My journal, entry #3
Oops. I let this go, again. I think I can blame the spring festival for being so distracting.
I think I've finally found a way to earn potch. An interesting fisher-woman arrived here, actually on the back of this huge fish! Her name is Subala, and she comes from even further south but she's been fishing the Islands lately. Well, she and I sort of struck up a partnership, to fish the lake and sell our catch to the cafe. It's not going to be a huge commercial venture, but it'll help both of us get by. And, when we were out fishing a couple of weeks ago, she found a ring. We need to get it appraised. It made me wonder, whether there's any salvage from the ship that ran aground behind the manor house. If no one's ever taken a net out there and dredged it up, there might be more that we can pull in and sell. Or maybe artifacts, I'm sure the castle would appreciate that.
The festival was a lot of fun. I didn't win the fishing contest, but I had a good time trying. It meant spending all day on the lake in the sunshine, that wasn't bad. There was so much good food, and little games and performances. This castle is the perfect place for things like that. I was glad to be here to participate.
But then things turned sour. There was a forest fire, and a lot of people are saying it was deliberately set by someone. I don't know if it's true or not. I hope it isn't. That's terrible, to think there's someone who's so wicked as to start a fire and just let it go out of control. Some of the stable's horses were hurt. And the rune cannon shells on Colton's ship became unstable and exploded. Helmut is still recovering in the infirmary. I hope he'll be all right. I've never had to use the training from my days as a Razril knight, to breathe for someone who drowned, before. I hope I did it right.
I guess it just means, that even in a nice, quiet place like this, bad things can still happen. It doesn't even take having someone with a True Rune going out of control, there are other tragedies in life and we can't stop them just by wishing for peace and quiet.
Let's see. Sigurd is back from his trip, I should go and ask him what the Islands look like in the present day. I met a man named Luc, who also has a True Rune and knows about mine. He seemed very serious, but not bad to talk to. We're planning to go hiking up to a nearby mountain where there's supposed to be giant crabs. I hope it's true! I've been itching for some real, fresh crab stew. Crabs on a mountain instead of near the water, though, that's strange. Anyway. It'll be something to do, and maybe I can sell the meat (whatever I can carry down from that distance) like I would fish. Maybe Luc will want to talk more, about runes or something. He knows Leknaat, I'm curious about what she's doing in the present.
I feel like I've really settled down, here. I miss home a little, but mostly just the sights and smells. I miss the open ocean, but it isn't far from here. But the people are so nice, and I have friends here - that, I don't mind. In fact, I'm really starting to like this Budehuc castle. I don't know how long the stars are going to make me stay here, but I think I'll be okay in the meantime.
I think I've finally found a way to earn potch. An interesting fisher-woman arrived here, actually on the back of this huge fish! Her name is Subala, and she comes from even further south but she's been fishing the Islands lately. Well, she and I sort of struck up a partnership, to fish the lake and sell our catch to the cafe. It's not going to be a huge commercial venture, but it'll help both of us get by. And, when we were out fishing a couple of weeks ago, she found a ring. We need to get it appraised. It made me wonder, whether there's any salvage from the ship that ran aground behind the manor house. If no one's ever taken a net out there and dredged it up, there might be more that we can pull in and sell. Or maybe artifacts, I'm sure the castle would appreciate that.
The festival was a lot of fun. I didn't win the fishing contest, but I had a good time trying. It meant spending all day on the lake in the sunshine, that wasn't bad. There was so much good food, and little games and performances. This castle is the perfect place for things like that. I was glad to be here to participate.
But then things turned sour. There was a forest fire, and a lot of people are saying it was deliberately set by someone. I don't know if it's true or not. I hope it isn't. That's terrible, to think there's someone who's so wicked as to start a fire and just let it go out of control. Some of the stable's horses were hurt. And the rune cannon shells on Colton's ship became unstable and exploded. Helmut is still recovering in the infirmary. I hope he'll be all right. I've never had to use the training from my days as a Razril knight, to breathe for someone who drowned, before. I hope I did it right.
I guess it just means, that even in a nice, quiet place like this, bad things can still happen. It doesn't even take having someone with a True Rune going out of control, there are other tragedies in life and we can't stop them just by wishing for peace and quiet.
Let's see. Sigurd is back from his trip, I should go and ask him what the Islands look like in the present day. I met a man named Luc, who also has a True Rune and knows about mine. He seemed very serious, but not bad to talk to. We're planning to go hiking up to a nearby mountain where there's supposed to be giant crabs. I hope it's true! I've been itching for some real, fresh crab stew. Crabs on a mountain instead of near the water, though, that's strange. Anyway. It'll be something to do, and maybe I can sell the meat (whatever I can carry down from that distance) like I would fish. Maybe Luc will want to talk more, about runes or something. He knows Leknaat, I'm curious about what she's doing in the present.
I feel like I've really settled down, here. I miss home a little, but mostly just the sights and smells. I miss the open ocean, but it isn't far from here. But the people are so nice, and I have friends here - that, I don't mind. In fact, I'm really starting to like this Budehuc castle. I don't know how long the stars are going to make me stay here, but I think I'll be okay in the meantime.