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CHAPTER 22: WALK

Author: Don Thyro Lamion
last update Huling Na-update: 2021-09-24 14:14:33

Napakalaki ng field. It's like a soccerfield. Napapalibutan kami ng mga tao ng Mahar na nakaupo at ang iba naman ay nakatayo, nag-iingay, they are cheering endlessly, nagpapalakpakan. May kaniya-kaniya silang ginagawa. Kasabay naman nito ang tugtog na parang pinapangunhan ng isang banda. Naririnig ko ang tambol, ang mga lyre, ang mga gong at ang mga trumpets. It is a colorful celebration. People are so enthusiastic and overwhelmed and excited and even ecstatic. They are like a dog wagging their two tails. They are grinning ear to ear. They were tickled pink. 

 

There is no ceiling or a canopy. We can see the sky and the aircraft and drones with cameras trying to film at any angle. The Manjies are also in formation, attentively guarding us. They had this impeccably flamboyant Tibetan jasmine suit. We can feel the tranquility here in their haven, but isn't it deceiving? Masama sila. 

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  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 23: HONEY

    That is why parati akong nakatingin kanina sa headpiece nung Manjie. I can see the reflection behind us, that there are also poles there, the real poles where we should raise our flag. Huwag kasing padalos-dalos, ayan tuloy, ako na ang nauna. Dito po banda, hindi riyan. Nakita kong pabalik na silang tumatakbo rito banda nang nalamang repleksyon lang pala ng poles ang tinungo nila. With all their strength and endurance, they are trying to run after me, thank God I got our flag. Run, follow me, beat me, chase me. Habol people, habol! Kayo ang taya at letra ang nakataya. Do not expect that

    Huling Na-update : 2021-09-27

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 24: SILONG

    Nasa screen kaming lima at alam kong kanina pa kami tinitingnan ng lahat. Natahimik bigla ang lahat napara bang na-freeze at nanonood sila ng isang patimpalak ng karerang kabayo. "Bang! Despite the blustery crosswind, Catch your breath because District G is the first district to raise its flag. Let us give them a burst of applause, Mahar people." and then everyone gave a standing ovation as an appreciation. Nag-ingay ulit ang crowd, at may dumaan na helicopter sa itaas, na para bang may sarili silang mundo doon sa himpapawid. "Wow, I can't believe it! Hey partner, did you see that...you know..that long-legged girl with a.. wait, let me see her, again." And the drone focused the camera on me without reluctance. "Hmm, she got this bouncy glossy midnight-black hair tumbled over her shoulder. She has a pensive face, grace, and cha

    Huling Na-update : 2021-10-09

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 25: BELIZE

    The downpour started in the early morning and continued through the night, a heavy pelting of water thundered against the rooftops and drowned out the sound of all else. "Grabe, ang sarap mo palang mag-hilot Ulap. Nakare-relax." Patalon-talon pa si Token habang naglalakad kami sa hallway. Muntik na siyang matapilol at buti ay naka-balance siya. "O-oo n-nga d-dude. O-okay na a-ang m-mga b-binti k-ko. T-thank y-you U-ulap. T-tanggapin m-mo ito, p-para sa-sa 'yo 'yan." May ibinigay si Keithwarth kay Ulap na siyang ikinalaki ng mga mata nito. "What's that dodong Keithwa...Oh, seryoso? That's for me? Kumindat ka nga kung para sa akin ito." At kumindat naman si Keithwarth sabay turo nito sa kaniya. "O sige naniniwala na ako. OMG, ang ganda naman nitong...Oy, bat

    Huling Na-update : 2021-10-14

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 26: FIRST KISS

    Grand staircases, glass atriums, spectacular artwork – there are endless ways in which a venue can achieve this. The venue was decorated with iconic pieces such as velvet curtains, massive chandeliers– which I think, a five brightly lit lavish Strauss-crystal– dangled at even distances across the ceiling and was hung from thick glass rafters. There are luxurious flower arrangements. Banquet tables are laiden with goblets and martini glasses. Some vintage diners have a wide range of cocktails. I noticed that other lad tributes got a dangerous amount of pomade on their hair just to look attractive. Samu't saring mga pagkain ang nakahilera, na para bang may pista, ang daming mga beverage, mga iba't-ibang potahe ng karneng baka, kambing, manok at...baboy. A pig.

    Huling Na-update : 2021-10-18

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 27: BEVERAGE

    "Ang sarap pala malasing!" sigaw ni Ulap kinaumagahan. Siya ang unang bumangon sa amin at agad naman kaming nagising dahil naiingayan kami sa kaniya. Pagtingin ko sa kaniya ay naninibago ako sa mukha niya. Pilit kong pinagmasdan nang mabuti kung anong mali pero alam ko naman na medyo blurry ang paningin ko so I rubbed my eyes to make it clear. Nasisilawan din kasi ako sa araw na nakatutok sa mukha niya at dagdag pa ang maputi niyang balat.Hindi ko sana malalaman kung hindi tumayo si Token sabay padabog na nagsalita, "Hey, hey, hey! That's my glasses! Don't use that, pagagalitan ako ng dad ko if there's a gasgas. Akin na nga 'yan." Hinablot ni Token ang suot-suot na eyeglass ni Ulap at pinunasan ito gamit ang kaniyang...ay teka, bakit walang damit itong si Token? Ito na nga ba ang sinasabi ko."Hey Arc, wear your shirt, they're watching us. Maaga duty nila. I'll not be surprise if some watchers zoomed the camera on your cute pink little tits," punto ko naman at bahagya

    Huling Na-update : 2022-03-20

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 28: AMBASSADOR

    "I love your District's grain outfit, sweety. It's very—well, I will not use the word cheap but instead, everybody can look super chic in inexpensive clothes, diba?" Miss. Ahaha lauged in a high-pitched voice, as always. Parang may whistle ang lalamunan niya o kaya torotot o kaya lyre at pwede ring tambol. Ewan ko ba, parang naririnig ko parati ang boses niya sa isipan ko. Kulang na lang sumayaw siya upang maging totoong banda na talaga. "Thank you for setting up your mind happy Tita, because if you do, you'd be surprise how expensive this cost to look this cheap." She stopped then continued walking faster with tiny steps. That's when I noticed something. "Ang ganda," I complimented as I looked down. "Ko? Thank y—" "Ng...stiletto niyo po. I love stiletto, " pakaklaro ko sa kan'ya. "You mean stiletto daggers?" she asked, mga mata'y mapupusok na parang nanunusok at umuusok. Natigilan ako. Kumurap ako ng tatlong beses. "Stiletto h

    Huling Na-update : 2022-03-21

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 29: FIRST WORD

    One word is for everyone! Everyone in each district thought this is just an ordinary spelling bee competition that is usually done on top but this is a competition of a lifetime in which life will be the price and the prize. We need to spell... and kill! As our hearts beat fast, a countdown started to take over. 60 Seconds, at nagtinginan kami sa isa't- isa. I want to go out of the disk but it will just open after the countdown. We started to shout like we have different ideas on what to do, nagpanick kami at alam kong tumatawa ngayong si Ambassador Hugo Cassidy. As soon as the countdown stops, Mikey's voice engulfs the vast Word Arena. "The word of the day is WELTANSCHAUUNG, It is a German word that literally means "world view"; it combines Welt ("world") with Anschauung ("view"), which ultimately derives from the Middle High German verb schouwen "to look at" or "to see". It can be various belief systems, religions, ideologies, and science. Example s

    Huling Na-update : 2022-03-22

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 30: SECOND WORD

    It was not an ordinary day. I miss looking outside our window. I miss that simple day when I just sit at the corner—off the coast of the sprawling metropolis known as Mahar. As I open my eyes, I see a light above. It gleams under the harsh lighting and for a moment, the jagged scars of the hole looks like a halo. It's like the time I fell down the well. But I'm glad I see no Manjies looking at me. I won't be a captor anymore. Not even in my wildest dream. "The word is Cywydd. Probably, first used in the 14th century. It's a form of meter in Welsh poetry consisting of rhyming couplets, each line having seven syllables," dinig namin ang boses ni Token na natutulog sa gilid at nakita kong nakapikit pa ito. Halatang masarap pa ang tulog nito at parang nananaginip siya. I wonder if paano siya pinipressure ng papa niya kasi kahit sa pagtulog ay malalim na bokabolaryo pa rin ang bukambibig. Pero hindi, naalala kong nagising ako kanina kasi narini

    Huling Na-update : 2022-03-23

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  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   EPILOGUE

    We eradicated the chaos. Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization. Ang bulalakaw na pumukaw sa natutulog na paraiso ang dahilan ng pagkabuklod-buklod. Bawat letra ay katumbas ng bawat tao, sa bawat distrito, na may kani-kaniyang pamumuhay. Our world is arranged in Alphabetical order—as well our life. Natutunan kong 'di lahat ng sinasabing maayos ay nakaayos. I am not a word but I have my origin, my definition, my purpose, my own example. Regardless of how short and long—how easy and difficult, how complicated. Young people have this almost romantic attachment to civil rights, liberties, emancipating people from oppression, from being controlled. The idea that such oppression exists in this nation offends me, but it's able to be pushed and sold because education in this nation is so woefully incompetent and inept—but it's not too late. This is who we are and

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 38: HOPE

    Scientist Mr. David Abalos has been assigned the position of Acting Ambassador, La Maharlika Projects—for telling the truth. Military Presence will be increased until the Rebellion can be put down and the game is complete. We will not be stopped short of our unification Goal. The bidders still want to bid. Billions of words to pick, no matter how long and short they are. Mahar is still a paradise for all. Scientist Mr. Connor Everdeen has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to death by order of the house of the lords, origin office—for a no permit experimentiation of a tribute named Synecdoche Rochet, from District G. Disqualification is amended. Current Ambassador Hugo Cassidy will execute the sentence at his discretion. May silence bring him peace. Naririnig ko pa rin si Mikey sa speaker. As soon as the day engulfs by darkness, I saw the flying ship again, silver and gold. So closed to the ground. Not even before. The ship cover

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 37: EIGHTH WORD

    Only energy in its purest form. Heat and power and connection. In a world where letters are the indicators—of our death. Sa buong buhay ko, I've been afraid it would overwhelm me. That the feelings are too big, the people too many, the pain too great. I spent every minute of every hour of every day understanding the definitions of everything from having to feel all the life there that is around me. I always taught myself that I am not alone. Because even the words have synonyms. Even the words have creators. May ibat-ibang lengguwahe. The words can be deceiving. May kani-kaniyang pinagmulan. Kagaya nila, namin, nating lahat. It's the freedom. We lost our vocabulary, our knowledge. What we have lost, we have lost together. To say that the government deliberately adopted the Machiavellian policy of mastering the revolution by setting race against race, shatters those who shattered, reaped on the 2nd Maharlika Spelling Twistbee—would be to pay too high a compliment to i

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 36: SEVENTH WORD

    Tirik na ang araw nang gumising ako. Akala ko papatayin nila ako kasi pagkabangon ko ay bigla na lang nila akong hinampas sa ulo ng itlog. Nabiyak ang itlog at namantsahan ako sa laman nito at ang hinihigaan kong grass. "Happy Birthday, Synecdoche!" Sabay na sabi nila. I did not expect this. I was so shocked. I looked Vani, nagtutukan lang kami at bigla na lang siyang tumawa. "I don't need to explain. I just told them. It's your special day." "Why throw me eggs?" Tiningnan nila si Yong. "It's a tradition in the Youth Industry. We, youths throw eggs. Buti nga walang flour dito sa Arena. Bagay siya pagkatapos batuhin ng itlog para dumikit. And here's a blood," Lumapit siya sa akin. He marked something on my forehead, "We mark cross on the celebrant's forehead using the chicken's blood." I smiled. Ganoon pala 'yun? "Earlier this morning, ginising kami ni Vani and he told us that it's your birthday. Went to a farm to catch th

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 35: SYNECDOCHE

    "So you were twins," Tanong ni Pen kay Yong at Vani. Nakapalibot kami lahat sa isang apoy na lumalagablab. Gabi na at panahon na para magpahinga ngunit napagdesisyunan naming mag-usap muna. At kung mayroong killers dito sa grupo namin ay hindi kami magpapatayan. "What do you think?" Yong asked back. Nagluluto siya ng isang hippo. Tumango na lamang si Pen kasi halata naman sa mukha nila. Mariin naman siyang humiga at tumingin sa kalangitan. Pinaghalo ng hanging malamig at init ng apoy ang aming paligid. We can hear the crickets, pati ang uwang ng mga lobo, we can hear the cascading waterfall nearby. Napalilibutan kami ng kadiliman ngunit kapag tumingin sa taas ay makikita ang mga bituing nagniningning ngunit mapula ang buong kalangitan na para bang nagbabadya. I smiled when I heard people singing blocks away. I am glad they're alive. Those jinglers who love music. Always joyful. Nang biglang umiyak ang dalawang sanggol ay bigla na lang

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 34: SIXTH WORD

    Wala si Yana. The next days we burried Yana. Malapit sa iba't-ibang mga bulaklak na pinagtulungan naming i-arrange bilang mga palamuti. Yong was in somber. He's crying in front of Yana who is wearing a white dress that I made it. I got a thread and a needle. I knitted it, just like Aling Khaty did. Got them from the boxes. I heard Sam again—transferring from one boxes to another. I know all Mahar is watching us. Because they know I need clothes for her. But they gave thread and needle instead. They still need me to be challenged. Afterall, it's a goddamn game for them—picking their bets. Madaling araw pa lang kanina ay maaga na akong nagising at nag-ikot. Kumuha ako ng mga boxes sa pag-aakalang mayroon kaming makukuha. At hindi ako nabigo. I got 10 boxes. I have spelled the words. Those one of the most difficult words. I almost missed it but as I closed my eyes, jumbled letters began to flow like pixie dusts forming a word. It's like a magic but It's not

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 33: FIFTH WORD

    After the third word, we haven't killed by the other tributes. Although, pinalibutan nila kami sa disyerto, hindi pa rin nila kami nadakip at napatay kasi nagtulong-tulong kami. Keithwarth has swords. I don't know where did he get those. Pero wala kaming napatay, kasi spells kami nung huling araw. Nasugatan lang sila. I think there is no rule na bawal sugatan ng mga spells ang mga killers. It's a form of self defense. We're just seven, they're more than a hundred. What would they expect us to do? Nothing? "I'm f*cking sorry, Yana. You ain't know how many propitiatory sacrifices I've done just to find you! 'Yung tatlong kasama natin tigok na. And I'm thinking about you and your... damn baby!" Nakaluhod ang isa nitong paa habang kinakausap si Yana. "Here," may iniabot si Yong kay Yana, "Naiwan mo," sabi nito sabay tingin sa gilid. "Bakit na sa iyo ito? Buti nahanap mo. Akala ko..." "Alam kong malapit ka nang manganak. I should effin blame the

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 32: FOURTH WORD

    Kinabukasan, muli kaming nagtipon. "I'm glad you came back here, Synecdoche at kasama mo si Yong," Sabi ni Yana habang nakahiga siya sa isang katre na kahoy nangawa naming lima. Ginawan namin siya ng mahihigaan dahil hindi namin alam kung kailan siya manganganak. "Yana, ilang ulit ba naming sasabihin sa iyo na hindi Yong ang pangalan niya. Siya si Vani. GiovanninRoan Cornetto, Taga district G, laki sa putikan, anak ng magsasaka," hinawi ko ang buhok niya, "ilang beses na naming pinatingin sa iyo ang tattoo niya sa braso," pagtatapos ko. Nung dumating kami nung isang araw kahit na sumasakit ang tiyan niya ay pilit niyang niyakap si Vani na siyang ipinigtaka namin. Akala namin may relasyon silang dalawa. Buti naman wala. Sabi ni Vani. Alam kong totoo ang sinabi ni Vani. Hindi dapat maging totoo ang nasa isip ko. I trust him. I have learned to trust him. After all that happens... since the beginning. Since the day the bee started to spell words.

  • Spell And Kill (Taglish)   CHAPTER 31: THIRD WORD

    Another three days have come. Parang hinahanap-hanap na ng tenga ko ang boses ni Mikey. Gising ang mga senses ko. I don't want to miss any word. Kung ang lahat ng ito ay pawang mga laro lamang at nasa mga kamay ng bidders ang buhay namik, ay dapat makalusot kamo rito. Hindi pwedeng hindi. Hindi na kami nagkita-kita ng mga kasama ko simula kahapon. Hindi ko gustong lamunin ako ng takot lalong-lalo nang may kasama akong buntis. "Dito ka lang, Yana," sabi ko sa kaniya nang makarating kami sa isang liblib na lugar kung saan pinalilibutan kami ng dalawang tapampas. "Saan ka pupunta? Huwag mo akong iwan dito." "Look. Mikey haven't pronounce any word yet. I'll go to Patag again. I will get some bag supplies for us. I know you are safe here. Babalikan kita rito. Hahanapin ko ang ang mga kasama ko at mga kasama mo," paliwanag ko sa kaniya at bakas sa mukha ang pag-aalala niya. "Sama na lang ako, Synec, natatakot ako."s? She was paralyze

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