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Post by Riina de Bastille on Nov 13, 2019 1:20:40 GMT
WORD COUNT: 809
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TAGGED: Fluffy
The tiny female had gotten off the train less than three days ago, spending some time in the main capitol of Vantalux. Something as simple as getting the hang of the city and finding her way around had been a staggering, insurmountable obstacle for the quiet kitten. Though, after three days, at least the girl had been capable of finding her way out of the main city and onto the farmlands. Here, there was a good chance of finding something to eat, or at least so she figured. The farmlands weren't often properly guarded, so getting her hands on simple food produce wasn't all too difficult. Yet, with what she had available to herself, processing foods were still a little out of her reach. Thus the girl had been living practically off of corn on the cob. Yet, being a noble girl, she knew full well that living off of corn on the cob for too long would leave her incredibly sick and weakened. Protein and vitamins were required. So the girl had taken down to the nearby flowing river, with the intent of catching some of the wildlife that undoubtedly came there. The main idea was catching some fish. Riina had some ideas on how one could catch a fish. Most of them didn't include creating a fishing rod with string, cause frankly, she hadn't the slightest clue on how to do that.
Perching herself by the edge of the flowing water, she could quite easily tell that fish were abundant in the stream. Most of them were too tiny for an fisherman to be bothered with, but even tiny fish would hold important nutrients for a starving kitty. So, Riina dipped her thumb in the water, waiting. Having read about it in a survivalist story, she knew that a person had been able to get the fish to bite onto their thumb, then pulling the thing onto land. It was just about being patient. Patient, patient. After about thirty minutes of being patient, a couple of fish having nibbled on her nail, Riina decided that it wasn't good enough. The fish simply didn't seem all that interested in her thumb. This is when she got the ingenious idea of attempting to use her tail as the bait.
Sticking the tip of her tail into the water, she lowered it slightly, waiting patiently. Though, this time, the girl wouldn't have to wait long to have some result. A carp bit onto her tail, causing her to let out a distressed "Yeowch! - yoinking her tail back to the surface. The fish, however, was smarter than Riina had figured. Instead of being dragged to the surface, it simply let go of her tail, happily continuing to swim around the fresh stream waters. Groaning in irritation, the girl took a few moments to caress the fur on the tip of her tail, making the pain subside, before she developed her plan further. Dipping the tip of the tail back into the water, she lurched herself forwards over the running water, hands prepared to shoot down into the wetness and grab the fish the moment it tried to bite her tail. A perfect, intricate plan that would most certainly lead to results. Focussed, tense, the world around her was fading out of existance. All that mattered was the fish that was catching the scent of her tail, slowly nearing. Tensing, tensing, Riina was preparing to strike into the waters and claim her first proper meal in three days...
...juuust a little closer. Riina was already imagining all the delicious tastes rushing over her tongue. Though she had no actual clue on how to prepare a wild fish, she figured that it couldn't be too hard. Roast it over a fire after cleaning out the worst of the bones and innards. A little bit of drool began dripping down the corner of her mouth, as her eyes lit up. The fish was still coming closer. The meal was still coming closer. So very very close. Food, food, food...
For clothes, Riina was wearing the remains of a dress. It was torn in several places, as the most expensive pieces of cloth had been stripped from it by hands that had clearly grabbed onto her. Underneath the dress, she was wearing an equally as torn shirt and underwear. It was fortunate for her that these were the summer months, for if it had been winter, her attire would've left her starving to death. It was an odd combination of things, though. The way she sat, how clean she was, the scent she had to her. Everything spoke of a grace and nobility. Yet, said nobility, said finesse, was rapidly fading as the days passed. Now, she was slowly beginning to more and more resemble a pathetic and poor street urchin.
Today was a great day, it was the peak of the summer, no care about cold weathers nor lack of food, the season was simply amazing and could give anyone a bright mood! In this case however, it probably didn't matter for the little girl known as Yngrid. Full of life and quite joyous, this small girl always held a positive attitude and smile to the things making her day good. Not that she didn't appreciate that the Summer was exceptionally good, because it motivated her to do greater things in life and be anyone's small helper! While she may just be a tiny girl it didn't stop her imagining the future and what lies ahead, but for now it was folding towels in a small hill and bring it back to the farm. But even what she did was small in comparison she did each towel with pride and neatly folded them one after another into the basket that was easily half her body size.
Fifteen towels neatly packed into the basket and ready for deport! She grabs the straw handle with both hands and giggled to herself, waddling down the hill on the very thin dirty trailas she tried her best to keep her balance at check, gosh this basket was big compared to her!
''Hmmm, I wonder if father still are repairing his oven! I should hurry back and deliver these towels and stay available for him! But he said I am too young to fiddle with that big black oven... but maybe I've grown extra much the past week! I bet he'll say yes this time!''
She happily whistles, or at least attempts to do so, she just ended up blowing and blurting her lips out of air. She pouted at herself, her father was a real musician with his whistling, even mother can do it! Yngrid pondered on why she wasn't able to, that does it! She is gonna ask her father once she gets home, he always has an answer afterall!
But just as she was getting down to a more even land she noticed a black dot, or rather a small figure in the distance, by the small river she often visit just to observe the fish. It makes her stop dead on the spot, but the momentum making her basket pull her forward a bit, making her almost trip. ''Uwah!''
She straightens her back and rubs her head, she got real curious about this foreign person. She knew she had to get home with these towels, but maybe a small detour wouldn't hurt! She began to waddle towards the river, smiling excited since these empty fields barely had visitors, Yngrid didn't get to meet new people often!
She got close to the foreign person, a fellow young girl, with black hair too! Yngrid grinned happily and was now a couple of meters away from the fellow gir. She raises her hand up and gives a powerful greeting.
Post by Riina de Bastille on Nov 14, 2019 0:18:27 GMT
WORD COUNT: 507
TAGGED:
TAGGED: Fluffy
The fish was ever getting closer. Riina was perching forwards, almost leaning out into the water. Then, the moment came to strike. Yet, it was interrupted by a female voice that, due to Riina's concentration on catching this little fish having peaked, had gotten extremely close to the feline female. Startled, Riina combined the action of perching forwards to strike into the water, with the movement of getting onto her feet startled. This resulted in her balance shifting forwards even further, and before the girl even knew what had happened, she plunged into the river with a loud splash. Instinctively, because she had been busy with her other motion, she had struck the fist with her hands and clung onto it hard. Squirming in the waters, it became a bit of a fight, until Riina managed to guide the fish towards her face, sunk her teeth into the fish and subsequently freed her hands to grab hold of the edge, dragging herself back onto dry land. Spitting the fish out onto the ground, Riina gasped for air a couple of times, shuddering. Turning her head, she stared at the newcomer. There was something feral in those yellow eyes of hers. Something that stated she wasn't above or beyond fighting for the fish if it became a necessity. Hunger had a curious effect on people...
"Do your normally sneak up on others like a thief then shout really loudly to scare them huh?!" There was something determinate in her voice. Something that gave off the vibe that she was used to being above certain other people and could talk down to them some. It was somewhat masked by frustration or anger, given that plunging into a river was anything but a comforting experience. It was also here, that it became apparent precisely how poor Riina was. The stitches that she had sewn cloth together with were coming undone. The rips and tears in her dress reopened. The patches sewn onto holes fell off, as the feline female frantically tried to pick everything back up, while simultaneously protecting her fish, ensuring that it wouldn't fall back into the river...
The fish wasn't big, by any means. It was perhaps the size of an adult-male hand. Being enough to provide Riina with something to eat for the rest of the day, but certainly not something she'd grow big and strong on. Lurching over the fish, water was pouring off of the feline, as she kept her eyes interlocked on Yngrid. "This is my fish. I'm hungry, so if you want fish, you can catch your own fish." Given how she spoke, it was also obvious that Riina wasn't too old either. Very focussed on constantly referring to the thing that she was currently obsessed about. The fish that she, despite being a complete novice at this whole survival business, had managed to catch. Everything taken into consideration; Managed to catch based on pure coincidence and luck. A fish that she wasn't planning to share, at all.
Post by Yngrid Reiner on Nov 14, 2019 19:23:23 GMT
YNGRID REINER
Vantalux Enforcer
''One day I will be the one moving the train!''
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With the enthusiasme in her voice Yngrid was very certain she could get a good first impression on this fellow young child, but what she did not expect was for the cat eared girl to struggle her position and eventually fall into the cold yet very small river. Yngrid with her hand held up high stood there silently and felt incredibly responsible for this, filled with guilt that her face froze and a sweatdrop falling from her forehead.
''..O-oh... Oh no! Ah! I'm so sorry! I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry!'' She had no idea what to actually do, in first instinct she obviously would go over to the fallen girl, but as she got near the river bed Riina had risen up from the flowy water, and with a catch! Although, in Yngrid's mind this fish was no good. ''Erm... it wasn't my intention, plus I am not a thief! Nuh uh! And I know better than to scream! My dad says it can hurt my voice!'' Yngrid nodded to herself, full loyal to her father and crossing her arms, her face shun of determination. ''What I do is to help! ... Oh! You're so wet, and your clothes are falling off!'' With a somewhat quick thinking, not that it was hard to begin with, Yngrid took a handfull of towels and attempted to cover the poor wet kitten. But stepping back a bit, knowing full well that fish was Riina's, no one else's, hers.
''Don't worry about me! I have already ate and I don't like taking things from others! But hey, you shouldn't eat it like that! You need to prepare it, and add alot of other nutritious good food next to it!''
Yngrid looked around, there was no one else around, well there barely ever was, but Yngrid took a liking to this cat girl, and she was just so cute! ''I can give you some food! My mother taught me how to prepare food, and the first thing you gotta do with a fish is to take off it's scales and grill it above fire!'' Yngrid got to the front of Riina and leaned down while hugging her knees, giving the young kitty a big bright smile. ''Name's Yngrid by the way! What's yours?'' She asked excitedly, waving her body side to side as she awaited for answer. ''It's fine if you don't wanna tell me, my father says name is only given when trust is given with, but I can tell you are a good person!'' Yngrid giggled to herself, she was having quite alot of fun interacting with someone new for a change, one with adorable ears even!
Yngrid then offered her hand, maybe for a handshake, or just a friendly gesture towards the new girl, but one thing was for certain, Yngrid was not gonna leave Riina alone anytime soon!
Post by Riina de Bastille on Nov 16, 2019 2:30:41 GMT
WORD COUNT: 528
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TAGGED: Fluffy
While Riina's expression was very blank, very undefined, very difficult to read, there were several bodily tells of precisely what the girl was feeling. The fluffy cat ears on her head were lying against her head in a backward direction, the fur itself slightly risen, almost as if she was overloaded on static electricity. The feline tail which, prior to falling into the water, had been wrapped around the girl's waist, was now twirling slightly from side to side, like a cat that was warning a person from coming in closer. Everything in her body language spoke of agitation and the yellow pupils were sharpened like daggers. Breathing softly, relaxed, all the animalistic traits of Riina spoke of a killer that had just gotten hold of her prey and was willing to fight over it if need be. When the other girl introduced herself, the ears slightly perked up. The impatient and agitated swishing of the tail quieted down quite a bit as well, as she instead began focussing on the warmth and softness of the towels which Yngrid was approaching with. It somewhat made the girl relax, since there'd be no point in attempting to grab a fish and run, while wielding all those towels. Thus the risk of something terrible happening was extremely small. Threat assessment complete, no immediate danger.
Thus, rather than receiving further hisses or offensive posturing, the ears stood up straight as Riina began focussing on the fish, while towels were used to make her appear less drowned. "I knew that. I'm great at this. I'm great at fishes." Riina said in a tone that, to any adult, would be clear to indicate that she had no clue what she was talking about. However, to another kid, it might be a little different. The girl knew the basics of removing scales and innards. That was honestly about that. The chefs at the mansion where she grew up hadn't spent much time teaching her such menial tasks. Afterall she was a noble, why would she ever need to know such things..? "My clothes need to be sewn. Which I am also great at. Actually there is nothing which I am not great at!" Riina spoke, confidently, even if she knew full well that, at best, it was a bold faced lie.
"My name is Riina... the Kittycat." Yeah, it had come to the young feline, in all her genius glory, that giving off her last name with people actively searching for her, would be a bad idea. It had not however dawned on her to change her first name to anything else, because, that was her name, right?... Ears were twitching slightly from side to side as warmth and dryness began returning to her. Tail also moving in a more playful manner, with a light bend at the very tip. "...and I am in fact a great person! Because I am so great, I will let you help me sort this fish! That way... you can get better at it! Yeah! I'm really nice like that..." Perfect. Absolutely perfect. Yngrid would not suspect a thing. God Riina was smart.
Yngrid's eyes glimmered, she felt all the more fascinated by Riina and her animalistic features, adorable ones at that! Yngrid only got more excited and gave another wide playful grin to the kitten. She felt so intrigued that she giggled, she was having so much fun, she sure did not have alot to do in her farm life, so today marks a fantastic day for her! The dusk haired girl then gives a silent gasp, the fellow child just gave their name in return, this was an outmost high level of respect, and meant that Riina put in some trust into Yngrid! Yngrid felt overjoyed and bobbed her body in place as she listened to the narcasstic facts.
She wasn't only a good person, but a great one? Yngrid never considered herself great, infact the only people she found great was her parents! Her two biggest heros, so was this stray cat truly a fellow great person? That was up for Yngrid to find out! With the offer to let her prepare the fish to the kitten she was more than lovingly willing to!
''Well okay! I accept your proposition! And I will make fish taste one hundred times better! But first, you need some proper clothes! Mhm!'' Yngrid already have layed out a long processing plan for this kitten on the go! She got next to Riina and took a gentle yet firm hold onto her arm before running off with her and the basket down the dirt road. ''C'mon c'mon! The farm is not far from here!'' And it was indeed true, it was seen from the distance, not too far away, just a small stroll down the few hills, and Yngrid made sure Riina was coming along all well and fine!
It was only a matter of ten minutes of idle running before they reached the backside of the large red farmhours. Yngrid huffed from all the running but did not stop her from using her body! She got near a bunch of bushes and pulled out a short ladder, hidden nicely that was likely just known by her. She placed it against the wall and made it possible for Riina to climb up to the window. ''Eheh! Here, climb! I will meet you up there, but I gotta deliver a few towels first! Or else father will get disappointed! Also... uh, I don't know if they would allow me to bring you into the farmhouse, so let's keep this as a secret!'' She liked the sound of that, her very own secret! Well, the ladder was one thing, but this was definitely way bigger! Yngrid never kept such secrets from her father, so this was an exciting experience for her! She waddled around the house to deliver the basket of towels, well at least half of it! Inside through the window was a somewhat dark attic with alot of random stuff, and it was dusty too!
Post by Riina de Bastille on Nov 18, 2019 0:10:55 GMT
WORD COUNT: 496
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TAGGED: Fluffy
The two girls had reached an acceptable exchange. At least if you were to ask the one of them with feline ears. Nodding, Riina had expected that they'd be moving together to the location. Quietly, in a proper, orderly fashion. Instead, the other girl grabbed around Riina's wrist and simply began jogging off. This meant that Riina, much to her displeasure, had to begin jogging as well. Considering how little she had eaten over the past few days, this task was extremely exhausting. So while, upon arriving at their destination, Yngrid seemed to be doing mostly okay, Riina was bent foreover, arms placed onto her knees, gasping for air and sweating like nobody's business. Stomach was cramping, and she seemed to be in quite the predicament. As the ladder was unveiled from behind the little bush, Riina tilted her head to the side at the ordering and machinations. So this was to be a little secret, because this girl's parents wouldn't be too happy with having a stranger on their attic. Quite honestly, Riina would've agreed with the parents. Nine times out of ten, bringer a stranger with you home, only spelled disaster. Naturally, in this case, Riina knew that she herself wouldn't be actively attempting to cause any trouble. So rather than point out this fact to her newly acquired friend, she simply nodded, still clutching her stomach. Which growled rather loudly. "Yo-you... t-too fast..." The kitten's tail was hanging low, her ears back against her head. There wasn't a hint of curiosity in her expression.
...Perhaps after this Yngrid girl had gotten Riina something to eat, she could consider moving on to not cause any trouble. That sounded about appropriate and acceptable, yeah. Shaking in her grip, the tiny kitten struglged ever so slightly climbing up the ladder and tumbling into the room through the open window. Immediately upon reaching the floor, Riina was forced into having a coughing fit. Flopping onto the floor had knocked up somewhat of a dust cloud. Rubbing her eyes, it was immediately irritating both her sight and airways. Never in her life had Riina been forced to live in filth to this magnitude, and it was spinning the little noble feline around into serious loops. This was going to be her life from now on. Hunger, dirt, filth and hoping kind strangers would reach out a helping hand on occasion. Depressing, heartbreaking. Enough so, that once Riina was absolutely certain that Yngrid wasn't able to hear or see, Riina found a little corner of the attic, pulled her knees up to her chest and cried quietly into her own cloth. All the dusty oddities on the attic that, normally, would've been super interesting to inspect and have a proper look at, had been left entirely to their own devices. The crying quietly turned silent, then completely stopped, as Riina fell asleep in her little corner. Famished, exhausted...
Post by Yngrid Reiner on Nov 18, 2019 17:11:22 GMT
YNGRID REINER
Vantalux Enforcer
''One day I will be the one moving the train!''
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Yngrid entered the front door of the farm house and waved joyously towards her mother, carrying the basket with the towels it was a matter of a few seconds before her mother stops her and asking about where the rest is. Yngrid, taps her foottip against the traditional wooden floor with a tiny bite to her lower lip, looking away shyly and returns back with a smile up to her mother. ''The others was still a bit wet, I'm gonna go there again later, so no worries mother!'' With a perfect execution of a lie, well, at least to her it was perfect, she continued into the house. Dropping the basket near the table and hopped towards her father and smiled up to him, checking up on his work. From the looks of it, he was still fiddling with the oven, which tempted her to ask to help! But she halted her mind, reminding herself of the poor kitten she had gotten all wet, and the food! Yngrid needed to prepare the food!
Yngrid had no time to aid everyone around her, kitty needed her! She gave a small cute wave to her father before waddling off quickly before he starts to ask questions. She got into the storage room, usually a place she is adviced not to play inside, but she wasn't here for games, she was here for professional preperations! A pot, a metal plate, pair of matches, some salt too, and perhaps couple opf vegetables, she was about to pull the gourmet chef out from her!
Ten minutes from when both Yngrid and Riina separated the young farm girl was already climbing up the stair ladder, unlocking the trapdoor where she peeks in, sneezes from the dust but overall not too affected by it's dirty atmosphere, she was quite used to dusty things! But she blinked silently when observing the sleeping kitty in the corner, all alone and cold. It made the farmgirl get a bit emotional, even get quivering lips as she quickly approached Riina with a determined face. ''Don't worry Riina... big sister Yngrid will make you the best meal ever!''
Without waking up the kitten, and with alot of consideration in mind, Yngrid was preparing something warm, cozy, and fulfilling. Yngrid gently scrapped off the scales, and while she may have bit of a clumsy pair of hands it didn't stop her to give full on concentration with the cutting. She slit the fish into two, and from there she plucked out the thin bones she could manage to get out. From that process alone she easily gave a pair of cuts on her small hands, holding in any pained noises and just kept on preparing. Boiling a solid potato, adding in salt to further make the potato edible. After boiling the vegetables she took the pot off and added the plate where she put the fish on, grilling the meat slowly but surely, and the smell was filling the attic. After trials and errors the young farmgirl added the edibles on the porcelain plate and held it infront of the snoozing kitten. ''I uhm... hey..! Riina! I got your food!'' She placed the plate on a very small crate, sliding the dish forward for the kitten to enjoy. ''It may not be much, but I promise I can get you alot more! A local merchant travels around these hills and I often buy from him! He got some good sized hamrolls that are just mouth watering!
Post by Riina de Bastille on Nov 22, 2019 12:31:46 GMT
WORD COUNT: 456
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TAGGED: Fluffy
Dreams are for those with hopes for the future. Nightmares are for those who've given up. To Yngrid, all the things running through the feline's head as she was sleeping, only ever became visible in light jerks and soft movements of her arms and legs. An occasional twitch, elevated breathing, soft whimpering sounds of discomfort. Eventually, Riina slumped over to a side, grasping her own clothes tight to herself for warmth, groaning softly before returning to troubled sleep. A few moments like this passed, while Yngrid was cooking. Then, without much warning, Riina woke up. Flailing, looking panicked. "No no no no no don't!" Looking around the little attic for a few moments, she breathed in a few times, trying to calm herself down. The yellow feline eyes looked directly at Yngrid for a moment. It seemed that Yngrid had been attempting to wake her up. So, Riina, being the intellectual she is, cooked up an excuse for her reaction. "You can't just wake me! I got startled. Didn't even hear you come in!" Riina nodded, as if the whole reeason for her acting out had been entirely related to being woken up unprepared. The way she spoke, there was some confidence in her words... but also a whole lot of uncertainty. Slowly shifting her position as the crate with a plate was slowly, quietly pushed closer to her. Sniffing the air above the dish. Stomach was growling loudly, and Riina, forgetting all pretenses of being well mannered or in control, began digging in with her fingers. It didn't matter that it wasn't perfect. It didn't matter if a singular fishbone was left in the meat. Not even if there were several. Riina dug in, chewing, swallowing, almost like a feral cat that had starved for too long.
Then came the stomach cramps from overeating, causing Riina to drop to the ground and groan in pain, eventually just flopping onto her back. A loud, uncouth burp escaped her lips as she stared up at the ceiling of the little attic. If mother or father would've seen her like this, they would've been furious. Riina could tell. Living like this would only make her more and more like the people which she had been warned about... but what choice was left for her to make...?
"...That wasn't all bad... pretty good, actually. Teaching you is definitely worth it!.. but what do you want to do now?" Riina murmured in a content, pleasant tone. The girl was not unpleasant or demeaning, but there was a definite air of superiority to her. Like there was something about the raven haired feline that Yngrid couldn't hope to understand. At least not yet...
Post by Yngrid Reiner on Nov 28, 2019 18:10:23 GMT
YNGRID REINER
Vantalux Enforcer
''One day I will be the one moving the train!''
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Merely watched closely as the kitten girl had a nightmare or some sort, but Yngrid knew it was rude to interrupt someone sleeping, but despite the unspoken rule the young girl didn't hesitate to eagerly present the food, she was certain a full tummy chases bad nightmares away!
The kitten has awoken and the smell of grilled fish was looming in the air, Yngrid felt pretty proud of herself when witnessing Riina engulfing the food down so greedily, even with hands! Yngrid was taught to always use fork and a knife to eat, but it was understandable the kitten showed such display of need, one can't simply hold back the force of hunger, poor girl must've been rather hungry for some time! In truth Yngrid felt like a true hero, poor kitten might've gotten sick from eating a raw fish! But before she knew it Riina was done and looked pretty stuffed. Flomping against the floor she let out a small burp, making Yngrid snort and giggle, her new friend was alot of fun!
''Thank you, Riina! I tried my best and I hope it hit the spot! Next up I wanna try making mashed potatos! And add aloooot of yummy pepper into the mix! But for another time, right now we can!... uh, we can, doooo.. something!'' Yngrid was certainly rather unsure, but she didn't let that get in the way of her jolly mood. She took a quick seat next to the flopped out kitten and hugged her knees.
''How about knowing eachother more! You seem tired and won't play, so uh... where are you from? Describe the world outside the farm!'' Yngrid was booming with super curious questions, I mean could you blame her? This young farmgirl doesn't know much other than farms and basic teaching! Speaking of teaching. ''Ooooh! So are you gonna to the same school as I do? Right now they are teaching how to spell advanced words!''
Post by Riina de Bastille on Dec 1, 2019 12:58:40 GMT
WORD COUNT: 719
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TAGGED: Fluffy
The tiny kitten was licking her fingers clean, suppressing a slight burp. The sudden influx of a decent meal was knocking the remaining energy out of her body. Though, for the first time in three days, Riina was sated and well fed. It'd likely lead to a good night's rest. Though, for now, the girl was still in the spotlight. Because Yngrid, understandably, thought Riina was incredibly interesting. In fact, Riina knew that she was incredibly interesting. Afterall, she was awesome! Riina, unable to tell where she was actually from, simply began explaining a place which she imagined would be a nice place to live. Though, Riina was well aware that hesitating would mean she'd be caught lying immediately. Thus, Riina simply said whatever came to her mind as the first thing. "I come from a town far, far up in the sky! Like all the way up where the pretty lights shine!" Riina started explaining, looking upwards. Thinking, rapidly, the first thing she saw was the light of the aurora in the sky. "We live by the aurora and all our houses have amazing colors! All the colors from blue to red. Even when its dark down here, there's colors up there!" Riina spoke confidently, looking over at Yngrid to gauge her expression and reaction. The confidence was brimming in Riina's amber eyes as she continued. "We walk on the clouds and the clouds?.. they're really soft! And when the sun is up, they're also really warm! Better than any bed you can find down here! You never have to sleep anywhere cold or scary!" Nodding sagely, the girl kept watching Yngrid as she told her stories. To anyone who had any kind of education, most of this would sound obviously baloney. From one kid to another however, it might've just sounded like a fairy tale land worth living in. "We don't have rivers like you do here. Instead our rivers are made of the sweetest honey. If you look at the clouds when the sun is up, you can sometimes see them turn golden. Thats from the honey. So we can always find something to eat!"
Riina, was digging deeper and deeper into her own mind to explain and build a world. Which incidentally meant that she was getting closer and closer to things that were on her mind currently. Things that were hurting and that she was running from. "Up there, everyone is constantly touched by the light. So, we all have ears and tails and scales and stuff! So no one cares if you have ears or a tail! You're always welcome!" Nodding, nodding, the girl continued to pain a little picture of this paradise world. Yet, without having realized it, her heart was gripped by loss, mourning and sadness. There was a light quivering in her voice as she continued to speak. "I lived in an enormous white castle with my family! We were never hungry, or afraid or sad... We were all just very happy! Never ever ever sad!" The trembling in her voice continued to increase, as she began imagining the white stone mansion that she had actually lived in. As she remembered being woken up in the morning by her mother, with tea and bread on a plate. A warm hug, a loving embrace. It had been taken away from her. "...but evil man broke my home, and I fell from the clouds. I landed in the river with the fish..." The descriptions were disappearing from her explanations. The flowerful language giving way for hard, cold fact. The imagination was giving way to reality. Riina shivered, as she started feeling so incredibly cold... Panting a little, she tried to continue her tale.
Down her cheeks, streams of tears began errupting. Struggling, she tried her best to keep it back. Yet, reality had caught up with fantasy. The facade was broken as Riina began openly crying, sobbing, hulking openly. "I wanna go home! I wanna.. I wanna see my mommy!!! Moommyy..!... But I cannot go home anymore!!! I just wanna see my Mom?!" Wailing loudly, Riina's ears were bent so far forward as they could go. Her head got dug into her hands, the tail swiping over the floor in erratic fashion...
Yngrid idly sat by Riina and wagged her body from side to side, the answer she got was amazing, to say the least, this kitten had a long list of history it seems! Yngrid grinned amused and giggled, looking upwards where Riina put her colourful imagination into play. ''Whoa, up ...there? That's so high!'' Her eyes filled with shock and rubbed her temples to understand how a city can be up there, she has certainly not heard about such thing from the story books available to her. And there are supposedly so much colours and joy that one could simply not be able to leave such an amazing place right? It made Yngrid wonder and gave a very hard thought. ''Hmmmm, HMMMMMNGH... But how could one leave such a place? There are so much warmth and light from the sun, even from down here summer is ... so amazing!'' It was no wonder, Yngrid got so jealous that she even tried to imagine herself up there, smiling at the sight of the honey river, and that food was always available, oh god she got suddenly quite hungry! She hasn't eaten yet, but her excitement to hear more silenced the hunher and stuck by Riina's side to enjoy the tale of this sky city.
Yngrid has just lived in a big farm, old but bit, so hearing about a pure white castle and riches that she could simply not be able to imagine made the young farmgirl wonder if she could one day witness such place. Her body bounced on the floor from pure excitement and got the young farmgirl riled up. ''Hehehehe! Now that's a place I just HAVE to visit your place when I'm older! My father says I get to go out more when I turn 16! But I can't wait, uff!...'' Her own enthusiasme was then slowly withered away when hearing about what happened to Riina, the young kitten with probably one of the greatest homes, chased away, losing everything she had. Yngrid sat silently to let Riina speak out in distress, Yngrid had no idea Riina's appearance to these grassy fields had a tragic story. Yngrid gently leaned to Riina's side and gave a single hug to the crying kitten. ''You really miss your mommy a lot huh?.. I can't even imagine... how hurting it is! No! I-It's not right! You are a sweet person and an even better friend! No evil man should do this! Ever! I... I'll help you!'' Yngrid held both of her fists up close to her face and exhaled with an angry yet determined face. ''No one should ever get their home taken away, and everyone should be able to be with their momma! I will take down anyone who says otherwise! All the bad people! I promise you Riina... that I will take down that man who took everything from you!'' Keeping her eye contact with Riina strong as ever she gently took a hold of the kitten's hands and gave a firm grip of reassurance.
''I may be just some random girl from a random farm, but if there is one thing I hate the most that is people that only helps themselves! Stealing and letting those who suffer stay behind!'' Yngrid stood up and punched her fists together, nodding to herself. And just like that she was off, dashing to the other side of the attic where she took a hold of brooms and cleaning tools. ''This attic might not be a great white castle, but I will try my darn hardest to make it one! Or even better!'' She swung her broom into place and began to wipe the floor at a great speed, pushing the dust and cobwebs out of the way and making this attic at very least more tolerable. She didn't heed another glimpse at Riina while cleaning, Yngrid had her full focus on cleaning as if it's a race against time. ''She needs support more than ever, she definitely needs help and I will help her as much I can do! Don't worry Riina, you will get to meet your mommy soon enough..!''
Post by Riina de Bastille on Dec 10, 2019 17:05:56 GMT
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From the very moment the little tale had started being told, woven by trickery and lies, yet very much rooted in the reality that Riina looked at her own situation as, Riina knew that she had Yngrid's complete attention. In many ways, the story was more true than one might imagine, should they know how to piece things together. Back where she came from, the girl had never known true hunger or starvation. Sure, there had been moments where she had known what being hungry meant, but nothing to the extent she had experienced in the past few days. The beds were in fact like warm, fluffy clouds. Cleaned almost on the daily, they had a constant scent of flowers and soap. The home truly was like a castle, if not a fortress. Nothing could penetrate those walls, so the only way inside was to be invited. Always, Riina had felt safe, welcome, accepted, home. Perhaps that is why it seemed so simple for the girl to explain, in great detail, what true paradise looked like. Because aside from the incident that had put her on the run, paradise is pretty much precisely where she came from. Where Riina wanted to go back, to make things like they always had been. Yet, in her heart of hearts, Riina knew that it wouldn't happen. That the castle was barred and that returning was dangerous. There were people looking to harm her family by using her. A difficult concept for a young girl to understand, but her love for her family was clear. To protect them and herself, she would stay away, until she was strong enough to return on her own two feet. Even if it would take a hundred years to grow strong enough.
Yngrid was hugging Riina, which ellicited a kind of low grumpy sound. Sorta creeping a little more into the corner, Riina looked away from the other girl. Not because she was unpleasant in any way. Not because Yngrid had inherently done something wrong. Riina just wasn't used to physical contact, having been more or less isolated for her entire life. Especially isolated from other individuals around her own age. It somewhat startled her to be touched, and while not immediately unpleasant, she wasn't encouraging it. A light shudder went through her body, as the tiny female attempted her best to hide it. While the tears had quickly come to an end, Riina falling quiet and drying herself off... while her expression was more temperate and mild, even bordering on a cautious smile... The girl's tail was lying flat on the ground, her ears pressed against her head. They betrayed her emotions to the world around her. Sorrow. A heavy, suffocating sorrow. Trying, she tilted her hand to the side to give Yngrid a soft thumbs up, clearing her throat a couple of times. "That sounds... really, really cool... You could be... Captain justice!"
The lack of enthusiasm behind her voice was clear. Even so, Riina had attempted her best to encourage Yngrid to follow her dreams. Sitting there, in the corner, a bit of time passed while Yngrid was cleaning. Looking from side to side, Riina wasn't sure what she was meant to do. Mother had taught her to be hygenic and clean, but the manual cleaning was never something Riina had been a part of. Quietly, the girl pushed off to get on her feet.. Grabbing another broom and attempted to mimic Yngrid. It was clear exceedingly fast that Riina had never in her life needed to use a broom properly. The girl looked a bit like a business woman in a construction site trying to use the heavy tools.
Post by Yngrid Reiner on Jan 10, 2020 21:21:09 GMT
YNGRID REINER
Vantalux Enforcer
''One day I will be the one moving the train!''
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Dusty waves of cloudy particles swooped from one end to another with just how intensive Yngrid was with the brooming. To clean an entire attic should be absolutely nothing compared to what her feline friend has gone through, and with the encouraging nickname such as Captain Justice truly made Yngrid all the more willing to pour her soul and mind to assist Riina un any way possible! As she was passing the small piles of dust she could notice her friend eventually got up, and picked up a broom! ''U-uhm, hey, y-you truly don't need to help! Just get some rest or something, I-I didn't wanna make you feel bad-'' She cut herself mid sentence when observing Riina's attempt to clean the floor, the small feline girl truly didnt know how to clean? Yngrid then began to tap her chin and closed her eyes, because this current situation reminded her of that one time her father gave an invaluable lesson that she takes to heart everyday. ''Yngrid, why do you always want to give and help so much? I never got to ask, so I just wondered.''
''Oh that's easy papa! I want others to be happy! Because uhm, I can't see myself happy when people around me are not.. but I don't do it for my own sake! I am sure they got a reason to be so grumpy and sad!''
''Ah my dear Yngrid, so young yet you have an endearing hospitality, but what are you gonna do when you don't have what they need? A homeless man with no food, how can you help him if you got no food too?''
''Uh... hmmmm, I ask the nice baker next door! Every street has a bakery!..Right?''
''But my Yngrid, not everyone has your charming desire to give, what will you do then?''
''Ummmmnh, I-I don't knoooow... the homeless man needs food!''
''Even with no food, someone as wise, smart, and willstrong as you, can help.''
''R-really?! Tell me tell me tell me!''
''Now now, even you should know it my dear. As my mother once told me; Give a man a fish, and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for lifetime.''
''Teach him..? But I don't know how to fish papa! Then..''
''Aha haha! Do not worry my little Yngrid, you're still young and there is time for everything, soon enough you will know how to fish, and then the time for you to help that homeless man will come, that is the true strength of helping, to share what you know, that is how we as people are able to stand up in this vast world...''
*Yngrid stood in awe and looked up to her dad, didn't know how to respond*
''...Heh, speaking of fishing, want me to teach you how to fish tomorrow?''
''...Uwah! Yes! I wanna know how so that I can help the homeless man to fish! Yay!'' Yngrid inhaled and knew it was about darn time for her to give some proper help to her new friend! She put her broom away and walked up to the clueless feline friend and smiled. ''I uh... I can teach you how to sweep really well..! It's easy really!'' She helped by taking an alternative grip on the broom with Riina and guided the movement, pushing the dusty string against the old wooden floor. ''The purpose of using a broom is to push away annoying dust fast! You just apply pressure down to the floor, and make sure you keep that pressure or else dust will be left behind! Like so!'' Yngrid applied pressure with Riina and began to brush the dust away, might be baby steps, but definitely the right path! Yngrid knew this was not the time to pamper her friend in need, what Riina needed was true support.
''Okay, now you try! And if you gather speed to your legs you can drag great amounts of dusty way faster!'' Yngrid stepped away and crossed her arms to watch Riina attempt. While doing so Yngrid also felt a small urge to ask Riina something, which kinda relates back to when they first met, Yngrid still feels guilty of that greeting. ''And if you want to... I could uhm, teach you how to fish without risking getting wet! I got a rod and tomorrow should be another beautiful day!''
Post by Riina de Bastille on Jan 27, 2020 14:52:15 GMT
WORD COUNT: 505
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The raven haired kitten had slowly, over the past few minutes, fallen more and more silent. Certainly, the burst of energy that had been present when she had been explaining where she had come from, or the enthusiasm when she had given Yngrid the nickname of Captain Justice, had begun reaching it's limits. So there she stood, sweeping first left, then right, having no actual comprehension of gathering the dust in an area. Instead just swiping left and right, knocking the dust up into the air. The kitten was coughing softly, covering her nose and mouth, staring angrily at the dust. How dust even came into existance was beyond her. In the little palace she came from, dust had never been a thing, and that place was at least ten times as large as this little farm thing. Though, Riina knew that times were changing, and that to survive, she had to change some too. So, while she normally wouldn't have paid much attention to the instructions or opinions of a servant, here she was, listening to everything that Yngrid had to say. So the first step was to add pressure so that the dust was swept with the broom. That much made sense...
So, like everything else, Riina figured that adding more pressure must've meant that more of the dust was swept away. Leaning on the broom and visibly having her face turn red from exertion, the girl swept a long, broad stroke. Which, obviously, an old and decrepit broom wasn't the largest fan of. The wood was old and ancient, and as it came to Riina's center of gravity, it gave up. A loud crack errupted into the attic, as Riina, having put all of her weight onto the broom, plummeted sideways with a loud thump. Just lying there, on the floor, the girl wasn't sure what she was meant to be doing now. Apologizing profusely for destroying the broom, although the broom was old and not functioning very well. Or perhaps she was meant to be crying from having fallen over while emotions were still bottled up inside of her, trying so desperately to escape. Or mayhaps she ought to laugh it off, get up to her feet and pretend like nothing had truly happened. All these social interactions were floating around in her head, causing her instead to simply get up, sitting on her knees, looking at the two pieces of broom she had - one in either hand.
The amber eyes turned to Yngrid, as Riina sniffed once, then coughed, clearing her airways from the dust that she inevitably - once again - filled the air with. "..I uh.. I think I broke the broom." The kitten said in an almost mechanical tone. From the snap itself, the skin in her palms had gotten bright red. The girl could feel her heartbeat in her agitated skin. Though, the sheer confusion of what had happened was painted across her expression. This truly was out of her element.
