primrosella | Quest 058

[Attempted Private//Somewhat Hackable]

I need to remember to be a bit more careful about the things I say in this journal, at least until I can figure out how to protect it better. Perhaps I ought to switch to pen and paper for the very important things, instead...

Mm. Let's see, now...

Deep Sleep
~~-Acorns (there must be oak trees about somewhere)~~ Found and purchased
~~-Nightshade Juice (Plant-based. Either find a place to buy it or wait until the end of month and hope Kurama can help; --would a potion shop carry it, perhaps?)~~ Acquired from "Underground"--must look into picking it up.
~~-Empty Pouch (easily bought)~~ Found and purchased
-Magic Wand (May need one made for me. Check magic shops or Underground? --running out of options. May need to look into alternate methods.)

Honestly, it just isn't fair. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that a wizard wouldn't want to share his wand with anyone, but what could anyone possibly need with more than one? It's not as though you could use more than one at a time, could you? And if--well. I suppose I ought to have approached it a little better, myself. But I'm so close and if I can just get my hands on a wand for a short time, even just a day or two--if I knew where one was, even, perhaps I could just...borrow it and put it back. I'd really rather not, but if it came down to it...it'd--no, it'd be wrong, but...for Mother and Daddy's sakes...

It's almost the same time here as it was back home, when I left. Bad things come in threes, and two have gone--I was so worried that Sam would be the third, but...what if it's me? What if I don't finish the spell, and I'm thrown back home before I know how to work it? No, I can't, I can't go home yet! It's too important. The days are slipping by and nothing's getting done...

I promised I wouldn't trade away my memories for the sake of going home. But I didn't say anything about trading memories for a magic wand. And as much as I'd rather not call attention to myself...it might be necessary. I'm not ~~very~~ afraid. It's just a matter of...picking what to give up, I suppose. ~~I could give away the roses. It's a beautiful memory of mine; perhaps that'd be precious enough.~~ But only if I'm sure that all the other possibilities are gone.

I'll give it one more week. That shouldn't be too risky. If nothing turns up in a week, then...we'll see. And that'll give me time, anyway. If I am going to give away a memory, perhaps I can tell it to someone else, first. Then at least it won't be gone forever.

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[Attempted Private to Lord Cain Hargreaves]

If my errands happen to find me near the Opera Abandoned today, would you mind terribly if I stopped in to say hello? I should like very much to make your acquaintance in person, Lord Hargreaves.

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Perhaps I'm a bit biased, but I'm afraid I don't understand or share the fascination some people seem to have with drago--no, wait, what was the word?--dinosaurs. I'm sure there are occasions when such creatures can be very nice, and perhaps even helpful, but just the same, I think I'd rather avoid things that are big enough to eat me in one bite. I do hope everyone who did decide to go near them is all right now?

And I suppose it was rather fortunate that I wasn't cursed the time before that, since it seems most of my friends were. Which reminds me--Blair, I do hope you're not, er, angry with me about the events of that day. I imagine it must've been just as trying, if not moreso, for you than it was for me. I'm sure you've discovered by now that I didn't give away the contents of your cupboards, the way you asked me to; also, if you haven't found the small box of sweets beneath the sink yet, you may want to go look for those, or you might uncover them one day several months from now and wonder how a box of sweets ever managed to end up tucked away under there. And they'd likely have gone bad by then, anyway.

How many days is it now? Twenty-two, I think? I suppose that's close enough for me to begin getting a little excited.

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Pets? Goodness, who gave you the idea that a dragon was a pet?

I know someone who went to take videos of them, so I saw them, too, but I still think he's rather foolish for doing it.

No one did. Only, with the reckless way some were acting yesterday... then, others also seemed to think them a good meal.

As long as he was careful... ?

...How very, very odd. Well, I'm not sure what sort of dragons people have in other worlds, but where I come from, the last thing you want is to be close to one. Or anywhere near it, for that matter.

He seems to have emerged unscathed, at least.

Really? Where I'm from, they can be gods or spiritual protectors.

That's good! Then he now has... well, videos are a permanent record, right?

Dragons...as gods? What about the usual ones--Thor and Neptune and those?

I think so. They're rather like pen and paper, but with moving pictures; so long as you have the recording itself, you'll always have whatever knowledge you put on it.

I've never heard of those. I know of ryūjin and the azure dragon of the east.

Ah, right. The communicators do that sometimes, too, don't they?

Ryu...jin? And I don't believe I've ever known an azure dragon. Only green ones.

Sometimes, yes. There's a button to press, I think, and then you hold it up towards whatever it is you wish to record.

Well, ah... dragons are usually associated with water where I'm from. So blue would be the color. yes?

So many buttons! I never use most of them. They still confuse me.

Oh, I suppose that would make sense. Green dragons for land, blue dragons for the water...I never thought of it like that. I thought they were all just green.

Mine has a sort of blunted pen, so I can write notes and messages on the little screen with it. Does yours have something like that, as well?

It seems the kinds of dragons we know are very different.

Ah... really? I guess I'll have to look for that.

If you've known them as protectors, then they certainly are. They can make good guards, yes, but they can also be terribly destructive, where I come from.

I've found it to be quite handy. It's like writing with pen and paper, sort of. And then the machine makes them into messages for you.

They can be destructive when angered, as can most gods and spirits. And then, they're said to be terrible. But I don't know how much of all of this is actually true - I'm not that much of a religious person, I guess.

I'll try that, definitely! It sounds a lot more practical than these clunky buttons.

Well, they either are or they aren't, aren't they? If they're real, then they're real, regardless of what you believe about them.

I do hope it works out for you!

Haha, true! It's just that - religion says one thing, and then there's superstition and pragmatism.

Thanks! I found it now, and I tried writing with it, but, uhm... I think I'll have to practice a bit more. It looks all crooked.

Yes, and I'm fairly certain that King Neptune--or one of your water dragons, I suppose--wouldn't have any trouble at sinking a ship, regardless of whether or not anyone on that ship believed he could.

There's a trick to it, I've found. You can't press quite so hard with it as you would a normal pen and paper.

... oh. Yes, there's that.

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind.

It's best to exercise a great deal of caution with deities, in my experience. Some are nicer than others.

Yes, I agree. That's why I went along with last month's decrees - better not to anger them right away.

I did the same. Defiance has its place, of course, but sometimes it's just plain foolish to be so contrary.

Exactly! If the only outcome is to one's own detriment, defiance is pretty stupid.

Particularly when a little creativity goes a long way. A friend of mine managed to make me cry through use of onions, for example.

Hah! I used the same method with my flatmates. Seems like it worked, too!

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