{ The Kraken Who Lurks... }

{ Research and Fire. }

< Ban = Bandu, Bar = Barbu, J = Jambi, Br = Brobgonal >

Recently, I found an octopus, he... They, maybe? I'm not sure. I'll just say he/him because that's what he uses for himself.
This octopus, he's quite interesting. I've learned that there's something about him that I can use to my advantage to handle my brother. I believe this octopus was named... Hellbreaker? He says he's a relative of Expunged. Since.. He apparently knew him in their past together.
He told me that there was a statue hidden within the ocean. One that could possibly bring an end to the hell I've had to deal with, one that could bring back the way things used to be, one that... Could bring Expunged back to me.
I begged to know where the statue was, but he never told me, sadly. It was hard, and I couldn't get him to admit anything, I just wanted to find some way to fix this, some way to get this fixed as soon as I could. I sighed to myself, allowing Hellbreaker to return to his natural habitation, I have a feeling he'll come back at some point.
I wondered to myself who this statue could possibly be... It didn't come to mind easily, the only thing he told me was that the name of the statue started with the letter C. Really helpful...
I shook my head, this wasn't going to work out, and I knew I needed to do as much research as possible, as much as I can to learn more about this chaos, this problem, and especially that statue.

...

It's been about 4 weeks, still nothing... All I have is the LETTER FUCKING C! WHAT DO I DO WITH THAT?! God damnit...
I slammed my fists on my desk, growling to myself angrily, I was getting tired of this, all I want is to find this "statue" and get its help. I'm getting desperate at this point...

...

I walked along the shore, sighing to myself quietly, letting out quiet hums as I did so. Honestly today was actually kind of cold, but I liked it a lot, it was a comforting temperature to me, as if I could freeze at any moment.
I don't know why but I felt calmer from this.
As I walked, I felt like someone was watching me, I don't know what, but it just felt like someone was. Oh well, probably just... Some animal or something. I sighed, shrugging off the feeling. But the moment I heard leaves rustling, I looked over and saw... Wait holy fucking shit IS THAT BROBGONAL-

.......It was Brobgonal and he was holding a lighter-

"Were you about to fucking set me on fire-" -Ban

Brobgonal stared, before shaking his head no, yea that's an obvious fucking lie.

"Brobgonal, where did you go!!" -Bar

I heard a voice call out for Brobgonal from with the forest, before I saw a pogostick-looking figure appear from the leaves, as well as... Some electrical spirit? I was amazed before I realized it was Barbu and Jambi, my instincts were telling me to invite them to the cabin to study them, but currently, I didn't want to do that.

"There you are! Don't run off like that!" -Bar

"So... Wait, what happened to you guys?-" -Ban

"Well, we appeared here as... These new forms, at least me and Brobgonal did, Barbu stayed the same. But we appeared here recently, near some... Fire, which I would presume was caused by lightning." -J

"How long ago was recent?-" -Ban

"About... 12 days ago, I think? Honestly everyone's been disappearing at random times, so I guess we appeared really late?" -J

I nodded, indicating that he was right, they appeared really late... Doesn't matter, though. I sighed to myself, deciding that I guess I should ask.
So I did, I asked if they wanted to come to my cabin, luckily they agreed, but before we went off, I eyed Brobgonal down, and he knew exactly why.
So, as I waited for him to, he began dumping every single item he had on him. They reached lengths from small knives to lighters, axes to chainsaws, swords to guns, even nuclear bombs. (/j, there were no nuclear bombs.)
I sighed, facepalming as I told him to drop the last item, a bottle of fucking glue. So he did, and THEN I told them that we could go, keeping watch of Brobgonal to make sure he didn't grab anything, which luckily he didn't.
And so I took them back to the cabin, lighting a match and tossing it towards all of Brobgonal's weapons, which set them in fire as we walked away.
Guess it's time for more researching. Perhaps some on that statue too, I don't know, to be honest.

< 800 words. >