Western Handwriting {Father's Chess}

A Story by Abishai100

Amlan Satan manages a cyber-ranching education 'event' but must 'transcend' the ghost-haunt like visit by his estranged 'evil-cowboy' father Emit (for his hourglass!).

An American Dream fable of unusual 'proportion' inspired by the gripping American values-film/exposition Flesh and Bone (Dennis Quaid), which I hope you'll like,

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AMLAN SATAN: This cyber-venture for ranching-simulation in the Homeland is excellent idea for our Western chess-club after the graduation ceremony (Deep-Springs?) concludes of a special view of great American intelligence for all (ha)...and we'll get some nice social media sponsors for a movie-night examination of cowboy-handwriting (too!).

The 'Earth-prince' (Amlan Satan) had prepared a rather handsome hospitality-exercise for his cyber-society (New_Porcellian) in the post-9/11 era Homeland (America) for an expo of intelligence-activity choreography for future educators/investors in the cowboy/farm/ranch storyboard and management/capitalism-history logging and even prepared for an extra credit enhancement involving 'authentic' cowboy/Indian old-American cuisine for social-media commentary (wow).

However, something 'darker' was in-store for this prince as his 'evil-cowboy' father (Emit) prepared a hasty visit to the 'estate' of the prince (Amlan Satan) and would require some extra-credit ingenuity from the hand of Satan to choreograph some social network assistance to exorcise the demons of the past for a greater cyber-view of this future expo for all (hmm).

AMLAN: We've got some extra credit sponsors from an Ivy Pow-Wow (event) from spring and (Deep-Springs?) ties with cyber-nets will offer this hospitality exercise in American history of capitalism-race 'migrations' a cool view of all that's especially Western/handwriting for all (ha).

GIRLFRIEND: I got a stranger call from your father (Emit) the other day, darlin.

SATAN (Amlan): Why?
GIRLFRIEND: Seemed he wanted to inform you (through me!) of this visit for your expo, darlin!

SATAN: Why'd he want me to know...did he mention anything extra (to you, for me)?

GIRLFRIEND: No, but he claimed he was 'fascinated' by gossip to see your cyber-photos of sponsors.

Emit was an alcoholic whom Amlan Satan 'escaped' from when he finished-up high school to enter ranching/classical education for a post-grad 'venture' of cyber-homeschooling and investments with his cool Wall Street (Ford) earnings in the early 21st-Century (wow). While Amlan designed his cyber-event extra-credit sideshow ranching-simulation video-game exercises for students/ranchers/investors, he thought how best to 'choreograph' his 'chess-game' with Emit who'd arrive at any given moment/Sunday. Was this a cyber-examination of a 'collegiate' debt for Aman/Emit?

AMLAN (Diary): Daddy paid for college; me thinks he's collecting (emotionally) now for my cyber-forays into personal investments/successes...I need some kind of 'view' of erected heavens (for me!).

EMIT: Long time no hear, prince.

SATAN: Good to hear you're (at least) alive, father.

EMIT: You got some cowboys-Indians chess-set for me to play with (with you), I hear!

SATAN: You talked to my girlfriend, no?
EMIT: She's a peach, Satan; I get that feeling she's moved you to be a real American hero (ha).

SATAN: What do you want, Emit?

EMIT: Just to play chess, check out your modern American dream-successes, that's all, sonny-gem.

SATAN: Let's play chess...I'll watch some cowboy-TV with you, father; then depart with my present.

EMIT: Alright!

GIRLFRIEND: What'd he say, before he departed, prince darlin?
SATAN: I offered the right-stuff of 'persuasion' after entreating his view of ranching-profits.

GIRLFRIEND: He'll miss the 'event' after all, huh?
SATAN: We're blessed...Emit's turned evil...he's departed from our view...for good.

Amlan's girlfriend purchased a demon-protection Homeland stained-glass art-piece for their shared ranch-home as the 'prince' continued to prepare for this 'grand' cyber-expo for a hospitality-trophy of modern homeschooling/investments in the United States. His memory of Emit would be one of 'literary' cliche (ironically) --- invoking (arguably) the tones/themes from those 'canonical' works of 'escape-from-paternalism' shadows like Fathers and Sons (ha).

Amlan married his sweetheart and they'd have a darling-son (Damian) for whom he'd gift that now 'haunted' cowboys-Indians chess-set/toy which Satan (Amlan!) used to entertain/exorcise the 'evil-presence' of his now-departed once-alcoholic father (Emit) for good (hmm).

DAMIAN: Wow, a Cowboys-cheerleaders flyer/art-print (for me)!

SATAN: All's well in the American 'views' of great sportsmanship/riddles for celebrity and cheer, son.

DAMIAN: Why don't you ever talk about grandpa (Emit), like mom told me, daddy?
SATAN: Some 'shadows' are better left in the past, Damian; enjoy our 'new' American Dream.

DAMIAN: Alright...all's for the hand-shakes (in the Homeland).

AMLAN (Diary): Seems to us in this great Homeland that collections of fortune's hand and the 'chess' of wrought self-made dreams (as the world expanded) does indeed reflect a sort of 'shine' in the casting of the American image of competition/successes as a trophy-deed for the 'Western' hammock.