[Written]

[thethundersaid]

[If handwriting could be immensely awkward, this would be it.]

I am told that messages written in this book will be seen by others.

I am looking for Uchiha Itachi, or information as to his whereabouts.

Comments

[written]

[forthevillage]

Here I am, little brother.

[thethundersaid]

[There are a few false starts, blots of ink where the pen paused.]

I have been informed that this world is real.

[forthevillage]

I did say as much.

[thethundersaid]

Did you arrive here before I did?

[forthevillage]

Yes. By several days.

[thethundersaid]

Where were you before then?

Or when?

[forthevillage]

Just after that day.

I'm sure you know which.

[thethundersaid]

I see. [The full stop is too large where the pen rested on it for too long.]

I will not lie to you. I know the truth of it all. I believed you were part of the Eye of the Moon illusion, created to mock my childhood ignorance.

[forthevillage]

I am not.

But what truth do you mean, little brother?

[thethundersaid]

All of it. The whole truth. A great deal has happened since that day.

But this journal is not the best venue for communication.

[forthevillage]

No. It is not.

But we are currently on separate vessels.

[thethundersaid]

I am on the "Charming Murderess".

I'm [slightly too-large gap before the next word] glad you were able to escape the island and find a ship.

[forthevillage]

[You should not be glad for him. Stop.]

I am on the Sinewave.

[thethundersaid]

Do you have any idea of your coordinates?

[forthevillage]

No.

But I could attempt to ask one of the mechanical crew members.

[thethundersaid]

Do that and then tell me where you are.

[forthevillage]

You're rather demanding. Are you planning on coming here?

[thethundersaid]

I'm not even sure how I got onto this ship. I'll have to ask the others on board for details. I understand there's some kind of reverse-summons involved.

[forthevillage]

Did you use the nav? From what I understand, it's a device that can transport people to ships already at sea.

[Not that he had used one yet himself.]

[thethundersaid]

If the Nav is the round thing at the helm of the ship and in that store, then yes. Do you know how to use it?

[to action]

[forthevillage]

No. But I will ask someone who does.

[And he won't get back to Sasuke about it either.

Once he figures it out, he'll simply appear on the deck of the Charming Murderess without any advanced warning. No time for his brother to protest.]