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I didn't know trains had cars without benches for passengers. The trips I took via train the last time were bad enough sitting in the passenger cars; waking up in the dark with no way out was much worse.
The dogs that came out of the night... they made me think of the Nulls, in their own way. Shadow creatures you can't destroy unless you meet the right criteria? Too bad your sense of self doesn't seem to have much to do with your ability to fight them.
I'm glad Dusk isn't here. I think if he tried to lecture me right now about how I ought to have holed up inside until he or Basalt or one of the other fighters in town could come "protect" me, I'd try to stab him with the spear I took from the station, no matter how torn up I am right now.
The dogs that came out of the night... they made me think of the Nulls, in their own way. Shadow creatures you can't destroy unless you meet the right criteria? Too bad your sense of self doesn't seem to have much to do with your ability to fight them.
I'm glad Dusk isn't here. I think if he tried to lecture me right now about how I ought to have holed up inside until he or Basalt or one of the other fighters in town could come "protect" me, I'd try to stab him with the spear I took from the station, no matter how torn up I am right now.
October
November
Moving houses. I've spent too many days in that one making sure everything healed properly. This place must have some sort of magic set upon it, because I'm certain that injury was worse than how it's healed. Or maybe it seemed worse than it was, between the fever and the delirium...?
There are a lot more people here than I remember, and there's a coffin in the church. It says we have a month to bring them back. But who's "they"?
Scar's here. I saw him in the fog. He seemed... lords. He seemed alive. Is he still alive somehow? How do I get him back?
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Sacrifice, and be rewarded in turn.
I wonder.
There are a lot more people here than I remember, and there's a coffin in the church. It says we have a month to bring them back. But who's "they"?
Scar's here. I saw him in the fog. He seemed... lords. He seemed alive. Is he still alive somehow? How do I get him back?
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Sacrifice, and be rewarded in turn.
I wonder.
I was right that going through the coffin was safe enough, but the town on the other side isn't like anything I've seen before. It's as if everything we did last month to try and bring back the people has instead been reflected here... if that's the case, I wonder what part of it came from me climbing in, if anything.
I saw Dusk.
I don't know what to do. I didn't think he'd show up here. Maybe I should've thought about that before; maybe I wouldn't have been so surprised if I had. (That's a laugh. I don't think anything would've prepared me for that.) But more importantly: what do I do about him? I'd been considering killing him before, but I don't remember why I felt so certain it was the right decision. Is that really something I could live with doing?
I saw Dusk.
I don't know what to do. I didn't think he'd show up here. Maybe I should've thought about that before; maybe I wouldn't have been so surprised if I had. (That's a laugh. I don't think anything would've prepared me for that.) But more importantly: what do I do about him? I'd been considering killing him before, but I don't remember why I felt so certain it was the right decision. Is that really something I could live with doing?
December
January
This world isn't going to last for long.
It's got all the hallmarks of a world that's about to fall... the question is, how do we save the people here? In a way, it almost makes me wish I'd been part of efforts to save doomed worlds when Coriolis fell. Maybe then I'd have a better idea of how to help now.
Maybe this isn't the best time for it, but playing Never Have I Ever with everybody was the best night I've had in ages. I think we all needed that.
If the trees here are sources of power like the Veloi trees, we should be able to tap them for power. The only question is how to do that. Force of will was how you could do a lot of thing in those weird spaces between worlds, so maybe that'll work here too?
I'm glad that the train worked, but... why did it have to be the train?
It's got all the hallmarks of a world that's about to fall... the question is, how do we save the people here? In a way, it almost makes me wish I'd been part of efforts to save doomed worlds when Coriolis fell. Maybe then I'd have a better idea of how to help now.
Maybe this isn't the best time for it, but playing Never Have I Ever with everybody was the best night I've had in ages. I think we all needed that.
If the trees here are sources of power like the Veloi trees, we should be able to tap them for power. The only question is how to do that. Force of will was how you could do a lot of thing in those weird spaces between worlds, so maybe that'll work here too?
I'm glad that the train worked, but... why did it have to be the train?