Diary

See disclaimer in Entry #1

Author's Note: I should probably take the time to explain a few things before we go on with the story.

No, I do not have my facts screwed. If you pick up Longinus in Heaven's Gate, Ledah says (and I quote--I wrote the whole scene down) that it's "the spear Diviners are modeled after". He doesn't really specify whether it's some Diviners or all Diviners. And while, yes, Lorelei and possibly Skadi were definitely forged to look like Longinus, Einherjar don't look a thing like it. If you dig up Fanelia, though, Ein indicates that it, like Longinus, is an ancient holy weapon, though Rose says it isn't a Diviner. And Einherjar does have an uncanny resemblance to it. (sigh) Swords do not work when they've been forged to resemble pole arms. That's just the way life works, people.

"Ecthel" is Ein's Japanese name. "Excelion" is Einherjar's Japanese name. If you ever go to the damn Japanese SITE, it lists Ein's name phonetically in the katakana E-KU-SE-RU, and Einherjar's as E-KU-SE-RI-A. Those names would be pronounced "Ek'sel" and "Ek'selia", Japanese A, which is why they're written like so in English. That's also where they have the information on the Riviera drama CDs, Prelude and Epilogue. If you don't believe me, take the link to my homepage off my bio--on the entrance page, the Ledah banner leads to the Japanese site and the Malice one leads to the English site. There's no real reason to spread misinformation... if you want to know more, I suggest asking charm witch, as she actually HAS all the Riviera drama CDs and OSTs. Grr.

And believe me, I am trying to keep this fic from being overrun by Ledah/Ein. It's still getting in, but it's nowhere near as blatant as it would be if I wanted to make it that pairing. So there.

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The Accursed... the children of the demon god who tried to overthrow Asgard a thousand years ago...

Fia, Lina, Serene, and I have destroyed one of them already. A second, at least according to Ursula, is rumored to be here, in the forests that surround the ruins of Nelde...

Somewhere... somewhere in this endless emerald depth...

The forest is ancient, and it's huge. Sometimes, the ground between the giant roots of trees is unexpectedly soft, almost like a bog or marsh. If you step there, your feet are sucked down; and unless someone can pull you out, you're in trouble. We've already had problems there--Lina got a foot caught, and it took all three of us to get her out again. Nelde is very dangerous... you never even know if or when monsters will appear.

So I am very, very glad that we now have help.

While we were trying to climb up into the ruins that seem to be built into the trees themselves, we fell through the branches; I thought we were going to be stuck, but we were "rescued"… sort of, anyway… by a witch named Cierra. She joined up with us after that; she says she's looking for a friend of hers named Gateau anyway.

Cierra's older than us--in her early twenties, maybe--with long red hair and dark brown eyes that almost look purple. Fia says that she must be at least a journeyman-class witch if she's wandering around dangerous ruins like these on her own; I can understand that, since any kind of spellcaster usually doesn't have the physical strength necessary to go on any long adventures of their own. As far as I know, most wizards and witches usually just hole themselves up in academies, doing magical experimentations and stuff. Cierra must be either very strong… or very weird. I haven't known her for long, but I think it could be easily one or both options.

…Well, maybe that's a little bit mean, but Cierra is kind of out-there…

Either way, we have a new friend, and a task to complete. And even if the Nelde ruins are confusing and littered with magical traps, that's good… it's keeping my mind off how much I miss Rose and Ledah, for the most part, at least.

I still wish they were here, but the hurting isn't quite so bad as before. It only resurfaces in sharp bursts when I see the girls' trusting faces turned towards me, asking me what we're all supposed to do when we're faced with some kind of dilemma.

I'm no leader.

I'm still in training… I just became a Grim Angel a few months ago…! I don't have all the answers, I never will… I should be in their place, still turning to Ledah when I need help… Surely he never felt this way. I've never seen him in a state of panic or confusion, even when we were younger and he was still so much more open to me.

I'm only seventeen… this is getting to be too much for me. That's why Rose and Ledah were assigned to help me in the first place… I don't know what I'm doing, I really don't…

But as long as we're faced with the endless depth of the unknown before us…

Someone has to be the leader… right…?