Chapter 2...The chick is totally obsessed...
So, there's this chick, see, not old, not young either...she's living secluded, I mean REALLY secluded, under this mountain, in this little rundown-type house. She's had a tough life, with all that seclusion and everything, and the old guy she was livin' with keeled over dead a while back. So now, she's started getting bored all by herself and starts foolin' around with the old guy's books and she knows she shouldn't 'cause they're full of all kinds of weird magic stuff and she's pretty afraid of 'em. But she does it anyway. What the hell? She's BORED!
So little by little, she starts reading, and comprehending too, ya know what I mean? Like she really starts to SEE how it all works and that makes it EXCITING! Yeah, I know what you're thinkin'. Some fairy tale where this chick makes everything hunky-dorey with some love spell and she like becomes this wizard and all the good-looking rich men in the country start racing around to claim her for their own. No such luck...This is what really happens, ok? Yeah, you know I know the REAL story....would I lie to you? Sit back pal and watch it unfold....
So, there she is. Actually she's more involved in how the magic works than in what it can get her. She's getting pretty good at it by now. She's not even afraid anymore and, well, you know how it is when you finally GET something and how intoxicating it can be for a while. Hey, I've had some friends who never get over it, yeah...right...the married ones. Heh, heh... Where was I? Oh yeah, well this chick is really getting into it heavy and there's nobody else around to take up her time or anything, so she's spending hours doing this stuff.
So, how should I describe what it's like? Hmmm...if you were an artist or somethin' I could tell you it's like drawing a picture, but since you're just a regular Joe, I'll think of something else...maybe it's like reading a book that you really get off on and you can't hardly put it down at night 'cause you want to find out what happens next, or a movie that ends and you felt like you knew all the people in it, even though you know they're just actors, and you still want more...I think it's that MORE feeling...yeah, well, that's what I'm trying to tell you. Doing the magic is like some fantasy book that's being written while you watch and everyday you want MORE...and there's all these characters that like come off the page and notice you...yeah, other people! Really...
Didn't I say that before? I didn't mention them? OK, so this magic turns out to be not such a private thing. Maybe that's why she's so into it. There's all these other, well, people...not really touchable or anything, you know, not physical, but just there. Coming through the magic...and they've got their own magic stuff too and so they tell her all kinds of stuff about where they're at and what they're doing and sometimes what they'd like to do...you know, fantasy stuff, dreams, yeah, some of them even make passes at her and of course that kind of thrills her to death since she's so lonely and everything. No, I can't say exactly what was said...I only know the gist of the thing, not really the inside stuff...
So, let's see...one day, she's really into it as usual, and she's listening to all these other people and this one guy really stands out in the crowd...I don't even know if she knows it's a guy or not, well, she probably assumes it just the way he talks and directs his attention to her...you know how that goes...so she starts talking to him, like only him, and they sort of rise above the crowd and the others dwindle down to whispers and she gets even more involved and addicted to all this stuff.
I mean, here's this lonely chick who's been alone for a LONG time, except for the old guy way back when, and now there's somebody interested in HER and wanting HER attention and somehow it starts turning into this weird kind of LOVE! Yeah, her emotions get so out of whack and she thinks she knows him and she doesn't feel weird about it or anything. And he keeps telling her all this romantic kind of stuff and she hardly even bats an eye. She's filling up with this guy, drinkin' it all in, and thinking about him all the time...even when he's not at the other end...really out there, if you know what I mean...
Yeah, right, so you and me are thinkin', hey, don't fall for it girlee! We've got the old life memories to fall back on...but her, well, she just trusts her feelings and believes everything he tells her...she ain't no fool, but she's not thinkin' straight either. She can't even touch this guy! So it's probably all pretty frustratin' too, well, I would think anyway...and how does she know he'll be like this in real life? I mean, if the time ever came that they could actually find each other that is...it's a big planet...
OK, so I've gotta take care of some business now, but I'll tell ya the rest the next time we get together...don't go takin' any plug nickels now...