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[all_blue_prince]

I don't really

eh

[there's a frustrated pause before he starts again with small, neat but quick handwriting - the type used for jotting down information in the most efficient manner]

Alright, I'm kinda new to this shit, if you couldn't guess. No clue where I came from, but I doubt magic journals were in abundance. [that last line is added more

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[iattractmushi]

Cigarettes are sold in the Bazaar, normally.

I'd say you came at a bad time, but there never seems to be a good one. Usually things are less [pause] violent, though.

[all_blue_prince]

[a shame he can't convey his gratitude through text, so he'll just stick with:] Bazaar? Got it. And thanks.

Ohoo? Business as usual then?

[iattractmushi]

Sure. And I guess... it's always something with this place. [When he first arrived, he was forced to learn how to ice skate. FORCED. He wasn't very happy about that :\]

I'm Cloud, by the way.

[all_blue_prince]

[Oh fffff Prince can think of worse ways to spend an arrival.]

... I better start stocking up on cigarettes, shouldn't I?

And nice to meet ya, Cloud. [Is that a girl's name? He can't tell D8] ... Are the names here always so gender neutral?

[iattractmushi]

[It was cold, too.]

Might be a good idea. [Paaauuuuse.] ...make sure you leave some for the rest of us.

[...heh. Laughing makes his ribs hurt, dammit.] They can be. But for the record, I'm a guy.

[all_blue_prince]

[That's why we have jackets. 8Db]

I make no shitty promises. [too bad he can't see the smirk on his face] Heh, but you're a smoker too?

[... Damn. But he was so honest, he can't hate him] Good to know. I'd hate to call you Miss Cloud by accident.

[iattractmushi]

[Stop ruining my complaining with your logic B|]

Well, you know. It just seemed familiar.

[Actually, the Tree could probably turn him into a woman if it wanted to.

...have a pause while he thinks about that one, and then he slowly writes:] Stranger things have probably happened.

[all_blue_prince]

[When you have been buried under an avalanche, then you get to complain. 8|]

Yeah... [The 'h' is drawn out as Prince considers that] Oi. Is there any way to get 'em back? Our memories.

[another pause] Sounds like shitty luck.

[iattractmushi]

[Don't say that out loud, you might give the Tree ideas.]

There are a few ways. [Pause] It's better to ask someone about them off the journals.

Guess so. [Better than some of the punishments he's heard about.]

[all_blue_prince]

[It's just a tree >>]

So it's true these damn journals don't hide a shitty thing.

[iattractmushi]

[He's seen enough evidence that he believes the Tree has a certain sentience. Enough for it to kill people, should it wish to.]

Nope. Anything written in them gets seen by everyone. [He drips a little water on the journal, causing wet spots to appear.] Other things, too.

[all_blue_prince]

[... Killer trees. This place keeps getting better and better]

How permanent is it?

Oi wait a sec. [He wants to try something.

A few seconds later there are some random scribbles at the corner of the page. Nothing special - just a few looping lines]

Did you see that?

Though now the mun is wondering what happens if you try to erase pencil marks...

[iattractmushi]

Seems pretty permanent to me.

[He grins at those loops. Experimenting, are we?]

What, these? [He adds some slashing lines through Prince's loops... and then continues adding lines and squiggles of ink until the loops resemble the mushi things from his dream.

Hmm.

Drawing (sketching?) like that felt familiar.]

Anything that is done to one journal shows up in all the journals. [He rips the edge of the page a little, just to prove his point more.]

... Prince is gonna want to try that later

[all_blue_prince]

Well shit. Remind me not to jot down any secrets then. [it didn't wooooooooork. And he'd be irritated if not for Cloud providing immediate distraction]

You some type of artist? [pauses as he scrutinizes them] Pretty good. Kinda weird-looking.

XD

[iattractmushi]

Well, if you wanted everyone to read them, that's not really my business.

...maybe. [He considers his own work for a bit. It really isn't half bad... though drawing that with a pen had felt off, not that pens had ever really felt 'right' to Cloud.] Weird-looking? [Adds some antennae-like things to one of the 'creatures.'] They look pretty interesting to me.

[all_blue_prince]

They wouldn't make good secrets if I did.

Oh rig [abruptly stops in the middle of that word] ... Sorry. Keep forgetting. [damn memory loss]

They're not like anything I've seen before. Bugs? [very strange bugs]