I ain’t going to say what happened next besides Tree might be old but he ain’t dead yet. Afterwards I go back out on the deck and have a smoke. This Barbara Moore follows me a few minutes later after she has ‘freshened up’.
Meaning I took a shower ... and looked for my clothing ... but they were missing ... someone took everything but my kinis! Wonder who?
I open my laptop and pull up a picture. Barb says “So you do know how to use one!”
Giggle snort ... couldn't resist that line.
I ignore the remark and tell her to look at the screen where a rendering of where the Crux Game will be held.
You made that all by yourself? Wow!
I explain that the top seed qualifier
that would be me of course
will carry her cross 900 meters once she does the two laps around the track with the second lap having a detour up the ramp, out the east entry gates and back in again to finish the last half lap. On the field level tier 75 athletes will be crucified. There will be 50 on the 1st tier and 25 on the top tier. I ask her if she knows the significance of the layout.
Is this a trick question?
She shrugs and says “I suppose to let the horny bastards get the most opportunity to see my tight little before I am nailed to the cross.”
Seems a reasonable guess
“Not quite… 900 meters is a bit more than a half mile and by the time those qualified for the top tier get there they will have cover the same distance and elevation change you did walking to and up the Hill of 100 Crosses. You seemed a bit winded when we got there. Imagine having to do that in an hour dragging a 50 kg cross and by the time you get to the top you will be passing other athletes already crucified. You found the hill somewhat ominous, no? Imagine carrying you cross before 100,000 screaming spectators that are there just to see you suffer on the cross.
Now just a darn minute. That cross will weigh almost as much as I do! I only weigh 54 kg, and your stupid cross is 50 kg. Memo to my team: Wragg will have to whip me the whole way, especially on the inclines.
And, by the way, Sir Despard Wragg has the concession rights on the rotten fruit stands that will line the route.”
Really? I would have thought RR would have cornered that!
“Tell me more about the actual crucifixion” Barb says.
“In the morning” I reply. “Get some sleep.”
Why do I always have to wait