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Filters On Our Eyes

from The Legend of Kopesh​-​Ra by drummis

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Chapter 10: Filters On Your Eyes

The jungle path flattens as the three weary travelers enter the Valley of the Strange Birds. Kopesh-Ra understands why the valley is named so, as they spot, fleetingly at first, but then more clearly, an assortment of flying objects with the most bizarre forms. They are alive and are winged, but their geometry seems wrong, as if space had been turned on its head – not only unsuitable for flight, but arguing vigorously against the very nature of form and matter itself. Not immaterial, but unbelievable. Yet there they were, in ever more numbers, now clearly aware of the presence of the travelers and alerting other “strange birds” to this fact. The birds seem more curious about the travelers, in fact, than the traveler about the birds. Their numbers increasing, and their inquisitive calls growing in volume, the travelers forge on. “I’ve never seen such behavior from these creatures,” whispers the ghost. ‘epIk agrees, whispering back, “Yes, they usually keep to themselves.”

As they make their way through the jungle valley, Kopesh-Ra begins to think about their progress. Rekindling his memory of the electric tunnel, the wall, the fog… where was he? Was his name once…Samuel?

Glancing up, Kopesh-Ra realizes that the fog has returned around them and discovers that he is once again alone. Calling for ‘epIk and the ghost, he hears no answer in return. Moving forward on the path, thinking that he has been left behind, he encounters a river blocking the way. The path continues on the other side, but the water is moving quickly and is of uncertain depth. Turning around, Kopesh-Ra hastily retreats, only to find minutes later that the path he came from has also been mysteriously blocked by a river. The fog, at least, seems to be less thick, but as he turns around he sees a heart-stopping sight – two piercing red eyes looking at him from within the jungle. The eyes are clearly in front of him, yet somehow Kopesh-Ra suspects they are the manifestation of something deeper, not of this world, and this impression is deepened when he hears a deep, threatening groan, ominous, the breath of Death. Then something astonishing happens – Kopesh-Ra hears a voice in his head, as if being spoken to telepathically, a kind of talking to oneself, yet the words are controlled from another source. The voice says “I am the avatar of Lo-Sàfah, Demon of the Dream City.” This was clearly The Beast that the ghost warned us of, thought Kopesh-Ra. “I am The Beast,” he thought, unwillingly. The invasion into Kopesh-Ra’s mind is unwelcome and foreboding. Listening to it, he seems to lose his own will to move on toward the Dream City. He is drawn to the eyes in the jungle. Kopesh-Ra moves off the path and into the jungle, toward the malevolent spirit of The Beast.

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from The Legend of Kopesh​-​Ra, track released August 13, 2013

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drummis New York

drummIs is an improvisational electronic musician. Most of what you hear on this site is played live in one track. Tools include the trapKAT MIDI controller, TD-5 drum brain, electric bass guitar, the RC-50 Looper, ME-25 effects, guitars, an iPad with too many apps, and a squeaky octopus. Located in upstate New York, he goes by Kurt Reymers, and is otherwise occupied as a professor of sociology. ... more

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