A day with no winds

Dear diary,
Today was a good day! I really had fun. We woke up and, as everyday, we went to get our food. While we ate, Bart told us about his trip in the cursed city. I felt very sad. I mean most of the people there were good people, they shouldn’t have died because of other greedy and mean people. Then, I told them about a bad dream I had. Bart told me it was just a dream and that I shouldn’t worry. I wasn’t worried, but sad. I mean if that would happen, I would cry for days probably,…and I don’t cry. I didn’t want to stay for the rest of the conversation, so I went to give the food to Eve, who was still sleeping. Silfida Neagra was there too. We talked a bit about prayers and the Almighty. She is also sweet but smart as well.. I really consider her a very dear friend. I thought the prayers will help her remember more, but she seems to know more about prayers even if she doesn't remember anything. Then, we gathered together, did our daily training and talked about what we like and dislike the most.

 
After the training, I left the room and went upstairs. There was fog everywhere but I got used to it by now. Nixie was talking with the party boy of the crew and laughing. She seemed to have fun. But then they turned to me. I saw the look on her face, it was THAT look. She wanted to ask me to do something shady. But of course, I don’t want to say no to Nixie when she is that happy. But she was nice, she didn’t ask for much. She just wanted me to wake up Xebec and ask him for meat and alcohol.
I don’t really understand why they didn’t do it, but I didn’t mind. I went to his room, slowly knocked on the door and then went it. I tried to wake Xebec up but he pushed me a bit. He seemed to like to sleep, I almost didn’t want to try again. But I promised Nixie so I had to. This time he stood up from the bed and started changing while I was telling him what’s happening. Dear diary, I did look at him a bit but I don't think he saw. But I did notice a big scar on his back. I didn't want to ask about it because I wouldn't like to talk about that either so we just went back to the others.

 
So, Nixie and her party boy, wanted to make a tournament and needed the meat as a reward. Thanks to Nixie, we were going to have a really nice day. So we had to tell the others as well.
First, we went to Bart. He was in his room writing another one of his great songs. I am really curious about what he writes. He seems to put a lot of feelings in his songs. We told him about the festival and he said he will get ready.
We then went to talk with the crew abut the tournament for a bit. When we were going back to our room, we saw Eve running somewhere. We asked her what was going on but at first she only told us that Talion, Bart and Silfida Neagra have a conversation, and she wanted to leave them alone. I knew she was upset because Silfida Neagra wrote something about Eve and a :( . I tried to talk with her but she said she is fine. I wish she would have told me more about what is happening but I didn’t insist. I really want her to be happy...we all do.

 
We didn't have time to talk more because Talion came to us very scared, saying that there is something wrong with Silfida Neagra. For a moment I got very scared as well. And you know how Talion takes a long time to explain so .we all just ran back to the room. Poor Silfida Neagra could barely stand. We all stood there for some time and talked for some time. It seems that Talion and Silfida Neagra became friends, because she wanted him to give her a hug. It was so sweet that it hurt. We all joined but Eve told us to stop. Eve was almost crying. Then I realized what it was happening. A crumble from the Silfida fell on the floor. I suddenly felt a bit sad and I know the others felt the same so I tried to show Silfida a better way to show affection. I really hope it worked.

 
After things calmed down a bit, Nixie and I, got Eve on the side to finish the talk. She was really not feeling well and we found out why. She broke up with Talion. I'm feeling a bit relieved to be honest. I know it's mean but it seemed better for both of them. I really really hope Eve and Talion will both be happy soon. We tried to make Eve smile as much as we could, but I feel like although she appreciates it, this help isn't what she needs right now.
We were interrupted again by Talion and Heron who came to use with an idea. They wanted to make Heron our new leader. I do not think it's a bad idea but at the same time I trust Talion. I think by starting to be an actual leader, he could learn a lot, and maybe teach us something too. I didn't want him to give up so easily. I know he can do this. And I am pretty sure that Heron will help him a lot as a right hand. I was also surprised by Heron's idea. I never really saw trying to take the lead. Maybe in time, he will prove himself a good leader as well.

 
After this talk, we decided to go have fun at the tournament. There were a lot of fun fights. So there were three categories: Weak people , Strong Men and Normal people. They forgot to add me on the list, but I made sure to get in the Strong men category. Gerki won the Normal people contest.
For me, It wasn't easy at all. I fought with the short training boss. I gave my best to bum-bum him and I did...after some time. He was strong and had experience in doing bum bum. I almost lost in the beginning but I didn't want to lose. After the fight, I saw Xebec smiling. I guess he liked the fight. I hope?
In the meantime, Dillen lost his match with Herron. Even though Dillen is smart, the bum bum Heron does is stronger. I am proud of Herron. He really trained a lot.
Then, I had to bum bum Heron in the final. this fight was the hardest. Herron is really a big guy. I did bum bum in stomach, and he did some bum bum in my face, and then we did more bum bum. I had almost no chance to beat him but I didn't give up until I fell on the ground. . I am proud of myself for all the punches I gave him. Next time, I will be the one eating the best meat. When I stood up, I thought I saw Xebec smirking with a "good job" smile, I think? But Nixie came to help me so I turned around and left.
 
The next fights were from the Weak People, they even more interesting. Talion fought very hard to beat our cook, Laimon. Poor cook got a bit hurt so he ran to the kitchen. The last fight of the tournament was Bart against Talion. Bart did a very nice bum-bum on Talion, who seemed a bit dizzy. I saw that Talion was a bit annoyed. So annoyed that he was trying to do a lot of things, but nothing worked.But then, out of nowhere, Talion did such a big bum-bum that he threw Bart, hitting him on the stick that was catching the wind. I was so amazed that I feel in the water.

 
This was no good. We needed to take those two somewhere else. I was relieved Bart was alright. The hit was really not easy. But we still needed to understand what was Talion doing. He said that he did it without realizing and that his demon friend tried to convince him that it was a demon's power. But he also said he had a huge urge to do that. Dear diary, do not tell anyone, but I am a bit worried for Talion. I mean if he can't control himself, he could even become a danger for us. I think it is time to work more on this part of the problem. Bart already started. I thought that was both kind and brave. The rest of us will also not give up on Talion, after all, he is one of us.

 
We had to calm the crew down for now, so we hurried on the deck. With a bit of help from Nixie and me, Heron did manage to convince them that we should move on and get our hope back. Nixie's boy and Xebec jumped to help very fast. Bart also showed up on the deck and started singing for the others. I was a bit worried for him but he seemed to be doing fine. Then Talion tried to explain the situation but the crew screamed to him "shut up, demon boy". It's really not a nice thing to say to someone. I should tell Talion that we are still his friends so he doesn't become more sad.
Slowly, things became happy again. Then Talion and Bart did a contest and Talion won, so he went in the big final. The rest of the night was very fun. We danced, ate, drank . The three big boys who won, tried to answer some riddles and not get drunk. Talion and Gerki fell drunk on the ground so Heron won the big prize. Remember the cook, Laimon? Me and Nixie talked a lot with him, and he even thought me how to make meat better.

 
Dear diary, I don't know if I told you, but Nixie said there is another girl on the boat, someone from the crew. But keep this a secret! Nobody can know. To find her, I suggested to look for a special thing that only boys have, some kind of apple in the neck. Then Nixie investigated everyone who hid their neck. She spend some time searching but in the end we found her! She is Laimon. Anyways I was surprised. SHe didn't want to talk about it. When I tried to force her talk, she he ran away. After all, we talked for a bit wit him and we promised to keep the secret. I am very curious about him. Why would he want to be here and hide for so long. I know Xebec knows but I do not want to ask him. I will talk with the cook more, he seems to have an interesting life.

 
That night I slept like a baby. The next morning, we all met again and talked. Then, I went on the deck to train with Xebec. I was more than amazed. How can he move so fast? I did well the first time, but then I kinda stumbled. I guess I couldn't concentrate. We then talked about what he likes and doesn't like. He likes the horizon the most. I didn't expect that. I never thought of it much. We don't see it from the Continent. But Xebec is right, the horizon is a beautiful thing.

 
Eve didn't seem to feel happy at all that day. If I couldn't make her happy, at least talk with someone who can. I saw Eve that night in Gessen, she was happy. And since she came back with Bart, I assume he was the reason. And they always spend time together. So I asked Bart to talk with her but he was already planning to do that. Dear diary, to tell you the truth, I would be very happy for them to be together. They seem to be a good match. Bart would take care of her and I'm sure she would be loved. I hope Eve will feel better soon.

 
One more thing, dear diary, Talion told us to call him Pullius because he said it will help him with the training. He said that he used to be very proud to be an ionolian and a wizard and he needed to change his name so he can get rid of this. So how i understand it, Talion should be ashamed to be called Pullius. But to me, it seemed like he almost took pride of this name. Pullius is supposed to remind him to be humble, but he doesn't seem to mind it anymore. First, he casually told us to call him that, then he whispered it to Nixie's boy during the tournament and laughed. Very weird.

 
May The Almighty be with us and the crew.