Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Ulibak comes out of the closet —A very short story

One day, Ulibak awoke to find herself surrounded by darkness. None of her friends were around.. She wasn't in her bed, and the space around felt too cramped and musty to be her room. Cautiously, she stood up. And stretched. The roof was just beyond her reach. She tried exploring her surroundings, but her elbow bumped into one of what must have been the walls. When she swung her other hand, it bumped into somethign warm and fuzzy. She mentally called out to her friend, the mad doctor Miritri Yancha. She could hear ulibak's thoughts, and told her to try looking for a crack in the walls. Ulibak gingerly started probing the solid surfaces around her, till she noticed a crack of light shining through. She pushed harder, and the door swung open. She waited a while for her eyes to get accustomed to the light, turned around and sighed... She hadn't even known she'd been in a closet

Friday, February 9, 2007

WOKKA ISSA AZURITOO, AUKKA BIKKA OKOKO


Ulibak woke up earlier than usual. Even Oligolumos and Arria weren't up yet and Doodlebong never ever woke up before the day was half over. So she went over to say hello to Auwid TcLaun.

"Good Morning, Auwid," said Ulibak.
"What's so good about it?" Auwid asked sleepily. Someone had said they didn't like the way they looked in her the night before, and the mirror was still very angry.

"Well," began Ulibak, "Isn't this good?" she asked, patting down her cape. It was the color of azurite today. This meant the sky would be azure as well.

Auwid sighed as she remembered the old Sibukian saying - "Wokka issa auzirtoo, aukka bikka okoko" - Azure is the day when the world goes to bed warm.

According to an old legend, Sibuk Alfond once had a visitor from far away. No one in the Alfond had ever seen anything like him ever before. For starters, Zeriba was big. Very big. Big enough to fit all of the ALfond in his hand,or under his foot, if he wanted. But he hadn't wanted (thanks be to the great spaghetti monster!)and eventually became friends with one of Ulibak's grandmothers. (No one knows which one, really). There are some beings who did not believe the story, but they have not met Ulibak or seen the badass cape that predicts the color of the sky.

"I don't care about the world going to bed warm," protested Auwid. "I'm cold now! Why doesn't anyone care about me??" she wailed.

"Would you have rather prefered seeing a black cape?" Ulibak asked her friend and she shuddered, But Uli knew her bad mood would soon pass.

You see, a black sky in Sibuk Alfond, meant it was a holiday. The Sibukian sky always turned black at night, and sometimes, remained black all day. Working under a black sky meant waking Lord Nerdonot, lord of the night. And when Lord Nerdonot was awake, he was unhappy, and slept even more. So rather than subject themselves to dark days when even lady Ikenweku could not wake Nerdonot, Ulibak and everyone on the Alfond took the day off.

Since Ulibak was the first to know about it, she was also the official announcer of holidays.

Neither Ulibak nor Auwid disliked black days. But the Alfond had been seeing a string of those lately. And there IS only that much daablewobble one could play. So, Ulibak was glad it was going to be a Azure day. That meant that something exciting was about to happen, not necessarily something good, but certainly something interesting. All she could do now, was wait.