her lift departs I make a rude sign to express my disappointment.
I dejectedly jab the lift button.
Meanwhile her lift goes up floor by floor: five, six, seven..
stopping at the eleventh.
I don't live on the eleventh floor, but I guess that's not really the point.
My lift arrives, I slink into the lift.
I slink to my flat and open the door.
I take a cool bath.
I think of the episode and think it is quite funny.
I am unable to sleep.
I pop the pills, and they work as usual...
- End Of Script -
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