Empire Of Jadase: New Day - Chapter 17
The War of Vagors in the Empire, can sometimes last for 1 week and some of the Vagors delivered by a Jadasian can last for 24 hours. This exchange of intellect needs a strong perception and knowledge about all sorts of life and death experiences in the universe. It cannot be determined if who will lost or who wins the Vagor Competition by just focusing on the Vagor itself but rather on the meanings inside each Vagor. Today, Laquadia and Athur is giving their best because if they lost this battle of intellect, it will be such a shame to the status they have, especially Laquadia who is the First Prince of the Empire.
“The title of my Vagor is ‘The Old Man and His Dog’, it will be a bit longer as what I had said. I think I’ll start now.” Athur said full of decisiveness. He then began to change his voice like that an old man telling a story to the kids.
“There is an old man that lives in a house built by all kinds of precious stones that were mined in the Empire. He have a family – a daughter, a son and of course a wife. His wife is dead 10 years ago. His daughter is now leaving with her husband and their children in another system in the Bizir Galaxy. His son, he actually don’t know where he is after his mother’s death. He probably works in a restaurant because he loves to cook all types of foods when he is still young. Or probably, had a wife and children because when he last saw him, he had a beautiful girlfriend. This old man is fashionable. He have a good sense in clothes and about things to wear on an particular occasion he will attend into. He is rich, reflected on the way he lives everyday. He do have a private doctor and nurses to take care of his health. He have dozen of slaves to keep his house clean and to cook him his foods everyday. He have all sorts of small spacecrafts that are worth billions of Thita. Of course, he do have a Captain – two of them to be exact. He also have a gardener to maintain all those very rare and exotic collections of flowers and plants, there are also trees that looks very elegant when trimmed to perfection. He do have a cute fat dog which he really love so much. That dog had been lost for five days, and the old man can’t even rest on his bed, waiting for the dog to come back. Suddenly, a bark can be heard in front of his door during a heavy rain because at that time there was a typhoon. Then the old man run quickly from the kitchen to the front door for being so excited to see his beloved dog, again. This dog is the old man’s only companion and friend. The old man don’t like to talk much to the people in his house but with this dog, he ask so many questions and tell him a lot of stories that he can remember. He even tell the dog about his life when he started to go to school and until he met his wife and everything about what happened in his millions of years of existence in this universe. If only this dog can talk, this old man can make this companion of his to be a son or a brother. He would even buy him all things that his fortune can afford. One day, this old man got really sick because of his diseases and illnesses that the medication can’t prevent anymore from making his body weaker every minute. The dog was just in his side sleeping, waiting and wondering for his master to talk to him again. Days past, the old man died and his dog is beside him waggling his tail to the doctor not knowing what happened to his master. The doctor told everyone to call his relatives and family. Thankfully, someone inside the house got an information about the daughter and the son. They called and told them the bad news. The daughter came after a few hours. She is pregnant and on his 40’s. She brought her husband and their children. The son came the day after he got the news. The old man is right, he is now a chef in a prestigious restaurant and he has a wife, but this is not the woman the old man saw. They have three beautiful daughters. The dog is just in the corner wiggling his tail to all the people he saw. Five days after the death of his master, he was finally buried in a cemetery together with his mother, father, and all his relatives are. His daughter and his son together with their family stayed behind for who knows how many years. The dog is now in a very bad state. His ribs can now be seen on his skeleton like body because people stop giving him food for about five days now. Sometimes, they will feed him for about a quarter of his bowl and starve him for five to ten days. He have injuries that came from the baseball bat that the son use in hitting him when he had done nothing wrong. The dog will sometimes compare his self to a punching bag that people use to hit when they are exercising or in a bad mood. ‘He is an animal, he has rights in this universe.’ as what an animal activist will say. He has many scars that came from a boiling water that the daughter poured on him. Again, he asked his self ‘Am I a coffee or a milk?’ He also have a dislocated bones on his joints because of what they do to him – kicking, punching, hitting and all kinds of things that they do when they saw him. Is a person have not yet seen this kind of situation is a dog in their while life they will say ‘This Dog is in the state of death.’ But the dog is still breathing because he is still waiting for his master to talk to him again, like before. 1 year that this animal endured all those stuffs is already enough for those people who had done this to him to be guilty of persecution or even murder. If only dogs can say, this one will shout, ‘Where is Justice?’. Then the dog recalls all the memories he had with his loving master, the old man who would carry him with all his big fat weight back then, even though, this old man is very sick. One day, when the dog is walking or hopping in his own situation, saw the 2 year old son of the daughter. The house was actually built near a forest where wild animals roamed. This 1 year old boy was been hunted by a stray wolf. The wolf which is only about 21 meters away from the boy is standing is ready to run and eat its pray. The dog run immediately to protect the innocent child from the wolf. Giving all his remaining strength and life to fight wolf and to protect the son of the person who had persecuted him and poured water on his body without pity. The mother then saw his son from the scene where the wolf and the dog is fighting, shouted for help, then all the people came and the wolf run because he was thrown by stones and sticks. The dog which is full of blood from the bite of the wolf around his body waggled his tail to look at all the people. But the father of the boy threw a large stone that killed the dog without even saying ‘I save your son from Death’.”
After Athur finished delivering his Vagor, this time some of the men is now teary eyed. They remember their Rothars and their dog back at their home. They really need to love their dog more than before.
“What a powerful Vagor you had just delivered Athur, I’m speechless.” Said one of the men in the left side of the cabin.
“Is this about the animals who had been tormented or those people who had been persecuted and judged guilty of the crime they didn’t commit?” Asked the person beside Athur curiously. He still didn’t understand the meaning of the Vagor Athur had conveyed.
“It’s both my brother. But their is a deeper meaning into it other than those two.” Athur replied casually.
“What is that deep meaning then.” Asked the other man in the right corner of the cabin.
“It’s the unconditional love that no one knew would occur on our companion or on our love ones. Especially to our Rothars, it is actually a reversed situation. It is us who is the dog and the old man is our Rothars. When our Rothars die we wanted to do everything and wait for that day we can see them again. Sometimes, people will tell us that we are useless without our Rothars and they will began to insult and tell us all the bad things they wanted to say to torment us from the regret we had from not able to protect our Rothar from death.” This time it is Laquadia who replied to the man’s question.
When everyone heard what the First Prince had said. They were left speechless once again, they can’t expect that the Vagor have a deeper meaning like this. It is true only people with high intellect can understand it.
Vagor is not just about making story and deliver it to your opponent. It is also a story that must have deeper meanings into, therefore the deeper the meaning of your Vagor the more powerful your delivery and story is. Vagor is part of the Jadasian culture and is one of the literature teachings in all the academies of the Empire.
“My Prince, it’s your turn. I’m excited to hear your Vagor.” Said Athur excitedly towards Laquadia. Even if he lost this War of Vagor it doesn’t matter because he had a chance to do this to the First Prince of the Empire.
“Okay, my turn. This Vagor is titled ‘Two Parts of Pain’. It is a bit shorter than your last Vagor but I believe it can do the tricks.” Laquadia said casually and began to change his tone into that of regret and with a hint of thanking and care.
“How can I say no, if the other part of me says yes? How can I fly, if my other wing is not ready to be free?” When everyone heard the first two lines that Laquadia had said they then began to listen more intently than before. They know that this will be a powerful Vagor they’ll hear in their entire life delivered by the First Prince himself. “How can I run, if my other feet is still walking? How can I sleep, if my other eye is still waiting? How can I wave goodbye, if both of my hands are hugging you? How can I point at the things I don’t like, if my other finger points at the things I always love? How can I stop, if I can still pursue? How can I hate you, if I still love you? How can I forget you, if I always dream about you? How can I cry, if we are laughing together? How can I forgive you, if I saw you kissing my friend? How can I kill myself, if I am afraid to never see you again? I think, I am going to stop asking ‘How can I’ and start ‘If I Can’. If I can erase those memories of betrayals, then what memories will I have? If I can only know those words are about honesty, then what words are lies? If I can only see the truth, then what mistakes will I see? We are just Jadasians, we are not perfect and I am happy to realize what I am because I know how to forget, to forgive and most of all I know how to feel pain. It hurts, so much.” After Laquadia finished the first part of the Vagor he paused and change his tone into that of angriness and continued. “It hurts because I always love you, I care for you, I am always there for you, I support you, I can forgive you, I can understand you and I will always fight for you. How about you? You never loved me, you never supported me, you can’t even forgive my slightest mistake, you never understood me and you always betray me.” Laquadia then changed his voice into a thankful manner.”Now, I can say that those wounds are partially healing because I met a woman, where I can always say yes, where my wings flocks together, where I can run because we run together, where I can sleep because I always dream about her, where I can wave my goodbye because tomorrow I know with her I can always pursue, where I can hate her because it is the way I say I love you, where my mind can forget her because in my heart she will never be forgotten, where I can cry because it is for her, for us. Where I know how to forgive because she is always there to support me, where I am not afraid to kill myself because I know I will be with her forever. The one who help me heal my heart, the one whom I am going to call my one and only in my heart and most of all my first love.” Laquadia paused and change his voice that can severe irons and break nails and continued. “My Mother, My Nation, The Empire of Jadase.”
Boommmm!
The sound that resonated within the minds of those men who are inside the cabin listening to the last words Laquadia had said. They are more than speechless, this time no tears came out of their eyes but rather power and veneration towards The Empire of Jadase and of course to Laquadia. They then began to stand straight and those who are sitting also began to do the same. They then saluted to Laquadia and towards the Empire of Jadase. This Vagor is too powerful that it made their bloods boil and their hearts are now thumping crazily inside their chest. They cannot believe what they had heard, it made them experience death in just a second.
“A Vagor that have a thousands of meanings. I only understood 2 of its meaning. You deserve to be called one of the most powerful person in the Empire, my Prince.” Athur said with deep veneration in his voice and eyes.
“I want to know all of those meanings this Vagor have, my Prince. It’s short but can overshadow some of the Vagors I had heard in my entire life.” Said the person saluting beside Athur.
“You’re still young, you need to experience life and make a journey. When you are finished, go back to me and tell me all the experiences you had. Those are the answer to the questions you seek.” Laquadia said casually and began to give back the salute of this 10 young men. After he is done with it, he then began to speak again.”I think I need to leave. I’ll see you all in a while, ready yourself for the training you’ll have.”
“Training?” Replied Athur curiously.
“Just wait for it, I think I need to leave now.” Laquadia said and walked out of the cabin towards the large rooms inside the ship where the powerful Rothars are.
