Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch. 26 by Skiyomi, literature
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Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch. 26
Chapter 26. It’s a Small Outer World After All.
Curiosity Ferry. 4:05 pm.
I heard it so many times today—“Have a wonderful day!”—with the emphasis on “wonder.” I heard it from uniformed ride attendants, gift shop workers, people in animal mascot get-ups, and costumed princesses. Have a wonderful day. It seemed to be Wonder Island’s motto—its bit of cheerfulness to keep with you all day and take with you even after you leave. Well, you know what? I did. I did have a wonderful day. And it’s been so long since I could say that and be sincere about it that I’m just so relieved an
Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.25 by Skiyomi, literature
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Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.25
Chapter 25. The Gateway.
Celebration Island. Enchanted Empire Hotel. 9:32 pm.
I’ve been lucky in my search that so many of the islands nearby have been relatively small and easy to search. This one was no exception. Unfortunately, I’ve not been lucky in actually finding Miss Lina and the others. But I think… I have some hope now.
You see, this island is basically nothing more than a stopover area for people sailing out to the island I intend to search tomorrow… Wonder Island. Wonder Island is, as far as I understand, totally given over to a giant theme park. It has thrilling rides, the latest in effects to take yo
Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.24 by Skiyomi, literature
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Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.24
Chapter 24. Won’t Get Fooled Again.
Saturday, May 12th (This time for sure).
Latent Island. Town Hall. 9:18 am.
It’s surprising what a relief it is just to know where in this wide world I am and what time it is. Luckily this is a fairly small island so it didn’t take too long to find a little town in the clear light of day. …In fact, if I’d realized it was so close I wouldn’t have slept against a palm tree last night.
But I’ve had a quick meal (it only occurred to me once I started smelling food how famished I was), reassembled and reset my now dried out pocket watch, and gotten a look at a map&m
Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.23 by Skiyomi, literature
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Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.23
Chapter 23. Reluctant Record.
Saturday, May 12th?
???. ???.
I don’t know where I am. I don’t even know when I am. My pocket watch got waterlogged and stopped at 10:39 last night. …I’m even really only making an educated guess about what day it is, when it comes down to that.
But I don’t care about any of that.
…I can’t find them. I’ve combed every last inch of this beach and there’s no sign of anyone washing ashore here besides me. I’ve flown out to sea as far as I dare to without losing sight of this island and there’s no one out there in the water.
The blast… I
Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.22 by Skiyomi, literature
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Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.22
Chapter 22. Incompatible.
Friday, May 11th.
Mt. Coronay. Temple of Marriage. Courtyard. 9:05 am.
Me and Xellos?! There must be some kind of colossal mistake here! This is not some minor error that can be sloughed off. This is the kind of thing that disgraces people, shatters sanity and destroys lives. I WANT IT CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY.
But there is no one here to correct it. Just that creepy golden statue with the elongated mouth that the orbs slid out of. I have half a mind to take it apart and see how it works. To prove it’s faulty and that its pronouncement is null!
This is a temple, though. That’s probably sacrilegious.
S
Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.21 by Skiyomi, literature
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Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.21
Chapter 21. Fitting In.
Tenor Inn. 5:32 pm.
Oh, thank goodness. Mister Zelgadis and Miss Amelia apparently met up with Miss Lina and Mister Gourry after they arranged for passage on a ship back to the mainland. So not only are we finally getting out of Baritone, but now I don’t have to worry about Miss Lina and Mister Gourry eating up the entire kingdom while they were out.
The one odd thing is that I can’t get any of them to tell me what port city we’ll be sailing to. It shouldn’t be that complicated of a question, but, when I asked, Mister Zelgadis just said: “You don’t want to know.”
Hmmmmm.
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Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch. 20 by Skiyomi, literature
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Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch. 20
Chapter 20. Differentiate.
Sunday, May 6th.
Baritone. Tenor Inn. 1:30 pm.
You know, it’s been bad enough being cooped up here for the last several days with nothing left to do in this kingdom but wait for transport out of here to be made available—compounded in awfulness by the fact that we had to basically hide out in case somebody recognized us and started bandying about accusations of magical vessel thievery. Now that I’ve had some brief time out of this room and in the town square it feels even worse to be back here in this room again. The fact that none of the others have made it back yet probably isn’t helping
Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.19 by Skiyomi, literature
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Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.19
Chapter 19. Fuse is a Four Letter Word Starting With F.
Sunday, May 2nd.
Baritone. Tenor Inn. 9:02 am.
Back when I was a novice at the temple, I used to see a lot of sunrises. I’d have to wake up very early to do my chores and make sure everything was ready in the sanctuary before the earliest services would begin and I’d see the world make its transition from dark to light. But back then I’d at least be able to snatch some sleep between the night and pre-dawn hours. Since setting out on this journey, I haven’t been waking up to sunrises—I’ve been staying up through them.
And it happened again last nigh
Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.18 by Skiyomi, literature
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Slayers, Diary of a Dragon, Ch.18
Chapter 18. All War, No Peace.
Tuesday, April 24th.
Flapjack and Flapjill’s House of Pancakes. 10:34 am.
We have a destination! …or I suppose I should say we have two destinations. Three if you want to count finding a harbor with a boat that will take us to those destinations—but let’s just say two final destinations and leave it at that.
You’ll recall researching at the library in Taran yesterday was going so poorly that I actually resorted to reading that book on cannons that Xellos left behind? Well… it actually yielded a lead. Though I’m sure he didn’t mean to help. Goodness knows he&r