Jack of All Trade

Chapter 21: Minor to Major

Moments later, Unice, George, and Lamanta reached their destination. Waiting down below them is their future selves, standing and waiting for them. They set down the boat on the floor and step down.

The trio looks around to see giant skyscrapers around them, all barren and desolate of all life. Different windows were, destroyed and some of the building was broken, exposing the steel foundation. The street was scattered with different papers flying with the wind. The broken pavement emanates smoke from the destroyed holes.

Unice looks at their other selves who are wearing a different version of the clothes they would usually wear. The future version of Unice is wearing a black fur coat with sunglasses. Lamanta wearing a distressed Barong Tagalog, holding a violin that he is polishing. In the middle of the two is George, who is sporting a sporty and comfortable look with his jogging pants and hoodie.

Unice takes a look at her own outfit. A red button-up with some simple black pants and gloves to lessen the damage when she is sliding. "I didn't know we are supposed to be fashionable in today's match?" Unice remarks at the fashionable trio right in front of them.

"Honey, this is what the future has to hold, fame, fortune, wealth." Future Unice smirks at herself, looking at her drastically "ugly" outfit. "I would never wear that kind of outfit." She scoffs at herself.

"Well of course I won't, I just did this to fit with my own style," Unice tells her older self. She looks confused but shakes it off.

"Why don't we get started?" Future Unice removes her coat to reveal a comfortable outfit underneath. Her present self looks at her in confusion.

"Okay, now you're just playing." Unice stretches as Lamanta plays his violin softly. George listens to the soft playing tunes and actions of different steps of his dance.

"Let's start." Lamanta on the other side positions his violin and plays a horrible sound. The sound echoes around the silent cityscape. His present self can't help but make a face with the sour tune.

"Has my playing got worse when I'm older?" He laments over the fact but brushes it off. He positions himself and plays his soft and delicate tunes. His future self scoffs and continues playing his song, mostly in a minor key.

The music shatters the silent city making it full of joy despite the song future Lamanta is playing which leaves one's mouth with a bitter taste. The future version of Geroge and Unice hold each other together and dance together as one being, dancing in their own version of a duet.

Despite the bitter notes, Lamanta's present self plays his notes with the utmost delicateness and softness his music is well known for. George dances on his own and lunges forward at the notes Lamanta is making, raising him higher and higher.

Unice, on the other hand, sings her own song. A song of jealousy and rage. Her stiff yet rhythmic moves channel her inmost thoughts. The rage she feels from this undying war and the rage she feels for the people who her future self has caused. She jumps at the notes she is channeling and lunges forward at the dancing duo.

The dancing duo avoids the lunges and attacks them. They both take one of the fuzzy notes Lamanta is creating and throw it at George. George, almost unable to dodge, is saved by the note Unice created. Unice sings one more note and throws it at the dancing duo which hits both of them and separates them.

Now both separated in different platform, George and Unice takes this time and attack both of them separately. Knowing that they haven't learned to dance to their own beat, Unice jumps to where her future self is and attacks her. Using dance steps as her main way of attacking, hits her and throws her off the platform.