Blubi's Training Ground

Blubi made a mistake. A grave one, at that. The painful sliminess spreading out from the core of her body made her retch uncontrollably and unpredictably, making her feel like a wretched mess. Her eyes teared up tiredly, as the pain and aches refused to soften despite her fatigue. Who knows how long she had been in such a torturous state, but it felt like an eternity, even longer than when she pretended to sleep to cuddle with her family.

She regretted everything, why did she even come up with such an idea, as she stared at the strange soupy dish sitting a few metres away from her. Black sludge oozed and bubbled, its colour such a pure darkness that it could frighten anyone that laid their eyes on it. That's right. Blubi tried to make food using tar from the tar pits. I mean, wouldn't it have been amazing if she could convert such a dangerous substance into something edible? But sadly her efforts were in vain... and now she felt like she was dying. She wanted to yell and roll around, but she could not. So she laid almost lifelessly in the little wheeple cotton bed she had constructed for herself ages ago, with a bucket by her side to puke into.

It was fortunate though, that she was not alone. Momo regularly came by to help empty the bucket from time to time and pat her head, despite not being too close to her yet. It made her glad to see that she cared despite her wary attitude. Her mother, Katria, would bring over things to help comfort her and meow occasionally. Clearly a little worried, despite her usual cool and aloof appearance. Little Slepi resolutely sat beside her, one of his little paws on her hoof, despite the stench of the tar sludge-vomit wafting from the bucket. And Ruru was sat very close by near the cavern entrance, despite not being able to fit inside. His wing was stretched so that she could hug it for comfort, as uncomfortable as it must be for him. Though she knew that as soon as he sensed something was wrong, he would totally bust into the cavern and break everything just to check if she was okay. He was silly like that.

Blubi was blessed. And she was grateful for it. So maybe, just maybe, this illness would be less unbearable than she thought.