Camp Synopsis: Days 8 - 17
It sounds weird to say I've been here for 'a while' when just about everyone I've talked to says they've been stuck here for at least a year. But still feels like it. I guess I just got so used to traveling all over the place. And I can't say being here is just like being trapped back in the manor anymore. There's so much going on all the time that it still almost feels just as busy as flying all over Auldrant in the Albiore.
Anyway, now that it's been a while I think I'm getting more used to it. Something crazy is still always going on, but I think my head's cleared a little since I got here. It's like I was just constantly dizzy for the first week. It's kind of like when I left my manor for the first time, only now I care enough to try to pay attention to it all. It's pretty hard to follow most of it, but it actually helps if I keep reminding myself that I'm already on a different planet. It doesn't seem like it has to make as much sense then.
So now that it feels like things are slowing down more, or maybe I'm just keeping up better, I don't really have as much to write about either. But I met Tomo and her boyfriend, Sano at his birthday party. Or at least I think that's what it was. Tomo was saying something about him not being older after all. Probably some weird custom? Or maybe you can't really have a birthday one a planet with a completely different calendar? And then I picked up a whistle from a boy here that was handing them out, only now I can't find it. I probably lost it behind the bed somewhere. I'll look for it later, I haven't had a whistle since I was a kid.
I got to experience my first really weird 'camp thing' since I got here. It was pretty weird, but not actually all that exciting except that I got meet a bunch of people. It would've been better to turn into a girl.
Anyway, I was... stuck to a bunch of other people. I don't know how it worked, but everyone was saying something about magnets. I thought that only had to metal, but even if we weren't wearing metal all of us were sticking together! And people kept coming flying out of no where until they'd get stuck with the rest of us. Only it wasn't everyone in camp, not even close, so while we were all 'sitting' there we tried to figure out why it was just us.
Well, the other replica was there and I got to talk to him for a little while, but he wasn't much help. It did make me wonder if us being replicas had something to do with being stuck there though. But I figured there's no way there are that many of us in this place.
I also met Rey, who says he was the start of the... uh... 'magnet'. He was pretty calm about suddenly having a bunch of people stuck to him though. I wonder if that's what happens if you're here too long? Like I needed any more incentive to leave.
The other two people I met were Sasarai and Luc.
Luc is the friend of Tir, that guy I met who says he's sick and stay around people much. I wondered why he was okay with staying around Luc then, but actually I just wanted to meet him since I've never met anyone with the same name (even if it's spelled kind of different). He's 'deaged' right now though, which is what people here call it when someone is younger than he should normally be. Only Sasarai says he'd still in his twenties.
I talked to both of them about different things. Sasarai told me that the reason they look my age even though they're (normally) thirty-two is because of something called a True Rune. I don't really know what it is, other than some kind of 'magic', which is like fonic artes, and it keeps them from turning old. I don't think it's meant for that though, since Sasarai says that there are only twenty-seven of them in his entire world. I also got the feeling it's pretty powerful? Sasarai said they were good or bad depending on who used it, and it reminded me of forbidden fonic artes Jade learned.
Anyway, at first I thought the two of them were just brothers. They look exactly a like, but they're not the only people here who do. But Sasarai said something that made me think he was a replica, and when I asked he confirmed it. Only it turns out Luc wasn't his original but they're both replicas. But even though they both have True Runes and are the same age and don't act like they're fighting, I don't think they really like each other either. I wonder if I'll ever get to meet any replicas that get along with each other, or their originals?
They really are pretty different though. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, I'm only seven and Asch and I aren't really that much a like (no matter what Jade and Anise say) and they've had three decades to become different from each other. But Sasarai was really friendly and Luc... wasn't. I can't even say he reminded me of myself that much, though I guess he was kind of stuck up. He mostly just didn't seem like he was interested in anything. He kept saying that things didn't matter, or he didn't care or he didn't need to. The only thing he acted like it mattered at all was this stone tablet. I haven't seen it yet but Luc says it's his job, and that he would stay with it. He told me this when I really just wanted to make sure he had somewhere to stay (asking that's turned into a habit, actually. But it's something I can do. Sometimes it feels like that's the only thing I can do here). I tried to tell him he couldn't stay out there all night, even if he can take care of himself it'd still be ridiculous. It started snowing today out of no where, people can't just stand around all night in that!
I eventually found out the reason he doesn't want to sleep is because he has nightmares, or something like that. I can't really feel that bad for him though, not that I like my own nightmares, but you still have to deal with it and not sleeping isn't any way to do that. I kept trying to convince him to agree to sleep at night, and he finally said "I'll think about it" but I think he was just saying that to get me to leave him alone. Fine, it's not like I'm going to drag him to a bed or anything.
...but if he's still out there when I go to bed I guess I'll at least bring him a chair. That's not interrupting his job, right?
I wonder if he's less obnoxious when he's older?
Luc's not the only 'deaged' person I've met recently. Buffy was the first but now there's Hellboy and Chris. I was worried about Hellboy having a place to stay now that he's so little, but I found out he's been sleeping in the library. I was going to find him some place with a bed but he seemed pretty excited about find his own place, and I guess the library is probably as safe as a cabin. And Chris I haven't met when she's older, but I've noticed that the only times there are little kids around here is when they deage, so I guess that's what happened. She's got a lot of people looking after her though, probably including Emperor Peony.
The only other interesting thing that happened was I played a word game with Chizuru. It was pretty fun for a while but eventually got too personal so I gave up when I couldn't think of the right word anymore. I guess that's what happens when you say the first thing that comes to your mind, it's eventually going to come back to the things you're always thinking about. Even though she's pretty strange, even for a girl, Chizuru's really nice too. She kind of reminds me of Tear, because she cares a lot but hides a lot too? Maybe that's stupid, she and Tear don't really act anything a like. Tear never would have shoved me into her chest like that.
She would hit like that though. But then, so do Anise and Natalia.
Anyway, now that it's been a while I think I'm getting more used to it. Something crazy is still always going on, but I think my head's cleared a little since I got here. It's like I was just constantly dizzy for the first week. It's kind of like when I left my manor for the first time, only now I care enough to try to pay attention to it all. It's pretty hard to follow most of it, but it actually helps if I keep reminding myself that I'm already on a different planet. It doesn't seem like it has to make as much sense then.
So now that it feels like things are slowing down more, or maybe I'm just keeping up better, I don't really have as much to write about either. But I met Tomo and her boyfriend, Sano at his birthday party. Or at least I think that's what it was. Tomo was saying something about him not being older after all. Probably some weird custom? Or maybe you can't really have a birthday one a planet with a completely different calendar? And then I picked up a whistle from a boy here that was handing them out, only now I can't find it. I probably lost it behind the bed somewhere. I'll look for it later, I haven't had a whistle since I was a kid.
I got to experience my first really weird 'camp thing' since I got here. It was pretty weird, but not actually all that exciting except that I got meet a bunch of people. It would've been better to turn into a girl.
Anyway, I was... stuck to a bunch of other people. I don't know how it worked, but everyone was saying something about magnets. I thought that only had to metal, but even if we weren't wearing metal all of us were sticking together! And people kept coming flying out of no where until they'd get stuck with the rest of us. Only it wasn't everyone in camp, not even close, so while we were all 'sitting' there we tried to figure out why it was just us.
Well, the other replica was there and I got to talk to him for a little while, but he wasn't much help. It did make me wonder if us being replicas had something to do with being stuck there though. But I figured there's no way there are that many of us in this place.
I also met Rey, who says he was the start of the... uh... 'magnet'. He was pretty calm about suddenly having a bunch of people stuck to him though. I wonder if that's what happens if you're here too long? Like I needed any more incentive to leave.
The other two people I met were Sasarai and Luc.
Luc is the friend of Tir, that guy I met who says he's sick and stay around people much. I wondered why he was okay with staying around Luc then, but actually I just wanted to meet him since I've never met anyone with the same name (even if it's spelled kind of different). He's 'deaged' right now though, which is what people here call it when someone is younger than he should normally be. Only Sasarai says he'd still in his twenties.
I talked to both of them about different things. Sasarai told me that the reason they look my age even though they're (normally) thirty-two is because of something called a True Rune. I don't really know what it is, other than some kind of 'magic', which is like fonic artes, and it keeps them from turning old. I don't think it's meant for that though, since Sasarai says that there are only twenty-seven of them in his entire world. I also got the feeling it's pretty powerful? Sasarai said they were good or bad depending on who used it, and it reminded me of forbidden fonic artes Jade learned.
Anyway, at first I thought the two of them were just brothers. They look exactly a like, but they're not the only people here who do. But Sasarai said something that made me think he was a replica, and when I asked he confirmed it. Only it turns out Luc wasn't his original but they're both replicas. But even though they both have True Runes and are the same age and don't act like they're fighting, I don't think they really like each other either. I wonder if I'll ever get to meet any replicas that get along with each other, or their originals?
They really are pretty different though. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, I'm only seven and Asch and I aren't really that much a like (no matter what Jade and Anise say) and they've had three decades to become different from each other. But Sasarai was really friendly and Luc... wasn't. I can't even say he reminded me of myself that much, though I guess he was kind of stuck up. He mostly just didn't seem like he was interested in anything. He kept saying that things didn't matter, or he didn't care or he didn't need to. The only thing he acted like it mattered at all was this stone tablet. I haven't seen it yet but Luc says it's his job, and that he would stay with it. He told me this when I really just wanted to make sure he had somewhere to stay (asking that's turned into a habit, actually. But it's something I can do. Sometimes it feels like that's the only thing I can do here). I tried to tell him he couldn't stay out there all night, even if he can take care of himself it'd still be ridiculous. It started snowing today out of no where, people can't just stand around all night in that!
I eventually found out the reason he doesn't want to sleep is because he has nightmares, or something like that. I can't really feel that bad for him though, not that I like my own nightmares, but you still have to deal with it and not sleeping isn't any way to do that. I kept trying to convince him to agree to sleep at night, and he finally said "I'll think about it" but I think he was just saying that to get me to leave him alone. Fine, it's not like I'm going to drag him to a bed or anything.
...but if he's still out there when I go to bed I guess I'll at least bring him a chair. That's not interrupting his job, right?
I wonder if he's less obnoxious when he's older?
Luc's not the only 'deaged' person I've met recently. Buffy was the first but now there's Hellboy and Chris. I was worried about Hellboy having a place to stay now that he's so little, but I found out he's been sleeping in the library. I was going to find him some place with a bed but he seemed pretty excited about find his own place, and I guess the library is probably as safe as a cabin. And Chris I haven't met when she's older, but I've noticed that the only times there are little kids around here is when they deage, so I guess that's what happened. She's got a lot of people looking after her though, probably including Emperor Peony.
The only other interesting thing that happened was I played a word game with Chizuru. It was pretty fun for a while but eventually got too personal so I gave up when I couldn't think of the right word anymore. I guess that's what happens when you say the first thing that comes to your mind, it's eventually going to come back to the things you're always thinking about. Even though she's pretty strange, even for a girl, Chizuru's really nice too. She kind of reminds me of Tear, because she cares a lot but hides a lot too? Maybe that's stupid, she and Tear don't really act anything a like. Tear never would have shoved me into her chest like that.
She would hit like that though. But then, so do Anise and Natalia.