worldrefugees First Game Posts Log(x-posts) First Person

[dreamwriter_emmy]

Beast's Castle, Day 3

Hmmm...I've spent the past day and a half sneaking around the castle, hoping to find my companion here on this world...or at least one of the "staff"...I'm surprised I haven't bumped into anyone yet.....I know __fantine is around here somewhere...if only I knew where. (Contact me, when you can please...I'm online almost too much for my good, even here! I'll leave my contact info at the end of this post. At the moment I'm resting in a shaded corner of the entrance hall, attempting to be inconspicuous.) I hope I don't get caught by The Beast...That'd be awkward, after all, Maurice is supposed to be the first into the castle, followed by Belle and then much later followed by Gaston and the mob... and I'm still not sure where we are on the timeline...I'd hope that either Belle is here somewhere and I just haven't heard the singing yet, or that the story line is coming along soon. I never finished Kingdom Hearts...I've never done well in hack-and-slash games...and I'm pretty horrible at doing it in person too....Never again am I making fun of shadows by saying you can squash them like bugs--it's simply not that easy. I know Belle is one of the princesses and that the princesses are taken...but does anyone have an idea where she's removed from in the plot during KH?

I hope I find someone soon on the staff of the castle...I want directions to the servant quarters, since that'd make it all the more easier to hide out without disturbing the storyline too much...At least until we can take the train out of here somehow, if we choose. At least I do remember which direction is west,so I can avoid the west wing, even though that'd be the best indication of the timeline here.

Perhaps later tonight when all are asleep I may go looking, though it'll be a tough risk.

I've added a few people I've seen post here that I know of...but anyone can feel free to add me.

My contacts:
[AIM]sanuraausbloom
[yahoo]dragon_koneko356
[google talk] ehryniewi@gmail.com
[msn]hopkins.rebecca.genius@hotmail.com
[email]sanuraausbloom@yahoo.com

beast's castle day 4
Well...Last night didn't happen as well as I had wished. We'll just say a certain loveable character's temper at Belle sent my appetite away and I had to go hide in the shadows again for varying reasons having to do with plot. However, at least this is well enough. I know what time it is now here. And I am excited about what should be happening as the next few days progress. I've found a nice corner of the hall that is out of the way. I'm happy enough, even though I'm going to have to snag food sometime today... I should be able to go and introduce myself soon enough. (At least this is one of the shorter plot lines as far as Disney movies go....)

I managed to poke through my stuff in my backpack: I have a notebook, a pen, this laptop, and The Sims Life Stories game(which my laptop just chose to tell me is still in the CD tray where I left it). At least i have nothing really spoiler-worthy on this laptop. Thank goodness for my motherboard crashing twice and making me move all that stuff to my desktop. Even though now that is all presumably lost


Beast's Castle >> World Train >> Olympus Coliseum, Day 6
Well, the past few days have been an adventure of sorts. Yesterday I met up with kunenk in the kitchens. We rifled through some of the leftovers from the prior night's dinner...Needless to say never rile Monsieur Stove-Chef. He has a fiery temper, no pun intended. But after some begging and flattery, we did get some much needed food.

We snagged and begged some more food off of him to bring with us today and he kinda provided us with a little more than was completely necessary. It's probably enough to feed a very small militia for a few days or a few very hungry explorers...We'll find out. Then we went outside to go wish for the train. Yay for SEP fields~

__fantine...sorry to run off like this, but we couldn't find any way to get in touch with you other than this survivor community.

We're on said train now, headed toward Olympus Coliseum. We figure, we should try to get some last minute training in ourselves, since regardless of what happens, we're probably going to end up fighting at least Heartless regardless of where we end up. Sooo...um shadowdancer09, if you're still sticking around the Coliseum, please get into contact with us? We'll be headed your way very soon.

We'll probably head toward the entrance soon as we get there.


Olympus Coliseum Day 9

Work sucks, but at least it's munny if cruddy on the wage scale. Thank you so much shadowdancer09 for helping with being an awesome host of sorts. Funny, it's a lot easier to get a job here than it was on our Earth...Or maybe it's just easier for me because I know how things run fairly well. It's...predictable. I like predictable, even if I'm unpredictable.

Contemplating where I'm going to try to go on Wednesday when the SEP-you-all-know-what comes again... I kind of want to take a risk for the first time in my life. I have a few ideas where I'm going to try to head...and well...I want to see if this hands-on training will really work. Plus, I kind of want to run a survival test on myself. And...well...There's someone I'd really like to see. Surprising myself really that now I want an adventure. Usually I'm not that much of a thrill-seeker. Maybe something to do with the fact that now I'm responsible only for myself? Since I no longer have a family to fuss? I wonder if there's somewhere I can find a small blade around here. Or... well, I suppose worst case scenario, I find an extra spearhead and learn how to tie it to my broken spearshaft that I've been using as a stave when not working at archery with shadowdancer09 after work.

Running races around here takes a lot out of you. This afternoon, I challenged a few of the local fighters at for-fun races. Just practicing, so no bets. I've definitely improved my ability to conserve breath, and in turn endurance, though. So yes, proud of myself. I think I beat my time in high school by 20 seconds, but I'm not sure.


Ingary 18/19
Another day in Market Chipping. I finally figured everything out layerwise of this kingdom...jeez is it complicated.

Ingary is the Kingdom. The town is Market Chipping. Kingsbury is the capital. Porthaven is the city fighting against Kingsbury. And Wales is somewhere nearby in the distance.

I've decided against leaving. For a few reasons (1) More munny is nice. Unexpectedly, I've been doing some work at the little bakery and cafe down the street now that I have a dress. Sometimes I'm cooking, sometimes I'm babysitting either for the mothers who work there or for patrons. (2)I'd like one more dress given I'm planning on going on a visit to a place where unfortunately I need a dress. (3) Given the events surrounding ryuuzoku_aya, security around here is going to increase, though naturally that happens in the storyline as well. I'm assuming that this means we're already involved. And to mess with the storyline more by disappearing could make things worse. So I'll remain one more week and see how things happen along... Though escape would be a good thing, I'm also curious about the story of this place. I've watched the movie and read the manga of the movie. So I know most of the story by heart...

So far, my old wages from Phil have been divided between: a custom dress here at the dress shop, a teeny portion of ryuuzoku_aya's medicine, and a few general living necessities...mostly food. (And ryuuzoku_aya it's not even worth paying me back for what I gave, I've easily earned it back already.) I'm starting to think Phil shortchanged me because I look 13.


Wonderland, Day 23
Why is it that in illogical circumstances, my mind goes toward the most logical sources of comfort? A song about going into the woods, unafraid. I'm currently sticking to the trees even though I hate being up this high and every hop and reach from one branch to the next makes me afraid I'm going to fall. And yeah...this is definitely Lotus Forest... As to why I'm sticking to the trees? Heartless everywhere down below... They're easier to handle from the trees. Plus, I have to save some for Sora, right?

I'm going to try and find the tree with the owl's hole by continuing this hopping from one branch to the next.

Wonderland 24/25
I'm not sure what day it is anymore...I think those dark portals also messed with the timeline, but anyway....

Arrived at the Giant Tree the other day and hung out with everyone there, including an on-and-off extremely giggly villanelle_koi...after-effects of using too much cure magic apparently. We talked about a lot of things: how much we've learned on this trip, people we hope are okay, things we'd always wished, music, birthdays, being fools, places we plan to go when transportation comes back online.

And, well, yesterday those of us hanging out at the giant tree had the "celebration of ironies" considering that it was one of our party's birthday and yet we went off to go celebrate our "unbirthdays" in order to get food and what-not.

Today was spent peeking around the hole of the "giant tree" wondering when Sora was going to show up. I've always been called the "stalker who stalks younger taller people" so it's not all that hard for me to spy on people. I got bored and eventually hung out with Urchin for a while.. He really seems to like exploring around here. I don't know why, but I have always loved working with kids, even though I've never really wanted to be a "true mother". But yeah...we did see Sora...it was cool.


Wonderland Day 25/26?
Well, I don't know about the others yet, but I'm sticking around Wonderland... First of all because I want to get a bit more tea. I like that the Mad Tea Party always has fresh teas. Tea is useful for quite a lot of things, after all. Medicines...Drink... Tea even works for poultices. >>; Yes, i've done it before. I'm...something of casual herbalist when I'm at home.

Plus, to stay in such a crazy world makes for flexibility. The bending of the mind is quite as useful as the bending of the body. They always said, stretching your mind was learning at school...and what better place to do it than a land of riddles and wit? Plus, it's fun here, even if you must be careful about one area or another. Oh boy, i'm beginning to get to the point of talking riddles. Fun, fun, fun. Obviously, this place is rubbing off on me.

I will wait for the next gummi cycle...and travel a bit... Eventually going to go pick up my little sister's hamster Sugar at Disney Castle, if he hasn't been adopted yet. He's the cutest little thing... Hopefully somewhere in my travels I'll find Spice, though I wouldn't be surprised if he got turned heartless or something. T_T I swear, Spice reminded me of Ansem!Riku, in so many ways and I haven't even PLAYED that far. >>; Yeah, i've always been a spoilers girl. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Well, I suppose as long as I'm not spoiling it for the MCs it's fine, right?

Wonderland Day 28?
Why is a raven like a writing desk?

I think this is my favorite riddle in all of Wonderland. :) It never had an answer originally, though many people have invented the answers in retrospect, Carroll included. The Mad Hatter asked me it today. I didn't answer it for the sake of the story, but anyway, it was nice.

Now, I'm hanging out in the trees, trying to get over my fear of being off the ground...Today has been better than yesterday...

Yesterday, I pulled out my notebook. I wanted to work on my screenplay for what would have been Script Frenzy back home that got forgotten about for a month... I couldn't though... Too many memories are attached to the little I had written. I had written it for my boyfriend and myself. An escape for the two of us because we needed our own little world to escape to. Kind of depressing and made me miss him more. I hope he's somewhere out there...I just...think it's really odd that he's not here...He usually has either his laptop or pocketPC on him... Then again, he was never a big LJ user.

So I stopped trying to write that and wrote whatever came to mind. Not really a good idea when you want the people you love. I ended up with a fanfiction that was mostly angst, but kinda seemed to be wanting a PWP scene...I don't really write PWP stories. It...kinda broke my brain, so I went off for a long walk, making up riddles. Thankfully managed to get the subject off of my mind. I can't wait until this'll be over. Even though I don't like my home very much, this adventure is teaching me that there's too much good at home to give up on.

Wonderland, Day 30
Meh... Not doing too bad on the tree climbing and getting over the fear of heights. Really really wishing I had done more tree climbing when I was little, though. Fell out of the tree I was practicing in once today which is better than it has been. I'm still wondering why my first instinct when I start to fall is roll...I mean... D: in the movies and video games it's always flail then fall.... I'm gonna have several bumps and bruises to show for it since that doesn't really prevent falling, it just kinda centers my weight off to one side and then makes the landing a lot more difficult than it should be, which kinda hurts more. Though I guess my siblings' training in hockey and baseball is helping me a bit-- I haven't hit my head yet. *knocks on wood*

I've also been fighting invisible enemies, watching my footwork and noticed that my reckless method is actually a dance step with some flourishes... not smooth enough at it yet.

Plans... hey... anthraxpretzels(yellow line) Can I get a lift on Friday from Wonderland to Disney Castle? yeah i like having reservations in adv. <3 I'll remind you as it gets closer to the date.

ETA:
I've been thinking...I might make Disney Castle my home base...First of all, it probably has a ballroom. I...want to ask Queen Minnie if I could perhaps start a small class for learning dance. If I remember my Minnie pin collection at home that I got from my mother, Minnie should share a love for the ballroom. Some of you might think it ridiculous, but one of my friends once told me that dance isn't much different from swordplay. Balance, footwork, timing and style is key, and everyone puts their individuality in it. Choreography is often used in the movies too. And it's something I can do well. I've been an unlicensed teacher for dance for a while now, mostly teaching classical stuff to family and friends--ballet for my little sister, waltz, tango, and swing to my boyfriend. It's also exercise for me.

Wonderland, Day 32
Well....had a good day today. And didn't fall off a tree once hurray for progress! With all the "family" posts going on...I'm seriously considering where my family might have ended up if they got sent somewhere.... Somehow, I can't see much of my family ending up anywhere....

I'd hazard a guess that one of my brothers might be a race car at Radiator Springs. He's obsessed with race cars...and cars in general. He can take care of himself pretty well, so I'm not worried.

My boyfriend well... I wouldn't be too hard-pressed to say he's in one of the Earth-like worlds where he can do tech support OR somewhere learning about gummi technology. He loves tinkering and putting stuff together. I suppose I could have people on the look out for him. He has hazel eyes and glasses, is extremely vulnerable to shifts in lighting(his eyes aren't very good), and usually has his honey-brown hair pulled back into a ponytail that makes him look kinda like Shikamaru.

And I'll see ya sometime tomorrow anthraxpretzels for the ride to Disney Castle. (X-posted to your request post)


Disney Castle Month 2, Day 3 (aka Day 33)

I'm settled in for the most part at the castle. Went to the menagerie today and finally picked up Sugar, who has rewarded me with a nip on the fingers. I guess he didn't like his vacation.

I talked with Queen Minnie and Lady Daisy and now the ballroom's set up for classes if anyone wishes to learn footwork, balance, and I suppose grounding and centering, in case I get mages and/or future mages coming here. All four are related in the fact that they each rely on specific positions and overlap quite well. I'm thinking that'll be my afternoon work, since I've been practicing myself every afternoon. During the mornings, I've been helping around the castle doing random odd jobs as needed.

I do know where my next destination is and it has changed since the last time. Of course, it also means I'm going to have to make a side-stop somewhere to earn more munny. Although given how fast the months have gone by, I may not have to go. I'll have to wait and see how fast time flies.

I'm glad I have two gowns. In Ingary, I managed to snag my second dress from the tailor before he revealed us to the Kingsbury guard. Still wondering if they consider it stealing if I left money for the boy's outfit I destroyed in Wonderland, though. I hope not. At least I'm not planning on going back there any time soon.

It's peaceful here, but at the same time... it's so good it's almost painful compared to everywhere else I've been. My mind needs the rest though, even if I hate the quietude. I'll get used to it, I'm sure. I've gotten used to a lot of things on this quest. I am hoping to buy myself a ring sometime as a promise not to forget this.

Disney Castle, some day in the late 30s early 40s?

Wow... it's been that long already?

Hrm... I've been busy. For most of the time I've been here I'm a go-fer and a dance instructor... Right now, though I've been made into "babysitter for restless-and-ill-mages-in-training". I'm not sure if it's because one of the elder mages caught me in the ballroom doing one of my Earth-That-Was One-Minute meditations while grounding and centering myself a few days ago and because of it they believe I may be a good influence on the trainees OR if it's because they know I'm the one with the most free time, which is true.... Might be a little of both.

Either way, these mages here are a handful. It's like working with a group of young grade-school kids on a rainy day. Reminds me of my math classes in high school back on Earth-That-Was when my math teacher coined the term "Group ADD", which is defined as "a group of students, not all of which actually have ADD, that simply cannot seem to quiet down and behave themselves in a room together".

At least I'm used to watching 3-5 people, I guess... I think I'm going to go down to the ballroom and dance a bit, rather than get a book, at least I can find somewhere to express my emotions.

Disney Castle, Day 54

Between one thing and the next, I've been quite busy.

However, Good news, and meh news...

Good news, all our birthday celebrations here have been pretty sweet here around the castle. More good news, I'm currently up to my ears in classes--surprisingly for the meditation/grounding-and-centering one I added as an afterthought... Mostly in response to Ryuu's accident we heard about nearly a week ago? The older mages here helped me design one to minimize damages for their trainees and said it should help with focusing mages. It seems to work fairly well...sure I still have the occasional minor accident with the students... But, nothing will ever be made to perfection as I told them, and you only get better with practice when it comes to grounding and centering power. It's pretty complicated and involves what witches on earth call shielding, so yeah......and I really hate multiple arrays of magical theory(sorely tempted to make a book of magical theory in KH, but... somehow it seem a bit like overkill). Makes ME tired to practice the meditation and I'm not even a fledgling mage in this realm. I'm just a plain-old human. I have this last group of students until what will be Day 59...

And in the meh news... I finally received word from some people in my family-- my parents. Apparently they're in Traverse. Many thanks to whichever refugee let them borrow their laptop for about 10 minutes or so. On the one hand, if there's one thing I've learned on this trip, it's that family--be it blood, adopted, or 'not-family'-- is precious. On the other hand, I'm in for a really huge argument over my situation with my boyfriend. Mostly because... I was running from my problems to him the day the heartless struck....And my parents are... really big on the "talent won't get you anywhere without your teammates" standpoint--meaning that "family sticks together".

Soo...come Day 60 or so? I'd like a ride to Traverse Town if things stay as...quiet as they have been... Though who knows for certain how quiet things will be.

Disney Castle, Day 60

...yeah, I'm right, it's day 60...(at least according to my computer's wifi-ness-- the 4th was 44, which meant that the 14th was 54....and it's now the 20th, so that rounds us up to 60.). This also means... that I'm headed toward Traverse this afternoon. I made my leave with Queen Minnie and with the mages.

Though looking at the package the mages gave me as a going-away present, I'm not sure if I want to scream at how much I hate reading aloud while typing OR be grateful for something to do. They must have overheard me with my curious remark about wanting to write about the theory behind KH magic... They've given me a small stationery kit with some parchment, a quill set and such, as well as a copy of the meditation book that they had used to help me design the modified grounding meditation. The note inside says they'd be interested in an outsider's perspective...

I really don't know if I will write it. A piece of me is currently hating myself for even bringing the idea to mind and voicing it aloud. Not to mention that I don't know how much longer until the worlds are restored--which means I don't know how long I have to write it.... I suppose... I'll keep it in the background, but I'm not posting it to this journal. It'll be my silent project...Since, I currently think I'm crazy. Though what's new..I'm a wrimo-er...I live for the crazy.


Traverse Town, Day 61
Talked with my parents...I think they're more relieved that I didn't find my boyfriend yet than that I'm ok...but...that's the way they are with things like that. I wish they cared less about who I hang out with and more about me personally sometimes, but they've had things on their mind worrying about the little ones and there's some things I'd just rather not explain.

I gave them an update on everything and stuff...

Surprisingly, my father wants to take a gummi ship and go to Twilight at some point. I wanna go there only for the beach to throw stones--I don't know if the throwing stones is because I've still got some pent-up rage somewhere or if it just makes me feel better about being smaller than everything even if i am finally a leader in my own right and my own way... He says he'd be interested in checking out if Twilight Town has a rec department... And if not, starting teams at the schools... He loves sports. I told him Twilight's also getting a newspaper and he seemed interested in that too, since he was a sports editor, after all.... (I'm looking at him like he's crazy since he's so interested all of a sudden in this change-of-worlds stuff. Definitely taking it better than planned.)

My mother took stuff pretty well too... :/ interestingly enough. She's more interested in being a mother hen to random individuals here in traverse, though. Though, i suppose that makes things easier.

But for the moment, I'm copying my meditation... and looking at this meditation book the mages gave me. Still not sure if I'm going to write anything. Just looking at some of this stuff gives me a headache. I think I just tend to be too curious to give up on reading it, for better or for worse.

Hey, Ryuu? You said we might be able to go have dinner at the Italian place sometime? Let me know when you're off work and when you wanna go. ... Am I right in assuming that this is Dutch treat for whomever wants to come along?


Traverse Town...Day...84

That sounds about right. Wow we've been in this realm for a very long time. I talked to my parents and we came to the consensus that we're going home, back to earth-that-was when the worlds are restored. I actually managed to convince them that I'm able to take care of myself and don't have to do certain things anymore if i don't want to unless my little sister is around.

The thought of going back home seems a bit like a fairy tale--it's funny how things work isn't it? On Earth-That-Was, being here was something like a fairy tale...


I'm trying to make work out of the time we have left here--it's kinda fun watching everyone get ready to leave...or stay. I'm gonna miss people a lot. Though I know this isn't completely over yet. No matter where we end up, we should all keep in touch.

Traverse Town, Day 88

i think I'm the only one still counting, but eh...i can't believe how many days it's been still... We've been here...nearly 3 months. It's amazing how versatile we've all become--well adapted and all that jazz. Sure there's been rough spots, but those happen everywhere. It's really remarkable what a community this is.

I'm gathering stuff together...writing more. Writing magical theory is a lot harder than it looks--at least now I understand the reasoning behind meta-fandom discussions and essays. Certainly, this'll be quite a talking point...That or it'll confuse me to no end when i find it. I guess I'll find out eventually.


Traverse Town, Day 94 --Masquerade Weekend Planning

Finished the last pieces of my Masquerade costume this morning. It's taken roughly a day and a half. I went without sleep to finish it by now and am currently drinking my second cup of tea to keep myself awake.

I was looking through my supplies and found that my goldenrod gown from Ingary was still intact. Something made me think of sun or fire, so I brought the dress to Merlin and asked for some material and accessory assistance--because honestly I wasn't sure which of our local 'magic users were offering assistance,' and after all, it was Merlin's idea in the first place. What really got me to thinking of what to go with for a character was the mask and shoes he managed to give me. A golden-beaked mask with orange feathers and golden ballet flats. I spent last night dyeing some fabric scraps to make feathers in red and orange, which I've just finished sewing onto the gown about 6 hours ago.

Now that I'm wearing my costume, my mom's been calling me the Golden Phoenix. The Golden Phoenix becomes a mountain in an old Chinese fairy tale after a fight with the Heavenly Queen over a beautiful pearl the Golden Phoenix made with Jade Dragon. But, I'm thinking more of the Asian world myth. Where the Phoenix basically represents the Source of all things...I guess I've got my magic theory book on the brain, though it's taking far longer to write than I thought it would...

I feel confident enough to be the inspiration of the Phoenix right now. And I think it suits this---it's almost over, but at the same time, like the life of the Phoenix---the end is only the beginning of a new story. We're all going to be ending one chapter and beginning again. Whether it be a revival of old lives or the formation of new ones.

Traverse Town, Day 96

...Worry, worry, worry... I feel like such a mother hen right now...

A mysterious unknown is infiltrating this base...and while everyone's curious and I have hunches (because certain characters completely lack imagination in what to call themselves and said unknown used a phrase damn near every fanfiction author and authoress has used in the fandom).

Somehow I'm a little scared of the what-ifs and maybes of this masquerade. Is it really a good idea to stupidly gather such a large quantity of people into one location when we may or may not be throwing ourselves directly into a damned trap? :/

Whomever the unknown is he seems to have a fondness for manipulation... and I know quite a few people(if we can even call them 'people') that fit the description from what spoilers I've seen of the tales we're the supposed bearers of...

I still don't know how much of a good idea this good intention is going to turn out to be... I'm worried..for all of us.

I've always been told I overreact, but... If anyone was to hurt my newfound friends, I'd be very angry... and I might not act like the gracious young woman everyone knows me for.

Edit: Damnit...I need to calm down... anzila? Are you still at the hotel and can I take you up on the sparring again?


Traverse Town, Day 97

I’m terribly scared remembering the nights when something frightened me
Hey, can I smile convincingly?

That's the translation of the first two lines of the song I'm listening to. Suits my mood right now.... It's been a long night and an even longer morning...I'm currently just inside first district, catching my breath from the dodging defensive maneuver I had to pull off, considering I don't think I'm properly awake enough to do any proper heartless battling. I damn near hope Cid still has some of the chamomile tea I left last time at the accessory shop because damnit, I need the mild sedative in the chamomile if I'm going to live long enough for this masquerade.

I can't keep going on such sporadic extensive lacks of sleep like this or I'm going to get myself killed on the walk from the hotel to first before the week's out, regardless of whether or not I have an escort.

Well, time to invade the accessory shop and annoy the hell out of Cid and get some tea.

Traverse Town, Day 98

And thank God, Cid had some of my tea left. I'm actually working off a better amount of sleep than I have been. I actually overslept a bit today.

My mum's apparently been recruited into helping with cooking. :/ I need to take the test run of baked goods out of the oven in a couple minutes... Still haven't decided what I'm going to ask my dad to help me decorate these 3 cakes we're going to make with. Maybe a castle/city cake, an ocean-scene, and a jungle scene? Yeah, we're planning out a supply for an army. :/ I don't know. I'm just in the mood for eating frosting and getting messy.

>>; I've been thinking about seeing if Merlin needs more hostesses, but I think I'll have more control over my nerves if I'm just mingling and being watchful. I still feel like a hostess, though since for awhile this has been my "hometown"--it seems only natural to feel a bit...defensive.


Masquerade Day 2, Traverse Town 1st District Tavern

It's like...9am, though it still looks like 6pm...because this is Traverse Town and it's always evening....I slept for...about 3 hours? I'm dead tired still. I'm currently taking a break in the tavern with a cup of ginseng-gingko tea and a seat by the window where I can watch the early guests and the ones that stayed extra late.

I made the tavern my base for the weekend. I moved a blanket,a pillow, my laptop and my meditation book into here yesterday morning with permission from the owner. I'm playing hostess for the weekend at the masquerade. Merlin said I should 'just enjoy myself', but I feel more comfortable working. It gives me a semblance of control, though i know I don't actually have any control....

I've been doing a lot of speculation about our mystery guests, but I'm still not sure if I've got a lead on any of them...

I should go out and mingle some more in a bit. Apparently I've got a mythological cousin here--a European variation of the phoenix---though I'm a little afraid of approaching--due to sheer size difference. It's TALL, which makes it intimidating. T_T I really dislike this part of my Asian genes that makes me as small as a middle-school student.

Well...I'm off to go mix and mingle again... I hope to whatever higher power's out there that nothing goes screwy today...... It would be nice if our guests announced themselves, but I know they aren't that stupid.

Traverse Town...Hello day 102.. Post masquerade

...Well...that was interesting, to make a major understatement of the year.

To paraphrase our favorite troop--and Brandon-- our lives from now on shall on run on happy faces, regardless of anything that happens. We're a team...we're all in this together.

Let's just remember something a good wizard once said, "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one just remembers to turn on the light." Sooo, we've got Xemnas stalking us, Axel threatening some of us, and...well I'm not sure what exactly Demyx's opinion of us is, but what the hell...Let's keep our lights shining bright and the spirits high preferably without getting smashed in spite of all this. I know we can do this. We've come so far, there's no reason we should stop just because darkness drew nearer than we'd expect.

To hope, friendship, and most important of all to Light.

Well...I'm off to go get some actual food, if someone wants to join me in the lobby of the hotel in second for grilled vegetable sandwiches, Ihave enough supplies to serve a militia.


mm...traverse town, day 105

Just a brief note since I've discussed this with my parents. I'm taking a final trip to Disney Castle for research purposes before everything goes to complete hell there...May I get a ride from one of the pilots?

Edit: I told them [parentals] only the bare minimum of what they needed to know and they have a plan with them as to what they need to do should something unconventional come up and I become...inconvenienced, since I am taking a risk by making this trip this late.




Disney castle, Day 106

Things are mildly complicated here, though my...arrival has been well-accepted by the ruler here, in spite of every lecture I've had to endure through in the last day and a half I've been here.

Let's see...I've been lectured on poor sleeping habits, and for leaving my family behind, and a huge collection of other subjects.

I had reasons for many of those, a lot of us do. The main one is my most important standard at the moment: "Loose lips sink ships." I'm relating this situation as something akin to a game of Go. It's more about territory.

I don't care about saying where I am. I think it's particularly futile to hide it or try and see if onion routing works here.

I'm afraid, but I plan on resisting and mastering that fear to survive. Because I know I can. I know I have that courage as long as I keep believing in it.

I must get back to work, though...This research material is simply just getting more and more archaic which means it requires my full concentration.

Disney Castle, Day 110(will be 111 by the time i'm done writing)

...I swear all the people talking about baking/cooking/etc. make me hungry. >>; I swear, my next lecture I'm going to have to sit through is probably going to be on proper eating habits. :x I think all the people here are just starting to make up things to yell at me about because there's simply no one here besides me, the animals, and the usual crowd.

But, I've made some decent progress on the research I'm doing... I don't like the blurriness of what I'm researching, but I guess not all theories have a concrete history to work from and I wouldn't dare to ask anyone to experiment on this one.

I've been rotating between: reading, writing and doing all the odd jobs I want to do. It's really quiet here. I took one of the last cats from the menagerie...It's proving useful at alerting me of any heartless activity nearby.

I left Sugar in Traverse with my parents...because if Murphy's Law comes up and screws me over(I know it can happen, given the fun times I went through in Ingary with a few of you), I'd rather not be to blame for my parents having to explain to the school teacher what happened to her hamster.

Well..I'm off to get some sleep....I swear Traverse screwed with my sleep schedule...