Beyond the Enchanted Duplicator by Walt Willis & James White

Author:Walt Willis & James White [Willis, Walt & White, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fan Fiction
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

He was awakened by hands grasping his arms and lifting him to his feet, and he saw that the room was nearly empty. Two Committteefans were clearing away the empty bottles and cans and glasses as they tried to impose a semblance of tidiness on the devastation: Profan, his shoes and spectacles removed, was sleeping soundly, indeed noisily, on top of his coverlet.

“Are you all right, Jophan?” said Letteraxe, gripping one arm. “Can you walk?”

“Yes,” Jophan replied, “twice.”

Les released her grip on his other arm, and in a voice which again reminded him of his mother she said, “Jophan, you are supposed to go to bed before you go to sleep.”

Jophan could see that this theory had some validity, and made his way without much difficulty to the elevator for his room. But he was the only passenger and at this time in the morning the elevator seemed so buoyant with energy that it carried him past his floor before he could bring it under control.

However he was only one floor up, so he decided to walk down rather than risk being hijacked by the elevator again. On the way to the stairs he heard again that distant sound of voices singing which had puzzled him before. It seemed nearer this time, and he traced it to a door near the top of the stairs. He opened it gently, and saw a penthouse lounge with a spectacular view of the lights of downtown Quotidian, and a dozen or so people singing to the accompaniment of a guitar. It was not quite the same sound he had heard before, but it could well have been part of it, and it was very pleasant. But after a while Jophan realised he was in danger of providing an unwelcome snore accompaniment and that he must leave. He stood and bowed, and brought his hands silently together in mute appreciation: the singers returned his bow with friendly smiles, and he tiptoed out.

He had a little difficulty with the key to his room, but none at all in finding the bed, nor collapsing into it even with his eyes already closed. In his last moment of consciousness came the thought, so this is what they mean by “falling asleep.”

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