Ryye's journey

As our beloved ryye walks between the dunes trying to find refugee in the shadows, she turns to the eagle on her shoulders and say “ I think we’re lost.”. Oh confused reader, this story started earlier that morning when ryye couldn’t find Vitamin C anywhere in the city and she was told it can be found in the desert. So she embarked on a journey to find the spring of Vitamin C.

While they were walking up a dune, they kept on hearing a voice from a distance, they could not identify what it was saying, but it was two individuals conversing nonetheless. A mixture of relief and fear filled ryye. As they approach, the words were more identifiable, someone was saying “ love you cousin! “ and the other one replying” love you more cousin!”. When she reached the top of the dune, things were clearer.
Two girls, shaped like southpark characters, were walking around holding each others hands while swinging it back and forth and repeating the prior words over and over again.

“ hello” said ryye
“ hey, LOVE YOU COUSIN” replied the little girl
“ do you know where I can find the spring of vitamin C?” asked ryye
“ we don’t know, but we’re lost ourselves, so can we go with you? LOVE YOU TOO COUSIN! “ replied the other girl
Ryye picks them up and put them in her bag between the jabal il noor’s delicious burgers.

She continues on her path, trying to dodge the hot sun as much as she possibly can. Until, a cowboy appears out of no where, in the midst of the Arabian peninsula.

“howdy” he salutes.
“hey, we’re looking for the spring of vitamin C” said ryye.
“LOVE YOU COUSIN” screamed the little girl from the bag, ryye decided to close the bag and make a tiny little hole so they can continue to breath.
The cowboy tries to light up his cigarette, but since the tobacco is in his mouth, trying to smoke a filter is unproductive.
He starts to cough.
Then he replies “I don’t know, but you got that eagle on your shoulders, let him fly high in the sky and I’m sure he’s eyes can spot the spring”

Surprised with the intellect of someone whose trying to smoke a cigarette filter, she turns to the eagle and asks him to fly. So he does.

He spreads his wings, wave them once or twice and off he goes. He flew faster than ever before, until he disappeared. Being the lazy ass that he is, he hid behind the closest dune so ryye wouldn’t know he was  tanning next to a white dove.

After about ten minutes, the eagle return and sits on her shoulder, she asked if he saw anything he said no. she looks at him suspiciously, and wonders why is his wings filled with sand. Anger and dismay filled ryye, she started day dreaming about her air conditioned room and the ketchup and mayo brushes of her beloved Photoshop. She sat down to rest, eating a burger.

Ryye rested her eyes while the eagle noticed something on the ground far away. He flew to it, it was nothing other than a muffin. The muffin said “IM NOT DEAD!!! HAHAHAHAHAH” surprised by the comment of the ma7shish muffin, the eagle took it back to ryye and placed it with the southpark cousins in the brown bag.

she opened her eyes, a lady was standing over her head. She was wearing a black 3abaya and carrying a golden dalla. “ya hala” said ryye.

The lady did not respond, nor did she smile or look like she heard her. There is this other guy, who painted his face white and looking around in an odd suspicious manner. He kept on moving, like he’s trying to listen to something. He also did not speak. Ryye thought to herself ya salam! Ma jaw ela 3ndi yitsak3oon? The lady got a finjan out, and offered one to ryye. ryye being tired and exhausted, she welcomed the offer by a nod of her head. The lady started pouring from the dalla, it turns out there was no coffee!

It was Just sand, the wind blew it away. Suddenly the guy started jumping up and down in a strange manner. Ryye thought of taking of her stinky shoe and throwing it at them, but since she’s too lazy to get it back and the shoe is not a boomerang, she didn’t bother. Without a word, just like they came, they left. She got up and continued walking

As she was talking to the eagle, who was enjoying sitting on her shoulders and not doing anything, she said “ ma mnk fayda you just sit there, do nothing and make stupid little comments! Why can’t you do something for a change!” as she was saying that, the tanned dove came flying. So again, he flew and followed the dove. Hid behind the dune and started playing tug war.

As ryye was ready to give up, she noticed that the clouds were darker beyond that hill, she walked there, filled with curiosity. When she was on top of that hill, she saw an odd odd sight.

She saw tall and proud palm trees. Shiny and glittery sand. She saw a place where time stood still, the clock did not tick. Silent. Not a voice, a wind breeze, nothing. Complete silence. The sun was blocked by the clouds, yet everything was bright and clear. Even though she was so far away, she saw her. Her face was white, her eyes were night. Her long hair dropped to the ground. She was wearing a white robe, sitting next to an oasis. She knew what it takes to let time move again, so the clock would tick again. Yet, defeated by her tears, she sat down and let go of everything. She can blame time, she can blame luck, she can blame everything, but deep down inside, she knows whom to blame.

Ryye starred silently. There was a protective bubble, she couldn’t get closer. Not that she wanted anyway.  


“ I’M NOT DEAD! HAHAAHHAH” the ma7shish muffin said and returned to sleep. Ryye went down a hill, Where a huge mountain on her left and huge mountain on her right and a cave straight ahead. She wondered where that eagle is? Hes there to explore things ahead. Little did she know that he was sitting yakil 7ab shamsi our gossip about eagles eli ra7o il magna9.

She went running, threw the bag on the side and the muffin screamed “ I’m dead now!” and the southparka went“ WA5RI 3ANI DA3SA IB BA6NI MA7BICH!” while the bag continued to roll down the hill.
She reached there, and it was as every bit as beautiful as she thought it would be. That endless stream of yellow bubbly cough syrup tasting vitamin C, was just perfect.

Ryye then spent 10 days and 10 nights eating jabal il noor’s burgers and sipping  vitamin C.

The end