The camp-fire (continued)
The three of us (Sreenath, Zaroof and i) stepped outside to find Rinsa and Prajeesh leaning against a wall, bearly able to stand (for obvious reasons), which was facing us. I gathered the courage to ask them where they were( as u must know i did not have any experience in handling people of my age group who were hammered prior to this day). Rinsa replied with a very toothy grin,"Namal sight-seeing cheyayirunnu ...just for horror." We (i.e is Zaroof and I, as Sreenath actrualy beleived them...remember who was no better in the sloshing part) let it pass and we prodded them along to the sight where the camp-fire was held and were looking at it with dismay
Zaroof: What a waste it was..nobody really enjoyed..
I: True..and those two had to fight to ruin the whole thing...what were they thinking ..
Zaroof: Ya..and that too the stupidest reason..chey
Sreenath: I love Vikram..
Zaroof and I: ehh..(it took us sometime to get used to this state they were in)
Sreenath:..I mean..they way he walked in Anniyan..what glamour he has
Prajeesh: athu sheriya..van glamour
Sreenath: I wanna walk like him avi...i really do..wait a sec..(he takes a few steps away from us and looks towards us)...Rinsa...when i say 'ok' just say , "Lights...Camera...action."..u know the way they do in the movies..
Rinsa: Okay da..i'll do anything..anything..allada avinyashe...(I was starting to get very uncomfortable with their sudden outburst of affection...but i nodded along)
Sreentah says ok and rinsa being the obedient dude that he is said: Start...Action..Cut..
Sreenath was dumbfounded(yes..u read it right...the drunk duffer was dumbfounded)..and was stopped in his tracks..it was hilarious to watch these guys grapple with reality at the same enjoying every minute of it.
The conductor and bus driver came to us and expressed their disappointments over the legit camp-fire.They kept saying," u guys are useless...so boring" and " we have gone for so many tours..always the camp-fire was the best part of it..the fire used to be thhhissss big(gesturing with their hands to show us the size of the flame)". From this it was apparent that they too had the 'ol 'grandpas cough syrup'...but i suppose it was that kind day. They retreated to the bus and apparently to call it a day. Meanwhile the three stooges were inspecting the fire and were jumping over it like a vikram or anyother hero would in their movies...shouting "FIRE,FIRE!!"( to put things into perspective there was no flame at all..and they were jumping over was the burnt remains of the wood which had some orange tinge which occurs at the end of the combustion process). Zaroof and I had nothing to do but stand and laugh at this..but we realized what fun they were having and decided to join in...so now u had 5 drunk blokes(actually three and half...coz zaroof was standing infront of sreenath who was breathing heavily onto him..but whose counting) jumping over burnt wood shouting "Fire, Fire!" and each rescuing the other from the catastrophy that is the fire. We sang and danced and basically had a blast. In between we even tried breaking into the bus to join the bus drivers who were watching..well..to put it simply...biologically informative movies.
This was the trend till about 2 o'clock..after which we decided to sit near our rooms and gossip the night away...we even thought of knocking onto the girls doors and flirt with them..but then that would have taken things too far...or would it have??
