Chanting looks Popular

Goober and Tu conspired one night to break out of the retreat, and go explore the city outside. Unbeknown to them previously, there just happened to be a bus stop at the gates which went to the station, the metropolis, and even the airport.

“I thought we were in the heights of Tibet” said Goober mildly surprised and a little deflated to find himself in an ordinary city.

“I had thought we were in some Brigadoon … you know, a place that lives in the clouds and only frequents Earth once a century.” said Tu, wonderingly.

Tu looked over his shoulder. The retreat even had a glass plated signage with a brochure beneath that showed up-and-coming events.

“Chanting looks popular”, said Goober squinting at the calendar over Tu’s shoulder. He could see that it was the most frequent activity open to the public to participate in.

“Oh look - they do cooking lessons for noviciates! Ha!” exclaimed Tu - “Is this the same place we just walked out of with fifty ways of cooking rice?”

Actually, it wasn’t. The retreat that they had been under the cover of, was one that existed back in time, some two hundred years earlier. Goober swallowed hard, his allergies already were beginning to kick back in. Tu is quite right - it is a lot like Brigadoon, he thought to himself.

“Oh I am so sorry Tu”, he said to the young Master who was watching his face carefully as his own began to swell. 

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Finding Self - Second Guesses- Azlander Series