Topic: Sweet Treats and Fuzzy Blankets Make for the Better Life.

Uriko Belarus

Date: 2007-02-12 17:04 EST
Those bright blue eyes of hers able to catch anyone off guard if they looked into them, stared out the window of her rather large room in the Belarus Estates. A small petite hand was placed on the cool surface of the glass as the rain just seemed to keep pouring outside. Such a gloomy day in Rhy'din, and it always seemed to get like this around this time of year. If it wasn't raining it was snowing. Though she would much rather take the snow over the freezing rain and cold though. At least you could play with the white puffy stuff that clung to the ground.

Her gaze shifted to the mothers and children that still went out in this trecherous weather. The mothers had the kids bundled up from head to toe, And ontop of all that A raincoat that covered all the clothing underneath. The children waddled barely able to move their legs, much less their arms to get to where their mothers were pulling them to. The mothers though were much less dressed down, a little plastic baggy looking thing over their hair with an umbrella draped overtop of both them and their child. Uriko ran her finger down the glass tracing where the raindrops were falling one by one and closed her eyes. She wondered if her mother would of ever done that for her when she was younger. Protect her from un-needed harm, pull her to the marketplace streets to do their shopping together, and just plainly spend time with her. The thoughts were wildly running through her head now as she kept her eyes closed.

A loud beeping was heard, then a pawing at her leg was felt.

Her eyes shifted open to look down at the small little cat that had been pawing at her leg. She gave a playful smile to the little one, happy that it had been doing better. Just about a couple of days ago she had found it laying in the snow, cold, tired, and hungry. With her Knack for animals she could not just leave it out there to freeze to death, so she brought it in her home. She had warmed it up, Dried it off and fed it. Now the little thing seemed to be full of energy quite greatful that she had saved him.

"Are you trying to tell me dinner is ready?"

She giggled to the little animal walking over the stove. She replaced the few strands of long light brown hair that fell into her face back into the pony tail of hers and opened the front of the stove. The little cat seemed to dance around her as she put potholders on her hands and pulled out the meal. The smell of chicken and rice filled the room. The cat seemed to drop to it's side and roll over all cutely in the ectasy of the smell. It was a rather large meal for just one person, but what was she to do' She couldn't exactly just cut off certain parts of it when it was frozen or thawed and put the rest in a baggy for later. Then again she couldn't just keep cooking whole meals like this and try to eat the leftovers day after day, only to let it ultimately get thrown away. But that was her only choice for now.

She took two forks and picked up the chicken from the pot setting it on a large serving plate. Grabbing a spoon she picked the rice out from inside the chicken that she had stuffed inside to give it a bit of flavor. The rice being neatly put to the side of the plate. Picking up the plate she brought it to her table putting it infront of the candle. She liked to use candles to light her house rather then lights, expecially on rainy days. She enjoyed the dimness, Expecially when she was alone. The little cat jumped up on the table swaying it's tail as she took a seat. "Kramer! What did I tell you about being on the table..Oh well it doesn't matter, not like your a massive shedder anyways."

The tabby seemed to gleem with happieness as it sat there. She pulled her glass of juice twords her, cutting off a piece for herself and scooping some rice ontop of her own plate. She looked to the cat once more.

"Bon Appetite!"

She smiled taking a bite of her meal then looked to the door. After all she wouldn't have minded for anyone to come and share dinner with her since she had so much. But Alas, very rarely did one come to visit her, expecially at dinner time.

Uriko Belarus

Date: 2007-02-14 20:02 EST
She placed foil over the serving plate of that wonderous dinner she had cooked. She was right, no one would come to visit her during the evening to share her dinner. Now she had so much left and didn't know how long she could eat leftovers. She put it in the fridge now looking to the little creature below her feet. At least somthing had enjoyed her dinner. The little cat sniffed the ground stalking for table scraps that might have fallen.

She went into the living room to clean up after dinner. There were scraps of paper scattered about as she had been cutting up construction paper and glueing them together to make designs. It sure seemed boring what she did in her free time. She placed the finished designs in a box and threw the scraps out. She moved the magazines she was reading back into the rack and walking to the bathroom.

It almost seemed as she had gotten into her Pj's in a split second! The blue snowflaked design with fleece material was so cozy to her. She grabbed the end of her hair that was down to her lower back pulling out the tie that held it all together. She started untwisting the raveled up pieces till she got to the top and poof! Her hair being wavy from the braid she grabbed a brush and fixed it quickly. Looking quite adorable now she smiled going to her bedroom crawling into the king sized bed. Why her small petite body would need such a large bed was beyond everyone else. She wrapped her brother's fuzzy yellow blanket around her that she had stolen from his ship as it gave her a sense of security for some reason, and reached for the light turning it off. Closing her eyes she fell asleep.

"Uriko' Uriko....U—r—i—k—o.."

She looked out into the distance of the dark hooded figure staring at her with glowing eyes calling her name. She backed up a bit but it did no good. She had no where to go, as she looked down she realized she was floating on air..in space? Her mind loved to play tricks on her sometimes. The hooded figure walked near her as she shook her head trying to think of a way to get away from it.

"Why won't you just...join...-m-e U—r—i—k—o' Family..friends...they are...n-o-t-h-i-n-g Compared to what i ...can..sh-ow Y—o—u."

And with that the hooded figure pulled out a gun. Uriko couldn't really tell what kind of gun it was as it seemed to be a bit blurry. She reached out to try to reason with the man before a loud bang! Was heard. The bullet shot right through her chest as she appeared to be on the ledge of somthing now. Maybe it wasn't space she was at. She couldn't figure it out, but all she knew was that the force of the bullet had knocked her off the ledge. Could she feel the pain that shot through her chest' Her eyes closed slowley now feeling the life slipping from her body. She hadn't fell far though as her body had Jerked, a warm hand had slid around her wrist stopping her from going any further down.

*Paw paw*

Uriko opened her eyes quickly Seeing green glowing eyes staring right into her bright blue ones with a paper Heart she had made last night in his mouth. The little cat nuzzled her as she smiled a bit petting his head. Kramer dropped the paper heart right onto her as she remembered it was valentines day. Perhaps it was safer for her to stay in bed today. Her heart was pounding a mile a minute as she hated having the same dream over and over again, never finishing it. She hugged her brothers blanket closer to her turning over with a frown.

Uriko Belarus

Date: 2007-02-22 21:51 EST
A small clash was heard in the kitchen as all the pots and pans had fell out of the cupboard, Uriko rubbing her head from the sound. She had been feeling strange lately, unsure of what she should do about it. She was sure that it was just the winter months that had been making her feel this way...but the one thing she couldn't figure out was...why was her body so numb' Perhaps the mechanical parts of her body were malfunctioning, somthing she surely was going to get fixed as soon as possible. But Of course she was going to wait till the last minute to do anything about it, to avoid looking like a sissy wuss.

Kramer rolled around on the floor in the glory of the catnip that was placed infront of him. Uriko smiled a bit as she had the radio on, but had it at a low volume setting. She did not like to try to blow her eardrums out. Placing a hand on her head breathing a bit heavily she listened to the song.

The lights go out all around me One last candle to keep out the night And then the darkness surrounds me I know I'm alive But I feel like I've died

And all that's left is to accept that it's over My dreams ran like sand through the fists that I made I try to keep warm but I just grow colder I feel like I'm slipping away (Superchic )

The little cat came up and ran it's paw across her face with a loud meowing sound. It was high on catnip, it probably seen things that wern't supposed to be there. She patted the little cats head standing up with a sigh. It was going to be another sleepless night tonight she could tell. Already the tempurature had warmed up to where it could actually rain again, and not snow. And Of course, the weather took advantage of the rain pulling it into a vicious thundery storm.Unlike others she could not sleep in the storm but she had to try. Slipping into her bed she shuddered a bit afraid of the thunder, no one there to protect her from the vicious lightning attacks like when she was little, to hold her hand through the night anymore. Pulling the blankets over her head, she drifted off to sleep..

It was the same dream, the same figure happening the same exact way again. The gun and the cloaked figure did seem to get a little more clear, but either way it ended the same way...with her falling. Only this time no hand reached out and grabbed hers..the dream just ended there.

She woke up..laying there almost paralized not being able to move. The sun was blaring through the window, but her head would not even move to look around. The music was still playing in the background though..she had forgot to turn the radio off the night before.

After all this has passed I still will remain After I've cried my last There'll be beauty from pain Though it won't be today Someday I'll hope again And there'll be beauty from pain You will bring beauty from my pain

The little cat jumped up on the bed looking to her with worried eyes. She was able to shift her eyes just enough to see the short little sword laying on the bed, covered in blood..her sheets were soaked with it. She wondered if she was soaked with it as well and felt fear strike her. Was she breathing" Was her heart beating" She felt none of it. Her arm moved twords kramer, only..not on her command. The cat went to nudge the hand as he was quickly slapped away across the room. The cat gave a loud meow, along with a hiss running across to the other room. Her body moved now, seemed to stretch out making her look down to her blood stained night dress. It was horrifying. She tried screamed, she yelled she tried to speak, but she only heard her words, her body's lips did not move. And when the lips did move she could not hear what it was saying.

Was...she dead?

The guards came rushing into her room after hearing the cat meow and run across the room. They were heavily armed ready to protect Little miss Uriko at any given moment. Her hand reached out for the bloodied sword on the bed, most likely her own blood. The guards stopped looking at her now in her soiled little nighty. The scanned the room with their weapons out looking for the "intruder" that had done this to her. She silently took short steps behind one of the men, grabbing the armored neck pulling it back..no screams were heard...and at the same time, that short sword was pushed through the heavy armor right through the chest with the other free hand. Quickly letting the soldier drop to the floor, pulling the sword out, the window was opened letting her make a quick escape. The other men came back in the room to find a dead comrade, and a gentle breeze that flowed from the window, the calm after the storm.

..Uriko did none of it..and all she could do was watch.