Audio File #5. Title : What's Important ( Part 5/? )

' How? How could the Disk have suddenly changed titles? ' You found yourself asking over and over again. There wasn't a sign of the letters being scrubbed or rubbed away; there weren't any tells that said it had a different title before. And there was the elephant in the room about poppy. Questions bounced around in your head as if they were microscopic rabbits, and few answers to accompany them. You closed your eyes for about five seconds, and when you opened them, the next disk was beside the device, with dark red ink splatters spelling out a message. " L₳₴₮ CⱧ₳₦₵Ɇ. DɆ₴₮ⱤØɎ I₮, OⱤ BɆ S₮₳Ⱡ₭ɆĐ BɎ I₮ " This was either a threat or a warning. Assuming it was a threat means that whoever wrote the message didn't want you to listen anymore. But if it's a warning, then it was trying to protect whoever listened to the disks. However, it was late, and you weren't thinkin' right, so you gave the message the equivalent of the middle hoof and continued listening. No static this time either, you couldn't tell if that was a good or bad thing. " Day: 7 of the expedition. Poppy has fully healed by now; she just woke up this morning. We're all grateful she didn't pass, but part of me is confused. The scratches she had have already become scars; those things would usually need bandages, even after two days. That and her pupils are much bigger than they were before. It's like when a cat gets playful, or as some would say, frisky. That's how big they are, I'd say roughly two times bigger than they were. And she seems to have some areas where the skin was slightly torn, not so much that it causes a breach, but it's still noticeable. Those marks were not there when I found her. She still seems to think bringing her back was a mistake on our part. Why?........ Your guess is as good as mine. The only bit of good in this s(BEEP) show is that we've located a source of the herb we are here for. But the plant has to be harvested carefully and patiently. So chances are, we'll be here another three days. It would be one and a half, but Poppy still has trouble standing on her own, so I filled in for her. Anyway, we're about to go on our first herb retrieval session, signing off. " The audio cut, and as usual, the disk slid out of its compartment.