Diary

See disclaimer in Entry #1

Author's Note: OMG, this is turning into, like, Ein's daily blog or something. (giggles) Shifting gears now--we're heading past the catastrophic events of Heaven's Gate, and Ein is now recuperating under Fia and Lina's care.

Since Ein technically goes so well with any of the party members, I'm trying to keep this from becoming biased towards any certain pairing, but little hints of Ledah/Ein and Ein/Cierra are gonna keep sneaking in edgeways, I can tell. It doesn't help that I could go on about Ledah for hours on end, since he's my favorite Rivvy character. (... ... I just called Riviera "Rivvy...") And of course, Ein and Serene are gonna end up as best buddies, like they are in my current save file. I'm biased, but I'm trying very hard not to be, so give me credit, okay?

As of this minute, I haven't yet beaten Seth-Ra, but I sure am trying. Hopefully I'll be able to cram in some serious ownage between my Chem and English homework tonight... all my characters could've done with a few hundred more HP, only all the evil treasure chests exploded on me. (sigh) So I'm short new toys for Fia and Lina. Which is why it sucks that I don't have Cierra for the last fight, because she actually DID get a new toy... (sighs again) Oh well. Better luck next time... (-.-;;)

Here we go!

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:Beyond Reach:

It's like being unable to find a favorite quill, even after having ransacked your entire house. Or losing one book out of the series you've been reading. Or being one inch too short to reach the top shelf, no matter how hard you stretch.

Fia says not to worry, that my memories should start to return in time. But I wish they would hurry up and come back already.

I can remember a few things. My name, the name of my sword Einherjar. My favorite colors and foods, the ability to fight. A cat, I think, called "Rose". The fact that I'm supposed to be here, on Riviera, for some reason or other. And the sort of blurry face of a blonde man...

But it's driving me crazy. Who am I? Why did I lose my memory in the first place, anyway? Why am I here? Did I really fall from the sky like Lina claims? If not, then how did I get here? Is there anyone looking for me? Where did I come from? Nothing seems familiar except the things I already know about myself...

And I want to know how I got the scars on my back.

When I went down to the spring for a bath, I looked at my reflection and saw them in the water. They're twisting, brownish, sort of twig-looking furrows that branch out from my shoulderblades, as though something were ripped out of my back at one time, and the flesh left behind healed messily. Every now and then the scars start itching, but they bleed if I try to scratch them, so I have to soak in water when that happens.

I can sort of remember an intense pain, almost as though something did get ripped out of me at some time or other, and then this weird feeling of loss, but... I don't really understand. Ordinary humans and even Riviera's Sprites don't usually have stuff growing from their backs, do they? Unless they're something special, like a harpy or a fairy, I mean. But I'm not a harpy. Or a fairy. So I don't get it.

And who or what hated me this badly?

Could I be bringing danger to Fia and Lina just by being here?

I don't want that... they're both such nice, innocent village girls, and I don't want to drag them into anything that they might not be able to handle...

So I have to know...

Who am I?

What am I?