“Entry three, day five,” Casey says, standing in his room on Earth. He is slightly shorter, his teeth look a little different, and the fins in place of his ears are back; the fins are lime green in color. “Height: 5'1”, weight: 105 pounds. I'm definitely getting shorter and lighter weight. Other than that and the obvious changes, I don't FEEL that different from before.

“As for what's happened since yesterday, I decided to tell the people who run my group home what's happening to me by showing them what I look like and the video from last time. They didn't believe me right away, but showing them water magic... oh yeah! Mona showed me how to do that...”

Casey gestures to a glass of water, then closes his eyes and holds out his hands. Slowly, the water rises out of the glass and forms into an orb which Casey causes to fly around the room a bit before returning to the glass. As he does all this, though, more changes slowly appear; among them are some lime green spots on his face and alterations to his nose. “Yeah, pretty cool, huh?...Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. Whenever I use magic, I change more. It wears off after a bit, but Mona says it'll probably last longer each time and change more. If I want to document everything as much as I'd like, I'm going to have to pace myself...

“Anyway, once I showed my magic, my foster parents believed me; they aren't... a hundred percent on board with any of this, but it's not like they can do anything about it. I tried pointing out that... well, in a way, it's like I'm just being transferred to another home, or being adopted.”

Casey frowns. “Well, sorta. Mona said she'd take care of me, but I don't know if that is really the same thing as adoption or anything. I don't even know if they have an equivalent, legally speaking. Hyleft don't really have last names—apparently, they just 'know' who's family and who isn't. I guess I'll have to deal with all of that either way, since it's all going to happen no matter what.

“It's weird. I don't really know how to feel about all this. Magic is cool, Beryl Ravine is pretty, and everyone there is really nice. But knowing I'll be a Hyleft forever? I just don't know whether I should feel scared, interested, neutral... I think it'd be easier to know how to feel if I had a choice in the matter. But I don't.”

A pause. “...Mona said last time that she'd tell me a little more about her world the next time I show up there. I'm a little excited about that, at least. End of entry three.”

“Is it working...?” Casey peers at the phone along with Tele and Mona. They are in Beryl Ravine, standing in front of a massive gate-like structure. He is roughly the same size as the day before, with the same degree of Hyleft and human features.“...Okay, it's working. Entry Four, day six. Height and weight are about the same as yesterday. I had to start using voice commands to work the phone, since... well...” He holds up a hand; he now has three rather chunky fingers and a thumb, with webbing between them. “Yeah, I can't tap buttons with these hands. Uh, moving on from the changes, big news! First of all...”

Mona smiles at the camera. “Surprise! Now you can understand us! I bought a crystal that translates languages magically. Casey decided to... 'tape' it? Is that what it's called? To the 'fown'. He tested it out—and it worked! I still don't really understand how this thing works, but... oh, silly me, this is Casey's to do!”

“It's alright,” Casey says with a chuckle. “Uh, in other news, we're going to see a different realm! The gate behind us will take us to a place called the 'Fire Realm' that the Hyleft trade with. The people there are called... Tekchyik, I think. I can't wait to see them!”

The group walk towards the gate and pass through; in an instant, they are in a city in some sort of desert region with mud-brick buildings as far as the eye can see. Wandering the streets are strange beings indeed; they seem to have a centaur-like build, with a tail and four-legged gait but a humanoid torso with arms on the front. There, however, all similarities with any Earth creature ends. Their heads have both antennae and horns, with two pairs of eyes and a pair of insect-like mandibles on their cheeks. They have a strange, somewhat reptilian snout, and a body covered in smooth scales. “Whoa... so these are Tekchyik?”

“Yup!” Tele nods. “They use fire magic. They breathe fire, and use it to do stuff like forge metal and cook things. We get most of our iron and glass stuff from here.”

Casey looks around in curiosity, turning the phone to display more of the surroundings. “This is so amazing... does the translation thingy work with them, too?”

“Of course,” Mona responds. “This is where we got it from, after all. Speaking of which, this city is famous for its market. Would you like to get anything while we're here?”

Casey turns the phone back to her. “Huh? Really?”

“Oh, it's fine. We have plenty of copper to spend today.”

“Cool! Thanks a bunch, Mo—uh, Mona!”

The group wanders around the market, looking at various stalls selling all kinds of strange and interesting goods. Suddenly, they pass by a stall run by both a Hyleft and a Tekchyik; next to it is an odd contraption. It consists of a wooden frame, the top of which vertically suspends several crystal-glass panes of varying lengths. “This is one of the instruments from the other day...”

“They're called Water Bells,” Tele explains. “It's a traditional Hyleft instrument, though this one looks like it was made with some fancy Tekchyik-made glass.”

“Wow...” Casey looks at his hands. “Hmm... it's not like you guys have pianos in this world. And even if you did, there's no way I could play them anymore once my hands are stuck like this...”

Mona smiles warmly. “Would you like it, honey?”

“Seriously?! That'd be great!”

After paying for the instrument and discussing the method of delivery to their home, Casey looks into the phone. “Well, I think we're gonna head back to Beryl Ravine for now. I wanna learn how to play this thing before the next video. End of Entry Four!”

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