Tairos, World entry.

The world appears to be quite full of magic for all that its use is limited by these manasite crystals. I must assume it's being mined somehow to make them, yet I confess that I didn't do as much research on this world as I'd like before we left.
 
We're currently underground, yet the ceiling of this..cave? is so high there appear to be actual clouds above us. It's certainly unique. There's no time to study it however, we're in too much of a hurry with this retrieval. I'm very concerned about the amount of manasite we have. Several of our party use magic, and I don't know any of them well enough to know whether or not they understand the concept of conserving their abilities. I'm very concerned about the bookworm, he's so clearly never been in the field that it's almost painful. I'll try and keep him towards the center of the party, I'm not losing anyone on this mission. On any mission. Not again....
 
Eli...I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you...
 
The mushrooms have EYES and I don't like it.
 
Okay. Change of priorities. Verinar is actually more calm under pressure than I expected and survived our first combat down here. It is in fact Kaldur that's our loose cannon and needs kept an eye on. Also he nearly died, and I had to help save him from flesh golems -I do not like this term- after he shot me with a shatter spell!!! My own team did more damage to me than anything else down here and we're dealing with a bunch of psychos who thought that making something called a flesh golem was a good idea???!!
 
Thankfully, Winry was able to heal me, and Verinar actually kept Kaldur from dying. Liora handled herself quite well, so at least I don't have to worry about her, but keeping the rest of this group alive is going to be a challenge.
Also, we believe we know where the shard is now, so we have a direction.
 
Notes: Green light is safe, but all forms of fire are a bad idea because the creepy mushrooms swarm.
Black Mark Acquisitions are after the shard. They believe that the mushroom creatures are made by a "flesh shaper". Thank you for that horrific image.