Rytius Records (Substack Edition), Ch. 7.3d
Ch. 7.3: The Comedy Games: Anamnesis, Meno, and Somnium Scipionis
7.3 The Comedy Games
Anamnesis, Meno & Somnium Scipionis
June 21, 2132
Wascal stood in a white toga behind a table in front of the bay window on the first floor of his record store, with the curtains drawn, so that the room was only electricly lumined. Kloz had a drum kit set up just inside the large parlor, next to the refreshments, which were entirely vegetarian. Wascal had platters of celery, snap peas, carrots, pitas, and hummus; tahini, chili sauces, olives, and multiple pickles, from cucumbers and radishes to red onions and cauliflower. There were solid blocks of ice for water (that he distilled himself with an ingenious solar-powered system of pipes and bottles), juices fruit and vegetable, and ciders hard and soft.
He held up a rectangular wood frame, perhaps 2′ × 10′′, into which was pinned a rectangle of rough jute burlap, which was dyed black. The burlap fabric flopped out past the edges of the frame, because it was only held to the frame in the corners. One could see each thread of the quite coarse cloth’s warp and woof. He laid the frame on the table, and then he painted a bright, glittery white stick figure on it. The contrast was sufficient to cause the figure to shimmer against its ground.
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