Creatures Caves

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Hello again, journal!

Though I'm not sure as to what purpose you serve, I have decided to continue recording my time here with you. If I have any further problems with loss of consciousness or memory, you can help to fill me in.

It's been a very busy day and even without memory problems, I think I'd still have to record it to keep tabs on everything... so here goes nothing! Do forgive me if I yawn because it's hard to keep my eyes open.

I ate my breakfast of mixed fruit and nuts this morning and then decided to look for the other Survivors on the island. I figured that if I came across anything edible in my meandering, I could gather it up and bring it home to the shelter. This led on to me making a make-shift bindle out of a stick, a palm leaf and a vine since I was sure I would find something to bring back and balancing carrying my journal and food seemed like a bad idea. It took me longer than I would admit to to make but it was well worth the effort!

It was mid-morning by the time I set off and the island was really starting to heat up. I was thankful the sun was still hiding behind the clouds but it was still ever so muggy so I made sure to rest often lest I faint. This little policy actually really helped me to notice the plants and creatures I was surrounded with and I found some delicious-looking portobello mushrooms under some ferns on my first rest! I'm looking forward to snacking on them tomorrow.

The first Survivor I managed to find was Layla. It seems that I had met her before during the period I don't remember but thankfully it turns out that I helped to look after her rather than menace her and she was really very grateful. We ended up discussing my memory problems and she showed me a lot of concern and kindness - she truly is a very nice norn! She helped to show me around and tell me about her experiences on the island so far. I shared some of my mushrooms with her and left, saying I would visit her again soon. I'm so glad there is someone real I can talk to. Hopefully we can become good friends.

I wandered along a route Layla had told me about and soon reached a pond. She had told me that some of the others she had met were drinking from there. I took a few sips myself - wandering around when it's this humid is very thirsty work! - but I couldn't help but wonder how fresh the water really was and didn't drink much.

When I was just picking up my things to move on, I saw a gleam of red through the undergrowth. A creature with red eyes, perhaps and ettin or a grendel, had been watching me! It felt a bit ominous. There are a couple of ettins and grendels both on this island and I had felt rather aprehensive about meeting any of them. The reputation of both races, as thieves and brutes, had made me worry that they would cause me some harm.

I needn't have worried at all though. Whatever creature had seen me seemed to watch me with curiosity but kept a good distance between us and soon lost interest in me entirely!

The forest was vast and it was well into the afternoon when I found something I had been hoping for - a small river. The water there was flowing and fresh, something I just couldn't have been certain about with the pond. I could drink there to my hearts content and even bathe, since there was no risk I would be contaminating the water. Washing my face and hands felt wonderfully refreshing!

I decided to make a circuit of my journey and followed the river down to the sandy shore that seemed to ring the island. By this point my feet were beginning to ache and it felt good to walk on the soft, warm sand! I decided to collect a few pretty shells to decorate my shelter and make it feel a little more "homey". I had just picked up a lovely looking striped shell when my eyes met with a red gaze. A female grendel was sat on the beach and must have been watching me for a while!

As I said before, I had been worried and unsure about meeting ettins and grendels. This grendel was far different from what I had expected to find though. It was the female grendel, GrayDragonEmily, and I was surprised to see that she looked very sad and alone. I regret to say that I couldn't quite work up the nerve to approach her and I ended up leaving her alone and walking back through the forest all the way to my shelter. But I feel terrible that I ran away and left her like that. I'm going to see if I can find her again tomorrow and see if we can talk, just as I did with Layla today. I don't really know what to expect with a grendel but she didn't look like a bad person...

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... Wah! I think my eyes just started drooping there!

It's been a long day today so I'm going to get some sleep now. It's likely I'll be doing it all again tomorrow, after all!

Goodnight, journal. And thanks for listening to me ramble.

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