Mellsday, 1st of Dusk 212 EoL
Dear Diary,
I know it's the middle of the day and quite an unusual time to write for me, but if I learned one thing in the past two weeks than it is that I should write whenever I have the time, because you never know what hits next and when.
In the morning we had our meeting with the sultan. We were escorted by Dihan and some other fish man soldiers into a cave. It seemed to be an underwater cave where somebody had pushed the water aside so that we were able to walk in and survive. We went down to the throne room and what can I say, it was beautiful! Corals everywhere, lots of vibrant colors, sharks swimming in the water underneath a bridge and around the throne. The ground was sparkling and the throne magnificent. I could have stayed there forever, just looking around and admiring the beauty, well if it would not have been for that ugly and arrogant sultan Izzad Al-Zahar. He talked like
Trip , like he was the one everybody wanted to know and be like him. He also had like a million titles, that were probably made up and that no one cares about. He asked for our names and apparently
Drake and
Shirel made a good impression because he decided to promote them on the spot to his personal guard. It might also be because the two had their noses so high up his but that one could see them through his mouth. It was ridiculous! I did not want to tell him my real name, I was hesitating. Right now I don't trust anybody. What if the
Gatekeepers somehow get the information that I am on this forsaken island? So
Yelena told him my name without hesitation. I mean I love her as a sister, but she can be so insensitive at times. Well it was out and nothing special happened, so I guess I'm safe (-ish) here.
Since neither Trip, Yelena,
Gwenelle nor I provided any (believable) titles to the sultan he decided not to like us and told us that we were farm girls in his eyes. Shirel and Drake kind of convinced him that they wanted us to stay together as a group even if the four of us were not as worthy as the two of them. He welcomed us all into his community and told us how glad we could be to be part of it now. Great, yet another cult... He then let us out and we should meet Aldo and then wait a few hours before he would meet with us again. From what we know so far the only way to get out of this community is by being killed by them. Isn't that great? When we met Aldo he offered us something suspicious to eat. We all made it disappear somehow without even tasting it because we were afraid that it would blur our minds and that we would later agree to want to stay on this island.
Apparently, Drake saw some interesting amulet around the sultan's neck which might be the treasure we are looking for. We don't want to be part of the community, and nor do we want to die here, so the others decided that it would be best to kill the sultan tonight, take the treasure and then leave. We will meet soon at the beach to discuss this "plan" further. I'm really not in favor of that idea. I would prefer to come up with a less radical plan, one that could go smoothly without bringing attention to us. I really don't want Azrael or any of his accomplices to find me, to find us. It's just, that I can't think of anything else as quickly. There's just too much on my mind right now. Why can't I get a break?
Since we had some time before meeting and discussing our plan, I decided to follow my brother to the beach and talk to him. He was not happy after the meeting with the sultan, who did not take him seriously and told him he was a farm girl. When he got angry about how arrogant and ignorant the sultan was, we told him that he was the same, only better looking. This made him even angrier. I know that he still is not over his last conversation with father and the fact that Azrael found us. I know he knows it's his fault and that I was right about the amulet, but he would never admit it or apologize to me. That's who he is... He really did not want to talk to me. He kept telling me that I was overreacting by getting new identities and looks. He agreed to come with me once we were in Sedem but was not convinced at all. He apparently does not worry about Azrael anymore because father told him he would take care of the situation. He totally ignores that more than 12 hours lay between the moment Azrael escaped and father was informed of what had happened. One can do a lot in 12 hours, especially if one is in a powerful position and would be doing damage to one's nemesis with some sensitive information. What can I do? I'm just not taken seriously around here. WHY? Why does he do that to me? Why can't we work together? Why can't I have a real big brother who looks out for me? Why won't he share his feelings with me, even though he promised only a few days ago?
Maybe I'm better off without him. Maybe I'm better off without any of them. Maybe I should just stay on this island and become part of the community. I mean how bad can it be? At least there will be no more live threatening surprises every few hours. I really don't know what to do right now. I'm trying to keep my head up and not give up, but I'm not sure I can keep doing this when nobody here hears me out (except for maybe Drake, but as long as we did not talk about how we as a couple will continue, I just can't expect too much of him, that would not be fair)? I'm desperate once again my dear diary... what should I do?
Love, BB <3
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