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.
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