April 11, 2011

Wallet Lost, Life is Meaningless


"Beep!" School's bell rang. Several minutes later high school students spread out of their classes. Three male students who had after-class-duty for today are still in the class.

Student1: "How if we cast lots to determine who does after-class-duty for today? Then the others can go home."
Student2: "I like that! How if we do that by using pieces of sheets in our wallet? Who has the most number of paper sheets, stays."
Student1: "Deal."

Student1 quickly took out his wallet and showed its contents.
Student1: "Four banknotes and one coin. So, four sheets." 
Student2 took out his wallet enthusiastically then showed its contents.
Student2: "Three banknotes and three coins. So, three sheets."
Student3 took out his wallet, took a peep, then opened it widely in front of his friends.
Student3: "Two banknotes and three coins. So, two sheets. I have the fewest. So I'm going home!"
Student1: "Eits, Wait! See, there are two restaurant bills and one picture. All is five sheets. So, you are staying here."
Student2: "Bye Felix, and don't forget about..." 
Felix: "What?"
Student2: "Windows... are still open (please shut down), the floor is still dry, plants are thirsty…"  
Student3/Felix: "What?" 
Student1 and Student2 escaped from the class.
Student3/Felix: "HEY! DIDN'T YOU BRING ANY IDs, CARDs, PLASTICs, PAPER, LEAVES, OR ANYTHING ELSE?"

Felix was left alone in the room. The whiteboard was full of handwritings, desks and chairs were messed up, the floor was dirty, and other things still needed to be cleaned up. So Felix did the after-class-duty by himself. His bag and his wallet were left on one of the desks. When Felix was working, a crunchy voice surprised him.

"Felix!" 
"Eh. Hi, Sha!" 
"Just like I expected, you are still here. So, 'you did it again', huh?" 
"I also expected that after school I would do after-class-duty with a pretty girl." 
"A pretty girl doing after-class-duties with Class Representative. What will The World say?" 
"The World will not say anything, but The World will witness the love stories between you and I.
"I love you." 
"I do too, more than anything."

Elisha smiled. Elisha helped Felix did the after-class-duty. Elisha cleaned up the whiteboard and tidy up desks and chairs, while Felix did other works. After that they walked along the school corridors, talking about their own stories in the past and their dreams of the future.

Felix and Elisha planned to continue their study to Kestrel University. Although Felix got an opportunity to study in Leopard University which is touted as The Best School, his parents want him to stay in the Monarchy, the city where Felix was raised. Felix looked this as a chance to give back his parents and maintain his relationship with Elisha.


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The next morning Felix woke up enthusiastically. That day was Elisha's, his friends's, and his graduation day. When Felix was doing his preparation for the graduation ceremony at the later evening, Felix realized that his wallet was not there. Felix didn't go out of his house since he got back from the school, so he looked it in his house, but the wallet was not found. Felix went to school to look for his wallet. Actually Felix was just afraid of losing Elisha's picture, which he exchanged it with his in the beginning of their relationship. Felix got permission from school guards to get in and look for his wallet. He looked in class rooms and corridors that he had passed, he also asked school staff, but he still didn't find the wallet.

Time when Felix had to pick up Elisha had come. Felix returned with bare hands. Felix tried to calm himself by thinking that Elisha might have kept his wallet. When Felix arrived in front of Elisha's house, it was quiet and dark. Felix rang the house's bell, but no one came out to greet him. Felix tried to contact Elisha, but her phone was not active. All doors and windows were locked. Felix waited. 

Time showed that graduation event had begun, while Felix was still in front of Elisha's house and Elisha was not there. Felix left Elisha's house and went to graduation event alone. Not unexpectedly, that day Felix graduated and achieved the "Best Student" award. Felix knew he was supposed to be happy to receive that prestiguous award, as his friends from the same class felt proud of him, but Felix could not cover his uneasiness and doubt, since Elisha was not there. 

After the graduation ceremony had finished, Felix talked to Mia, Elisha's best friend. 

"Mia, where is Elisha?"
"I am sorry. I have no idea. This afternoon she called me. She said that her father was relocated. She and her family need to come along, but she did not say where she would go. She seemed to be rushing as if there is no time to explain anything. But I'm sure she will call us back when she has arrived there."
"Why didn't she tell me anything about it?" 
"I don't know why. May be, for Elisha, I am the only important person. Just kidding. Lix, do you know about orchids in Elisha's backyard? She wants you to take care of them. Have a nice gardening." :p 
"The orchids in the vase?"

Mia raised both of her shoulder (she had no clue).
Orchids are Elisha's favourite. After returned from graduation event, Felix went to Elisha's house. He jumped over the hedge and took the orchids. Felix put the orchids in his windows.

Felix attended Kestrel University as planned. Felix did not want to disappoint his parents, he did his study seriously. Once in a while Felix hoped that one day he would be able to unexpectedly meet Elisha in his lectures, but it had never happened. In second year, Felix decided to terminate his relationship with his past, he changed his phone numbers. Although the orchids had been died, but Felix was still keeping them.

Felix graduated from Kestrel University with very satisfactory results. Felix got a job in Norman, a company which was located just several hours from Monarchy City. Although Norman was a multinational company, global economic crisis made it also had a difficult time. Their orders drastically dropped more and more. Felix wanted to stay there, but the company decided to stop its operational activities. Felix could not do anything and since then he joined with hundreds of other people who sought employments.

Felix returned to his parent's house and tried to look for another job. In this situation most of the companies preferred laying off to hiring new employees.

Several months had passed and Felix was still looking for a job. Felix did a lot of interviews but not even one succeed. Several HR (Human Resource) people interviewed Felix just to make themselves look good to their boss by doing useless interviews. Felix received various comments from the HR departments, such as "You are not suitable for this company because you don't have more enough experience", "Are you teasing me by using a typical answer for interview questions?", "You are a boy, what we need is a girl.". His parents, in their hearts, didn't really want Felix to work in a company, because they can enjoy Felix in their old ages longer.

Felix thought that he started well. He had some achievements in academic and professionalism. With all that achievements Felix thought that he should have been success and happy, but he did not. He wondered why people were talking about being a successful person, and what being successful meant. He failed to get an employment like many others and now he felt that he was useless. Felix kept asking himself why had this happened and what he should have done? Felix couldn't even imagine his future. He was depressed and disoriented.

In this state Felix felt that he did not have any hope. Felix tried not to be like this, but all of his efforts led to failures. The world did not want him. His parents did not really give attention to him. Felix thought that he did not have any reason to life. Felix wanted to end all this. He wanted to commit suicide.
 
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Felix opened his window. Dark cloud filled the sky and thunders stroke. World became an unfriendly place for Felix. Felix stepped one of his leg on the window. Felix's leg pushed the orchid's vase. The vase fell down outside his house and broke into pieces. Felix looked to the ground. Soil and orchids scattered around there, but there was something else. Felix went down and got out of his house. He found a package. When he opened it, he found his lost wallet, one that was lost back then just before Elisha left him. Felix opened it. Its contents still seemed the same: two banknotes, three coins, two restaurant bills and a piece of Elisha's photograph. A sheet of paper slipped between the wallet fold. 

You are a paper fairy and now you can determine what the writings on the paper are to alter the storyline. Click one of the buttons below to determine the writing on the paper.

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