oo1st ♦ audio > written

[doubtingly]

Ah-! I didn't mean to- Um, I- I suppose if I do this instead--

[The journal switches to written after that short, accidental audio message from a soft-spoken, yet obviously tired young woman. The text that follows is written after a few moments, though.]

My name is Hyuuga Hinata. I am looking for

If anyone out there is kind enough to give me directions, or perhaps a map, to this place, I will be very much grateful.

I need to go back to the place I came from to help a good friend in need.

Please.

Thank you and I apologize for the bother.

[Hinata ends her short message and keeps the journal close to her. She knows the name of this place, has gone through her fair share of freaking out before finally turning to her journal for help. She activates her Byakugan for the third time since getting here to search for clues but she can't keep using her bloodline like this. This is probably the last time she can with how low her chakra is right now.]

Comments

[written]

[doubtingly]

[There can be a million shards out there!

This thought process has Hinata replying to this written message a little late. The possibility of just finding all of them looks really slim.]

How big is this gem, though? Does anyone know?

[Because if this gem is really big, well, good luck with them.]

[written]

[letteropener]

Large enough to have many, many shards, I'm afraid.

[She has seen one or two by this point, and knows painfully well what Hinata is thinking at the moment.]

[written]

[doubtingly]

[This doesn't ease her thoughts any. In fact, it only assures her of the possibility that this gem is big enough to have a million shards that'd be impossible for them to find.]

That's worrisome. There could be a million of them. How will we be able to find all?

[written]

[letteropener]

Thus far, the shards we have found have been at the center of great upheavals or events. What seems most likely at present is that the shards go with such things, either as cause or result. And thus we will be drawn to them.