It is now: 2018-10-27 Evening

Hello Journal. It's been a few months and I've gotten into a pretty good rhythm.

Lately, I've run out of things to read in the library. This means I have a lot of free time on my hands, which I spend cooking with magic and working on my skills; such as fighting and riding.

While I've finally gotten to the point where I don't view horses as instruments of torture, I'm not in love with the idea yet.

Perhaps it would change if I spent some time around a real horse, and not some construct made from stone and magic.

Also; chafing is a powerful motivator. I've taught myself basic alchemical, as well as, magical Healing, in record time.

For a while now, I've been spending my time building things.

I've gotten a hang of this magic stuff and the alchemy.

I am sufficiently skilled to make one-shot magical items, like potions, scrolls, and runes.

All the things I've been studying, training and playing around with are interesting, in and of themselves. But I'm working towards something bigger.

I'm going to leave this place.

Not soon, but soon-ish. Maybe I'll be forced to leave earlier for some reason. Maybe it will be years before then. But, as of now, I'm thinking within a year. I'm loosely planning to leave when the seasons change and spring comes back, or whatever looks like spring in this place.

I found something and it irks me because it makes me nervous.

I found out that the mummy formerly known as an arch mage, who planned on evicting me didn't make a mistake.

Someone helped him make a mistake.

If I hadn't found a new spell and gotten curious, I never would have found out.

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The spell could help someone get an idea of or even experience a past event to some degree. The level of detail was dependent on the time that had elapsed, how thick the magic was at the time being viewed, the skills of the caster, etc.

So I went to the tower where I woke and I cast it. I wouldn't have noticed if I couldn't see magic. But I can and I did.

The moment before I was supposed to be deleted and a new personality were to be inserted.

The moment I was to be moved from the in-between to this reality. Someone or something overloaded his spell.

It overloaded and it killed him.

It was supposed to kill me as well, but the magical explosion damaged the magical circle and I was ejected into this reality.

Whoever messed with the arch mage never came to his tower in person, but they did magically, and I think that was what saved me; because of my body being cloaked against magical sight.

I was near death, and weak so it didn't take much to cloak my existence.

I'm stronger now and more luminous with regards to my magical presence, but my cloaking has also gotten a lot stronger, and after realizing what happened, I've been dedicating time and effort into improving that ability.

Whoever it was, it made sure to kill every living thing in this tower; including mites, insects, and even bacteria.

I've been pretty lucky so far, but luck is not something I plan on being the deciding factor for keeping me amongst the living

I realized that I very much want to live.

To experience and share my experiences.

The thought of dying isn't at all appealing anymore. I'm having way too much fun, and someone went to great lengths to make sure that I, or what I was supposed to become, never came to fruition.

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So besides training, I've begun to create some equipment for myself.

I need a plan, and right now that means having tools I can trust.

I also need to learn more about where I am and find a way to fit in.

When I know more, I'll be better able to come up with a better plan and a way to move forward.

But for now:

1. Equipment.

2. Find information.

3. Hide and go undercover.

4. Make friends or allies.

5. Make a better plan.

6. Git gud or git deed.