SPRING YEAR 1 DAY 23
Dear Diary,
There was a town meeting today, but it felt more like a funeral. It hard to believe that just a single month ago everything was all hunky dory, and suddenly this John guy shows up and screws up our lives. What even is he! I mean, clearly he's not a normal human! Is he some sci-fi experiment?! I know this is getting a little crazy, but I'm starting to think he's some military experiment. Like, we've 'Technically' been at war with the Gotoro Empire for a long time. If I recall correctly, we've signed some tenuous peace treaty a few years ago... but what if Gotoro is just biding their time to further develop their military tech?
What if John is actually a Gotoro Agent! That would explain why all the telephone cables are down. He - or his crew - actually want to keep us isolated and take over Pelican town...
Well, I brought the idea up with Abby. She says its definitely possible but isn't sure. Anyways, so The Town meeting.
Everyone was there except for Sebastian and Alex's family.
I can't even imagine what they're going through. Honestly I hate even thinking about it. People aren't supposed to die that you-
Okay, I'm not writing about this. Forget it.
So the Town meeting.
Mayor Lewis has this old truck by his house, but its been broken down for years. We even asked Demetrius to fix it a few days ago but he says he needs Bars of Iron. Unfortunately, everything in the mines is cleared out courtesy of Mr. John (f-king) Terraria. Clint had a few bars laying around, but not enough for Demetrius to work with.
So The Mayor said that we should try and used the Joja transport Truck. Morris, naturally, isn't allowing it. He probably isn't certain what's going on (he's not really part of the town, you know. Nobody really knows him except for Pierre, and Pierre hates him) but I guess he eventually figured out Pelican town is now dangerous. Clint was telling us how he saw Morris packing all his belongings in the Joja Truck. He's probably going to leave with the only working vehicle in town.
The Mayor says he's going to offer Morris the right to buy the community center if he helps us. I mean, I've always hated Joja, but they're a huge and powerful organization with tons of resources. If they wanted to, they could send in a single bus and evacuate everyone. I bet they can even call on The Prime Minister and get him to send the army and get rid of John.
As weird as it sounds, If anyone can help us, Joja can.
Negotiations begin tomorrow. Let's hope they go well.
END ENTRY 16
SPRING YEAR 1 DAY 24
Dear Diary,
Morris says no.
The Mayor even offered The Community Center at half price, and all Morris said was that he'd need to return to HQ to discuss with his supervisor. We all know that's a lie by the way. Morris has literally waved a check in mayor Lewis's face before, saying he was already pre-approved to purchase the community center. We're not even asking for that much! Just that Morris will take us out of The Town on his truck!
But no matter how we negotiated with him, he wouldn't agree. It's him and the red haired employee. They packed up the truck with the Joja store assets and they're set on leaving. I've seen that truck. It's pretty big and its carrying a storage unit. I bet if they emptied that thing out it could fit everyone in the town... But no, to Morris, the merchandise if more important than our lives.
Figures. Typical corporate scumbag.
So, you can call me a bad person I guess, but this is absolutely an opportunity we cannot pass up. I got Pierre (who's always ready for a fight, even when we're not in life threatening danger) and then went and found Demetrius who was mourning with the rest of their family. I felt kind of bad doing it, but Demetrius would know exactly how desperate our situation is... he's also a science whiz.
I told him Pierre and I were going to get Morris. If he didn't give up the keys, then Demetrius would work on the truck to hijack it. (Apparently Joja has some crazy verification system in their vehicles I'm just taking precautions) Demetrius thought it was a good idea. He brought Maru to help.
So when we arrive, The whole town was pretty much in front of the Jojomart yelling at Morris. Some of the women are crying. Shane is throwing beer cans (whatever) but of course, Morris isn't budging cuz he's a heartless bastard. Pierre and I do this pincer movement and tackle Morris to the floor. I'm not a super violent person or anything, but Morris is a fat old man and he stands no chance against the two of us.
We tie him - and the red-haired employee - and lock them in the Jojamart storeroom for good measure.
So now Demetrius is working on The Truck. He says it's really complicated and will probably need to work through the night. We had already agreed that some of the men were going to go and talk to the authorities, so hopefully the truck is done by tomorrow morning.
Things are finally looking up for us.
END ENTRY 17
SPRING YEAR 1 DAY 25
Dear Diary,
I literally cannot express on paper how angry I am.
I was so mad that I trashed my room. That hasn't happened since elementary school
So, remember how Demetrius and Maru were working on the Joja truck last night? And how they were going to get it up and running so the mayor could go and get help?
Well, I woke up this morning and walked over to The Jojamart with some breakfast and coffee for Demetrius and Maru, and find that The Truck is gone.
Naturally, I just assume they finished and got the Mayor and everyone else to hit the road early.
But no.
Because Mayor Lewis is still here, and to make things worse, Robin's house is completely stripped of everything. All the furniture, the beds, the towels... everything. They f-king moved out!
Like I know that the family just lost Sebastian, and their stuff is worth money, but come on! We trusted them, and they bailed on us. I secretly hope they get into a car accident.
F-k them.
END ENTRY 18
SPRING YEAR 1 DAY 29
Dear Diary,
We're not sure what to do next. I guess we're all just hoping that Demetrius is going to call for help when he finally reaches civilization.
Anyways, I took my skateboard out on the main road and just started going.
I'm well aware that the closest town is fifty miles away and there's no way I'm going to find civilization, but I just wanted to see if the cable crew people were close-ish and I could run into them and ask them to call the authorities for us. Cable people have big cars, right? Maybe they can even evacuate us!
So, I skated the whole day.
I didn't see the cable company, but you wanna know who I did see?
That's right.
John F-king Terraria.
With Sebastian gone, (he used to live up near the lake) there was nobody to monitor whether John was still digging his tunnel to hell or not. I guess he finished, because he was literally sitting on one of the telephone poles holding wire cutters, and just snipping away and collecting the wire. I was so mad that I started screaming at him. I ran up to his telephone pole and kicked it as hard as I could. I knew this guy was sabotaging all of us! Damn! I knew it!
So, in hindsight it probably wasn't the best idea to just attack him (or his telephone pole, whatever) because I guess he got pissed off about it.
The wire cutters literally disappeared from his hands and was replaced by this weird bow.
And by bow, like, bow and arrow. It had wings carved on it, and it was almost as tall as he was. I've never seen anything so ridiculous in my life! So he doesn't even have an arrow and just points the bow at me...
And arrows start falling out of the sky.
I ran for my skateboard and booked it out of there. I actually got hit too, and arrow stabbed straight down through my backpack - and jabbed me in the butt, but I escaped with just that. Luckily John was too busy collecting the wire to really give chase. I wasn't sure. I didn't look back.
END ENTRY 19
SUMMER YEAR 1 DAY 1
Dear Diary,
Its summer.
We've lived an entire month with John Terraria here, and there hasn't been any further casualties - aside from maybe Willy. But I think he's probably tried to sail out of the town or something. I dunno. He's always gone for days at a time on fishing trips, so I bet he'll be back.
So anyways, Vince and Jas are on break. The two kiddos had gone spelunking in the sewers and ran back home this afternoon saying they found Marlon and started raiding the fridge for stuff.
Right, so, I automatically assumed they had found Marlon's corpse but no. Marlon's alive! It's been like, two weeks since he's gone missing, but we found him alive! He was in the sewers, locked in a prison cell built there and skinny as all hell. I'm not sure how he survived so long without food or water, but he looked quite sick. The fact he hasn't yet died of thirst means he must have been hydrating himself with... ugh.
So he ate and drank everything the kids brought him, but no matter how much I worked on the prison, I couldn't break Marlon out of it. (I'm gonna ask Clint to come and break it with his hammer, then hopefully the doctor can treat Marlon) While I was there, Marlon told me John had figured out he was a weapons merchant and locked him up here. Gill had been killed because he was supposedly useless.
I... I'm glad that Marlon is alive and everything, but are we all gonna end up locked in cells and starved?
I'm honestly scared.
END ENTRY 20
John Terraria: Titanium Armour, Daedalus stormbow