FADE IN
Act 1
INT. SITTING ROOM - 21:30 (YESTERDAY)
Watching TV news, PETER looks excited.
PETER (V.O.): Oh, Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupts, prompting highest alerts.
On screen, we see remote red images on mountain top and thick smoke in the sky.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Those red stuff must be lava shooting out from one of the craters.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Several years ago, I visited Kagoshima. There, I visited Mt. Sakurajima twice.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I was hoping to see and feel eruptions first hand.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Now, I'm seeing the eruptions on TV. Residents there must be feeling very tense.
Act 2
INT. BEDROOM - 23:30
Wardrobe. Selecting a T-shirt with the words "Kagoshima Sakurajima" and a device depicting a red volcanic crater and silver smoke in the sky, Peter wears it.
PETER (V.O.): I bought this T-shirt at the Yunohira Observation Point. It's the highest point accessible to the public.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I first heard about Kagoshima or 鹿兒島 "Young Deer Island", I found the name appealing.
INT. STUDIO - 17:00
Carrying a white Yamaha electric bass guitar, Peter plays some bass lines to the beats.
PETER (V.O.): Enjoying the harmony is what I love to do. My professional work is full of dissonance.
Peter grabs his smart phone to check on screen his travelling destinations 2016-2017.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I was 62 going on 63.
We see on screen: May-Sapporo, June-Guilin, July-Nagoya, Aug-Hainan, Sept-Okinawa, Oct-Shenzhen, Nov-Kagoshima, Dec-Tokyo, Jan-Kuala Lumpur, Feb-Taichung, March-Kyoto & April-Da Nang.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I flew direct from Hong Kong to Kagoshima and return in Nov 2016.
FLASHBACK
INT. RESTAURANT, KAGOSHIMA CITY - NIGHT (NOV 2016)
Peter is having soup noodles.
PETER (V.O.): Kagoshima is historically important for its "Last Samurai". Sakurajima is now the symbol of Kagoshima.
EXT. KAGOSHIMA PORT - SAKURAJIMA - DAY
Ferry terminal. Following a few local TOURISTS, Peter gets on board a vehicular ferry.
PETER (V.O.): Great! It's like the modern version of Yau Ma Tei vehicular ferries in the 1970s.
At the ferry kiosk, Peter buys a sweet potato before going to the front to enjoy it and the panoramic view.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And this extended crossing is especially for tourists.
As the ferry is about to moor, we see a welcoming PARTY at a pier floor waving at the tourists.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I think the number of the welcoming party is larger than the number of tourists.
Peter waves back at them energetically.
EXT. SAKURAJIMA FERRY TERMINAL - YUNOHIRO OBSERVATIONAL POINT - DAY
Travelling on board a tourist bus with a few PASSENGERS, Peter would get off at bus stops to take snapshots.
PETER (V.O.): It's good that the driver would wait as the bus runs at hourly intervals.
Observational point. Peter stares at the Mt Sakurajima as the bus leaves.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Except for the song of the wind, it's quiet here.
After taking a few photos, Peter retreats to a souvenir kiosk, buys a T-shirt and then reads leaflets.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The powerful eruption of lava in 1914 has formed the land connection between the island and the peninsula.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While Sakurajima is no longer an island, I don't see any deer here.
END FLASHBACK
Act 3
INT. SITTING ROOM - 21:30
Peter is watching TV news. There's no mention about Sakurajima.
PETER (V.O.): In Nov 2016, my mood was very different from now.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I was still undergoing "sanitization", avoiding conflicts of interest as a retired senior civil servant. I treated travelling as alternative work.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And some 10 months later, I began private practice and that has been impacting on my creative mood adversely.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The experience I believed I'd welcome is quite like the forced one upon arrival in Sakurajima.
Reflecting.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I know now what experience actually turns me on.
THE END
FADE OUT
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