Day THIRTY NINE : Day FORTY : Damien and Stacey

Day Thirty Nine : February 10, 2010 : Wednesday

I am hungry. It's been a week and two days (Not that I'm counting) that I last ate anything but peanuts. Drinks weren't anything, really. There were a lot in Uranus. Shouldn't there be food around here somewhere?? I mean... come on... All I see are some oranges... it feels like mockery!!!

.... Because Saturn has been mocking me, I decided to eat a cow. Shhhh. Do NOT tell. Or else I would become dinner, as well. But I have to say... Cows are quite lovely meal. Didn't even make a sound when I started killing it...

This is beginning to be awkward, so let's talk about something esle. Hmm. I spent most of the morning lying in a pasture, thinking about my plans and goals and whether I'll be able to get out of here alive. I don't think I'm going to die in Saturn though, since it's a very peaceful place. It is very surprisingly quiet. Very eerie. I never thought it was this silent... I kind of understand a little why Saki likes it here so much. JUST a little. I also walked a little here and there, meeting with animals mostly. Playing with them a little. It was almost lunch time and I was hungry as hell...

I think I collapsed of hunger next... Because I woke up in a small room in a cottage I think. And there was that lovely smell of porridge. For a moment, I thought three bears lived there, and I was supposed to be Goldilocks.
But luckily, they were Saturnians (Southern accent, Southern). A boy, whose probably 19, and a girl, whose probably 14. And I'm guessing they're siblings? They gave off that aura... I mean, they can't possibly be married....right?

Later, they told me about themselves and I was right! They were siblings! And their mother was in the hospital, and their father was in the army (There was a war in Saturn?). They seemed... poor, judging by the size of their home and their...job. Yeah, they were farmers.

But they are good people. They took me in and gave me food to eat. I never thought porridge could taste this good. Never, never, never. So I stayed in bed for the rest of the day.... They told me to get my strenght back or something.


Day Forty : February 11, 2010 : Thursday

The boy--His name is Damien--woke me up very early in the morning. He's a very serious type of person, quiet and only wears one expression. He told me that I needed to help them work the field to pay off for having eaten porridge and sleeping in their home. What the fork?! I didn't ask them to give me food or shelter! (That sounded so dramatic). You would think a simple thank you would suffice!
But I guess Saturnians are a very ungenerous type of beings...So in the end I helped them out anyway.

Damn, was it ever hard to work in the field. I would think it could drive me barmy.... The constant mooing and clucking and moooing and cluucking! GRAgghHH!! And the sweat... Oh, the sweat... Damien actually seemed cool doing his work. I wonder if I look cool.
I think it was the longest time I didn't say anything in one day. I didn't even have the time to think because I was too focused on the work I was doing.

Well, it wasn't that bad, to be honest. I think I enjoyed it. And seeing the sweat actually made me happy. It felt like I was giving my time on something meaningful... I mean, it's been forty days since I started this journey...I haven't really improved much. It took me forty days to do something with my time. I never thought it would be farming, though. But it made me happy, so it's okay. It's very okay.

When Damien saw how much I struggled with the land, he told me to go milk cows instead. I took it offensively, actually. I thought I was doing a splendid job with the land. :( And then he's going to just tell me to go milk cows. That's a girl's job, am I right?
So I went and did what he said, because he gives me the creeps. His younger sister--Stacey--helped me out with the milking. Despite her very cheerleader-bitch-is-me name, she's actually a quiet and shy girl. It felt odd to have to be taught by a girl... With the pulling of the udder and the pail and things. I mean... doesn't she have cooties? :( She was what you call "graceful" in movements, and she was cute, but she appeared like she was one with the land. And she had that innocent aura going about her. It felt scary to go near her...

It was fun, though. We ate together after that, and we laughed (Damien laughed!) about silly things and little things and things that mattered and even the royal family. The siblings looked up to Ray... They said he was the sweetest, most perfect kind of prince there ever was. But in reality, he's pretty mean and impatient. I hate that dude. If I had to choose which prince in the universe is the best, I'd have to say it would be Prince Ralph Czartoryska. That boy has so much to give. But those two are really respectful towards the royal family, they even like Saki. I mean, who likes Saki??? How repulsed I am! If they only knew how familiar I am with the royal family...

I also asked about the army, and whether Saturn has a war right now or not. They said that there was no war, but "Prince" Ray liked to keep the army very powerful. Looks like Saturn is better kept a friend rather than an enemy.But maybe Ray just felt powerless after seeing Mars' army. They have the most powerful army in the whole of the universe... I mean, hello~, God of War~!

After that, we slept. I guess I still have to work tomorrow.