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[there is absolutely no warning before a high-pitched, distressed, loud voice emerges from the journal.]

WHO. DID. THIS.

[well, she figured out the voice function... there is an aggressive sigh, then a groan that is dragged out as long as her lungs and throat permit.]

This is NOT Fiji! This is not Monaco, or Bermuda, or Dubai, or even TOKYO! I know well enough that WHATEVER THIS IS ISN'T HOME OR A VACATION SPOT AND WHOEVER BROUGHT ME HERE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION WILL BE SENT ON A HOUSHAKUJI SHIP TO ANTARCTICA AND LEFT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM THE SUN ENTERING THROUGH THE ENORMOUS HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER AND RABID PENGUINS!!!!!!

[there's another groan, and you can practically hear her pulling out her hair. yelling isn't going to help her-- screaming into a book isn't the same as tearing into a real person.]

Though, whoever helps me get home will be handsomely rewarded with as much money as they can carry to wherever they want. And I'll be grateful too! Don't think that I'm some unappreciative wretch. The sooner I get back to my room in Japan, the sooner everyone will be happy. I don't like that I've been KIDNAPPED! It's all fine and well in fiction but HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO ME?!?! I'm ready to leave, no doubt about it! I saw a guy stab another guy. The first guy peed on him, so I mean it was a little deserved but I SHOULDN'T SEE ANYONE GET STABBED OR PEED ON OR SPIT LIKE FIFTEEN FEET!!! DOES NO ONE HERE KNOW MANNERS?!?!?!

[there's a soft sob, followed by squelch (possibly underfoot), then a shriek and rapid-fire swearing in japanese.]

Oh. My god. I do not know what I stepped in, but it was something AWFUL!!!! MY SHOE IS RUINED... This is terrible! Is this the commoner life? I can't handle this. Who has a private jet I can borrow? It's Renge Houshakuji. My family will pay yours back double, I promise!

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All over, really. I tend to move around a lot. The whole "monster" thing tends to make it a necessity.

As for you situation, you've been forcibly conscripted by Davy Jones to gather up something he needs. Same as all the rest of us.

Monster thing? You don't look like a monster-- you look more like... well, at worst, a thug, maybe! A handsome thug. And maybe at best just one of those guys who does the dishevelled look in a fashionable way. Hmm.

I shouldn't have been "forcibly" anything. I'm supposed to be training to be the head of a company, not doing errands for some superstition! Why did he pick me? Or any of us?!

You're just assumin' that. We can't see each other through these things, so you can't know for sure.

You can ask him that, next time he takes questions. Which will likely be just this side of never.

I am, but I have a great (and accurate) imagination. Wait, if I draw something, will it show up for you? Because I can draw what I think you look like!!

I will get a meeting with him. No doubt about it!

Yeah, that drawing should work fine.

[there's a bit of scribbling, and would you look at that!! she drew. something...]

so handsome...

So! from what I can hear, I'm getting a dark hair vibe, and handsome eyebrows. I couldn't decide on eye colour, so maybe... grey? And you said you were a monster, so I'm thinking some scars, but scars don't make you a monster. Like I said, the ruggedness is kind of audible, and you said you wander around, so maybe like, a cool earring, and a ponytail? Did I get anything right?

I have black, shaggy hair, much thicker eyebrows than that, and I don't let it get that long.

Also, my eyes are just normal brown. Except when I have to use my abilities more. One of which is regeneration, so the scars are dead wrong. Part of the whole werewolf package is that I don't get scars.

[GASP. werewolf?! handsome werewolf. handsome, rugged werewolf who is talking to her? oh, the possibilities!]

Do you have super handsome eyebrows, pretty eyes, and good skin. Well, I wasn't expecting any of this from you!!! Though, werewolves are real here? That sounds kind of scary... Are banshees and vampires and ghosts real too?

How should I know? Never thought about it, and I don't really care to.

This place has all sorts of humans and...not-quite-humans. Even a lot of the humans have some unique powers. I'd suggest that if you're a regular person, you find a crew with some decent super-human power behind it.

I guess my only super power was money. And as it turns out, nothing from home followed me here. Which is... unfortunate, to say the least!

Super-human powers... This is kind of great, actually! It's like living in a shounen anime!! Do you have a crew with other powerful people?

One of the larger ones, I guess.

Oh! And these are ships, right? And not like. Gangs hiding in shady parts of the town...

[too... many crime shows...]

Pirate ships, yes. We're branded as pirates the moment we arrive, in the eyes of the Navy.

PIRATES?! WHAT?!?!

[she's about to go down the road of "i saw an anime that had the most handsome captain i want ten of him", but she reels herself in quickly, and focuses on her possibly being in jail.]

So it's actually just gangs on ships... I don't want to be a pirate, though!!!! Can I tell the Navy I'm harmless passer-by and that I'll be out of their hair pronto?

Nope. They'll lock you up regardless, possibly kill you. Just the way it is. The locals aren't very friendly, either. At least not where you likely are, right now.

[distress!! oh no... so far, he's been the most helpful-- everyone else yelled at her!! so maybe...]

Does. Does your crew have room for others? I mean, does ANY crew have room for people, or should I find a plank of wood and paddle out and away from here?

Up to you. You just need to ask people if you can join up with 'em.

I... honestly don't know who to ask. Or what I could possibly do here. Part of me hopes my friends are here, and then he other part hopes they never see this place for any reason.

I think I need to think about all of this more. It's way too much to take in all at once. I have some tips for Mr. Jones on how to get people less panicked and more ready for errands. Step one: introduce the magic book BEFORE whisking people away. That would be great!!

I don't know who your friends are, but there's always a chance they're here. You never know until you investigate.

He's a creepy zombie pirate who basically kidnapped us all via magic. I really don't think he gives a shit about your comfort level.

Well, if you've heard the surnames Suoh, Ootori, Hitachiin, Haninozuka, Morinozuka, Nekozawa, and maybe Fujioka, then those are my people. I'll ask around, though!!! Someone has to know us...

I don't think he does either, but if he wants efficient workers, he should learn a bit of hospitality! I'm sure the magic bit can come in to get our asses in gear, but I know management, and this is DEFINITELY not good management.

Well, good luck. I'm sure you'll find a way to get by.

I will! I can't die HERE. The plan was to die in Paris, in a luxurious yet charming French hotel, holding a cocktail in my hand while I relax on the balcony, at age 100!

Thank you for all your help-- er. [terrible manners strike again.] I don't think I caught your name.

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