Aoyin's Journal, Day 19

Wow. So much has happened in such a short amount of time. I had meant to write in this at least every other day, but to put it bluntly, I haven't felt up to it.

 

Let's take this chronologically;

I met a few more ponies, and only a few of them ended up standing out. No big deal, nothing special. I have found out, however, that Recon is probably dead. This upsets me a bit, but I in truth didn't know him that well. He left his house to me, so I have that at least.

I met one mare in particular, Cookie Crumble I believe was her full name? Very nice girl, similar to the kinds if people I like hanging out with. Silly, huggy, et cetera. I was a bit drunk at the time and... She, I, and two others did some... Things, in the kitchen at the inn. Let's just say that I've taken a liking to horns. Besides that, however, I've found that they - horns that is - have a few medicinal properties. I'll have to find a few willing unicorns to test my theories on this.

 

We come now to the largest event. I don't even want to write this down, but I must. I took a group into the woods to the east, planning on doing a short bit of exploration and a bit of camping. Nothing big came of it, though I found that one unicorn, Unify Self, is quite stubborn... And possibly a bit dull. We got attacked by a swarm of bees, and he insisted that we stay and fight them. Got quite a nasty sting for it too, he did. Thankfully, Golden Touch had followed us with a torch and chased the bees off. Hmm... Golden Touch. He was one of the ponies that went into the kitchen. And besides that, he gives damn good massages. Rubbed the hangover right out of me this morning, and in all honesty isn't too bad as far as looks go. But I digress.

We found a path and followed it in what I believe was a southern direction, and that ended up opening up into a small clearing where we set up camp. A badger attacked us, but. Well, to use a phrase from back home, [#rektangle]. We all ended up going to sleep, save Duskie who was keeping watch. And then... Those things. Oh god, I'm already needing a drink just thinking about it. These things came to the camp. I don't know what they were, but they looked like<unnaturally large space between words> They seemed to be shadows. I've found out that everyone saw something different, but it was the same theme: Someone they loved. I had a bit of infatuation with that Cookie girl, but this definitely wrang that right out of me. Their touch was horrible, like ice.

We had to fight these things, and it was just completely terrifying. I think we may have almost died. Me and Golden were the only two that didn't get knocked out by these things, and we had to drag everyone else back to town. And I have to day, if I had any doubts that this place was real, that exhausting walk got rid of it. One would never feel that shitty in a dream.

 

Everyone ended up being okay, but we all agreed to never speak of it. Al Dente took the whole thing extremely hard, and it is my belief that he was seriously contemplating suicide. I think I took care of that, and took him into my house so as to better evaluate his mental status. I'm not saying that hasn't evolved into more, but making sure he doesn't off himself is a serious part of it.

 

Boris wasn't able to get over it in the end. I tried to come up with a way to help him, but in the end we - being him, Dente, and I - went back to the campsite. They said their goodbyes to their shadows, and after fighting off Boris's, we left. I saw my old girl

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I met another mare, Swift Justice. She claimed to be a masseuse, but I've found that she has some major psychological problems, namely Psychosis and possible paranoid schizophrenia. I tried to talk to her today, but she ended up running off just as I was getting a breakthrough. I'm going to be following up on this, to hopefully being her to her senses. Oh, and, she legitimately gives very good backrubs. I suggested to Golden Touch that he hire her once this is all said and done.

 

I also landed a job by pure chance. While looking for Swift, I wandered into the diner, where one Ms. Flux apparently caught wind of the fact I had a bit of engineering knowledge. I don't know how much help I'll be, but hopefully this will allow me to contribute to the town.

 

On a drunken whim, I've also decided to begin taking part in the political part of things. I know when council meetings are held, so I plan to begin sitting in on them, if for nothing more than to see how we are doing as a town. You can never tell from the outside, you know.

 

An Afterthought: I have not make any headway on the list that I compiled last week. Maybe I could begin my work by confronting one of the doctors. It did knock my inebriation right out, after all.