Andikaze ndidlale umdlalo okhetha ipinki. Iifrills kunye neeribhoni ayisiyonto yam ngaphandle kwelizwe lokwenyani, nokuba kunjalo, kodwa iya isiba nzulu kancinci kunoko. Njengabantu abaninzi, ndinayo i-knejjerk yokuyinqanda kwimidlalo ebhalwe ikhowudi njengamantombazana. Ngokwengqondo, ndiyazi ukuba akukho nto (akukho nto!) Engalunganga ngepinki, kodwa into engcwatyelwe kwingqondo yam yecilishe ihlala indixelela lo mdlalo uza kuncanca, uqhubeke . Kunyaka ophelileyo, ndifumene umbono omtsha, enkosi kudliwanondlebe endibe nalo URachel Weil we-FEMICOM . Ngokwesiqhelo sinalo mpendulo yamathumbu ukuba imidlalo enxibe izaphetha ayizukulunga kwaphela, utshilo. Kodwa kutheni?
Yayiyinto yokuvula amehlo kum, kwaye ndaye ndacinga ngayo xa ndizifumana ndinekopi ye- Phila ukumkanikazi Isicwangciso-esinzima sokulinganisa umdlalo nge Intombazana yomlingo ubuhle. Kwakungeyona isitayela sam, okanye uhlobo lwam olukhethiweyo, kodwa ndatshela ingqondo yam ye-lizard ukuba ivale, kwaye ndayifaka ngokufanelekileyo. Ndadlala, ndadlala, ndadlala. Ndisadlala. Ngaphantsi kweentliziyo kunye nokuqaqamba kulele iphazili entsonkothileyo, enye ekufuneka ndiyityhile ukuze ndoneliseke. Ndiye ndaxhamla.
Dibana neCrown Princess Elodie, eneminyaka elishumi elinesine ubudala kwaye ulungiselela ukuthatha itrone. Ukufa kabuhlungu kukamama wakhe kumbeke endleleni yokubekwa, kodwa ufumene unyaka phambi kokuba afike ebudaleni. Umdlali unomsebenzi omnye-mgcine ephila kude kube lelo xesha.
Ewe, uhlwempuzekile, kwaye elilolo uElodie uhlala kwilizwe eliyingozi lababulali kunye nemfazwe kwaye ebamba izikhulu kunye nabalimi abangonwabanga. Ubukumkani (ubuqu?) BaseNova bunalo mntwana. Wonke umntu ufuna U-Elodie wento ethile, kwaye abahlobo bokwenene banqabile. Ngethamsanqa, uElodie uzimele geqe apha. Kukuye (aka wena) ukuba athathe isigqibo sokuba uza kuba ngumlawuli onjani, kunye nokwakha izakhono zakhe ngokufanelekileyo. Kwaye noyise, ophethe isithsaba endaweni yakhe, uyayithobela imiyalelo yakhe. Ungukumkanikazi, emva kwayo yonke loo nto. Okanye uya kuba njalo, ukuba ungamgcina ekufeni kwasekuqaleni.
Kulula ukutsho kunokuba kwenziwe. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ndikhe ndabona uElodie ehlatyiwe, wafaka ityhefu, warhaxwa, waxhoma, waqhuma, kwaye wabhubha. Ukufa kwakhe okulusizi kukhunjulwa kwisitayile se-chibi, esenziwe ngentambo epinki. Kufana no-Edward Gorey owela ngepleyiti yesine petit.
Ukugcina u-Elodie kwisiphelo esingathandekiyo, umdlali kufuneka aphakamise uluhlu olubanzi lwezakhono, zonke ezifumana iibhonasi okanye zifumane isohlwayo ngokusekwe kwimeko yakhe. Ubungangamsha, ukudanisa, kunye neendlela zokuziphatha zenkundla zikwimenyu, ewe, kodwa kunjalo nakwimicimbi yamanye amazwe, ishishini, amayeza, iqhinga lezopolitiko, iimbaleki, iqhinga lomkhosi wamanzi, ubugcisa, umculo, ukucamngca kunye nomlingo (ukubala nje ezimbalwa). Njengoko ndandixinekile kwaye nditsala ngokukhetha kwam, ndaqonda ukuba uElodie, njengomntu odlalwayo, uyamangalisa. Umdlalo awuxabisi isakhono esinye esibekwe ngaphezulu kwesinye. Ukuba ufuna ukulwa ngamakrele, phola. Ukuba ufuna ukunxiba iilokhwe ezintle, phola. Ukuba ufuna ukufunda ezopolitiko, phola. Ukuba ufuna ukwenza zonke ezi zingentla , kuhle. Umdlalo uyakhawuleza ukuzimela kude nembono yenkcubeko yesiqhelo yenkosazana- ityisiwe, intle, ifuna umsindisi- kwaye endaweni yoko iyakukhumbuza ukuba uElodie uqeqeshelwa ukuba ukumkanikazi . Ngenxa yoko, uzakufuna ubukrelekrele. Nokuba yincwadi ekrelekrele okanye abantu abakrelekrele okanye abalwa ubukrelekrele kuxhomekeke kuwe. Zonke izakhono zixabisekile. Zonke izakhono zineziphene. Kwaye ekugqibeleni, ezo zakhono ziya kuthi (ngethemba) zimgcine ephila. Oyena mntu unokugcina u-Elodie buqu.
Ngoku nantso inkosazana efriji epinki endinokuyifumana ngasemva.
Ixesha lokuqala, ndenze impazamo yeklasikhi yokudlala ibali, hayi izakhono. UElodie wayenjalo ngoku ekuqaleni. Emva kokubona imarker yakhe iye yaya eLonely, ndaphosa izinto eziphazamisayo kuye. Ndimkhuthazile ukuba aziveze ngomculo nangobugcisa. Ndamfumanela ukhetshe lokuzingela. Ndizamile ukumthakazelisa ngembali yehlabathi kunye nomlingo wobugqi, ndamvumela ukuba asebenzise ukukhathazeka kwakhe ngokutola. Ndiyathemba ukuba ukumkhupha kuxinzelelo kunokwenza ukuba abe ngumlawuli othembekileyo, ozinikeleyo.
Usweleke kunye notolo emathunjini akhe.
Ndaya ukulinganisela ngexesha elizayo. Iziganeko eziphambili kubomi bukaElodie zihlala zimile ukusukela kwiveki ukuya evekini, ke ngoko kuya kuba lula ukucwangcisa kwangaphambili. Ndiphephe iingozi endaziyo ukuba ziyeza, kwaye ndagcina uluhlu lwengqondo lwabo bonke abantu endifuna ukuba bonwabe. U-Elodie uya kuba ngumlawuli ofanelekileyo, kodwa okrelekrele, eyazi indlela yokukholisa izidwangube kunye nokunyibilikisa abalimi. Wayehambahamba kumgangatho wokudanisa nakwibala lemfazwe, kwaye ubukumkani baseNova buya kuba sisiseko soxolo kunye nempumelelo.
Ukulandela imfazwe yamakhaya enegazi, indoda yasebukhosini yambulala nge-duel.
Kwakulixesha lokuba uzimisele. Ndikhuphe incwadi yam yokubhalela. Ndizichazile iziganeko endandiqhele ukungena kuzo. Ndabhala phantsi kuvavanyo lwezakhono endilusilelayo, ndaza ndaqaphela ukuba zaziphezulu kangakanani xa ndipasile. Ndaye ndacinga nzulu malunga nentetho katata kaElodie malunga nendlela wonke umntu awayezibuza ukuba uza kuba ngukumkanikazi onjani. Ndijonge amanqaku am, kunye nobukhazikhazi, intombazana eneenwele ezipinki ime yodwa kwiscreen sam. Wayefanele ngaphezulu koku. Wayenayo kuye ukuba abe ngumlawuli omkhulu. Zilahle zonke, uElodie , Ndicinge, ungcono kunabo. Kwaye, ndiyazi ukuba kufuneka abe ngumlawuli onjani.
Ingqondi yeqhinga.
U-Elodie wabeka umhlathi wakhe wangena emsebenzini, engachithanga xesha lakhe kwimicimbi yezoluntu okanye kubaxhasi. Wayeneencwadi azifundayo! Kutheni le nto ufunda ukubhinca xa unokufikelela uloyiso elwandle? U-Elodie waba yingcali kwimicimbi yangaphakathi neyangaphandle, kwaye wayesazi kakuhle ukuba yeyiphi imitya yokutsala. Wayeyazi indlela yakhe ejikeleze uqoqosho kakuhle kangangokuba oonogada bayityeshela imiyalelo katata wakhe ukuba angamvumeli ukuba angene kuvimba. Wayeyazi malunga neengxabano zomda. Wayesazi ngokuqesha iintlola. Imfazwe yamakhaya yayingengxaki, ingekuko ngamandla kunye nemali kwicala lakhe. Urhwebo lwachuma, imikhosi yaphumelela, kwaye ekupheleni konyaka, uElodie wathweswa isithsaba sobukhosi. Ukumkanikazi oqaqambileyo, omnyama.
Ndiphumelele. Kodwa kungaphelanga neyure, ndandibuza indlela yam yokungena kukaTywin Lannister. Bekuza kwenzeka ntoni ukuba bendisakha eso sibhedlele? Kuthekani ngetheko lokuzalwa lomhlobo andihoyanga? Okanye itonamenti andikwazi ukukhuphisana kuyo? Ngaba yayikhona indlela yokuba nozakuzo ngakumbi kwaye usenolwazi olwaneleyo lwezopolitiko ukukhusela itrone?
Ndibuyele emdlalweni emva kwexesha elifutshane. Ndinecebo elitsha engqondweni. Ndifuna uloyiso ku-Elodie olwalungeyonto ingako. Ndandifuna ukuba afumane uthando, okanye ubuncinci umhlobo. Ndifuna ukuba umbono ovela phezulu ungabi lusizi kancinci. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ngokuqinisekileyo , wayenokonwabela ulawulo awayelusebenze nzima ukuze aluqinisekise.
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