PHLOEM'S JOURNAL



[entry 1]

XDEID VCLVE LD DIMOASMZD, G QMZXJWC TXTP E ELJTH XBYO.

ATFJP MZSCDXUDYEMZD RSI EQYC WKPRPQ AC MYI AC RSI BRPASDQCO PMPR DMSERTRSP MQ GMMRLMZ XQEID'P DWESPFTT, FEC LWFBPTWW, JW DGMKQ SEBMCYIP RNZR M ZYCKA MMO MZ EGRL AOZTX MYMGI MK SYMZEYMMFBB REE DGLRF. QFP TAA'Q ZRXV AZRFBLEW IBPP E DRBTQQKRLVK JYRRUCGNEFFMY HQSGNI (EBC QSXIMHMZD QVIFZF), LRP X FLRPTPTXFBL YSFB.

RSI ZLRP GAKRLMZBB L WQOGPW AC QTB ZRKMIDP, YYH FEC QSXIMHMZD RPBF:
	"EGOHQK RCIMPSCI UP Y MSDB
	SYPQPQ L QMM CIMEQQ
	HIMIRS ME LSE XTBPP AMFRTRS CMC
	XTB QPIWBP HLA MCCWUPRD"

	[sketch of spyglass]

ERQCC TQODZVYFLR E PXRTRS XLLPKPGD SZ QFP GMOEZ TAA RZ IZPSCI UQ ULW ZLR L LAXV, T EXFEYIP QFP HQSGNI'E KSXFQOCO VUKED AUQF ELQ KSXFQOQ TR MPRPV'E KMEI FL PPZQXJ L WQQ MQ EEQPZKMQGZR OLMCHUKYEIE.

QM ELUKI ELMQ YQXQO QZ QGZF DIMOASMZD, G LQ ZLU ZRXV Y SCBBPDTMZC UYYM YHEK!



[entry 2]

FR LTBBYCW FEYE QK MPPZULSD IZQPJ AMP Y MMF LNEMYFQEMO.

BTTHQKRWC, FEC 'XEP' ZYAXMFL LWFBP SEE ZFZWQK RZ FGOW SME QPPEERPP RAQ SYHQO QZMX, YSE YZACC PMVCCW MKB WEKBPD SR PSMWQNSPRF ACDXUKYEMAKQ. PEOE LPA BIYYIF F RCEHBJ ES DBTPEXP Y YII PCE SR PNJKXXQD RGJZPVE XLO GAOPPWBLLOMZD AZSDAGYEFBQ. T KDLU EMDBB ZJ ELJGMZD YDXQO'Q AYLWJPW MQ CLGT KCH PAZYEMAK, YYH TFQ XSOHGYK BLCXW MKLZC YB CGIZ CSCXTBP.

DXUIJ, T VQCSDI FL ETZQ RN XC CRCDX EL CLWUIW.



[entry 3]

F FLZQ BLNSGKRPVQA LFQQOMFW DBDPVQKAPW FL QZQQQFTRS ZYWPQA "RSI MCGO", IEMCNMMIJJ EYLLR XTB BCSUAQ T LMSC TRFBPLGFBB HMFE GY QK PCLVOE. G OS ZLR JIF HLZA IEYE FQFLR SD ACTXK QFTW "MCGO" ME, LP TX'E OCWEFFMY XA XQEID, YSE MF XNAIMOQ ELMQ GE ME OCAVQPCYXQA UTXT QFP JAIJZAUKE DCYYMW:

	[sketch]



[entry 4]

FR DIQJQ XC EBYCGT EYD EFQPLGFBB ELQ XREIZQGZR AC YY SGQCC VUJ KPVOBLLVK DSTPP.

F ULW NOGPJXV BPXMFLPH NV RSIUO JPEPBP, L DMYPLO NV RSI ZXKP SR IMI. EF CGCWF F ULW ILPCMQA RSEF QFTW SRGWH ILSWH EBCV XA ZMYZQOR XC WKMHPQAEP-WQBITRS NSPWF FLES M NSPWF CMC QAKCJ SD MMHID. EMHIHBP, LJFBP T IJMJLMZBB ELMQ G SEHB LZ MZQCCIEQ GY GMMRLMZ XQEID'P UPEXQF ZV RXZWIP TCLTAKPJ, PAU YWPATCO QQ QM NSZQGYYQ LL XC CRCDX GKFTRPBPPH. U EMAI FEYE XTFQ HEE JW WEEQ QFGT BLNSGKRPV, RLP T EY AGDGAJDZVFBB MC ERAS KDLSAW' FEGCWF CMC ZULJPROB. DFVFECCQAOC, T LMSC L LGKAS XTXR ELUP NLVFFAFPMO EFMXA GD EXPM TRHLJGIP FL AMDXAJ, MZ XBOMFFMY XA TMCOUKE LW YBPNIZXPTIE.

F FLZQ ZMAMQA BZAZ QFP IYYJPQ AC RSME MYCXUZSWED DSTPP, FL NEEB G LQ FL CYGARLEID QFPQ MDYTR:

	[sketch]



[entry 5]

F FLZQ XL TRQUNWMOXZWI RBCWMZD RSEF JW BYQPR TW ZBYCMZD GE'W QKB. ELQ JMDX DBAPRF PCE SR ZMZVPFLLXQP FLZQ QYVIZ JC ES MK YYGUBLE ENXLOSZBB EIYMJP SZ X QPIYFLRPK RLTRTXZTXQA HFRSIC APMKCE.

	[sketch]



[entry 6]

F FLZQ YCPR PBAPMHBB! ELQ WYMVMH JZB YRQE LMSC APMZCO E FOYNOUKE OIHFAP ENLYCH YV QSMB, CMC XTB KPVOBLLVK DSTPP EYD JAIJZAQA KP XA QFTW YLQE VQZCYX BIYYIF. KM OSGYR ELQV GYXQKBPH FL ULMF CMC QQ QM DSXSC ELUP JZGMQGZR'E MSKDXBQ, ELQK QEIMI RSI EMWRPMPQ OIHFAP EZA AWEUJ YDXQO'Q EVQXQFVQ CMC XTBKDIXSCD!

M IFJW EFQCXTF QM CIMZF ES YV QSMB XLO VQQSCR FL Y NMHFJTDQA QPGFLP, MYF QFP QQOAPRMOGPW MOC HIXI YCQQA YYH U CCLV U TGWP ZLR XEWB GE. MZ XLJ GMPC, T AUIJ EVK QM VIQM RSME QCXTXB'Q WSOXRTSZ EGOHQK DCSY QFPQ IEGWI U JYVI YV CDGMMC.

	[in margins:] VIGENERE CIPHER, KEY = "XYLEM"



[postscript]

THIS JOURNAL IS THE PROPERTY OF PHLOEM MOZA, HISTORIAN OF ITHOR.

I WRITE THIS NOW BECAUSE I FEAR DEATH MAY SOON TAKE ME. I HAVE NO FAMILY TO INHERIT MY MEAGER POSSESSIONS. MY SOLE HOPE IS THAT WHOEVER THIS JOURNAL PASSES TO WILL KEEP IT OUT OF THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO WOULD USE CAPTAIN ASTER'S TREASURES AND DISCOVERIES TO BRING HARM TO OTHERS.

MAY OUR WANDERING SOULS SOON FIND PEACE.