Kirri: A Girl of Clocktown's Diary
8 Days Before the Carnival
A/N: Has anyone EVER figured out where all the people live? There's supposed to be people living there, but they all abandoned town (duh) except for town workers (like Anju and the mailman) and the carpenters and the Bombers gang. But where do the people live? In the walls?!? Oh well, they do now :) N e wayz, chapter 3.
This morning, I went to my friend Mirri's (A/N: Sound familiar, anyone?) house after the chores. (She's a couple years younger than me.) Her house was boarded up and she and her family were about to leave on a wagon.
"Where are you going?" I cried, running up to them.
Mirri looked over at me, and then jumped off the wagon. "We have to leave Clocktown now. We're going to the mountains; Dad's got a sword-forging cousin up there. We're going for a long time."
"But why?" I persisted.
Mirri shrugged. "I don't know. Something about a scary face winking at him from the sky. Now that I think about it…The moon had a face last night, a _real face_. Like, eyes and teeth and stuff. Good thing we don't see it in the daytime…"
"Mirri!" snapped her father's voice. "Get on the wagon!"
Mirri sadly waved goodbye and jumped on the back of the wagon. I waved until they disappeared out the gate into North Clocktown, and then I watched them through the gate. I went home to tell Mama what happened, and now here I am.
I gotta go. Have to help mom with a Zora trader. (I just realized he's the first tourist!)
LATER
After I helped Mama, I went Dodongo hunting with Kafei. Usually I go alone or with Papa, whenever he's around.
Papa's not the kind of guy who likes to stick around. Strangely, though, he likes me. I think he lives in the Swamp. My God, that's weird. I don't even know where he lives. Anyway, he doesn't like Mama much. I don't think they were ever married. Sometimes I wonder how I came to be…
Anyway, Kafei's really nice, though he's kinda arrogant about certain things, like some about how great he is at killing Dodongos.
Well, we killed a big Dodongo today. I kill them for the hides and stomach—we can sell them to Gorons and some crafters—but Kafei likes to kill for fun, and for the meat. We also get paid by the government when we kill them, but nobody else can. Its like we're private bounty hunters.
There was a little Dodongo too, and I decided not to kill it. No sooner had I started to walk away, dragging the big hide, that Kafei fired two arrows in its head and it died.
"What'd you do that for?" I cried. "It was only a baby."
"It's a Dodongo, Kirri," Kafei replied fiercely. "Besides, Dodongos multiply quickly, practically overnight." (A/N: lol.) He started dragging the big Dodongo (I kept wondering how strong he was; now I know) and I dragged the little one. We took them up to the entrance of West Clocktown, where Kafei skinned them, and he took the meat while I tookt he stomach and the skin. I had to put the stomach in a big bottle, and I managed to pack the hide into a big pot. Mama will fashion it so Gorons and tanners can make stuff out of it. Kafei and I got paid by the Mayor, and I went home with my stuff and gave the 50 Rupees and the stuff to Mama.
Right now I'm sitting on top of the Inn, on the fence by the big bell. Its around eight thirty. I can tell by looking at the big Clock.
I like to look at the stars at night, but lately I have to go home and help Mama out with stuff at home, and we eat at sunset. I just had an argument with Mama, so I'll be sitting out here until she cools off and lets me come back inside. Usually Mama and I don't argue.
Anyway, watching the stars makes me feel calm and peaceful. I can find lots of constellations, like the Big Dipper and Orion, but I hear you can see much more stars at the ocean and in the mountains.
Mike thinks—used to think—that I used to only see Orion's belt. You see, Orion is a box, if you connect the lines, with three stars in it in a row. When I told Mike that, he said Orion had a head and wasn't a box. What does he know? He doesn't care about astronomy at all.
Oh, about my argument with Mama. She wants me to go deliver the Dodongo's stomach to Gorons up in the mountains. I don't want to! That'd take days there and days back, especially with the snow. I realize I just forgot to mention to Mom that there's a snowstorm coming in. Well, it is that time of year. But it shouldn't last long. The storm itself will only be about half an hour long, then the snow melts within three days.
Whoa! What the hell's that?! I just looked up again at the sky and saw a big dark spot. Its about as big as my fist when I hold it up at elbow's length. Oh my God! That's the moon!
Mirri's dad said he saw a face in it. But I don't see a face…Just a big hunk of dark stuff, where there are no stars.
Wait a second. Does that mean its in the atmosphere, or something? Usually it would be reflecting the sun right now, unless it was a New Moon night. I guess tonight's a new moon (A/N: Opposite of Full Moon (; ).
I'd better go explain to Mama why I can't go tot he mountains. Maybe I can just sell the stomach to the owners of the Bomb Shop. They make Bomb Bags out of Dodongo's stomachs.
Well, I'll write more tomorrow…
A/N: Yay! Done! Wow, this story's coming along fast! I might actually finish this one quickly!
8 Days Before the Carnival
A/N: Has anyone EVER figured out where all the people live? There's supposed to be people living there, but they all abandoned town (duh) except for town workers (like Anju and the mailman) and the carpenters and the Bombers gang. But where do the people live? In the walls?!? Oh well, they do now :) N e wayz, chapter 3.
This morning, I went to my friend Mirri's (A/N: Sound familiar, anyone?) house after the chores. (She's a couple years younger than me.) Her house was boarded up and she and her family were about to leave on a wagon.
"Where are you going?" I cried, running up to them.
Mirri looked over at me, and then jumped off the wagon. "We have to leave Clocktown now. We're going to the mountains; Dad's got a sword-forging cousin up there. We're going for a long time."
"But why?" I persisted.
Mirri shrugged. "I don't know. Something about a scary face winking at him from the sky. Now that I think about it…The moon had a face last night, a _real face_. Like, eyes and teeth and stuff. Good thing we don't see it in the daytime…"
"Mirri!" snapped her father's voice. "Get on the wagon!"
Mirri sadly waved goodbye and jumped on the back of the wagon. I waved until they disappeared out the gate into North Clocktown, and then I watched them through the gate. I went home to tell Mama what happened, and now here I am.
I gotta go. Have to help mom with a Zora trader. (I just realized he's the first tourist!)
LATER
After I helped Mama, I went Dodongo hunting with Kafei. Usually I go alone or with Papa, whenever he's around.
Papa's not the kind of guy who likes to stick around. Strangely, though, he likes me. I think he lives in the Swamp. My God, that's weird. I don't even know where he lives. Anyway, he doesn't like Mama much. I don't think they were ever married. Sometimes I wonder how I came to be…
Anyway, Kafei's really nice, though he's kinda arrogant about certain things, like some about how great he is at killing Dodongos.
Well, we killed a big Dodongo today. I kill them for the hides and stomach—we can sell them to Gorons and some crafters—but Kafei likes to kill for fun, and for the meat. We also get paid by the government when we kill them, but nobody else can. Its like we're private bounty hunters.
There was a little Dodongo too, and I decided not to kill it. No sooner had I started to walk away, dragging the big hide, that Kafei fired two arrows in its head and it died.
"What'd you do that for?" I cried. "It was only a baby."
"It's a Dodongo, Kirri," Kafei replied fiercely. "Besides, Dodongos multiply quickly, practically overnight." (A/N: lol.) He started dragging the big Dodongo (I kept wondering how strong he was; now I know) and I dragged the little one. We took them up to the entrance of West Clocktown, where Kafei skinned them, and he took the meat while I tookt he stomach and the skin. I had to put the stomach in a big bottle, and I managed to pack the hide into a big pot. Mama will fashion it so Gorons and tanners can make stuff out of it. Kafei and I got paid by the Mayor, and I went home with my stuff and gave the 50 Rupees and the stuff to Mama.
Right now I'm sitting on top of the Inn, on the fence by the big bell. Its around eight thirty. I can tell by looking at the big Clock.
I like to look at the stars at night, but lately I have to go home and help Mama out with stuff at home, and we eat at sunset. I just had an argument with Mama, so I'll be sitting out here until she cools off and lets me come back inside. Usually Mama and I don't argue.
Anyway, watching the stars makes me feel calm and peaceful. I can find lots of constellations, like the Big Dipper and Orion, but I hear you can see much more stars at the ocean and in the mountains.
Mike thinks—used to think—that I used to only see Orion's belt. You see, Orion is a box, if you connect the lines, with three stars in it in a row. When I told Mike that, he said Orion had a head and wasn't a box. What does he know? He doesn't care about astronomy at all.
Oh, about my argument with Mama. She wants me to go deliver the Dodongo's stomach to Gorons up in the mountains. I don't want to! That'd take days there and days back, especially with the snow. I realize I just forgot to mention to Mom that there's a snowstorm coming in. Well, it is that time of year. But it shouldn't last long. The storm itself will only be about half an hour long, then the snow melts within three days.
Whoa! What the hell's that?! I just looked up again at the sky and saw a big dark spot. Its about as big as my fist when I hold it up at elbow's length. Oh my God! That's the moon!
Mirri's dad said he saw a face in it. But I don't see a face…Just a big hunk of dark stuff, where there are no stars.
Wait a second. Does that mean its in the atmosphere, or something? Usually it would be reflecting the sun right now, unless it was a New Moon night. I guess tonight's a new moon (A/N: Opposite of Full Moon (; ).
I'd better go explain to Mama why I can't go tot he mountains. Maybe I can just sell the stomach to the owners of the Bomb Shop. They make Bomb Bags out of Dodongo's stomachs.
Well, I'll write more tomorrow…
A/N: Yay! Done! Wow, this story's coming along fast! I might actually finish this one quickly!