Authors Notes: - Ok, the premise behind this is that somewhere along the second disk the garden gets lost at sea and this is Squall's journal. Enjoy.
Lost at Sea
Day One
Everything seemed perfectly normal. We were headed from Timber to Edea's house, it seemed like a simply enough task but of course Nida messed it up. Out on the ocean the garden was hit by a freak storm. (Selphie couldn't stop giggling after Nida said we'd been hit by a squall.) Once everything had cleared up no one had a clue where we were. I hope we reach shore soon, Selphie is driving me nuts.
-Squall
Day Two
It seems all I've done for the past twelve hours is play Triple Triad. I'd already beaten Zell so badly he didn't have enough cards left to keep playing and only Quistis was giving me any sort of a challenge. We'd be back to civilization if Nida would just ask for directions, but after running over a fishing boat he was more than a little loath to go near another one.
-Squall
Day Three
The smell of salt water is starting to make me sick. My clothes stink of it and at night I keep having dreams involving beer nuts and pretzels. Zell is already starting to worry about rations. We've only been lost for three days and already the bastard is worrying about his hot dogs. Whiner.
-Squall
Day Four
My name is Squall, I'm a stupid wanker. Rinoa is purdy. I want to touch Rinoa's soft-
Stupid Zell, getting into my journal. The doctor said he should wake up sometime tomorrow and that the lump may take a while to go away. I'd throttle him more but beating an unconscious person isn't nearly as satisfying as one that flails and screams. Stupid Zell.
-Squall
Day Five
Zell's still unconscious and Rinoa won't talk to me anymore. Apparently she doesn't like being around 'violent people'. I don't know what the hell she's talking about. I was under the impression that she and Seifer used to be together. The mental picture of the two of them together will haunt me for the rest of my days.
Nida fell asleep at the wheel and we almost went into the ocean but Quistis managed to pull us back up. Now he also has a lump that will take a while to heal. Stupid Nida.
-Squall
Day Six
Headmaster Cid assured us today that everything was going to be all right and that we'll find our way back to land soon. I'm starting to think we're running low on food. Today is the third day in a row that we've been served oatmeal for breakfast. I mentioned this to Zell, who'd just woken up, and he went into a sobbing fit. It was entertaining until Selphie chased me out of the infirmary. At least I won some cards off of Irvine today.
-Squall
Day Seven
The stupid Garden is so bloody slow. The damned thing creeps along slower than a one legged chocobo. More nightmares about bar snacks have kept me from sleeping. I think I'm starting to hallucinate. This morning my oatmeal suggested we mutiny but the raisins were against it. Need sleep.
-Squall
Day Eight
Sleep won't come. No matter how long I lay here sleep wont come. Why can't I sleep? Why can't we find land!? Were we wind swept onto a world of endless oceans!? Why can't Nida stop and ask for directions!? The oatmeal has turned against me, the raisins are now on its side... but they don't know I know....
-Squall
Day Nine
Disregard previous entries. Irvine spiked my drink last night while I was ranting something about oatmeal. I'd thank him but the hangover is only slightly more tolerable than the insomnia was. My head feels like its either going to spontaneously fall of my head and crack like a brittle egg or swell up like a balloon and float off into space. Either way at least I'd be free of the tedium of the Garden.
-Squall
Day Ten
Stupid Zell. He's started to hoard food, most likely hotdogs. I caught him sneaking out of the kitchen, and noticed that his pants looked a little too puffy. When I tried to confront him he fled, leaving behind a trail of cookies and the occasional hot dog. We had to throw the food into the ocean. We were a long way off from being hungry enough to eat a piece of food that had been down his pants. Now I have something else to add to my list of 'haunting images'.
-Squall
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