Memoirs of Kitty Siam - Statues and Obelisks.
Fascinating race, the Weeping Angels. The only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely. - The Doctor
We left the small village early in the morning and began following the road that led from the village. The road showed signs of not being used in the same manner as the stone path we had followed the day before. The island was much larger than I had originally thought and when the noon hour came we were still walking the road and from our current location, there was no end in sight.
We made a rest stop in a grove of fruit bearing trees and ate our fill of what tasted like pears and apples. It was not the meat that my body was craving but it was filling and the natural sugars gave us both enough of an energy boost to allow us to resume our journey.
We continued on until the late afternoon when we stopped again for refreshment. We decided that we would go a few more hours and if we found nothing by then we would stop somewhere safe for the night. Throughout the day we had passed a few small lone standing houses in what were now over grown fields. At one time these structures had probably belonged to family farmers and the fields surrounding the houses were once fertile farmland.
The sun was close to the horizon and would be setting in an hour or so, that is when we spotted a small structure in the distance, and we quickly agreed that we would stop there for the night. This rammed earth house was in similar disrepair as the one that we had stayed in the previous night, but unlike that one, this house only had one floor. There were no room dividers and the living areas, kitchen, dining area were in the same room.
Like we did the previous day, Ressa cleaned the kitchen while I went out and ran down dinner. It did not take me long to ambush a flock of birds that somewhat resembled a turkey, and snag one in my claws for dinner. I gave the bird to Ressa and she cooked it over the fire that she has built while I was out hunting. She was becoming quite the little housewife I thought as I watched her work in the kitchen. Perhaps she had missed her true calling, as she seemed to be a better housewife then she was a spy.
The evening was uneventful and we both slept well after a long day of walking, and when morning came we washed up in a nearby stream then hit the road again. As we walked the road yesterday we were walking over fairly level ground, but this morning the road was leading us to a group of low rolling hills. The road avoided the hills and snaked its way around them and then opened up again into a flat plain. As soon as we rounded the last hill we could see a small city in the center of the plain surrounded by low hills on all sides. Rising up from the center of the city was what appeared to be a man made hill or pyramid with a flat top that contained a white structure that looked like it was a temple of some sort.
Once we cleared the hills it was not long before we came to the first of many pure white marble statues that lined the road. At first the statues were spaced about a hundred feet apart but as we neared the city the distance between the statues became less until they were right next to each other and perhaps a man width apart. It was past the noon hour when we entered the city and we stopped for a rest and some nourishment. We took a snack break and killed a good hour or two munching on some fruits and nuts that we had come across near the city gates. During our stop and it was becoming obvious that Ressa's lack of conditioning was starting to take its toll on her. She had become sluggish and her muscles had tightened up once she stopped moving. It took some coaxing and some assistance to get her back onto her feet. She complained that her back was hurting her and I wanted to make a catty comment to her about the size of her breasts being the cause of her back problems, but there was no need for that sort of thing since we were getting along fairly well at the moment. Once I got her on her feet it did took a bit of prodding to get her to start walking again.
As we made our way toward the city center we stopped on occasion to inspect some of the more interesting statutes we came across. All of them in this area were of men and women of adult age, but there were no statues of children or animals that we could see. It appeared that the statues were a representation of the various races from the planet as some could be easily identified as Ishtan, Kreet, and Na'Tal, but there were many that neither Ressa nor I could identify as belonging to a specific country or ethnic group. I did note however that there were no statues that sported Asian features so I still considered myself a minority of one on this planet.
All of the statues were sans clothing and appeared to have been created from nude subjects. They appeared to be similar in style and appearance to the sort of statues that you would see in a Greek or Roman museum display except that no fig leafs were used to hide the genitalia. Speaking of genitalia, as we came closer to the center of the city and the temple, the male statues were in a surprising state of arousal. Ressa and I compared notes and erotic thoughts as we made our way down the main avenue that led to the temple.
Seeing all of these aroused male statues had many impure thoughts running through my mind. Thoughts like ditching Ressa and impaling myself on one or more of these well-endowed hunks of masculine marble. I considered this then looked over at Ressa, and I could see that her face was flushed and her nipples were erect and pressing firmly against the inside of her thick shirt. I believe she was having similar thoughts.
We were within an hour or so of sunset when we finally made it to the multitude of steps that led up to the temple. The steps were very steep and stretched upward for perhaps two hundred feet before leveling off onto the grand plateau that contained the white marble temple. As we were about to ascend the steps I got a whiff of something on the wind that smelled like dinner. I asked Ressa to wait for me while I went to check out the source of the smell, but Ressa had other ideas. She said that if she stopped walking now that she would never be able to make the climb to the top of the steps and I knew that she was right. I knew that her muscles would stiffen up as soon as she stopped for a rest so I agreed with her and she began a slow trek up the steps.
The wildlife on Rontara was quite safe from what we had seen along our journey. Perhaps the greatest hazard from the wildlife on the island came from coconuts being dropped on your head by a bratty monkey.
I changed into feline form and it was not long before I chased down a small deer that had wandered into the city. Once again I did not bother to cloth myself and headed back to the temple stairs as naked as the day I emerged from the birthing chamber. I found a well along the way and cleaned myself then continued the rest of the way being careful not to come in contact with any of the blood still dripping from the creature's carcass.
I ascended the steps leading up to the temple and as I got closer I could see that the structure was bathed in light from the many torches mounted to the thick columns surrounding it. Ressa must have been busy I thought to myself and as I got to the top of the steps I called out for her when I did not see her. There was no answer so I called out again and got the same result. I set the carcass down and began to look around. I walked the outer edge of the plateau thinking that Ressa may still be walking around lighting the torches, but she was no where to be found.
In the center of the plateau there were another set of steps leading up to a platform that was the actual temple complex. The temple was constructed in a manner similar to the temples of the ancient Greeks. Strong thick columns of carefully carved and polished marble supported the roof and protected the likeness of the God from the elements in the center, but in this temple there was no statue of a God, just a tall, clear crystal obelisk that was etched with the same symbols that we had noticed on many of the buildings that we had passed on our way to the city center.