So this is the new world of magic I have access to. 

Gotta say, really don't like the back pain. Sure, I can be powerful and strong whenever I want. And also a girl. Not sure how to think about that, so I'm not going to!

Anyway, I have all this magic, but I can basically use it like once per day. And the rest of the day I'm dealing with the aftermath of fighting monsters to get these powers.

I can't work as a fire fighter till I recover, so that's been rough. Been sitting a home playing with my new power, talking to Pascal, and thinking about who I'm going to be.

Someone with a back that hurts, that's what. That was a Joke Pascal

Okay, I need a break.

(The camera captures Pal moving stiffly away from the camera, and then beginning to glow, giving off waves of blue and white light. He shifts as he does so, moving his arms and hands to fit into the costume forming around him. His body shifts and shrinks, becoming about a foot smaller, and growing long flowing hair)
(Moonstone shakes out her hair, her transformation done)

Oh good that's better.

Yes Pascal, I haven't forgotten, I'll leave soon. 

Anyway journal, I feel a lot better like this. The pain is still there, but it... doesn't matter? I'm not sure how to feel about changing my sex. I kind of like it? But also I like it when I switch back? Like maybe I want to be a girl sometimes, but not always. 

Well, I'll think about that later.

Anyway. Pascal's been making me train. Moonstone at least. When I'm the other one I mostly just wait to get better and look for people who could help fix my back.

I feel like there is some separation between me and my other form. Like. We are the same person, but right now I'm Moonstone. Don't call me the other one. And similarly, for when I'm the other one. Moonstone is who I am right now.

Anyway, I'm joining a fight club. No pascal, it's obviously a joke, I don't need to say exactly where I'm going all the time. My journal will know that I'm training to get better at fighting, and I'll know where that is, and because I'm the only one who has access to the journal, I don't need to over explain it.

Anyway  Journal, I'm heading out. Only got 25 more minutes of Moonstone time before I gotta use up more power.

Hey journal!

So. Last contract was a big one. 

Got some missing fingers out of it. Going to see if I can get someone to fix that. I have to know some people by now. I know Johnny is advertising some weird thing, so maybe he has something. Otherwise, I'll go to the person I got my first big injury from.

Pascal has me doing speed training. Yeah I'm telling it Pascal, just. Can you give me like 5 minutes. Seriously, we can talk after this.

Anyway.

I'm super fast now. But, according to pascal, that's even more reason to focus on training and increasing my natural speed as much as possible. 

Magic works on what you have, and Moonstone is an improvement on me, not a replacement of me.

I've chatted with Sammy a bit. He is going to try and talk to the dead rangers in the park.


Yeah Pascal, I know I know, just... 

Sammy wants to know what's going on, so we'll see how that works out. If he goes near the forest, I'm going with him. Seems like it could be dangerous without me, and I'm fast.

Heya Journal.

Being Moonstone feels smooth now. Like her body is more responsive. Pal's body has also been improving, but not nearly as magically.

(Pause as Pal realizes he just referred to himself in the third person). 

Well. Both my bodies are getting stronger. Moonstone is just getting better magically fast. I feel like I could go as fast as a car, and still stop quickly. Like I'll never trip. Like this body really belongs to me.

Honestly, sometimes Moonstone feels more like me than being Pal does. But sometimes she doesn't. Maybe there is something there. If I can ever be Moonstone for an extended period of time, maybe I feel just as strongly that I should be Pal.

(Pal stops and thinks)

Well. We'll see what happens. My body feels like it really is mine now. And after my last mission I feel like I'm getting a hang of things. Contracts are still dangerous. I will definitely still need to be careful. But. I feel like I've come into my power.


I had a chat with Wren! I worry about her some. She... She still has more to go, and I don't know if she will have someone like me with her on every contract. She... can be a bit tough to manage sometimes. But worth it, I think. Everyone is worth it, and she seems like she has been hit harder than most by the world.