14 Tehn 428
Evening
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I reached the edge of Blackroot Forest a few moments ago. I will wait until morning to begin my journey through it, to find the Violet Rose needed for the medicine, that will cure my people of the strange plague that has befallen us.
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The sickness starts off as an unusual black mark somewhere on your body. It then slowly grows in size until it covers the entire body. The infected will go mad and start attacking anything on sight. Once they have lost their mind, the cure will not work. The sickness is contagious, although we haven’t figured out how it spreads.
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If you are reading this now that means the sickness has taken me, and I am possibly dead. I too am infected, however, I am the only one willing to travel to the forest to get the needed ingredients. Please tell Aeryn that I love her and that I am sorry for what I have done. I can be a better person.
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Here is the recipe for the medicine:
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- 3 petals from a Violet Rose
- 6 pinches of Angel Rue
- 8 teaspoons of Spring Creeper
- Enough clean spring water to fill a small pan
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Chop up the rose petals and put them in a cup.
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Add the Angel Rue a little at a time. Mix the two up with a bit of the spring water to make a paste.
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Fill a pan with clean river water. Add the paste to the water and bring everything to a boil for five minutes. Remove it from the fire and drain the liquid into a separate container, dispose of any leftover solids.
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Put the liquid back into the pan and add the Spring Creeper. Let it boil for 5 more minutes then remove from the fire and wait for it to cool.
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Drink the god awful medicine, and wait.
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15 Tehn 428
Dawn
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Morning is here, and the forest is silent. It is very unnerving, but this is what I must do for my people. The forest is said to be fairly small, but few people have made it out alive. I will continue writing for as long as I can during the trip.
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Noon
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The forest seems very calm and peaceful, but I have heard things scurrying around me. I stopped after a bit when I found a stream; the water was cool; I ate a little and then packed up and kept on my journey. I have not found the roses I am looking for.
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Evening
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I have stopped traveling for the night, and I hope to find the ingredients I need tomorrow. The sickness has completely covered my right leg and foot. I’m not too worried, it seems I still have about a month before the sickness consumes me. I will eat, drink, and rest next to a large tree tonight, and start up again early tomorrow.
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This tree makes me feel uncomfortable, but the area around the tree is open, and a perfect spot to camp for the night.
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I have stopped traveling for the night; I hope to find the ingredients I need tomorrow. The sickness has completely covered my right leg and foot. I’m not too worried, it seems I still have about a month before the sickness consumes me. I will eat, drink, and rest next to a large tree tonight and start up again early tomorrow.
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This tree makes me feel uncomfortable but the area around the tree is open - a perfect spot to camp for the night.
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16 Tehn 428
Dawn
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I did not sleep well last night. I had strange dreams and could hear what sounded like whispering in the forest. I could not understand what was being said; It didn’t sound friendly, whatever it was.
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Noon
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I began searching again today; I found spots where roses had been growing. Sadly, none were there. I’m worried that I may not find any. I have a feeling someone or something is watching me. I can feel it..
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Evening
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I came across more empty rose bushes. Hopefully, I can find some full bushes tomorrow. If not, I may have to go home empty-handed.
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17 Tehn 428
Dawn
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More voices throughout the night. This time I could almost understand some words. Just a few here and there, although one word stuck out: “infected”. I will continue my search today. I pray to the gods I find the roses I need.
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Noon
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I think I might be going in circles. Everything seems familiar but I can’t be sure. I have to find these roses for my people - I MUST find them.
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Evening
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I have concluded that I am going in circles. I am going to go a different direction in the morning. I don’t know how I got so turned around... however, I am more determined to find these roses now. I hope I can get some rest tonight.
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18 Tehn 428
Noon
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I didn't have time to write in the journal this morning. As soon as I got up, I packed my things and started moving. Something very large tore through my camp last night, however, when I awoke I did not find any tracks.
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Evening
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I injured myself today; I saw the roses and wasn’t paying attention to where I was going. I fell into a small gully and broke my leg. I had to set my leg and bandage it.
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I have found some roses now so I must make my camp here for a few days.
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19 Tehn 428
Morning
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I have a bit of a fever due to my leg and possibly the sickness. But I was able to get the petals needed, albeit with some scratches from the thorns. I have what I need and that’s all that matters.
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Tomorrow I will attempt to make my way out of the forest and hopefully get to my people. This trip feels endless.
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Noon
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The sickness seems to spread quicker here than it did back home. When I first contracted it a month ago it started around the heel of my foot, now is covers my entire lower body.
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I made some medicine I’ll be taking tonight, hopefully it works... however, I still have my leg to deal with.
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“Hey Emil, come look at this poor guy,” the man said as he lay the body down on the ground. (are they carrying the body?) “I’m going to pray for him and bury the body.”
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“Jarrod, be careful you don’t know what happened to him,” Emil said as he walked up.
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“What's this?” Jarrod muttered as he picked up the journal.
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He opened the journal to the first page and tilted his head to the side like a curious pup. "This can't be right, his first entry was written five hundred years ago. There is no way he would look this preserved, especially the journal."
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Jarrod began reading the entry aloud:
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"14 Tehn 428
Evening
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I reached the edge of Blackroot Forest a few moments ago, but I will wait until morning to begin my journey through it to find the Violet Rose needed for the medicine that will cure my people of the strange plague that has befallen us...
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...Drink the god awful medicine, and wait."
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He closed the book and quickly backed away from the body. “Sickness... I remember hearing about a plague that hit a village about the time this journal entry was written but it was cured! Why was he way out here if they had the cure?”
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Jarrod reopened the journal, “Wait, why would he take this? This wasn’t the cure. I’m not sure what this is for but this wasn’t the cure for the sickness they had.”
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Emil shrugged, “Who knows? Why not finish reading the journal and find out."
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"Yeah, I suppose you're right." Jarrod continued reading the journal entries until they began turning to gibberish.
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Neither of them noticed when the man lying on the ground opened his eyes.
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Five days ago...
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14 Tehn 428
Evening
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I reached the edge of Blackroot Forest a few moments ago. I will wait until morning to begin my journey through it, to find the Violet Rose needed for the medicine, that will cure my people of the strange plague that has befallen us...
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...Drink the god awful medicine, and wait.
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15 Tehn 428
Dawn
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Morning is here...
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...and start up again early tomorrow.
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16 Tehn 428
Dawn
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I did not sleep well last night because of strange dreams, and the surrounding whispers. I could not understand what was being said. It didn’t sound friendly, whatever it was...
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//The man stands up, and begins pacing back and forth. "I have to find the roses, I must. I have to get back to my people, my family. I have to prove to them that I am worthy." He says to himself.//
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...I've been feeling like someone or something has been watching me. I haven't seen anything, but I have felt it...
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...have some that I can buy.
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//He doesn't know does he?
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No, he doesn't, he doesn't know that the sickness is getting worse, and he's starting to go mad.
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He's INFECTED, he's the reason that his people are sick. They exiled him, because he was using dark magic. His soul is corrupted, he will never rest.//
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17 Tehn 428
Dawn
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More voices throughout the night, except this time I could almost make some words out. Just a few here and there, one word stuck out, “infected”. I will continue my search today, I pray to the gods I find the roses I need.
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Noon
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I think I might be going in circles, I’m not sure though. Everything seems familiar, but I can’t be sure. I have to find these roses for my people, I MUST find them. //I MUST MUST MUST...//
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Evening
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I have concluded that I am going in circles.
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//THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP ME FROM THE ROSES, I WILL FIND THEM.//
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I am going to go a different direction in the morning. I don’t know how, but I missed it,
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//THIS PLACE IS EVIL, THIS PLACE IS CORRUPTED, BUT I AM SMARTER THAN THEM.//
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I am determined to find these roses now. Hopefully, I can get some rest tonight.
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//He woke up a couple hours after lying down, and in an almost trance like way destroyed his camp. Kicking at the small campfire, breaking and tearing things around his camp. And then almost as quickly as he got up, he went back to sleep.//
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18 Tehn 428
Noon
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I didn't have time to write in the journal this morning. As soon as I got up, I packed my things and started moving. Something very large tore through my camp last night. The strange thing is when I got up to pack there were no tracks.
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Evening
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I injured myself today; I saw the roses, and wasn’t paying attention to where I was going, so I fell into a small gully, broke my leg and some bone came out. I had to set my leg and bandage it. The roses are right there though, so I must make my camp here for a few days.
//THEY THINK THEY CAN KEEP THE ROSES FROM ME!! HAHAHA!! DO YOU HEAR ME, I WILL GET THE ROSES, AND NOTHING CAN STOP ME!!
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19 Tehn 428
Morning
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I have a bit of a fever due to my leg and possibly the sickness. But I was able to get the petals needed, along with some scratches. But I have what I need, and that’s all that matters. Tomorrow I will attempt to make my way out of the forest and hopefully get to my people. It’s going to be an endless trip.
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Noon
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The sickness seems to spread quicker here than it did back home. When I first contracted it a month ago, it started around the heel of my foot. Now my lower body is completely covered.
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I made some medicine to take, I’ll be taking it tonight, hopefully it works. I still have my leg to deal with though.
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//As evening draws near, he drinks the medicine. As he drinks, he fights with his body to keep it down. The moment he finishes it, he passes out, falls to the ground, and the sickness continues its course until he is now taken over. He wakes up in the morning as he hears something walking towards him, so he closes his eyes, and waits.//
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"Hey Emil, come look at this poor guy"...
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