Forgotten journal entrees written by someone from a long time ago.
It feels as though the world itself doesn’t want you to be reading this.

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I. Magic was something the pe████ ██ ████ ███ ███ ███ █████ █████d have been able to get their hands on. ████ ██ ███████ █████████ ██ ████████ ████ ███ ██ █████ █e thought it was a boon but as time proceeded to pass onwards the more and more worrying it became.

People █████ ██ ███████ ███████ ███████████ █████████ █████ ███████ ████ █ █agical element themselves. While this was certainly an interesting new p███ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ██ █nspoken fear—how far was it willing to go?

II. Our greed has finally done us in. █████ █████ ███ ███ ████ ███████ ██ ██ ███ ██ ███ ██ ██ ███ ███████ ██████ ████ █████ ███████ ████ █████████ ██ █ou think the term is too barbarish then let’s say creatures.

The head o█ ███ █████████ █████ ███████████████████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ███████████ ████████ ██████ █████ █████ █████████████████████ ████████ ██████ ██ ███ over saturation of magic in our lives and th█ █████ ███████ █████ ███████ ██ ███ ██ ██ ███ ██ █████ ███ ███████ ██████████ ██oking for a solution and that they’re so close—as if this wouldn’t be happening if th██ ██████ ██████ ███ ███████ ██████ ████ █ █████ knows that the rate of which magic has seeped into our world has never slowed, never stopped. It will not now.

█████ ██████ ██████ ████ ██st let it remain dormant. But no! Think of all the discoveries we could make! All the progress! The magica█ ██████████ ██ ██████ everything for nothing, and now the world will rot.

III. It’s been far too long since I’ve last journaled anything, mainly because the worl█ ███ █████ ███ █████ ███████ ███████ ███████████

███ ███████████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ████ ██ █████ ██ ███████████ █s though. Since the magic live█ ██ ███ █████ ███ ██████es off from it… ███ ███ ██████ ███████ ████ █████████ ██████ ██ █████ █████ ██ ████ ████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ██ ████████ ███ █████ ██ ███ ███ ██████ ██ we get bored maybe it can be a fun conversation topic but not now—I’m being foolish enough wasting precious sleeping time by writing.

The creatures born of magic██ █████████ █ave been dubbed ████ ███████” o█ ████ ███████, █████ came up with the name, the rest of us have been sticking with it. Saw it o█ ████ ████████ ██████████ █t might have been referring to something else—█████ ██████████ ██████████ ██ █████████ ████ ████ ██t heh who cares anymore. They can all bear the same name for all I care.

Regardless, I’ve found myself in t██ ███████ ██ █ ███ ████ivors, █████ as mentioned earlier, ██████, and █████. ███████ █ ████ ██ ████ ██████ █████ ██████ ████ ██ █████ ███ ███████ █ill grow even more. They’re not the most practical companions when it co███ ██ ████████ ██████ ███ █t the very least they’re a merry bunch. While naive, it’s heartening to be around such positive peopl█ ████ ███ ███ █████ ████ ████ ██ ██ █████████ Some of them are even well versed in █████ ████ ███████ ████ ███████ ██ ███ █████ █████

It’s not really clear what exactly spares us from be███ ██████ ████ ███████ █████ ███ ████ ██ ███ █████ █████ ██ ████ ███████████████ ██████ ████ █ ████████ ██████████ █████ ███ ██████████████ ██ █████████ █████ ███████ ███ ███████ ██ ██ ███████ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ███ ████ █████ ████ ███ ███████ █████ ████ █████ ██ ██ ███ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ████ █████ █ ████ ████ ███ ██ ████ █████ ███ ███ ██████

There’s more questions to be had about what’s going on but the most important task is staying alive, which we seem to be decently good at. The current plan is finding somewhere completely █████ ███████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ██████████ █████ ████ ████ted and █████ seems quite adamant that she can kick start us some food production with those spells of hers. All in all, it sounds like a good plan to me, so I’ll follow along.

Probably won’t write more unless █████████ █████ ████████ ██ ██ ███████ ████ █████ ███ ██████ ███ ██ ████ ████ █████ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ████████ █ ████ ████ ███ █████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ██████ █████ ██████ ███ ███ █████ ████ █████

IV. ███ ████ ██████ █████ ████ ██ ████ ████ ████████ ███ ███ ███ ███ ████ ██████We ran into two ne█ ███████rs, █████ and ███████. █████ is someone actually apt at survival, a much needed breath of fresh air (although a more melancholic addition to our rather joyous bunch) and ███████ herself is another mage, although she’s certainly more skilled than anything I’ve seen █████ or ██████ do. Much of her skills seem to be offen█████ ███████ ██ ███████ ███████ ███ ███████ ████ ██████ ██ ████ ███

We did have a run in with one█ █████ ███████ █████ ███ ██████████████ █████ing █████ broke her leg. Making her already sour attitude even worse. Myself and █████ both have been studying m████ ██ ███ ███ ████ ██ █████ has been in charge of █████‘s recovery with healing spells and the works (although she’s not the best at it, hence the still broken leg).

In my own studies I’ve been learning the plant magic █████ keeps talking about, while as cool as it is I’m not exactly sure how practical it will be. Alt█████ █████ ██ ██ ████ ███ ██ ███ ██ ████ ████ ████ █████ ████ ██████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ ███ ██ ███ ████ ██ry recently asked ███████ to teach me some offensive spells too. While she’s certainly awkward about everything she is also very eager to help and lend a hand. So, while not the best teacher over all she’s been very generou█ ██ ███████████ ███████ ████ ████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ████ ██ ████████ ███ █████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ███████ ██ █████████ ███

V. A lot has happened. We think we’ve found out the cau██ ██ █████████

█████’s broken leg left he█ ██████████ ███ ███████████ ██████ ███████ █he desperately wanted to help us out but sh█ ███ldn’t. █████ and █████ did try their best to █████ ███ ██ █ut it really didn’t do much of anything.

███ grew more and more ████████ as the days passed, until one day ███ began to writhe.

███ ███ █████ ██ ████ ███ ███ ████ ███████ ██ █████████ ███ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ██████ ███ ██ █ █████ █████ █ ███ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ████████ ████████ ██ ████ ███████ ███ ██ ██ ████ ████████ ██ ████████████ ███ ███ ██████ ████ ███ ██ █████ ████████ ███████████ ████ ██████ ██ ████ ███████ ███ ████ ███ █████ ███████ ██████ ███ ████ ██ █████ ████ ████ ███ █████ ███ ██ ██ █████████████Then ███did something I never thought I’d see ███do. Against all reason, ███turned around, and ran.

We think the cause might have something to do with ███ ██████ █████████… It’s something that affects spellcasting too—███ ████ ██ ██ ██ █████ ████ ██ ████████ ███████ ██████ ███ ████ ███ ███ ███████ ██ ██t out of control….?

But it’s just a theory for now and we certainly aren’t testing it…

….

How do you make a █████ for ███████ who's still out there that you can never get back?

How do you make a █████ for █████ne you never got the chance to know?

VI. We’ve tried our hardest to remain in high spirits. At the very least there are a few genuine nice times to be had ████████and when there aren’t there’s always work and studying to be done.

Our pursuit of magical mastery has certainly slowe█ ████ ███ ██████ ████ ███ ██ ███ ████ ███ ████ ████████ █████ ██ ████ ██ █████ █uch longer.

Alongside my studies in magic I’ve also picked up a bit of ████████████ ███████ ███ ██████ █ust cogs ███ ██████ █ ███ ████ ██ ██████ █████ ████████ ████ ███████████ ████ ██████████ ██████ ████ ████ ██████████████ █████
█████████ █o I’ve settled for sort of█████████ ████████████ as well as magic powered ones. Some of them I’ve even been using wind spells as █████and █████ has been lending me a hand with some water ones ██████ ███ ███ ████ ███ █ater magic i█ ███████ ███ ████ ██ ██ ███ coast, ███ ██████

It’s been a bit hard on us but we’ve been sticking together. That’s all we can do for now.

VII. We’ve finally reached o██████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ██ ████ ███████ ███████ █████ ██ █████ ███ ███ █████████ █t all and then some until we find some flat land ███ █████ ██ █████████ ████ ████e).

Things have been slow but we’ve all certainly gotten closer as friends—even though most of the only things we have in common is magi█ ███ █████████ ███ ███████████ We never would have gotten to know each other had the wo███ █████ ██████ ██████ █ █on’t know how to feel about it.

We’re going to be pretty busy soon though. We’ve halted our joint studying and experimentation to focus solely on ██████ ███ ████ █████ ██ ██████ █ ███████y won’t write again once the development of our new home is underway.

Wish us luck.

VIII. The construction of ██████████ ██ ██ ███████ ██ ████ ███ ███ ████ █████ █████y well all things considered. We initially fashioned some hou███ ███ ██ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ██ ███n found an actual proper █████████house a bit a ways away so we’ve focused our efforts on refurbishing that instead. ████ █ ███ █████ ███ ██ ███ █ ████████ ███ █████ ███ ████ ███████ ██ ████ ████ █████ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ████████ ██ ███ ██ ███

Two new faces appeared, walki██ ███████ ██ ████ ███ ████████ █████████ ██an where we came from, their names are ██████ and █████.

██████ is by far the strongest mage we’ve met so far. She specifically specializes in summo████ ██████ ██████ ████ ██████ ███ ███iliars. She seems quite certain that once we improve our own magic we could potentially eve█ ████████ ███ ████████████ ██ ██████ ████ █████ █████████ ███████ While it’s doubtful we still need to cling onto hope. We did decide this would be our home and it is up to us to make sure it lives up to its name.

IX. ██████ has proven herself to not only be a proficient mage but also teacher (…as well as a leader but I won’t inflate ███ego any more by letting her know that heh). She’s been quite helpful in teaching us information about magic that we never really knew ourselves. Si███ ███ ██ ██ ██████ █████ ██ ████ ██████ █ost of our shortcomings were shared. █████ ███████, and ██████ wer█ ███ ████████ ██████ ████████████ ██ ███████ ████ver the instruction ██████ received in some way was infinitely superior (I think she used to be rich or something). Because █████ ███████, and ██████ taught the rest of us what we know, any errors in their education were passed onto us and ██████ had a grand time rectifying months of ingrained bad habits, but we’re getting there.

The girl ██████ arrived here with, █████, has also been practicing magic alongside us, however being a much less adept mage than the rest of us has had her lagging behind a bit. From what I understand ███████ has been helping her out in her own time.

Things have been going slowly, but they’ve been going well.

X. It has been a long time since I have last written. So much has happened and I have very little free time to record it all. The construction of El█████ ███ ████ █████ ████████ ████ █████ As always, ██████ was correct in her assumption of what we would be capable of doing once reaching our full potential, th█ ████████████ ██ ███████ ███████ ███████ █████ ███ ████ ████ ██████ ███ █████████████ ██ ████ ██ ████ █████ ███ █████ ███struction of our own little towns branching off from the little hovel we started at. We’ve even found ‘resid█████ ██ ██ ██████ ██ ███ ████ █████ █████████ ███████ ███ ████ ████ ██ ██ █ █aradise for these people.

They see us a bit a█ █████████ ████████ ████ █eople who’ve lived this long have been reasonably resolute in their ideal to avoid using █████entirely—a smart decision looking back at all the trouble █████ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████████ ████████ █████ ███████ ████ ███ ████ ██ █████inly stand out to all of them… but it’s also inspired in them a feeling of hope. A feeling I’d never dream of dulling in the slightest. So we’ve accepted this title of p████████ ███ ███se people. We hope to live up to their expectations.

XI. ███████ ████ ████ █████ ███ ████ ████ian. Although they were swiftl█ ███ ████ ████ ████ █ot change what they mean. The people are not happy, they do not feel safe. No matter how hard we try there is nothing we can do... We are trying to come up with a solution to this problem but there is very little we can do to make sure no one needs to fa██ ██ █████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██████ █

XII. ██████ has come up with a plan. While ludicrous it may be the only thing that will actually work. The only thing actually fool proof.

While there are obvious moral flaws in this plan none of us can really find a reason to refute her. And it is of even more moral precedent that we stop t██ ████████ ██ █████ █████

As much as we do not want to force anything upon these people I really see no other way we can save anyone else…

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███ ████ ██████ █████ ██████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ███████ █ever occurred. The world h██ ██████ ████ ████ █████ This city w███ ████ ███ █████ ██ ███ ███ ████ in peace, in happiness, and in █████.

We alone shall bear this truth.

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██████████. How long are we willing to live like this?

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Pub: 06 Jun 2026 06:52 UTC

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