Recent content by Zinnia

Entry 31: New Leaves I'm settled in now, in my new, temporary residence in Vel Luin. Investigations will begin soon. Until the end, I'll be hanging up this journal. My name is Zinnia St. Kolbe. Today I bloom again.

Entry 30: Water, Water Everywhere I'm reaching the outskirt villages of Vel Luin now. Farmlands, mostly, but it looks like there's quite a few people migrating in towards the city. Some sort of celebration happening around the time I'll be arriving in the city proper, something about the...

Entry 29: Just Zinnia Things Two more days until I reach Vel Luin. I know I've always taken comfort in wearing this cloak, this hood, hiding away behind the safety of fabric and not being noticed. The most refreshing thing I've done in my life is to spend time in private with Kilien Basmarc...

Entry 28: I Was Starting to Wonder It's morning presently, right after breakfast. I had a visitor come into my camp in the middle of the night, scared me right out of my tent. A pale glow was shining outside, and what sounded like gentle, high pitched singing. When I stumbled out, what looked...

Entry 27: More Shower Thoughts Self doubt really is a terrible thing. Even in light of what I did the other day, I have to wonder if I really earned my position as a Dreadlord. Did I really deserve Second Level status right after graduation? Am I really on the same level as people like Proctor...

Entry 26: Back on Track Unfortunately not everyone in that village was able to be saved. Had to construct a makeshift charnel house to deal with those lost in the fires (really just a fancy pit, to be honest). When remains are that far gone there's not much to do about identifying them, and the...

Zinnia couldn't help but let a little "pffft" slip as Ispir took his hand back, a gentle, good natured giggle following shortly after. The boy seemed to be in a constant state of trying to attentively measure his actions and yet lagging as he overthought things. A far cry from the usual...

Entry 25: Close Save Another quick one today. Sometimes you get stuff that's not weird and supernatural or involves violence, and it's nice to be able to help in those situations too. A wildfire spread into a village that I was passing. I was able to help put out a lot of the spreading flames...

Entry 24: Halfway There Honestly just bored on this one. Despite how eventful my travels had been up until my second encounter with Tenebrous Trinkets, the last few days have been totally quiet. Figured I would write in some "shower thoughts," as I've heard them called. Of all the types of...

Entry 23: The Wandering Shop Well I'm not dead, nor worse. I don't have an explanation yet for what's going on here. I questioned the shopkeep and wound up with more questions than answers. Apparently (at least from what I can gather) the store itself might be cursed? She told me that her...

It was fairly plain to see that Ispir was thoroughly lost in thought. So lost, in fact, that he was simply staring at Zinnia and still holding her hand...a fact which made her blush slightly. "Um...I-Ispir, was it? I've got both feet on solid g-ground, you can let go now..." Zinnia chimed...

Entry 22: Help, It's Worse Short entry, not much time to write. Bad smell was coming from further up the road. Went to check it out. Think I found a really small village or something, not supposed to be here. Saw blood running into the stream along the side of the road. Decided to check it out...

Entry 21: There's a Pit in my Gut Back to travelling. Leave is over with, so Seri and I are headed to my next assignment before I head towards Vel Luin. On the road I started to feel really strange. Uncomfortable, like the hair on the back of my neck was standing on end and my skin was on...

Entry 20: Nice Try Today I got a missive from that archeologist asking me to return to the catacomb and continue aiding in his investigation. I gave it some thought, gathered my words, and wrote him back my reply: "No."

Entry 19: Fresh Air My leave was approved. Transfer, too. After debriefing I was instructed to pay a visit to some of the nicer magical medical services within the Guard. Apparently after some ordeal with another Dreadlord abusing her power and causing a graduate from the year ahead of me to...