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[ino]

[Filtered from First Gens, their allies, anyone who would inform them, and anyone who would use this information for evil]

[dictated in a businesslike tone!]

So! We've arrived at Totem Coast, for anyone who's back at the castle. It's very pretty, lots of sand and water, I'm sure we'll have pictures to show you all later.

But more importantly, we did find some interesting information in a little cave by the beach. There's what looks to be some kind of office or study in here, but it hasn't been used in a long time -- big surprise, right? Anyways, someone in here was taking notes. It'd be too easy if they were all legible, naturally, so there's a ton of ink spilled all over most of them. But here's what we can decipher:

[She'll carefully write out what can be read from these two pages on the journal]

The rest of the trip's been relatively undisturbed, so I guess it's about time we ran into some problems. Everyone on the expedition, this means we're camping close and increasing watch, as well as keeping an eye out for any of those symptoms listed there. [why yes, she just ordered you all around, deal with it /shades] Any whiners or loners will be dragged kicking and screaming.

As for the rest of you, we'll keep you updated if anything else happens.

Comments

[ino]

People get a little too antsy over things around here ... so the throat-jumping's no surprise. [a sigh] People who only know how to swing a sword around can be really annoying to deal with.

[hard_talker]

Swing a sword, stop a car, travel through your power lines... Once you break it down it all translates to "asshole" nine time outta ten.

[ino]

... Travel through power lines?

[hard_talker]

Yeah - remember that one time that you and Nora and Zelos all showed up to chase the crazy bitch outta my room? ... That's how she got in.

[ino]

... Through the power lines. [said in a "i hate overpowered people" kind of tone]

[hard_talker]

Yeah. ... The bitch.

[translation: that makes two of us]

[ino]

[mark ... lmfao. YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SAY THAT BECAUSE SHE CAN PROBABLY READ THIS. but she'll just sigh]

Well, she hasn't said anything to you since then, right?

[hard_talker]

[just because he's eighteen now doesn't mean he has to be rational, Ino, gaaaaaawd]

No, thank God. I honestly don't even know if she's still here...

[ino]

[probably biding her time, ino thinks ... but she won't vocalize that LMFAO]

Well, hopefully she went home, then.

[hard_talker]

Heh, like I'd really be that lucky.

[ino]

You don't think it's possible?

[hard_talker]

I never said it wasn't possible. I mean the castle probably wouldn't do it because I'd want it.

[ino]

[a little laugh] I guess that's true. [she doesn't sound quite as bitter about it as she might have not that long ago, though ... so maybe that's a good thing??]

[hard_talker]

Yeah.... Figures, too, doesn't it. ... So what kinda great big ridiculously complicated mystery do you think you'll come back with this time?

[ino]

Who knows? Something about pirates, maybe, if this cave full of sparkly things is any indication.

[hard_talker]

Pirates, huh? Wonder if it'd tie in to all that crap we went through this time last year, too ...

[ino]

Could be! Maybe we accidentally stole the ships of the people who gathered up all this loot.

[hard_talker]

Oh, man, that's the last thing we need, a bunch of pissed-off pirates and ... cranky cruise tourists ...