The meeting lasted till midnight. Under the cozy drunkenness of the champagne, I slept silently in my room in that murky castle. The La Esmeralda of Paris came into the dream with her seducing gypsy dance. I joined the dance along with other slaves. While the dance getting wild, she changes into a vampire showing horrible teeth. All the slaves tried to escape through the darkened street, but the street was sealed with a big spider net. I tried to break the net and got trapped in it.
With a big scream, I woke up from sleep. During that time I heard a sound like the barking of a dog. I got up from the bed and came out of the room. The sound was from the upper floor.
"What the hell is going on there?" I asked a cleaning servant found in the corridor.
"This is the fun of Pharaoh." She smiled.
"Means?"
"A funny game for the players who are staying here."
"A funny game for the players? I want to see that. I am also staying here to play the game."
"You will not get permission to watch it. Those who are staying here more than three months will get permission to play, it is only for them."
I didn't mind that warning. I walked in the direction I heard the sound, which led me upstairs. The noise was coming from a hall. Two guards were standing at the door. I approached them and asked. "Dears, could you please tell me what is going on here?"
"Sir, it is a parade of loyalty with queen Cleopatra, a game to relax." One answered with a smile.
"I wish to have a look, please."
"Come on. You can watch but are not allowed to participate. It is only for the seniors staying here for more than three months." One invited and opened the door slightly.
I peeped into the hall. The sight seen inside was so marvelous..!
The queen was sitting in a royal chair with the costume and the golden thorn of Cleopatra, and the creeping slaves on their knees around her barked like a dog. Enjoying the fun, the queen gave her foot to those loyal dogs to lick and kiss.
She asked them to bark loudly, and they happily barked and licked the foot of the queen. After a while, the queen stood up and walked slowly through the hall. The creepy dogs who are the slaves obeyed the queen and expressed their loyalty by barking.
"It is so funny! Can I participate in this game?" I asked the guards.
"No sir, you can't. To become eligible to participate in this game, you have to stay here for a period of a minimum of three months by paying forty-five thousand Euros."
"Is there any other bloody game like this here for the idiot slaves?"
"Yes sir, there are other games too here for the people who stayed for more than a month."
"This is a game of the hell giving humiliation and torturing."
"No sir, this is a game of happiness. Look at those people playing with Cleopatra. They are happy in the game. They don't feel any humiliation or harassment, they are enjoying the game. The things that give happiness and peace will not be humiliation or torture. That is the theory of these games."
"Is there any game for the newcomers?"
"Yes sir, you can wash the innerwear of the lady servants of the castle, a pretty good job." They laughed.
While standing there, I heard the shouting of the queen loudly.
"Dogs, the pets of the hell, bark up loudly, bark up you the nasty dicks."
The loud barking sound of the dogs echoed in the corridor like the fun of Satan.
I left the spot with a sigh of madness and said to myself. "What a strange world is this! Anything can sell here, anything can be a gentle job here, anything can be fun and game here in the world of humans the genius and anybody can do anything here, anything..! Nature doesn't have either sin or holiness. That is the nature of nature leading us. For nature, everything is the motion that makes incidents which is part of the motion of the universe. Our life is also part of it. We make motions to create the incidents to fulfill the business of God. All of these damn things are part of this phenomenon."
The next day morning, while I was having my coffee in the garden with some other slaves, I saw the queen going out for her street business. Without wishing or minding any slaves, she passed by us with her trolley and got on the decorated royal horse cart. Quickly the queen disappeared like a vanishing beauty in the fairy tales. We the slaves, who were in the garden, lazily watched the grand procession of the queen. The horse, pulling the cart, snarled and loped forward. We heard the lashing of the horseman in the silence of the garden.
One luxurious day passed royally. There were so many things to enjoy there including delicious food and wine, garden entertainment, swimming pool fun, golf, movies, etc. I watched adult movies, and read erotic literature to keep the mood of the game well.
In the night, the queen came back with a new slave, a prey. She introduced him to us.
"He is the new slave who wants to play the game like all of you. He is a prince."
She explained the rules of the castle to him. He silently heard and confirmed his willingness to stay there until his turn came.
When he joined the waiting row, the number of the player or the orbiting planet around the queen became 21. I could observe the blinking anger in everybody's eyes because one more person has come to the waiting list to possess the opportunity. I also got upset. But, there was no way to react. We are slaves with no rights. Just suffer the fun of the game and be silent.
The next day the same story repeated. One more person came along with the queen. He was a mafia don. But besides the queen, he seemed to be an obeying silent kid.
As I didn't have anything to do, I explored the castle fully and found its glorious beauty. The dark chambers telling the erotic stories of love, the corridors of the ghosts, the ballrooms of lust, everywhere I could see the signs of a glorious legacy mourning about its past.