A Fairy Out of Her Tale - Dear Diary - 25. Scene 25

11th January 1995

Dear Diary of Sunshine,

Nobody seems to have noticed I’m awake yet. I’m not sure where I am or who else is here. I’m not even sure I’m still in Daisen. I could’ve been captured by the demons for all I know, though I suspect if that was the case, they would have someone watching me while I slept. You know what I mean, right? Why go over so much trouble to kidnap me and then not even bother to be creepy about it?

Actually, why kidnap me in the first place? What have I ever done to them? I’m not a special fairy, even more so now that I don’t have my powers anymore. What use would I be to them?

All fairies know that demons will come looking for us from time to time to become weapons in their never-ending territory wars. They use us until we die and then come looking for more. But why would they still bother with me when I can’t become a weapon for them anymore?

Anyway, the room I am in now seems far too nice to belong to cruel, battle-ready demons. I’m lying in a double bed with a floral sheet. Three of my four walls have windows, and the early morning sun is shining through open curtains (also made of floral fabric), making the room bright and alive. The furniture is sparse and doesn’t come close to covering the wall space: a wardrobe, a desk and a dresser. It’s all made of pine with twigs as finishing touches, and it reminds me so much of home I feel like crying just from looking at them. I have flower pots basking in the sunlight on top of the dresser and the desk. Can you believe they’re the first bits of nature I’ve seen since leaving the hospital? It’s so… relieving… to see greenery again!

I just noticed I have a bedside table too, and a lamp shaped like a rose. There’s a card propped up there with my name on it:

“Dear Nessa, welcome to your new home. We are happy to have you here and look forward to getting to know you from now on.” The card is signed by four people, but their hadnwriting is too dreadful to make out their names. Weird. Knowing how complicated Daisen’s writing system is, I expected everyone here to consider writing a fine art and have the most perfect handwriting in the world.

The front of the card has 4 photos. I guess they’re my housemates. They look really young (though one of them has a bushy beard). The first photo is of a white-skinned, blond person with a mohican hair cut and a huge scar across their cheek. I’m guessing that’s a shape-shifter because I can’t see any indication of other races. Next, a person with the longest and waviest hair I’ve ever seen. It’s blue and shines like the ocean. Their skin is dark like mine, but has a weird blue tinge to it. I’m guessing this is a merperson. The third photo is the bearded kid. The beard is so big it doesn’t fit the whole frame of the photo, but the smile behind that beard and the glint in their eyes make it clear this person has to still be in their teens. How they can stand so much body hair without being horrified is anyone’s guess. The person in the last photo actually looks a little older, but not by much. Maybe early 20s? Their skin is the lightest I’ve ever seen and they have huge white feathery wings on their back.

Maybe that was the one who saved me? My “guarding angel”?

Someone knocked on my door. I better see what’s going on.

Thanks for reading! 
 
Nessa is safe! And new characters are about to join in! 
Such a shame her writing got interrupted just as it was getting interesting. It's almost as if someone s trying to stretch the suspense as much as possible...  
Over the next week we'll start to learn more about those new housemates (and, as per usual, if you don't want to wait, my $1 Patreon welcomes you with open arms), but for now, what do you think they're like? 
I don't normally encourage people to make assumptions, but in this case, go wild! 
 
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