THE MESSAGE

“... The Amberu Trap You With Desire, Lure You Into Feeling A Very Unquenchable Sexual Thirst For Their Perfectly Sculpted Bodies And Then Kill You. But Legend Has It, That They Will First Show You A Preview Of The Future Before They Launch Their Attack. It Will Come As A Dream And You Won’t Even Notice This. However, This Will Only Happen If You Embrace Their Initial Seductive Moves. That Is The End Of Our Seminar On The Lifestyle Of Amberu, Thank You All For Coming. The Book Signing Will Be Done Tomorrow At 1400 Hrs Right Here. See You Tomorrow Everyone.” The Well Renowned Dr. Pontsho Concluded.

The 3Hour Long Talk Had Ended And Lucidin Hadn’t Heard A Single Word. His Time And Attention Were Long Since Generously Donated, To A Cute, Blonde Girl Named Karina, Before The Doctor Started Speaking. The Two Had Knocked It Off Quite Easily Since They Had Multiple Things In Common. For One, They Both Admitted To Each Other That They Weren’t Really At The Seminar For The Super Natural Lecture But Rather For The Free Snacks That Were Being Offered There. A Confession They Had Both Laughed At And Therefore Then Realised That They Laugh In The Same Repulsive Way That Both Of Them Never Minded Before. For A Moment, Lucidin, Who Had Had So Much Bad Luck In Love Of Recent, Felt Like He Had Finally Found ‘Someone’. He Was Happy And Deeply Felt Drawn To This Girl, A Feeling He Couldn’t Fathom But Still Relished. Time Had Flew Away From Their Grasp And When They Noticed This They Decided To Part Ways. He Was 100M Away From The Venue When He Realised That He Forgot To Get Karina’s Number Nor Social Network Details And Without Any Second Thought He Dashed As Fast As His Tiny Body Could Go, Hoping To Find Her Around The Premises. He Did, Barely, But She Would Not Give Him Her Details, Insisting That She Get His Instead. He Had Saw Absolutely Nothing Wrong With This So He Did Just That. The Two Parted Ways After Seeing Each Other’s Smiles One Last Graceful Time For The Day, Or So It Would Seem.

The Time Was Half Past Seven In The Evening And The Sun Had Just Found Its Way Back Into Its Sanctuary Giving Way To The Deadening Winter Moon To Have Its Shared Reign With The Stars. The Soulless Empty Pathway Of Cardencielle Junior High School Saw Lucidin Make His Way Home After A Very Long Journey From The Community Hall Where The Spiritual Seminar Was Held. The School Was Closed For Winter Break And He, The Son Of An English Teacher In The School Had Decided To Remain Behind So That He Could Do His School Work In Peace, Without The Disturbance Of  His Nosy Younger Cousins From The Village He Had Told His Mother With The Last Part Omitted But Still Implied Of Course. The Cold Was Fiercely Barrowing Into His Tawana Skin And Giving His Bones A Feeling Of Stiffening So He Rushed Into The House To Steal Every Little Moment He Could In His Warm Bed. While Still Enveloped In His Blankets He Received A Message On Facebook. Beep! The Phone Called For Attention. Reluctantly Dragging His Heavily Inertial Body To The Phone Which Was Charging On The Other Side Of The Bed, He Dreaded Winter And Instantly Decided That He Need A Hot Bath Before He Passed Out Into His Timely Deep Slumber. With One Eye Closed And The Other Half Shut He Looked At The Sender’s Identity And Painted Puzzled Look On His Temple. Suddenly He Got Up With Much Zeal After Remembering Who The Name ‘Karina’ Had Belonged To. He Quickly Jumped To Open The Message But He Stopped Himself With Exactly A Breath In Between His Finger And The Open Option On His Touch Screen Phone. He Did Not Want To Seem So Desperate And With That Logic He Chose To Have His Bath First. He Opened The Tap And Let The Water Run To Fill The Bath Tub. Lucidin Suddenly Lost Himself In The Train Of His Own Thought As He Listened To The Water Loudly Splash Hard On The Bath Tub Floor And Then Gently Soften As It Formed A Body Enough To Engulf The Down Pouring Water. A Hypnotising Transcendence It Was. Along With The Warm Atmosphere That The Bathroom Had Always Offered The Perfect Escape During The Days When The Cold Paraded The Earth’s Crust So It’s No Wonder Why Lucidin Dozed Off A Bit When He Got Into The Bath Tub For A Brief Minute, Or So It Would Seem. So He Woke Up A Minute Later And Finished Off His Bathing And Then Fast As Humanly Possible He Rushed From The Bathroom To His Bedroom. He Simultaneously Finessed His Way Into His P3000.00 Duvet As He Grabbed The Phone And Headed Straight For The Facebook Messenger.

The Message He Had Got From Karina Read;

“Hey! It’s Karina, The Girl From The Free Food Event LOL Still LMFAO!!!! Anyway, I Was Thinking We Could Meet At The Green Heart Pub At Around 2200 Hrs If That’s Not Too Late For You.”

To Which Lucidin Replied;

“Hey Karina! Yeah I’d Totally Love Something To Drink After All That Cheese Wizzers I Ate Earlier LOL!! They Really Need To Serve More Than Just Those Next Time, Am I Right??”

Even Though He Had So Wanted To Count Sheep And The Finally Sail Off Into His Dream Land, He Couldn’t Possibly Pass Off Such An Offer And Opportunity So After Their Chat He Went. And Besides, Green Heart Was Not That Far From His Place. Actually, It Wasn’t Any Far At All. It Was The Pub That The Principal Of Cardencielle J.H. Had Tried So Hard Over The Years To Get The Cardencielle City Council To Close It Down Because The Students Who Were Boarding In Her School And The Teachers Teaching There Themselves Do Not Get Any Sleep Due To The, In Her Words, “Loud And Deaf Disturbing Noise” They Make But Her Attempts Had Been Unsuccessful. The Mayor Was A Personal Friend Of The Salon Owner, Ms Batshabile. The Grapevine Had Been In Temporary Possession Of News About How The Mayor In Question Was Dating Batshabile’s Eldest Daughter. This Could Never Be Proved But It Would Also Never Leave The Tongues Of Cardencielle’s Top Gossipers Who Also Sometimes Murmured That He Was In Actuality Dating Batshabile Herself. The Gentle Lucidin And Karina, Had A Couple Of Drinks Married With A Couple Of Heated Minutes On The Dance Floor Until All This Finally Led To A Kiss. Lucidin Thought To Himself “This Is A Perfect Moment To Lose My Virginity And Finally Put An End To The Jokes That My Friends Have Been Passing About Me.” “You’re A Male Nun” He Recalled One Of Them Saying. As Expected, The Remark Was Met With A Great Outburst Of Hysteria By The Boy Group. He Then Whispered Into Her Ear “Do You Wanna Take This Party Somewhere Much More, Private?” A Line From The Movies He Had Been Watching. All That Binge Watch His Mother Always Shouted At Him For, Had Paid Off Generously With A Big Bonus Even Because She Agreed Without A Second Thought. They Made Their Way To Lucidin’s Place And When They Got There Lucidin Decided To Be Romantic And Give The Young Lady Something To Nibble On First Before They Got Intimate So He Prepared A Quick Snack. The Electricity Conveniently Went Off And The Host Had To Bring Out Candles. Everything Seemed To Be Going Smoothly In His Perspective. Minutes Later, Half Way Through A Joke Lucidin Stopped Laughing And Looked At The Breath Thieve, Which Was An Alias She Went By On Social Networks. He Slowly Inched Towards Her, His Heart Raced, Eyelids Got Heavy And Lips Protruded So Far Ahead Of Him They Could Win Him A Race When He’s At The Starting Point. But She Got Up Before The Kiss Could Happen And She Asked For The Bathroom. He Showed Her The General Direction Since The Environment Had Succumbed To The Mercy Of The Darkness. This Also Helped To Mask His Embarrassment.

It Had Been Almost Fifteen Minutes Since She Had Been In The Bathroom. The Electricity Was Now Flickering Every 5 Seconds. It Was The “Damn Electric Company” He Concluded. He Heard Steps Come From The Bathroom And Positioned Himself To Try Make His Move Again. Silently Karina Approached, Slowly Even. When Lucidin Turned To Look At Her His Eyes Captured A Sight That Raised His Heart Beat Ten Fold In An Instant. She Had Gotten Rid Of The Tight Jeans She Was In That Hugged Her African Figure Like A Boa Constrictor On Its Prey. She Had Also Got Rid Of The Tight Top That Did Nothing To Hide Her Large Bosom A. Half Naked She Was, With All Her Assets Freely Taunting At The Air In The Room As She Inched Towards Him In Compliment Of The Silent Night.  As His Visual Angle Elevated He Saw A Sharp Ngojo Dagger Raised Above Her Head Ready To Let It Tear Him To Pieces. Her Eyes Had Changed In Colour, From The Beautiful Hazel Brown To A Gleaming Devilish Red, Her Teeth Once Perfectly Level Had Now Took The Form Of A Hack Saw Blade And Her Ears Were Pointy With Talons At Each End. This Was The Description Of Amberu That Dr. Pontsho Had Gave Earlier But Lucidin Could Not Possibly Know That, He Wasn’t Focusing At All On The Speech. With One Swing, She Tore Through His Skin With Force Enough To Pierce Through Gopane Meat In One Attempt. She Raised The Dagger To Her Lips And Then Let Her Tongue Slide Through It’s Blunt Side. He Looked At Her With Fear Indelibly Tattooed On His Face. Frantically, He Tried To Run For Dear Life But She Was Lightning In The Flesh. A Punch, A Kick To The Ribs And A Slap Were Enough To Get The Terrified Lucidin Down. Dragging Him By The Leg She Paced Outside To A Nearby Lake. The Lake Was Known As Setlhabelo Lake, Which Translates To Lake Of Sacrifice. By The Bank Is Where Lucidin Came To, Finding Karina Staring At Him Still With Those Intimidating Evil Eyes. He Looked Around And Saw A Group Of Drunkards Staggering from The Direction Of The Bar So He Decided To Scream For Help. His Screams Fell Onto Death’s Ears. He Then Thought “If Anything, I’m Going To Give It The Last Kicks Of A Dying Horse” Which He Did Try But Still, His Might Was Not To Be Compared With The Seductive Amberu’s. Karina Grabbed Him By The Neck And Oh Poor Lucidin Did Give It His All To Resist. Unfortunately, Futilely It Was. Failure Was Inevitable For The 22Year Old Young Man. The Waters Then Hosted A Baptism Like No Other; One Where The Soul Is Took Instead Of Freed. As Soon He Felt His Breath Running Out, His Veins Filled With Blood Nearly Bursting He Woke Up.

 It Was Just A Dream All Along. He Found Out That He Was Still In The Bath Tub And He Had Fell Asleep To The Comfort Of The Once Hot Water Now Turned Cold . He Sat Still For A While To Catch His Breath And Quickly, Like The Human Being He Was, He Quickly Forgot About His Dream. The Feeling Of Fear Was Still There Though. That, He Couldn’t Shake But He Ignored It. He Finished Bathing And Used The Towel To Drive Out The Chill From His Almost Riga Mortis Stiff Body Before Retreating To His Bedroom. He Got Under His Blankets And Took His Phone To Reply To Karina’s Message. He Opened It And It Read:

“Hey! It’s Karina, The Girl From The Free Food Event LOL Still LMFAO!!!! Anyway, I Was Thinking We Could Meet At The Green Heart Pub At Around 2200 Hrs If That’s Not Too Late For You.”

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