Day 4

Day 4 The enchanted ore seems to bond well with certain jewels that I have with me: diamonds, blue diamonds, sapphires, black sapphires and rubies.

I shall remember to note these for further investigation on our return to the Academy.

Day 5 Our rations are low. Kinopio, bless his brave Gnomish soul, dared to step outside the room today. He was gone for some time, and came back with - well, with a dead Tae Ew runtling.

The door is secured again. I wonder if we dare cook this lizard? Day 6 Hunger is a cruel thing. Kinopio went to work on cooking the runtling this morning.

It tastes so good! Cooked on a skewer, with a little spice and some sauce, this lizard meat is most pleasing. Kinopio ate meat rolled in batwing - such an odd gnome. Day 7 Gods, a week has passed. Kinopio's nightmares are worse, they are effecting his judgement.

My day was spent curing the hide of the runtling - a long process, using a vial of the poor creature's blood. The result is a hard leather - perhaps I can put it to use. Day 8 Kinopio is restless, so I put him to work with the cured hide. He has hidden talents: from one section of hide he created a tough belt for himself, and from another section of hide he produced a gorget. Amazing.

Today's meal consisted of raw lizard sandwich. Revolting. Day 9 Kinopio discovered a barrel, suitable for brewing, in one of the piles that line the walls. Using two vials of the runtlings blood and a single vial of distilled mana, I managed to distill the substance into a thick, viscous fluid.

I shall investigate tomorrow. Day 10 Kinopio's skills know no bound. Using the distilled blood and two sections of the hardened hide, he created a backpack the likes of which I have never seen before.

From two portions of the distilled blood, a section of hide and a whip pattern of his own he even made a rudimentary weapon.

Our meal today consisted of a soup - lizard meat in water from the drain, with a little sauce, in Kinopio's pot. Ugh.