The
Choice
I was in a small room, with a round mahogany table in the center. There were five chairs, four of which were occupied. The idea vendor was sitting on one of them, his familiar book placed in front of him. He was wearing a grey wig with curls and a small paper was hanging on his robe. It read "Rationality". To his left was N. A similar card was pinned to her garment, on which it was noted "Interest". Opposite her was the pale man from the costume store, identified as "The Unconscious". His eyes were closed. Finally, to his right sat R, associated with "The Passion".
The idea seller spoke up.
Idea seller - “We are here to discuss the case of the individual, quote, "M,"” he said, reaching for the empty chair that had "M" roughly written on it.
Everyone stared at the chair.
-”I'm not sure I'm here," said The Unconscious.
Rationality ignored him and continued:
-”So it's a matter of deciding whether or not it's right to pursue an individual... with such a mysterious perfume.”
N - “But no! We said that we would discuss the benefit that we could draw from pursuing the individual in question!”
R -”Yes, be more attentive! Besides, do we know his perfume?”
Costume seller - “"M" for mysterious.”
Idea seller -”Yes, yes, it's okay. So the question is whether or not to pursue "M".”
N - “That's a bad question. It's more a question of why we should find him”.
R- “Why "he"? It could be a woman! Just imagine a young beauty in distress and desperate to...”
Everyone stared at the chair.
-”I'm not sure I'm here," said The Unconscious.
Rationality ignored him and continued:
-”So it's a matter of deciding whether or not it's right to pursue an individual... with such a mysterious perfume.”
N - “But no! We said that we would discuss the benefit that we could draw from pursuing the individual in question!”
R -”Yes, be more attentive! Besides, do we know his perfume?”
Costume seller - “"M" for mysterious.”
Idea seller -”Yes, yes, it's okay. So the question is whether or not to pursue "M".”
N - “That's a bad question. It's more a question of why we should find him”.
R- “Why "he"? It could be a woman! Just imagine a young beauty in distress and desperate to...”
Idea vendor: “Why young? She could be old and crusty.“
N - “Anyway! What are the risks and rewards?“
Costume seller -”No risks. To the idea vendor, pointing to his wrist: You've got a stain there.“
Idea vendor: -”What? Ah there. It's an ink stain, I think. Let me get it out. He takes out a wet cloth and gets ready to rub the stain.“
Idea vendor, turning to me: -”You don't have to caption everything either!“
N -”I wouldn't advise you to put this on your skin, it might turn yellow otherwise.“
Idea vendor : - “What ?!”
R - “Oh, just leave that stain alone! It's the most spontaneous form of expression for an artist! Dare to express yourself! Leave the stain alone and show the world that you don't care about conventions!”
N- “Still, it doesn't look very neat for Rationality.“
Idea vendor: - “Oh but I'm fed up! he shouted while throwing his wig. You know very well that I didn't want to play this role! The one I wanted was the Passion...“
Costume seller: -”But R is the Passion fruit... He laughs discreetly and starts to eat the exotic fruit.”
Suddenly everyone is devouring a passion fruit. But where do they come from?