Fly Until You See The Light

Valley (1) - Chapter 4

Judylia, an older girl that Orlando and I met a little while ago, helped us reaching a new part of the Valley: the Coliseum, a really big place!

Just to explain a few things that might seem meaningless to the diary... Here:

Orlando is a friend of mine who Ojtaro and I met in the Hidden Forest yesterday. He is a shy Child, but sweet and thoughtful and also quite sensitive;Oj' had to go away because of that thing with his family's Lessons, but, like Symphony, I'll see him again in the Village of Dreams in a year;Judylia - or just Judy - is a fourteen year old Child who I don't know very well yet... But she seems so nice! And silly too! Just now, fireworks suddenly shot out from black pots, and she took a huge leap and crouched down on the ground like a turtle, as if to protect herself. Shouldn't she be used to it? No? It's still fine. It's normal to be afraid.

Now our next stop is the Temple of the Elders, Sah and Mekh. Ojtaro told me and Orlando a legend about them. It says that, once, the Valley had a different name, that it was ruled by a Priestess. She was the mother of the Twins, who, following her death, were called that way and gave a new name to the Valley.

Unfortunately I don't know much about the story yet... But I'll try to find out more! I promise!

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«Sentinekka, come! I'm taking you and Orlando to the temple! Oh, wait, wait: first the Spirits to unlock, then the temple». It's Judy. Sentinekka closes the diary that she will update as soon as possible, then reaches her friend and Orlando, who are waiting for her a few meters away.

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Spirit after Spirit, the kids know that many are still missing. They've seen just three Spirits, but there are still many others.

Sentinekka, Orlando and Judy walk towards the temple. Who knows what awaits them there.

One thing is certain: Sen' will try to find out more, she will ask something to the Twins.

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Ojtaro walks briskly across the Daylight Prairie. A boy of his age kept him for more than an hour to ask him about a friend of his, a certain Judy. He told him that she hasn't visited him for days and that he is worried about her.

And that guy expected Ojtaro to know anything about it? Judy? Who the heck is she? A poet or who knows what saint from the Vault of Knowledge or similar, like Youssef? Never seen or met her before. Never heard of her. And, man, he thinks that it's better like this.

Ojtaro is late. The Passage Guide will kill him. He sighs. He knows that he shouldn't use his abilities in crowded places like the Prairie, but this is a real emergency.

After hiding behind a hill, the boy looks around again and again to make sure no one is watching him and, while producing bright golden sparks from his cloak, he disappears. 

He opens again his eyes and finds himself in the Isle.

He's not alone. One of his siblings is looking straight at him with eyes that seem to say:«Finally». It is his older brother, Horand, also the future Guide. You can tell it by the silver amulet he's worn for literally his whole life.

​​​Horand, who is holding some wooden logs in his arms, looks at him, amused.

«If the Guide scolds you for being late» he says. «Tell him you were helping me with the wood» he concludes, while passing some wood into his hand.

«Thanks, Horand» Ojtaro tells him and smiles.

«Who held you back this time? Or, at least, why are you so late?».

«A guy forced me to listen to his crazy information about a missing friend of his. He thought I could help him».

«How long?».

«A stupid hour».

Horand stares at him, surprised. «Geez!» he exclaims.

Oj' shakes his hand to distract him and hurries to tell him:«Leaving that aside... Why all this rush for lessons that will start in a year?».

He can't help but think about her friend Sentinekka. How is she doing?