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Sun 30th Jun 2024 11:10

Session 22 Journal Entry

by Callum Virtaernus

Well...if Zora wasn't going to kill me before, she definitely is now. I don't expect her to understand. Truth be told, she probably doesn't understand a lot of what I do or why. Granted, in the past, my indifference to her opinion was misguided under the delusion of me doing what I thought was best for her. But now...I guess I'm doing what's best for me. I can only hope that in so doing, I'm also doing what's best for her. She's a grown woman now, and she's following her own path with the Zhentarim, which fortunately aligns us against at least one of the coming threats. I'll take what I can get.
 
And when I look back on that parting with the organization that first took Orianna, Zora, and I admit I feel an absence despite the morally dubious undertakings they'd often employ me upon. I think the core of what the Zhentarim stand for is meant to be good, but the methods...I can't abide it anymore. If rules of virtue can be bent, I've already warped them beyond repair, and after what happened at the Cassalantor estate, I simply can't do that anymore. I'll have to atone for my sins someday, but for now, there's a better path moving forward. One that I'm glad I have friends to help me walk.
 
Speaking of them, I also have to admit I'm quite surprised, though happily so at the ready offer from everyone to ensure my departure from the Zhentarim was a safe one. This felt like a personal problem meant for me to deal with alone, including the violence that might have come from it. But there they were, ready and willing. Even Holly, whom I'm more than happy to see after these years but didn't expect anything from. She owes me nothing, much like I feel the others owe me nothing. Yet there she was. There they were. I'm grateful for that, and to them.
 
I guess I might be on the right track with this "new leaf" I'm trying to turn over. I know we won't always see eye to eye, and even then, I know they'll use methods I outright cannot condone. But there are many ways to reach a destination. I'll find my way. They'll find theirs, like Zora will. In the end, I still call them friend. I hope they'll do the same for me.
 
Actually, I trust they'll do the same for me.

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  1. Session I: Fate?
  2. Session II: Deadly Intrigue
  3. Use
  4. Session 4: Finding Floon
  5. Session 5: Found Floon...And a lot More
  6. Nomad and Durnan
  7. Session 6: Nomad's Reflection
  8. A Beast Escapes
  9. Session 7: Nomad's reflection
  10. Old Wrongs and Kindred Souls
  11. Session 8: Nomad's reflection
  12. Session 9: Nomad's Reflection
  13. Session 10: Nomad's Reflection
  14. Session 11a: Nomad's Reflection
  15. Session 12: Nomad's Reflection
  16. Session 13: Nomad's Reflection
  17. Session 14: Zora's Reflection
  18. Session 15: Nomad's Reflection
  19. Session 16: Callum's Reflection
  20. Session 17: Callum's Reflection
  21. Session 18: Callum's Reflection
  22. Session 19: Callum's Reflection
  23. Session 20: Callum's reflection
  24. Session 21 Journal Entry
  25. Session 22 Journal Entry
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  30. Callum's Reflection: Session 24
  31. Session 25 Journal Entry: Callum's Reflection
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  33. Session 26 Journal Entry
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