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Chapter 8: Nights 5-9

Summary:

I'm sorry.

Notes:

I sincerely apologise for what you're about to read, i really do. i'm sorry. ill even get the ukulele out. please don't kill me

sorry for the screwed upload schedule btw i sprained my wrist and i can barely carry heavy stuff with one hand now if i don't use my elbows to keep it in place

oops!

anyway i almost cried writing this

no im lying i was listening to wonderlandsxshowtime music lmao

but like yk. anyway

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Dear journal,

I saw a crow today!! Reminds me of Sisyphus back home... I wonder how he’s doing? I hope Venomshank’s been feeding him...

What am I saying, Venomshank likes Sisyphus more than I do, of course he’ll feed him!

Nothing much happened today, so that’s all for this entry!!

 

Dear journal,

I climbed into a tree today, to have a better look around.

Guess what happened!! For once, I didn’t fall!!! ^▽^ I think I’m getting better at this!

Anyway, I’m running out of waT water again, so I might want to find more water...

Update: I found a river! :D

Update 2: I almost fell in... And my container dropped, too... I’ll have to get it, won’t I? Good thing this river isn’t very depp deep, or very fast...

Update 3: ...I hate being wet.

Well, at least I won’t run out of water soon. Maybe I’ll follow this rivev....? Then I have a good amount of water...

Update: Never mind, something tells me that this river doesn’t lead south north... I’ll figure something out, I’m sure!

I hope...?

 

Dear journal,

An uneventful day... Gotta say, it’s getting kind of a little boring. For some reason, I still feel like the same thing seems to be watching me... I still can’t tell who it is, though. It feels less doesn’t feel like Uncle Darkheart...

I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about, right? After all, if it wanted to kill me, it would've by now...? Right??! Unless it’s sizing me up and thinking of ways to take me down...?! Or wondering which parts of me would be the nIcest to eat...? EEK NO PLEASE DON’T EAT ME

Maybe I shouldn't think about that...

I should sleep. Maybe that’ll help? Good morning, I guess...!

 

Dear journal,

I’m starting to think maybe I wasn't quite cut out for this quest... I’ve done nothing but fall out of trees or into rivers, and everything I’ve done on this quest was because I had help.

It’s just... What’s a hero if he can’t even fend for himself? I have Dawnbringer, but I haven’t even used it for anything yet.

Maybe volunteering for this was a mistake. But... it’s too late for me to go back.

I’ll just have to suck it up. Face it like a man. Come on, Sunburst! You’re 24, you’re the chosen one, you’re the one everyone's looking towards to fulfill the prophecy. Stop moping around...

Stop it, come on. Heracles didn't cry. Perseus didn't cry. You shouldn't either. Tears won't do anything for you.

Stop crying. Wipe your tears. Get up.

...I don't think I'll get anything done today. Sorry for letting you down.

I should sleep.

Notes:

oh yeah here's 28 minutes of exi fooling around on a google document!!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CieCtocYnE4i7auMHRpOM7RJU-5GSjWh/view?usp=sharing

only watch this if you're not easily bored. i'm not kidding when i say 28 minutes

it was supposed to be like 10 minutes but then i lost track of time

i'm running out of things to tell you about polaris so instead

fun fact! did you know? corvus was one of the 48 constellations recorded by 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy (sound familiar? he was also a mathematician!)

also 3 of the star systems in corvus have exoplanets!!

anyway this was supposed to be out on crossroads update day but i got impatient!! :D

Notes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12I81dHfVbP_015XkRDyIBth9nLG2grPuiFCn4ZkLfqo/edit?usp=drivesdk

HANDWRITTEN VERSION!! (only up to chapter 1 for now)

anyway yay hope you enjoyed thus far

also OH MY GOSH 50 KUDOS I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH YOURE ALL GOATED THANKYOU I NEVER EXPECTED PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY LIKE THIS FIC 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

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