"Eugene... Come here please" James called his butler Eugene to him from the other room. The room he reclined in was quite large, with white, marble walls that held many different portraits of himself and other famous figures he had met.
Eugene walked in, a calm older gentleman dressed in a fine tuxedo "Yes sir?"
"Did I ever tell you of the time that Tesla managed to get me sent here, and also, get me some scotch would you? " James gave that winning smile over to his butler.
"Yes sir, scotch it is. And sir I have not heard this story, I would be delighted to hear it. " When infact he had heard it a million times. He quickly left to grab the bottle of scotch, a crystal glass, and some Ice cubes.
Upon returning he placed the scotch on the small, ancient table next to his employer, placed the 2 ice cubes inside, and poured the scotch.
That is when James began his story; Hearing it for the one millionth and one time won't hurt, right?
James calm, but expressionistic voice was at least easy to listen to
"Well it all started that morning really you see, I got the call from Tesla himself saying he was demonstrating a new machine he had made. Something to do with electricity and all that. Now, being the biggest support and financier of this project of his I could not wait to see what the man had in store for me. So I made sure to put my best clothes on, seeing that the demonstration got into Cornell. Cornell! Either way I left around 10:00 Am that morning, Eastern standard time of course. Now I took the Yellow Coupe that day, mainly because it was sunny out, a perfect driving day. Now the main road to the western part of New York State was always a traffic hole. So I took some of the back roads, went through some different towns. Did I mention that I was seeing Tesla? Right, anyways."
He took a sip of the scotch, allowing it to wet his throat before going on.
"Anyways around lunch time I stopped at this gas station somewhere off in the country to get food and fill up. I have never met Nicer people. Had some sort of Roast beef pie that would make most of the things we eat at these parties. Boy was it swell. After that they filled me up, washed my tires and windshield, and gave me food to eat on the way. These people were so generous I paid them $55 plus another $10 in tips! So I was back on the road, thinking this is swell. A perfect day. A great meal. Nice people. What more could I ask for right? Oh it gets better."
He takes another sip of the scotch.
Eugene simply stands at a semi-relaxed attention listening and using his pre-rehearsed "oohs" and "amazing sir" and "that is quite swell"
"So I was nearly to the Campus of Cornell when my car starts to sputter. I hadn't been paying attention to my gas reader and found myself nearly empty. But of all the luck of the world I landed myself right at the very spot another gas station came to view. Now Tesla was scheduled to open at 9:00 PM so I still had 4 hours or so to spare. So I went on in and tried some of their food. It was good, but nothing to the Roast Beef I had before, so I only paid $40 for the food and tipped $5. I was back on the road, and arrived about an Hour and a half early. I parked nearest to the front as I could. I grabbed my Fedora --- Did I tell you about that Fedora, the one I got from a frenchman during the war? No..? Maybe another time. Anyways so Tesla was already set up inside, a towering machine this thing was. He told me it was going to revolutionize the way I looked at my world."
He finished off that last bit of his Glass of scotch and handed it over to Eugene. Eugene simply tucked it under his arm and listened.
"So the time came and Tesla let me start the machine up. Power turbines spun and spun and spun, apparently to speeds of 100 Miles per hour. I heard something, a slight pop maybe? Next thing I knew there was a flash of light and I found myself laying down in a grassy field looking at the sun in Rhy'din."
"A splendid story sir." He smiled graciously "Is there anything else you want sir?"
"No thank you Eugene." James crossed his legs and read an article in the Rhy'din Times.
Eugene walked in, a calm older gentleman dressed in a fine tuxedo "Yes sir?"
"Did I ever tell you of the time that Tesla managed to get me sent here, and also, get me some scotch would you? " James gave that winning smile over to his butler.
"Yes sir, scotch it is. And sir I have not heard this story, I would be delighted to hear it. " When infact he had heard it a million times. He quickly left to grab the bottle of scotch, a crystal glass, and some Ice cubes.
Upon returning he placed the scotch on the small, ancient table next to his employer, placed the 2 ice cubes inside, and poured the scotch.
That is when James began his story; Hearing it for the one millionth and one time won't hurt, right?
James calm, but expressionistic voice was at least easy to listen to
"Well it all started that morning really you see, I got the call from Tesla himself saying he was demonstrating a new machine he had made. Something to do with electricity and all that. Now, being the biggest support and financier of this project of his I could not wait to see what the man had in store for me. So I made sure to put my best clothes on, seeing that the demonstration got into Cornell. Cornell! Either way I left around 10:00 Am that morning, Eastern standard time of course. Now I took the Yellow Coupe that day, mainly because it was sunny out, a perfect driving day. Now the main road to the western part of New York State was always a traffic hole. So I took some of the back roads, went through some different towns. Did I mention that I was seeing Tesla? Right, anyways."
He took a sip of the scotch, allowing it to wet his throat before going on.
"Anyways around lunch time I stopped at this gas station somewhere off in the country to get food and fill up. I have never met Nicer people. Had some sort of Roast beef pie that would make most of the things we eat at these parties. Boy was it swell. After that they filled me up, washed my tires and windshield, and gave me food to eat on the way. These people were so generous I paid them $55 plus another $10 in tips! So I was back on the road, thinking this is swell. A perfect day. A great meal. Nice people. What more could I ask for right? Oh it gets better."
He takes another sip of the scotch.
Eugene simply stands at a semi-relaxed attention listening and using his pre-rehearsed "oohs" and "amazing sir" and "that is quite swell"
"So I was nearly to the Campus of Cornell when my car starts to sputter. I hadn't been paying attention to my gas reader and found myself nearly empty. But of all the luck of the world I landed myself right at the very spot another gas station came to view. Now Tesla was scheduled to open at 9:00 PM so I still had 4 hours or so to spare. So I went on in and tried some of their food. It was good, but nothing to the Roast Beef I had before, so I only paid $40 for the food and tipped $5. I was back on the road, and arrived about an Hour and a half early. I parked nearest to the front as I could. I grabbed my Fedora --- Did I tell you about that Fedora, the one I got from a frenchman during the war? No..? Maybe another time. Anyways so Tesla was already set up inside, a towering machine this thing was. He told me it was going to revolutionize the way I looked at my world."
He finished off that last bit of his Glass of scotch and handed it over to Eugene. Eugene simply tucked it under his arm and listened.
"So the time came and Tesla let me start the machine up. Power turbines spun and spun and spun, apparently to speeds of 100 Miles per hour. I heard something, a slight pop maybe? Next thing I knew there was a flash of light and I found myself laying down in a grassy field looking at the sun in Rhy'din."
"A splendid story sir." He smiled graciously "Is there anything else you want sir?"
"No thank you Eugene." James crossed his legs and read an article in the Rhy'din Times.