Dear Ikko, Day 69
I admit that I am writing less often, but I have a lot on my shoulders.
I was robbed last night while I was sleeping. I think the perpetrator was a road merchant because he took just about everything that would have been of value. The vitamin herbs, the water pouch, the calendar, and my extra pair of boots. It's no surprise that he left Make-Out Paradise, the knapsack, and my journal, but I don't understand. Why did he only take stuff that I had in the knapsack? I mean he could have taken my clothes or Rina's pendant or even my life, which is of greatest value among my meager possessions. Then again, I guess I wouldn't see why a road merchant would want to take my life. But, what if he wasn't "just a road merchant"? What if those three guys are still following me? Maybe they robbed me as a warning. Maybe they where saving my life for later.
I find it so hard to sleep now. I keep lying awake, thinking about my imposing defeat against an enemy I haven't even laid eyes on yet. It is the scariest, most unnerving feeling in the world. Sometimes I start to think that I should just kill myself. Get it over with. Rid myself of all this fear…this pain. But, as always, my thoughts trail back to my village, Sora and Yuri, the promise I made to them and to myself. I have to continue…no matter who my enemy is!
-Ippiki Ookami