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My Sacrifice (MSV After Dark)

October 13, 2012 • Leave a Comment

“Did you know the folks here used to believe that each year, this river steals a life?” narinig niyang tanong ng misteryosong lalaki na nasa paanan ng tulay.

“How did you know that? Taga-rito ka ba?” Nagdesisyon si Faye na lapitan at salubungin ang tingin nito, at tumigil yata ang kaniyang paghinga. Mukhang god ang kaniyang kaharap!

“I’m fairly new to this place, pero matagal-tagal na rin mula nakalipat ako,” anito.

“So totoo ang sabi ng mga matatanda. May pakpak ang balita, kaya alam mo ang tungkol sa myth ng ilog na ito.”

Unti-unting umangat ang gilid ng mga labi nito bilang ngiti. Sinabayan niya iyon. Dumantay ang palad nito sa kanyang kamay at doon siya natauhan. His hand, his palm was ice cold.

God! Parang kamay ng isang bangkay!

Trivia:

there’s an excerpt here, if you’d like to look at it…

the places mentioned in the story are real places in Ilocos Sur. i can’t say i grew up there because i wasn’t born there. but my father did. and i know the area fairly well. it’s near our relatives’ homes, including that of my great grandmother.

i didn’t want to write about vampires. nor werewolves (but with my infatuation with Alcide Herveaux, i might). so basahin niyo na lang kung anong nilalang si Aurelius. πŸ™‚

the original cover peg i found was of this model, Brad Kroenig. kaya lang, i chanced on an airing of Van Helsing on HBO, and saw Velkan, and when i researched for pics of Will Kemp, i saw this close up shot that said to me, ‘i’m Aurelius.’ so there.

depending on your threshold for mystery-thriller stories, be prepared to be afraid. bwahahahaha!!!

i thank my aunt, my Dad’s cuz, Cherry Gonzales-Toquero, who helped me think of the names of Aurelius’ clan by supplying me with the Ilocano terms that I needed. and i thank my other aunt, Dad’s sis and my ninang (godmother), Amelia Gonzales, from whom i heard these strange stories that prevailed in the province long before i was born. hehehe.

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  1. jhezellacritiquette says

    October 28, 2012 at 03:33

    I am a certified Ilokana. Pero sad to say, Ngayon ko lang narinig ang Dalluyongen. Pero siguro iba lang ang versiyon sa lugar namin. In fact laganap rin sa place namin ang story ng mga water monster o mas tinatawag namin silang serena. Ganito rin ang story nila. Kung si Aurelius is male, sa place namin mga babae at ang common na victim ay mga visitors na makikisig. ang pinakahuling narinig ko about them ay noong 8 years old ata ako. May nalunod at sabi nila abot kamay lang siya ng mga divers pero di siya maiahon. Noong pinana nila yong bangkay saka lang daw naahon. Somewhat related po siguro sila kasi iisang body of water ang kanilang patutunguhan, south china sea.

    Anyway, about Aurelius, malaking factor ang naka-italized portion nong novel na nag-iinform about the Dalluyongens. Makikilala rin dito ang powerful interverence ni Hayo.(until now di ko pa siya naresearch kung kaninong legend siya.) Katatakot man ang genre ng kwentong ito, masasabi ko na somewhat it has lesson to convey. Masasabi ko na ang pag-ibig ay walang pinipiling itsura(model si Faye at monster in disguise si Aurelius).

    Noong nakikita ko ang teaser nito, kaninong kayang sacrifice ito. Alam ko na nangyayari ito sa real life. ‘Monsters’ do sacrifice for the sake of love. Miss EJ, Ang naiintriga ako at parang mas excited akong mabasa ang nasa epilogue. Sino po siya? Siya ba yong magiging anak nina Faye at Lawrence?

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    • edithjoaquin says

      October 28, 2012 at 04:01

      una, salamat sa mahabang comment. i’ve always preferred comments na may laman, kahit sabihin sa akin na hindi maganda ang gawa ko, kaysa yung puro lang ang ganda po or sorry, di ko po nagustuhan tapos period na. syempre, i want to know why.

      pangalawa, sinadya ko na hindi Sireno o Siyokoy ang tawag sa kanila. sinadya ko din na hindi babae ang sirena. too common na kasi. nabanggit ko sa trivia that i asked my aunt for related terminologies and she included dalluyong, meaning wave. i explained this in the book. doon ko kinuha ang pangalan ng lahi nila. siguro kaya hindi pamilyar sa iyo kasi imbento ko ‘yun. plus, i guess kahit certified Ilocana ka at ako ay kalahati lang dahil purong Tagalog talaga ang nanay ko at sa Manila ako ipinanganak at tumanda, kung hindi galing sa iisang lugar ang Ilocano roots natin, malamang magkaiba ang ilang terms talaga.

      si Hayo ay mula sa Filipino folk tales. i’m using another laptop at ‘di dito naka-bookmark sa browser ‘yung site and di ko kabisado ‘yung URL pero ni-research ko ang tungkol sa kaniya. siya ang Diyos ng Karagatan.

      finally, ang epilogue ay walang kinalaman sa kwentong pag-ibig ni Aurelius/Lawrence at Faye. if you remember, nagbagong buhay na si Leo at ‘yung mga Dalluyongen na tumulong sa kaniya. mortal na siya at mabubuhay siyang mortal kasama ng mortal na asawa at anak. and i will not make a story for Evan dahil ibabalik ko lang ang problema ng katulad nilang lahi. ulit lang ang drama. the epilogue was written tulad ng mga pambitin na eksena sa movies and i guess with this, i am giving the reader the freedom to imagine kung ano’ng kababalaghan naman ang gagawin ng bagong karakter na ‘yan.

      ayun lang at muli, maraming salamat sa pagbabasa mo. πŸ™‚

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      • jhezellacritiquette says

        November 7, 2012 at 20:56

        Hi Miss Jette!!! Parang magandang sequel ang kwento ng anak nina Faye at Aurelius. Paano mo po ba siya i-discribe kung sakaling gagawan mo po siya ng kwwento? Ano ang magiging itsura niya?

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        • edithjoaquin says

          November 7, 2012 at 20:59

          hi! hmm… i don’t know. hindi ko siya iniisip dahil wala akong balak gawin. ibang landas ang balak ko tahakin sa susunod kong AD. πŸ™‚

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          • jhezellacritiquette says

            November 7, 2012 at 21:09

            ok po!!!!explore lang po ng explore. Baka makatisod ng black diamond!!!

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