Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
Hosted by Denise, constrained by a sentence limit (high and low) of six, there are worse ways to spend the remaining time you have on earth.
Prompt word:
CHECK
“That was it?”
The Sophomore looked at Rosetta as they crossed Fifth Ave, curiosity with a hint of relief in his voice.
“What, you were expecting, I suppose, walnut paneling, Rosé bottles with candles and dark-blue pinstripes with white ties,” Rosetta grabbed his left arm and pulled him to a stop in the middle of Fifth Ave, “Now you’re gonna say something about how, in the ’60s and ’70s the Mafia actually was like that and somehow that supports your story of being an inadvertent time-traveler, is that your deal?”
The Sophomore, formerly known as Ethan van Decken, looked surprised as the pedestrian crossing signal, currently one-half of: a noon-day-busy street-in-Manhattan-away, turned from green to red; the sound of cars, (and taxis and buses), began warming up to their chorus in timeless urban opera, “Get the Fuck Out of the Street’.
His companion oblivious to the danger, the Sophmore thought better of grabbing her arm and pulling her out of danger, “Well, if you must know, that had crossed my mind,” he glanced at his left to check on the distance remaining to the relative safety of the sidewalk and Central Park beyond, “but no, I won’t try to convince you of my peculiar reality.”
As Rosetta turned and walked towards the crowded sidewalk, a sidewalk preacher, catching view of the couple, had an epiphany and decided to focus his ministry on Exodus Chapter 14 10-31.
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I like the comparison of crossing Fifth Avenue with the Exodus when the waters were parted and then suddenly not parted.
ain’t the writing thing fun?
Excellent scene. I enjoy Rosetta being so nonchalant about the Sophomore’s claim to being a time traveler; in spite of that their relationship continues to evolve.
But then, Rosetta, is at the center of her universe, so as long as it doesn’t interfere with what she wants, it’s all good.
yeah she funny like that
All very clear, I feel. I particularly like the bit about Ethan’s ‘peculiar reality’. And all I can say is… that’s just like me!
And oh, love that song!
seeing how I can never get enough of talking about writing, an you don’t seem to mind, here’s an ‘interesting’ insight:
the song ‘Killer Queen’ has very strong chrono-emotional ties to my days in college… and so, when I started writing this installment of the ‘Rosetta and the Sophomore’ storyline (of the current ‘Tales of the Six Sentence Café & Bistro’) I thought. “everyone likes Rosetta, what can I do to connect with the Sophomore (aka Ethan van Decken)?
Now don’t tell anyone, but most of the time I write effectively is as a result of deliberate emotional mining* and seeing how Ethan was in college the same years I was, what better way to connect than to listen to the music of the day… in this case, Queen.
*being a clark has pluses and minuses when trying to write fiction… won’t bore you with ‘pluses’ but the minuses include a lack of emotion…so, the time travel
I trust that makes sense (hopefully, not too much sense lol)
Well that seems pretty good (a little back story is always useful) – so now… next episode…just waiting.
No, not too much sense, just enough. And plenty of nonsense, too. How many impossible things can you believe before breakfast?
Here’s a fun piece of trivia I once heard. When Cecil B. DeMille was making his first Ten Commandments movie (the more famous one we all know was the second), he asked permission to flood Hollywood Boulevard in order to get the scene right. He was denied permission but did it anyway, 3 times, and had to bail his camera crew out of jail 3 times, too.
this is very true
the like old saying reminds us, “Make believe is the first draft of reality”
three times?! damn! that boy determined
Excellent. You had me rushing on Google for that particular snippet, and although I’ve only been in Manhattan once (and had a hot dog with everything on it) the comparison to dying in a wildness is pretty darned f’ing accurate.
thank you (thank Gutenberg for the Bible) so I could do a reference in the Six*
*watch out Frank the Doctrine’s got a soft-spot for Chapter Verse citationing, yo!
lol
..not to worry, ‘ceptin for Sr. Aclima ain’t nobody should be lookin’ over they shoulder