The Monkey Book

[Gold]

Son graduates from Starfall Academy pretty soon, in preparation of this? He begins carrying his journal around on his person. Tucked away  deep within his coat. As he strides around Osrona, he could feel nothing but despair. The loss of the Captains Pride and Joy, the Airship, had weighed heavily on the young sailor.

"Alright.. rations and freshwater fully restocked for this ship.. guess I'll help with the next one after a quick break." He says with a sigh hopping on top one of the barrels to write for a few minutes.

Resolve

I've been so busy with everything lately I forgot to sit down and write about this.. my birthday passed. I'm an adult now, but it didn't really feel like such a thing. 1849 started off pretty rough for me, I messed up first by telling the Lightbearer Auxis that the Osrona as a whole was out of order, but quickly he made me think about what I'd said. I hadn't really had my foot in anything aside from smaller things, mere acts of kindness, defending others, but never really carrying out the duties I should have been.

That made me think about what I was doing, why I was doing it. My friends were apart of some incident, going to war with words against the Lightbearer, our Admiral. They disagreed with his war efforts and I hear he was near his limits, things got hectic or so they say. It ended up poorly, I hear some rumors here and there but I wont pay them any mind until it's brought to my attention.

I've been holding off writing about this, but that war was crippling. It dealt a blow I could not quite recover from, I guess it's okay right? It's still fresh, we've lost something grand and even began to divide internally. Things are not so great, but everyone is still holding one another up. I'd never thought I'd see the captain fall in battle.  I've seen great people fall to the enemy, and everywhere I looked, with my birds eye view from above on the ship? I couldn't see any of my friends. My brothers in arms? The navy, the second dawn, allies from the north and south, I could see them here in unison, standing together on the front lines.. but as I stood on the deck of the airship I could not spot a singular friend I grew up with. I don't have any memory of my life before ending up at starfall aside from the fisherman who pushed me in that direction, but.. somehow I feel like I was abandoned by my friends before just like I felt at that brutal war effort..

The defeat was crushing, I was blasted into the distance as the ship was sliced in two by some crackling bolt of lightning.

After that I woke up at home, a few non magi sailors dragged me back. I wasn't even apart of the fight and I'd gotten my rear handed to me.. Next time? It won't be like that. I've been training with Hasilium and Ael Gelmont, speaking with Radiant Melody a little more often.. I've even tried to get more involved spiritually taking the time to speak with Sasha about the faith and cosmos. The captain seemed out of it the first few months, but he was probably just sad about the ship. I wonder if he cried sometime that night.

Everything's for the better now, I've got to get stronger and make up for the bodies we've lost and the resources too.. I just need to focus on serving, and talking to more people so I can actually learn about what everyone needs, what they would like to see, how I can help them in anyway really.

Next few years are going to be long and brutal, hopefully I rise in ranks and make things here more welcoming and safer for the newer generation.

Closing the journal the young primate hops off the barrel and heads toward the second ship. He grabs some medkits and hops aboard to head to the clinic to store them away.

"Today's gonna be a good day." He says descending beneath the deck.