Wayrift Book 2 Overview
Book 2 Introduction
Locations: Baron (BS Dimension), Baron (DS Dimension), Borderlands, Troia (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: Oct 24, 2011 - Dec 7, 2011
Kory is working on documenting things that have been happening amongst the figments. KluYa attempts to help Zemi as he struggles to learn how to cook… and adjust to life further within the Borderlands. Zemi’s begun to change, falling back more and more on things that Earthians do, such as eating and sleeping.
Ben and Leona are packing and planning for their trip to the new Lunar Homeworld.
Zeb is adjusting to life in BS Baron, and applies for a job at an airship factory.
Tai is also in BS Baron, sent there to keep an eye on things should Zazo reappear and start trouble.
Cecil (BS) is still troubled, trying to figure out what’s going on between Zeb’s appearance and the return of the White Dragon.
Junior attempts to tell his friends what all has been happening, but they don’t appear to fully believe his stories and theories.
Kip remains working in SAM’S, adjusting well to life in the tavern of DS Baron.
Drake has been stationed in BS Troia. There, he gets the first look at Zazo’s new personform, which she is now using to place herself in control over the leadership of the Troian nation.
Chapter 51
Location: New Lunar Homeworld (DS Dimension)
Characters Introduced: FuSoYa (DS), NaTu
Creation Date: Dec 9, 2011 - Feb 10, 2012
Ben and Leona arrive at the Lunar Colony on the New Lunar Homeworld. There, they meet the young Lunars, including LuReSe (who quickly gets a crush for Leona) and NaTu. NaTu takes the two to meet with the leader of the Lunar Colony, and Ben’s uncle, FuSoYa.
When the conversation turns towards questions regarding OMEGA, FuSoYa asks NaTu to take Leona on a tour of the colony. Once they are gone, he divulges to Ben that NaTu is Kip’s son.
Chapter 52
Location: New Lunar Homeworld (DS Dimension)
Creation Date: Feb 13, 2012 - Apr 6, 2012
FuSoYa tells Ben about Kip’s past as KiNaTu, or at least, as much of Kip’s past as he knows. This encompasses some of Kip’s time on the planet Runne, as well as how he arrived on the Blue Planet. From these stories, Ben realizes Kip was likely in Zot, though Ben does not directly remember him.
Meanwhile, Leona and NaTu chat and share differences between Lunars and Humans as they explore the colony. Leona decides she wants to try and find Ben’s old room there in the libraries, and drags poor NaTu into her expedition. They do, indeed, find the room, along with more than they’d bargained for.
Chapter 53
Location: New Lunar Homeworld (DS Dimension)
Creation Date: Apr 9, 2012 - June 1, 2012
Ben catches Leona and NaTu in his old room in the Lunar library after the runic alarm on his Dark Lord armor goes off. Leona tells him that investigating his room was partly due to her curiosity to learn more about him. In return, Ben balks at the ideas of sharing information about himself.
NaTu senses the tension between them and devises a way to help them better connect and share the things that they hold most secret. Afterwards, FuSoYa arrives and informs a semi-reluctant NaTu that NaTu is being assigned to go to the Blue Planet to research and learn about the humans.
Chapter 54
Locations: Baron (BS Dimension), Troia (BS Dimension), Zazo's Dream Dimension
Characters Introduced: Zerom
Creation Date: Jun 4, 2012 - Aug 17, 2012
Zazo, who is now in control of Trioa and using her personform, struggles with the Earthian definition of love. She mourns the loss of the past, and is pulled into a Chaos-influenced dream.
There, she meets Tai, who appears as he once was during his Neoflian days as TsuYa. This is not a dream-Tai, but the actual Tai, who has been pulled into the Chaos dreamscape.
Zazo unknowingly mind controls Tai into acting as she pleases after he doesn’t show her the adoration she wants. Then, a modified dream-version of Zemi appears, complementing Zazo and furthering her feelings of superiority.
Afterwards, the shade of Zerom approaches Zazo in the dream, coaxing her to use Chaos to get the things that she wants. Eventually, Tai turns fully Marked due to the Chaos within the dreamscape, and this wakes both of them from the dream.
Still, upon waking, Zazo decides to use Chaos to enact her plans to obtain Tai. Meanwhile, in the BS Baron airship factory, Tai wakes from the dream, shaken. He’s greeted by a fellow worker, Resol, who leaves the night’s rations of fish stew (ew), and Tai ponders the meaning of the dream.
Chapter 55
Locations: Baron (BS Dimension)
Characters Introduced: AsaHi
Creation Date: Aug 20, 2012 - Nov 30, 2012
Kory is charged by Cecil (BS) with assisting with the theft of the royal sword. KluYa looks on as Kory talks his way out of the situation, leaving Cecil in a huffy state.
Junior gets tasked with cleaning the Golbez statue in the gardens. There, he talks with Sarafina about the unusual happenings as of late, and grieves the loss of his older brother, Job.
The young dragon, Blue, bursts in on the scene, followed by his handler, Kain Highwind (BS). They come across Zemi, who is playing with the local children in dragon form while waiting for Kory and KluYa to finish their business in the castle.
Uncertain of an unknown dragon, Kain pulls the children away from Zemi, and Blue investigates. However, when Zemi speaks, both become alarmed and Blue turns defensive.
Kory and KluYa return, and find Zemi cornered by Blue and Kain. Kory talks his way out of this situation, too, stating that Zemi’s ability to talk is a part of an experiment.
However, Kain senses something different about Zemi. Before Kain can make a closer observation, KluYa scares off the snarling Blue, forcing Kain to have to rush after him.
Kory and KluYa explain to Zemi that dragons in their world don’t talk, and those who do are considered a danger. When Zemi shifts back into person form, Kory then explains that dragons with a person form are also considered evil and dangerous, much to Zemi’s frustration.
Walking through the Baron gardens, the three come upon statues of previous heroes, including one of Tellah. Kory and KluYa discuss things of the past and happenings of the Crystal War. KluYa also talks about Zeb’s employment at Baron’s airship factory.
Zazo appears, interrupting their lunch and discussion. She’s taken AsaHi and Miran hostage and demands Tai as an exchange to free them.
Chapter 56
Locations: Baron (BS Dimension), Borderlands
Creation Date: Dec 3, 2012 - Mar 8, 2013
NaTu is staying in Baron Castle, learning about human culture. There, he meets Chase, who offers to help him with his studies. Ben agrees this is a good idea, and leaves the two boys to bond as he must head off to a family meeting called by Zemi. Leona tags along, as she always does.
In the Borderlands, Zemi, KluYa, and Kory discuss what to do about Zazo’s demands. Zemi is distressed because he identifies Chaos in Zazo and hopes that Tai might be able to do something to talk her down from it. However, they have heard nothing from Tai.
Ben and Leona arrive, and get the overview of the situation. Shortly after, Tai also arrives, blaming his lateness on the “stupid rifts.” He also gets filled in on what’s going on, and shows concern over the fact Zazo may be leaning towards Chaos.
Noting that Miran and AsaHi have family who want to bring them home, and Tai does not have living family left, he chooses of his own free will to give himself up for the exchange. He’s not happy about the situation, and makes it clear as he leaves the Cottage, walking out right as Zazo Chaos-rifts into the front yard.
She’s happy to see him and claim him, though Tai warns her against the Chaos. When Tai reminds her that this is an exchange, she brings forward Miran and AsaHi. When she moves to uphold her end of the bargain, Tai walks through her Chaos rift.
However, as she goes to make the exchange, she stops and changes the terms of the bargain. She demands that Zemi gives himself over to her as well. Zemi begrudgingly does this in order to rescue AsaHi and Miran, but Zazo only hands over Miran, and then leaves.
Miran turns out to be Drake in disguise, ready to fight the Ya family. KluYa tells Ben to escape with Kory and Leona, and Ben takes them through the rift to DS Baron. There, Leona suggests it’s time to ask for help from Cecil.
Chapter 57
Locations: Baron (DS Dimension), Borderlands
Creation Date: Mar 11, 2013 - June 9, 2013
Ben, Leona, and Kory go to Cecil (DS) to explain the situation and ask for assistance. First, they must break the news about the multi-dimensional interactions that have been going on.
Cecil agrees to help, but insists that Leona stay home where it’s safe. The rest rift to the Borderlands, which is now dark with growing Chaos energy.
They find KluYa tied up and hanging in a tree, an obvious trick to lure them out created by Drake. Kory goes to attempt to climb the tree and free KluYa, but is unable to do so.
Drake reveals himself, and Cecil engages with him in battle. Meanwhile, Ben attempts to help Kory free KluYa, only to trigger a magical trap. Drake then sets off a major Chaos bomb, and escapes through a rift, leaving the others to their fate.
During the explosions, Cecil is trapped under a fallen tree. KluYa releases him, and the two meet for the first time.
Ben finds he can’t rift from the Borderlands due to the pressure of the Chaos energy. They decide their only escape is through the unstable Great Rift, and leap through it.
Chapter 58
Locations: Troia (BS Dimension)
Characters Introduced: Archodys
Creation Date: June 11, 2013 - Sep 11, 2013
Zazo and Tai are in Troia, discussing their situation. Tai discovers that Zazo has taken Zemi prisoner, and has gone back on her exchange deal. He gets upset and threatens to walk out.
After a bit of arguing, Tai accuses Zazo of going Chaotic, which upsets both of them. He then tries to persuade her to give up the Chaos energy, to which she eventually agrees.
Zazo takes Tai to a place in the Troian forest where she’s keeping Zemi prisoner. They plan on talking things out with Zemi and getting everything sorted out. However, once they get there, Drake arrives.
He tells Zazo he’s taken care of the Borderlands and everyone there is dead. She freaks out about this, and goes to the Borderlands, only to find it burning in a Chaotic mess. An illusion of Zerom tells her that spilling Earthian blood seals the pact of Chaos and that she can do nothing to break free of it.
Zazo frantically returns to Troia, crying to Tai about the turn of events, scared that she will become Chaotic. The Others, a group of Arweinydd who are led by Archodys, appear, and offer to cleanse her of Chaos through Remaking.
Tai fights this, trying to get Zazo to see reason. But he is no match for Archodys, and Zazo pleads for them to leave Tai alone in exchange for her. She then leaves with the Others, and Tai is left with a Drake who is ready to fight.
Chapter 59
Locations: Infinite Ways
Characters Introduced: Sygnus
Creation Date: Sep 13, 2013 - Nov 11, 2013
Kory finds himself lost in the Ways where he relives his last interaction with his older brother, Jeren. This memory shifts into one where Kory is leaving Mysidia to attempt to rescue KluYa from his imprisonment on Mt. Ordeals. Elder Max attempts to persuade Kory not to go, but cannot change Kory’s mind.
Eventually, his memories go haywire due to the influence of the Ways. Kory finds himself facing a two-headed dragon in the form of his ex-wife and Jeren. KluYa arrives and tries to save him, but as long as Kory’s fears drive him, they cannot fight the dragon.
Sygnus appears and defeats the dragon. Kory claims to have “dreamed up” Sygnus as his own personal champion, until KluYa explains what Sygnus is.
Sygnus tells them that Zemi and Zazo have been taken by the Others, who are led by the Arweinydd Archodys. The three make plans to find the place where the Others appeared on the Blue Planet so that Sygnus can follow their energy trail to the Arweinydd Realms.
Chapter 60
Locations: Baron in the Past (BS Dimension), Troia (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: Nov 13, 2013 - Jan 23, 2014
Drake challenges an unwilling Tai to battle. Tai realizes he’s unable to use his magic to summon his weapon or fight as he normally would. This triggers thes start of his Marked transformation, and Tai flees the battle, afraid he might lose himself to the Marked should he turn at this point.
Sygnus, KluYa, and Kory appear, intercepting Drake as he attempts to chase down Tai. Drake engages in battle with Sygnus while KluYa and Kory prepare a rift elsewhere.
It doesn’t take long for Drake to realize he’s outmatched in this fight. However, Sygnus won’t kill Drake because he recognizes that Drake is from a different time-frame, and that could mess up the flow of time.
Sygnus is able to subdue Drake, and they send him through a rift, back to his appropriate time in the past. He ends up in Baron of the BS dimension, in the care of Sir Farrel and Sir Highwind.
Chapter 61
Locations: The Arweinydd Realms
Characters Introduced: Omakyn
Creation Date: Jan 26, 2014 - Mar 23, 2014
Zemi is being held prisoner by Archodys in the Arweinydd Realms. He and Archodys exchange viewpoints on the nature of Remaking and why Zemi must be Remade. Archodys is offended by Zemi’s Dragon form and blames him for taking on the form of the enemy of Arweinydd.
Archodys then goes into details he’s gleaned from the Time Before on how the Dragons preyed upon the Arweinydd as an energy source. This then led to a war that tipped things into the Mistake.
To demonstrate, Archodys calls out a lesser-formed Arweinydd, Omakyn. He then places Omakyn on the Unmaker he developed from Dragon knowledge and begins to siphon out Omakyn’s energies. Disgusted, Zemi stops the process, and tells Omakyn that he doesn’t have to follow Archodys’ cruel instructions.
Zemi also points out that Archodys is in person form while Omakyn is not, and questions why Archodys did not Remake himself. Frustrated with Zemi, Archodys transport Zemi to the location of the Remaking.
There, Zemi and Zazo are reunited. Zemi does his best to reassure Zazo as the Remaking begins.
Chapter 62
Locations: The Arweinydd Realms
Creation Date: Mar 25, 2014 - May 27, 2014
Sygnus, KluYa, and Kory arrive in the Arweinydd Realms, but they are too late to stop the Remaking of Zemi and Zazo. However, for some unknown reason, Zemi and Zazo retained their physical, person forms even after the process was complete.
Sygnus attempts to hold of Archodys and the Others while KluYa and Kory escape with Zemi and Zazo through the rift. During the battle, Archodys shoves Sygnus into the Remaker, which Sygnus then destroys. However, this leaves him unstable, which separates him into Ben and Cecil once more.
Archodys then orders all of the imprisoned for study purposes. Omakyn is set to be their guard.
Chapter 63
Locations: Baron (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: May 29, 2014 - Sep 7, 2014
Zeb is working in the airship factory in BS Dimension Baron when the crystal shard he carries begins to react to something erratically. Investigating, Zeb is led to Tai, who, without his connection to Zemi, is fading fast.
Zeb senses that Tai has similar energies as those in Zot and concludes that someone from Zot has sent Tai to spy on him or even bring him back to Zot. Unexpectedly, the energies of the crystal shard connect with Tai to sustain and wake him. When Tai wakes, his eyes have taken on their regular green color, indicating he’s no longer a servant of Zemi.
Zeb openly accuse Tai of being a spy from Zot, to which Tai is baffled. Bossman and other factory workers interrupt the heated discussion before it can escalate, and Tai is assigned to Zeb’s wing of the factory as the water boy.
Zeb and Tai talk while on shift, and Tai reveals that he has figured out that Zeb is actually Golbez. Though Zeb is threatened by this, Tai reiterates that he’s not working for anyone from Zot. Zeb eventually explains to Tai that the crystal shard he carries reacted to Tai’s presence and was what revived him.
Later that night, Tai attempts to sneak out of the factory, but is stopped by some unknown force. Outside of the building, he’s attacked by Resol and Resol’s two thugs, who rough Tai up to teach him the “order of things” around the factory.
Zeb stops the bullying and chooses to defend Tai from them. This is when Zeb also reveals to Tai that Tai has been bound to the crystal shard, which is why he couldn’t stray too far.
Zeb and Tai work together to take out the thugs, and send Resol running off in fear. However, before Zeb can get too suspicious about some of Tai’s Marked indicators that came out during the battle, the Bossman instructs everyone to go back to their rooms.
Tai still wants to go to the Borderlands to check on what happened there, but he doesn’t want to clue Zeb into who he is, so he has to accept that he’s stuck to Zeb’s crystal and return to the factory. Zeb is, however, sympathetic and indicates he will try to help Tai out.
Chapter 64
Locations: The Arweinydd Realms, Baron (BS Dimension), Troia (BS Dimension)
Characters Introduced: Drake (Weaponmaster)
Creation Date: Sep 9, 2014 - Dec 12, 2014
Being locked away in the Arweinydd Realms is starting to take its toll on everyone, leaving them ill or troubled by bad visions and dreams. Omakyn does his best to understand the needs of the Earthians, but struggles to comprehend them fully.
Ben extends a friendly conversation to Omakyn and the two quickly warm up to each other, exchanging knowledge. KluYa asks to be released and shows Omakyn the bad effects happening due to being trapped in the Arweinydd Realms.
Omakyn doesn’t want to see the Earthians get hurt, but expresses concern about what Archodys will do to him if he releases them. Ben then suggests that Omakyn come with them to the Blue Planet to escape Archodys. To this, Cecil disagrees.
Omakyn eventually does decide to release them, but this expends most of his energy, reducing his form to a small purple sparkle. Ben carefully takes Omakyn with them, and warps them out of the Arweinydd Realms. However, on the other side of the rift, they discover Zazo and Zemi have disappeared.
From a distance, Junior witnesses them come through the rift. He decides to follow them, determined to capture them as criminals.
Later, Zazo wakes up somewhere in Troia. She finds herself in a camp with AsaHi and Miran. Though there is a language barrier between the two women, Zazo is able to understand both Common and Nefolian languages.
Neither woman recognizes who Zazo is. And when Zazo begins to freak out due to feeling pain for the first time, she lashes out at them both. They end up restraining her due to her bad behavior.
Eventually, they do offer her some food as Zazo is feeling hungry for the first time ever. During conversation, Miran and AsaHi realize they both know of KluYa.
Meanwhile, Zemi wakes up in Baron to find himself restrained in what appears to be a taxidermy room. Then, Drake appears, menacingly wielding a very long dagger.
Chapter 65
Locations: Baron (BS Dimension)
Characters Introduced: Bernice, Drake's Wife
Creation Date: Dec 15, 2014 - Mar 11, 2015
Includes: Aiden’s Important PSA
Drake determines very quickly that Zemi is not a threat, and release him. Zemi discovers that Drake has been passing himself as a human, is now working as the Baronian Weaponsmaster, is married, and has kids. Drake also tells Zemi of Job, the older son he lost in the Crystal Wars.
Zemi then meets Junior, who is returning home after unsuccessfully attempting to track down the “criminals.” After Junior leaves, Zemi meets Drake’s Wife, who is mute and mostly deaf, but was once a powerful warrior (and wears the pants in the household).
She quickly takes to Zemi and invites him to dinner. There, Zemi meets Drake’s young daughter, Bernice. Drake is very protective of Bernice and doesn’t want Zemi’s bad influence rubbing off on her (good luck with that).
Drake then tells Zemi that he will be training under Drake starting the next morning. Zemi is also welcome to stay with Drake’s family until Zemi’s own family comes to find him.
Meanwhile, Junior is still determined and making plans on how he’s going to find and apprehend the criminals.
Zazo Diaries 1
Locations: Troia (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: Dec 15, 2014 - Mar 11, 2015
Zazo begins to journal about her struggles with Earthian life on the Blue Planet. She learns she won’t get a free ride as Miran and AsaHi demand she pull her weight in doing chores.
Chapter 66
Locations: Baron (BS Dimension), Borderlands
Creation Date: Mar 24, 2015 - June 11, 2015
KluYa watches over the others as they rest and recover from their time in the Ways and the Arweinydd Realms. Cecil is very frazzled after his experiences, and is not sleeping, rather he chooses to stand guard over the others.
In his confused state, he half-draws his sword on KluYa, not recognizing who KluYa is at first, and taking him for a danger. Once he calms down a little, he expresses how overwhelmed he is to KluYa, and they talk through it.
Ben and Kory eventually wake up and they make plans to go back to the Borderlands to check the state of the pocket dimension. Ben notes that the Chaos flood there is dangerous as it could leak into one or both of the adjacent dimensions.
They head outside of Baron where Ben opens a rift, and Junior trails them.
Meanwhile, Zeb and Tai are hanging out in Baron when Zeb senses the feeling of a rift opening. Junior sprints past them, and they both note that Baron is a weird place.
The other go back to the Borderlands, where Chaos is running rampant. They decide to try to heal the dimension and cleanse it of the Chaos.
When no one is looking, Junior jumps Kory from behind to subdue him. Then, Junior attempts to lock KluYa in mageloks. Afterwards, he attacks Ben, but Cecil intercepts with his own sword.
Zazo Diaries 2
Locations: Troia (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: June 14, 2015 - June 25, 2015
Miran tells Zazo that they are on guard duty for the caravan they’ve been travelling with. AsaHi is studying the Common language to learn how to better communicate on the Blue Planet.
Zazo says she won’t stand guard, and AsaHi tells her that if she doesn’t, they are all at risk of being eaten by monsters from the forest. Then, Miran and AsaHi further scare her with stories of zombies, which causes Zazo to cry out for TsuYa.
AsaHi recognizes the name and questions Zazo about it, but Zazo deflects the question. Instead, Zazo considers what Tai would do in her situation, and resolves to go and do guard duty.
Chapter 67
Locations: Borderlands
Creation Date: June 28, 2015 - Aug 27, 2015
Junior is bested by Cecil and finds himself surrounded by the others. Despite being severely outnumbered and overpowered, Junior continues to try to fight. KluYa attempts to use mind magic on Junior to force him to stop fighting, but the magic doesn’t work. This leads to the reveal that Junior is Drake’s son.
Ben instantly becomes aggressive, taking out his pent-up frustrations about Drake on Junior. Seeing this, Junior drops his brave façade and pleads for his life. KluYa takes pity on Junior and persuades Ben to stand down.
They attempt to hear Junior out, discovering that current-day Drake is the Weaponmaster of Baron and the one who trained the Cecil of the BS Dimension. In the middle of this conversation, Ben realizes that Junior is a Half-Lunar, like himself.
When Ben refuses to be the one to break this information to Junior, the Red Wing begins to question if there’s something wrong with himself. Junior becomes suddenly overwhelmed by his fear, but manages to tell them that Zemi is at Drake’s house before he passes out.
Ben feels guilty for having scared Junior so badly, and takes on the responsibility to watch over him until they can get him home. In the meantime, KluYa and Kory head to the BS Baron to find Zemi and rescue him from Drake.
Zazo Diaries 3
Locations: Troia (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: Aug 30, 2015 - Sep 17, 2015
Miran and AsaHi look over a map of the Blue Planet. AsaHi realizes this is not her world. Miran notes that the second moon is no longer in the sky, and worries about KluYa.
Zazo is upset that the guards in Troia don’t still recognize her authority over them. Miran tells Zazo that they have arranged for travel to Baron and sends her to shop for supplies.
Zazo discovers the joy of shopping and buys a lot of unnecessary things. This upsets Miran and AsaHi since they don’t have a lot of resources. However, Zazo also brought back a treasure chest she found in the grass which had a lot of gil inside it.
Chapter 68
Locations: Baron (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: Sep 20, 2015 - Nov 9, 2015
KluYa and Kory race through Baron (BS Dimension) to find where Drake is holding Zemi. They arrive at the Baronian Training Hall, where they ask where to locate Drake. They find him in the training fields where KluYa mistakes Drake’s training for threatening Zemi.
KluYa attempts to jump Drake in order to protect Zemi, but is easily thwarted. Drake calls on Sarafina as an example to prove that he does not harm his recruits.
Sarafina displays her disdain and jealousy for Zemi, and Drake tells her to apologize to him, since he is also one of the students there now. This shocks KluYa, as Drake has never been kind to a dragon in his memory.
Zemi then admits to KluYa and Kory that he can no longer transform into a dragon. KluYa consoles Zemi and attempts to convince him to return with them. However, Zemi chooses to stay and train with Drake, wanting to learn skills that can make him useful again.
Zazo Diaries 4
Locations: Damcyan (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: Nov 11, 2015 - Dec 20, 2015
AsaHi, Miran, and Zazo are travelling through the desert and arrive in Damcyan during a festival. They enjoy the festivities and eventually ride the Ferris wheel.
Upon the ride, Miran and AsaHi discuss the questions they have about how they have come to be on the Blue Planet. When they ask Zazo what her story is, her answers leave them suspicious.
With a little light bullying, they eventually get Zazo to admit who she really is. At first, AsaHi doesn’t believe Zazo, telling her that she doesn’t act as a proper Arweinydd does. But then, Zazo refers to Zemi.
AsaHi asks if Zemi and KluYa are alive and well, and Zazo evades the answer, leaving AsaHi worried and unhappy with Zazo. Miran suggests they go to Mysidia to look for KluYa and Zeb, hoping they can help AsaHi find her family as well.
Chapter 69
Locations: Baron (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: Dec 22, 2015 - Apr 3, 2016
Ben takes Junior back to Junior’s house in Baron, intending just to drop Junior off and leave. However, Junior demands that Ben stays and explains that Ben tells him “what’s wrong with himself.” Again, Ben tells him that this is something that his father is going to have to explain.
Junior tells Ben he doesn’t want to discuss it with Drake because he claims it’s hard to talk with his father. Just then, Drake arrives, knocking at the door. Both Junior and Ben hide, hoping to avoid the confrontation. However, Drake is not fooled and uncovers them both.
Surprisingly, Drake does not try to attack Ben. When Junior continues to ask “what’s wrong with himself,” Ben nudges Drake into telling Junior the truth of Junior’s heritage. Drake attempts to show Junior that he is a Lunar, but Junior doesn’t quite get it at first. Once Junior does understand, he expresses confusion and overwhelm.
Drake tries to persuade Junior that being a Half Lunar is a good thing, that he is a superior being to the humans. Ben, however, disagrees and argues that Lunars aren’t that different from humans.
Junior becomes upset when he learns that everyone in his family, except for himself, knew the truth of his Lunar heritage and that Drake never told him. Seeing that Junior isn’t receptive to further discussion, Drake asks Ben to help his son on Junior’s path to self-understanding.
Though uncertain, Ben agrees to help, and offers friendship to Junior. Junior warms up to Ben and invites him to stay over for the night so they can talk more.
Zazo Diaries 5
Locations: Baron (BS Dimension), Mysidia (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: Apr 5, 2016 - May 8, 2016
Miran, AsaHi, and Zazo arrive in Baron (BS Dimension) on their way to Mysidia. AsaHi is still upset at Zazo for lying to them while Miran is trying to understand why Baron looks so different since the last time she’d visited.
Miran then sees the memorial statue to Tellah and Anna, and is distraught at the loss of a friend. She’s also more determined than ever to reach Mysidia and find out what has happened.
Meanwhile, Zeb and Tai are eating lunch on a bench in Baron. Zeb notices Miran out of the corner of his eye and starts to follow her. Tai also catches a glimpse of Zazo, and they both attempt to find the ladies, unsuccessfully. However, Zeb has an idea that they might have been going to the Serpent Road.
The ladies are, indeed, going through the Serpent Road to Mysidia. Once they arrive, Miran takes them to where her family home once was, only to find nothing but rubble there…
Chapter 70
Locations: Baron (DS Dimension)
Characters Introduced:Vake, Kimi Suksley, Portia Suksley, Simon
Creation Date: May 10, 2016 - July 6, 2016
Still working at SAM’S, Kip has resorted to secretly draining magical energies from people (usually mages) in order to sustain his own life force. He’s approached by Vake, who seems to know an awful lot about Kip’s predicament. Vake gives Kip a Lunar energy source, along with a map to Suksley Manor before vanishing.
Kip arrives at Suksley Manor the next day, and finds himself very much out of his element. He’s taken to a guesthouse to wait, when he’s surprised attacked by Lunar bots as a “test” of his abilities. Kip easily neutralizes the bots, and earns some approval from the group known as the Naugtylumini – consisting of Simon, Vake, Portia Suksley, and Bradhoc Browning.
Kip is very suspicious of the group, but allows them to explain their motives. They offer him a job to obtain information from the Big Whale on how to take out (or control) Arweinydd. They offer him crystals in payment, which he can use to sustain himself instead of draining energy from mages.
Though Kip is still suspicious, he agrees to take the job, and requests resources to build a ship that he can use to reach the Whale. This is granted, and once Kip leaves the room, it’s made apparent that none of the members of this group trust anyone else who is a part of it.
Zazo Diaries 6
Locations: Mysidia (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: Jul 7, 2016 - Sep 18, 2016
Miran is crushed after finding there is nothing left of her family home. Elder Max appears to offer her support and answers. He tells her that her family is still alive and then he invites them to the Tower of Wishes for a deeper discussion.
Later, up in the Tower, Zazo catches sight of Zeb and Tai below in the city, and rushes to find them. The three collide, Zeb accuses Tai of having a before unmentioned girlfriend, and Tai argues the point. During this discussion, Tai slips up and mentions “Zemi,” which sets off Zeb, who demands to know how Tai knows about Zemi.
In the midst of bickering, Zazo reveals that she knows Zeb’s true identity as Golbez, which further agitates him. He shadowbinds Zazo taunting her to find a way to release herself from the magic if she’s truly an Arweinydd.
When Zazo realizes she’s trapped and lacks the power to free herself, she begins to panic. Tai then steps in, chiding Zeb for his treatment of Zazo, and Zeb releases her grudgingly.
Zazo mentions that Miran and AsaHi are talking with the Elder, and Zeb responds to that immediately. Tai realizes that Miran is Zeb’s mother, and while Zeb balks at seeing her again, Tai is determined to facilitate that meeting. He drags an unwilling Zeb to the Tower, where they are surprisingly greeted by the gate Mage by name with an invitation to enter from the Elder himself.
Though they bicker all the way up the stairs, with Zeb still being apprehensive of the situation, Elder Max arrives to take control of things.
Chapter 71
Locations: Baron (BS Dimension), Baron (DS Dimension)
Creation Date: Sep 20, 2016 - Nov 29, 2016
Ben creates a rift within Drake’s barn to take them to the Borderlands. They also return to the DS Dimension Baron, where Cecil finds a throng of upset people who have been waiting for an audience with him. Through conversation, Cecil realizes he’s been gone longer than he realized.
Mages from Mysidia protest that their people are being attacked in Baron, and demand Cecil do something about it. Cecil orders Kain to make investigating this the top priority.
Rosa drops the news on Cecil that they are going to have a baby. Cecil is stunned while everyone else is happy (aside from a stoic Kain). Cid then bursts in, ecstatic at the news, and starts to enthusiastically spread it across the castle.
Kain ushers non-friends/family out of the room. The rest of the family then celebrates, while Cecil is already panic-reading a book on fatherhood.
Zazo Diaries 7
Locations: Mysidia (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: Dec 1, 2016 - Mar 2, 2017
Max tells Miran the story of her sons – Cecil and Golbez – and what happened during the Crystal Wars. She’s distraught at first, until Max informs her that Zeb is right there on the Tower steps.
However, when she tries to approach Zeb, he freaks out and runs away into the Mysidian garden. The others follow and they find Zeb fully armored and in a defensive mode, having drawn up an ice dome around himself.
AsaHi is surprised to meet Tai again – in a non-Marked form. Meanwhile, Elder Max half melts the ice dome to give Miran access to Zeb.
She once again tries to approach him, and Zeb responds by trying to intimidate her to leave him alone. Max and Tai call Zeb out on his behavior, and Miran gathers her courage to put Zeb in his place. Zeb does give way to Mirans and eventually removes his armor.
Max and Miran talk Zeb into staying with the group, and eventually Zeb agrees, though still uncomfortable. Max then tells the others where to find Zemi and KluYa. They all head back to the Tower to regroup (with cookies) and plan their next steps.
Chapter 72
Locations: Baron (BS Dimension), Baron (DS Dimension)
Creation Date: Mar 5, 2017 - May 2, 2017
Junior goes to the DS Dimension Baron for the first time, and Ben shows him around. They eventually go to Baron Castle where Junior meets NaTu, Leona, and Omakyn.
Ben hopes that Junior can learn about NaTu as an example of a Lunar who is not like Drake. NaTu is apprehensive of Junior at first because NaTu can’t sense anything from Junior. Ben then explains that Junior’s nullifying abilities prevent mind magic from sensing his thoughts and feelings, and NaTu relaxes from there on.
NaTu discusses how he’s still trying to learn the Common language, and how his job in the castle is to watch over Omakyn’s recovery. Junior asks about NaTu’s parents, and NaTu tells them that they are dead. However, Junior senses something is off by the way Ben acts when the topic comes up.
Leona is upset when she first learns that Junior is Drake’s son. However, Ben defends Drake and convinces Leona that Drake has changed. Leona then introduces the others to Kung Fu Achoo comics, and the group enjoys time bonding over reading comic books.
Zazo Diaries 8
Locations: Mysidia (BS Dimension), Baron (BS Dimension)
Creation Date: May 4, 2017 - Jul 20, 2017
Zeb and Tai are sleeping in a guest house in Mysidia when Zazo barges in to wake them at the crack of dawn. After a bit of morning bickering, the group gathers and departs Mysidia through the Serpent Road to Baron. Along the way, Zazo is trying to sort out how to properly interact with Tai in a way that will appeal to him (and fails).
In Baron, Drake is in the training yard with Zemi. The others arrive, and Zemi and AsaHi are reunited.
Zazo expresses her sorrow seeing that Zemi has also lost his power. However, Zemi comforts her and is simply happy to see her safe and alive.
Zeb and Tai head back to work, saying their farewells. Afterwards, KluYa and Miran unite, bringing all the family together again.
-End Book 2-