RE: TAKE X (6-12-16: Re-search)
06-12-2016, 03:01 PM
> Consider the logistics of the islands.
![[Image: EPJ6Chx.png]](https://i.imgur.com/EPJ6Chx.png)
You get to thinking about how the islands are laid out. These buildings, all of them, look way too big to be supported on these tiny islands - surely they'd collapse in no time.
![[Image: V0d7gDV.png]](https://i.imgur.com/V0d7gDV.png)
Maybe the buildings are connected - maybe they link to each other underwater. If the foundations of the building were on something sturdier, that would explain a lot. You dutifully make a note of this possibility in "Notes on the Emek Archipelago."
> Gather these notes too.
![[Image: GDdStQa.png]](https://i.imgur.com/GDdStQa.png)
You gather the pages that are on the ground while idly wondering how this journal got spread over three different islands.
P.9
One day, though, much later, one of the others - an olitha, a child of one of the original ones - found them. The olitha asked them why they stayed all alone in the dark like that. Who knows now if the olitha was genuine or if it was merely taunting them? It doesn't really matter at this point.
P.2
Cast your memory back ages and ages, to when the Crystal first appeared. You may or not be aware that the Crystal is the source of magic in Ennen - from it, magical energy flows through the entire world. When the Crystal first appeared, those that were exposed directly to it gained the ability to wield magic themselves.
> Compile your research.
![[Image: fhfaxNw.png]](https://i.imgur.com/fhfaxNw.png)
You flip through the pages you've collected so far to see what you can make of it. It looks like the notation at the top of each page indicates a page number, giving you a rough idea of how many you're missing.
P.1
Let these pages be a record of the hitherto-unknown missing chapter of Ennen's history. Even some of my colleagues would not believe you if you showed this to them; however, know that what follows is the absolute truth.
P.2
Cast your memory back ages and ages, to when the Crystal first appeared. You may or not be aware that the Crystal is the source of magic in Ennen - from it, magical energy flows through the entire world. When the Crystal first appeared, those that were exposed directly to it gained the ability to wield magic themselves.
P.3
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P.4
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P.5
Easily the most dangerous of all of the beings the Crystal created, they didn't look it - in fact, they seemed the most unassuming.
P.6
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P.7
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P.8
It didn't seem like they were, at first. They kept to themselves. They stayed in dark places - perhaps the light was uncomfortable for them. Who knows? In fact, it looked for all the world like they just wanted to be left alone. A lot of time passed like this.
P.9
One day, though, much later, one of the others - an olitha, a child of one of the original ones - found them. The olitha asked them why they stayed all alone in the dark like that. Who knows now if the olitha was genuine or if it was merely taunting them? It doesn't really matter at this point.
P.10
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P.11
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P.12
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P.13
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P.14
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P.15
It wasn't an ideal solution, to be sure, but at the time, it's the best we could come up with.
You get to thinking about how the islands are laid out. These buildings, all of them, look way too big to be supported on these tiny islands - surely they'd collapse in no time.
Maybe the buildings are connected - maybe they link to each other underwater. If the foundations of the building were on something sturdier, that would explain a lot. You dutifully make a note of this possibility in "Notes on the Emek Archipelago."
> Gather these notes too.
You gather the pages that are on the ground while idly wondering how this journal got spread over three different islands.
P.9
One day, though, much later, one of the others - an olitha, a child of one of the original ones - found them. The olitha asked them why they stayed all alone in the dark like that. Who knows now if the olitha was genuine or if it was merely taunting them? It doesn't really matter at this point.
P.2
Cast your memory back ages and ages, to when the Crystal first appeared. You may or not be aware that the Crystal is the source of magic in Ennen - from it, magical energy flows through the entire world. When the Crystal first appeared, those that were exposed directly to it gained the ability to wield magic themselves.
> Compile your research.
You flip through the pages you've collected so far to see what you can make of it. It looks like the notation at the top of each page indicates a page number, giving you a rough idea of how many you're missing.
P.1
Let these pages be a record of the hitherto-unknown missing chapter of Ennen's history. Even some of my colleagues would not believe you if you showed this to them; however, know that what follows is the absolute truth.
P.2
Cast your memory back ages and ages, to when the Crystal first appeared. You may or not be aware that the Crystal is the source of magic in Ennen - from it, magical energy flows through the entire world. When the Crystal first appeared, those that were exposed directly to it gained the ability to wield magic themselves.
P.3
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P.4
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P.5
Easily the most dangerous of all of the beings the Crystal created, they didn't look it - in fact, they seemed the most unassuming.
P.6
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P.7
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P.8
It didn't seem like they were, at first. They kept to themselves. They stayed in dark places - perhaps the light was uncomfortable for them. Who knows? In fact, it looked for all the world like they just wanted to be left alone. A lot of time passed like this.
P.9
One day, though, much later, one of the others - an olitha, a child of one of the original ones - found them. The olitha asked them why they stayed all alone in the dark like that. Who knows now if the olitha was genuine or if it was merely taunting them? It doesn't really matter at this point.
P.10
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P.11
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P.12
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P.13
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P.14
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P.15
It wasn't an ideal solution, to be sure, but at the time, it's the best we could come up with.
![[Image: 6LGz4x9.png]](https://i.imgur.com/6LGz4x9.png)