The Tumours Made Me Interesting by Revert Matthew

Author:Revert, Matthew [Revert, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: LegumeMan Books
Published: 2011-10-16T16:00:00+00:00

With everyone on board to play Fiona’s game, it was now time to learn the rules and discover our individual roles.

Fiona’s role was as supervisor and cigarette provider. The household was allocated two cartons a day which, as long as I had as many as I needed, could be distributed amongst the others. Each day she was to visit at 8am and 6pm. The 8am visit would be a one on one session with me where she would assess my progress and ensure I was adhering to an exercise regime which she had carefully developed. The 6pm visit was for the others. She would discuss strategies and troubleshoot potential issues and, most importantly, I was forbidden to attend.

Rhonda had been given the role of nurse. She would tend to the myriad problems that would surely develop and make sure I was kept clean and, as much as possible, comfortable. She also insisted on keeping the apartment clean, which Fiona agreed to.

Vince was named house chef and restraint implementation coordinator. His job was to cook all meals required by the others. But, most importantly, he had to maintain a vigil over me and if at any point I tried to escape or hurt myself, he was required to restrain me until Fiona arrived. Vince’s role intimidated me the most, but he seemed to take on the responsibility happily.

As Belinda’s mother was adamant about being dead, no official role was given to her. It was just asked that she stay out of the way and make herself available wherever possible.

Belinda was given a role befitting her ‘child’ status and was named ‘Games Consultant’. It was her responsibility to keep me occupied and entertained. She was given a Nintendo Entertainment System with a copy of Kid Icarus to aide her efforts.

Arthur’s role was slightly ambiguous. He was the Musical Director and was responsible for providing us all with regular music performances. He was given a penny whistle along with a book on advanced penny whistle technique and instructed to start practicing immediately.

My role was both the simplest and most complex. I simply had to obey everyone else and forget what autonomy was. My 13 years at The Nipple Blamers ensured that autonomy was a foreign notion to me. It was unlikely I’d start craving my own agency any time soon. That aside, I wasn’t looking forward to my continued degradation. Growing the perfect disease struck me as particularly tiring. In many ways, it was more about the tumours sustaining me in order to reach maturity than anything else.

The most problematic aspect of my role in this episode was a contract I had to sign promising I would make no attempt to contact my mother. Failing to abide by this contractual requirement would render it null and void and all care promised would be withdrawn. My life expectancy was estimated at two months, which if reached, would be the longest amount of time I’d gone without seeing my mother. I had to trust that the provided care was adequate or risk losing it completely.

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