SmilesAF
07-17-2004, 09:29 AM
This is a "short" story i wrote, If you decide to read it, read all of it, or it won't make any sense.
A light circles the camp. It circles again and again denying anyone the satisfaction of undisturbed sleep. It shines through the meticulously placed window as to catch every breath of light that might want to disrupt the insiders.
The light itself is led by Peetr. He has to stand in the damned light tower from 22 at night until 4 in the morning. He has to stand there, turning the light around and around. With some luck he might one day be promoted to senior light shifter. However, so far he can only call him self, Peetr the Centre Tower Light Shifter. That’s not a very attractive title to offer a future wife, and so Peetr continues to stand from 22 to 4, turning the light, disturbing the insiders.
The particular girl Peetr would like to impress goes by the name of Veera. She works in the commanders’ office. Her job is to clear the breakfast table. What she really wants to do is to sit in the office, typing the important work documents, and recording the insiders’ actions. But she can’t do that, because it’s a man’s job. She fancies the handsome sergeant, who in turn doesn’t even look at her. In return she picks on that little Peetr who is ever so persistent in his courteous attempts of impressing her. Calling him lazy and unworthy of her. So poor Peetr is determined to do his job well, even if it means he must stand upright for 6 hours in blistering cold. And because he does his work so well, the insiders can never rest they’re tired eyes, or continue their lives in the solitude to which they have been condemned.
The sergeant which never even looks at Veera has a hard task. It is his job to ensure that the insiders have as miserable a time as possible. His job to ensure that they’re mental health never reaches a state capable of calculating an escape. Right now he is walking to the commanders’ office, in which he will find only Veera, contemptuously cleaning the table, while trying to carry the breakfast plate. The commander will not be there, for he is otherwise engaged. This is perhaps a good thing, for he will not like the news he is about to be given by the handsome sergeant. Two insiders did not survive the night.
The commander is visiting the doctor. Doctor Reinov is at best what you might call a mediocre dentist, but yet, it is to him that everyone must go for assistance, in matter ranging from burning fever, to complicated surgery. The commander has pains in his chest, Doctor Reinov analyses the problem to the conclusion that his blood pressure is to low, and that not enough blood is reaching his heart. Not to worry, he feeds him some pills that most certainly will put up the pressure. Jokingly he adds, “Perhaps you should go shout at somebody?”. The commander would probably have killed the doctor on the spot had he known that in 13 minutes he would drop dead of a heart attack, caused by massive coronary heart disease. However, he trusts the doctor who has been assigned by the government, and therefore must be qualified.
The doctor cleans his tools, he knows he should not be here, he knows he is not qualified, and he knows that there is something very wrong with the commander. However he cannot tell him so because he is silenced by the government. They have his wife in their custody, they have commanded him to do their biding, or she dies.
Five minutes after the commander has left the office he meets Veera, who is bent forward cleaning the floor, he feels his blood pump faster. When he reaches the office, 3 minutes later, the sergeant informs him of the deaths. For two minutes he contemplates the situation, and then starts shouting at the poor sergeant who knows, he will have to punish somebody other than himself so that he can regain his dignity. 1 minute later the sergeant goes to the telephone to inform the government that there have been three casualties in the camp that night.
Veera is fuming, the sergeant not only noticed her but also proceeded to complain about her slow working progress, and having met her in the corridor for the second time that morning, he fired her, for no reason other than his own bad mood. Peetr sees her and flings his usual comment. She glares at him and shouts at him to mind his own ****ing business. Peetr is heart broken. That night the insiders get no sleep at all. As the light circles and circles…
I know it's a bit long.....
A light circles the camp. It circles again and again denying anyone the satisfaction of undisturbed sleep. It shines through the meticulously placed window as to catch every breath of light that might want to disrupt the insiders.
The light itself is led by Peetr. He has to stand in the damned light tower from 22 at night until 4 in the morning. He has to stand there, turning the light around and around. With some luck he might one day be promoted to senior light shifter. However, so far he can only call him self, Peetr the Centre Tower Light Shifter. That’s not a very attractive title to offer a future wife, and so Peetr continues to stand from 22 to 4, turning the light, disturbing the insiders.
The particular girl Peetr would like to impress goes by the name of Veera. She works in the commanders’ office. Her job is to clear the breakfast table. What she really wants to do is to sit in the office, typing the important work documents, and recording the insiders’ actions. But she can’t do that, because it’s a man’s job. She fancies the handsome sergeant, who in turn doesn’t even look at her. In return she picks on that little Peetr who is ever so persistent in his courteous attempts of impressing her. Calling him lazy and unworthy of her. So poor Peetr is determined to do his job well, even if it means he must stand upright for 6 hours in blistering cold. And because he does his work so well, the insiders can never rest they’re tired eyes, or continue their lives in the solitude to which they have been condemned.
The sergeant which never even looks at Veera has a hard task. It is his job to ensure that the insiders have as miserable a time as possible. His job to ensure that they’re mental health never reaches a state capable of calculating an escape. Right now he is walking to the commanders’ office, in which he will find only Veera, contemptuously cleaning the table, while trying to carry the breakfast plate. The commander will not be there, for he is otherwise engaged. This is perhaps a good thing, for he will not like the news he is about to be given by the handsome sergeant. Two insiders did not survive the night.
The commander is visiting the doctor. Doctor Reinov is at best what you might call a mediocre dentist, but yet, it is to him that everyone must go for assistance, in matter ranging from burning fever, to complicated surgery. The commander has pains in his chest, Doctor Reinov analyses the problem to the conclusion that his blood pressure is to low, and that not enough blood is reaching his heart. Not to worry, he feeds him some pills that most certainly will put up the pressure. Jokingly he adds, “Perhaps you should go shout at somebody?”. The commander would probably have killed the doctor on the spot had he known that in 13 minutes he would drop dead of a heart attack, caused by massive coronary heart disease. However, he trusts the doctor who has been assigned by the government, and therefore must be qualified.
The doctor cleans his tools, he knows he should not be here, he knows he is not qualified, and he knows that there is something very wrong with the commander. However he cannot tell him so because he is silenced by the government. They have his wife in their custody, they have commanded him to do their biding, or she dies.
Five minutes after the commander has left the office he meets Veera, who is bent forward cleaning the floor, he feels his blood pump faster. When he reaches the office, 3 minutes later, the sergeant informs him of the deaths. For two minutes he contemplates the situation, and then starts shouting at the poor sergeant who knows, he will have to punish somebody other than himself so that he can regain his dignity. 1 minute later the sergeant goes to the telephone to inform the government that there have been three casualties in the camp that night.
Veera is fuming, the sergeant not only noticed her but also proceeded to complain about her slow working progress, and having met her in the corridor for the second time that morning, he fired her, for no reason other than his own bad mood. Peetr sees her and flings his usual comment. She glares at him and shouts at him to mind his own ****ing business. Peetr is heart broken. That night the insiders get no sleep at all. As the light circles and circles…
I know it's a bit long.....