Cacophonous Melody Episode 8
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Bruce tried to convince Tracyβs father to allow him go to the shrine, but the old man was adamant about letting him go an inch close to the shrine for fear of what could happen to him.
βBruce my son, I know how youβre feeling and what is going on in your head, but you see, thereβs nothing we can do about the things that concern the spirits and their choices.
βI was once like you. Madly in love with Stephanie, Tracyβs mother, but not allowed to make her my wife until she had performed the cleansing ritual that is peculiar to her maternal lineage.
“Her father got another wife after it became obvious that she was going to be an only child, but even though those other children born by her step mother, didn’t have to undergo this ritual, I still had a fierce competition with a lot of other eligible men, to be able to finally marry her.
βIt gave me the chills when I thought of the fact that my extremely beautiful and attractive fiancΓ©, was going to spend three market days, alone with a chief priest.
βSeveral kinds of silly thoughts crossed my mind and I was nearly going crΓ£zy, but finally, she returned, and contrary to my imaginations, everything turned out just fine.
βRelax Bruce, everything will be just fine when she returns, and now that you have paid her bride price, you will be leaving here with her, with no worries againβ chief Scot consoled Bruce.
Bruce could see that there was nothing he was going to do or say to make the man do what he wanted, so he had to resort to another plan.
βI will need to step out papa. The nervousness will give me a heart attΓ ck if I donβt stroll around town.
βI just hope sheβll be back before I returnβ he said to the old man.
βErm Bruce, sheβs not coming back today. She is expected tomorrow, so you will need to take it easy on yourselfβ Chief Scot told Bruce, causing the young man to grind his teeth in annoyance.
βSo the girl I have been preserving, the one I have agreed to let remain chaste to the day I marry her, is supposed to be with some stΕ«pid chief priest, getting rummaged and smashed as many times as the despicable being wants?
βCursed be that dΓ mned pack of shΓ¬t if he touches my wife before I find him.
βIβll kick his Γ ss so bΓ£dly, his gods will desert him, when the go fleeing in fear and tremblingβ he muttered to himself.
βIβll return to the city then. I canβt stay here while I wait, so Iβll come back for her when the ritual is doneβ Bruce said and began to run out of the house.
βBruce, are you travelling to Porthacourt without your car? Please my son, donβt do this! I know what you’re planning to do, and I also know but won’t turn out well.β chief Scot tried to stop him, running after him, but Bruce was running mΓ d, standing there.
He made his way past tense gate and raced down the street.
All the people he asked for directions to the shrine felt he was mΓ d or under some sort of spiritual influence to imagine going to the shrine when the concluding gong had not been heard.
He was despΓͺrate, and refused to give up, hoping that heβd find someone whoβd help him with the information he needed, so he kept on moving, and asking.
Bruce stumbled into a man who obviously was as absentminded as he was, and didnβt see him coming.
βWhat is wrong with everyone now? Why wonβt you all allow Okiri rest?
βI try to go this way, ten men are standing there, I turn this way, and this elephant also has to block my path?β the man said, staggering as he spoke.
βIβm sorry sirβ Bruce said and made to walk past him, seeing how drunk he was, but a thought struck him.
βWait a minute sir, what do you say, I give you five thousand bucks for you to show me the way to Ozonge shrine?β Bruce asked the man.
βOzo what? Wait, do you think Iβm mΓ d? Does it look like I have a deΓ£th wish?
βOga, I know I called you an elephant before, but if you try to joke with this ant, I will show you why ant is added to elephant!
βHow dare you ask me to walk to the shrine where deΓ£th awaits anyone who makes an appearance before the gong is sounded!β the man screΓ med.
βItβs okay if you donβt want to help me, I can be on my way then. I was just thinking that youβd like to have a taste of the new wine I planned to drink as I walk to the shrineβ Bruce said, and turned to walk away, but the man grabbed his hand, just like he knew heβd do.
βBut, shouldnβt you have told me that you know that Iβm the only one that is brave enough to embark on that journey with you?
βDid you say the drink will accompany us to the shrine?β Okiri asked, staggering some more as he licked his lower lip in anticipation of the taste of the drink.
βYes sir. And if you wait for me here, Iβll rush down to the place I kept it, to pick it upβ Bruce told the man.
He ran as fast as his legs could carry him into the closest shopping mall, and got two bottles of whiskey.
Thoughts of what heβd do with the bottles of whiskey he had purchased, if he didnβt meet the man where he left him made him run really fast.
Luckily, Okiri wasnβt one to move an inch from a place he had hopes of getting a glass of drink, how much more a bottle to be shared between him and his new found friend.
βWhere would I be going to after all? Is it not where I can get a glass of wine that I was going to before you nearly hit me down?β he asked Bruce when he told him about how he thought he may have left.
Bruce smiled and handed him a bottle, promising to give him the second bottle when they get close to the shrine.
Okiri collected the bottle with so much joy, hugging it happily as he began to walk in quick staggering strides towards the shrine.
They continued to walk deep into the forest, and at some point, Bruce was beginning to blame himself for giving a lionβs job to a zebra.
βHow could I have expected this drunkard to be able to know the way to the shrine, when he didnβt know the way to his own house?β he complained in frustrΓ tion, his head aching badly as images of the imaginations of what the chief priest could be doing with his woman began to flash through his mind’s eyes.
βYou men from the city are very tricky. You wanted me to walk with you to this shrine, and you couldnβt come out plainly to tell me that you have been told that I am the only one brave enough to imagine it.
βYou had to lie about not knowing the way to the shrine, and even promised to make me have a second to bottle if I can show you the way.
βSee, even though Iβm a little tipsy, Iβm not drunk. I know that you know the shrine, and thatβs why you chose to wait till we got to the last turn before the shrine, to make the complains, just to ensure that you donβt gjve me the second bottleβ Okiri complained, looking really sad.
βAre you serious? Have we reached the shrine? How can I tell that youβre not just saying one of the shΓ¬ts youβve been saying since we embarked on this journey?β Bruce asked.
βListen! Bend your head like this, and tell me if you wonβt hear the great owl that watches over the shrine hooting!
βLook this way, and tell me if you donβt see the great tree in the middle of the shrineβ Okiri told Bruce.
Bruce listened and heard the sounds of the owl and some other frightening Γ nimals.
He could see that the tree the man talked about wasnβt far from where they stood.
Okiri was clearly afraid of the journey, and Bruce could tell that the only reason he was still hanging on was the extra bottle of drink he had in his possession, so he decided to let the man go.
He gave him his promised bottle of drink and asked him to turn back.
Okiri didnβt need to hear it twice. He grabbed the drink out of Bruceβs hands and began to run quickly in the opposite direction.
Bruce spared a few seconds to look at the man, making a mental note to find him later, then he was racing towards the big tree, hoping heβd not arrive a second late.
Meanwhile, after Ozonge told Tracy to make up her mind to enjoy the ride, she tried to engage him in small talks, hoping that sheβd figure a way to free herself from the situation while he talked.
βBut, if you have the powers to make me unable to move like this, shouldnβt you be able to make me forget about the one in my head, and be able to find you attractive enough to love what you want to do to me?β Tracy asked.
βOh, thatβs very easy. I could have done that, but after I cleanse you and implant a seed in you to carry on the cursΓ¨, Iβm not supposed to keep you by my side because weβre siblings.
βThe gods will be mΓ d at me for getting greedy because you are destined to be anotherβs wife, not mine.
βAnd once I have been able to make you pregnant, I will supernaturally have no desires for you whatsoever!
βThe only reason I keep having this erecti0n for you is because youβre yet to get pregnant with my seed.
βSo now that I have told you this, will you allow me the pleasure if making love to you, while you smile and hold me like you will hold a man you love?β he asked her.
βWait a minute. Did you say we are siblings? Who among my parents are you related to? Is my mother or father your biological parent?β Tracy asked, truly curious to know.
βYou ask too many questions! Well, the only reason I am not in a hurry is, chances are, after you have a perfect understanding of the situation, you will submit willingly to me, just like your mother, your motherβs mother, and the ones before, did with my father, his father, and the ones before.
“What’s more, I have the whole of today and tomorrow to make you pregnant. And the gods will be dΓ mned if they don’t let you have a female child implanted in you before the end of tomorrow.
“Plus, no one, not even you can stop me from having you. No mortal would dare approach this shrine, but even if someone tries to come this way, the owl at the entrance will serve him or her to the vultures
“I am going to tell you how we both ended up cΓ»rsed, and why our children and the ones after them will also have to be this way, because I know you’d learn and not be like your mother.
“You will teach your daughter to do the right thing, submit to my son promptly, and keep her from getting tΓ΄rmented by Uloma’s voice” the chief priest said, and sat beside the immobile Tracy, to tell her a really long tale.
TO Be Continued
