| Entry Six: Friends? |
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8.25.08 - 1.38pm
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I hadn't seen my friends in some time, and was beginning to feel as if I never would again. But I was pleased to find they were all doing quite well today. The boy named Kyser, who had before proclaimed his love for me, has given up his quest for my heart. But he seems to still like me all the same. My old comrades, Ezekiel and Akasa, are now traveling with the priestess Miume. It seems with her guidance they've surpassed me, again. I've been left behind and I can't help but think I brought it upon myself. Perhaps I didn't train hard enough. I want to get stronger. I want to be able to look at myself in the mirror and be proud.
Instead I just see a girl trying to be strong. I feel like a child again.
The week has been uneventful, and Moalina has been sending me letters, which raises my spirits. I've also met a young mage. Her name is Fantisma. She's training to become a wizard. Her skills are still new, but she was power in her spells. We made fast friends in the fields outside Prontera. She was just starting as a mage, I was collecting some herbs and materials Moalina said she needed help getting. That was in the early week, now at the end of it I find myself growing exciting when I get to see her during the day. My heart beats faster when she agrees to stare at the moon with me. She likes it as well.
This feeling is confusing. But not unpleasant. Perhaps I won't see my old friends as often, but at least I have a new one. She seems to just appear whenever I find myself in a sour mood.
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| Entry Five: Maolina |
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8.20.08 - 3.07pm
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My sister sent me a letter today! I thought it would be nice to have a piece of her story here since she'd part of mine. We're family after all.
Dear Oana,
I hope you're doing well. I started my journey shortly after you left Izlude when you became a swordsman. It seems that, while you are amazingly skilled at making friends, I am not. My training went on alone, and it took a couple days to gain the experience needed to be excepted into the merchant's guild. I had to deliver a package to the fruit girl back home. After that, it's been a week straight of hard training. Being a merchant is tough! Though, I am improving my bartering skills, which means I should have the money soon to help fund my journey as an alchemist.
As I mentioned before, while your first week was full of excitement and new friends. Mine has been quite the opposite. I've been lonely and have only made one friend, a man by the name of Patmig the Second. He's friendly and understands the market better than I do. He also seems to have more luck when harvesting materials for better equipment. I've started using an ax instead of a sword. They seem to work better for me considering it has more force behind it than a sword. It's important since I'm rather slow at swinging both. But I am working on it, I swear. I'll become a strong alchemist, you'll see!
I also met an excitable little archer girl hell-bent on becoming a dancer. I thought it strange since her name IS Dancer. Her mother must have had a few loose screws. I heard you went to Einbroch! And Aldebaran. I need to get to Aldebaran for my alchemist test , though I'm not even close to it yet. Einbroch just sounds like it would be full of new metals and materials for combining!
I don't have much more time to write this, my ship back to Izlude will be arriving shortly. Know that I'm proud of you Oana, and mother would be as well.
Hope to see you soon,
Moalina.
There was a small drawing of a ship as well, but I promised her I wouldn't include any drawings she attempted. My sister was never the artistic one. I'll include more of my week later in the day. For now, I must be off, I have materials to gather.
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| Entry Four: Lazy Day |
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8.17.08 - 11.05pm
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Today wasn't a very eventful day. I spent most of the day on the airship and on a train. I didn't like the airship, I got sick. But the train was very fun! It goes so fast! I went to new towns today, simply to explore and to see new places. Afterwards I went back to Payon, it still rather early in the day. I met a guild there and joined it. they are all very nice people! Especially the guild master. She helped me by letting me borrow new armor, a heavier piece that keeps me safer. It's also very warm.
I had gotten word from my sister that she had started her journey, so, as a gift, I decided to make her something. I didn't think she would want the heavy pieces of armor I wear, so found her a nice heavy coat to wear. The tailer called it a mantle. I sent it with a reply letter and she sent word that she really liked it! She seemed to be doing so well, which makes me very glad. The training of merchants seems very hard to me, she never did have the strength i have. Though she did always have far better aim. I had decided to make her a hairpin. But it seemed I had to make a mask to make it first. This seemed very strange to me. But I thanked the haberdasher and proceeded to find the mask maker in Geffen. The materials were very easy. At least for the mask anyway. I took it back to the haberdasher and she informed me that I needed scarlet dye to change the color of the mask. It took me half the the day to find the dyemaker. He's on an island! There's a lighthouse there, but it was very hard to find! I found out once I got there that a boat from Izlude would have taken me there. I wasn't amused. But I had all the materials for dye, except a counteragent. I went back to Payon to find where to get one. There I met with Akasa again, she is training very well! She's made new friends, a one 'Farmer Joe' who is rather strange, and Kyzer. Who is stranger. He wouldn't stop staring at me!
After a nice time with her I went on my way to Aldebaren. The alchemists of the guild made the counteragents. I was rather sad, maybe my sister had already gotten the hairpin?
I know she hasn't. How? Because it is impossible to find alcohol and dextermia. Even as I write this I'm sitting in a dungeon, up to my ankles in murky water, searching through mushrooms for the chemicals needed. I keep telling myself it's for my sister. But if she doesn't like it I'm afraid I may cry. To make her feel better about her present being late I sent her a large ribbon I had the haberdasher put together from fabrics I found in my travels. I should put this back into my pack now and continue on my search. Luckily my guild leader is helping! She's gone further into the dungeon in search of the mushrooms.
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| Entry Three: Redemption |
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8.15.08 - 11.22pm
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We returned to Glast Heim today. But I think I should start with my earlier day. I had found a nice warp master, she sent me immediately back to Payon. I believe it has become my favorite place to be. I met with Keitaro, an acolyte I'd traveled with the day before. He'd only been in the party for a short while before I'd had to retreat. But he was nice and I got to speak with Aerlyn as well that morning.My journey, though I believe I've only been at it for a week since my first step out of Izlude, has progressed fast with the help of my new friends. I only needed to master and perfect a few skills, mainly those that concerned focusing my body to resist attacks, and I would be able to face the challenge of becoming a knight.
Before I left Akasa greeted me and we talked for a bit as a group, sitting at the Payon tables. But eventually Keitaro had to leave for the church, Aerlyn having to go and work on her traps and getting herself some extra money. I've found that being a swordsman, has greatly increased the amount of items I have in my pack, also increasing the amount of gold I have. I'm very happy. Though I feel bad for Aerlyn, she seems to have to spend so much! All the special potions she needs, and all the arrows she must buy! I hope I can help her more in the future so that she won't have to pay for the arrows, perhaps cutting down on her costs? She told me of a few items that yield perfect materials to forge arrows. I'm looking out for them.
Akasa and I parted ways, I going to train myself by fighting the packs of wolves that littered the forests near Payon, Akasa saying she was headed to a strange new place named Louyang. I've been there only once, with Keitaro. We'd gone early that morning before meeting the others in Payon. Akasa's spells must be so strong to take on those by herself. I was training rather well when I ran into Miume again. She was helping a young Merchant. I wasn't able to talk long as I was fighting a pack of the beasts when she ran past, but she did smile at me. The woman seems to be everywhere. I think I like that idea.
But soon, I was ready. I surprised everyone else when they returned to Glast Heim, as requested, to find me sitting atop a PecoPeco. I've named him Maomao. It fits him somehow. I hope my sister gets a companion as nice as Maomao. The trek through the dungeon was actually easier than it had been the last time. We seem to work better together now, and all of us had trained well. We descended further down into the dungeon, killing the undead zombies as we went. Keitaro did a very nice job of keeping us on our feet, though he had a few close calls himself! Below the graveyards and church is a sewer. It's a strange place too, full of creatures that look like men, only more like crocodiles. I do not like them one bit. They're called Anolians and they are very fast. Cramps are faster though, they're giant rats! Gargoyles are ranged, like Aerlyn and I'm useless against them, luckily her falcon seems to be learning very well and helped to attack them.
There was a ship there, an old one that seemed to have crashed there. I wonder what happened to the crew, and how a ship like that got there in the first place. When we stopped to take a short sit there I sketched out a picture. But we were on the move again, moving slowly through the sewers. We had hoped to fight stronger monsters to strengthen ourselves, but only found ourselves unconscious. Keitaro made a valiant effort to save us, but in the end we had to retreat back to town lest we fall forever. But I think it was a productive day.
I've become a knight mother! A knight!
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| Entry Two: Fear |
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8.15.08 - 10.54am
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I started my journey this morning to meet up with with my friends, Aerlyn, Akasa, and Ezekiel. We were supposed to be going to get boots, but instead we heard from a local blacksmith that good armor could be found in Glast Hiem. He said the wraith's cloaks can be forged together to make a manteau, something that would provide more defense to a soon to be knight like myself. There also seemed to be other monsters there that yielded useful, or profitable items. But why anyone wants rotten bandages I have no idea!
We started as the four of us, but we had to move fast across the fields between Geffen and the dungeon. It was a hard run, and we nearly lost ourselves to the dangerous monsters between. But we made it there in one piece, for the most part.
After hiding ourselves near the entrance to the dungeon, and a short sit for a rest, we began the decent. I've never been afraid of the dark, but in that dungeon, I found myself hesitating to step forward. So many of the monsters were stronger than me. Luckily Aerlyn and Ezekiel were able to get us down to the second level of the dungeon safely. There we met a group of travelers who were ridding the dungeon of its evil. A priestess and two acolytes in training. They were wonderful people, and helped us greatly, and for a time I found myself not as afraid.
This didn't last.
Towards the end of our day we were ambushed by wicked creatures known as evil druids. Akasa fell first, having to retreat. Aerlyn covered the way, but there were so many! She fell as well, having to escape. It left Ezekiel and I to run on our own. Unfortunately we were separated and I barely made it outside with all my limbs. I was so frightened. I believe I'll have to train much harder. Tomorrow we go back, for revenge. But tonight, we're all home, mending our wounds and resting. I stayed at the inn in Geffen tonight. The moon isn't as bright as the one in Payon, but it still soothes me somewhat. I should be going to bed now, but I've enclosed some pictures of the day's events. You'll find them on the next page.
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| Entry One: Fall |
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8.14.08 - 6.31pm
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I woke up early a day or two ago to leave for Payon. Mother told me that she trained in her early days at Payon. Mama was a real Lord Knight! But she told me many stories, and left me her own journal when she died. I was really little then, but I believe she's still watching out for me and my sister. My sister is going to be an alchemist, she's so good with chemicals! I hope that I can become a knight as great as my mother was. And if I work right, maybe better. Then I can avenge her. But that's a story for another day.
My sister saw me off from Izlude to the Novice academy. It was nice and peaceful there. But the tests were so hard! I swear I barely passed by the skin of my teeth. With that done I started off from Prontera, bound for Payon. It was going to be a long walk! I'd been fighting off porings, they're always trying to eat everything, when I met other travelers. Miume is a priestess, and very kind. though, I'm not sure if I'll ever see her again.
She helped me train in the fields outside Prontera before I was able to go back to Izlude. The Swordsman test was difficult, I had to find a small boy who'd gotten lost in the testing grounds. Luckily I found him before any harm could come to him. I think I'm getting the hang of this. After the test I took a short rest at home. I didn't think it would hurt. My sister made me breakfast again before I headed out. Payon is a wonderful place! It's full of forests and wide green grass. I've never seen a place so lush, Izlude being the little island that it is. I was training by battling wolves, fearsome beasts, when I met another group of travelers. They were very nice. Aerlyn is a Hunter, and a very good one. She's nice and very adapt in her fighting. There was also a mage, Akasa. She was very nice, but all those spells must be so confusing. I'm afraid she's smarter than me! What if she looks down at that? But the third party member was Ezekiel. He was kind and strong, the way a knight should be. Though, he is a bit off, I can't describe it any other way. We fought together against the wolves until they decided to take me to a stronger dungeon. It was a long walk, the way plagued by goblins. Horrible creatures that seem to always target me! I fainted once, but luckily we still made it there. The orcs were tough, but we were tougher. At first at least. We made it out, barely, and went back to Payon to take a rest. The others left, but promised to see each other again.
I think I've made friends! They've invited me back to find a way to Al de Baran. They say the beasts there are tough, but we're getting the materials to make ourselves boots. I think I'll be needing boots. But we are also going to a horrible dungeon that I've never been to. Glast Hiem. I hope I can continue to prove myself.
I'm writing this entry outside, beneath a tree. The moon is very bright here. Perhaps I'll draw it some time. But for now I must go to sleep. I have a long day ahead of me. But even with more battles ahead, beneath this tree, I find myself at ease. I hope I'll be able to come back here again.
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| Words of Wisdom |
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8.14.08 - 3.41am
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(This journal is by no means the journal of a regular person. It's the story of a young would-be knight in the world of Ragnarok Online. And online MMORPG. These will be the stories of her adventures and whatnot. It shouldn't be looked upon as factual at all. All notes by me, the actual author, will be made in these handy little parenthesis. All entries by the character, Oana, will be in a first person view.)
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