Knowing that a member of the royal family would actually teach her to use swords, Risa was sure to be in a nerve-wrecking ride of her life since she arrived in Revia. But the Master Mage told her that the Second Prince was the only one capable of teaching her what she needed.
Then again, how did the Master Mage able to ask Prince Alathil to be her teacher? She still couldn't wrap her head around the thought. She might have only heard about him from Jehan, but the fact that it was a prince who was said to be the only dragon listener in the kingdom was the issue that seemed to make her feel uneasy.
"Risa, are you still training?"
She turned around after disintegrating the magical energy she summoned to the source of that voice. She was surprised to see the Master Mage approaching. With that, she gave the old man a bow.
It was all Sari could ask in spite of her shock seeing Soohoon in front of her doorstep. Yes, he already knew she lived there. But to actually see him pay her a visit like that, and out of the blue...
'What the heck is going on?'
It was a good thing she was wearing her glasses, so she didn't have to worry about looking at his eyes and end up seeing more of his past lives. But it didn't dissipate the strong pounding of her heart as he stood there with a smile.
Everywhere around Risa was cloudy. Or covered in thick mist would be the better word. But... What was she doing here, anyway? Wasn't she supposed to be outside of the Master Mage's house, training?
'Oh, right. I was done training and was about to rush back to have something to eat.' So... how did she end up here?
And where in the world was she, anyway?
It looked as if someone had thrown a big black blanket over everything, which made it look even darker outside. And there didn't seem to be anyone around either. She tried looking for some familiar face, but couldn't find any. Just the fog and the quietness.
I know it's been a long while since I even posted anything here after that last one. The truth is, I've neglected this account for various reasons.
I don't have anything to post about.
I was worried that no one will ever come visit this page at all.
A lot of things had been occuring and happening in my life that I even lost track of the events happening around.
Yes, I am aware. They're not good reasons at all. Until now, I'm still dealing with that insecurity and fear that NO ONE will ever visit here. But now I know the reason if they never cared to visit this.
That's because I didn't even post anything worth mentioning. I didn't post anything worth reading and having it catch the attention of the people. Sad that I didn't realize that early, right?
In any case, here's what I've been up to recently.
I'm planning on writing an e-book based on two things. (1) About my life as a 31-year-old single woman and (2) a mini collection of quotes that I wrote. More into that soon since they're just plans for now.
I've been consistent with my journal writing and about 200+ days more for me to reach my goal of journaling for 1000 days. That's crazy!
I decided to give it more time and attention to learn a new language beside the ones I already knew (which was Filipino and English). I've passively learned Japanese/Nihongo before over the years and were already familiar with a few phrases. But I want to take my learning to another level to the point that I could hold a conversation with a Japanese person. And along with learning Japanese, I also decided to learn Italian. It was supposed to be Spanish back in late 2021, but I changed my mind around September this year. I don't know why. But for now, I decided to stick with this two. Now I just have to come up with a workable study plan and stick with it, as well.
For now, I'm going to use my Ko‑fi account as a blog of some sort, filling people with updates on the journey I chose to undertake. They may be a lot for now. But I know I just have to take it one step at a time. And I know I can do it, as long as I dedicate myself into it.
Thank you for reading this entry. I truly appreciate it. ππ✌️❤️
After what seemed like hours, Soohoon sighed in relief as soon as he entered his apartment and leaned his back on the door. It had been a while since he felt this tired as if the rain drained out his strength. And to think he'd been standing there in the shed for about an hour while waiting for the bus.
He soon found out from Seoha that there was trouble on the main road and the cars had to take detours. Two electric poles fell, blocking the road, and the resulting investigation caused delays in traffic before the authorities were able to figure out a way.
But if one would ask him, that incident seemed to be deliberately done for a reason. There had not been any similar incident like that in town for a long time now. Besides, the two poles mentioned were recently replaced.
Alathil was surprised to see both Lord Benlor and Lady Enlari in the throne room where his father had summoned him and Elross. The brothers then couldn't help but look at each other because of that.
'I wonder what's going on...' Alathil thought as he continued approaching the spot where his father the King was.
He soon bowed as soon as he stopped in front of the king and also to the two mages.
"You called for me, Father?" he asked softly with a small smile. He was not sure why he was nervous all of a sudden when he saw the looks the lord and lady mages were giving each other. But he would have liked to know what was going on between them, even if it wasn't something important.
Sari felt a strange sensation welling in her chest. The pain that she had been experiencing all these years was suddenly gone in an instant, as if something was pulling away at that spot. It was almost as if that person behind him had taken away the agony that caused the pain.
Before she could say anything, the man who called out to her asked, "Are you about to head home?"
He sounded concerned. She blinked her eyes a couple of times and stared at the man standing beside him. He wore glasses which covered most of his face. But she recognized his voice, too.
"Do you have to consider asking 'him' about training Risa, Lady Enlari?" Jehan asked as soon as they assured that Risa fell asleep.
It was late at night and the two of them talked about the training regimen that Risa would have to undergo for her to better control her magic. They both knew that the seal in Risa's magic was weakening already the moment they realized that she started communicating with the Master Mage's dragons. And there was the tornado that protected her from the Brathos, as well...
"If there is someone who could train Risa in terms of swordsmanship, 'he' is the only one I could think of. If we're as skilled as that person in that field, then I wouldn't have to resort to doing this."
"But... Do you think 'he' would agree to it? I mean, he doesn't even spare time to train the knights."
Kourin tried so hard not to breathe loudly as she hid from the culprit in that small cupboard-like room. She was tired of running and protecting the rectangular chest box that they were looking for. But she didn't want to give up just yet.
This was her mission. Since the whole abduction issue set everything in motion already, she had no way of having to give all her efforts up.
"What are you doing? You can't hide in there forever!" A voice shouted behind the door. "We'll see how well your hiding abilities do after we take it!"
As time went by, Sari's life continued progressing smoothly. She didn't see many new faces every day. Or at least, she tried not to. She spent her time working diligently as the assistant of the only female archaeology professor of that university since she didn't feel like leaving her room much.
While working in Gangbeodeul University, Sari met up with a few different teachers and also students that, for some reason, would bother her while she was reading in the library or block her way as she headed to the professor's office.
Some of them seemed nice, although they were always asking stupid questions such as: "How did you manage to get into the Archaeology Department? Do you have a boyfriend here?"
Ignoring them doesn't seem to be enough to get her message across that she had no plans of entertaining any of them. Only when Professor Geunhee would give them a stern look that the inquiry would stop --- at least for the time being.
Alathil could only heave a sigh as he watched Risa rush toward the Master Mage's house after she said goodbye to him. He saw her approach the worried Jehan who looked like he was about to scold her. He would have laughed at that, especially when he saw her put her hands together as if apologizing to Jehan.
"Now that's cute," he couldn't help commenting almost in a whisper.
Soon after, a gentle smile curved his lips as a warm feeling bubbled up in his chest. It was unlike the warmth he had ever felt in his life.
Who would've thought that a strange woman like her could do that to him?
Sari remained in the hospital for a week before the doctor finally declared her healthy enough. Of course, she still needed to make sure her wound didn't reopen. So she was given medications to make sure she would fully recover. It was a good thing that her work hadn't started yet so she still had time to rest, just as the doctor demanded it.
As much as she wanted to know more about the dead body she saw that day and even the incident that put her in a hospital, she had no means of knowing any of them. In fact, during her stay in the hospital, she had not met the man she saved again. But Seoha explained that the professor went to a conference outside of town and won't be back for a week.
She didn't want to feel desperate to see the man again. But for some reason, the desire kept getting stronger. To be honest, this had never happened before.
Sari busied herself with folding clothes that she still hadn't removed from the suitcase since she arrived. She placed it inside the closet and it didn't take long for her to finish. After that, however, her mind started conjuring images about the vision she saw in the professor's eyes that day.
As much as the incident happening in front of Risa scared her a lot, she managed to turn around to see who it was. She couldn't help frowning for some reason, though. A man was standing a few feet away from them, wearing a black cloak with a hood covering half of his face.
But there was something clear about him. He was ready to kill with the way he held his sword tight.
"Who are you?" The knight in front of her asked and poised to a fighting stance.
Even with all that, Risa could only watch. It was strange that she couldn't remove her gaze away from the cloaked man. Then again, she couldn't help feeling that she could trust him.
Sari couldn't believe it. The stranger she saved from getting stabbed earlier was the man that kept appearing in her dreams together with a woman.
It was the thought that lingered in her mind as soon as she woke up in an unfamiliar room. Her back seared with pain. Maybe the injury she sustained was deeper than she thought it was.
"Sari! You're awake."
She turned to the source of that voice, which turned out to be Seoha. As she looked further around, she saw Sejin and Riyoung, as well.
It was Risa's turn to harvest herbs and potatoes that day. Jehan remained in the house to prepare for another potion-making task that he had to do as the Master Mage ordered. She soon learned that aside from the two elements that Jehan could use, he was also a talented potion maker. It was one reason why the Master Mage decided to take the young man in as his apprentice.
"Are you sure you'll be fine on your own?"
Risa could seriously roll her eyes many times that day because of the way Jehan would ask that question over and over.
"How many times do I have to tell you that I'll be alright? I'm already 26 years old. You don't have to treat me like a child, you know."
It wasn't a shout, but it was enough to snap her out of her thoughts and make her face her friends. It startled her to see them with a worried look in their eyes.
"Sorry..." was all she could say before grabbing the coffee she ordered and having a sip.
Riyoung groaned and even scratched the back of her head. "Of all days for that murder to happen, why does it have to be now? It's making Sari even more distracted than she ever was a while back."
Risa shook her head with a smile when Jehan asked that with worry. The mage-in-training learned what happened because of Lady Enlari who was able to sense it using her wind powers. However, he couldn't have gotten back in time to the Master Mage's house because he was dealing with Jehan's father at the time.
It was only through the Master Mage and the Deputy Mage's interference that the matter of not disturbing Jehan anymore even if he still carried the Ellanher clan's name finally came to a close. Of course, when Risa heard that, she couldn't help feeling sorry for her friend. But upon looking at him, he looked... relieved.
"The Master Mage's dragons did their best to protect me. But those creatures tried to keep me from entering the barrier, for some reason. Both Lord Shuren and Lord Elross said that the creatures were after me."
If Yoon Sari was going to be honest, she had only known this so-called "gift" to be a curse. All her life, she had to do her best to keep her ability a secret. But she didn't mind if it was discovered in some way. She wouldn't be able to stop it from happening, anyway.
Or at least, she thought of it that way at one point.
Sari sighed as she looked around the compound where a big Greek-style building stood proudly. She knew she'd be working there next week. And yet, she still had a hard time trying to settle her thoughts.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath through her nose before continuing to look at the campus ground. This place reminded her of what she once dreamed she could experience before her father's disappearance changed everything. But she wasn't going to blame him for what happened. For what she chose to give up for her to know the truth.
But the words didn't fully register in Risa's mind yet as the shock from what had happened earlier still got her. Not to mention, the sudden arrival of another stranger in the vicinity made her unable to say anything in response. In her opinion, it was highly unusual if she was to base it on the location of that house she was residing at.
'Who is this guy? And why is he here? He looked like a noble with the way he carried himself, by the way.'
As much as she wanted to voice out those questions, her body wouldn't let her do so. It wasn't until both Qilrun and Frindall had landed and roared to call out to her that she was able to finally come to her senses.
One woman who could see past lives through someone's eyes crossed paths with a professor whose past lives continued to haunt him to this day. And one serial killer was hell-bent in killing them both with the goal of ending a cycle from the ancient past...
Here's the cover I made for that Camp NaNoWriMo project I had last July in which I now decided to post on Wattpad (for now). I'm also posting the story description for this story. But honestly, I think I could add more to this. I just can't figure out how at the moment. π✌️
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On one supposedly ordinary morning, Risa's life turned upside-down upon finding herself in an extraordinary world that made her question a lot about the chain of events leading to this. Her effort to seek the answers she was looking for made her cross paths with several people capable of wielding magic. Including the second prince of the kingdom that she ended up with, whom she later found out was a dragon listener like her.
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However, it seemed that there was more to her sealed abilities in connection to the voice she heard often even before she ended up in the kingdom. One of which became the trigger for the world to be nearly annihilated 2,000 years ago. And that power appeared to be holding the answer about the real reason why she was summoned there in the first place...
More days had passed and before Risa knew it, a month had already gone by. Her days were uneventful by the standards of the residents of that world if she was to ask Jehan about it. The majority of what she kept on doing was learning potion making and harvesting herbs, doing household chores, and conversing with Qilrun and Frindall during her free time.
Even with that, she could tell that a strange feeling only made her feel uneasy the whole time. She was unsure where that feeling came from. But it seemed that the seal in her magic began to weaken.
Of course, it was what the dragons told her one time when Jehan left for the capital and she was left alone in the Master Mage's house.
The next days that followed after Risa went out of the house for the first time went well. As she wished, she was finally able to do household chores around the Master Mage's house without straining herself.
Though she wanted to do more concerning her sealed magic, no one would mention it to her, for some reason. But it wasn't because the mages didn't want to say anything about it. According to Jehan, the Master Mage and Lady Enlari were so busy with their duties at the Magic Academy that they couldn't pay attention to Risa at the moment.
Then again, it wasn't as if Risa was demanding it. Of course, she wanted to know more about her sealed magic. The dragons who had been accompanying her whenever Jehan would have to leave her to head to the capital could only say that they sensed strange energy in her. But they were sure that the energy wasn't dangerous or ominous at all.
Though Risa wanted to feel assured about it, there were mysteries about her arrival that still haven't been solved. She wanted to know how she ended up floating in the river, as the Master Mage and Jehan had claimed. Not that she doubted them. But the wound she sustained and the lack of knowledge about what really happened to her were only filling her head with more questions.
I rarely eat when I'm focused on writing. But once I could feel eating something just to make me forget I was frustrated or tired of what I was writing about (or even brainstorming about), these local snacks are my go-to. And yes, I went back to drinking coffee again. π✌️
I'm not really that picky when it comes to notebooks (at least, fiction writing-related). But not the same to journaling. Anyway, I'd be happy to use any notebooks for writing stories. Recently, I've purchased lots of composition notebooks like this one for that purpose. This composition notebook is unlike the thicker ones I'd find online from the US. Only it isn't readily available in our local store and even in Shopee. But it's still something I can write on, so I don't really mind. And yes, I can write comfortably because of the wide spaces of the ruled parts. They make it easier for me to practice having bigger handwriting. π ✌️
I have A LOT of pens in my case right now. Same goes to highlighters. Majority of them were for trial purposes to see which pen would go well for me and my writing pace. But this 0.7 HBW 2000 Ballpoint pen is my go to when I wanted something cheap and would write smooth. I like 0.7 tip pens the most, but I sometimes find 0.5 tip pens that also appeals to me and would add it to my collection.
Three of these songs actually talked about finding each other and love each other in their next life, which was one of the premise of LBTE. As for the rest, I just added them there in a spur of a moment since I still need to browse my playlist for more songs to use. But when I actually placed these songs on their own playlist, I smiled because they were actually perfect for the story. ππ✌️
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Day 13 of #instawrimo2022:
I was in the mood to try and find a Joseon era map (in consideration of the visuals that I used and also the original theme of the story). But I did decide to switch the names I thoughts of from Korean to English when I thought of participating in NaNoWriMo. So the map that I have in mind for the story taking place in the MC's memories 400 years ago (where it all started) resembles this. π✌️
This was more of a dream vacation placed at the back of the MC's mind when she decided to continue studying as she tried to find her father. But she'd like it if her (future) SO would go to these places (whichever was available at the moment) with her and they would just enjoy their time together. ππ❤️
Trust me, I have a lot of story topics that I've always wanted to read but couldn't find anything even remotely similar to the ideas that I have. And maybe I guess that's the reason why I don't get that much reads in some of the writing platforms I signed up to.
Majority of those books I wanted to write don't usually follow the trend, as I do say so myself. If you'd visited those writing sites, you'd know what I mean. Honestly, those genres don't make me feel happy even as a reader, for some reason. And so I've been writing stories that made me happy — even though it was a struggling to actually write them down. ππ
As you can see, they're pretty much similar to ours. Only except the story takes place in a fictional town that still has no name. Forgive me for that. But majority of the main scenes took place within one of the two famous universities in town, in which the FL attends to even though she was a little too old to even go to school. Then there was also her apartment and a forest which holds the truth about certain events starting from 400 years ago up to the present times.
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Day 9 of #instawrimo2022:
I headed straight to this and purposely skipped Day 8 because I don't have any NaNoWriMo swag or any other writing-related swag to show off. ππ But I'll make it a mission to find some after this.
By the way, I rarely dedicate an entire novel to someone. Normally, I'd do it for readers in general. But let's say I made an exception on this one, no matter how vague the last part turned out to be. π❤️✌️
800th days? Wow! Can you believe it? Okay, even I couldn't believe it. But yes, here we are. I mean, here I am with writing a blog entry to celebrate another journaling milestone. Not sure if it's a good thing that I'm able to write an entry only when another milestone happened. Even if it's a small one.
But if I'm going to be honest, since posting an entry on my 700th day of daily journaling, things hadn't gone well for me. A lot had happened during those last 100 days that, I guess, affected my journaling enthusiasm. Even writing on my 6-year journal became a daunting task for me. I don't like that feeling at all.
Thankfully, I have my dotted notepad and my phone's notepad. Even if I couldn't write on my physical notepad on that certain day, I couldn't jot down highlights either on my small notepad or on my phone's notepad γΌ depending on which was readily accessible at the certain moment. I just don't want to miss writing a journal entry on that day, that's all.
Along with this, I also got back to using my bullet journal. It's not entirely for writing-related anymore γΌ at least task-wise. But I guess I have to use it again at some point, even though it's not entirely about fiction writing anymore. I just love the feeling of crossing out tasks that I did for the day. That feeling of accomplishment, no matter how small.
And now, I should be using this for my Preptober since I decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. You know, I might be able to document my progress here once I started. Possibly an entry on my weekly progress and my daily ones on Twitter. Why not? It's a good plugging.
I actually miss documenting a lot of my feelings and my emotions on my journal in which I could fill up 3 pages of entry for that day alone. Or maybe I got caught up in the rush of emotions that I don't care if I rant all the way in my entries, as long as I get to release it in a way. There were times when I couldn't even write a short entry on my journal and it truly disappoints me, even now. But you know, I knew I had to force myself. I just needed to release it in a way. And journaling is the only option I had to do that.
I'm just glad I managed to reach this far. 200 more days and I'd be reaching my goal of journaling every day for 1,000 days. I owe that inspiration from Carrie Walker. After watching her video about it γΌ
γΌ it gave me the drive to do the same. Who knows? Maybe watching it would inspire you to do the same. π✌️
I posted two versions here as I would usually create covers for the novels I write A LOT of times. This writing project is no exception.
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One of them was in fact the cover I created when I was still debating whether or not I'd post it on Webnovel. The second version features my visual inspirations for the main characters.
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So yes, I might end up posting the novel online once NaNoWriMo is over... or not. π✌️
Still sticking with the Korean cast/visual, I ended up picking Hong Jong Hyun as the image I had for the villain after a long debate on who should I choose. I guess it's the portrayal of his character in Moon Lovers that made me decide to choose him, for some reason.
One thing is certain about his character in LBTE: He had already lived four lifetimes doing the same thing and achieving the same goal.
To kill more people to end a cycle.
So yes, he's the serial killer in the story. As to how I'm going to actually write that out, I know I should do my best to work that out.
By the way, a certain debate is going on in my mind with regards to LBTE. Should I write it in Taglish or mainly English? π€π€
I know I mentioned on Day 1 post that the concept for LBTE came about because of my frustration on the ending of a certain K-Drama. The original idea I ended up thinking for this story actually features Koreans. And if I'm going to be honest, I'm not sure if I'd be able to pull it off even if I create a different or alternate world or something.
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But yes, the visual that I have for the male lead have always been Lee Soo Hyuk. As for the female lead... I honestly didn't have a certain celebrity to use as a visual even when I was thinking of posting this. I was torn between her and Solar, even now, for some reason. I finally settled to using Son Na Eun because of birth year.
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I did decide to change their names to English ones when I chose LBTE to focus on for NaNoWriMo. Maybe I could retain the Korean surnames I thought of for them. But I couldn't pick a good Western visuals for them as I'm not that much familiar with Western actors except for those that people would normally talk about. Especially the really popular ones. So I'll stick with this for the meantime until I can find suitable ones to use as visuals and/or dream casts. ππ✌️
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Day 4 of #instawrimo2022:
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I know that this novel has nothing to do with what I'm planning to write for NaNoWriMo. But yes, this is what I'm currently reading γΌ and in a slow pace, at that. I actually have a novel that I've been trying to focus on a few months back that deals with letter writing to tell their story, as well. So you could say I needed a basis of some sort.
Monday, October 3, 2022
Day 3 of #instawrimo2022:
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It's messy. I know. These are my notes (or should I say the scenes that I need to remember) for both LBTE and one other story that I focused on last Camp NaNoWriMo July 2022. So yes, these notes were from before July. Not sure if it was May or June, though. π€π€
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Day 1 of #instawrimo2022:
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I know this is late and I was supposed to post this yesterday but didn't get to. So now, here it is. π✌️
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The idea for this story γΌ which is a combination of romance, fantasy (at least on the reincarnation aspect of it), mystery, and thriller γΌ actually came about because I got frustrated with the ending of a Korean drama I've watched before.
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Maybe I'll mention about what the story is about bit by bit here, depending on the prompts that will appear. Who knows? π✌️
Two more days had passed and the Master Mage declared that Risa had fully recovered. Of course, Lady Enlari had attributed it to the sealed magic inside of Risa since it appeared that the said magical energy also had healing properties. Even if she wasn't aware of how it truly worked yet, the magic seemed to be beneficial to her.
Upon knowing that she was fully recovered, Risa insisted on helping out with the household chores since she was living there. Jehan couldn't stop her since she did promise that he'd allow her to help him once she was well enough to move around.
That day, Jehan decided to take Risa with him to harvest some herbs.
Though the pain on Risa's head started to lessen and she could move more vigorously now, Jehan still wouldn't let her do anything inside the house.
"It's still strange to see you do house chores when you said that you're a noble," Risa commented as she was watching Jehan wash the plates they used to eat that day.
She was sitting on one of the chairs of the dining table and writing that world's alphabet over and over on a piece of paper that he provided for her the other day. It appeared that the sealed magic in her body had allowed her to gain the knowledge about letterings and language of that world. And thanks to that, she was starting to get used to learning a little about that magical world through the books that Jehan and the Master Mage would bring to her.
Jehan laughed a little at Risa's comment and turned to look at her.
Risa sighed after uttering that as she looked at the clear blue sky from the window of her room.
Then again, it wasn't as if she needed a companion all the time. It was just that Jehan, her appointed caretaker, had to go to town to buy ingredients and condiments needed for that week's meal plan. So there was no other choice but to leave her behind for a while.
She wasn't scared that someone would barge in there and dare attack her again. At least, the Master Mage assured her that it won't happen a second time. The magical barrier he cast on the day she was forcibly taken and also the two dragons tasked to guard the area would be there to give her the protection she needed.
"Your appearance has changed? What are you talking about?" Jehan asked before any of the older mages could do so.
Risa looked at her reflection in the mirror once again and studied herself. Without a doubt, this wasn't how she was mainly supposed to look like. At least, in terms of the hair and eye color. But she knew that this was still her somehow.
And she could prove that.
The scar on her left upper arm from a surgery she got because of the wound she sustained when she was 21. It was still there. She got it from saving Mai from a pole that was about to hit her friend when an earthquake hit the town at the time.
Hi! My name is Florence Joyce (yes, both are my first names) and I just turned 31 last August. And yes, I've been writing stories for a long time. Probably since I was in 4th or 5th grade. Can't fully recall. I wrote mainly romance stories and only about 6-7 years ago that I started writing in fantasy genre. I managed to have 2 of my novels published back in 2014 and 2016. For now, I'm lurking on several online writing platform as my way of practicing my craft more since I felt it rusted quite a lot for some time now.
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This picture (which is not mine, btw) is one of the visual inspirations I have for the main character in my WIP titled "The Seventh Moon". It's actually my Camp NaNoWriMo July 2022 project that I started and decided to continue writing it even after I reached my target word count at the time. And no, the character is not Chinese. But I like the hanfu she was wearing here and I'm imagining my MC wearing a battle outfit like this in her battles. Flowy, but still functional as a battle outfit. I'll tell more about the story next time. π✌️π
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Since Day 1 of this challenge and #themoonstardustandskychallenge have the same prompt, I'm only adding something here that is unique to the 2nd one. Goals for September.
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Well, the goal is to actually write more than half of the story itself or at least reach 3/4 of it already by the end of the month. I'm a slow writer, by the way. Not to mention, I have other stories that I intend to focus on updating online. Trying to update two more to compensate for my negligence for those pending stories over the past two months. So yes, I intend to make my September busier than ever for my writings. Of course, it's still easier said than done. Right? ππ
"You don't have to force yourself to recall them if it brings you so much pain, Miss Risa."
But Risa paid no heed to Jehan's words as the pain was more disturbing than it ever was. And yet, for some reason, she could only see blurry images in her mind. Some of them, she knew it happened. While the others... She could see water everywhere. She could feel them, as well.
So she eventually ended up in the river after that car struck her. But how did that happen? Was there some magic about that car that pushed her to this place? She had already seen that magic was possible here.
The person who called her name when the car was about to run over her... It was still a mystery to her. She knew that it was not her brother at all. A friend, perhaps? She shook her head.
The young man who supported Risa from falling to the ground just stared at her with concern as her mind still tried to wrap up the situation she was in. At the moment, however, she needed to know how this man knew her name. She was sure she hadn't mentioned anything about herself to anyone at all. Well, she just woke up and now she had to deal with all these strange events going on around her.
"We'll explain everything later. For now, don't tell them anything. Do your best to rest your mind for a while."
Risa nodded in response to the young man's words. His suggestion felt alright for her since she still couldn't gather her wits yet at the moment. Even in her weak and confused state, she raised her head and faced the soldiers who threatened her and accused her of being a criminal.
"This woman you were accusing of as a criminal is my cousin who had just arrived from a faraway village. That criminal you were after tried to kill her when they encountered each other near the river. That's how my cousin got this injury on her head since she was pushed to the river. If I hadn't decided to find her and let her live with the Master Mage for a while, she would've been dead by now."
The title of the song I chose for Tennouji Helen is Lee Soo Young's "Will It Reach You?", which was one of the songs featured in the soundtrack of the Korean drama "Jang Ok-jung: Live For Love". I chose this for her because of her past in which it eventually made her unable to communicate with anyone with regards to her feelings. And when she met the chosen Vessels, it became a struggle for her to express her feelings, especially to the person who could truly see her and wormed his way to her heart.
Another late person joining the challenge featuring my ongoing Wattpad series #ReiyoukiSentaiSeitenger. The song I chose is actually Korean titled "Comfort Song" by Jung Yong Hwa. As for the scene where this song goes, this would actually apply on Episode 11 of the series in which Helen will finally come in terms with her tragic past with the help of her friends in order for her to fight together with the other Vessels.
Friday, August 12, 2022
The Ilgrath Guardians from the second HHKC story that I'm going to write were dinosaurs that the Ilgrath Tribe had modified in the ancient times in order to fight the Drurginar clan. But these modified beasts were actually created out of regrets of the Tribe for being unable to stop the enemies from wiping out the entire Wesharian royal family in the past. That regret remained and was even passed on to their true descendants.
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Even so, these Guardians remained loyal to the tribe that made them create the Ilgrath Swords as their way of determining their respective Knights to become a Phantom Berserker. They were only awoken from their long slumber after the five knights-in-training stumbled in the Faerseton Stronghold with Kieran Griffiths' "help", allowing the chosen knights to activate the Guardians' powers to combat the returning Drurginar Clan.
Thursday, August 11, 2022
I remembered that I haven't been able to update the profiles and arsenals of the Phantom Berserkers. For now, here are the arsenals that the rangers will use in the series.
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ARSENALS:
⚜️Guardian Soulpieces - The crystallized parts of the Ilgrath Guardians imbued with the mystical powers of the Ilgrath Tribe members responsible for creating them. These came in handy for the Phantom Berserkers to use in order to combat the Drurginar Clan and activate their Phantom Guardian Armors.
⚜️Ilgrath Sword - The primary weapon of the Phantom Berserkers which can be said as sentient for the reason that the swords choose their masters. Weird thing, though, they chose the new Phantom Berserkers after they stumbled into the ruins of the Faerseton Stronghold and those that haven't formally started their training at the Ruarden Fortress yet.
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
I recalled mentioning about the Grimtol clan being the caretakers and mentors of the new knights from the second HHKC story that I'm going to write. Two of these casts were related to that clan as one of them being the clan head/leader and the other being a head researcher related to the Ilgrath Guardians and the Phantom Berserkers. The third one was related to the Faerseton Stronghold caretakers — the Griffiths family. But they weren't former knights or anything like that. They possess powers beyond the normal means, but not enough to make them qualified to become knights. That's why they formed an organization of some sort away from the Ruarden Administrative Knights' eyes solely for guiding the new Ilgrath Guardians' chosen knights. I think I'll mention more later.
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Still about the major settings in #PhantomBerserkers. One other prominent structure in the country of Wesharia is the Faerseton Stronghold — an important location in history in which the old royal family once resided before the Drurginar Clan murdered all of them in one night, leaving no survivors. Or at least it appears that way to everyone. They did it in order to find the family's ultimate weapon and use it to take over alternate Earth. The only known caretaker of the abandoned castle is Kieran Griffiths as it was a duty passed down to the Griffiths family since the massacre of the royal clan. He knew his way around the castle and could also be seen getting along with the ghosts residing in the area that freaks out Kavi and Hizuru.
Monday, August 8, 2022
So here it is. I finally have a plot for the second "Hundred Heavens' Knights Chronicles" story titled PHANTOM BERSERKERS.
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STORY PLOT:
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In the distant past, the Drurginar Clan once caused chaos and destruction in the alternate Earth that nearly destroyed the world. But the ancient Ilgrath Tribe found a way to deal with the war with the help of the dinosaurs' powers. In fact, some of these beasts agreed to be modified using the magic of the tribe to help them fight the enemies. They succeeded, but were unable to stop the Drurginar in wiping out the entire royal family in an attempt to retrieve the 'ultimate power of the grand beasts' that the royal family had protected. Millions of years later, the magic and combat knowledge that came from the Ilgrath Tribe were passed on to various chosen people in hopes of fighting the predicted threat coming from the Drurginar Clan who made an oath to return to alternate Earth once again to destroy everything.
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Now five chosen people will take the oath to finish the battle that started in the ancient times. With the help of the Ilgrath Guardians — the modified dinosaurs that helped the tribe in the past, it's up to them to stop the Drurginar Clan's prophecy of annihilation from coming true. This time, they'll do it as the new warriors destined to protect the alternate Earth — the Phantom Berserkers!
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Now that this is posted here, can you tell me what you think about it? It'll be much appreciated. ππ
Sunday, August 7, 2022
After a long deliberation (in my mind, at least), I finally came up with a title for the second story in "Hundred Heavens' Knights Chronicles". It will be titled as "Phantom Berserkers" for the reason that dinosaurs were wild creatures — hence, the root word "berserk".
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Here's the cast:
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⚜️#BryanDechart as Callum Gardner/Tyrannoserker Knight from the country of Coalsano (reminiscent to USA)
⚜️#AldenRichards as Weston Monteloyola/Triceraserker Knight from the country of EscaΓ±oz (reminiscent to Philippines)
⚜️#ImadaMio as Hizuru Akibara/Ankyloserker Knight from the country of Tousato (reminiscent to Japan)
⚜️#LeeThanat as Kavi Benjawan/Saberserker Knight from the country of Sarathom (reminiscent to Thailand)
⚜️#TXTTaehyun as Yeong-jin Chon/Miragaserker Knight from the country of Jeonnan (reminiscent to South Korea)
⚜️#AsaButterfield as Kieran Griffiths/Mosaserker Knight from the country of Wesharia (reminiscent to England)
Saturday, August 6, 2022
I did mention in my previous post about my supposed #Ryusoulger adaptation (in which I've now decided to change) that the warriors were trained on their respective countries before going to a place considered as the "holy land" of the warriors. That place is the country of Wesharia that lies in the middle of the Hanronto Ocean in which the five countries (Coalsano, Jeonnan, EscaΓ±oz, Tousato, and Sarathom) where the warriors originated surrounded it. The prominent structure of the country is the Ruarden Fortress where the warriors who graduated from their initial training in their respective countries will have to undergo another year of intense training — this time, it will happen inside the fortress and the Administrative Knights of the Ruarden Fortress will oversee their training. Or at least, it was supposed to happen that way. The five warriors stayed at the care and guidance of the Grimtol clan residing at their (always) renovated ancestral house.
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And I finally thought of a group name for the warriors. I'll post it later.
Friday, August 5, 2022
I was able to come up with names for the casts of my yet another fantasy story set in the Hundred Heavens' Knights Chronicles universe — that still doesn't have a proper title until now. Originally, this was supposed to be a Ryusoulger adaptation, but I decided to change it. Anyway, here they are:
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πBryan Dechart as the chosen red warrior Callum Gardner from the country of Coalsano.
πTaehyun of TXT as the chosen black warrior Yeong-jin Chon from the country of Jeonnan
πIwada Mio as the chosen pink warrior Hizuru Akibara from the country of Tousato
πLee Thanat as the chosen green warrior Kavi Benjawan from the country of Sarathom
πAlden Richards as the chosen blue warrior Weston Monteloyola from the country of EscaΓ±oz
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The setting of this will be in an alternate Earth. So don't be surprised if the names I came up for each nation were all different, but still close to the casts' real nationalities. At least I tried it to be close. The reason I did this is because I want the characters to be scattered first and will only gather at the place considered to be the "holy land" of the warriors as soon as they were deemed fit to graduate from their initial training. But their gathering became a dangerous one when the feared moment they were trained to fight for soon becomes a reality.
The pounding outside continued, increasing the tempo of Risa's heartbeat. What did these people want? Why were they being demanding like this? Where was she, honestly? More questions ran into her head as the people outside became more aggressive.
She could only grab the blanket as she slowly moved further and reached the corner of the bed. Her heart pounded hard, her breathing heavy. The next thing she realized, she hugged her knees as she looked at the door with wide and scared eyes.
'What's going to happen to me here?'
It was then that the men forced themselves in and kicked the door Risa was in. She screamed involuntarily and covered her ears, her eyes shut tight. She didn't want to see anything or anyone at this point because of fear.
Even if it's in my dream, just one day, out of all the words I had to swallow because of the excuse of reality, I'll pick one and tell it to you for sure... -- Just One Day, BTS
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It was just the same habit. Every day since Fuuka found that voice recorder, not once had she stopped listening to the voice retained there. Same words... They remained unchanging, no matter how many times she listened to them. But even with that, she couldn't find satisfaction in doing so. Let alone finding any relief that her day would become any better since losing something from her life a long time ago.
Something was missing. At one point, Fuuka was sure of that. That loss she felt since waking up from a 106-day coma was what had eaten her from the inside. She didn't know why she ended up sleeping for that long. All she was told, her family found her unconscious in an abandoned warehouse with injuries and a concussion that rendered her in a coma for more than 3 months. It took her four more months before she could be considered recovered.
Even so, Risa approached the spot where she saw that book. She limped a little, but she didn’t mind that. Not long after, she reached it and picked up the leather-bound book that caught her attention.
Did someone leave it here accidentally? If not, how could they leave such a wonderful book like this?
Once more, Risa looked around to check if someone would approach her and claim the book as theirs. But as she had already observed a while back, people minded their own business.
"How did you end up with a sprained ankle early in the morning? Are you even trying to be careful? You're supposed to be watching where you're going."
Risa sighed and rolled her eyes at the way her half-brother scolded her in the middle of the plaza while tending her ankle. Thank goodness that it wasn't as bad as she thought it would be. But it was still hard for her to walk with this injury.
And here she thought she'd be able to roam around and just enjoy the scenery while thinking of what to do with her life next. She didn't like that person who bumped into her and threw her to the ground.
"I'm fine, Hiro." Then again, Risa knew it wasn't enough to calm him down. She might be older than him by three years but he was the one who would constantly worry about her and their mother. "How's the university, by the way?"
It's July 11 now that I'm typing this here. And yes, I've passed my supposedly post date for this blog. But here I am. Still doing it. Let's just say I just want to post something up-to-date here somehow. I'm not going to mention what this writing project is all about at this point. But I'll let you know once I reached my minimum word count goal.
The picture above is my latest update from yesterday (July 10) and yes, I know I still have lots of words to write for me to reach my word count goal for this month. This is actually my official participation in NaNoWriMo, even though this profile was made back in 2018. Weird, huh? I guess you could say that I still have no idea what to do at the time. I still have no idea what to do even now, but I'm learning along the way. I'm taking baby steps if you want to put it that way.
So as you can see, I've also earned quite a few writing badges here which I'm happy about. But that means, for me to reach my 30,000-word count goal for this month, I have to write almost 1,500 words every day. And with people around the house constantly calling me to do this and that (I'm sure you know what I mean), along with a few other writing-related tasks I'd set for me to do every day, as well... It's a miracle that I could still finish writing 500 words a day.
Then again, every word I write is still an achievement despite the time crunching that I had to do every day. Yes, I might be crunching my time here. Not to mention, I get too distracted by Youtube, as well. Should I curse Youtube for that? But I earned every idea and the words I get to put on the blank pages. They were the reason why I'm still able to keep my sanity intact from all the craziness going on in my reality. They were not even easy to deal with, to be honest.
Let's see if I'd be able to write an update on the 14th or the 15th. Hopefully, by then, I get to reach my minimum goal of 10,000 words so that I could finally share it online for people to read. And I'd like it if you're one of those who'd read it, as well.
If Risa had realized sooner that her decision to head to the bookstore would give her more things to think about than she could ever have that morning, she shouldn't have headed there in the first place.
Then again, when did people ever realize what was about to happen to them as they head out for the day? That was silly. In this case, Risa was dealing more with her frustration and hopelessness than anything else.
At this point, one might be wondering why Risa was feeling hopeless. Well... it was a long story. But at the moment, she'd better prepare to head out to clear her mind. She couldn't help feeling cooped up in her room after resigning from her job as a copywriter for 3 years. She needed the fresh air.
"Risa, better get down from there, dear. You need to eat before you go out."
A mysterious voice became a catalyst for one woman to find herself in a kingdom of magic on the verge of dealing with a great war. With the aid of the kingdom's 2nd Prince, she realized her fate in that world which seemed to be far more than just following the voice she heard asking for her...
Yes, that's right! I was able to journal every day for 700 days. Can you believe it? I still think that making it a goal to write for 1000 days in my journal and actually doing it was a farfetched (not to mention, crazy) idea ever. At least around the time that I decided to do it back in 2020. But now here we are. I've actually written for 700 days in a row.
So many memories were placed there, I'm not going to lie. The majority of them might be mundane, similar things for me since my life had been such a routine that I could only write small changes in them. But hey, they were memories, regardless of how I categorized them in my life. They're still my life's documentation.
Of course, there were other thoughts that I wasn't able to write due to the constant thought running in my head that someone would read them without my knowledge and they would hate me because of it. But I would eventually realize that they were my thoughts. My real thoughts at the time I was writing those entries.
At the moment, I could only write about small changes in my life. Sometimes, even decisions that might be weird at this point, but could possibly give me the biggest change at some point. Then again, I'm not sure. We'll see.
3rd year anniversary of me getting back to journaling. Wow! What do you know? Anyway, hey, everyone! I know I haven't been able to post a "proper" blog post on this site for quite a long while. I haven't answered any journal prompts and written any Sunday Currently entries, as well. My writer life got a little busy -- at least that's what I felt.
So what do I mean by getting back into journaling? Well, here's the short story for that.
I recalled journaling when I was in high school. Though I don't do it daily as I do it today, I know I'd journal things -- short ones -- about what I felt, mostly. I could recall journaling even before 2006. But it's either I threw away the journal or I lost it for some reason. I can't recall. So the only surviving old journal that I have in my collection was the one I used from early 2006 to possibly mid-2009. And that was the last time I journaled (was there even such a word? π€).
Sadly, I didn't journal throughout my college life and also a few years after that, for some reason. It's probably because I got busy with college or I didn't find the need to journal. I don't know. Recalling it seemed to be a little hard for me. But I'd like to say that my life at the time was chaotic enough -- both at home and at school. Oh, right. I recalled that I also focused on my fiction writing when I was in college.
I only found out recently that I put off journaling on hold for 10 years since that last 2009 entry I wrote on my surving journal. I got back to journaling on this day 3 years ago, a few days after a bought a notebook that I thought was pretty. Though at the time I bought it, I wasn't thinking of going back to journaling. I thought I'd use it to write something else there.
Well, that's the short story of it. And I guess it's a good start to go back to blogging again after a long while. Since getting back into journaling, I already filled up 8 notebooks and I'm about to fill up my 9th journal.
I don't use A4 size journal notebooks, by the way. Big pages scare me in a way. π€£π€£ I tend to use A5 size notebooks and I think I have a few A6 size notebooks, as well. Got to check my notebook collection again.
I could post a photo of my journal collection on IG or Twitter -- depending on my mood. Or should I place them here, as well? Anyway, we'll see.
"Shouldn't you be looking for your girlfriend right now?"
Magkaganoon man, hindi pa rin umaalis sa kinauupuan niya si Alexander. Nanatili lang siyang nag-iisip habang nakaupo sa mahabang sofa ng mansion na iyon. Sa totoo lang, ilang araw na siyang ganito. Hindi man siya mapalagay, mas pinipili pa rin niyang manatili roon.
And it wasn't just because he made a promise to her that he wouldn't try to follow her to wherever she was heading. There was one other reason.
PINIPILIT na lang ni Joanna ang magpakatatag kahit na sa totoo lang, nahihirapan na siyang gawin iyon dahil sa sitwasyong nasa harap niya ng mga sandaling iyon. Walang malay si William matapos nitong gamitin ang anumang lakas na meron pa ito para lang tulungan siyang tapusin ang mga Darkans na gusto siyang patayin. Kumalat na sa Agorion ang tungkol sa kanya na isang half-Osmerthian at anak pa ng dating Osmerth Guardian.
Kaya ngayon ay gusto na siyang tapusin ng mga ito dahil aminin man ng lahat o hindi, isa ang kapangyarihan niya na may kinalaman sa tunog ang posibleng magamit ng mga kasamahan ni William para matapos na ang laban ng mga ito sa mga Darkans.
Bumuntong-hininga siya nang maisip ang posibleng katapusan niya sa kamay ng mga ito kung hindi lang dumating si William para tulungan siya. But he ended up doing it at the cost of his remaining strength that should've been used to heal his other Osmerth Guardian comrades. Hindi niya napigilang mapaluha dahil doon.
During the mid-Joseon dynasty, a mysterious phenomenon occurred wherein various places in ancient Korea were covered in "black smoke that accumulates a person like clouds". Once a human being was covered in this black cloud, his mind would be twisted in such a way that it makes him into a superhuman whose only goal was to satisfy his thirst for blood.
Only one group of people was able to counter this. Though in various legends, they were only known as "Power Casters". Not much was known about them, except for the fact that their population dominated two countries in East Asia--which was South Korea and Japan. And both groups of Power Casters were tasked to deal with anything related to the Black Cloud Phenomenon. It also appeared that they've been doing this for 10,000 years since their arrival on Earth from a place called the Cloud Dimension.
The phenomenon continued until modern times. Now, Power Caster agents of SK-Nephelus Agency must come together and protect the country of South Korea from those affected by the black cloud. The agency was led by Ra Ji-Tae (λΌμ§ν) who personally handpicked and recruited the agents who will pursue the operation to end the Black Cloud Phenomenon.
In one of Ra Ji-Tae's journeys, he decided to create a special team whom he knew would help him proceed with the operation of eliminating the root of the problem--the boss of the Black Cloud Vessels. Along the way, he was able to recruit the traveler-blogger Elena Grace Chon/Chon Rena (μ΄λ λ), car racer Nae Hyon-Jun(λ΄ν¬μ€), solo pop idol Ryu Ji-Hun (λ₯μ§ν), novelist Nang Ye-Seul (λμμ¬), skater and actress Hung Ae-Ri (νμ 리), and mechanic-in-training Won Jae-Hwa (μμ¬ν). These six soon formed the special team that was to be known as the Cloudbreakers.
But in the long run of this special team's task to protect everyone, they began questioning Ji-Tae's intentions and true motives in eliminating the Black Cloud Vessels. What exactly was Ji-Tae's purpose in selecting them to become Cloudbreakers? Most of all, how will they be able to end the Black Cloud Phenomena if they don't even know who in the world were they dealing with? If one would still add the issues of Power Casters' factions in constant disagreement with each other, could they end the mission?
Even with this yearning, I can't stop my heart from feeling this way towards you... ~ Florence Joyce
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"How long do you have to wait here for him?"
"Until he comes back. And I know it won't be that long."
Asuna kept on replying the same way to the same question that her friends would ask her over and over. It was crazy that she had to do it again and again. But her friends could seriously be annoying and persistent most of the time. Even if she had to use her strength just to make them shut up, it doesn't work. And so she decided to learn how to hold in her temper and annoyance over getting asked the same issue using the same question.
"But you've been waiting here for three years now. Still, no words from him. Won't you ever stop?" Koh asked as he sat beside Asuna.
Whoever thought that finding some old item in a house that you lived in all your life would bring so much to someone? Well, at least that was what happened to Riz when she found something by the bedroom wall. Okay, it was actually behind the bedroom wall inside the master's bedroom.
Ang dating kuwarto ng mga magulang niya bago lumipat ang mga ito ng tirahan sa siyudad. Siya na lang ang natitira sa bahay na iyon na minana pa niya sa kanyang lola. Isang bagay na noong una ay hindi niya inasahan dahil nasa utak niya na ang kanyang ama ang magmamana niyon.
But then, Riz's dad chose to live away from that house. Not because of a bad memory or something like that. Alam lang nito na hindi ito makakatagal sa lugar na magpapaalala rito ng tungkol sa kapatid nitong babae -- ang tita niya -- na namatay sa cancer. Maraming magagandang alaala ang bahay na iyon tungkol sa magkapatid at hindi lang talaga nito matanggap na wala na ang tita niya.
Staring at a blank page in front of her, Carrie had no idea what to write about. Then again, what was the purpose of her bringing out a piece of paper and a pen, anyway? She was supposed to write something.
Only... she couldn't recall what.
Ilang araw nang ganito ang nangyayari sa kanya. Ilang araw na hindi mapakali. Ilang araw na may hinahanap. Ilang araw na may gustong gawin pero hindi niya makita ang punto kung para saan.
Even with that, she knew it was all related to one word.
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