carnival - six flags - amusement park - taiwan - museum gallery - large ancient pottery displays - hallway of doors - enters through ivory door - foggy garden - new polished wooden docks - green water surrounds - enters nakashima - steps back - fears water - enters miyake in water - questions fear - nakashima’s eyes widen - body stiffens - water behind miyake starts to boil - nakashima tenses - steps back - falls into water - same moment - enters giant squidlike octopus - tentacle wraps around miyake and nakashima on either side of wooden planks - miyake pulls out machete - slashes through tentacle - voice whispers thoughts - keep tentacle above body - poison does not flow out as quickly - octopus dashes through a clear ocean - miyake holds breath - swims after - light colored sand gathers at bottom of ocean - miyake walks on sand - bubbles release from nostrils - enters swarm of red butterfly mothlike creatures - miyake peers through - walks through - finds hidden octopus - pulls apart tentacle wrapped around nakashima - releases her - swims ashore - father and daughter are reunited.
© estalement 2007
