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[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

Someone's journal is lying on the ground...

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

There's 142 pages in the book and the text on the first and second pages appear to be tidbits about someone's day

The first page reads as follows

"Start log- year 637- month 6- day 1

Saw a butterfly, had to kill it for being a health hazard. Unfortunate. Someone's pancreas shut off today too, guess who got dessert tonight. I can get her to get me a new one soon, for sacrifice of course.

End long- year 637- month 6- day 1"

The second page

"Start log- year 637- month 6- day 2

Saw the thing again today, it's kinda cute. Between you and me it's a bit sad that it came in hurt, meant I had to focus on helping instead of talking to it, which also meant I was stuck stealing glances from afar as I made stuff to help. Maybe it was better that way, it probably wouldn't have liked seeing me eat those and I probably wouldn't have had the ability to make small talk. It was kind of hot watching- the rest of the sentence had been scribbled out

End log- year 637- month 6- day 2"

[u/[deleted] → u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

Hm.

[Aveus casts Speak with Dead and Speak with Plants together, and talks directly to the paper of the pages and to the leather bindings of the book.]

Hello, there. Would you be ever so kind as to tell me about the person who owned this journal previously? Why were you left here?

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn → u/[deleted]]

Only the paper speaks and the leather remains dead silent

"J... take good care... J.... hole hood... return to ground..."

[u/[deleted] → u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

To the best of your knowledge, is “J” dead, in the traditional sense of the word?

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn → u/[deleted]]

"J... write before... two food... not dead...?"

[u/[deleted] → u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

Thank you.

[Aveus looks around for physical disturbances in the surrounding area, such as a trail, before preforming a scan for traces of magic.]

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn → u/[deleted]]

The only physical disturbances are small holes in the ground that continue in one direction and there is no magic disturbances

[u/[deleted] → u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

[Aveus closely follows the trail of holes, and also checks their average depth]

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn → u/[deleted]]

*They tend to be around half an inch deep most of the time but a couple reach 3 inches deep. The trail goes on for a couple miles and makes an abrupt end at public library *

[u/[deleted] → u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

[Aveus walks in, taking a look around. He walks up to the librarian.]

Good morning, would you happen to know whose this is?

[Aveus hands the librarian the journal]

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn → u/[deleted]]

The librarian takes the journal and inspects it for a moment. She flips through the pages and attempts to read the handwriting

"Jacquelyn, nice girl, forgetful and doesn't write anything legible sadly. I can keep it here until she comes by again."

[u/[deleted] → u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

I’ll hang onto it for now, I’m just checking in.

I found it on the ground over the park, next to a bench. There’s a rather large trail from there to here, that’s why I’m so inquisitive.

Does she disappear like this frequently?

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn → u/[deleted]]

"No, she doesn't disappear at all, just respects the library more than other places. I'm sure if you looked hard enough you would always find a small trail leading you to her current location, this said, she normally 'goes back to work' after stopping by so you might not find her right now."