Chapter 5 Water and Air
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Jenas 12th 3923
I Well we have finally arrived at the Thoda Geyser. Kratos says that it is the most powerful geyser, and has the nicest hot spring in all of Tethe" Alla and Sylvarant. It is really quite damp here, and I am not sure I will tolerate it all that well. My new wings are already beginning to ache from the damp. Spiritua, and Sis are sitting by the fire and talking about wedding plans. She wants to be married next spring at home in Heimdall. Yuan is rolling his eyes. I think he would be just as happy getting married by the mayor in whatever town we end up in next. I get to cook tonight . There is a lot of fish so Remiel is fishing, and I am making seafood stew tonight. We are doing everything that we can to keep Sis from cooking. She will end up poisoning us if she cooks. (" Mithos was right, on several occasions we ended up suffering food poisoning due to Martels cooking. Luckily I lost most of my taste buds when I became and angel, and only noticed when I got sick." Remiel 7923) ( "Yes he survived Mithos took pity on him, and later when I went up to Derris Kharlan I ensured that he and Spiritua received Rune Crests. They were not completely intolerable, and were the two unspoken companions on that original journey. Without them we would never have escaped that camp. "Kratos 7923)
I guess tonight we don't need to worry about it. She and Yuan have snuck off to the hot springs for some privacy. I can only guess what they are doing. Mushy stuff is highly likely. Yuck girls …. I have to go, Kratos is making me do weapons practice tonight. I just got an earth dagger dropped by some bandits, Kratos says it will work well against Undine. I guess everything is a case of opposites. Boys and Girls, humans and elves, and even Summon Spirits. It will be really hard to find a way for all of the different factions to get along even if we stop this war. Kratos says we will head back to Heimdall after we make pacts with Undine and the Sylphs. That is good . I never really appreciated home until I left. I don't really get treated all that badly in Heimdall. They don't hate us because I'm a half elf. They think relationships between elves and humans are more tragic than anything because what happened to Mommy is frequent when humans and elves marry.
Jenas 13th 3923
I think my weapons skills, and magic have gained in strength since we received the Cruxis Crystals. Martel says it is because whatever they are created from has the ability to amplify both out physical strength, and the power of our magic. Undine was so easy to defeat but, they are really giggly and annoying. She clinging to Kratos and giggling. He was really distracted during that fight. He is not used to girls much I think. The Earth Dagger came really in handy as well since Earth is opposite of Water. I added to my promise with this pact. I promised Undine that I would get rid of the camps no matter what. It is so wrong to keep people in cages and treat them like lab animals. Remiel, and Spiritua decided to stay behind this time since neither one of them are feeling particularly well due to the angel transformation. This nasty damp has gotten to all of us. Next we will sail upriver to Asgard, and from there to the Balacruf Temple to pact with the Sylphs. Man if Undine embarrassed Kratos so bad he nearly couldn't fight what will the Sylphs do? Tee Hee I can't wait. I dreamed of Mommy last night. She said not to worry everything would be all right. But, what if it isn't ? I am so scared something could happen to Sis. Even with these Cruxis Crystals Sis is so frail. I get scared about losing her to. I think if that happened I would go absolutely crazy. I would still have my friends. Yuan, Kratos, Remiel, and Spiritua. But, it isn't the same as family. She is all the family I have left. Kratos says that when we get back to Tethe'Alla we will stop in Meltokio and rest at his house before heading home. He wishes to brief his father about the Cruxis Crystals, and other weapons that we saw them working on in the labs here in Sylvarant. That way if they get used his father will be able to evacuate people from the cities and stuff. He says that we cannot reveal that we have these crystals however, since they will force us to fight. Not a good way to stop a war. At least I will get to be in the woods again soon. I am so homesick.
Jenas 16th 3923
It seems like just yesterday that we left home. Although it has been three months. I was just a normal kid with two parents than. I did not think that the war could touch me. But it has, I have been turned into some kind of monster with the power to destroy an entire city. I do not know whether I can continue to believe Sis's point of view that all people are innately good any longer. I have found on this journey that there are truly evil people out there. I wish I could believe like Sis does. But, the people who put these Crystals on us can truly be defined as evil.
We will reach soon. Kratos really wants to know how I manage to write in this diary while I am walking. I told him that I only write down notes on my thoughts while we are walking and then write things down in complete form when we camp at night. ( Raine Sage 3923 " That is one of the things that made this diary so difficult to translate was the reams, and reams of notes that Mithos took on this journey. He noted everything from the weather to the types of flora and fauna that grew in the areas that they were traveling. For an eight year old he was really gifted. It is such a shame that his sisters death drove him to insanity. Think of all the good he could have done the world had she lived.) I am so sick of walking.
Jenas 18th 3923
We reached Asgard today. It is a nice little town and all of the windmills are so cool. We must purchase supplies and then head out to the Balacruf Temple soon. Kratos says that luckily the Balacruf Empire sides with Tethe' Alla, and we should not be in very much danger here. The king is apparently a half elf so half elves are even treated with respect here (Yuan, 7923 " How else do you think that he had the power to perform spells, and pact with Summon Spirits since only Elves half elves, and humans who have ingested Aionis mixed with elves blood can summon, or perform spells."). Kratos knows King Cleo personally, and we will be staying with him. This means a simple transfer of the pact but, the Sylphs will want to fight me anyways because they are flutter heads like that .
I like King Cleo, he is incredibly nice and has a son my age. I finally have someone to play with.. Dinar is really good with a Kendama, and we have been having a contest to see who can do the best wind spell. Sis and Yuan have gone for a walk in town. I think they are going to buy supplies, and new weapons while they are out. I think that they should get married soon. Yuan is a big pain in the but though. He hogged all the towels today when we went to the bathing room. Argghh I hate wet hair! I will get a cold, I do every time I go out with wet hair. I am going out to play anyways.
Dinar levitated a cow up onto the roof of the palace. It was so funny. He used Wind Tornado, and the cow got caught up in the tornado and landed on the roof. We were both laughing so hard that we both couldn't breathe. Kratos yelled at us saying that to do such a thing was really cruel to the cow. Dinar protested that it was an accident but, King Cleo grounded him anyways. We are still laughing about it eight hours late. It feels so good just to get to act like a kid again. Sis though it was pretty funny to. She gave Dinar the thumbs up sign at the dinner table. It must be because we are younger than Yuan and Kratos that makes it so funny. Yuan tried really hard not to laugh but, lost it when Kratos and King Cleo tried to levitate the cow off the roof and nearly dropped it. Darn, no steak for dinner. Spiritua and Remiel used the communicator devices in King Cleo's' palace to contact their families and let them know that they had escaped and were safe. Spiritua's family lives in Meltokio, and Remiel lives in the small ocean side community of Altamira. Kratos talked to his dad too. The line here in the palace is secured so that the spy network in Sylvarant can't here what is said. So he told his Dad about the exsphere, and Cruxis Crystal research. Tomorrow we will be traveling to the Balacruf Temple with King Cleo in order to make the pact with the Sylphs. I can't wait, that will leave only Luna/Aska for the Sylvarant Continents, and then we can go home. When we reach home we will have Gnome, Shadow, Celsius, Origin, and Maxwell left to pact with. Then we can find a way to use their powers to stop the War, and save the Great Tree. Even now it is dying, and the weaker it gets the weaker Sis gets. I can see it in her eyes, and in the fact that she has difficulty breathing sometimes. The others can't really differentiate between the symptoms caused by her Angel Transformation, and the symptoms caused by the death of the Great Tree.
Jenas 19th 3923
We arrived at the Balacruf Temple about an hour ago. Kratos says we need about an hour of weapons practice before making the pact. We will go up with King Cleo, and he will formally hand the pact over to me. He admires my goal of wanting to stop the war, and says that anything that the Balacruf Empire can do to help in the way of resources, or financial support for our efforts that we require is ours. Other than, military support of course. Even though he sides with Tethe'Alla he can not do much as he has to share a border with Sylvarant, and does not wish to put his people in any more danger than they already are in because of this war.
I did it! We made the pact with the Sylphs. Kratos was right they fought anyways. They are all way to giggly for me. It gives me a headache to even think of the giggles. They all kissed Kratos, and Yuan. They were both horribly embarrassed. I would be too. If all girls are like that I never want a girlfriend. I don't think they are. . Sis isn't giggly like that . The Sylphs actually insisted on cooking tonight. Remiel says it is about time someone cooked besides him. I agree, since he lost his sense of taste his cooking isn't exactly bad but, not good either.
The Sylphs cook really well. I was amazed that creatures who exist off of the mana of the world can cook so well since they don't need to eat. They say it is their hobby because immortality will drive you nuts if you don't' have hobbies. I guess we will get to find out now that we have these Cruxis Crystals. Yuan pulled a really good prank on Kratos while he was bathing in a stream earlier he snuck up and stole all of Kratos clothes, and his sword and flew them up into a tree. You should have seen Kratos' face he was redder than a tomato. I got the Sylphs to go up and get his clothes. I thought he was going to kill Yuan. Well King Cleo and Dinar set off for Asgard right after the battle with the Sylphs. I hope I get to see them again. I finally have friends. ( Kratos 7923 " Even after the death of his sister, and the insanity that began to take over his life Mithos had the amazing ability to make friends wherever he went. I know he told Genis he was his first ever half elf friend but that was not the case. I think he blocked many of his memories of that time out because so many of those friends would be dead or changed beyond recognition by the time our journey was through. The Balacruf Empire would be destroyed, and Cleo and Dinar dead. Spiritua and Remiel were soulless due to the Angel Transformation, and his beloved sister was dead. I will regret forever that we were to grief stricken ourselves after Martel died to realize that Mithos was having such serious problems." )Tomorrow we head for Luin. Than we move on to Hima, and from their we will travel to the Tower of Mana to make the pact with Luna and Aska. We will carry the boat in our Wing Pack, and sail back to Tethe' Alla leaving from the river that borders the area where the Tower of Mana is. I can't wait to get home.