: sits quietly looking out the window of the bluff house diary on the table she takes up the quill and begins to write:

I walked into a heated battle outside the dome yesterday I was so frightened and Yet my heart skipped for joy when I saw the body of Nemesio on the ground I tried to hide my joy but I did so fear that man and the way he was always looking at me and trying to get me to meet with him alone....I still fear he was actually going to steal me away before my master could return...

I could not just stand by and watch the Drows and Ogres attack my friends tho I know I was not of much help I did what I could I tried to Protect Lady Tiger as best I could...

And now there is one who says he is lord pryce's brother and that there is a way to help Sir Carazzi I wish in some way I could be of assistance ... I know he has been acting bad of late and being crule and unjust but I can not forget that he is the one who took me from the evil Logan and actually saved my life as I know it was but a short time till Logan would have grown tired of me and killed me as he has done others of his slaves...

If not for Sir Carazzi I too would have met that fate..I would do anything I could to bring him back to hisself and to once more see Lady Vixen happy I am appalled at the things that have been happening and I know that Sir Carazzi is not his self this strange man said so he is but a puppet of some one more evil then I fear we have ever seen before.

Atlass I am but a slave what could I do against this if anything?

--Lays down the quill and drops her head into her hands and crys softly wishing she had her master to speak to on this matter and yet feaing she may never see him again--

--Journal entry 13 September, Jasmin Rose

I fall upon hard times. I'm being doubted. Fine, let them doubt. Let them swing their swords at me if they think they've got something to prove, if they think it will help anything. I don't care. I just want to get this done with. I'll see it through to its final victorious end. Victory for what's right. A victory over tyranny, the fall of Mumphra and all the disgusting evil lurking in the corners.

Nemesio is dead. A sigh of relief. Thank Khlamar! And yet I'm persecuted for standing back as the guards rode away. It's not understood that if I'd done something my plot...my end...would be ruined, and I'd've ended up shut away in the asylum. If they had begun attacking my allies...or what were once my allies...once more, I would have raised my bow and picked them off. But as they were retreating, I settled on the decision that was best...the decision Wesley would have made.

Apparently I'm to die for it. It's not the first death threat I've received. How blind of a threat! They don't see what advantages I may hold in my palm for us. How I must be a good Queen to my people! How I have to protect what's mine, and all those things that I love! This is not for ME!

How preposterous to say so! I don't have anything to worry about but my surrogate family, my friends! I ran AWAY from power and high standing! They just don't get it...

I don't get it. I have a headache.

The Tired Jane Shayla Maichen

--Journal entry 13 September, Jane Maichen

I am new to this land. But all I here is talk of people getting murdered and attacked. is this land not safe to venture out of one's own house for fear of getting killed. i have joined a guild which one i will not say.But my sword is ready to defend the innocient.And I will die if i must.
I have but few friends.

--Journal entry 13 September, Dragon Sunrise

I've been.. hiding out lately, all of this worries me. I brought supplies down to the grotto a few times, when I could, but I've mostly been hiding out at Tika's. I don't want any part of any of this. I'm afraid I'll be thrown in the nuthouse, or sold as a concubine to someone, or worse.

I hear Nemesio's dead.. that Ben killed him. Good. That... man deserved whatever he got. I wonder, though, how Alterio is now.. whether his daze has subsided at all. Gods willing, it has.

If this situation gets any worse.. what will I do? What will any of us do?

Casidhe Nissa.. of K'yanvar village that is no more, of this isle that was glorious, and now of nowhere in particular

--Journal entry 13 September, Casidhe Nissa

:::sits in Taelie's grotto, having recieved supplies by unnamed friends, journal in lap as she writes:::

I ventured to the dome this morning, as usual, the two people whom are normally there, were. I was told Nemesio is dead. That is at least a relief to me. I still worry about coming out, Im sure Alterio will only find someone else to hand me over to. Someone else Im supposed to bow down and cower to. I hear that possibly Vixxy has given herself up...should I? I dont think I can give myself up just yet.

I need to be free for just a while longer. There has to be some way to snap Alterio out of this. I cant help find it...or help anyone who knows how to if Im enslaved.

:::sighs thinking of a dream she had last night as she slept curled up infront of the fireplace in the cave:::

I swear Taelie was here last night. It was so real...but, I woke to find he wasnt there. I know he is coming back, if he werent then I wouldnt have dreamed him there with me, I know it. I still dont know when he will be back...Im only reassured he will return.

:::glances around the grotto:::

Time to go...thankfully, there is a small stream nearby where I can bathe...even while in hiding, I have to remain clean. I doubt I could stand myself if I didnt. Soon this will all be over....soon. It cant last much longer. Soon, I will be able to return to the place I call home.

~Lyrias~

:::sprinkles sand on the journal's pages to dry the ink, and tucks it away before moving to the stream to bathe::::

--Journal entry 14 September, Lyrias Dreams

"sighs to herself as she sits and thinks before she starts to write"

Lets see whats happened the last couple days? Nemesio is dead. Upon his and the guards attack outside of Dome, he was killed by Black. I lost my claymore in that fight. Why did I go back? I ran out the back door when the guards entered the dome. I was safely in the jungle but could hear the fighting and i turned around and went back. I cant turn my back on my friends. No matter a while back none of them trusted me.

I had decided to go to Coconut Grove that night. But i stopped at Dome before heading there and Alterio came in. Now i wear this collar. His personal slave. I do whatever he says and im allowed to see my children and Im allowed to go to Dome later in the evening. But this wont be forever.

I fear for his Life, thats another reason i was going to turn myself in. At least if im close to him, I can try to protect him. Jane is acting crazy. I dont trust her. Wasnt long ago she was trying to turn the whole island against him. And she stands there watching the guards attacking her friends and did nothing to help. No i dont consider her my friend. But what of Tiger, Jasmin and Lina? I know she would like to see me leave or dead. That would leave her a clear path to Alterio. Nothing standing in her way.

Well I knew something wasnt right with Alterio. And now we know for a fact there is. Lord Pryce's brother came in the other day. He talked to Lina and Tiger. He told us what to do to get ALterio back to normal. We have to find the dwarfs, they can tell us where the real guards are hidden. Then we have to find someone to jump in the volcano to , to get Alterio returned to Normal. Once we get him back then the one behind this can be stopped.

And Jane wants us to let Thirlia jump into the volcano. I wont let that happen. Thirlia is to weak and im afraid it would drive her over the edge to insanity. No... we have to find someone else. It has to be the right person or this wont work. And of course Jane doesnt trust this plan. But then again I didnt think she would. Does she want Alterio back to normal? With him normal, she will only be the Queen of the Midgets and NOT the whole island. And if he were normal, he sure wouldnt marry her. Of that im certain. Will she start pushing him to marry her now before we can get him back to normal. Well I wont let that happen. And even if we cant stop a wedding, after he is normal she wont be his wife. Because the Alterio we are seeing now is NOT the real Alterio.

"touches the collar around her neck and cringes"

This will come off soon. We WILL get Alterio back to normal. Until we can accomplish that I obey his every command. Well as much as I can I will.

Well I have to help him get dressed and such.

"she closes the Journal and goes to to do his bidding"

--Journal entry 14 September, Vixen Blade

::Sits Quietly thinking of what she has heard about the dome of late, Picks up her quill and begins to write slowly delibratly::

The only way to get Sir Carazzi back I mean the true Sir Carazzi is for one of pure heart to jump into the volcano... for one who would give of there self willingly. I wonder if I would fit this description I would willingly give my life for my friends and for Sir Carazzi he was the man who saved me from torment and yes surely even death at the hads of Logain.. But would a mear slave be sufficiant for this to work?

I wish not for any of my friends that have family and loved ones they would leave behind to have to do this thing... I am but a slave I am of little worth and would be little missed if I was to do this for the ones I have grown to care for here on this Isle.

My Master would understand why I would do this thing ... If he ever returns he would know I did it for the right reasons to help those here on the Isle.

Fierjen would understand that I did it for him as well as Vixen and Lina and Ben sweet gentle Ben and Sir Carazzi and all the others.

I will speak with Lady Lina on this matter as she is the one My Master left me in care of during his absence... And if I was the one to help Sir Carazzi it would be a better end for me then perhaps ending up as his slave as this stranger who inhabits his being has threatened. I would not wish to be slave to him in this state.. Will I be accepted to help my friends in this way I dont know but I will ask...

:: lays down her diary on the chair of her master and walks outside for some fresh air leaving the diary open to dry::

--Journal entry 14 September, Jasmin Rose

::Sighs as she sinks into a seat at the 'Dome and glances around before she opens up the journal, finnaly remembering to go by her home and pick it up. She picks up her quill and writes slowly and carefully as she thinks over the recent events::

Much has happened...Vixen went to Alterio and is now his personal slave, but only for precaution, to make sure he isn't hurt. Nemesio is dead, by Ben's hands. Which may not have been done if it wasn't for the ones who helped. And to them I am grateful, seeing they were risking their lives by that act. As well as I did. But really, 4 against 1? Not good odds...not good at all...so I slid in to help. Why wouldn't I? And now, we worry over Lord Pryce's brothers words. But I keep trying to steer everyone's attention to the guards we must find, instead of what must happen later. Also, now I am staying with Ben in the cove. He asked if I would and I agreed, why wouldn't I? After all, I wasn't sleeping too well either, and well why not have some company? Seems though that both of us are sleeping better than we have before all of this started. He needs the company, and well, I do love him so again, why wouldn't I?

::Smiles a bit and bites her lip in thought as she goes back to writing::

Anyway, we seem closer than we have been in the past. Am I looking too much into a few actions? No. I am not saying that he loves me, nor am I saying that something will come out of this. No I'm just saying we are closer, and we are in my opinion. If something does come out of all of this, then that's all for the better.

Ah enough of that....Ah Jane...hmmm... I'm not too sure about her. She is acting too oddly. Why? I don't know for sure, but I have a few ideas. I saw Lyrias today. She seems to be doing well for herself, well...as well as she can be. And I am happy for her, though I am sure she can outsmart most of the Guards that are looking for her. Ah Vixen told me that Alterio was told of Nemesio's death, but he refuses to believe it, which can be to our advantage. Perhaps, with no corrupt Marshal, we can get some things done, before Alterio finds out that it is true. After all I know what I saw...and he is very much so dead.

::Glances out a window and goes back to writing::

I believe some guards took care of his body and such.

Hmm...I almost miss being called a brat. I know Alterio isn't himself, and poor Ali had to have it explained to her a few times. It is alot to take in at once. Even for a dead person...

:;She smirks then streatches a bit::

Ah she did what I had feared Vixen and Ben would do. She offered herself for this whole thing. Better than Jane offering Thirlia... Like any of us would allow her to risk her sweet little life. I don't know about Jane anymore...I think Vixen's suspicions are right...and if so...well we have plans for that particular situation.

::Re-reads what she just wrote and blinks as she writes only a bit more::

Oh my...I didn't know I've gone on that much...well time to end then.

--Journal entry 14 September, Lina Metallium

It's done. Forget about it now. I've heard tell that it's being said that I suggested Thirlia jump in the volcano for Alterio. I did no such thing. How ridiculous a claim! Ben was the one who suggested Thirlia, after I had only mentioned what Clarity-Dawn had babbled to me. I haven't even an idea of why anyone needs to jump into the volcano in the first place. But it seems everyone's quick to lay blame these days.

I am no longer trusted. People are now plotting behiond my back, and from the tension I feel around me, I feel it may even be to thrust a dagger into my own chest. All the while, I've just be trying to see to justice. But no. They don't see that. They'd rather whisper and speculate than to come out and ask me directly. What are they afraid of?

It comes to me now that if they believe me dangerous, they never knew me in the first place. Such people I do not want at my side or my back anyway. Ben is the only one I feel still believes in what I am. So to him I'll stay. My plot is unraveling. It's no longer safe, but not because the enemy makes it dangerous, but because a new enemy that was once ally, now steps forward. It may be that because of these obvious threats on all sides, I'll be forced to forsake my people to Alterio until he can be returned to normal. They shall not trust me after that. But what else can I do?

As for returning Alterio to normal, saving the isle, all the plots that I knew of, tried to work out plans...now that work is bright to other hands. I've been excluded absolutely. Fine then. Let them do as they will. Forget my help. I won't offer myself to those who cast their suspicions my way, who show me distrust and lie to me. People I once trusted explicitly. I even feel it from Lina. Lina!

So where do I turn now? Should I hole myself up in my home until the island is overrun, or they come for my head, or things all go back to normal? I can't hold up my end now. I obviously can't help to save the island. I can't even be a Queen to my people because of all this! I've been bound and gagged and thrown to the sharks by the very people I once thought to die for...

But I should be used to such by now. I'll stand strong on my own...as a Maichen. No titles, no status, no wealth...just skill, just brains, just honour...

Just me.

Jane

--Journal entry 14 September, Jane Maichen