Dear Journal,

Much has happened since I last wrote on you.  I will try to remember everything that happened and in what order it happened.  I'm a bit busy preparing for my Birthday Party next week, though, so I may have to stop and come back later.

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I'm going to stop here, but I'll be back.  There's still much to say about Northrend and Keowuk and my next Birthday Party.

Sincerely,

"Little" Washue Ravenhoof

I've been sitting in the dark for the last hour trying to make a decision.  I just can't seem to.

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Elisabeta and I met when we were so young.  She had it all together on the outside and I didn't.  Yet on the inside, I knew the path that would lead me where I wanted.  Unfortunately for Sabe, she didn't have a clue.  We've known one another for a hundred years and yet, in all that time, she never opened up to me about her parents and what happened to them.  I pieced it together, but it still wasn't the same as her trusting me with her parent's deaths.  Instead, she trusted me to be her one confidant and that, more than anything else, told me she was a true friend.

I was foolish to think that working near the Blue Dragon Flight in their current, deranged state, would pose no threat to myself.  And though I always worked with others, it took merely one moment of inattention for me to be kidnapped.  They were rough, but not to the point of death--they needed me alive so they could suck my magic from me.  It will take me some time to recover from this.  I'm not certain I ever will again to be honest.  There are so many things I've now forgotten~

*ink blotch*

Elisabeta came, however.  I some how knew she would.  She came and she pulled me out of the prison they held me in.  She pulled me onto her windrider and we took off for Warsong Hold.  I honestly don't remember much of what happened, but we were blasted apart and I pulled out the stupidest, most worthless, yet life-saving spell of them all: slowfall.  And yet, I couldn't find Elisabeta until she was too far away.  She was dashed against the rocks on the shoreline.  I touched down a mile away, but I swam anyway.  I was so desperate to get to her I ignored everything, including a broken ankle, until after I found her body.

I polymorphed her body so I could carry it.  I hobbled to the Amber Ledge and colapsed there.  A few days later I woke in Dalaran.  They had a ceremony for Elisabeta.  Because she was a corporal and on her way to becoming an Argent Champion, several officers were there to pay their respects.

She's buried on my estate now.  I planted a willow near her grave in her memory.

*tear drop*

I will miss you, my dear friend.  I will never forget your sacrifice, I swear it.  I hope you've finally found peace. 

And now the part I dread.  Informing Jakaresh of her death.  This won't be easy, but it's something I must do.

AKA: Washue and the Stompy Dinosaur

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• Speak with the bartender in the Howling Fjord to determine his supplier for Cherry Grog and Don Carlos Tequila.  If it's cheap enough I will look into investing in both products.
• Reorganize the stock, consolidate and push older vintages to clear room for new.
• Travel to Shattrath for the next Darkmoon Faire to arrange the next shipment of Reserve and Beer.

Tacq and I had an enjoyable time in Nagrand.  I took him to one of the floating islands with a basket bursting with food.  He ate almost all of it and said he enjoyed it as well.  That made me happy in that small feminine part of me that I tend to crush into oblivion more often than not.  When he offered to help clean up I refused and had it done with in seconds.  He smiled and said "You're something else, you know that?"

Every time we're together he says or does something that just melts my heart.  He said I have the prettiest eyes he's ever seen.  Coming from anyone else it would have made me laugh, but from him, with that sincere way he as of speaking, I blushed like a stupid girl.  The fact that he doesn't get ruffled when I get myself into trouble, just taking things as they come; it's like I can finally breathe around him.

He told me a story about Eurekaa, how she was learning to be a chef and ended up getting into a baking fight with a succubus and gathering the freshest ingredients from a farmer.  It was oddly hilarious.  At the end Tacq bemoaned not having the succubus around to make the cherry pie that Eurekaa attempted to learn from the succubus.  I told him he could just ask me.  He asked if I was seeing a farmer on the side that he didn't know about.  I was shocked for all of five seconds and then I punched him in the shoulder.  He just laughed and said he'd love anything I might make for him.

Of course, when it was all said and done, we took advantage of the fact that Nagrand is no longer a hub of activity.  Even when playful or passionate, the man is so gentle with me it almost breaks my heart.  He sees me as a woman, as a person; he doesn't define me by what I do.

I am now back with the red flight, fighting and watching dragons tear one another apart.  It's painful to watch, but I know that if I ever want a life with Tacq, then I need to do this now to make sure that life may one day be peaceful.

I had a dream last night that Tacq was playing with a group of young kaldorei children.  I watched them use him like a tree, climbing and swinging from him.  He was laughing and teasing them, tossing them into the air or swinging them upside down.  Eventually they noticed me, these young children of different ages and all at once they shouted, "Momma!" and raced toward me.  I was so shocked I woke myself up.  And when I did wake up I was shaking.  That wasn't a nightmare, but the idea of me being a mother, that my subconscious is thinking of me being a mother, well, that scares the shit out of me.

I just need to put the dream out of my mind and focus on what's important: surviving another day of fighting this war.

I'm finally feeling as if I'm getting the hang of riding the red drakes into battle.  They're intelligent, encouraging and they don't stare at me as if I'm a snack.  I am finding pleasure in being useful and welcome, even admired for my work and dedication to the Red Flight.

I am not so pleased, however, with how things have turned out with Gelles and Harod.  I want Gelles to be happy, she is as close to me as my sister once was.  But I do not think that Harod will make her happy.  In fact, I think that if she and him continue as they are, she will end up unhappy as she was with Enrik.

However, I apologized to them both for interrupting their date and I've washed my hands of it.  I refuse to watch her self destruct again in order to help someone.  I will not witness her dying a martyr.  Of course, if she does die because of that abomination; he'll find soon that while he may be a giant, he isn't invincible.  He'll go down and hard.

I spoke with Tacq about what happened the other night.  When bringing things up to him I always feel trepidation at first.  When I bring problems to Gelles it's because I have no other choice and that's only because I'm willing to endure her disapproval of what I am for her help.  With Tacq, I am finding I don't need to worry.  He accepts who and what I am without question and is usually in agreement with me or is willing to readily forgive my mistakes.

I don't think I could have asked Elune for a better partner than Tacq.  We aren't disgustingly in love like some of the couples I see cuddling and even making out in the cities.  But we have a mutual understanding and respect that I am still marveling over.  The love that I feel for Tacq is something beyond anything I've felt in the past.  I think I've finally found a best friend who I can relate to on all levels.

I asked Tacq to meet me on the Aldor Rise entrance to Nagrand and to wear casual clothes.  I'm going to make food for us and we're going to find an island close by and enjoy our night.  No distractions, no death; just us.

Swiped from here:

If you could create a Dalaran fountain coin for your character, what would the wish on it say?


Xyra Lunastar - "I wish I had another gold.  And booze.  Booze would be nice."

Washue Ravenhoof - "That I could rescue all the needy animals in the world."

Izusa Witchdoctor Extraordinaire - "Wait, why am I wishing for more money by throwing in money?  This better work."

Lanfith Stark - "If only the population of Azeroth would suddenly disappear."

Allorna Lunastar - "May my husband be safe as he waits for me and may my only remaining child, Xyra, continue to be the beautiful woman she's become."

Aescarion Blackstar - "More time and more guillible souls; failing that, an enemy to test my blade on will do."

Ki'Sora - "Less talking and wishing, more fighting and sharper blades."

Sorra Phoenixwind - "I wish for my work as a scholar to mean something when I'm gone."

Elisabeta Stormweaver - "I wish to become more than I was."

Gelles sent word that I should meet her in Duskwood of all places.  I went thinking it would be because she needed my swords for something.  It turned out she wanted to apologize.  She asked me how my date with Tacq was.  I was pretty surprised and probably a bit of a jerk about it at first.  I figured she was doing it because she thought that's how she should behave.

After awhile of talking though she seemed relaxed and we actually had a normal conversation.  We talked about a lot of things.  And I finally explained to her what all the scars on my chest and back were from.  I'd met her about six months after I got them.  She was there when I went nuts and killed every damn Defias in sight, but I don't think she ever really knew why I'd done it.

I asked her the same question I asked Tacq, "Do you think I'm evil?"  With Tacq it was just to find out if everyone thought it.  He said no.  Gelles said no too, but with a sort of quiet acceptance.  It wasn't until later, when I spoke to her about her reactions to what I do that she pieced together the reason I asked her if she thought I was evil.  She seemed upset and probably a little offended.  She can't blame me for wondering though, especially with the way she acts some times.

She still refuses to truly admit it, but I know she has feelings for that death knight Harod, it's why she's trying so damn hard to change him.  She didn't realize it until I pointed it out that the last guy she was in love with killed her.  Or nearly so anyway.  Apparently she didn't realize the similarities until that point.

I love Gelles like a sister, but that woman is blind to herself and to others around her.  I swear she only sees what she wants to see.

Though in the case of her fighting in that underground club, I'm glad she isn't aware that I'm there and actually fighting.  She's likely staring at the ground and psyching herself up for her fights, which is why she gets creamed half the time.  Perhaps Kohl and I need to have a talk about setting up a fight between the two of us.  She needs some sense knocked into her.

And now I need to track down Tacq so that I can track down Mekaenos.  He's followed me around often enough.  I think he owes me a favor and I intend to cash in on it by having him follow someone else instead.