Written By Arcadia
Sept. 5, 2018, 6:03 a.m.(7/15/1009 AR)
It is completely unfair.
The entire world, I mean! When I first moved to Arx I thought I would be able to do every single thing that I ever wanted to do, no matter what it was. No matter how dangerous or impossible. I thought moving out was freedom! But still people try to stop me. Still people say I have to /decide/ and /choose/ and /think before I act/. I'd like to be a hunter, and a spy, and a dancer, and an evil wizard, and a bird if that's possible. I'd like to ride horses and fight monsters and crash ships into rocks and be a great hero like Aislin. And I'd like to be and do all of those things right now. All at once.
But I can't.
Because he won't let me. Because reality won't let me. Because there are 'consequences'. Because I'm just one person with one body and only so much time.
In my stories, when the heroes leave their hometown, the whole world unfolds for them. Their adventures begin! The impossible becomes possible, and even with... With whatever it is that is happening to the world. Even with that, I don't have my adventure. Maybe I can't live in my storybooks after all.
Or maybe I have to pick just one...
The entire world, I mean! When I first moved to Arx I thought I would be able to do every single thing that I ever wanted to do, no matter what it was. No matter how dangerous or impossible. I thought moving out was freedom! But still people try to stop me. Still people say I have to /decide/ and /choose/ and /think before I act/. I'd like to be a hunter, and a spy, and a dancer, and an evil wizard, and a bird if that's possible. I'd like to ride horses and fight monsters and crash ships into rocks and be a great hero like Aislin. And I'd like to be and do all of those things right now. All at once.
But I can't.
Because he won't let me. Because reality won't let me. Because there are 'consequences'. Because I'm just one person with one body and only so much time.
In my stories, when the heroes leave their hometown, the whole world unfolds for them. Their adventures begin! The impossible becomes possible, and even with... With whatever it is that is happening to the world. Even with that, I don't have my adventure. Maybe I can't live in my storybooks after all.
Or maybe I have to pick just one...
Written By Arcadia
June 6, 2018, 10:52 p.m.(12/6/1008 AR)
Three days since I've arrived in Arx, and I couldn't be happier. There is so much to see! And the people. So many beautiful people. Ugly ones, too! It's all so exciting! The room they gave me in the Leary house is huge and gorgeous, with a view of the most colorful garden.
Finally, I'm free. No parents. No chores. And I can still go run around the Gray Forest any time I want... It's a dream. I feel like I've died, and gone to wherever you go when that happens. Assuming it's nice, that is.
There's so much to learn. I've met a blacksmith, a Princess, and a pirate already. I want to be all three. The first blacksmithing princess pirate! Gods, I hope Fairen doesn't make me get a job. I could wander the streets of Arx until I became a decrepit old lady...
I wonder what that's like.
Being old?
Finally, I'm free. No parents. No chores. And I can still go run around the Gray Forest any time I want... It's a dream. I feel like I've died, and gone to wherever you go when that happens. Assuming it's nice, that is.
There's so much to learn. I've met a blacksmith, a Princess, and a pirate already. I want to be all three. The first blacksmithing princess pirate! Gods, I hope Fairen doesn't make me get a job. I could wander the streets of Arx until I became a decrepit old lady...
I wonder what that's like.
Being old?
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