Leather-bound journal,

Mikoto's Highlighted Paragraphs – "Production Notes"

Now that the prototype has been completed I will begin work on the machines that will produce the mass types. I have a few plans already, based mostly off machinery from Terra, the blueprints are in my possession and all they need is adjustments for use with mist and a different product…

I've studied my prototype carefully. Although it is much smaller and weaker than what I need to make the mass types into, I believe that it is capable of growing power beyond what I have given it. Its eyes are as empty as my brothers in Terra. There is nothing behind its eyes, yet I know it can grow into something more. I believe all the mages will. I'm not sure how to react to this…they need to serve their purpose as pawns in my chess match yet…

In the case my war does not proceed as planned, I have my backup already installed and in motion, once I pass on the knowledge to them… I need the eidolons to win power over Garland, to do that I need chaos in this planet to draw forth that power. My war may not work.

The prototype, I discovered, does not exhale carbon dioxide as other creatures on Gaia and Terra do. But it instead exhales what appears to be a substance close to that of mist. Only weaker… not made of souls as mist but made from within its body. Perhaps the magic and mist has formed together to create a substance close to that of a life force…this will be perfect for my plan…

I've successfully sold the machines to the Alexandrian court thanks to the Elephant Lady. It was too simple. Having those jesters take care of the king, and with the Queen's grief I was able to twist her mind into greed. My prototype demonstration sold the black mages as soldiers perfectly. The little one was able to kill off several mist spawn within minutes. Thanks to it the Elephant Lady had no hesitation buying off the machines. They are currently being installed in Dali, the machines are so simple I'm sure the idiotic farmers can handle it.

The 'factory', which it barely deserves to be called, has been successfully producing the mages for about a week now. There were a few mistakes at first: a few A types were mutated and unusable, the machines stalled and jammed and the packaging device was only boxing half of the mages… I've fixed all the glitches now. And we only lost about 14 products…

About 50 mages have been successfully manufactured. Everything is going along smoothly. I'm advised the lovely queen to extract the eidolons from her 'daughter' and the general is starting to plan tactics as to how do defeats the dirty rats. Fools, all of them. Just a little more encouragement and my plan will go flawlessly. I have also disposed the prototype. It is a shame since it had so much potential, yet I could start to see the shine of intelligence within its eyes. I dumped it in the ocean, on my way back to Treno… a little too close to the shore for my liking but I doubt it can swim…

The siege on Burmecia was successful but it seems fate has drawn me an unexpected card… I saw him today, along with my prototype. They both survived. It seems my mercy has come back to hinder my plans… but I couldn't bring myself to ending their lives as they lay defenseless… no, they deserve a better death than that…