journal 🔶 shadows; backdated to early june

[noblegarnet]

Sender: Ferran

Has anyone felt like something was lingering around or watching you while you've been here? Maybe just before having nightmares or unsettling dreams you can't remember?

[As much as he's willing to try to solve the Ice Queen's problems on his own, he knows he won't get anywhere without help.]

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Sender: Ryu

[amnesiadragon]

yes i have it was really bad until i figured out what it was and



wait you said here

sorry

[noblegarnet]

[Someone eager to help, looks like. He appreciates the attempt, anyway.]

I'm glad you figured it out. Do you want to talk about it?

[amnesiadragon]

oh well im kind of a weird case because i was summoned to the world i was in last

but it went wrong so i got split nto two people and the pull and presence i felt was my other half

like what are they called again

[There's some ink splotches while he dots the paper.]

magnets?

[noblegarnet]

Magnets, yeah. It makes sense you'd feel the urge to pull yourself back together.

[Can't relate. Ferran would much rather throw certain parts of himself away.]

So did you manage to find the other half?

[amnesiadragon]

not yet but were getting close

though one of us is probably going to absorb the other

[There's a pause, and then a doodle appears. It looks almost like two streams or rivers combining... and one is clearly dominant.]

the stronger stream absorbs the weaker one

[noblegarnet]

I see.

[... Ferran's getting a feeling from the way this has even been brought up, but it could just be his notorious tendency to assume.]

You feel like the one on the left?

[amnesiadragon]

yes

hes been asleep for hundreds of years but hes still much older and stronger than me

[noblegarnet]

How did you learn about this absorbing thing?

[amnesiadragon]

another endless

i guess thats my........ species??

[noblegarnet]

[Hrm... Could be reliable or not.]

And did they tell you they thought you'd be absorbed?

[amnesiadragon]

yes

shes never lied to me before

but im sorry i made this about me are you okay???

[noblegarnet]

[What? Oh, right, the post.]

Oh, I'm fine. [he's not really ever fine but listen—] I'm just trying to find something for someone.

[For the sake of the something not ruining everyone else, also.]

Don't give up hope, though, alright? [There's a lot he doesn't know, so he can't give specific helpful advice, but. Still!]

[amnesiadragon]

can i help??

and i wont give up hope

but i do want to make the most of the time i have here

[noblegarnet]

Good. That's the mindset I've been trying to keep, too.

[Just dwelling on thinking you're going to stop existing (physically or otherwise) doesn't seem like a healthy thing, so...]

As far as helping, probably? [Ferran really wishes he had a better plan.] Are you any good at sensing nightmare energy or that kind of thing?

[amnesiadragon]

um hm

i wouldnt say im particularly good at it but i don tthik im probably bad at it?

[noblegarnet]

Better than me, then.

[The only way he senses magic is if it's right in his face and he's looking for it.]

I wouldn't know how to help narrow this thing down from regular nightmare things, though. Have you encountered a lot of noctaere?

[amnesiadragon]

some of them

a lot of them are just kind of like normal monsters but a little worse

[noblegarnet]

[Hmm. Ferran can't say the same for his own experiences—while they're certainly not on the level of the cwyldtid he's... avoided before, they're just as corruptive, and certainly worse than the crystalline monsters he's used to facing from home.]

I guess you're used to fighting evil energy creatures?

[amnesiadragon]

some fo them like ive fought ghosts and zombies and stuff like that

and then there were a lot of creatures formed by the hex which is like a really bad magic curse