The Floral Palace

The Last Decision

Arae makes the last decision to Flower. Arae asks, ‘I decide to make the rule to bring the victim every one month. Do you agree with me or not?’ Flower answers. ‘I make the refusal to you. You never get the agreement from me. How come you so greedy to take the victim so innocence? I advice you to take only animals for our meals. I gonna repent not to make victim anymore. I’m ready to be kicked out from here. I gonna protect innocence human.’ Arae stops Flower, ‘You don’t have to leave your world. I love you better than another. I wanna be your girlfriend.’

                One night, Mr.Zhou wants to take the water for cooking. He cooks aside the river bank. ‘I feel no scare now. How about you, Vic?’ Vicky answers, ‘How about the victim taken last years? For days, never they take any victim again. I feel the ghosts tired of it. It would be great, because I feel pitty on the victim. They must die before they can reach happiness.’ Arae appears. ‘We don’t tire, just take a rest. How dare you judging us as scardy cat? I gonna take breath for a while. Come, I wanna play with you all!’

                Vicky asks Arae. ‘Whatcha you wanna do with my family?’ Arae answers, ‘How dare you take without permission the water? I never permit people taken so carelessly. What the suitable punishment?’ Ahmad appears and fights with Arae, ‘I demand you to get to your world. Leave them in peace now!’ Arae angers to Ahmad, ‘Die you in my hands!’

                Flower stops Arae. ‘How dare you fight the holy people? Can you stop to be the evil?’ Arae angers to Flower, ‘You defend Ahmad. Don’t you think where you come?’ Flower answers, ‘Christ gives us life. Follow the peace law!’ Arae fights with Flower, ‘Feel it now!’

                Ahmad helps Flower. ‘I gonna stop you now, satan.’ Arae shouts out, ‘Hot, stop!’ Ahmad prays, ‘Can you return back to your world? Mention the name of Allah!’ Arae vanishes, ‘Stop, you such a reckless!’

                Flower asks Arae again. ‘Who are you dare to take anyone soul? Are you being God of them? Jesus Christ’s the God. We just a creature!’ Arae warns him, ‘You shouldn’t judge and advice me. I’m now the leader of Floral Palace.’

                The peddling starts again with a man and a shaman. The shaman wants to spell out the hope. ‘Give us the sack of gold!’ Arae comes out, ‘Come, give me the sacrifice!’ The man agrees, ‘Come, give me more wealth! It’s all about my wanna to be richer than before.’

                Little Fish and another Floral Palace member have a discussion. It is all about Arae last decision. ‘From now on, Flower isn’t part of us again! I don’t care about his fate!’ Orchid doesn’t agree of them, ‘Don’t shoo my husband and my son!’ Little Fish asks, ‘Who are you dare to challenge Arae?’ Flower hears all everything, ‘This my last decision, we gonna part this palace to two. Half for me, and half for you all. My order, don’t take any victim again, please!’ Arae laughs, ‘I’m still your master now. You can’t forbid us. Just go away from my place!’

                Little Fish starts to attract another victim. ‘I can give you wealth. Just take a bath in this river!’ The man asks, ‘Is it real?’ Little Fish lies to him. ‘You can go to my palace first. How you gonna to get rich? You come to middle and take the gold.’

                Little Fish drags the man underwater. Little Fish laughs, ‘You foolish young man. You so lazy to work. You can be my slave.’ Flower stops him, ‘Can you return him through surface again? Come, get pitty on him!’ Little Fish fights Flower, ‘It’s none of your business, bro. We need more slaves. Build your place as hugs as ours! You’re so great and powerful, I believe in you.’

                Ahmad visits Flower in the end of the year. ‘Greet me, friends!’ Flower asks Ahamd, ‘What’s wrong?’ Ahamd gives the fish meals, ‘I just feed them. How are you, friend? I feel this year passing too fast. Good things to do!’ Flower cries, ‘I never can stop my family done the victim again. Sorry of me!’ Ahmad hugs Flower, ‘Be patient!’ Flower shares his story, ‘One night, came a little girl. Little Fish, my brother, taken her as his slave. She was lonely, her parents died of accident. I regretted not to stop him. I decided to protect her, but I couldn’t. I was so passive.’

                A man wants to fish at the river. ‘I never believe in ghost. Come, fish, I hungry!’ Little Fish sings, ‘Hungry, Yes I am!’ The man shocks out, ‘I gonna fish in here. What are you doing? Don’t disturb my day, go away!’ Arae appears, ‘You b*st*rd old man! Don’t you afraid of us? I gonna teach you to be polite. Dare you challenge us! Fight with us, if you can!’ The man swears out, ‘I don’t afraid of b*st*rd lika you all. You gonna wounded by my fisher. F*ck with that!’

                The man alive again. ‘Help me!’ Nicholas hears him. ‘Wait, I gonna swim!’ The man thanks to Nicholas. ‘I know you’re younger than me, but you’ve a heart. Thanks, buddy!’

                Nicholas knows the river sent disaster to the people. ‘Don’t disturb them again, devil!’ Flower appears, ‘Don’t be afraid, I won’t take you!’ Nicholas reminds Flower, ‘I remind you for the last time, you may not take again the victim. We should live in peace both the world.’ Flower agrees, ‘I can accept our decision. This is the last time, promise, I never take the victim again!’

                Flower draws the line between death and life. ‘I draw this line through the death and life world for separating them.’ Arae angers to him, ‘Stop it, you would destroy our palace!’ Flower advices Arae, ‘Prosperity comes from wisdom!’

                Arae plans all with Orchid. ‘Last time, remind your husband not to mix up my business!’ Orchid quarrels with Arae. ‘How dare you say it to me?’

                The Friday 13th of Chinese New Year, the youth community led by Leeteuk, declares the ritual. They sacrifice a new baby boy. ‘I present you, new born baby boy. Come out, give me more bless!’ Orchid accepts the born, ‘I thank to your sacrifice. Take the gold and also the meals!’ Flower stops them, ‘Go away, stop this ritual!’

                The midnight, although reaching dawn, the lonely boy appears through the river. He cries. ‘Lonely, so lonely, my parents died of accident!’ Flower entertains the boy, ‘God never leaves you, good dear. I can be your second parents. Don’t be afraid, I’m a good ghost!’ The boy scares out, ‘Ghost, go away, help!’

                Arae decides to take the boy. ‘I gonna take the Friday 13th meals.’ Ahmad comes to help the boy, ‘I remind you not to disturb human again in the name of Allah.’ Little Fish stops Ahmad, ‘What’s your business, boy?’

                Ahmad fights again with another member, Orchid and her father, NanTian. Ahamd reads the prayer. ‘Allah, the king of this Earth. Allah powers the nature. Allah forbids satan to sit freely.’ Orchid shouts out. ‘Is it hot? Stop, hot!’

                NanTian and Orchid decide to tackle down Ahmad. NanTian recovers Orchid. ‘We should make repayment towards him.’ Orchid stops, ‘He’s Flower friend. We can’t fight someone with strong belief. Think about the vanish!’ Flower advices NanTian. ‘You don’t ever hurt my friend again.’

                Ahmad with his wife, Shalimar, comes to the funeral of Ahmad parents. ‘Allah would give you best place there. Is the accident insisted from the river bank? The devils feel so angry after your war. Break your friendship with Flower!’ Ahmad answers through the gravestone, ‘I swear in the name of Allah, I never break friendship with good jin. Don’t rule me in the name of Allah! Allah’s my best friend ever.’

                3 months again, Shalimar bears the baby. She decides to take a bath in the river bank, ‘Get out you devil, sink my parent-in-law without heart!’ Orchid drags her, ‘Your parent in-law never sound the alarm. Remember, you must sound the alarm when you pass this river! I gonna teach you to respect Floral Palace. You can’t tackle down of me.’

                Ahmad rescues Shalimar, ‘You never can take my wife, devil. It’s your last decision to leave evil. I know you really a good jin. How make you turned to devil? Is it wrong the parent in law of us? Go away, in the name of Allah power!’ Orchid shouts out, ‘You can’t tackle down me. I’ve my own guard then.’ Nantian fights with Ahamd. ‘Face to fight with me! Praise me to Lord!’

                Ahmad fights with Nantian. ‘Never wanna to praise you!’ Nantian tackles down Ahmad. ‘Show me your best power, young man!’ Ahmad praises, ‘Allah, the powerful God in this Earth!’ Nantian shocks out. ‘How dare you send me to Hell? I gonna return for my avenge.’

                Orchid cries of Nantian vanish. ‘How dare you vanish my biological own Dad?’ Ahmad just warns Orchid. ‘Devil can’t fight with Allah. Allah’s the source of life and death. Do you understand now?’ Orchid fights with Ahmad. Flower comes and stops them. ‘Stop, please go back to our place!’