111 Shut Down

The Little Red Haired Girl

111 Shut Down

Nana arrived back at the Pumphouse raising a flurry of dust which made Body cough. Nana looked exhausted and struggled to stay weighted to the concrete floor.
“You look exhausted” cried Heart. “Are you ok?”
“Not really Nana answered and took a deep breath ready for Brain’s questions.
“What news of court Nana?” Brain instantly asked.
“There is a lot to say and I have little time, so please Brain don’t interrupt too much.”

They waited as Nana got weighted properly. “The earthly Court have thrown out our case against the builder. It is not a crime apparently to defraud the government of taxes and the customer too by not providing official receipts for work done, nor to provide unsafe and substandard work, but a civil court matter. When Body returns to the house, she will have to decide whether to spend approximately 5000 euros to take it to civil court or accept the loss and let it go. Our witness’s, Friend and husband, lied to the Police stating that it was Body’s own fault that the build went awry stating that she kept changing her mind about the jobs involved and that this created delay’s. They also stated that the work he had done on their house was perfectly in order and completed on time. And Yes, I know, I know, this is not the case. Friend and Husband have shown their true colours by lying and defending the Builder, even though they did not need to.”

Body put her head in her hands.

“They were there! They agreed the builder was not working correctly nor on time. How could they lie?” Heart cried and then cried some more.

“Hush now” Nana consoled “I know it hurts, but they lied because they can, they know we have no other proof or witness’s, and probably had materials or money to gain from the deception. Moving on from that, Spiritual court has interviewed Mrs Tarot and taken all her evidence into account. However, we will not be seeing her for a while as she is drained of energy and needs rest. She has limited scope in how she can help us escape. Spiritual court had been watching our progress and have agreed to take on our defence and get us out of here, but it will take time and you must be patient.”

“How much time?” Brain asked.

“They couldn’t say, but it is also dependant on your progress too. You all have to work on that whilst you can and be ready to change.”

“So I was correct” sighed Soul “This is our purpose for being in here.”

“Yes, you all have to heal with reflection and self assessment. Look at what you need to change and how to go about it.”
“But I need a plan, some facts, a knowledge” spluttered Brain.

“There is none” Nana was firm. “You have to work it out for yourselves. They will try to provide signs and guidence.”
“Such as?” Brain enquired.
“Numbers, repeating numbers for example.”
“Not likely to see any of them in here are we?” Brain was getting tetchy.

“Perhaps not, but there are other signs in animal, bird or insect form. In the night stars and the moon.”
“Let me stop you there Nana” Brain was firm this time. “We are not going to see them in here either. Can I have some concrete facts that don’t belong in a Fairy story?”

“You may well see something in here, like the Butterfly or a passing bird and if you try and remember you may well have been given plenty of signs before you even got to this Pumphouse. Make the connections, think back and pull all the information together by being quiet and still. Listen…Listen to yourselves and decipher what’s needed to improve yourself. When you know your own truth is likely when you will get out” assumed Nana.

“What are facts and what are fiction would be a good start” muttered Brain.

“What makes me feel good” stated Body.

“What is my true value and worth” cried Heart.

“What inspires me ” called Spirit.

“What is my purpose” sighed Soul.

“What do I have to do to be seen?” the Little Red Haired Girl asked.
“In what way child, what do you mean?” cried Heart

“When we was playing Hide n Seek, no one came and saw me.”
“How so?”

“I was just hiding for a long time and no one found me and I hid for ages. I waited and waited but they was playing another game in the big house next door.”
Nana gave her a hug “well we have found you now” was all she could think to say.

Soul sighed. “Our purpose is clear, we have to heal ourselves and make some changes before we can get out of here, otherwise it will happen again and we will repeat the same cycles. We must break it and value ourselves more.”

“It may be clear to you” spluttered Brain “but I have no …”

“Shut up Brain” they all said in unison. So Brain shut down.

“Good” said Nana “now I have to go otherwise I will have no energy left to get home.”
And with that she was gone leaving the swirling dust as the only sign of her presence.

“Seeing as Brain has shut down, I’m going to take the opportunity to meditate” announced Body. “Come and lie next to me little one.”
“A good call, I will join you both” called Spirit.

“And I will join you too” sighed Soul “and Pray.”