[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.

[Written]

[shinigamidayuu]

Why is that?

[ written ]

[deathsought]

I am not familiar with that name.

[thethundersaid]

Did you arrive here before I did?

Re: [Written]

[thethundersaid]

Why am I looking for him, you mean?

[thethundersaid]

Were you on [a space here where he consulted on spelling] -- Isla Empieza this past week?

[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?

[shinigamidayuu]

Right. If you're expecting people to help you, it's as well to give them a reason to.

[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.

[thethundersaid]

Very well. He is my brother.

[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.

[deathsought]

No. I stay on my ship, for reasons I'd rather not discuss. The crew I chose to live with are the only ones I can trust myself to be around, so far.

[forthevillage]

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

I am on the Sinewave.

[thethundersaid]

Do you have any idea of your coordinates?

[thethundersaid]

Are there that many suspicious people around?

[forthevillage]

No.

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

[shinigamidayuu]

That's a good reason to want to find someone.

But what do you intend to do if you're reunited?

[deathsought]

It's not them that I don't trust. It's myself.