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From: "Jumping Spider" <spiderjumping> To: <spiderjumping> Subject: Days of the Dark Forest - The Journal of Keridwen Oculet, Part 2 Date: 17 October 2007 CMProtocol@@JStart: Ready VJRUBCJAC<< ORUNUXJM<< Days of the Dark Forest - The Journal of Keridwen Oculet, Part 2 Day 14: I've finally gotten the terrarium working. The spiders are happily wandering about inside. I'm going to have to get a steady supply of insects. I don't know much about politics, I never have. These newcomers say that we're trespassing in *their* forest. From everything I've heard, no one was claiming the forest at all, and that's why we felt justified in sending a research expedition. I have this strange suspicion that the only reason the blue-armored soldiers are interested in the forest is because *we* are. Why can't they leave us alone? Day 15: I didn't realize it, but Davadron has a startling knowledge of politics. I guess since he's the leader of this band of hunters, he's an administrator, so he would have had to deal with it before. He did confirm my suppositions; apparently the Blues have heard tales of the honey, perhaps from travelers who wandered this way before. They want it. Day 16: I'm starting to think it would be a great crime to let the Blues have their honey. Davadron wouldn't understand...I'm not sure I understand it yet myself, but this forest is more delicate than anyone realizes. The spiders *can* spin webs! But they only spin single threads. Before they jump from somewhere they fasten a 'safety line' so they can climb back up. Day 17: I've realized that some of the nodules and structures on the flower stalks provide starches and sugars that the bees ingest. They don't just get nectar from the flowers, it comes from the entire plant. But this poses a question; How did the nodules evolve in the first place? What's their purpose? We found some bee bushes stripped of their hives today. Davadron said it was the Blues' work. It was hard to look at. I know they were just bees, but to me it was tragic. I can't explain it. Especially not to Davadron. The trees with no hives are also missing their leaves, but Davadron says the Blues didn't take them. One of the hunters watched the Blues harvest and he says the leaves weren't affected. And there was another group of trees with leaves stripped off but hives intact. I have this strange feeling there's more to this story than we yet realize. Day 18: Maybe I shouldn't hope mysteries get solved. There's another faction of beings in this forest. Strange reptilian creatures, but Davadron says he can communicate with them. He calls them Hedges, I think, I don't know why. The Hedges stripped the leaves from the bee trees. From what I can deduce they get some medicinal value from them. They don't care about honey. Why are there all these people trying to destroy this forest? Why did we even come here in the first place? We should go back to our city and leave them to fight it out. Another minor mystery solved; With the hives gone, herbivores eat the leaves from the bee bushes. The bees, when present, sting anything that tries that. Day 19: Davadron is trying to negotiate with the two factions. The hunters are better at tracking and fighting in this forest than anyone else, with Zetria's [tricks] helping. Davadron doesn't want to fight, though, and I don't blame him. When I tried to suggest retreating he yelled at me. It hurt, but it hurts more to see him under such pressure. I still don't see why we had to leave our city. Why doesn't anyone know what to do? I've gone through all my books and they don't have anything useful at all. My head is spinning. [Expletive] I forgot to feed the spiders. There's only one left. I should have remembered spiders could become cannibalistic under conditions like this. One of the hunters left me a gift. A nine-holed flute made from beeswax. I know what it can do, and that is not the right path. But I don't know what is. Day 20: I dreamed that all the old teachers and heroes were yelling at me for not knowing what to do. It ended with Kallomar Ridditum himself berating me. He told me that *he* had no idea what to do, because he was in the past, and I needed to look to the future. He told me I had everything I needed. When I woke up I felt a lot better. I know why the bees live in the bushes and why the bushes have their bees. I know why the spiders jump. I've figured it all out. I know what I have to do. I just don't know if I can pull it off... ORUNLUXBN>> LXMN>> 0EAV3LHO1XRE CAJWBONANAAXA>> CMProtocolError@@@@@@t: Datacross sqrt(9)wflgqkfyvzwulgtawuzmjowvzgwyzvqgwvzcn whaywjwfalcddqmldqfqospvxqmfflzgewuksiwaplzg zwzsyqfkdmljwqqfwysqqjspgljwjywdnywvqgwogtca pyxqjmukaifwfqgwjxtawpvkkfljwdkgfuvwpsqrt(9) LXANMDVY<< o im gett Who are me? I wou itor: heh uitable h t, I'm go [system] ulture] o are willi e. Jeddit ve. Jeddi at one. B Jedditor: would ge . Alvyuri s there a VJRUNWM>> CMProtocol@@HEnd: Ready |
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