Onward to adventure! After what must have been a month or more or travel we have found the flying castle! Bastards are attacking Magnimar! Well they won't be expecting us, time to crash this party!

Getting Married!

Me and Yoruzumi are getting married! I hear that they take a long time for this all to get ready, but this is great! I talked to her father and he was so happy when I told him the good news that she was no longer possessed by an oni. Now to talk to my parents, hope they are okay with me marrying a kitsune. I doubt they will be weird about it, not like I am marrying a goblin. Before all of that though there is a castle in the sky calling to me. We have had so much trouble lately it feels good going on a proper adventure. This cat fellow looks just as ready as I am, guess I have a fellow adventurer with me this time! Woo!

Kormiggon Defeated

What an event! We finally faced off against Kormiggon. He was such a tough dude! Just when we thought we were about to beat him he went and opened the portal to the Dead Vault and got a power boost from that evil god! And part of it even got out! We threw everything we had at him and he kept going and going but we got him! He looked so mad at us as he was eaten by that monster he summoned. He will be back, and when he does we will beat him again.

Becoming one of the girls.

So I woke up on my third day as a girl and after being a little startled I went though my usual routine of getting dressed and preparing for the day. Only, as I was about to pick out my shirt a a few stray hairs fell into my face. Not sure why, but I did a bit more than just pat my hair down. I actually tried to get it looking nice and as I did that I went about picking out the best of my clothes. Outside of that nice dress I have though none of the female outfits I have really look all THAT nice. I was kind of getting into it too, I was looking forward to seeing what the others would think seeing me like this. Once Yoruzumi saw me she gave me a nice complement and next thing i knew I was in her room and she was doing my hair. I am not sure how far I am going to take this, but it is kind of fun. If i am stuck like this for at last three weeks, maybe much longer, I should try and have some fun.

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Alright, so I am in disguise again as a girl. I am deep in enemy territory so if any time for this to be put on it is now. So, one thing I left out before was that this magic changes something called my "true form". Not sure exactly what that is, but it means that I can't turn back until that wears off, and if I get changed into something else I will snap back into the Casey form rather than my normal form. This time when I put the belt on I felt a lot of power hit me, a lot more than I have felt before! Not sure how long i will be like this but from what I can tell it is going to be longer than the last two times.

My first torture rack.

Dammit, I can't believe how dumb I was! I thought I could get my armor enchanted if i hurried, but I got caught on my way back to base by some guards. I had to spend the night in a holding cell and then I was questioned by this woman who wouldn't buy my story. How do others do this lying thing? Why can't they just believe I was lost and trying to find an inn? Well, they decided that to throw me onto a torture rack. It hurt but now I was even more determined not to tell them anything! They must think pretty lowly of me to think I will cooperate with torturers! I kept my lips closed the whole time, I didn't even scream! I was only there for a short time though before Yoruzumi came in and helped me get out. She told them i was a sex worker, ugh just kill me now! I feel so guilty that this happened. And just before we were gonna have a big mission. Everyone was worried about me, and for good reason. We are dropping the joining the Pathfinder plan, it was dumb to start with anyway, I was being selfish in what I wanted to try and I deserve that jail time.

Pathfinder Grand Lodge infiltration!

New quest started! Me and my girlfriend are going to try and become Pathfinders! This is so exciting! I always wanted to become a pathfinder! Ah, but I am not gonna be the pathfinder, Casey is (That's my alias when I am disguised as a girl BTW). Yeah, no way I could pull this off as a boy since my face is plastered all over the city and worth a fortune. I am so nervous, and excited. Gonna keep my eyes and ears open, help my friends find out more on what is going on and maybe help take down this evil plan of the Shadow Lodge!

Uz'Umal is out of the sword!

I finally did it! Something that has been building up for so long and now it is all over! I can talk to Uz'Umal in person now. No more sword for him. Yet, I do feel bad about how it was achieved. I gave Bence the options to give up, or to join us. We could have been friends, but I guess he thought he could just kill us and move on. He is dead now, I killed him. I don't feel good about it, not at all. Even seeing Uz'Umal walking around is not fully enough to make me happy about it. I look forward though to getting to know Uz'Umal in person. To see what he will do now. With him out of the sword I need to think on what I should focus on next. I think I know, but for now I have to help my favorite kitsune deal with one more thing.

I am a merfolk!

I always heard about mermaids. Beautiful women with the lower half of a fish. Swimming around under the sea! And now I got a belt that has changed me into a merperson! It is so much fun! I can breath underwater, I can swim around as easy as walking! And if that wasn't enough we are going to an underwater volcano temple! despite the danger this has me so excited! I hope I can keep this belt, maybe Yoruzumi can get the one Gough has and we can swim together on our free time.

My first real kiss!

I have no idea what is going on! I been standing around all night and I come into this room with Yoruzumi crying and then she kissed me! Alright, I think I know how I should act and what to do! I won't mess this up like a dolt!

No Blinking

I have been spending all day pretending to be Yoruzumi's thrall. I think I been doing it well, I have not blinked in an hour. my eyes hurt, but this is a personal record. It is pretty fun doing this, I think I managed to fool the enemy. Though, it is about 3:00 am now and I am really ready to get to sleep. Only a little longer and I can rest. What a long ride.

Thinking back to happier times I miss being in a civilized place. Could go for that hot spring back in Minkai again. A few days on the ship and now going though this island. I could really go for a proper bath again. Maybe they will have something in the castle, if not maybe when we get back to Absalom. Oh! Or maybe we will find a natural hot spring where the volcano was!

Minimam deaths at the docks!

We headed out to the docks again with a plan. Yoruzumi used her transformation ability to turn into the dock foreman that we killed last night. She looks so much better, it is amazing how fast she has recovered, but more than just that she is acting better. It reminds me of the times we spent in Minkai and the idea of war and death felt far away. She asked if we were going to try and capture the dock workers or kill them and while the others didn't answer I suggested we try to capture them. We went there pretending to be the thralls of the woman Yoruzumi was disguised as and to my surprise when combat started no one tried to kill anyone. I honestly thought no one wanted to listen to me anymore and I was wasting my breath. We got though it with only one person dying and that was an accident on Gough's part. They are all alive and at our mercy, and even better we didn't break our disguises. We could run with this more, we can keep this up and things are looking so much better! P.S Yoruzumi blew me a kiss! That almost broke me out of my act.

The Aftermath 2

Gough came back and pulled me aside. I have calmed down by that point and was thinking more clearly. He took out his hammer and asked me to fight him! I knew what he was after, he wants someone to hurt him. But I am not going to do that, it won't help me or him if I wailed on him. He said that he won't call me kid anymore, I guess I got some respect from him, which is nice but he has a lot of problems. I told him that fighting wasn't everything and tried to get across that he has more in his life than power. I asked Beth to speak to him when she can, she might be able to get across this complicated stuff better then i could. I was surprised she didn't think she was good at stuff. Beth has helped all of us out of ruts at some point or another.

The Atermath 1

I felt awful that night. I was so upset at Gough and so worried for Yoru that I just didn't know what to say. I stayed close to her for the night, but she wasn't responding to me. I managed to dispel the magic over Gough and yet i was still angry. But it wasn't until I woke up the next morning that things really got bad. Yoruzumi was in a trance, she wouldn't respond to anything more than some twitches and an occasional look. As for Gough he looked like a sad puppy and I knew he was sorry but I couldn't bring myself to forgive him so easily. I wondered if he even knew what apologizing meant. He told me that Yoru was broken...broken... I kept my cool as best I could but I wnated to yell at him. This is all his fault after all! He went off with Beth for some recon and I stayed at camp. It was around the time I was helping Yoruzumi with her hair that Uz'umal gave me some very encouraging words. he told me about hate and that I would feel it in my life more and more and advice me what to do. I never want to be like this again, I have to calm down. I went back to Yoruzumi, told her about my early adventures before she joined up. And then she started to cry! I didn't know what else I could do, but I had to be there for her. I embrace her and told her I'd keep her safe and moments later she spoke! I was never so happy to hear he speak! I was so worried she'd never speak again!

I almost lost Yoruzumi again.

Yoruzumi died! She died right in front of me and I failed to protect her! I need to thank Beth from the bottom of my heart for her saving her! I don't think I could have continued with them on this mission if she wasn't saved. I am so glad! I am so so glad that she is alive! Yoru is not talking right now, but that is okay. She is in my arms, alive, and is holding onto me in her fox form. As long as she is alright. I will stay with her as long as she needs me.

I felt hate, and I hate it.

I hate how I feel right now. Me and Gough have had friction between us for a while. I don't know how to approach him, he is like a brick wall. And I can feel it, he doesn't like me, or is it my imagination? Today he killed Yoruzumi. I know it is not his fault, it was magic. But I hate him so much. For a moment, i wanted him dead, and I can't believe I felt that way to someone who should be my friend. I went into rage, and thought maybe I was going to die along with Yoruzumi and probably Beth. But I came out of my rage, I didn't attack him, I used my training to free him of his own magical prison. I never want to feel that way again, I have to resolve whatever this is between us. I don't want to feel that hate again.

What happened to my friends?

I woke up thinking I would lead my friends though these woods and we could save the day or something. But instead we had another argument. Gough was more aggressive towards me than i ever seen him, and I don't fully blame him. I know I messed up before but I won't do something like that again! Yoruzumi was with me at least, so I don't feel like I am totally out of this. Beth and Me'a want to go and kill the members of the Shadow Lodge. I can't feel right taking the fight to a group of people though. It is not like we know anyone there personally, how can you kill someone you don't even know and who is only defending themselves from your attacks?

Dreaming with Uz'Umal

Well we made it to the island. I chose to fly there in my crow form. Was really hard, took everything i had to not be blown away. At times I lost sight of the island itself and just had to believe i was flying in the right direction. I made it though and crashed on the beach exhausted. Took all my remaining energy just to remove my armor and get to a safe spot in the jungle before passing out. I was having a very weird dream at first about some crazy dragon obsessed with dresses, but then Uz'Umal showed up and the dream gained more focus. The old dream faded away and we were on the island. He led me though it to a city full of people and told me it was Halun. He built this place all on his own and his knights trained at a castle to protect the people here from the powerful monsters. He looked happy and sad at the same time. This was all a memory, the city and castle are all in ruin no doubt. I am happy that he shared this with me along with telling me what to watch out for and our goal which lies in a volcano. I want to go to that castle and the city. Maybe I can find something there as a memento that Uz'Umal can have.

Slayed a sea monster!

A big one too! I didn't get to attack it in the face, but I ran up to it's body and did as much as I could! It was a tough one for sure, the scales on it had to be tougher than a castle wall! Scratch after scratch! But then i got it! One big swing with the greatsword form got a nasty gash on the side! I wasn't about to let this moment pass! i slid in my scythe and made sure to twist and snag as much as I could before I pulled with all my might! Blood got everywhere, but it was worth it! I got it before it could really damage the ship! Unfortunately the ship was damaged in other ways and it sank regardless. At least we got rid of that monster before we all lost our ship. I flew off to shore as a crow, and looks like everyone else made it too. I hope there is more monsters to fight on this island, I hate having to fight people.

I said it

Last night Beth talked to me at my lowest. I slept on so many thoughts and emotions I just couldn't focus on at that moment. The sleep helped and I woke up still feeling really awful. The morning was hard on me, I just started out onto the ocean to gather my thoughts. I went to go fetch Yoruzumi and she was wrapped up in her tails and wouldn't speak to me. I worried she might be sick for a moment, but she was okay. It was not until Gough went in and took her out and handed her to me that I got to talk with her, or more like talk at her. All of the planning I had to talk to her was thrown out the window, I couldn't remember my words and I just told her everything on my mind. And then I told her that I loved her. She uncurled her tails and even had the dagger I gave her. I am so glad now, we are now in a real relationship. She has a lot of rules that i don't think I can follow well.

Everyone Disliked That

I really messed up this time. I thought I'd do something cool summoning that spirit of storm to help us, but no. It fell apart. We got into a massive fight for our lives and one person got away. Personally I am kind of glad not everyone was killed, but I know it is gonna cause a lot of issues for us in the future. I was really hoping things would go well though, I was planning on trying to date Yoruzumi after we took that boat, but now she is really mad. She even slapped me with all of her tails.I just want to sink to the bottom of the ocean and stay there for the rest of the night.

To War

We are heading for Absolom. Everyone seems to want to go to war there, but I really don't. War means people will be killed and I don't have any steaks in what happens with the Shadow Lodge. I just want to make sure my family will be safe in Irrisen. I am worried about Kormiggon messing with the gates, but he can't open them without the Essence Drinker right? I should stay as far from him as i can, hide in Irrisen. But if he can open it without this I have to do something. And I have to keep my friends safe! I really don't like this. The last time Beth, Gough, and Me'a messed with Kormiggon they played right into his hands. I feel like the strings are being attached to us and we will be the ones opening that gate.

Irrisen on fire

Well, being away for three months caused a lot of issues for sure! We came back and had to deal with politics here. We were in debt! there was a murderer around. Thank the gods for Gough returning with some good news. I didn't get to see my friends much that week, we were all so busy. I got to hang out with my family only for a little while before duty called again. We are going to help Me'a in Absolom.

Return to Irrisen

The ride back to Irrisen was nice. I look back at my memories and somehow I have progressed in my training to become the next Grandmaster of the Knights of Halun. My armor feels heavier on me though, so I think i did lose something in exchange for this progression. Either way, I feel more focused than ever in my combat. I have never swung a sword with such focus before, it is like I am a new person when it comes to fighting. In a more personal note I did almost die because I wanted to fly with Yoruzumi, but I FORGOT my necklace of adaptation! I think i would have rather faced death than do something that stupid again. I was saved of course, but now I have noticed that Yoruzumi has been avoiding me. Grig and Callem have been needing me so they can look at this bow I have now and that takes way too long! I have barely have had any time to myself between having to train, hold my bow out, and write the last chapter of our adventures. It has been really hard trying to explain how the things people have been reading were altered by time without turning it into a bullet point. The last thing worth noting is a sparing match between me and Beth. I didn't hold back and neither did she. And I think it put into focus how strong I have become. I always thought I was no way comparable to Beth in combat. She can do so much, yet I didn't just keep up with her I was actually pushing her to her limit. The fight ended in a massive resonant frequency when our swords clashed. I wanted to see if something would happen, and boy did it. I was tripping over myself for the last hour from the shock wave.

Confused Feelings

Well, Yoruzumi being a girl has made me start thinking about some things. I finally turned myself back into a boy after so long and though i am hanging out with my friend same as always I feel like...I don't know. I noticed it more clearly when I told Yoruzumi that she was still my best friend and she looked disappointed. If calling someone your best friend disappoints you then...that means they were hoping for more of an answer right? And past being a best friend is romance right? My heart is racing and I have a hard time focusing as I think back to everything. When I was a girl and he was a boy were the seeds being planted then? Is this because of the new timeline? Am I taking advantage of the fact that I changed time? Is it even right thinking about her in such ways? If things didn't change would this still be happening? I feel like I am being selfish now, if it was because of that stupid belt these feelings were installed then I should be the one stuck as the opposite gender! I am glad I am not of course, but I can't help but feel I am somehow the one coming out of this the better. Maybe it is okay though, maybe I am just putting too much though into this. I just need to hang out more, see how things go.

Gearworks Complet!

We finally confronted Callem in his own dungeon. What a cool thing to say right? He had his very own dungeon! But anyhow, we went in, explored this place. I really hated how much of a rush we were put in. We got stuck in an ice box trap for a while. Thankfully I had a fire gauntlet and Yoruzumi also helped keep me warm. His tails were very helpful I must say. Once out of that we rushed though a few more interesting areas. I managed to convince the killjoys to scout ahead so I could mess around with this floating orb thing. It turned into a table and the clockwork butler Icabod took our orders! That guy is so cool! Beth and Kakuri were not too happy with us sitting around a dinner table though ha ha! We found Callem a bit later and Kakuri went MAD! He was not going to listen to reason. We did everything we could to save the guy we cam here to stop! We did manage to stop him and then had dinner with Callem. Things went over pretty well and now we will be heading back to the future. Girgory won't be coming with us, and it was agreed to leave Kakuri in the past as well. Well, the adventure was fun, but best we stop meddling with time before we actually mess things up.

SO! As it turns out killing that fox woman was a BAD idea! How was I supposed to know some evil fox lady 40 years in the past was also related to my best friend's conception! Yoruzumi just vanished! Erased from time! I am so lucky though that I got one last chance to make things right! I managed to go back in time and edit things just enough that Yoruzumi was still born. But, of course things can't be that easy. Turns out he was born as a woman now! Well, she seems to be fine with it anyway, and it is better than being erased from time.

Fox Hunting

We think that Callem and the oni may be in league with each other. Our only lead is the nogitsune calling herself Kana. We started where my friends last saw them and found her handiwork. She had killed two guards and propped them up with a message "<3 U". We followed a trail of blood and it became clear she wanted us to find her. Random people started telling us where to go and that we were going to die. We found her and a lot of dead bodies. She painted the entire room red with blood and gore. I was very upset seeing this and a battle took place. She told us her real name was Shinohana and I told her my name was Casey. She split herself into 4 people and fired an arrow at Lin! He became an Oni, I was really worried about that! Oni possession is supposed to be permanent! It was a real rough battle. I almost got decentigrated again, I was punched many times, and my friends had their own close calls. Yurozumi had taken his kimono off and trapped Shinohana inside of it. We used the bow to get the oni out of Lin, and the fight was over. Once Shinohana came out though she was still mad. I tried to calm everyone down so we can talk, but Grigory shot her in the head! I was so upset by that! And then Yurozumi passed out!

Night on the town of Minkai!

After the whole thing with the emperor we all wen out to celebrate. We just stopped a massive threat to the government,. Being from the future we know what was going to happen and it wasn't good. We went out shopping first of all. I commissioned a magical item to help hide my crow arm and Beth found some really interesting books! We had a good talk about some of our faves and recommend each other some reading material. We ended that day eating at a nice restaurant. The food was really good! Also some boys were watching me! I got Beth to help me know what to do about them, but she told me I did it wrong. I didn't let it get me down though, it was a grate time all around! I even had a few drinks of the sake here. Yourzumi drank way more than me. He was so out of it that he fell asleep in my bed. I woke up and he was in his full fox form right next to me.

Had Audiances witht he Emperor!

So me and my friends finally got to meet with the Emperor! He sat on this jade throne and we made out case. Told him that Oni had infiltrated the palace and gave him the lenses of true seeing. Took some convinsing for him to believe us but my friends all worked together to convince him we were on his side! The general was an oni and tried to kill the emperor but Beth stopped him. The guards killed him and there were ninjas in the rafters! I am a little upset that Girgory didn't pardon me, now I have to stay as a girl for longer! But at least it will only be for a few more days I guess.

So I have become a girl again. I thought it would just be for an hour or so,but no! Beth and Grigory said I have to stay like this until my name is cleared! Everything feels so weird! i have to wear a bra again! And I don't even want to get started with how weird things are below the belt as it were!

Beth didn't like that I took such a big risk in going to the palace. I know she is worried about me and knocking me out is her way of showing how much she cares. But I think I did a lot of good even if it got me hurt. Made a new friend, killed a big monster, and got to warn the targets of the assassination on them. I just wish that I could be praised for the good I do instead of being shouted at all the time.

Killed an Oni boss!

So I was went to the dungeons for breaking into the palace. I was in some real trouble this time, I could have fought my way out but then I'd be hurting people that I want to help. I was saved though by a catfolk with an awesome red beard named Yuuto! At first i thought he might be a spy or something like that, but things cleared up and together we killed the captain of the guard who turned into this massive Oni to kill us! The fight itself was pretty tough, and I was not at my full. I just managed to kill him by the skin of my teeth. Me and my new friend escaped and got back to the inn where I told my friends what happened.

Yourzumi is a better person!

Left a positive impact on a demon child

Lin Xua found us and he really rubs me the wrong way. I hope i can keep him under control so no one else has to die. He wanted to talk to Yurozumi so I left him alone for all of ten seconds before a loud crash happened. Beth nearly tore the door down and we saw him pinning Yoru against the wall. Said he was a nogitsune. That got Beth mad and man we had a lot of talking to do about that. Felt like everyone needed to have some talking after that and we spent a long time with some deep talk. I only hoped that I managed to help, I am not the best with spoken words after all. But then we went to the king's big part and had a show down there against Callum after all this time. We found a new person that might be an ally. Beth and Lin both seem to trust her at least, but I won't feel at ease until tonight comes to an end. I am so tired, so much has happened today.

Being a kobold was a lot of fun. Don't think I will be doing it again though.

Slayer of the Sandpoint Devil!

It came back, I did it again!

Slayer of the Sandpoint Devil!

I killed it!

We are in the past now...I wonder how we can help out, and how will it affect the future?