4 May 1875
I wonder if Shiva got my letter?
When we travelled to the moon I was still very concerned that we had
not found time to search for Mr Mercer. I had learned in my
journey through time that he had Captain Forrester's original heart (as
opposed to the “Star of Victory” that was currently embedded in his
chest and had hoped to talk Sir Cosmo into allowing me to go in search
of the heart before our next encounter with the Fist of
Shiva. However most of our day was taken up with the
underwater search for the Moonblade.
I did manage to visit each of the ships in our rapidly growing fleet
and mark them with my own wards, so I will know if someone tries to
magikaly tamper with them. I took Octavia with me-- after
yesterday's incident with the grenades I just felt like having her near
me-- also I impose on Violet and Daru enough as it is. Once
we return home from this adventure, I really must look into getting a
nursemaid of my own-- though I have not yet broached the subject with
Mr Salmalin.
While we were on the moon I was not worrying about such domestic
trivia. I was worried about when, not if, the Fist of Shiva would
show up and how, not if, we would stop him from crushing us all flat in
his single-minded search for the Moonblade.
When at last we were ambushed, it was George who came up with a clever
plan to keep the Fist of Shiva away from us while we battled the more
human members of Sir Ephriam's vile crew. Mr Mercer fair murdered
Emily, so Mrs Cuthbert and I were greatly taken up with keeping Emily
and her babies on this side of the veil. Lieutenant Wooster was
driven to take drastic action against Mr Mercer when Wooster saw Emily
fall and he nearly emptied his Gatling pistol into Mercer-- as I found
out when I went to search the body.
Sometime during the fight, Mr Voach arrived and shared his miraculous
milk with Emily, Sir Cosmo, and Lady Cowperthwaite (all of whom were
badly injured). In addition, Galen had slipped his handlers and
was bringing Mommy her gun-- this had the fortuitous effect of bring
Major Powell up from the surface (he had stayed behind to guard our
ships against sorcerous attacks). Major Powell arrived just
as I found the sack with my ex-husbands still-warm heart inside.
Even though it has been weeks since he made his sacrifice to Shiva, the
heart was still just as it had been when it was removed.
We raised power for the spell that we had discussed earlier in the day
and were able to return Captain Forrester's heart to the Fist of
Shiva. The Star burst from his chest and there was an explosion
and the Fist of Shiva disappeared. I do not know what has
happened to Capitan Forrester as a result of our actions. It is
possible he is dead, but I would not count on it.
Captain Nemo caught the star as it fell away from the former Fist of
Shiva. I cautioned him not to look deeply into it as that did
appear to be the mechanism by which my ex-husband had been mesmerized
into removing his own heart. Captain Nemo seemed mildly insulted
that I would assume he would do such a thing and I'm afraid I may have
added insult to injury when I tried to explain that I, since I didn't
know him, I couldn't know how much of an idiot he might be.
Hopefully he will take my warning in the spirit it was intended, and
put any rudeness on my part down to nerves. Between Emily's blood
and that from the heart of my ex-husband, I'm afraid I may have
presented rather a distressing sight.
Sometime during all of this, Lady Cowperthwaite found the Moonblade.
So at this point, Lady Cowperthwaite has the Sword, Captain Nemo has
the Star, Captain Sparrow has the path, and Mr O'Flaherty has the
Shield. That leaves the Book unaccounted for.
On our way back from the moon we could see many ships rounding on our
fleet. We must make plans to deal with the latest nuisance as
quickly as possible.
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