Day 63

Par did not return today, which worries me a little. No a lot, as he is more than capable of handling himself, but still.

Willow did something interesting this morning. She tried using a tornado to pick herself up off the ground. It didn’t go well and she ended up being thrown against a tree. Luckily she is made of mana so it wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been, especially after a little bit of healing magic.

She spent most of the rest of the day trying to master that ability, by the end of the day she actually managed it for a decent amount of time. She would still get thrown around a lot, but there was nothing I could do about it. I didn’t have the ability or inclination to stop her.

I ended up spending most of the day perfecting my ability to manipulate plants. I managed to make a tree grow a sword, like the one Par uses. It was even sharp enough to cut into me a little. That I was not expecting, it happened on accident when I was trying to swing it around the way I've seen others do. Luckily it wasn’t too deep, so it was easy to heal, but it was still painful. I think I'll leave the fighting to the others.

Needless to say, I didn’t try to make another weapon.

When I got bored of practicing manipulation I worked on the puzzle box. I managed to make a couple breakthroughs with it, I’m understanding how it works a lot better now. Tomorrow I think I’m going to focus on it, hopefully, I’ll be able to figure out what's inside.

Day 64

Today I focused on the puzzle cube until I solved it. It was so satisfying to hear that final click and watch as a door opened up on the side facing up. The cube incorporated both magical and mechanical puzzles, nothing too difficult in as far as what I had to do, but figuring out what to do was another story. This was easily one of the most mentally challenging things I’ve ever had to do.

In the compartment that opened up I found a small, deep red stone. Touch my middle finger and thumb together and it would barely pass through the opening.

When I picked it up it sank into my palm. I wasn’t able to stop it. I didn’t feel any different afterward, nothing immediately noticeable at least. However, when I tried to manipulate plants later I noticed a qualitative improvement. It was like it came easier to me out of nowhere.

I wasn’t too worried about it, an improvement is a good thing, right? But I made a note to talk to Tiddol and Mest about it.

I could say a couple other things about today, but all of them would pale in comparison to this event, at least for me. So I’m going to leave it here, Good Night Diary.