Journal Entry #1

Caltide, 999 YAR

Mai suggested I keep a diary… to help process the emotions I “most certainly must feel at the impending future”.

Ironic, isn’t it? I’ve spent my whole life dealing with the uncertainty of the future and of fate… and now that I must turn my back to it, I have never felt more afraid.

Under the full moon, I bestowed my blessing on Caliban’s next chosen High Oracle. Never in our history has the previous Oracle been alive to bestow their blessing upon their successor. I suppose it was amusing to see Caliban fret over what he should do. A new ceremony… when was the last time we had to define rites for something? And of this caliber? He was a frightful mess.

I will miss our talks by the moonlight. I count Caliban my first and closest friend. I do hope he missed the tear I felt escape when he removed my veil of stars to place it upon Ayumi. This should not be a burden for him to bear.

It shouldn’t be a burden for any of us… yet my heart weighs heavier than it ever has. What awaits me in the East?

Dysis Caliban