...

[Filter: Private]

...They're here... Surely they don't think we don't see them... Why aren't they... what are they waiting for...?

I don't want to... not now... not when I'm...

Dragons, why does it have to be like this...? There just has to be another way...

[Filter: Lyonesse]

I know you were against it, mother, and I can understand why, but... Druce and I married last week, in a small church at the northeastern Dentoria border. I wish you could have been there to see it... I wish it could have happened under different circumstances. If it comes down to it... we'll get separated, but right now, I just can't... I'm sorry.

Right now, we're headed to Kilia... Druce says it might be safer there, and though I doubt it, I accepted to at least put him a bit at ease. I still have a bad feeling, but I'm happy right now... even if something's to happen, at least... I can be happy for a little while.

How have you been? It's been a while since I last heard from you... I'm a little worried. Perhaps we could meet up sometime? I really wanted to see you...

[Filter: Public]

This's been a busy two weeks, I haven't even had much time to look at these journals. Hello to all newcomers, my name's Aine, I hope you enjoy your... um, stay? If you can call it that, haha.

[Filter: Lyonesse, in Old Megam]

...Teacher. No... mother. I remember. I remember almost everything now. Some things are still a bit unclear, but for the most part...

...Did you save me...? Did you seal my memory? That night, it's the one thing still unclear in my head. I can't figure out how I ended up in Korin... I remember you that night, and them, and the ritual, and I can't remember anything past that point.

I don't know if I should tell Druce that I remember... mother, I have a feeling something horrible's going to happen. I don't want him involved. I don't want you involved either, but I don't know who else to ask for advice...

[Filter: Druce]

I'm... sorry to have worried you. I'm better now... still a little confused, but better. I don't want to keep you any longer, if you must travel, by all means...

[Filter: Pearl, Jordan, Irene]

I apologize if I've worried any of you. I'm better now... sir Jordan, Pearl, I'm sorry to have run off like that. I still can't shake off the feeling something's going to happen... so I'm sorry, I can't return... not yet.

[Public]

It's been a while... yet I can't really think of much to say.

[Filter: Fayre, Elden, Jasmine, Pearl]

Here's the pointers for the play I promised, after watching you practice...

Elden: Almost perfect. Still missing a few words from the original script, but you're really good at improvising, so it's not that big a deal.

Fayre: Improvising too much, lacking a bit of seriousness, but overall you're doing fine. Just try to stick to the script a little more...

Pearl: Good line memorization, lacking a little bit of emotion... try to put more feeling into it?

Jasmine: Average in all fields, which is really good for someone who's never been in a play before. Don't get too nervous on stage and you'll do fine.

I'm sorry if I sound... stuck up or something... I really mean no offense, if anyone took it that way.

[Filter: Druce, written in Old Megam]

I wish for this night time
To last for a lifetime,
The darkness around me
Shores of a solar sea

Oh how I wish to go down with the sun,
Sleeping,
Weeping,
With you

[Written in Trade]

That's... the chorus of that song that kept repeating in my head... it's Old Megam, isn't it...? I feel rather... strange when I sing it. I wonder if it had any sort of... special meaning to me, before...?

I'm not sure why I'm making it so only you can read... I don't... want other people to read it...

We've arrived at Eblar... it's a really large city, nothing like the towns we've been in before. And so lively, too. Tonight we'll be staying at an inn called "The Swan" (...It's the first inn with a regular name I've heard from in a while...) and tomorrow we'll probably go look for a job.

...Orion seems rather agitated. I wonder if it's because of that other dragon we saw in town earlier today?

Miss Pearl and Sir Jordan went out today to buy her some new clothes and a new journal. We'll be staying at a small town near the southeastern coast of Dentoria until she's fully recovered from dehydration - apparently caused by prolonged exposure to the seawater - and figure out what to do from then on, seeing as there's no more reason to go to Aeda at this point.

To everyone in Kail's group - I'm sorry, but it's miss Pearl's request that we don't reveal our exact location right now. I hope you all understand.

[Filter: Private]

I keep remembering bits from that song... mostly words...

"solar sea" "go down with the sun" "sleeping" "weeping" "two hundred twenty two"

...

Sir Jordan and I have taken a detour... Orion doesn't seem at all willing to fly through the route we had planned, so we'll try to go around the coast since it seems the storm's moving west. I hope everyone aboard miss Alys's ship is safe.

[Filter: Private]

...I wonder if there really is a scholar in Aeda who can decipher this book... sir Druce said it was a cookbook, but I find it hard to believe...

The rumor in Korin said she was traveling Dentoria, and Aeda is where she was seen last... I wonder what kind of woman this scholar is.

...I have a very bad feeling when I look at those clouds... ... ...it's probably nothing.

I can't seem to get any sleep. Sir Jordan says it'll be another day at most and we'll be at Aeda...

There's words... repeating in my head... like a song... maybe it's lyrics? I don't know... it goes more or less like this:

I wish for a nighttime
To last for a lifetime
This The darkness surrounds (?) me
Shores of... ...something...

Mm... I can't seem to remember the rest of it... It does feel a bit... nostalgic, though...

((ooc: These lyrics aren't mine, I borrowed them from an existing song. Cookie points if you know which song it is, but don't tell yet. :p))

It's been 12 hours since sir Jordan and I left Affen... and around 6 hours since we left Korin. Right now we're camping in northern Dentoria... I'm not sure where. It's gotten dark, so we'll continue the journey tomorrow.

I must say it's good to be out of Korin... it gets warmer the further south we go, and it seems I'm more accustomed to warmer weather. This could mean I'm from, or at least was living further south... but how did I end up in Korin?

I don't really feel sleepy... hmm...



That's Orion, sir Jordan's dragon. It's just a rough sketch, since it's too dark to detail it... maybe I'll do that tomorrow.

I may be moving south soon... I have a hunch that something important lies in Megam, but I'd like to visit Dentoria first.



For Princess Edalene and Rae, here's the first part of the art tutorial I promised. So far, it's just a few pointers on how to draw faces, but if you find it useful, I can keep making it.

( Turn the page... )

Lady Irene, thank you once more for helping me to this town... I don't feel cold anymore, and have stopped shaking. Thank you very much.

I must say it felt... strange to see humans. I think I can remember a few faces, but I feel no connection with any of them. I can also see my own face now, this room has a mirror. It's interesting when you didn't remember what you looked like...

Now that I don't have to worry about freezing to death anymore, I think I'll work on miss Edalene's art tutorial.

...Well, so far I've learned that I'm in Northern Korin, that there's seemingly no civilization nearby, that no one knows who Yvain is, that I'm surrounded by some rather ferocious species of wolves, and that I'm going to freeze to death in these clothes.

I suppose I'll take that lady's advice and travel south...

Dragons, my fingers are numb... it must be the cold.



Oh! Sir bard, are you all right? You seemed so shaken...

Hmm? I was pretty sure there wasn't any writing on this diary when I picked it up... Now there's a lot of different handwriting... This must be some sort of magic, but how is this diary affected? How unusual...

I wonder if the people who wrote all this can read what I'm writing too?

Ah, hello? If there's anyone reading this... my name's Aine... I know it's... ah... strange and sudden, but have you ever heard the name? I'm afraid I lost my memory, and... I'd really like to find someone who knows me... I can't remember much besides my name and how to use magic...

Oh, and does anyone know of a person named Yvain...? I have a letter signed by this person, but I have no memory of him/her, either...

Gosh, it's cold out here... umm, would anyone happen to know where I am, also? It's... ah... snowing and there's a lot of trees and I can hear the sound of howling in the distance...