Potential for Mischief

I hung out with my mom today and she's kind of cranky and she's plotting to do something mean to me so I'll have to be on the look out. Also her, Nic and Imoen are planning to go to this fancy costume ball at Windstorm castle tomorrow and they dont want me showing up cuz I might be improper. We'll see about that! The showing up part I mean, not the improperness.

Being good by default still counts

Well today started out as usual with me talking to Marquie. She was kinda sad because Siona and Imoen both seem to disaprove of her hanging out with me and I explained to her that they're just worried that she'll start acting like me. And she said she felt like she'd done something wrong and I told her she hadn't and then she went to take a nao and I got bored and went wondering around looking for an adventure.

I found a fae friend slightly busted up and found out that two garou had done it. Having recently met two of them I went to investigate but they said they didnt and then another one appeared and I left.

A day for reconcilliation

Today I talked to Marquie for a while as usual and then I noticed Mera was around so I took Marquie and went to see her. Mera still loves my kinda brother Arik for some reason (he's my mom(foxxy)'s son, but neither of us are too happy with him cuz he never talks to us and only spends time with Mera once in a blue moon) abut other than thant shes doing good and she adopted my nephew Arric too. So then I went to go get him so he could spend time with her and meanwhile I hunted for Siona cuz Marquie missed her.

I found Siona and Marquie came to see her and Creepy was around but he wasnt being too mean though we got in a small casting fight. Then Siona ordered me into the kitchen to talk. I was surprised by how old she acts now and she even used my full name, or at least the fullest name anyone knows me by, except Mystra. Maybe one day I aughta tell mom my middle name.

Anyhow she said she was really mad at me for using her mind control cookies on her (even though she was going to use them on me) and that I should let her be with Creepy. I said I'd try to behave and that was that. We went back to the hall and she was being a lot nicer and the weird thing is Creepy was too. I found out his name is actually Javehn and since he wasnt being really creepy I've started calling him Javehn McGee. It's a compromise I guess.

Mom(Lexi) popped in and hugged me and stuff and shes been really nice lately. Imoen appeared and everyone hugged her cuz shes nice and stuff. Imoen mentioned me making the Kirnadrew and mom nearly found out but hushed it all up so I'm not dead yet. Mom had to go after a little while so then I went and sat beside Imoen and talked with her.

Imoen kinda found out that I played a part in Ariel faking her death but she took it well since I think she already knew. I only really wanted to teach Velrik and her a lesson and keep Ariel from hurting herself or being sad or anything. I guess I took the whole thing a little too far. Imoen forgave me though and I know how she feels.

In a way I've lost Ariel too, or at least lost the girl that I grew up with. She's probably going to get all busy and serious just like Wraith did but I guess that's the way of hte world. I still like Imoen a lot despite how we fight sometimes and she can be really nice. Like tonight I decided to stay in the hall and talk to her til I fell asleep and before she left she put a quilt over me and kissed my forehead. I'm really glad we're not fighting anymore but I still need to talk to Velrik to see if I can make things somewhat ok with him.
Drew and Imoen got along again though she found out what part he had with Ariel.

Hmmm this could be trouble...

Well I talked to Imoen today and she now knows that Ariel and Sieg aren't actually dead. More on this I cannot comment as it might get me in trouble or far worse yet get them in trouble. I played with Marquie for a while and we palyed taga nd I also told her about her Siona's crush on Creepy McGee and we laughed and decided to try to be really nice to Siona when she's around so she'll feel better.

Marquie took me for a ride on her simharta, Karma and that was a lot of fun. Then we got back to the castle and there were still some cookies left over that Siona had brought last night so we decided to try to make Carey eat them. Insteaad she used her governess magics to make me eat them and then she made me wear a dress and dance for her and I was miserable but she let me go after a while.

Siona and Creepy sitting in a tree K I S S I N G

Me and Marquie talked today and I told her about my past with Siona and my involvement in what Siona did to her village. And we thanked Dar for hte Simharta he sold us and then, regretably, Creepy McGee appeared. He was really mean and I was ready to fight him cuz he kept insulting Marquie, though just enough so that I got mad but never enough to justify a fight.

Finally he mentioned what Siona did to Marquie's home and Marquie got really mad and I went off to help her. After a while I got her to channel her anger and she's learning to control her draconic form even better now and also to control her anger. So that's really good. We went back to the hall and talked until she got tired and I took her up to bed in the tower.

I hung out in the hall for a while and noone was around. I havnt seen Velrik at all since... And Imoen has changed a lot. I hope Velrik didn't kill himself, not that I have a tiny bit of respect for him or anything just, bah I don't know I'm too soft sometimes but I am worried about them both, for some reason. I guess being responsible for someone's death does things to you...

I might go and check on them at the treehouse sometime. I think that's what Ariel would want, not just cuz it's the nice thing to do but cuz Velrik told me not to. I know noone could blame Ariel for what happened so she's absolved and happy but I still doubt she'd want Velrik and especially not Imoen to be so hurt over her. Really it's a win win situation for me, I could either find out what's going on and try to help or Velrik could tell me to get lost and we could pummel the hell out of eachother til one of us falls over. Either way really.

Anywho Siona popped up and she was still being mean. She tickled me and I manifested some water all over her and told her she'd made me pee on her. Oh man did she ever get mad! So then she decided to make me eat some cookies but what I didnt know was they had a mind control drug in them that'd make me do whatever she said.

Once she pointed this out I cast silence on her, tied her up and made her eat some. Then I interrogated her for a while. It turns out she has a crush on Creepy which is just completely gross. And she's also still bitter over our breakup but shes mostly being mean cuz she thinks noone loves or trusts her. I'll tell Marquie and we can work everything out with her.

Anyhow I also made her tell me the secret of what girls do in the bathroom all the time (they talk about boys) and then I got tired of playing so I told her to go up to the nursery and be on diaper duty the rest of the night. I like mind control cookies.

Gnight!

I hate the water torture machine...

I started off the day in Nic's lap and then went to bug mom and Kirna. Kirna had been dressed up like a girl, which was fitting since she was a girl in a boy's body. I decided to give my sister a quick break and so I looked around the hall for someone who could keep her out of trouble.

Imoen was there and even though I still feel anger at Imoen but it's not as much as I have for Velrik (and even that's subsided slightly, I know that he dosnt deserve death but I still want to make him pay for what he did) Imoen though I think I paid her back today for her part in Ariel's murder. I really did want to say something to her but she was just... just different and she seemed like if I had said anything she would have just tipped over with guilt and sorrow.

Really I didnt want to hurt her anymore, she seemed so different than the strong, gentle and soft spoken woman I liked so well (when we weren't fighting) but as she was the only one in the hall I had to get her to watch the Kirna-me. So I managed to talk her into it and then disappeared to the bathroom of mom (Lexi)'s house and sent Kirna-me back to Kielder.

While she was being mean to everyone there I hung out with mom and her friends Angel and Demmy. Aunt Angel is really mean and we got into a lot of fights but Demmy was nice. Mom finally decided to stop me when me and Angel got in a hissing match and I turned to my dragon form. When I reformed she picked me up and wouldnt let me go so I kinda had to behave.

Mom saiad she was going to shove me in the water torture machine, which is also what modern people bathe in apparently only they call it a "washing machine" and its sister device is a horrible heat torture box called a "dryer". Well after a while she let me go and patted my head telling me to behave and I scampered home really quick.

Kirna was being a horrible nuissance so I sent her back. She dosnt seem to enjoy mom caring about her at all though I think secretly she's having fun with it.After that I thanked Imoen. We really didnt have time to talk about things but I guess that'll come when it comes.

Carey came and bugged me but then she had to go so I took Marquie to town to do some shopping. A fellow named Dar, possibly the kindest and non-assiest exalted I've yet met had some lion-horse hybrids I'd never seen on any plane before. It turns out they were magical creations and very good for protection as well as riding. So I took Ariel and Dar helped her select one and I thanked him and paid him and then took Marquie back to hte tower and put her to bed.

Seeing as mom(Foxxy) wasnt around and Ariel is... yeah... I felt really depressed so I went to see mom(Lexi) and she decided I needed a nap so she stuck me in the water torture machine and turned it on and then left me there to sleep.

I woke up to find my older yet smaller sister Emilie outside the torture machine and she let me out. I don't know if it was just a water and detergent soaked dream or not but I think I might have agreed to be tormented by mom in return for the ability to make all the world a better place. Oh well, I get tormented enough anyhow, no big deal.

Meet Creepy McGee

Today was a lot of fun. I got to see my mom and she's doing well. I also forgave Wraith for killing R and then I went to go bug Marquie and Siona. Siona was really cranky and tried to get rid of me and there was this weird guy with her who hated me. I named him Creepy McGee. Marquie didnt like him either and I was gunna fight him but he left and I went to find more trouble to cause while Siona and Marquie shopped.

Siona dosnt seem to like me and Marquie hanging out. She dosnt think I'm a bad influence, she just kept saying I'm trying to steal Marquie from her or something. She was acting odd all night and I suspect it had soemthing to do with Mr. McGee. She dosnt seem to understand that I just want to be Marquie's friend and not her father or anything. If I tried to be like that I'd probably start trying to tell her what to do and I don't wanna do that.

Well I went back to the castle afterwards and met Carey there and she yelled at me for fighting with Athena but I just played it off til she stopped and gave me some cocoa. Marquie came in and I introduced them but eventually we all had to go to bed and I tucked Marquie in and then went to visit my Kirna and our mother.

Mom was grunmpy cuz shes sick and only appears in shadow form and I hate how cold and distant she acts so I went to find Kirna. She wasnt around the Evil Wal Mart and I say down in a chair and it strapped me down and started tickling me. Luckily Kirna appeared and saved me and I got a great idea. I made Kirna look like me and made mom come back into her corporeal form and I'm going to show Kirna how nice mom can be.

If anytthing goes wrong I'm likely to die slowly and painfully (not to mention humiliatingly) but I'll record it all here for posterity!

I'm all better yay!

Well Myst fixed me up after briefly making me even sicker and then I hung out with Marquie and Ethan, my cousin. We decided to have a mud fight and we jumped into one of the mud pits and Iheated the area so we wouldnt catch colds again and then we all slung mud at eachother but I got mad at Ethan cuz he used magic and thats cheating.

So we went back inside and mom tried to make me take a bath but I escaped. Also I went to the caves where Jae is staying with those evil guys who act nice. I lured her out so Athena could break all their technological junk. I helped her to realize that they've enslaved her and that the only proper thing to do is to stab them while they sleep and then kick them a lot. I love overthrowing tyranny!

Victory is mine foolish sisterling!

So today I hung out with Marquie a while and made her wear a blanket to keep warm and we talked and she's all better which makes me really happy. I guess I'm not as incompetent at this making people feel better thing as I thought. I talked with Myst and bragged about what a great kid Marquie is, which made me think of Ariel. I still miss her even though I know she's better off where she is now that noone can ever hurt her again.

Well I was feeling kinda bad all day. I kept from showing it while was talking to my mom and listening to her conversation with one of those guys, who I've come to find out are all called exalteds. This guy seemed like one of the few who is actually ok though, and very knowledgable as well though he wasn't haughty and arrogant about it like most of them.

After that got old went and talked to Athena. She wants me to rescue Jae so she can bug the guys who kidnapped her and when she's done I may or may not get to bust them up. Fun! Marquie popped up again and I finally couldn't hide it anymore -- I had caught her cold. I tried to hide out at my tower but her and Athena found me and made me eat soup and teased me and all sorts of horrible things. Not really, Marquie took good care of me and I feel a little better.

Once Marquie was in bed I went back to the hall and bugged mom for a while. And Athena fell into my trap I set. I figured since she invaded my privacy I'd invade hers and I made a necklace to broadcast her thoughts to everyone. I made up a story about it being only for the best mother on earth and being made by a goddess and her son, who is a thief, took the bait.

She put it on tonight cuz afterwards she mentally attacked me and made me even more miserable and I had to tell mom what I'd done. She poked me and I poked her back and then grandma appeared and tied me up with shadows so I'd behave and I got so bored I fell asleep. That's about all for today.

Just a quiet day.

Marquie got sick today so I spent most of the day hanging out with her and making sure she felt alright. I told her the story of my feud with the dragoness Eventide and then left her to rest. I met a strange fellow in the hall and talked to him for a while.

He said he had a message for the queen and I was worried it was another army laying siege to us. Thankfully he just wanted her to lead a war and I doubt she will. Nic is no warrior and I hope she never will be. She's too important to get broken or poked. I offered my services but regretably the job involved leadership, authority and beurocracy, three things I shun.

I wasnt aware that curses from the gods could be dodged

So somehow through a pact with whatever dark gods he worships Velrik escaped from my curse. I'm not letting him get away with Ariel's murder though. I'll do everything I possibly can to ruin his existence and make him suffer as he made her suffer for most of her life, not to mention his attacks against me.

Everyone else is just acting like this never happened because they didnt love Ariel as much as I did. None of them knew her like I did except maybe Imoen but of course she's the beast's mate so she won't do anything since he obviously has her subjugated to his will just like he wanted to do to Ariel.

Ariel and Siegfred are both dead and no amount of ignoring can help that. I was over what happened to them until it turned out that he was going to get away with murder, literally. I have a few plans up my sleeve to make life difficult for him and I'll surely put them into action soon.

En Pace Requiscatum

What can I say now? My mother (Lexi) came to offer what comfort she could and she hasnt changed as much as I thought. Many came to pay their respects and I, I wreaked my horrible vengeance upon Velrik and Imoen. It took every last bit of my power to do so. I held a ritual in the chapel and bestowed curses on them that I've never spoken and entreated gods to be cruel to them who I never prayed to before. They will pay for taking her from me and from the world.

But this was not all. I was left near death by the time the day long casting was finished. I felt myself slipping away to see Ariel but this was not my fate. I passed beyond heaven and hell, called by the queen of mysteries. I sat before her lofty chair as I have sat before Nic's ever since I was a babe and she said things that make sense now, but did not then, and things that will make sense later but do not make sense now.

Within her realm time swept away but did me no harm, either due to her magics or my own powers. I cannot say what I saw or what I was told. I can say that when our time together was done I was sent back, having only passed a short time in mortal reckoning within the halls of Mystra.

When I returned I saw that Marquie had turned fifteen, due to an adventure she'd had. But she's still my little sister and I still love her as always, even thoug now Ionly stand seven inches above her. I appreciate and care for her more now than I did before all of this, if that is possible.

Ariel I still miss, and always shall, but she is together with her love and I'll always have her in my heart just as she always was, never blemished by pain or dulled by time or old age. I've carved a gravestone on it giving her my last name, which I feel she aught to have, and the title of princess, which she deserves by her birth though I think she forgot this.

Velrik I know suffers for his crime but, though I can forgive him every injury done to me, I cannot forgive him for Ariel's murder. But I know that Ariel wouldn't want me to kill him or Imoen, and that it would be a bad example for Marquie. So the curse is the best I can do. I know that Ariel and Sieg are at peace just as they should be and Marquie is ok. The only thing I have to worry about is my mom getting mad at me for all this..

If I can take a life let it be this one

I cant remember... What else happened today. I'm in my tower now with my sword in my hand and won't put it down. Not ever. Not until it's done. Was I wrong to think that life could exist without killing. Could I have made this better if I'd done what I wanted to at the time. Ariel... Has Siegfred to take care of her now... But she still... Needs more company.

They left this world... I guess like they'd have wanted to... I couldn't have foreseen it. But those two... I should have known they'd be the death of her and strangle her life with their rules and order and evil things. And I tried to save her... And they blamed her for it.

Velrik and Imoen have to die now. Don't they? It's only right. But... I don't know if I can. Maybe I'm a coward. Can I put aside my morals to gain justice or do I do what I believe in even though it's wrong. They deserve to die... They murdered her, both of them but... I could just hurt them. Make them suffer... I always knew Velrik was wrong. I always knew I wanted to fight him, to prove that what he wanted wasn't right. But I knew it would be unwarranted... I wish I'd have just attacked him every chance I had until either I died or he stopped trying to ruin Ariel... And Imoen as well.

If ever I have given gold to the temples of you Oh Mystra, if ever hectacomes I have burnt at your altar, if ever I have sought out mysteries and magics to better my knowledge and power in the name of the lordess of mysteries. If I have done anything worthy of you then let me strike them down and be not a coward. Give me strength to make their blood run until their bodies no longer have life in them and avenge Ariel and Siegfred. Curse both of these foul murders with every plague and ill and misery that ever man or elf or dwarf has known and let them have no peace but in death I pray you.

And who is it that these two fiends in the night murdered? Ariel who sat with me... sat with meeand learned elven languages and to write common as well... I still remember the first book we read together. I sounded out each word and she'd point to a letter and then she'd say it and Mystra help me she's gone. I can't catch her in my arms and spin her around again until we both get sick. I was going to be the best man at their wedding... Siegfred never spoke an ill word of anyone... What could they have done...

Suddenly I'm a minion.

Well today another one of those extra planar sorts tried to bug me and Ihad to cut off his finger cuz he was oddly fixated on poking me in the eye. After that I hung out with Marquie and Picky for a while and we ate cookies and talked and stuff like that and Marquie really seems a lot happier now that she's transformed for hte first time.

She's worried that someone will yell at her for going on the adventure we had. I told her if anyone did I'd yell right back at them. She said she remembered when she first met me after the death of her parents and how I made her smile. It really helps to know htat I had a positive impact on someone like that.

Well after that I took her to meet Wraith. Wraith is not doing well. From what I discerned she was being turned into... something. R wasn't responsible for it, in fact it was Layalees. I swore then and there to help R fight Layalees until she stopped huerting Wraith. Cale Rameed, an old allie from the wars against the shadowmancer, showed up and he's now in the service of Layalees, who is by the way the Kirakian goddess of death.

Well he said that the only way to save Wraith was to kill R but I don't believe that seeing as who he serves and all. Tomorrow I'll go to R and offer my help to her. Layalees is cruelly using Wraith as a hostage even though she's an innocent and I won't stand for that.

After I left me and Marquie met Sieg, who had apparently died in the battle but was ok cuz Imoen healed him. Imoen must be pretty good at healing so I'll have to make sure she never gets ahold of me after I get all busted up. Then again maybe she would just look at me and make me completely better again like she did Sieg and I could skip all te medicine and rest and bandages and stuff that most healers like to force on me.

Sieg pointed out that I hadnt killed anyone in the battle and asked why and I said that I wanted to give them the chance to change aand moreover that I had no right to take that chance from them. Sieg thought this was odd but Marquie understood it perfectly and I gave her a kiss on the cheek and felt a lot better since I wasnt alone in my reasoning.

Well anyhow then I took Marquie back to the hall and we read a story for a while. She's a really sweet kid and I'm glad I have her for a sister. I even did the whole parental thing, asking her if she'd been eating green stuff (gross) and washing behind her ears (yeah right) and all that other stuff neither of us do. She said she did with her fingers crossed and so, my parental type duties done, we fell asleep in a chair with the book open.

I awoke a while later and went to prepare two things. One of them is yet to come to fruition but the other one I can write about freely. Kirna's evil double had turned the real Kirna's lair into a wal mart so I went and tried to fix it. The best I could do was to make it into an evil wal mart. Well I took Kirna to see it and she loved it and took me around the store sitting in a shopping cart. She was worried about our mom and I told her I'd make sure she was ok.

And that's about it. Tomorrow should be interesting since I might have to beat up some of my friends to help R.

Busy busy day

I talked to my mom(Foxxy) today and asked her what to do about Athena. She said to leave her alone but I'm not gunna go for that I need revenge. Ya cant just let people walk all over you. I wanted to keep mom company longer but I sensed Phoenix and went to claim Wraith's body. He asked me a thousand and one questions and finally I got tired of him and walked off. Mom(Lexi) appeared and I was mad at her for saying that Phoenix and me were friends, cuz we're not, but I still love her a lot so I forgave her for it.

Finally we all went to Avalon and I let Phoenix try to bring back Wraith just in case there were any side effects from it. There werent and Wraith is okay now and I topld her to come talk to me soon. I also ahd a chat with mom about her trips to te abyss and why she should stop but she didnt listen. Shes been getting meaner and meaner. I know it shouldnt bother me that she hits me because 'm used to getting hurt, even if noone sees the scars, but getting hrut by someone I really love somehow manages to hurtt more than getting nearly killed by someone don't like.

She did kiss me and give me a hug before she left for the abyss though so I felt a little better and then all of a sudden a letter appeared telling me to show up at the village to join the No'Dolans on the adventure to the Underdark. So of course I went to the village and I saw like a ton of cool people there. Sieg and Ariel were there and I mostly hung out with them and gave Ariel the armor Imade her. She looks cute in it, kinda reminds me of a kid whos parents bundle them up way too much befopre they go out in the snow. We all casted enough spells on her that nothing short of Lolth herself could hurt her and then started off after Velrik explained the plan in lengthy words. What I heard was "Beat up the guys with white hair"

Marquie came along and I let her follow and made sure she'd be ok. When we got in I began casting. I was really worried Velrik or Imoen would notice I wasn't killing anyone and yell at me but I did the best I could just knocking people unconsious or disabling them. Somehow even though I shouldn't be bothered by them yelling at me I still am. I guess they raised so many children they just know how to yell at us. Of course Imoen's worse since I got so used to not caring what Velrik said back when I was younger but that's changing now that we seem to get along better since I've given into the fact that he's done a good (if overly strict) job of raising Ariel and he's pretty much resigned that Ariel and me are way too alike to ever get split up... at least I hope we are.

Well anyhow a demon snatched up Marquie and I told her to transform into her dragon form and she did it for the first time and then I banished the demon and told Marquie to fall back. Me and Velrik went and bothered the main temple while someone else, likely Sieg, shot it with some sort of gush of water and ruined it. Everyone else was too tired from fighting so after making sure everyone was ok I looted the place a bit. I'm surprised by my control- didn't kill a single living thing the whole time though I must have dropped a few hundred between whacking them and knocking them out and using spells to put them to sleep. Still it's sad how many people died...

After that I went home and put Marquie to bed. She's not so nervous about being a dragon anymore but she was worried I'd yell at her for coming along. Really I thought she did fine and I was never much good at discipline anyhow so I told her Iwas proud of how well she'd done and then kissed her goodnight. After that I went to the village and talked to Shadowwalker, an old friend from Asgard. Some stupid punks went into the forest to mess with the trees but between the Ents, the enchantments and the rangers from the Black Watch and those under my command those two are now very well wanted.

After that I met Porsha, who is a friend of those outer-planar types, and she was still mean and said that I shouldnt be allowed to walk around freely and I rolled my eyes and she said I had no respect for my elders and didnt know how to do what Iwas told and I said that if all she did was what she told than how would she know what she was doing was right. It's sad to see a perfectly good mind corrupted by talk of obediance and listening to elders!

Well, I'm going to get some rest finally.

I hate those outer planer types

Well today my diary got stolen by my evil older sister Athena. I chased her and made her give it back and then made it so she couldnt speak or write in common. That'll teach her! I followed her out to the gardens and one of those holier than thou art celestial being types popped up and bitched at me for going to the abyss to save my friend. I'm not letting any outer planar being tell me what to do and made that clear to her while she went on about doom and me not being able to handle things and just generally insulted me.

So she left and I went and talked to some other girl who turned out to be of the same sort as the one who came to bug me! She got all mad and then left but I did get to meet a nice guy named Picky who rode on a really cool floating platform. He seemed really cool and wasn't all haughty and arrogant like Nemo turned out to be.

After that I talked to Siona and her dad showed up so Athena started dragging me away. I went to the hall and talked to my mom(foxxy) all night and got in a fight with Siona cuz we both wanted to hug mom and I won. And mom had to tell gramma about Myth disappearing so she made me do it and gramma was really really mad but things calmed down after that and Siona and me stopped fighting.

To get back at me Athena copied down what she read from my diary and is trying to distribute it but that's ok cuz I stole some baby pictures of her and made them into tapestries and put them all over the hall. Also, I'm guessing that Athena now knows I'm vulnerable to being made younger so if I should suddenly stop writing here it's likely that I've forgotten how. Damn my sister can be evil sometimes...

Oh yeah and my mom might be allowed to go on Velrik's quest to the underdark after all so that's good and I said hi to Ariel but she felt like being alone so I didn't bug her. I still need to track down Phoenix so I can save Wraith, though I might just get R to help with that. Oh and I'm going to try to teach Marquie to use her dragon form so if I stop writing permanently it's likely I've been eaten. Dragons can be hungry sometimes...

Make with the thwarting!

I popped up in the gardens today to find Blue treating Nemo like some little kid and I tugged her hair and made her stop. The funny thing is then Nemo started yelling at me for doing stuff involving the abyss and calling me a kid. That really bugged the hell out of me and I was going to let him go but then for no reason he attacked a tree and nearly killed it!

I had my sword drawn and everything but then my mom(Foxxy) called me in. Myth finally announced that he was gone so I figured I'd better keep her company and try to comfort her. She hides it really well how hurt she is, not like me I'm a total wuss, I'd probably just start crying if something like that happened. Instead mom said we were going to go rescue Jae, my kidnapped former half sister.

So we went to a cave occupied by these weird guys from the future and I was ready to fight them but mom was in a really bad mood and made me behave. We left and got Jae without any violence or harm to her apparent captors. They addicted her to some sort of drug and now me and mom are trying to figure out how to fix that. We went back to the cabin and talked about all sorts of stuff after that and Jae went back to the cave unfortunately.

We went to the hall and I asked her if she was coming on the quest to the underdark with Velrik and all his friends. She said Velrik probably wouldnt let her go and I said I could disguise her so she'd be able to. I said she should definately come because she'd be good to have along and get along with everyone. She said she didnt always get along with Velrik and I said that was just a given. I like him alright and all but I still want to fight him again one day, fairly this time. It's not so much that he beat me but that I worry it made me look like I wasn't capable of protecting Ariel, that and he cheated. I guess I'm petty...

We also talked about my other mom(Alex) I told mom about how she's been getting since going to the abyssa nd she wasnt too happy about it. I hope she can fix things and that Lexi dosnt get any meaner. She's scary enough already... Well anyhow then mom and me talked about the past and both apologized for not spending enough time with eachother wehn I was younger. I promised I'd try to make it up to her now and she said I was doing a good job. It feels really good to have someone so happy with my actions, something I've always looked for. After that she went to bed and I stood guard otuside her door for a few hours cuz she asked me to and then went to Atlantis and hung out with my shapeshifter friend Sabrina.

I knew there was still good in R

Well today was certainly a lot of fun. I saw Grace's daughter Morgaine. Grace asked me to look after her to make sure that her brother, who turned all evil and stuff, dosnt harm her. I pouted because I hate protecting stuff when I should be out fighting but its hard to argue with Grace. Anyhow Morgaine told me that Grace was off fighting some death knights. I didn't quite believe this since death knights are insanely powerful.

Well I decided to go help Grace and I went to the abyss. No death knights thankfully but I fought some demons before getting tired of the seartch and returning. There was some kid in the hall who Morgaine called Nemo. Apparently he dosnt have a name and is a wonderer so I told him he could hang around the castle. He had a python with him named Granth who seemed like a fairly agreeable snake and I hope to have time to talk at length with both of them.

I told him to watch Morgaine because I sensed someone coming who wasn't good. It turned out to be Kaela and I managed to fight her off, though I got a good sock in the chest in the battle. I banished her to one of the lower planes and figured that would be the end of her. I've been trying to overtrhow her lately and we fight a lot, though I really dont find her to be that bad of a person, though that might just be because of her mental powers messing with my head.

Well when that was done Morgaine was mad at me and said she'd tell Grace I was being bad but I'm used to getting in trouble by now. I left her again when I sensed Ariel was around. I ran and hugged her and spun her around like always and asked a million questions and then I showed her the trap door in her room and gave her the keys to it and then we talked and I asked her to forgive me if I was a bad influence on her and never spent enough time with her (because I know I didn't, though it wasn't all my fault) and of course she did because she's wonderful like that. And then I made her promise me that eve nafter her and Sieg got married she'd s till have time to play with me and go on adventures and she did htat too and we hugged and we were both happy.

So then I heard from my mom (lexi) that R was willing to see us as long as I behaved. Mom's become a lot darker since going on this quest to save Animus and I really need to try to help her but I also need to save Wraith. She led me to the church and I was very good and didnt speak unless spoken to and all that other crap I only do when I'm trying to impress someone. Well it worked. Or at least it was part of the solution. Mom slapped me a few times and broke my finger (Like I said she's getting meaner) but I kept my mouth shut and tried to be nice. An evil spirit appeared, sent by the kirakian goddess of death (who R is trying to overtrhrow) and that's when it started.

Ya see the spirit wanted Wraith's soul to use as a bargaining peice against R. I got up and stood in it's way and R commanded it to leave. The thing was an avatar and spoke for the goddess of death saying she was going to destroy Wraith if R didn't give up her quest. In the end the thing left and I pleaded with R to give me Wraith's soul so Icould keep it safe and return Wraith to life. In the end she actually did and I ran off. Phoenix is stupid and hid Wraith's body so there's not much I can do at the moment until I get it from him. Apparently Wraith's soul is sealed in the crystal by hte goddess of death so I'm going to need a focus to get it out. I think I'll get R to help me find one since she seems so nice all of a sudden.

I knew it was a trap

Well we all split up and Phoenix managed to get into trouble and Jeracon was nowhere to be found so I figured it was up to me. I snatched an orc and put on his armor. I got all teh way to where R was and the orcs were surrounding Phoenix so I figured to try to take her hostage but she disappeared too quickly. I started walking away and Phoenix and Jeracon also realized it was futile. R never had any intention of keeping Wraith there or of defending from us. It was clear that we were led there for a reason.

I had several therories as to what it was and it turned out that Wraith's soul had somehow been found unknowingly by Phoenix's other daughter and that while we were away R had attacked her, nearly killed her and stolen the gem that Wraith's sul was in. Phoenix and I discussed our options at length and it was seeming pretty hopeless. Then mom(Alex) arrived and she made fun of Phoenix and then Phoenix was talking about R abandoning Wraith which I pointed out wasn't entirely true. Then I manged to talk mom into trying to get R to talk with me. Hopefully something will come of that, though I'm not sure.

That's about it for me. I've been hearing reports of an evil warlordess in the east and intend to go investigate them soon after the Wraith situation is resolved.

I know this is a trap

I went and talked to Imoen today and she was nice and she still thinks I'm a bad influence on Ariel though I think she turned out wonderfully, partly because of all my teachings. I really am proud of her. We talked a while longer until we reached the hall and I got involved in various discussions before finally going out to see Tal and talk to Phoenix. Tal and Neidhalt are fighting a lot and I wish they'd stop, Neidhalt seems to be way controlling and I don't think Tal likes the fact that she's having a baby.

After this I went to talk to Phoenix and Jeracon was there which is good nbecause I know this is a trap and I hoped he hadnt fallen into it yet. I wanted to go immediately once Jeracon found where Wraith's soul was being kept but as usual he thought I'd never make it there and wouldnt let me go on ahead. Then Phoenix came in and wasted even more time. I kept trying to hurry them both up because Iknew that Wraith was suffering. Phoenix said I didnt know what he felt like because I never cared for anyone like he cares for Wraith. He's so full of crap I've known her twice as long as he has and I also thought of Ariel like a daughter for a long time, or at least I cared for her like she was my daughter.

I guess that's why I got into so many fights with Velrik and Imoen over how she should be raised, especially when the disciplined her which is something I never believed in. They adopted her because I couldnt take care of her full time since I was still quite young as well and very much into adventuring, though we always did hang out together and she was learning to live on her own when I wasn't about. Heh I probably made a horrible parent, I guess I have to give it to Velrik and Imoen that they gave her a stable home, even if they were way too mean to both of us.

Ah where was I? I guess Ijust think more about Ariel since she's growing up so fast. Then again so am I! I accidentally walked into a brothel today! If my parents read this they'd probably torture me mercilessly so I'll have to hide this account well. I was looking for some people to help me save Wraith and there was a building in town with a lot of young guys hanging around and they all seemed energetic and then tired when they left. So I figured it was the adventurer's guild and went in. I asked if they could help get me together with a bucnh of adventurous young men and women and they said sure. Then I asked if they could provide us with horses and the owner looked at me weird. Finally I figured out my mistake and ran out of there as fast as I could. Not that I'm afraid of naked women or nothin, I've seen plenty of them... Well, maybe not...

Anyhow I decided that since Nic and my mom weren't around to stop me I'd go on the quest even though I have a really bad feeling about it and I do owe R a certain favor. So when Phoenix and Jeracon finally got their acts together we all took off for Kirak. We reached the secret caverns where R was hiding out in an abandoned underground village and split up. The way I went I had to fight off a ton of earth elementals and a huge water elemental that killed some orcs that were bugging me in its attempts to eat me.

So finally I met up with Phoenix and Jeracon and we infiltrated the village. It's warded against magic (which gives me an even worse feeling) except for one little part. It occurs to me that I should have left a note for my family but everyone knows I was going to save Wraith sometime, at least I hope. We're all hiding out in an apothecary's shop and that's where I write this. I really hope we all make it out ok...

Gotta look out for my nephew and whatnot.

So yeah I had a pretty quiet day though I did stop arguing with Imoen and we made up and I think she suspects that I'm plotting something but I'm always plotting so it's ok, plus she can't do anything too mean to me anyhow. At least I hope not, she can be kinda scary, specially when me and Ariel used to run around together. I really miss Ariel but she's growing up now and starting to want to hang out with good balls like me less and take more time for Sieg which I guess is only natural. I like to think I might have contributed in some way to their happiness and of course the important thing she's doing what she wants to do so at least she learned one of the lessons I taught her when she was younger, well actually she learned a lot of them and she's a great kid.

Speaking of which theres still no sign of Wraith but there is to be a rescue mission soona nd I'm going on it. Oh yeah and I bothered Angelica by doing a rather loud entrance while she was trying to get Arric to go to bed, but ah well he didnt need sleep anyhow. I also met a very nice bastet fellow who promised to tell me about the cat changing person goddess, Selene. A pretty nice day all in all. Although I do miss both my parents and Nic but at least I can kinda keep occupied searching for Wraith, though I know we'll never be as close as we once were. Ever since she went to school we've scarcely talked. I hate the idea of sending kids off to school and I hope that never happens to Marquie!

A pretty quiet day for me

Well I talked to mom(foxxy) and she still hasnt given away the gift but she will eventually. And I told her about Athena and she said my sister probably won't kill me. So that's good. And I got yelled at by Grace whos daughter is a follower of some weird cult because I told her daughter off. It had to be done though she was calling Mystra a false goddess and I don't take that!

Well I did apologize though after Grace talked to me and we agreed not to bother eachother over our religious beliefs even if hers are silly and wrong. So then I fought with Blue's evil double and not much really happened after that. Tomorrow will definately be more fun though.

My family's the bestest

Wow today was fun. I talked to my mom for a while and she still hasn't given Velrik the present I enchanted and I also made a thing to protect me from Athena and then the aforementioned person appeared and I talked to her a while. I also saw Willow, the lady who kidnaps me occasionally, and I freed all ehr prisoners and she was REALLY mad. Anyhow I got into it with Athena cuz she didnt like me behaving so I started acting normal and then she tried to drown me so I bound her powers.

Imoen also came in during the night and scolded mom and me for complaining about having guards on her and me complaining about how I used to have guards try to follow me. I guess in a way she was right it's nice to have people care about you. Imoen's just right too often... And of course Athena wasn't happy about me binding her and I wouldn't have done it but if I had been someone else and not avoided the spell I might be dead so I had to do something. I couldnt stand to see her sad so I fixed her after a while.

I really miss Nic and mom(Lexi) a lot and they're both gone for seperate reasons and I know they have to be gone so I understand and I still love them both. I noticed Kirna was being chased and me and Athena went and rescued her and helped her back to the castle and we talked nicely for the rest of the evening. I can't wait til mom(lexi) saves Animus so we can all be one big happy family!

Being good is SUCH a ripoff!

Today was lots of fun! I searched for Wraith but I still can't find her so I went home. I saw my mom(foxxy) and hugged her really tight cuz I've missed her a lot and unlike my other mother(lexi) she hasn't been ignoring me on purpose, though I still love them both. I'm trying to help her to avoid the guards that Velrik and Eli placed on her because she's kinda like the queen while Nic's gone. I said I placed invisible guards on her but that didnt work so I'm enchanting a sword to get Velrik back for putting guards on my momma.

Well she was really glad to see me so I hopped in her lap and hugged her and we talked about all sorts of stuff and then Xavia appeared. She'd been missing for months and months and I gave up the search but now she's escaped and I went and busted up the place where she was held captive and I'm trying to lure out hte guy who kidnapped and tortured her so I can beat him up and make him stop hurting people. My mom said she wanted to talk to him first but that really worried me cuz I don't want her getting hurt.

Anyhow I came back from the destruction of the evil fortress and met Imoen and her daughter (who oddly enough hadn't even heard of me despite living with three people who knew me for twenty years and one of them my best friend) and Ariel still isnt around so I'm sad cuz I miss her. But I told Imoen to have Vel put guards on Xavia and be on the look our for her kidnapper and hten I went back to the hall. I was behaving and actually being really good just sitting on my mom's lap and being seen and not heard. Eowyn and me were about to argue but I shut up. And then Carey (my governess) appeared and I was really glad to see her.

We talked and ended up telling her that I was never going to really be old enough for her to stop being my governess and I mentioned that I was working on a way to make sure that I wouldn't grow any younger if my sister got mad at me and decided to try to do that. Unfortunately mom and Carey are both probably going to tell her. A fae popped in and tied my boots together and I think she dumped water on me too. I also got to meet a very nice earth elemental and after that I curled up in my mom's lap and went to sleep. I hope 'll find Wraith tomorrow.

My family just keeps getting bigger and bigger...

Today is a lot better than yesterday! I suddenly feel a lot more loved, even though my sister did try to kill me and I had to scald Phoenix's hand to get him off of me. Well the point is a lot of people care about me, so many so that it can get confusing sometimes so I put a family tree here to help with that. Here it is.

Garen and Desi adopted Foxxy.
Somehow Waru came into existence.
My mom married a lot of peole, Lance, Harian, Myth, my dad, probably others.
My dad married my mom.
Arik and Athena (my brother and sister) came into being.
I popped up at some point in time.
Athena adopted Bret.
Wraith, Ariel and Marqui adopted me as their older brother and Blank and Hlao also adopted me as their brother.
Dia became Foxxy's sister which made me related to Nic somehow.
Foxxy adopted Anika and Anika had a ton of kids, The only ones I really know about are Genny and Arric
Lexi adopted me and I became the brother of her other kids, Animus and Kirna,
Somehow Eowyn and Ethan Warlock are my cousins.
Also, through all my adopted sisters I'm related to: Siona, R, Raven, Velrik and Imoen.
Also I'm related to a ton of dead people and a lot of planeswalker types and the Darkheart family as well. Oh and Lexi has nine ex husbands but they don't count.

I need to restock my treasure troves before Christmas time...

So anyhow today was pretty normal aside from a disturbance in the forest caused by Sol which I must talk to her about. I saw my old friend Grace and she made it so I couldn't talk and I whined until she fixed me, though I was still really glad to be around her. And then I went out into the forests for a while and I saw Marquie and I agreed to turn us both into fish and go swimming. However felt something odd from Wraith and had to go.

Well Wraith had opened the package that R made me give her and it took her soul from her body and imprisoned it somewhere on Kirak. Phoenix saw me in Wraiths room trying to help her and me and him don't get along. He tried to throw me out so I used burning touch and told him to keep his hands off me. I went searching for R to politely ask her to put Wraith back but Icouldnt find her anywhere so we're all going to search for Wraith tomorrow, though Phoenix is stupidly intent on killing R, which I won't allow.

Well I failed to rescue Wraith tonight but I did talk to mom(Alex) for a second and then I went to see if she was at home but Kirna was there. Normally I'd have tried to start a fight with her but today she seemed really down. Deep down Kirna cares as much about mom as I do, she just fights with her to get her attention. And now that mom is so worried about Animus neither me or Kirna are getting any attention at all so I guess just being able to talk to eachother helped. Kirna didnt want to admit that she loves our mother a lot. When I said she did she tried to hit me a lot and crush me under the refridgerator but her heart wasn't in it. I think all this might just turn out ok after all!

Drew 1, Abyssals 0

Well it finally happened. The showdown with Animus. I suppose I can keep you in suspense about that a bit longer though. The day started out typically enough as I went and talked to Sol. Oddly enough Neidhalts son appeared, having been made human for his assault on Tallanth. Sol thought to take additional revenge on him and tainted his spirit despite my attempts to prevent her. I yelled at her for it and she said she'd fix him. It kinda scares me what she can do with her powers. The poor guy is in love with her now and his soul is turning black. Just in the blink of an eye...

After that I went to visit Tal and she was trying to catch fish for pets. I thought this was terrible but even still I managed to talk a few fish into hopping into her pot. Talking to Tal I realized that she's so much more like a human than Sol, and more innocent as well, despite what she is. She's really nice to talk to and she's not as mischievious as Sol. She also likes to have pets and to take baths (ick!) well I suppose I cant hold one thing against her. We parted ways after I helped her get her fish and I went to the castle.

There I found Sabe struggling with his young dragon, who was trying to build up a horde from the castles riches (as dragons are wont to do) I was joined by an old friend who shares my red dragon blood. We've often disagreed on the subject of draconics as he is for the preservation of all of them and I was willing to kill those that were evil. However watching this little green one I realized how innocent and likeable she was even in her supposed evil-doing and tried to give her a bit of advice. He and I agreed that the young dragon was more than likely to best Sabe in a test of wills and probably would enslave him and he said he'd talk to her about this. Before we could do this though I heard Tal was in need of help so we went to see her.

My friend and I had an interesting conversation on the way to Tal's house. I asked him what I should do if a dragon were hurting people and wouldn't stop. He said that I should try to subdue it rather than killing it and give it the chance to change. I think he was right, that maybe if the evil Nic had lived she'd have had the chance to change as well. I guess it's a chance we all deserve. From now on I've decided to never take another life.

She was trying to haul a twenty gallon kettle to her cottage (the kettle containign the fish she'd caught) and was not making much progress so we both helped her and sat down in her cottage which I must say is rather odd. There was a pool of swirling water which she used as a bath and the entire place was decorated with stuffed pigs. Made of cloth mind you, not actual pigs that were killed and stuffed. Like I said she's too nice for that kinda stuff. She warned me that Sol was different and I can kinda understand that though I like to think Sol isn't that bad.

Well Neidhalt soon arrived and I informed him of what had happened to his son. He was rather angry and Tal said we should run and I agreed even though he didn't seem to be cross with us. We ran off but eventually he calmed down and we returned and I told him to let Sol handle it as she'd promised she would make things better. I really want to trust her on that, I don't know I'm just too trusting sometimes but you can't lose faith in people, can you?

After leaving Tal and Neidhalt alone went back to the castle and my mom(alex) was there and so was Eowyn (my cousin) and her boyfriend Poison. I really wanted to talk to him and make friends but he started acting arrogant right away so after a while of arguing I just told him to bugger off. Mom was still all grumpy and didn't want to talk to me at all. I really hate it when she gets like that. Marquie, Siona's adopted daughter, talked to me plentifully though and I promised to turn us both into fish soon so we could go for a swim and she asked me for some help with some ailment she had and I said I would do what I could. Later in the night I sensed Animus was near and put my plan into action to rescue Maris.

I went to Maris' house to speak with the duplicate Maris. Animus sensed this and sent a lackey after me. I took him down and just when I would have normally killed him I stopped and sent him back to the abyss. Then Animus came and I told him I had made a double of Maris, which he thought was the real one and kidnapped. I told him if Iwasn't allowed to cast my magics on the false Maris (really, the real one) that both would die. The rouse worked and he brought back the hostage. I used a little illusion to make it look like I'd blown him up and then Animus said to try to kill him. I said I wasn't there to kill him, and that I only wanted to save him.

I tried to use my magics to take his soul back from the abyss but it had such a hold on him that there was nothing I could do. Our mother appeared and Animus soon became sorrowful and told me to look aafter Maris, which I promised to do. I really don't think he wants to be a servant of the abyss and I'm sure he's going to try to escape soon. Well mom didnt really care that I'd saved Maris, she was more worried about Animus and I left her with him to go talk to Maris and Marquie. Maris soon fell asleep and I talked to Marquie and using some magics found out she had dragon blood in her which troubled her since it was Siona in her dragon form that accidentally orphaned her.

Well I calmed her down and she decided I'm her big brother now, a position a lot of people seem to think fits me well, liek Ariel and Wraith. So I put her to bed and then went to find mom. She was in the abyss in a lunatic search for Animus. I dragged her back and tried to calm her down and I promised her we'd look for Animus together. I really just want to fix everything so we can get along like we used to before all this crazy stuff with the council and my brother and the Tremblant started. I guess 'm kind of jealous that she spends so much time away from me and when we do talk it's as if I'm not even there...

Well anyhow after this my day was just about over and I went to bed.

I never thought that'd happen!

Well I woke up today and went to find something interesting to do. I went out to the forest and there met with Tal and Sol and they gave me candy and are very nice for demons. Sol mentioned that I was a virgin again and after a short argument which consisted of me casting several tickling spells on her she vowed never to say such again. Like I said those two are really nice for demons. Well after a while a celestial appeared, apparently the son of Tal's male counterpart. He went after Tal and rose to stop him and I thought we were getting along great whe they flew off and he cast some spell on her.

She started plumetting to the ground and Sol tried to catch her. I had floated into the air to investigate and started down for the ground swiftly to catch them both. Unfortunately at the last moment Tal stopped their descent while I was heading right for them and not expecting this. Needless to say we all smacked into the ground and it really hurt but I was pretty much ok. After this Sabe showed up with Mes as well and while we talked Sabe realized that his dragon egg he'd taken was hatching and ran off, telling Mes and I to follow.

I followed swiftly, telling Mes how Sabe had taken it from a dragon that Ariel and me and our friends slew. Well we got to his room and I cast a protection from acid spell on myself and watched, expecting the think to kill him. Instead it just spit acid at him and didnt seem too terribly evil, so I'm guessing it's quite special. After this I went downstairs to talk to Eowyn about meeting her husband to be and then went back to the future to see if mom(alex) wasn't around.

She wasnt around and when she was it hardly seemed to matter since she's ignored me since Maris' disappearance. I tried dressing up in black and whining about how miserable I was but that didnt help. Then I set the house on fire but she still didnt pay attention to me. Finally she did say something to me but all she did was tell me to take out the garbage!!! I grabbed the bag and threw it all around her angrily. She got rather mad and we got into a huge fight and I went off and cried. She seemed like she didnt even notice that I was trying to help Maris and Animus both and that I wasnt at fault for what happened.

I don't know why but I'm always scared people don't care enough about my efforts, that maybe I'm not quite doing enough or not doing things well enough for my family and friends to think me worthy of their love. I calmed down though after a while and found mom was talking with R and we continued our argument and R was actually being nice to me which was really weird. Or maybe she just seemed nice compared to mom. In any event I can still see the good in R.

Finally I gave up and said I'd go clean up what I did to the appartment and mom said she'd punish me horribly(which she'll forget about once I save Maris and Animus) . After that I went to bother this Willow person who had imprisoned me once or twice and I kicked her into one of her own cells and held her there while I ransacked her dungeon. Then she tried to kidnap Mera but I rescued her and surprisingly enough the disappearance of Mera summoned Arik, my brother I havn't seen in years. I yelled at him to go apologize to Mera and my mom (foxxy) and he tried to teleport me somewhere but avoided it and finally he jsut left.

Willow says she won't release the other prisoners she has unless I give up my powers to her, which I',m not doing cuz she'd use them for evil. I nearly killed her today and I had my nephew steal teh keys to her dungeon so I'm sure I'll take care of her soon in a permanent fashion... Or maybe not... I've been feeling really bad ever since killing the evil Nic. I mean she was going after Carey but she still looked so much like the woman who cared for me when I was a child. Maybe we're not all that different and evil people don't deserve to die just for being evil. I'll give that some thought in the coming days.

Apparently demonesses are good for something

As predicted today there was much adventure. First I went down to talk to the evil version of the queen to see what could be done with her. She was not only belligerent but she bloody stabbed me! As if things couldn't get any worse Carey, my old governess showed up. She made me tend to my wound and then heard about evil Nic and thought she was the real queen. I tried to tell her but in the end I had to do what Carey said and let the clone go.

Being evil she came out with the knife she'd used to stab me so I had to run her through. Carey was kinda shook up and was about to kill me when I found the real Nic and hid behind her to protect me from Carey. This saved my ass and eventually it was revealed that the woman I killed wasnt the real Nic but Carey is still mad at me so I'm sure I'm going to be feeling it soon.

After this I went to find R and she had prepared a potion to make Maris largely untouchable by evil. We traveled deep into the abyss, slaughtering other demons as we went. Finally R cast her magic and we were able to run away and as an added bonus she didnt even decide to test the poisons on me, at least not yet.

On my way back I met two other demonesses, Sol, who I know already and Tallanth who I didn't know. And we made introductions while floating in the air and for some reason Tallanth was wearing almost nothing so I had to stare off into the distance when I talked to her cuz I didn't want to see anything I shouldn't see. I hardly see how it's wrong to be a little embarassed by seeing, umm, things. Of course they both thought this to be funny and somehow Sol managed to point out that I was a virgin even though noone should know that but everyone seems to. Do I really seem that virginy and innocent?

Then they went on to say I was not sexually attractive and believe me that's an insult coming from a succubi! Not that I'd want to do something like that with them or anyone else but still... Ah hell -turns red- I guess I'm just too imatture to be terribly interesting to succubi, which might be an advantage actually. Ah well I guess it's nothing to be embarassed about but still annoying. I put up the best defense I could and then Sol's friend, Amo appeared.

He kept calling me boy, which I hate when people do it just to be mean, so I called him various names and we got into a fight. I cast very well and managed to avoid all his attacks and was about to dispel a tornado he'd created when the fight abruptly stopped. I went and talked with Tallanth again and she introduced me to a very modest and interesting extraplanar name of Neidhalt I believe. I shall have to become better acquainted wiht him.

After this I went back to the future to report my success to mom (alex) but she wasnt around. Instead it was her heathenous, blaspheming evil double who keeps talking about how her god is better than mine. I just threw her out a window and beat her with my sword until she shut up. I wish it had been Kirna there instead of her, she's at least fun to tussle with. Eventually the evil double ran off and I went to visit some friends in Atlantis.

I saw Sabrina, a wear panther I havnt seen in a long time and we got into a pouncing contest and her daughter helped her so I got pinned down and she cave me a cat bath and ruined my hair and made me all clean and wet and stuff and I put up a valiant struggle but eventually had to submit cuz her tongue just tickled way too much. Eventually she let me go and I just curled up beside then til it was time to play. They were both in cat form so I polymorphed myself and we had pouncing contests and batting with paws and all sorts of fun things that cats are given to do before we all finally got tired and went to sleep curled up in the hall.

-Andrew Kuchi

Why's everybody so mean to me!

Once more I managed to escape from the woman, whos name I now know to be Willow's dungeon. She seems formidable and I'm not quite sure what she wants. Also, today I finally got back at Phoenix. I went to put a portal to the shadow plane in place of his door but he was apparently inside and thought he could equal me in spell casting, despite the fact that he never seems to go on any quests or fight in any wars unless they involve him or his immediate family. Odd. Well, anyhow he challenged my power so I tossed his house into the air and then caused an earthquake and painted it green and he tried to turn me red but I just resisted his magic and walked off, leaving his house with structural damage and all sorts of things overturned, though he did levitate it back to the ground. Teach him to send me to a dungeon.

So with that accomplished I went to see R about operation: save Maris' ass. She was actually helping and we're going to put a plan into action tomorrow. Amazingly enough she even let me into the chuch and gave me a package to take to Wraith, which I intend to open before I give it to Wraith just to make sure its safe. R still hasnt forgotten about my agreement with her and after giving me the gift she kicked me outta the churchwithout even offering me a drink,.

So then I went to see Imoen and she was nice and everyone likes the treehouse and Sieg was there and we promised to go questing together. Then I felt my mom(Lexi) bearby and tried to talk to her but she used some horrible mental attack on me that made me sad so I went to pay her back. She was talking to some vampire guy so I started hugging and kissing her and giving her a little card to ebarass her and it worked, she was pissed and swore to cut me into little pieces if I did it again and I was all sad.

Well that's all for now, more interesting stuff will surely happen tomorrow.

I really hate being captured...

So today I hung out at my mother (Lexi's) house and Kirna appeared. I yelled at her and told her to leave and she said she was going to tell our mother I cursed. So we got into a fight and she gave me a headache and I twisted her nose and she pulled my hair and I bit her and all sorts of stuff. Then mom appeared and Kirna ran off. I tried to make her feel better for a while but there was nothing I could do and then she left so I went back to Kielder.

All of a sudden everyone appeared who I wanted to take on an adventure so I decided we'd go on a quest. I took my mom (foxxy) Sabe, my very good old friend Erdrick and Angelica along. Sol also followed along. We went to Kazad Dum and I led them around and we killed a few orcs. I was trying to teach Sabe about the problems with coveting weapons and wealth but he didnt get it so we went home after I got to tell everyone a bit of lore about Moria.

I talked to my mother a while and she has a new boyfriend I think. He's one of those grumpy planewalker types she hangs out with like Myth was only this guy (who's name by the way is Harian) dosnt bother me so its ok. Then she left and I talked to Ethan, my cousin. He's worried about Eowyn marrying an abyssal I want to talk to about helping Maris. I tried to reassure him and then all of a sudden the woman who held me captive appeared and dragged me to this damned dungeon, where I still am now. I really hate being captured.

I so did not lose!

So I went to put my brilliant plan into action and began collecting spell components from Maris' house (he lives alone in the village for some reason) and when I was almost done Athena showed up to find me crawling around on the floor. After a while got her to help and created a duplicate of Maris. That finished we went to my tower and played. Athena pinned me down and tickled me til I gave in but I had my fingers crossed so it dosn't count. We get along really well for some reason though she used to seem kind of distant and not very affectionate. She's changed a lot, I mean I could never imagine the Athena I'm used to adopting a kid.

But she has so I guess something's different about her and I think it's great. She asked me how old Iwas and I told her I'd remain eighteen until I died. She didnt believe me so I told her to try to make me older with magic (since it won't effect me) she said she'd make me younger. I need to make sure that can't happen before next time I make her mad. Granted I'd still be of a decent amount of power if I was younger but I'd be really short too and that'd be no fun. Of course if that did happen I'd have to endlessly torment Athena til she fixed me. But other than that we get along great and we hugged and did all that nice brother sister stuff before she had to go check on Bret and I went to bed. I think tomorrow will be interesting.

The possibility of hope

It turns out that if you mouth off to your captor enough and just generally let them know that you're going to kill them if they don't release you they get pissed. However, if you keep at it they'll see you're not one to be trifled with and eventually release you. Such was the case with me. I returned to Kielder and swore to avenge myself upon Phoenix next chance I get.

However, more important matters are at hand. I spoke with my mother (Foxxy) today but I didn't tell her about my intended trip to the abyss because I hate scaring her. I also spoke with Cerridwen and impressed her with tales of my escape. It's not that I meant to, she just asked me to tell her a story so I gave the one that was most readily at hand. I guess it's nice being able to impress people with what I do but everyone I love the most seems the least interested in my questing and magic and stuff. Sometimes I think I just chose the wrong path.

In any event this is the path I'm on now and I'll do my best. I talked to my sister Athena today and she's well, of course she didnt seem in the mood to go to the lower planes so I went to someone who loves that sort of stuff, namely my old enemy, R. She wasnt very interested in helping until I told her that it was for my mother (Alex) and that if she helped us I'd let her test some of her poisons on me. She'd been developing some new poisons and she took the bait so now we're all working to find a way to rescue Maris. As we were talking mom(Alex) showed up and I went to her. She was in a rather bad mood. R and her friend followed and after trying to calm her down we all went out seperate ways. She is really scary when she's mad.

I was scheming for the rest of the night to figure out how to rescue Maris and then it occured to me while I was talking to Sol. Maris dosn't have much time and a frontal assault would be doomed but if I modify a Simulacrum spell and take a few other precautions I can make it so the only one who need enter the abyss will be me, which is how things are supposed to be anyhow. More on how my plans went if I survive.

-Andrew Kuchi

Several things have occured to me.

I write this while the dungeon guard isn't watching. I managed to get one of the chains off my wrist but my other arm is still bound and there's no lock to be picked. I am apparently not being held by any ordinary jailor. The woman who keeps me here is absolutely no good at running a dungeon. Why you ask?

There are no incompetent guards.

I have as yet found no secret passages to get me out.

Whereas any professional dungeon keeper or torturer knows that it's proper to leave an adventurer alone and let them forge an escape plan mine seems to take great interest in my every action.

Worse yet I even tried coming on to her with absolutely no effect.

So as I said she clearly dosn't know the rules of holding people captive. So it looks like I'm going to have to be very clever in order to escape here without my magic. Also, it looks like I'm in a lot of trouble. On the good point though I finally decided that Merlyn was more powerful than Gandalf but that Gandalf was still the better wizard because he used the magic he had more efficiently, and was naturally wise, where as Merlyn's wisdom came from knowledge of the future. I guess it was just an idle thought to pass the time.

Things seem so bleak right now, especially knowing that I failed Maris and was unable to defeat his father. I can't expect anyone to think well of me if I can't even complete my chosen missions, or screw them up horribly. At least there's noone else I have to rescue here so I can be miserable instead of having to pretend to have some idea of what I'm going to do. All I can do is try to have faith that Mystra will see me out of this mess, no matter how undeserving I might be of her blessing.

Hmmm... Well this sucks.

Today started out ordinarily enough. I worked on Velrik and Imoen's new tree house and talked to Nic a bit. The two demons also made appearances in the hall and I very nearly got into a fight with the male, Amo I believe, because he looked as though he was about to hit Sol. I went to stop him and he tried to cast some silly spell on me (the nerve of some demons!) but it failed and then I went back to my own business figuring to let him off with a warning cuz I'm nice like that. Like I said if you absolutely have to fight a girl you should limit yourself to kicking and maybe shoving, I'm still not sure if that's right, but definately no hitting with your hands.

After a while Velrik and Imoen appeared and I talked to them for a while and then tried to get Sabe to come on a quest with me. Unfortunately there weren't enough people so once more it had to be delayed and I went to go see Wraith instead. I caught her at a bad time so she shoved me into the floor but it was Wraith and, like Ariel, there's nothing she could do that'd make me mad. She calmed down a bit though and we talked about old times and promised to take her on an adventure after teasing her about all the cute stuff she did when she was little (she once stabbed me with a dagger and tied me up and threatened to torture me, but you could tell she only did it cuz she cared about me)

Suddenly I felt the presence of Animus, Lexi's other son. I thought he was a very nice person from what I heard of him but it turned out he died and was dragged to the abyss, corrupted and sent back. He had a son and Lexi and I came to like her grandchild a lot. Unfortunately Animus came for him. I searched for where he hid the child for a while and then had a duel with animus himself but he escaped. Now I'm certain he's taken Maris to the abyss and I must escape from here and follow there. I've tried to recruit all those I can for the effort. I shouldnt have let him be taken in the first place so it's really my fault. No matter how powerful I become I never seem to be able to do enough to protect everyone...

I wanted to try to talk to Wraith again but Phoenix had some strange wards set up and when I knocked on his door I was sent to this dungeon. It's the same one we rescued Mes from yesterday so I'm sure I can get out, I just hope it's in time to save Maris. I can't afford to fail again.