James Hiwatari
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I don't think it's just the fairies that agree with you about the no green city. Sure, Enkyo's population density is on par with London's, but it's only because plenty of people put their money ahead of overall quality of life and pretty scenery... As of today you made it to nearly a third of the story! Yay! (Now let's hope it doesn't become a competition of who takes longer - you to read the next part or me to reply to comments...)
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Now, now, we shouldn't let the actions of one group of nurses define our entire image of Daisenian nurses. Maybe other nurses out there are actually capable (or, more likely, willing) to make fruit salads. Maybe the place Nessa is going to has such nurses. Or maybe we'll never know because Nessa's life will be so wonderful she'll never need nurses again! (Yeah, right...) I think by now Nessa has decided the diary will be named whatever is most fitting for the occasion. Why bother with a boring repeated name when you can just call your best friend anything that comes to mind?
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Well, well, what do we have here? A prophetic oracle who can see the future and guess all the not-at-all obvious plot points! How could I not have seen this coming! Or maybe not? I mean, "magical creatures"? You make it sound like Nessa will have an entourage of cute little animals around here. Which is actually a cool idea. I''m sure the image of Nessa riding into battle in a rainbow unicorn that poops glitter is something we all would like to see. Right? Right?
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Here's hoping that taking almost 2 months to react to a comment doesn't put me in too much a bad light... (Le'ts leave the negative reputation for the people treating Nessa, shall we?) At least answering your comments makes me look back into the story and sometimes even find things I had little memory of...
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28th January, 1995 Dear Nessa, This morning Lóránt woke up us earlier than our alarms. The house's front door was overtaken by people with cameras and flashes and megaphones. They called for Lóránt, for them to give statements about the situation and why they let a convicted criminal close to us. 'They want my head,' was how Lóránt summarised the situation to us. 'And your wings, and your reputation, and your freedom, and your job,' was Unn's idea of an uplifting come-back. '
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27th January 1995 Dear Nessa, Four days have now passed and we are not anywhere closer to finding you or Kris. Is four days enough for the demons to take you to Skull Island? For their hypnotic powers to take away your free will? Have you already been turned into their mindless servant, ready to spend the rest of your life fighting their wars for them? I have not told you this yet (although this should count as me telling you), but I have been to Skull Island. I saw with my own eyes
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26th January 1995 Dear Nessa, The third day of your disappearance brings bleak news: Kris has also disappeared. And, much like you, he left us to follow Zhofie. He left a note behind, as if that made the situation any better. This is what he wrote, translated from the original Daisenian: To Lóránt and everyone else, I think I know where Nessa is. I had a dream about her. She is safe and Zhofie did not hurt her. But she will only let Nessa go if she can get me instead. S
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25th January 1995 Dear Nessa, This is Lydia again. Another day goes by in which we have no news of you. Lóránt has not given up, however, so please be patient. We are coming for you. Even if Lóránt does give up, I shall not. And neither will Unn. I will ask for my emancipation earlier if I have to, if Lóránt considers me still a child unable to search by myself. I have spoken of my fears of leaving this house many times to you, but if it is a choice between watching everyone giving u
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Something big is definitely coming... and whenever you catch up to the current scene (59 today), you'll have more of a glimpse of that. Which isn't to say you won't have to wait 8 seasons to find out what it is, but...
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Good to see you back! Even if I took 3 weeks to say so! You'll have to keen wondering for a little longer. At least some 50 scenes longer... and then some more...
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I don't know if it's only teenagers who would rather have fun than do boring chores. To be honest, it seems like the logical choice to me... (The difference being that teenagers can actually get away with not doing their responsibilities for a while...)
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Nessa is going to need a lot of learning to get out of the fairy's isolationist ideas...
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Your wish will begin to take shape soon! Stay tuned!
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We'll get more details about their backstories soon too, so you get to know the specifics of what they have in common too!
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Thanks for the long comment! I really need to catch up to them...
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I have a feeling this will be a constant for all Unn's friends...
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Thanks for the really long comment! The problem with taking such a long time to reply to it (has it really been almost a month? I really have to get back on track with those comments...) is that a lot of the things I would've said a month ago have already been answered by the story itself, so what is left for me to say is... Well, I'm glad you're liking how the story is going. I'll do my best to actually catch up to the comments so I can have properly relevant things to say!
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Dwarves have some unique cultural traditions... Who knows, maybe the food they eat gives their farts explosive powers, which are highly likely to cause a problem in a tunnel... But I'm just the author. I won't tell you to like the dwarvian way of thinking or interpreting one's bodily excrement...
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24th January 1995 Dear Nessa, This is Lydia writing in your diary. You have nothing to fear - I read nothing of its content, and I never will unless you show it to me. That's how diaries work, right? You put your personal secrets in it and hope nobody looks at it in your lifetime. We do not have such things in the Saxon Mountains, or, dare I say, in Dwarf mountains in general. We do not believe in keeping secrets like that. It is part of life in a community that we should communicate our
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23rd January 1995 Dear Diary of Racing Minds and Hearts, I don't even know where to start. The spell-casting session is over. Unn is not dizzy anymore. The demon didn't try to eat her soul or whatever it is they do to make people evil. But... I think I'm about to do something really bad. Not quite "killing-my-step-father-who-may-have-been-forced-to-attack-me" kind of bad, but close. I'm going to see that demon. Alone. To find out about Kris's past. After Lór
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23rd January 1995 Dear Diary of Fishy Tales, That last knocking was Unn. As good as it was to see her moving about again, I can't not be annoyed at her sense of timing. Anyway, Unn is now able to get out of her swimming pool bed. The spell she needs still hasn't been replaced, but as she explained, 'I don't get nearly as dizzy with air currents as I do with water currents, so being in this water tank is actually more comfortable.' And before you question her logic, I did as
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23rd January 1995 Dear Diary of Serial Interruptions, You probably guessed that it was Lydia knocking on my door earlier. It's just after breakfast now. She kept me busy and entertained all this time... Luckily for you, she's now off to school, so I have a whole day to tell you about our date without someone else getting on the way. It's now or never, Dear Diary! I'll let the world know what an amazing time my girlfriend and I had! It'll be registered for all eternity, for my c
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23rd January 1995 Dear Diary of Eternal Romance, It's 4 in the morning. I tried to sleep after the date, but I don't think it's going to happen. I can't wait for Lydia to wake up again, for us to continue from where we left off. To make things worse, she's sleeping in her room tonight. I think we were both keen on coming straight to my room and definitely not sleeping at all until sunrise, but today is Monday and Lydia has to go back to school, so she needs her sleep. Even if w
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I have plenty of scars too, and I quite like them, though most a tiny from key-hole surgeries. The only properly big one I have is one on my back from a not-quite heart surgery as a baby. Even now it's this big line cutting across more than half my back. But Nessa and I don't share the same opinion about scars. And it's sometimes hard to feel grateful for things we have when we believe to be missing something else that's important. I'm glad you liked this little scene, and I hope you get to enjoy the story for a long time still.
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I had stitches removed from my head as a toddler (I have a tiny "v"-shaped scar on my forehead), but I don't remember it. I do remember having stitches taken out of my knees and under my belly-button after surgeries. It's definitely not the most comfortable thing to do to one's body...
