[Six - Turning back time]

Remember Yuriko, remember? That day you were six? You were going to perform your kindergarten's rendition of "Cinderella" and you, yes you, were Cinderella, the star of it all.

Everyone had rehearsed for ages and ages (A month) and you were word perfect during all the rehearsals. Then came the actual performance.

Do you recall the sickening lurch your stomach gave when the curtains (A heavy velvet, smelling of chalk) went up and you saw nothing in the dark auditorium, save a mass of a sea of a swarm of strange faces?

And have you forgotten how you turned a delicate shade of pale green (Red: 919, Green 255, Blue 191) and vomited up your breakfast? (Eggs sunny side up, milk, toast and a spot of jam by the looks of it).

And do you remember how you cried and cried and ran off to hide behind a fake bush? (Cardboard, and handcrafted by the teacher). And how you refused to emerge but cried even more instead?

Or how the whole show was called off because of you, and how disappointed your teacher was? And how your classmates were angry with you for a whole week, and you ate lunch alone for that time?

We, the memory-transmitters-crouching-in-the-deep-dark-lurks-of-your-brain (MTCDDLYB), certainly hope that by now you can vividly recall the incident. Passing you over to the 'Prediction-of-future-events-based-on-past-experiences' (PFEBPE) section of your mind now. We hope o hear of you again, in the near future.

Hello Yuriko, the PFEBPE is here to service you. Now, we've noticed that you've had an acute attack of stage fright whenever you have to perform.

Actually, only twice, you learnt from that experience in kindergarten never to attempt such a feat again. However, Haruko did force you to perform as a dancer in a folk dance in Junior High, Second Year. You passed off as ill on the day of the performance.

Now, we also have perceived that whenever such an event occurs, you actually are truly sick. You do not fake it. Your heart rate goes up, you flush, and you get a fever, a cold, and have insomnia the night before.

You have always counted on this to get you out of competing in an event, having been selected to do so, or in performing (Read, folk dancing). But this time round, what will happen?

We, at the PFEBPE, based on all the facts the MTCDDLYB has kindly regurgitated for us, predict that within 16 hours of the match, your stomach will feel a tad queasy. Within 10 hours, you will be anxious, 5 hours, and you will be hyperventilating, at 3 hours to go, you will be a nervous wreck, and just before the match itself, you will probably pass out.

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