1st Codex | Written

[livethecreed]

[The handwriting that filled the page was, for the most part, neat and compact. Some letters had over-exaggerated lines, but it wasn't difficult to read.]

From the other entries I see in this book, I believe it is safe to assume there are more people on the other side of this thing? This thing is unlike any I have encountered before, but I have seen things in the last day that shifted my views of impossible.

[He's not actually sure any of you exist, so excuse the slight rambling.]

If any have an understanding of how I found my way here, I would like an explanation. The writing at the beginning of this book is in a language I have not learned. [He's not convinced it is a language at all. Nor is he convinced this isn't a dream from the Apple... speaking of.]

Al Mualim, if this is another illusion from your treasure, I will find my way out and stop you.

Comments

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[givemelee]

[An illusion from a treasure? That could never happen. Irony. Besides the fact that even before the trips to the Sky World, Ratonhnhaké:ton had lived an entirely different life already when he sort of had an experience like that that convinced him to become an assassin in the first place.

One thing was for certain and that was that this new arrival was experiencing the same level of confusion and disorientation that he had.]

It is difficult to get used to but that is correct. Anything you write in this journal can be seen by anyone with a journal of their own.

We were all brought here for the same purpose.. to find and reconstruct an allegedly powerful object, that a man name Davy Jones wants to get his hands on. It is also supposed to be the only thing that can send us home.

Written

[livethecreed]

[If audio had been working, you'd hear him snort in derision. Another treasure hunt? This was sounding like Al Mualim's work more and more. Nevermind that Altair had no idea were the Old Man would have gotten the idea.]

The story stays the same even as the rest changes. I have had enough of treasures with unknown powers.

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[givemelee]

As have I, but I see no alternative. If I stand by and do nothing then who knows whose hands it will fall into. I do not desire the power for myself.

[The Sky journeys were another story.. but how else was he supposed to combat that scepter?]

Written

[livethecreed]

It is a conundrum I am not unfamiliar with, and one I shall have to deal with upon my return home. It is unfortunate there are those who would use any influence they have to reek havoc among the peoples.

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[oneofthelost]

I don't think this is an illusion. I've seen some of those, and this isn't like any I've come across, at least.

[It's all the girl can offer, really. The rest... She can't say much about. She's just as lost, even now.]

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[livethecreed]

As have I. And they were quite lifelike.

[The shades Al Mualim had summoned had really been his Brothers, disguised by the Apple's power. Perhaps this was similar?]

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[oneofthelost]

Yeah. The ones I saw were pretty real. Preying on all those little feelings you try and bury.

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[livethecreed]

The ones after me were shadows of men no longer living. [Take that as you will.]

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[oneofthelost]

She used my dad to try and keep me in one of hers. He passed away awhile ago. So, I get what you mean.

[At least... she thinks she does.]

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[livethecreed]

Is this 'she' you are speaking of the one who has us trapped here? [Because he wanted to know if he had to prepare for ghosts of the past while he was trapped here.]

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[oneofthelost]

I don't think so. It doesn't feel like one of her illusions.

Written

[orderispeace]

Be careful what you say around the journal as well, unless you would not mind broadcasting the more private moments of your daily routine. In addition to the written word these journals can also transmit sound.

[There's a warning for you. Do with it what you'd like.]

To be concerned about being trapped in an illusion, yours must have been a strange kidnapping. Are you from the Near East?

[Just going by the name 'Al Mualim'. That certainly held an Eastern flare. ]

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[livethecreed]

[It can send sound as well? But it's a book. That made no sense. Although that did explain why he'd heard voices when there hadn't been any near.]

I thank you for the information. I shall be cautious with my words around it.

It has been a strange fortnight. [Understatement.] I hail from the Holy Land. [Not the exact truth, but he wasn't convinced this wasn't a trap yet.]

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[orderispeace]

And now, kidnapped by an undead pirate ghost to search for a long lost treasure of immeasurable power... I shouldn't see why you might find that strange.

[Don't worry, it really only gets stranger from here on in.]

The Holy Land on Earth? It is a odd question I grant you but there are some who claim to be from other worlds and they all hold to their own religious ideas.

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[livethecreed]

[Wait, what? Altaïr's grasp of English was good, but that made no sense.]

I am afraid I do not understand. What sort of creature stole us? [Speaking of treasures of immeasurable power, he checked the Apple in his pouch quickly to ensure it was still powered off..]

Yes, I believe that is what we call our world. [There were people of different faiths here? He couldn't believe that they wouldn't be warring with each other. That seemed to be all the Christians and Muslims did.] There are no wars between those who follow each belief to show who is right?

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[orderispeace]

Some one who claims to be the spirit of Davy Jones. Perhaps you have heard the stories about him, how its through his power that sailors are so often dragged to the bottom of the sea?

[Stories only, not necessarily to be taken at face value.]

We have been too busy fighting against the Navy and other Pirates to worry over religion. There is always some new enemy to face, whether religion is involved or not.
The Holy Land has always been a highly charged area, what was the year?

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[livethecreed]

I am not familiar with such tales, but I did not spend much time at the ports.

[More words he didn't understand. This was getting old fast.]
It is the year 1191.

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[orderispeace]

The superstition likely came about after your time anyway.

[1191. That was ancient!]

You would have been thick in the middle of the, it would have been the Third Crusade? King Richard and his loyal Christians versus Saladin and his Saracen hordes. Were you involved with much of the fighting yourself?

Written

[arcadiasailor]

I assume by language you haven't learned you must be taking about Scurvy Dog. It takes a while to get used to her accent.

Written

[livethecreed]

It is writing, not spoken words. I do not understand why an accent would matter.

Re: Written

[arcadiasailor]

Dog's spelling and colorful choice of words seems to be on par with how she's speaks which bares very little resemblance to how people actually speak. She might as well be writing in hieroglyphs for all the sense she makes.

Written

[livethecreed]

[You have no idea how glad he was to read that. At least it wasn't only him having issues.]

A most ineffective was to communicate.

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[arcadiasailor]

I've seen the message on someone else's journal. She does lay it on a bit thick to be addressing someone just bought here. I've seen people get into arguments about here about how she chooses to speak, for a retired pirate her skin can be a bit thin.

Someone who thinks Dog less than helpful has thrown together a Welcoming Committee.

Written

[livethecreed]

Are you a part of such a thing? [He could guess what a welcoming committee was, even if he'd never heard of such a thing]

Re: Written

[arcadiasailor]

Fielding questions passes time. I haven't had need to step foot on that island since they started.

I'm more interested in keeping people from over reacting to being brought here and wrecking something. Destroying important sections of inhabited islands tends to attract the Navy.