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16/4 to 18/4

The Start of a Journey

by Ivy

16/4
Arriving at this desolate place was connected to an annoying amount of yelling. "Go fast! Go fight!" But no real explanation of where we're going or what we're fighting. Not that I mind - it's not like I'm here to do anything in particular. The others in my rag-tag team of cast aways seemed much more...determined. Looking for people or wanting to gain knowledge, though I wonder what made them believe they'd find it here out of all places. They were really motivated to do so, too. Almost a bit too much...
Cass, the Warlock of our party, set out without rations. They seem like a quick acter when it comes to solving their problems but ah, they surely pulled their weapon fast. At the first sight of an innocent doe, Cass had aimed at it to secure rations - missing how the doe had frozen up as it was looking BEYOND us. It seemed like a matter of seconds, we truly had no time to react as a Manticore swooped down and nabbed the doe right under Cass's aim. What an unfortunate little creature. I will make sure to plant a seed in its name, to thank it for unwillingly saving us from becoming prey. Cass didn't have to go hungry in the end either. Nothing some Goodberries wouldn't be able to fix!
We got away with our lives for now, well fed and well exhausted. Maybe they have gotten a bit closer to their goals already after making this first step into unfamiliar lands....
 
17/4
I believe I, too, have found a goal now. I'm resting against it right now - feeling it's warmth and steady heartbeat against my back. How lovely it is to hear Berry's gentle breath as the poor boy finally gets to take a rest. We dragged him out of a lake - took five of us, three octopi and my trusty hempen rope to get him back on land. Who knows how he ended up there all by himself... A Goodberry later and some careful inquiry had him join our party, as he no longer had anyone else and apparently took a liking to me. May my companions' future adventures be blessed with kind encounters for letting me take this treasure with me. I will cherish him and protect him so that their efforts may not go to waste.
For now, that is my ultimate goal. He's not just a good Berry. He's the BEST Berry, so I will do my best for him.
 
18/4
Truly too much has happened and with Aurelia still unconscious, I do not believe I have the leisure time to write it all down. I shall jot it down regardless, as the events were to monumentous to not be written down.
1. Cass' Owl "Rat" had found two places of interest; some kind of grove and an abandoned camp. We decided to go to the grove for the magic of it all.
2. The stone constellation turned out to be a piece of beautiful craftsmenship, inscribed with Druidic that I could not fully read. Still, from it's crescent shape and orientation towards the moon, I could tell that some celestial magic might do something. A shift into starry form later, we all recieved a light blessing that invigorated us enough to explore the camp, too.
3. The camp was a mess. Most of the rations were stale or moldy. Absolutely useless. But there was one box that held another treasure: Wilson, an awakened ball. Theadora found and freed the ball (?). Apparently his friend had placed him in the box in an attempt to save him, before he disappeared. We do not know of his fate, but he might have been a bit crazy, judging by the journal Cass found. Grateful for Theadora's assistance, he decided to join her and our party.
 
Now, at this point, enough had happened for a day. But as we were trudging through the forest, a "Displacer" appeared in front of us. Actually, it appeared behind us and got Wog really bad. The battle was damn near a nightmare. I can only thank the stars that the grove invigorated us enough to get through it. While Aurelia was badly battered, we all lived.
For a few minutes, however, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Before we had managed to fully gather ourselves and get Aurelia back on her feet, a HUGE meteor slammed into the ground in the distance. We're still out in the wilderness, taking a rest to lick our wounds as we make our way back to the outpost. Nobody knows what the meteor is, hopefully we will learn more once we reconnect with other adventurers.
 
Day goes down as the biggest "Let's not do that again" in history. Berry is doing great though, so I shall be fine, too.