this is not my fighting day. the ninja edward was talking to turned into whole bunches of them. ninjas who didn’t get hurt when i hit them. mostly. one seemed to shatter oddly. some of them somehow hurt me even though i couldn’t do anything to them. it was a sharp stinging kind of hurt. but just when i thought i might be getting somewhere, i was snatched up. it toom me a while to figure it out, but it was by Him. the nerve!
but right after we landed, a bunch of stuff fell from the cieling. i guess i was glad to not be under it
things went odd from there. edward turned into a dragon and started attacking the ninja. the ninja’s sword went flying and bouncing around the room. He asked if i wanted the sword and i sent him away to go get it. if the situation hadn’t been in straights, it would have been funny to watch Him trying to catch the sword that would just fly from his hands. while He was chasing the sword, edward dragon picked up the ninja and started slamming him into the ground. then ninja turned into a dragon. the ninja dragon shot fire. luckily, i got out of the way. then the edward dragon shot lighting and things fell apart.
but the ninja dragon was gone. and He got the sword and gave it to me. it looks a bit odd. no blade guard, really. and it’s a bit heavier. but the balance is really nice. i can’t wait to take it home and see what it can do!
mrs not cuthbert came over and asked to see the sword. she looked at it funny and said it wasn’t cursed or anything and the dragon was no longer on this plane.
mrs not cutbert seemed to be helpful, but i’m not sure i trust her. what is she wanting from us? and what was He thinking in swooping me up that way? and what does it mean that He dropped His favorite gun to get me out of the nets way? what am i to think now?
aywho. questions for another day.
mrs frazers mom showed up and we had to fill her a load about the loud noises. then they left and asked me to stay with edward. he started drawing and talking to the boat. when i asked him why, he said it talked to him and he didn’t want the boat to get lonely...
while waiting, i started experimenting with my new prize. it’s a 2 handed hold and is different from anything i’ve worked with. but i think i’m kind of getting a hang of it. i’ll have to ask samaline if he knows about it... i also decided to try practicing the moving really slow thing, but with the sword. don’t know if i did it right, but i tried
the rest of the party came back with an unconcious mr atlas. poor mr macgregr had to rescue a kidnapped miss helen. i missed all the fighting down there too. but thats not why atlas is out. i guess he looked at one of the artifact thingies. the rest of the group was really worried about him. now i know why. i was asked to watch him with mr samaline. an alarm sounded somewhere and mr samaline asked me to stay with atlas while he went to investigate. then mr atlas woke up. only he was funny. the whole glowy eyes and symbol on the forehead and foreign laguage thing. when he turned his back to me, i tried to push him out the window (i mean it would hurt but probably wouldn’t kill him. besides, posesed things seem remarkably resilliant). he must have hit me because that was the last thing i remembered. at least until i woke up to mrs cuthberts healing. while that’s a very nice and soothing way to wake up, it seems to be happening all too often... my face still really hurts, though. i think he must have broken my nose. i hope i don’t get the double black eyes. i mean, what would He think of that?!?!
and, once again, i missed all the hitting of bad guys. this time i’m sort of glad. because the bad guys were our guys possesed. so hitting them would have meant hitting us. plus there was all the magic involved. all that magic stuff is useful, but it gives me the collywobles.
i’m very tired after this vexing day. i think bed is just what i need. and here is a nice cup of tea that graves was thoughful enough to send up. that will be just what i need to get to sleep.
monday
it seems like i missed some excitement last night. well, after all the fighty kind of excitment. i was too tired to find out how we got our people unpossessed. kali came and posessed lady copperthwate again. she can do some pretty dang good stuff when possesed. i guess kali unposessed atlas and sent the glowy thing somewhere else. that old book seller also figures in somewhere in all of it. only i guess he wasn’t really a book seller but merlin straight out of myth and fairy tale. i think i heard that he made all the oogy artifacts be normal again so they won’t go and possess anyone else. and i guess the swan boat was really his. poor edward had to give it back...
so nice to have a quiet day. i feel like more sleep. happy news is that i don’t seem to be getting black eyes. mrs cuthbert did a fine job on her healing. i shall have to tell her so. not that He has been around today to notice one way or another. i wonder if His duties keep Him away or something else...
tuesday
i’m happy i got out of going down to portsmouth to check some boat for explosives. the rest of the group will be gone for a couple of days. i really want some sleep.
bah. mrs sinclare stayed back to do some sightseeing. she found out i didn’t go with the rest of the group and has decided i am just the person to attend her while doing said sightseeing. i can’t wait for her to go home. luckily, she didn’t go out the entire days. she did let me rest at least some. if i never carry another parcel for someone, it will be too soon! but, all in all, i guess it’s better than all the magic...
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