[Mitsuhide's entry isn't an neat as usual; it's clear that his hand is shaking as he writes. The young samurai is deeply distressed right now, and for good reason.]

I am certain my Lord Motochika has been poisoned, but the specific poison is a mystery to me. If any of you have any idea what it might be from the symptoms, please, let me know. I have to take care of him.

[Afterwards there is only a scratchy list, which gets added to over a thirty-minute or so period:]

- Bad stomach sickness, cool skin, sweating
- Laboured breathing
- Talk of dizziness, headaches, numbness
- Confusion?


[OOC: The actual poison is the aconitum herb, better known as Wolfsbane! It's not a lethal dose, however. The poison is used almost worldwide and is likely to be familiar to anyone with any experience in medicine, crime or general outdoors survival. Feel free to recognise it... or not, as you wish!]

[Codi comes in hoarse, surprisingly tired and exasperated compared to her usually loud and bouncy demeanor. In the background is a distinct sound of scrabbling against wood, along with more solid knocking, the occasional raised voice muffled by distance.]

--Hello! Yes. Sorry if anyone's tried to contact me over the past couple of days, I've been a little-- [There's a peculiar screech, high-pitched and clearly made by some kind of small animal, very close to the journal.] --busy, lately, and I got a little ill. I'm better now! Everything's fine.

[The screeching noise returns, almost plaintive this time, and is followed by a strange, guttural trill.]

Anyway, I just wanted to check in and see how things are going with everyone else! Is everything okay out there?

...Is anyone left?...

...Ah...also, just...curious...if you have any experience working with exotic lizards, can we talk?

[Closed to Alpha!Dave hollywood_bro and Leon theleonking]

Hey, so...updates? What's going on over there?

[He sounds tired. Frustrated. Really kind of pissed off. His voice sounds a bit more clipped than usual, and while no less blunt, a lot more dry.]

Alright, so.

This week.

It's kind of been a shitty week.

I only had one crew member lose it, and it was probably one of the worst ones to do so.

[He pauses a bit, and notes to himself - that actually might have been the case with a LOT of the members of his crew. He didn't want to see what a crazed, homicidal Tojiko or older Link would do. Or Sasuke. Or... ugh, time to stop that train of thought right there.]

We've... [Hn.] Well, our ship's in one piece. We're nearing Empieza. We're stocking up.

Then we're moving out.

I know I've been talking to at least one of you guys about coordinating things. At first, I was thinking we'd have to track this Witch down, but... hey. Got something else to hunt, now.

The most we need to do is not be tripping over each other. Cover different parts of the ocean. And do it as fast as possible. And after that comes the real deal, dealing with the Witch.

If you're a Captain, or if you're in charge of your ship now 'cause your Captain's lost their mind... I wanna talk to you. Won't change whatever we're gonna do even if no one's in with us, but... Hey. It's there.

Meanwhile, if you need a ship to hold up on while all this is going down, or are new and need someplace the go... the Murderess has a bit of room. We'll take the help where we can get it.

The area around the Nav is still trapped, but it won't kill you anymore.

[private to Marvelous]

I am collecting this black coral. If you're not headed to this fortress, I will go alone.