journal 🔶 psa from a former fairy

[noblegarnet]

[Ferran isn't unaware of how these journals work, but he's still working out what pages are "public" and which are for his own private use.

Thus, one evening, a sketch of a building slowly comes together, distinguished by its tall stone towers, walls topped with battlements, wrought iron fences, and a large courtyard. The artist pays special attention to the detailing in the texture, making it easy to imagine what materials the imposing place might be made of. To those familiar with the city of Aefenglom, it's clearly a representation of the Coven.

After he's done, he writes in neat print:]

Don't trust the Fae. Whatever else I've forgotten, I know that much.

Comments

[noblegarnet]

[Unfortunate... it must be so frustrating. Ferran knows he'd probably be taking a stupid amount of notes if his short term memory wasn't working properly.]

I haven't seen anything either. It feels like autumn, maybe.

[But who knows what seasons this place has.]

Other than that, I can only tell you what day it was in my own world before I got here, and I don't know how much help that would be to you.

[allegedprisoner]

[ Exactly! That's why journals like these are a blessing. ]

Still worth a shot. At least you'd have some form of reference in case someone came in from after you left.

[noblegarnet]

[Despite this not being his first out-of-time otherworldly rodeo, the issue of others coming in from his future or past never happened to him—it only ever came up as a theoretical concept. As a result, it doesn't come back to him now, and he has no idea what this person might be referring to.]

What do you mean by that?

[allegedprisoner]

[ Unfortunately, it's happened to Luca... Once. Now. Personally. ]

Let me explain with an example. I met someone here who knew me from somewhere I don't recall visiting. I thought my memory was getting worse until I realized I was taken to another world before I should have met this person.

And this isn't the first time something like this has happened, as far as I'm aware.

[ He can't remember all the details... It was a young woman, he knows that. ]

[noblegarnet]

[... well, it is a dream world. He has no reason to disbelieve Luca, even if it sounds incredible. More than taking them from different spaces, different times as well? Honestly... it makes him a little anxious. He doesn't think he wants to know the future.]

As if all of this wasn't complicated enough. It must have been very confusing for you.

[allegedprisoner]

It was, though I suppose going to alternate worlds twice now made it easier to comprehend.

[noblegarnet]

That would lower the standards for what's believable, wouldn't it.

[Maybe that's why he hardly questioned any of what was going on here, himself. Sure, it's a dream world—why not?]

Was that other world anything like this one, from what you can tell?

[allegedprisoner]

[ Why not, indeed. ]

It's too early to tell, but the journals are similar.

[noblegarnet]

It's not a bad similarity to have, even if they're going to take some getting used to.

[He's still a little suspect of them, and won't be writing his name in it anytime soon, but it's not the worst thing to be able to communicate with...]

I guess it's true that we don't know much about this place yet. Maybe I'll ask you again later, if you don't mind?