The Final Chapter: The Search For Love and Satisfaction
We left off with Layla waving goodbye to Eyja, Neeshka and Lucien.
Eyja, Neeshka, and Lucien arrive at Layla's Skingrad house and before long are drunk again. [Dialup #1]
Soon they shed some clothes and go upstairs to look for Eyja's favorite game under the bed - Twister! [Dialup #2]
Lucien proposes a menage-a-tois! Eyja is shocked while Neeshka is happy to be included. [Dialup #3]
He then begins by first playing around with Neeshka... [Dialup #4]
Eyja says no way! Soon a fist fight between the girls breaks out! [Dialup #5]
Lucien is delighted with the attention but warns them not to hit each other in the face! [Dialup #6]
Suddenly Neeshka stops and exclaims "Uhhh, Eyja, check this out! Is this even worth fighting over?" Eyja tells her: "I saw that and am working on an enlargement spell right now!" [Dialup #7]
They soon come to realize they should join forces as Lucien apparently has a problem. [Dialup #8]
Lucien, come on over here! We are playing Twister and it's your turn! [Dialup #9]
Neeshka: Oh jeez! Just forget Twister, Eyja. You had better get over here now - we have an emergency situation on our hands! [Dialup #10]
Lucien confesses his thoughts are way bigger than his, ahem, *capacity* - especially when drunk. [Dialup #11]
Neeshka announces that she has a very special upliftment concoction. [Dialup #12]
Eyja whispers to us: Just between you and me - I think it's of little use... [Dialup #13]
That probably is enough Neeshka! Neeshka: Oh, just a few more should do it! [Dialup #14]
Lucien's gone limp-wristed, Neeshka! I thought you said this potion would bring out his strongest urges... Oh, I see... it did! [Dialup #15]
Eyja: I cannot bear to look any longer! I had such high hopes for a very large love with Lucien! This is worse than all those other premature Eyja-culations! [Dialup #16]
Neeshka: OK, I think you definitely have had enough Lucien. [Dialup #17]
Neeshka: Uhhh ohhhh! Hey Eyja, you probably want to try that resurrection spell now. Lucien is dead!!! Hey, look! The potion worked though! [Dialup #18]
Neeshka: What IS the fine these days for necrophilia? Hey, we were just kidding about that! Leave Eyja alone! [Dialup #19]
Neeshka, in a desperate move, pretends to faint. The good-hearted guard carries her to the bed. [Dialup #20]
But the girls soon turn the tables on the guard and tell him that they are getting some tonight - so he should just enjoy himself! [Dialup #21]
The guard soon forgets why he even came there... Much later he leaves saying he will return with help to remove Lucien's corpse. Eyja then tries her resurrection spell on Lucien, but to no avail.
Soon thereafter Layla arrives home, takes a swim, and enters her bedroom. [Dialup #22]
Layla: Oh, hi Neeshka! What are you doing here?
Neeshka: Oh... just, uhhh, hmmm... Well, we were helping Lucien with a medical problem, and we solved that, but there was a bit of a side effect!
Layla: Huh???
Layla then sees Lucien and races over to check him. [Dialup #23]
Layla: Lucien is dead!!! What have you girls done?
Neeshka: Well, that's the side effect I was mentioning - but look at the results down there!
Layla: I think you are missing the big picture here Neeshka... I also just found out that Lucien is (I guess, was) batting for the other side, though he still had very erotic thoughts toward women.
Neeshka and Eyja then confess to Layla all about their wild evening. Soon the guards come for Lucien's body.
Layla: I do love Lucien regardless of his orientation. People should feel free to choose as they are truly moved. Now I must go gather herbs to prepare and give the guards a resurrection potion - I am sure Lucien will very much appreciate it.
Neeshka: And so will some of those guards!
Eyja and Neeshka: And, Layla, good luck with that potion! We sure tried everything!
Layla: Well Neeshka, your potions nearly killed me the other day when we went out dancing!
Neeshka: Well you were depressed and should not have been alone!
Layla: You are right, but please be more careful. Poor Lucien! He WILL rise again!
Neeshka: But not for us!
Layla: I don't think Lucien will be coming around here again. Would you?
Neeshka: We were only trying to help! We didn't know him that well.
Layla: Hmmmm, seems there is a lesson in that, Neeshka. Why would you want to do it with someone you hardly know?
Neeshka: We were really drunk at the time!
Layla: A very common excuse these days, but it doesn't eliminate the consequences, just some of the guilt!
Neeshka: OK, from now on I will find out more about my partners... Hey Eyja, did you get that guard's name, by the way?
Eyja: Hmmmm, it starts with an "S" or maybe a "B" or an "M" or a "D"? Some letter... Wait, I have his dental records! Check my lower back!
Layla: Good Lord, Eyja! He made a lasting impression on you, I see.
Layla continues: I am so shocked and saddened by Lucien's disclosure and departure. I guess it was never meant to be for the two of us. I have learned a huge lesson about seeking for love. In fact, all this seeking I am always doing seems to be why I end up suffering so much...
Neeshka: You suffer, Layla?
Layla: Yes, all the time because I am always separating myself from the source of Light that all of us and every thing arises in. My activity of separating makes me feel unhappy. And it's not about physically dying to get to the Light, but it is about going beyond what I do by tendency because I tend to exclude the Light from being obvious in my current life.
Eyja: What are you going to do about that, Layla?
Layla: I am going back to see my master - remember I told you about the Samurai master that agreed to teach me all about the esoteric matters of Light? Anyway, now that I finally get this lesson about seeking and suffering, my master has agreed to let me practice fulltime in a monastic setting. He has given me a letter of recommendation so I can stay at Weynon Priory permanently.
Layla: And the monks have already agreed to let me stay there and polish their blades day and night for my main service. Isn't that just divine, girls?
Eyja: You had better shave your head! Fugly yourself up bigtime, Layla!
Layla: Oh wait until you see the next picture of what my master compares me to!
Neeshka: Layla, I want to go polish blades too!
Eyja: Please stay with me Neeshka! I love how much fun you are!
Neeshka: Ahhh..... that's sweet. Okay Eyja. But Layla, if you fall behind in your chores, let me know! I can really do blades good. Never did get to do Lucien's though - I do wonder where he kept it...
Layla: Anyway, my master told me that I am like narcissus, staring into the pond at his own image, until he falls so in love with his own reflection that he misses his real opportunity for true love. My master said everyone does this by tendency. He told me that I am self-enamored and it is an illusion supported by the mind's reflecting mechanism, just like a mirror or a pond. He said that what I had to overcome to completely and permanently go beyond this tendency is like what someone who weighs 500 pounds must do to weigh in at 130 pounds. In other words, a lot of work, but still possible.
Layla continues: So he gave me this picture to remind me that I am like the woman who is looking into the mirror, and my self-image is the reflection in the mirror. It was very harsh of him to say this to me, but I know he is right. I can see why I keep looking at the one in the mirror and not directly at myself! So I am already fugly, Eyja, when I don't live fully in true love and light.
Layla: This is my master's point of view in terms of what I do that makes me unhappy and what I must go beyond to discover happiness! Reality bites, eh? [Dialup #24]
Their last day together...
Eyja: Hey Layla, let's play Twister! We never got to play my favorite game with Lucien! [Dialup #25]
Three great friends parting shot ... [Dialup #26]
Layla: I am off to the monastery now! You girls can stay here as long as you like.
Neeshka: When will you be back?
Layla: I don't know - it depends on my Samurai master. He wants me to live a more disciplined life than I have been. And I am resolved to listen to him! My approaches have been a learning experience, but I need further help spiritually.
Neeshka: Please stay in touch Layla! We love you so very much!
Eyja: Yeah Layla!!!
Layla: I will try to write you! Much love and kisses to you!!!