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Visiting Escapism

Writer's picture: Emmalia HarringtonEmmalia Harrington
Jan 251 min read

Updated: Feb 2

A Black child doll with piebaldism sits in a scale sized hospital bed. An IV tube disappears into her clothing. By her side is a table with a glass of water with a straw, a pencil and seveal medications. She is playing with a cat's cradle.
Sulla: Drape, twist, loop...

The child turns her head left to look at someone offscreen.
*Offscreen creak*

She turns back to her cat's cradle and ubnches the string between her hands.
Sulla *Mentally*: Time to hide you, fast!

An East Asian man with grey hair and grey clothing steps into view from the right. A book is in his hand. Sulla turns to look at him.
Sulla: Hello, Trahaearn.

Similar scene as above, but Trahaearn has stepped closer to Sulla.
Trahaearn: How have you been?


Sulla looks towards her table and touches a bottle of greenish blue pills.
Sulla: Nothing's changed.


Trahaearn now stands to her left. He places his book on her table.
Trahaearn: Have you been keeping up with your studies?


Sulla looks down, folding her arms.
Sulla: Study for what? I'm never leaving here.

Trahaearn stands to the right of the photo, placing a hand on Sulla's shoulder.
Trahaearn: You can, and I will show you how.

Similar scene as above, but Sulla is looking at Trahaearn, and the camera is angled to show more of their faces.
Trahaearn: When I was younger, I could not leave my circumstances in body. With books and schooling, for a few hours, I could be anywhere I wanted in my mind.

A shoulders up view of Trahaearn in left profile.
Trahaearn: Where do you want to go?

Sulla points to the pile of books at the foot of her bed.
Sulla: The one at the bottom of the pile.

Trahaearn stands at the foot of her bed, holding open one of her books.
Trahaearn: Let us begin.

Cover art for "Walk on Grey Ruins." A middle aged man dressed in grey looks offscreen. On his back in a young girl with white patches in her dark skin and hair. She looks towards the viewer. Art by Efosa Promis Efosa.
Read more about Sulla and Tahaearn here: https://draft2digital.com/book/2340733


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