The Seventh Moon 4 - Please Save Me

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.

Gou (KR Drive)/Fuuka (Ninninger): Of All The Words

 

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.

The Seventh Moon 3 - Waking Up Somewhere

It was weird.

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.

The Seventh Moon 2 - That Voice

"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?"

My Camp NaNoWriMo 2022 Update (Week 1-ish)

 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.

The Seventh Moon 1 - Strange Things

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."

The Seventh Moon - Story Description

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...

700th day!

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.

My Journaling Journey's 3rd Year!

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? 🤔).

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. 🤣🤣 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.

(one-shot) To Remain By Your Side

 

"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.