The Landscape

Too good to be true

Sound of the roasting coffee beans, the smell of the South American breeze, heat of the social kinetic energy, the dazzling soft light coming from the window. Different faces, different lives with distinct subjects in their tables in a small, typical coffee shop on a very ordinary day.

There is one table for four people on the big window side; the best table in this tiny cafe, always full. And a group of three people just sited at that table when four people were leaving between the sad sound of a guy sitting with his girlfriend. He was complaining about how they just missed the chance to sit at the best table with seconds. They were waiting to enjoy to amazing view from closer like everyone else in the place.

Three people; one guy, two girls with happy and lightened faces;

- Wowwwww, I heard this place has an exceptional view from my co-worker but, I was not expecting to see this landscape. He was right with all of the fancy describes.

Said the guy in a reflector uniform.

- Omg, thank you so much for bringing us Josh

Said Jasmine when giving her phone to the other girl.

- Come on! Julie, take a picture of me! I do not want to miss the light.

- Damn! Girl, this will look wonderful on your holo-profile.

And they continued their photo session.

Later, they ordered food, talked about life, had some fun. Josh tried to impress the girls with the news about he will work on the new governmental robot project next month. And they left.

When still their plates on the table, two guys just run and sit before everyone else included the couple who could not catch the table the last time too; the guy who lost the table race was more angry than sad this time, his girlfriend made him sit back.

Two boys with their vintage jeans from the 2000s;

- Bro! What is this man! So cool! Look at the birds, trees, and the Sun. I did not see this beautiful view for a while.

Said one of the boys.

- Man, this is so nice! I think I will bring my mom here. She is always talking about the views she saw a lot of years ago.

Said the other boy.

And they continued how “Aerosteel” won the champions league in the last minute with air-penalty. They drank a couple of “Titanium Gazers”. Later on, when they were thinking about leaving the place, an old couple just went into the cafe, and the boys offered their table to them. In the meantime, our angry guy was complaining to the waitress. About why they are not making an order will decide who will sit next to our famous table;

- Sir, everyone wants to sit at that table in the last few days, and we can not do an order anymore cause everyone is getting angry, so first come, first served, I can not do anything.

Said the waitress with the “Mattaro 2” hair implant.

The old couple sited and started to talk;

- Hahahaha! Janet, I can not believe how people are getting mesmerized by these views.

- I know, but I also liked this one, so do not be a grumpy old man.

- Come on! This scenery can not even be close to the views from our young ages.

Said the old man.

- Shut up and try to enjoy it! What you see is a big luxury these days, let’s drink tea.

They continued to talk about the old days and try to find simple tea on the menu, but they could not, so they drank some of the new South American Semi Genetically Modified Coffee. They sit a short time cause the old man continued to be grumpy.

This time angry guy was ready and waiting for this moment. He left his girlfriend at the table, passed everyone, and managed to sit to heaven next to the window. He even got ahead of the girl who is using auto-rocket roller blades.

A minute later, his girlfriend came with a proud on her face.

- Thank youuu! Baby, you are amazing.

Said the girl and kissed the guy.

- Ahhhh, finally! Was this view that you saw in holo-profile of somebody, right?

- Yeah! Baby, thank you so much. Looking wonderful, the girls from the school will be so jealous.

- I saw an old photo from decades ago on the internet last week that looking like this view.

- Yeah! Recently, I got the -Before AI Modern Civilizations- class. And there was a pic looking like this view too.

- It is so beautiful but compares to you even this landscape is dull.

- Ohhhh! Baby, I love you.

- I love you too.

And they continued their romantic moments while the barista was speaking with the waitress;

- Dude! the boss was so happy this morning. I think she will increase our salaries.

- Yeah! I talked with her. I think so too. We owe this to -The Landscape- though, man!

- I can not believe how it changed everything. Finally, I can buy a new cleaning robot. The old one is thinking that it is the owner of my house and giving demands to me, I had to pull off some cables of it recently.

When they were talking, suddenly -the landscape- turned to black, everyone started to complain and left the place one by one.

- Shit! Shit! Call the boss! The landscape is dead! What will we do now?

Said the waitress.

- Ohhh! Man! Really? I knew it. It was too good to be true. I am sure she bought this from -Jordan’s Junkyard- in -Newpales Street-.

Said when he was calling the boss.

In the meantime, our couple paid their check and left the place. They were the last ones. The cafe was dark now. There was no dazzling soft light coming from the window anymore because there was no window. It was just a knock-off of the newest landscape technology that making you feel you are looking at a gorgeous landscape with multiple dimension technology. Humanity started to produce these things to escape their reality for some time, at least.

The sound of the roasting coffee beans was not so charming anymore and, the smell of the South American breeze that coming from another machine was not meaningful without the view. And the heat of the kinetic energy left his place to the cold static energy.

And in the outside, in the real world;

Sound of the different machines, the smell of the various fuels, the heat of robot engines. Dark light, coming from the dirty grey color of the sky. Different faces, different lives with distinct enigmas in their heads in a small, typical world on a very ordinary day.

The song of the writing is “The Landscape is Changing by Depeche Mode”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxKUrDe_8hQ

PS; The story belongs to me. There is nothing related to the song.