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Motorcycle Don Quixote, Script |
by Akio Miyazawa
Translated by Mika Eglinton
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| MACHIKO |
... I ... I live an ordinary life. I wake up at 6:30 am. When I’m preparing for breakfast, Yuka-chan wakes up and says ‘morning’ to me so I say, ‘Morning’ to her. Tadao-san takes a seat and we have breakfast. He opens the shutter around the time Yuka-chan goes to school. When I wash the dishes, I hear the clattering noises. I feel the air from outside even in the kitchen. Then finally I think to myself the day has begun. ‘Morning’, ‘have a good day’, ‘good afternoon’, ‘hello’. The telephone in the shop rings. Tadao-san and Sakazaki-san are busy working and can’t answer it; it keeps ringing all the time. Then I answer it, ‘hello’. I know a bit about motorbikes these days, so I can talk about easy repairs. ‘Yes, yes, I understand. I am afraid we cannot repair it immediately but we can check the condition if you could bring the motorcycle to our shop’. Then, I start washing. After I’ve cleaned the rooms and sorted out the papers, it’s already lunchtime. Sakazaki-san has lunch outside but Tadao-san and I have a simple lunch at home. We switch the TV on, watch all the boring programmes. He chuckles, Tadao-san, watching the boring programmes. I prefer watching him chuckle. And everything is just fine. In the afternoon, I sort out all the sales slips. I input the data into the computer. This is tax-related, so it’s better to sort it out on a daily basis than to do it in a hurry just before the tax returns. I patter away on my keyboard. Tadao-san goes out to buy tobacco. Sakazaki is working in the garage. Evening comes. Lights go on. Customers come around by this time to get bicycle punctures fixed. I ask Sakazaki-san to take care of the house while I go out shopping to the nearby Seiyu supermarket. I meet some acquaintances there, ‘Good evening’, and ‘Long time no see’, ‘Your son is now a University student too.’ All sorts of idle conversation. Then I’ll start cooking dinner. On a usual day, Yuka-chan returns home a little late. Tadao-san welcomes her in. ‘I’m back’, ‘Welcome home’. Yuka-chan tends to be sulky. While watching TV, we have our meal. All we hear is bad news. Another murder. Another exaggerated report. Wars in far away places. Many people are being killed. It’s getting late. I know Sakazaki is still working in the garage. I say ‘it’s time to finish’, and he answers ‘I can’t stop til’ I’ve finished this.’ It’s already late. I can hear Yuka-chan talking on the phone from upstairs, and the noise of Sakazaki-san’s work from the garage. Here in Tsurumi it’s quiet. I just hear the traffic in the distance. And that’s how a day passes. A usual day, just like today.
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| SAKAZAKI |
From the another person’s point of view, it seems very very peaceful.
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| MACHIKO |
Is it ok if I talk like this? Or should I perform another me?
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| SAKAZAKI |
Just as I thought, you are an actress.
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Again, rock music can be heard in the distance.
Machiko glances in the direction of the music, with her eyes closed.
The music drifts in.
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