Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Lost Rock Band

The tropical sun beats down on our bare skin, the tatters of clothing barely cling to our bodies and leave little to the imagination. I can feel my skin getting burned, I won't last long on this unforgiving island. If the sun doesn't cook us alive the minotaur will make quick work of the five of us. Luckily night approaches as we make our way inland, one of the girls twists her ankle on the rocky terrain. The beautiful red sandstone crumbles often under our weight, even more so now that we're carrying Amy. The stars start to show when we find a sunken circular pit. The steep sides are unnavigable but the pit is full of many large boulders that provide access. In the middle of the pit, all the Rock Band instruments are set up on a especially large and flat boulder. There is no TV, or video game counsel, and all the wires from the instruments lead into the boulder. We have to leave Amy at the cliffs edge to explore the pit, she helps guild us toward the center. We reach the middle as the sun disappears, and only twilight remains. Our other female companion takes lead vocals, I play lead guitar and the other two guys play drum and bass. I feel out of place, being the only overweight person in an otherwise fit, and attractive band. We proceed to play three or four epic rock songs that I've never heard. If I were a musician I feel like I could have captured these songs and then shared them with the world, but alas they are lost in my dream state. As we finish the last song the rock we've been playing on begins glowing and starts shaking. We frantically scramble out of the pit with Amy screaming directions at us from the pit's edge. The rocks shift, rearrange, disappear under the earth, new rocks are forced up, and the minotaur is on his way. We can hear him crashing through the tropical forest just east of us. We dash south, back to the beaches, Steve carrying Amy. Even though the island has shifted we have to find the pit again, avoid the minotaur, and play the Rock Band instruments, otherwise the island will be destroyed.
It's warm, the stars dominate the sky, the ocean is just loud enough to say hello, we sleep on red rocks.

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