SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE -- a 1993 production, starring Tom Hanks with his ramen hair. Two decades wear heavy on the city’s skyline, more dotted and choked with high-rise buildings with a dense blanket of morning fog throughout October to June. The view is breathtaking from above yet suffocating when you are walking through the mix of humidity and pollutants.
Sleepless is this one supernatural in Seattle, whistling happily as he strides towards Nowhere in a comfortable summer midnight. The first time he came across the place, he brought along conflict, the one thing Margaret Parker prohibits in her two-story bar. Establishing a neutral ground free of violence must have been hard, and harder still to maintain; her efforts earned her his respect, and her scarred soul his morbid curiosity.
Alcohol is a funny obsession of many, one Wukong never picked up despite his many reincarnations. His vessels each had their own preferences, for sure, yet never had a drink hit his tongue and pleased his soul. Of course, his indifference does not deter him from pouring another down his throat.
“ I could use more syrup in mine, ” he grimaces a moment later, his entire mouth stinging under the heat of booze. Looking around, he asks, “ Did that kid quit? Did I scare them away? ”
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