The journey is over - the trio are at
"Mockyo" city - Nallu's eyes are almost out of
their sockets. "Roja akka, is this our final
destination? Are u sure? " Tamil is engrossed
in the beauty all around her " Roja akka, this
does not look like OUR heaven??!! Are we lost?"
Roja gives a reassuring smile and swipes a card
on a floating sensor machine - the gates open,
allow the trio in and close behind them.
The atmosphere is electric - people are floating
aimlessly and have all the time in the world to
stop and stare at the trio!!! Roja shows a card
to one of them and asks for directions. The man
volunteers to accompany the trio - Roja holds on
to his long gown and the trio glide along.
Tamil and Nallu are dying for some kind of
explanation. Roja has no option now - " Kuttys,
this is a city created by the Japanese in space.
Tokyo has become too crowded. Expansion is
impossible but Tokyo residents did not want to
move away from there. So, the government arrived
at a solution and built this Mockyo city in space -
an exact replica of Tokyo. All above the age of
55 were sent here as they had retired from their
jobs. The younger group moved in from other cities
to the capital. Other cities became less crowded
and Tokyo is now the "city of youngsters". See,
Japan is fast becoming the nation of elders and
so they had to do some thing. They do not want
to sacrifice the experience of all these retirees and
so... here we are in Mockyo. Something like Argo
city - the whole city is inside a huge bubble which
has all the oxygen needed to breathe - we need to
collect some important papers and take back to
JAXA, got it??"
Tamil has a mischievous gleam but Roja is
quick to set it right " no tricks Tamil, the
info will be written in Japanese codes and we
have no way of decoding them. Also, I do have a
hidden agenda for accepting this trip. So, let
us do what we are here for first and then do
our job, ok??"
Tamil's interest is kindled - stealing the info
and selling to other agencies vanishes from her
mind. Nallu has a knowing look "athane parthen,
yetho secret agenda irukkanume, athan twin is in
the lounge" but she is all game for the prank!!!
Roja collects the sealed envelope, conducts a
'danceversation" with a few elders( Japanese
knowledge illame conversation is not possible,
athan intha natya language!!!) Tamil entertains
them with her manmatha raasaaa dance - few join
the fray and it is funny to watch dancing in the
air - "float and dance" is a new technique,
specially created for the space!!! Nallu is busy
gobbling the mysore paks - she flew a long way,
after all!!
Some of the residents complain to Roja that
they do not have much option for entertainment -
this brings a wicked smile in Roja's lips and
boyyy, do we see the mad gleam in place???? But
Roja is quick to assume her avtar and project
a docile image - " will report to JAXA and they
will look in to it, ok?" - the trio move out.
As they are passing through the gates, Roja
pulls some thing out of the floating sensor
which goes unnoticed!!!
Now, Roja is all action - "Tamil, Nallu has
not seen the heaven, why don't you take her
along and show her around? I can give you 3
hours. Just go and remind Mr.Newton about how
his Physics can be defied by menials like us -
U can dance with original Manmathan once again ,
what say?? By then my job here will be over as
well." - but Tamil and Nallu refuse to move an
inch. They do not want to miss out on the new
fun - " enna periya heaven, inime Roja akka dayavu
illame, nambale thaniya varaalam, why miss out
on this?" - Roja has no problem, she always
believes in "more the merrier" policy.
Roja pulls out her hidden mobile and sends out
a sms - the message is all about latitude and
longitude - yes, directions for her twin to
arrive here with her cargo!!! Giri's mobile
screeches loudly - night time in the earth and
Giri is in seventh heaven dreaming about ACD/Priya
- " Thennan thoppu, thennan thoppu, ore love
kaathu, love kaathu" - a la Anjali movie - Giri
gets up with a start, reads her sms, goes to the
store room, collects her moottai and proceeds to
her terrace. The moottai makes some gurgling
noises and a whole lot of movements are seen!!!
Giri flies directly to Roja and gang - gives a
thumbs up signal to Roja - Roja has her mad gleam
in place!!! Mockyo city is sleeping -all are
floating and sleeping!!! - Roja swipes her card
once again at the sensor (awww, she did pull some
thing out of that!!!) gates open and the IF ians
enter noiselessly!!! Giri opens her moottai and
spills her cargo....... boyy, it is CR, Thols and CJB!!!!!
All the three start floating but Giri is
quick to pull the rope - they look around with
fear written large on their faces -
Roja takes out 3 cards from her purse. " Here,
these are the ID cards for the three of u to live
here, I managed to " procure" from JAXA
( Procure??? suttutten nnu sollu Roja..) You guys
just stay here, write and direct serials with the local
actors and stage them as " theru koothu dramas",
ok??? No TVs here and the residents need some
entertainment - up to u guys to take care of this
problem. Earth pakkam thalai vaichu padukka
kooda koodathu,ok??" Tamil and Nallu are overjoyed.
Tamil changes tune from manmatha raasa " Thols
illatha ulagam ketten, Kolangal illatha TV ketten,
Aadhi illatha Chennai ketten" - a la Ajith of
Amarkalam. Nallu is singing under her breath
" Anjali vitta thada, manam thullu thada, ini
nimmathi da, enakku jolly than da" - a la satti
sutta thada!!!
Roja collects her group, quickly gets out and
the gates close. The ID cards are just resident
permits, no one can use it for coming out or
going in!! JAXA gave the access card to Roja
for accomplishing their mission. The quartet flew
back - Giri quietly got back to her bed room to
continue with her dream (ohhh, from now on she
will direct Aanandam and finish it quickly!!)
and the trio reported at JAXA HQ.
The hidden agenda was unknown to JAXA - the
residents of Mockyo will not report the intruders
as they look forward for the entertainment -
JAXA thanked Roja and gang profusely, paid
them their whooping salary and sent them
back to IF lounge by the new SIA A380 aircraft
- 1st class - The trio had an excellent, enjoyable
flight back.
Awww, Roja is back in the lounge??? The rest of
the members sighhhhhhhhhhhh...............
Edited by rojapoooo - 17 years ago