[IC] Elena's Holodiary

[Theprettiestorc]

Log 13

The sounds of rain, closer, and rustling brush. Outside? "I'm thinking to do some of these in the morning, when I do training. More awake for such, and less worry about being disruptive. Anyway."

"Received some injuries while training out here yesterday, arms, leg... gave me a limp, and made me late to the lesson on Alchemy, which is truly... mysterious, really. That's all I can say about it. I caught the tail-end of the history portion, and then Apprentice Khatatas made, and allowed, practical demonstrations of his Talismans. A glove that could absorb Shocks and empower a Barrier with the energy, a jawbone of a Twi'lek that let you speak their language as a native, one to help Dampen, a ring that can store a mental image... such a ring would let me show how I See. Our Envoy of Purity expressed concerns, however, that Aliens are not to handle the arts of Pureblood Ancestors, so I was forced to wait with Apprentice Orgkez."

"All the Apprentices present were rather... muted, is the word. Acolyte Serexil and the new, extremely tall Acolyte Zraetal volunteered for a demonstration of Mutation by Neophyte Aregra, the former getting injected with poison and the latter getting hard material grown over her arm. The Dark Side energy coming from Aregra when such occurred was... stifling, smothering, but it makes me curious. If such a procedure was so painful, took such a display and use of energy, it must be extremely difficult to tamper with natural laws and forces. After the Acolyte passed out, the lesson winded down and was concluding, and I was ordered to take her to the medbay." A bit of a groan. "I am quite glad I have trained my Telekinesis."

"In any case. My next task of training has... not been doing well so far. I'm working on Augment. Theoretically, I am supposed to combine three emotions into a Seethe. Positive ones may also be used, as was suggested, so I'm not constantly hurting myself. However... strong, positive feelings are hard to draw up. I'll keep trying, though, so..." She trails off. This is normally where she has a song, but for the first time, there are real words after some slow humming.

"When the light is running low, and the shadows start to grow,
And the places that you know seem like fantasy...

There's a light inside your soul that's still shining in the cold
With the truth, the promise in our hearts...

Don't forget...
I'm with you in the dark..."

Trailing off, there's long moments of just rain, before a groan. And suddenly, wind whipping, before a clatter sounds out.

The recording picks up after a break, with breathless speaking. "Joy, Sadness, Pride, Love." Just those words, before it ends.