I grow weary of this loneliness. I only hope that I'll see SOME
progress with this research soon.
Night 294
It didn't take Mr. Fujisawa and Miz long to begin a family, it seems.
Today little Fuij Junior was born. He's quite healthy and happy and
even the subject of a full day of feasting and merrymaking.
Unfortunately, it didn't last. Jinnai lead another raid on the palace
in the middle of the afternoon. He might have gotten me, too, if
Fujisawa hadn't been so upset by the interruption of the celebration of
his son's birth that he bodily ejected the entire force singlehandedly.
After a beating of that magnitude, it's going to take him a while
before he's able to muster the forces to lead another raid like that.
At least, I hope it will. This is the third time he's stormed into the
palace, and I'm not sure how many more I can survive.
Night 659
Shayla left. I don't blame her, either. How could she still bear to
be near me? I, the one that chose the monster over her. That's what
they call her, the monster. I might have been happier if I'd just
forgotten about Ifurita and chosen one of the girls who adored me so,
but it's far too late for that now.
I couldn't do it. Instead, I buried myself in tomes and ruins, seeking
my answers. If I had just let Ifurita go, I might have found something
with Nanami. I might have been happy with any of the girls, for that
matter. Even Rune Venus has hinted at least once that I would make a
suitable husband for a princess. Though, I'm still not sure whether she
wants me for herself, or she wants me to marry her sister.
Like anyone in his right mind would marry Fatora. Hah!
No, I don't really mean it like that. She is nice enough, though still
controlling and self-centered. Much of her initial anger was due to her
ordeal. Someone so used total control over her life doesn't react well
to being powerless. She has matured quite a bit in this last year. A
few months ago, she actually began to search for a husband. I'm not
sure that she really has to do it, but her sister thinks it better that
there be more than just two princesses in case the Eye is needed again.
It was far too easy for the Phantom Tribe to cripple the kingdom in this
last war.
Well, Shayla is still missing. No one is quite certain where she went,
but I think that she might be searching for someone to love. At least,
I hope that's what has happened. I really hate for her to be miserable
because of me, but I can't love her. Wherever she went, I hope she
finds happiness.
The other girls? Well, I haven't seen Afura for several months now.
The last that I heard, she was still in search of a new priestess to
replace Miz now that she's happily married. Of course, Miz won't be in
any state to do much for a couple months. She's well on her way to a
big family, it seems. Little Fuji Junior is already growing to be a
strong lad and I hope his new brother or sister is like him. Mr.
Fujisawa himself? Well, it's strange to see him doting on his wife like
he does. He even came back from the newest Bugrom front to see her
through this pregnancy.
Of course, leaving the front of the Bugrom "army" isn't that great a
sacrifice. It's nothing like it once was and they mostly confine
themselves to raids on small border towns. Sometimes I wonder what
Jinnai is up to, he hasn't tried to kill me in almost half a year now.
Almost everyone around here is so happy it almost hurts not to be able
to join in with them, but I have a duty to my true love.
Oh, god, it's almost dawn. If Fujisawa sees that I didn't sleep again
tonight, I'll have to listen to another of his lectures on how I'm
working too hard. Personally, I think that I'm not working hard
enough. I know that I'm just missing one vital piece of the puzzle, and
once I have that, I can be with my Ifurita again.
Night 762
Little Hito was born today. I've never seen Mr. Fujisawa so nervous,
either. You'd have thought that the second child wouldn't be such a
shock, but I guess he's still nervous about that last attempt on my
life. Jinnai is starting to really bug me, but I can't leave my
research for the length of time it would take to capture him, so I just
have to be careful, I guess.
Someone, bless his soul, managed to find a reasonable facsimile of
tobacco so we that we could have cigars. Everyone showed up for it,
too and the feast will probably last all week. Shayla even turned up.
She was searching for relics in the eastern kingdoms. It seems that she
has decided that if she can't have me, she wants to make sure that I
actually get my girl. I don't deserve friends like these, but I'm not
going to argue since these relics look so promising.
The Eye has been repaired of what little damage it sustained from it's
last prolonged usage, and I believe the Stairway to the Sky to be free
from the Phantom Tribe's sabotage once again. However, the Eye itself
has yielded few clues as to the source of it's power.
Night 874
The secrets of the Eye of God are lost to me, it seems! I've searched
so long, and found nothing. I received news not long ago that a
research facility of the ancients had been uncovered, along with some of
the original plans of the Eye. However, before I could get a hold of
the items, they were stolen by raiders. I suspect Jinnai, but it could
have been anyone.
It appears that my answers do not lie directly with the technology of
the Eye. Tomorrow, I leave for the forbidden island. I have a hunch
that if I can understand the workings of Ifurita's powers, I may be able
to duplicate the process by which she gained the power that let her send
us to El-Hazard.
Night 922
Eureka! I have found it! The ruins under the eastern edge of the
Desert of Bleached White Bones have yielded much knowledge about how the
demon gods were created. The technology doesn't exist to create
another, but the Power Key Staff seems to be the key to capturing the
technology I need from the Eye.
Night 1000
It is done. I've discovered that the Staff has a backup computer
system built into it by the ancients for maintenance purposes. It even
has the circuits needed to record and repeat attacks directed toward
it. It seems that this is they best hope that I'm going to find, so I'm
going for it. The priestesses have agreed that they will unshield the
Eye again for this so that I may make my attempt.
The princesses will open a passage for me in the desert, to prevent
anyone else from being accidentally sucked into the void with me. I
don't blame them, personally. No one in his right mind would want to
enter that vortex.
Perhaps I'm not quite in my right mind anymore? Now I risk all for
her. If, no, WHEN this works, I'm heading straight for earth. Please,
god, don't let me fail her.
Tim Williams
twillia4@utk.edu
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