what a whirlwind. i can't hardly stop to think, we've been traveling so much and been so busy. i don't think i'm so suited for traveling.
at least i'm no longer in that awful tutonic knights hall. it was a most horrible experience. one moment, i'm standing on witches hill, protecting ms witnell and mrs cuthbert and miss mezger. the next thing i know, i'm being sucked through some crazy hole in the world and i'm in some hall in the middle of the fighting. i knew i hadn't pinned my note on, and i was worried sick. i'm afraid i lost all thought and went battle crazy. i was told later that ms witnell pointed me towards the enemies. i only wish i could say that i was completely in control of the mayhem i caused. it would be much more impressive that way.
oh well. at least i had a good fight in! there was also man who turned into a completely naked black man. if i hadn't already been in a rage, i'm sure i would have been outraged! anyway, i'm not sure how, but he grew tall. atlas came out of the building too and he grew as well. sometimes, all this magick gives me the willies.
i'm glad to say that i had the sense (even in my insanity) to attack the black man. or his foot anyway. he was too tall to attack anything else. i hope he at least felt it when i stuck my dagger in his foot. i never did get my dagger back. At least it wasn't matilda that i lost. i highly doubt i would ever be gifted with a second such blade!
at least i knew who my friends were again when huge atlas picked me up. he picked me up to save me from the explosion in the tower. i remember seeing the huge black man pick up someone and realizing it was wooster. as much as i dislike wooster, a small part of me hoped he wouldn't be hurt. more than he already was, anyway. but then the fool told huge black man that he had one chance to surrender. is anyone really that stupid?!
then a huge being grabbed huge black man by the neck and stuffed him in a hole in the sky. it was too much for me. i couldn't stand to watch anymore. next thing i knew, i was safely on the ground again, atlas was normal size, and miss sinclare and edward were telling us to run away from a bomb. all i know is that when edward says run, you run first and ask why later.
we got out of there just in time. the whole building blew up. that must have been some bomb. somehow, the magick users kept the rest of the town from exploding too. edward got quite a talking to.
Since then, we have been to italy, paris (where, once again, i resisted real french lace...), belgium, and lots of places between. thank the heavens sir cosmo was kind and decided only to take the ferry from calay to dover instead of a long boat ride from italy to england. mrs cuthbert did that thing that makes me calm on the boat. so i am able to sit here calmly and put all my thoughts in order. or at least as many as i can catch.
i must pack up my book. the others say that it is almost time to land the boat. thank the heavens!
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