Kirri: A Girl of Clocktown's Diary
4 Days Before the Carnival
A/N: Chapter 6…took me awhile, but I don't plan to make this that long of a fic…
Bad day. One of the other families has left, as well. Now there's only Mama and me and the other family, which is merely two parents with two babies. Then there's all the civil servants.
Conditions have worsened, literally overnight. Kafei hasn't been found. Deku are staying inside their palace, huddling together and not touching the water.
…Okay, maybe not huddling, but they're not touching the water.
There are dead things wandering the canyon…oy…And the blizzards have gotten worse in the North. I wonder how Mirri's doing…and the Gorons…they're not adapted to cold…
Zoras are frantic. I don't know why. Haha, ignorant me. You know, its still morning. I'm going to ask mom if I can go take our wagon and travel around the world—or at least to the ocean and to Romani Ranch, though its still blocked. Maybe I can bust it open.
Heh, yeah right.
It's still morning, the calm a bit before the carpenters start working. I know the Skull Kid is roaming around ruining people's lives, though I don't know where.
The thing that really scares and worries me is this: There aren't any tourists still and the moon is closer.
CLOSER.
SCARIER.
WITH A FREAKING FACE.
I think I'm going to freak out soon…Wait, what the hell? I already have.
LATER
Its only about ten minutes later. I was going to North Clocktown to take my mind off everything, but I decided to go back to the Laundry Pool because Jim and his gang were playing a game. So I walked around. The rumors among civil servants…like the Moon'll actually fall…hah…
Though…it is pretty scary…
LATER…again…
Mama insists that I keep doing my chores, though my stomach is churning with nervousness and, maybe, just maybe, fear. I am almost certain that the moon really WILL fall. Mama is not going to let us ditch town, though! Maybe in a few days we will. I tried explaining to her that there weren't any tourists, so we may as well leave now, but she paid no heed and continued working at the job she recently started up. She's sort of a cleaning lady now; she picked up a new job. It doesn't help, though. I mean, the fact that she has two jobs.
Argh. Gotta go do more chores. It seems like my chores have increased over the past two days.
LATER
Anju's not letting me work at the Stock Pot Inn anymore!
She said she couldn't pay me! (I was going to offer to work for free, which I should've been doing anyway because she's family, but I held my tongue because I really need money and I should go get a job that would earn us money.) The Gorman Troupe arrived, but Anju had to use all the money she got from their payments on paying debts and taxes, except a few for food. It's true, this is affecting everyone's business…
Its evening now…I'm scared. I know we're going to get kicked out of Clocktown, I just know it. I went Dodongo hunting again today. Usually I don't go for at least a week after one, but this is obviously an emergency. I killed a medium-sized Dodongo and dragged it, with some difficulty, up next to the northern exit of Clocktown. (Monsters are increasing on the field now; blobbish jelly things kept jumping at me. Fortunately, they didn't hurt much—my arrows wouldn't work on them so I popped them with my dagger. )
I had to do Kafei's dirty work—skin the Dodongo, cut out the meat, and cut out the stomach. It was horribly disgusting work, slicing through the skin and feeling it break apart underneath my dagger, and feeling open the flesh and putting the stuff in jars. (I'm still nauseated.) When I got back home, I tried to sell the Dodongo stomach to the Bomb Shop. The guy there told me that the Bomb Shop Lady was still getting the new bomb bag from the stomach I had given them earlier—this was why I only went hunting for Dodongos once every one or two weeks. He wouldn't buy the stomach. I sold half of the meat in the market for 75R though!! That's pretty good!! I kept some meat for me and Mama to eat. Then I went to the Mayor's office and he paid me only 20R for the Dodongo!! I asked why (politely, I wasn't demanding, thank God) and he said we were going to go into a depression, since tourists weren't there.
I was about to leave his office when carpenters and sodiers barged in. They got into an argument with the Mayor promptly three seconds after they came in. I quietly let myself out, and gave the money and meat to Mama when I got back home.
I asked her then if I could go and deliver the stomach myself in the Mountains to get it made, and to go and visit Romani tomorrow. Mama refused, point-blank, to let me go by myself. I begged and pointed out that I'd have a horse and cart with me, and also my bow and arrows and my dagger. The argument went on and on until finally Mama consented.
"You be back the day after, though, Kirri," she said sternly as I squealed with joy. "If you're not home by sunset on the second day before the Carnival, I'm going to send out a search party and put up wanted posters."
"Don't worry, Mama," I told her gleefully.
"And also, you have to find someone to go with you."
That one stumped me. "But…Mama…That's not fair!"
"Of course it's fair. I don't want my baby girl to go off all alone in the dangerous world…" I knew Mama was being sarcastic about the 'baby girl' part, but it still wasn't fair.
"Mama, I wander about the field all the time by myself," I said, rather hurt.
"No, not all the time. You usually have Kafei with you," she pointed out shrewdly.
"But MOTH-ER—"
"But nothing," Mama finally snapped. Something seemed to snap in her. "You either find someone to go with you or you don't go at all."
I pouted, but Mama was not going to give in.
"Fine then," I retorted, "I will." And I sauntered off.
That all happened about half an hour ago. I didn't even bother looking for anyone; it wasn't like anyone would go with me, even if I wanted someone to go with. The only person who I'd want to go with on an expedition like this were either Romani or Kafei. I wouldn't even ask Mirri or Linta or Tish. They're just friends; maybe good friends, but I wouldn't want to spend a couple of nights with them all alone. They're not much in the ways of defending themselves; and besides, it wouldn't be much fun with them. They prefer to stay in the safety of the town walls. I rather enjoy it away from the city, though it is nice to know that in at least one place you're safe from monsters.
Maybe I'll find Kafei tomorrow…Yeah, right. Maybe I'll find a savior tomorrow, too, and the anti-Christ, and the Hero of Time as well.
Good night. I'm gonna go to bed now.
~A/N: New chapters coming soon…:)
4 Days Before the Carnival
A/N: Chapter 6…took me awhile, but I don't plan to make this that long of a fic…
Bad day. One of the other families has left, as well. Now there's only Mama and me and the other family, which is merely two parents with two babies. Then there's all the civil servants.
Conditions have worsened, literally overnight. Kafei hasn't been found. Deku are staying inside their palace, huddling together and not touching the water.
…Okay, maybe not huddling, but they're not touching the water.
There are dead things wandering the canyon…oy…And the blizzards have gotten worse in the North. I wonder how Mirri's doing…and the Gorons…they're not adapted to cold…
Zoras are frantic. I don't know why. Haha, ignorant me. You know, its still morning. I'm going to ask mom if I can go take our wagon and travel around the world—or at least to the ocean and to Romani Ranch, though its still blocked. Maybe I can bust it open.
Heh, yeah right.
It's still morning, the calm a bit before the carpenters start working. I know the Skull Kid is roaming around ruining people's lives, though I don't know where.
The thing that really scares and worries me is this: There aren't any tourists still and the moon is closer.
CLOSER.
SCARIER.
WITH A FREAKING FACE.
I think I'm going to freak out soon…Wait, what the hell? I already have.
LATER
Its only about ten minutes later. I was going to North Clocktown to take my mind off everything, but I decided to go back to the Laundry Pool because Jim and his gang were playing a game. So I walked around. The rumors among civil servants…like the Moon'll actually fall…hah…
Though…it is pretty scary…
LATER…again…
Mama insists that I keep doing my chores, though my stomach is churning with nervousness and, maybe, just maybe, fear. I am almost certain that the moon really WILL fall. Mama is not going to let us ditch town, though! Maybe in a few days we will. I tried explaining to her that there weren't any tourists, so we may as well leave now, but she paid no heed and continued working at the job she recently started up. She's sort of a cleaning lady now; she picked up a new job. It doesn't help, though. I mean, the fact that she has two jobs.
Argh. Gotta go do more chores. It seems like my chores have increased over the past two days.
LATER
Anju's not letting me work at the Stock Pot Inn anymore!
She said she couldn't pay me! (I was going to offer to work for free, which I should've been doing anyway because she's family, but I held my tongue because I really need money and I should go get a job that would earn us money.) The Gorman Troupe arrived, but Anju had to use all the money she got from their payments on paying debts and taxes, except a few for food. It's true, this is affecting everyone's business…
Its evening now…I'm scared. I know we're going to get kicked out of Clocktown, I just know it. I went Dodongo hunting again today. Usually I don't go for at least a week after one, but this is obviously an emergency. I killed a medium-sized Dodongo and dragged it, with some difficulty, up next to the northern exit of Clocktown. (Monsters are increasing on the field now; blobbish jelly things kept jumping at me. Fortunately, they didn't hurt much—my arrows wouldn't work on them so I popped them with my dagger. )
I had to do Kafei's dirty work—skin the Dodongo, cut out the meat, and cut out the stomach. It was horribly disgusting work, slicing through the skin and feeling it break apart underneath my dagger, and feeling open the flesh and putting the stuff in jars. (I'm still nauseated.) When I got back home, I tried to sell the Dodongo stomach to the Bomb Shop. The guy there told me that the Bomb Shop Lady was still getting the new bomb bag from the stomach I had given them earlier—this was why I only went hunting for Dodongos once every one or two weeks. He wouldn't buy the stomach. I sold half of the meat in the market for 75R though!! That's pretty good!! I kept some meat for me and Mama to eat. Then I went to the Mayor's office and he paid me only 20R for the Dodongo!! I asked why (politely, I wasn't demanding, thank God) and he said we were going to go into a depression, since tourists weren't there.
I was about to leave his office when carpenters and sodiers barged in. They got into an argument with the Mayor promptly three seconds after they came in. I quietly let myself out, and gave the money and meat to Mama when I got back home.
I asked her then if I could go and deliver the stomach myself in the Mountains to get it made, and to go and visit Romani tomorrow. Mama refused, point-blank, to let me go by myself. I begged and pointed out that I'd have a horse and cart with me, and also my bow and arrows and my dagger. The argument went on and on until finally Mama consented.
"You be back the day after, though, Kirri," she said sternly as I squealed with joy. "If you're not home by sunset on the second day before the Carnival, I'm going to send out a search party and put up wanted posters."
"Don't worry, Mama," I told her gleefully.
"And also, you have to find someone to go with you."
That one stumped me. "But…Mama…That's not fair!"
"Of course it's fair. I don't want my baby girl to go off all alone in the dangerous world…" I knew Mama was being sarcastic about the 'baby girl' part, but it still wasn't fair.
"Mama, I wander about the field all the time by myself," I said, rather hurt.
"No, not all the time. You usually have Kafei with you," she pointed out shrewdly.
"But MOTH-ER—"
"But nothing," Mama finally snapped. Something seemed to snap in her. "You either find someone to go with you or you don't go at all."
I pouted, but Mama was not going to give in.
"Fine then," I retorted, "I will." And I sauntered off.
That all happened about half an hour ago. I didn't even bother looking for anyone; it wasn't like anyone would go with me, even if I wanted someone to go with. The only person who I'd want to go with on an expedition like this were either Romani or Kafei. I wouldn't even ask Mirri or Linta or Tish. They're just friends; maybe good friends, but I wouldn't want to spend a couple of nights with them all alone. They're not much in the ways of defending themselves; and besides, it wouldn't be much fun with them. They prefer to stay in the safety of the town walls. I rather enjoy it away from the city, though it is nice to know that in at least one place you're safe from monsters.
Maybe I'll find Kafei tomorrow…Yeah, right. Maybe I'll find a savior tomorrow, too, and the anti-Christ, and the Hero of Time as well.
Good night. I'm gonna go to bed now.
~A/N: New chapters coming soon…:)