Thesocratespot: Thesocratespot: The Art of Story telling - Part 7 - Genghiz Khan and Borges II_ The Hamlet of the Dark Horses

Phantom froze . 

he immediately activated his de javu sense and somehow felt a sense of familiarity , he knew and it slowly dawned on him that he had seen this hamlet in his hypnotised state, it was known as the hanlet of the Dark horses, his recollection of the hamlet of the dark horses came from a distant memory that he had somehow managed to 'park' in a remote part of his memory while battling the hypnotic manipulations of Mandrake  during one of those crazy sessions when Mandrake had him under his control - he would say " Now ! Phantom ! Now ! You're at the entrance of the great labyrinth, the labyrinth of the Dark Horse ! hahahaha.. 

Phantom hated that laugh but often had to bear with it , it was such an archaic way of laughing but then this magician in front of him was himself a relic of the past who had somehow beaten certan timelines and milestones and managed to jump past the holy touchstone and stay awake past the apocalypse - one of the very, very few ( he sometimes did acknowledge that Mandrake was after all an incredible survivor and one had to say man ' gotta give it to him' !! ) . 

Just when he was almost pulled deeper and deeper into his dejavu sense, came a jolt - this time from his pony Maradona ( she really looked like that pop star .. like that 'like a virgin' singer ), She was about to neigh again but he held onto her nose tight and whispered 'No' and she immediately sensed something was amiss - that was when Phantom and the pony realised they were being pushed by the dark horses onto an elevator that went up the stairway to heaven and Phantom realised he had to do whatever possible to get away ( even if it meant that he had to sacrifice Maradona ! ) no matter what, he had to jump away bcoz his dejavu sense alerted him, the stairway to heaven did not lead to any heaven , it was in fact a STAIRWAY to HELL !! 

Dante be damned ! The ultra psychedelic Purgatory was the first milestone to pass and no one ever came back sane from that place !! 

As Phantom frantically tried to look for a way out, the dark horses increased their intensity, pulled and accelarated the elevator they were harnessed to, harder and faster - that's when Phantom saw another shadow emerge, it was none other than ... that's when he lost his vision .... the last he knew was sounds of Georgio Moroder and Vincent Price practicing with Michael Jackson ... that's when he knew he had reached the PURGATORY !!! 

Or Was he ? Where the Hell was he from ? And Where was he going ? 

Again the laugh ... Gosh !    

     

Thesocratespot: Thesocratespot: The Art of Story telling - Part 7 - Genghiz Khan and Borges

Phantom was wearing designer hoofs for his shoes even if he was racing a Mongolian pony, She looked pretty agile and strong for a pony but somehow was giving out the expression that she wasn't really enjoying her masters company; but then the slave that she knew she was the poor pony was more or less forced to show enthusiasm and energy lest her master abandon her in the middle of nowhere ( he did feed her well, in fact very well ) .  

Phantom was chasing Mandrake, who was ahead. They were both contestants in a Wild Goose Chase contest that required to race across Mongolia and the reward ? 

Mastery over the other - if Phantom won then Mandrake would submit but if Phantom lost then Mandrake of course would be the Lord - so it was all or nothing kind of race. 

So today this chapter is responsible to report only about the Phantom's journey. Phantom like all Phantoms was a nocturnal creature, come the moon then they would suddenly loose all focus and change direction from their determined objective and wander into those night time labyrinths, vague geographic ruled by those very, very dark horses - horses with horns ! 

Phantoms pony suddenly came to a screeching halt and as was commanded she let out her usual neigh to wake up the dark horses - who were by then digging deep into their own nocturnal dreams - Phantom scanned the scene in front, it was a dark night and he was in the middle of a small hamlet that had several cross roads winding up, down and across and beyond, nothing made sense until he noticed that the hamlet also had a stairway to heaven !! 

Hahaha ... Stairway to heaven ? Can you believe that ??? hahaha Stairway to Heaven damn it !!! hahahaha...