30 de junio de 2010

London 3

Terrence Dodgson entered the contiguous room; the ballroom. The doors lightly refused to open, but the man managed to separate them of his way.

As soon as he put his foot in the room, this one was illuminated and the singing of several instruments came to his ears while he observed; with a bizarre mixture of amazement and terror, the meeting that was carried out in its interior.

The lounge was, particularly beautiful, to the opposite side of the door there was a gigantic large window, a majestic chandelier was hanging from the ceiling, it was composed by thousands of pieces of crystal; all reflecting a great quantity of light, the floor was covered by neat mosaics of color pearl, the walls had been painted the same color and adorned by gray curtains of a very thin fabric.

In the middle of the lounge, there was a great multitude; all of them were dancing to the pace of the orchestra that was playing in a corner of the enormous place.

Nevertheless, there was something dark in that dance, something macabre, terribly vile.

Terrence walked between those persons, none seemed to notice his presence, they all were absent, hypnotized by the music and without control of their body. His faces were pale and his eyes were lost in the emptiness. His mouths were mute; his ears were deaf before any thing that was not the music of the violin.

"Terrence," called him a voice between the multitude.

The man rolled over to see around himself wildly, in search of the origin of that voice. Finally, it spied a woman, who was watching him hotly with a sweet smile adorning his face.

Terrence's face was illuminated after that sight, his eyes got wet, he was so happy, so relieved on having seen that that woman was safe from any harm.

"Kathia!" he exclaimed with euphoria, running towards her and surrounding her with his arms.

"It was waiting for you," she said, her voice and her face had remained immutable. "I thought that you would not come, I thought that … I would remain without dance partner…"

"What are you talking about?" He asked giving up on Kathia, he felt invaded by a great confusion.

"The dance," Kathia insisted, "you will dance with me, aren't you?"

Terrence's hands were fastened for those of the woman, they were cold and pale. The man liberated his hands and moved back a few steps.

The music changed pace, now, it was rapid and violent. The people began to turn while they slipped through the lounge. The music was rising its speed to every second and, of equal way his intensity. The light took a dark tonality and, on the outside of the large window, a storm could be spied coming closer.

"Join the dance," Kathia insisted, a sinister smile showed itself in her face. "Join us, forget everything, just dance!"

The light began to blink and the face of the attendees began to transform in a lugubrious and grotesque way.

Terrence ran towards the door, avoiding the pairs who, while they were dancing, were laughing in a macabre way.

"Join us!" Kathia shouted with great force and keenness, the orchestra went quiet and the large window broke, a great quantity of crystal powder fell on the multitude, accompanied by the cold drops of rain that the storm was bringing with itself, the lights went out and the building was submerged into an absolute darkness.

Londres 3

Terrence Dodgson entró a la habitación contigua; el salón de baile. Las puertas se resistieron ligeramente a abrirse, pero el hombre logró apartarlas de su camino.

En cuanto colocó un pie en la habitación, esta se iluminó y el canto de varios instrumentos llegó a sus oídos mientras observaba; con una bizarra mezcla de asombro y terror, la fiesta que se llevaba a cabo en su interior.

El salón era, particularmente bello, al lado opuesto de la puerta se encontraba un gigantesco ventanal, del techo colgaba un majestuoso candelabro compuesto por miles de piezas de cristal; todas reflejando una gran cantidad de luz, el suelo se hallaba cubierto por pulcros mosaicos de color perla y las paredes habían sido pintadas del mismo color, adornadas también por cortinas grises de una tela muy fina.

En medio del salón, había una gran multitud, todas bailaban al ritmo de la orquesta que, tocaba en un rincón del enorme lugar.

Sin embargo, había algo oscuro en aquel baile, algo macabro, terriblemente vil.

Terrence caminó entre aquellas personas, ninguna parecía notar su presencia, todas estaban ausentes, hipnotizadas por la música y sin control de su cuerpo. Sus rostros lucían pálidos y sus ojos estaban perdidos en el vacío. Sus bocas estaban mudas, sus oídos sordos ante cualquier cosa que no fuera la música del violín.

"Terrence," le llamó una voz entre la multitud.

El hombre volteó a ver a su alrededor desenfrenadamente, en busca del origen de aquella voz. Finalmente, divisó a una mujer, la cual le observaba cálidamente con una dulce sonrisa adornando su rostro.

El rostro de Terrence se iluminó, sus ojos se humedecieron ante tal visión, estaba tan feliz, tan aliviado al ver que aquella mujer estuviera con bien.

"¡Kathia!" exclamó con euforia, corriendo hacia ella y rodeándola con sus brazos.

"Te estaba esperando," dijo ella, su voz y su rostro habían permanecido inmutables. "Pensé que no llegarías, pensé que… me quedaría sin pareja de baile…"

"¿De qué hablas?" preguntó Terrence soltando a Kathia, se veía invadido por una gran confusión.
"El baile," insistió Kathia, "bailarás conmigo, ¿verdad?"

Las manos de Terrence fueron sujetas por las de la mujer, eran frías y pálidas. El hombre liberó sus manos y retrocedió unos cuantos pasos.

La música cambió de ritmo, ahora, era rápida y violenta. Los presentes comenzaron a girar mientras se deslizaban por el salón. La música subía de velocidad a cada segundo y, de igual manera su intensidad. La luz tomó una tonalidad oscura y, al exterior del ventanal, podía divisarse una tormenta aproximándose.

"Únete al baile," insistió Kathia, una sonrisa siniestra se dibujó en su rostro. "¡Únete, olvídalo todo, tan solo baila!"

La luz comenzó a parpadear y el rostro de los presentes comenzó a transformarse de una manera lúgubre y grotesca.

Terrence corrió hacia la puerta, esquivando a las parejas que, mientras bailaban, reían de manera macabra.

"¡Únete!" gritó Kathia con gran fuerza y agudeza, la orquesta calló y el ventanal se quebró, sobre la multitud cayó una gran cantidad de polvo de cristal, acompañado por las frías gotas de lluvia que la tormenta traía consigo, las luces se apagaron y el edificio se vio sumido en una oscuridad absoluta.