Entry Forty Four
Rook
Tortuga.
That's there the Ghost Ship's… hiding out? Docked? Point is, it's down there. A group of foolhardy pirates managed to catch sight of it and tried to chase it down. They managed to find out where it was docking before they had to turn back, so that's something.
There's pretty serious talk amongst our lot of going down to hunt it ourselves. I don't want to sound too negative, but doesn't this kinda take away from our goal of finding this Oceanmaster Ketos and the Deep City? Don't want to waste too much of our resources on a sideshow, after all.
Alexis herself doesn't appear to have decided on anything yet, so aside from wandering around the Labyrinth a bit, most of us didn't have much to do today. I guess we kinda need a break – it's a been a lot to take in at once. Somehow I can't help but wonder if the Oceanmaster's getting annoyed at us taking so long.
Midori's just as quiet as ever today. She was just starting to come out of her shell after recovering her memory too, then Agata and Hypatia went and got killed. Now she barely ever talks. But it's not like after she got her memory back, where she had that look in her eyes like she was lost and wasn't quite sure what to do. Now the only thing I see in her eyes is determination, and more than a hint of anger. She spent the whole day training and I think she skipped dinner too. She's going to self-destruct at this rate.
Pure
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Every muscle, every sinew, every fibre of my body aches with the undying intensity of a Kraken's stare. I haven't this bad ever since I accepted the dare to try some of Madame Guscini's frog stew. I can barely find the strength to pick up this pen and write.
And the worst part was that after I was flat out on the floor groaning, the only thing Adrian could say was a puzzled sounding "Huh. It shouldn't have taken that much out of you."
I mean, I've been going into the Labyrinth for a good while (and running away in terror), so I always thought I wasn't that out of shape… at least, not compared to any of the real fighters. Guess I was proven wrong.
At least Adrian had brought along two jugs of water with her (apparently her master makes her run around with them on her back in the morning for training. How have her shoulders not mutinied I do not know) and knowing that I'd need it, she'd made sure it was fresh water this morning. Thank god.
There was absolutely no question of me actually doing any gathering today, and if all of Adrian's sessions are going to be like this I think I might end up losing my job here in the first place.
Ow. My body still hurts.
Alexis
Entry Made: 26th of the Month of the Golden Eagle, in the Seven Hundredth and Fourteenth year of the Holy Empire
I've collected reports from Sidney, Clay, Jared and Tinker on why we should devote time to finding and destroying the Ghost Ship.
Sidney's motivations are easy to understand – she's always had the interests of Armoroad at heart, and now the Ghost Ship is directly threatening it. Of course, I'd hoped to bring her with me to fight the Oceanmaster, but I suspect she'll just be glad to know that the Ship is removed. She still appears hesitant – apparently growing up in Armoroad has given her plenty of horror stories about the strength of the Jolly Roger and the Ship that apparently houses his will.
Clay… well, I suspect she just wants a fight, and for whatever reason she'd prefer one against the Ghost Ship than the Oceanmaster. She had a rather creative way of wording such, however. Something about how nothing from the past should be bullying the present. I'm not entirely sure if that means what I think it means.
Jared just wants the seas safe again. I guess I can assume that Relena agrees with him on this point, I haven't seen enough of her to be sure.
Tinker was a bit of a surprise. I admit I don't know very much about him, he's been friendly enough with the others ever since joining the Guild but he never spent very long talking to me. He seemed unusually serious today, and his demand that the Ghost Ship be destroyed came as a bit of a surprise to me. Apparently one of his friends in the Navy was assigned to hunt the Ghost Ship and he never came back.
I suppose even if we defeat the Oceanmaster this problem with the Ghost Ship and the fog isn't going to go away. Now I wonder if we should prioritize one over the other or try to accomplish both goals in roughly the same time period.
I think I'll ask Jules about this. Giving him more chances to exercise his authority can only be a good thing in this context.
