M.C. Tolfo - Storywriter

<<< Nakaraan JOEY : Hello? SEPH: Hello, Joey, bakit hindi mo sinasagot? JOEY : Seph? Ikaw ba yan? SEPH: Bakit? Sino ine-expect mo? JOEY: Hindi, wala, nasa CR kasi ako eh, tawagan na lang ulit kita mamaya, ok? SEPH: Sige, bye. JOEY: Ok, bye. Binaba ni Joey ang cellphone, at nanlilisik ang mga matang tumitig kay Seph. JOEY: Who the hell was that? Bakit kaboses na kaboses mo siya? What's this? Is this a sick joke na naisip n'yo nila Treena? Well, Mr. Reyes , malayo pa po ang April Fools, and as so you know, it isn't funny. Cut it out, ok? SEPH: Joey, this is not a joke. JOEY: Then what is it? SEPH: Hindi ko din alam! Ang alam ko lang, 4 days ago, Thursday night , nakipag-break ka sa kin. Nagkita tayo nung Friday, we had a closure . Then, I was wasted for a couple of days, yesterday , kinontak ako nila Treena, nagkayayaan, nag-inuman kami, I drove home, drunk, I had an accident, and then, THIS. Ok? JOEY: So, alam mo na pala? SEPH: Ang alin? JOEY: Na gusto ko nang ...

<<< Nakaraan Seph: Why? Joey: I don't love you anymore... Seph: Why? Joey: I don't love you anymore... Seph: Why...? Dahan-dahang lumabas si Seph ng sasakyan. Hindi siya makapaniwalang maayos pa niyang naigagalaw ang katawan niya. He can hardly stand up , saka nya napansin na marami palang tao. He checked himself , nagulat siya nang makita niyang wala siyang sugat maliban sa hiwa sa pisngi na nakuha niya ng pinilit niyang lumabas sa bintana ng driver's seat. Lumakad siyang iika-ika patungo sa sidewalk at naupo sandali sa gutter. Taob ang sasakyan niya, grabe ang sira nito. Pinagtitinginan na siya ng mga nasa paligid, napatingin siya sa kanyang relo -6:45 PM- labasan ng mga nag-oopisina, kaya pala maraming tao. Mula sa mga estrangherong nakatingin sa kanya ng may nag-aalalang mata, he heard a familiar voice. Seph?! Hindi niya alam kung nagha-hallucinate lang siya, pero kilala niya ang boses na yun. ******: Oh my God! Seph, ano nangyari sa 'yo? Seph: Joey? L...

It was 4 days ago , nang nakipag-break si Joey. A day after that, pumunta si Seph sa bahay niya asking for explanations . For a couple of hours, they were quiet , hindi nag-aaway, hindi nagsisigawan, hindi nagsusumbatan. Joey explained, and he heard the things he never imagined he would hear from her. 3 days ago, Seph didn’t showed up for work . Inubos niya ang buong araw na naglalasing. 2 days ago, same. Yesterday , ganun pa rin. Early this morning , nakatanggap siya ng text mula sa isang College friend nila ni Joey. To think na 3 years na silang hindi nagkita-kita na magbabarkada, he never expected na kokontakin siya ni Treena. Natawa na lang si Seph, gusto nyang sabihin na 3 days na siyang umiinom. 10 PM, sa Metrowalk, nagkita-kita ang magbabarkada, nakapwesto na sila Treena, Lex at Faye ng dumating si Seph. Treena: Finally ! Akala ko i-indyanin mo na kami. Seph: Sorry , mahirap mag- park eh. Kamusta na? Long time no see... Lex: Heto, climbing the corporate ladder.. but, we...

Yes, I finally finished Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Though I originally planned to finish it within a week, it got delayed due to some unfortunate *cough* events, but I still finished it anyway. Though the game's ending (which in all it's fairness is a shocker, but I will not spoil it) never took me by surprise simply because I already watched the ending on Youtube. Yes, I do that all the time. I enjoy spoiling myself of endings, be it movies or games. You see, I have this desire to know the conclusion of everything in advance. Maybe it's my left side of the brain, or maybe I am just really curious, I still can't understand. One reason could be because I'm a schemer , like what good-'ol Joker once said. I plan things, I make decisions on things that yet to come, that's why I always make it a point to see how it will end early on, or to predict how one thing would happen. I have these strings in my mind, where I connect events and decisions in my lif...