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Dear Diary...

"So how did the actual meeting with the Sky-People go?" asked Neytiri.
"Better than I feared. Worse than I had hoped."

When he and the three other surviving hunters came back to the Hometree, Jake told everyone about what had happened in their trip to Hells Gate. The loss of three of the six Na'vi who went along with them was keenly felt throughout the tribe. One of the first questions asked by the ordinary people of the tribe was whether or not the Sky-People were the cause of death, to which Jake and the other hunters strongly denied. All of the Na'vi knew about the lights in the forest being turned off however. When it had happened, a lot of them had become amazingly tense, frightened and scared. Even the bravest of warriors lit fires and huddled around whatever lights they could make. People were scared. Norm said that he'd never seen anything like it. Then just like that, the lights came back. As if nothing had happened. Everyone said that it was the most frightening thing to ever happen in their lives.

At least the tribe had recovered from it. That afternoon, Neytiri and her daughter Miri had returned. Everyone had started to ask Jake on what had actually happened.

He opened up by saying that the Sky-People had agreed to bow to their requests. That he had made a few unexpected friends in the colony and that the deaths of the three hunters were not the Humans fault. People were generally satisfied with what had happened.

He turned to his wingman. "Mu'kala, you and Shee'kana and Ar'kadi can answer any questions that the others have. I need to talk with some of the others."

He journeyed up the titanic Hometree and entered his quarters. Soon, Norm, Neytiri and Mo'at, as well as a few Avatar scientists joined him. They talked about the current state of affairs.

"So are you sure that we can trust these Sky-People, Chieftain?" asked Mo'at.
"We can trust Halverson and the militia. Selfridge, Carson and the RDA can't be trusted." Jake said firmly. "I suggest that we talk to the colony through the militia, rather than through any 'official' way that they want to set up with us."

He turned to Norm and the other Avatar scientists. "You know a Stan Carnegie?"
Norm's face gave the expression of surprise. "I, uh, Yeah! He taught some stuff back in college."
"Good, cause he's here." Jake gave a small warm smile. "You are going to be talking to him about this world."
"Jeez... Can't believe HE of all people is here."
"Don't forget to ask him about the colony."
"What?"
"Try to find out what you can about the colony, why is it here, what kind of people live there." He shrugged. "It would be nice to have an eye on the inside."
"Oh... uh... yeah, I can do that I guess..."

"Do you think the Sky-People are going to keep their end of the bargain?" asked Neytiri with a cocked eye.
"No. I don't. That's why we got to be ready for anything."

There wasn't much else to discuss that evening. They finished by talking about how the tribe was faring, before heading off to sleep. Then, only Jake and Neytiri were left.

"How is Miri Neytiri?" asked Jake.

Neytiri looked concerned. "Well..."
"Did something happen?" Jake asked afraid. His heart started to skip a beat.

"No, don't worry, Miri's fine... She's just playing with her friends." She said reassuringly. "But something... strange happened at the Tree of Voices..."

"What happened?"

"When she melded with the tree, when she first joined, all was fine. But then the lights went out." Her voice was scared, frightened. "Then she... she just went asleep. Just like when you were still an dream-walker..."
"Oh god, is she still okay?!" cried Jake gripping Neytiri's arms.

"She... as soon as it happened, the lights went out. We were scared Jake, we tried everything to wake her. We even just took her whip away from the tree easily, but nothing happened." She took a deep breath. "She was asleep like that... for minutes. Then... just like that, she woke up. She was crying. She was frightened..."
Mother said that she felt something strange happen in the Tree. The voices were stilled. The Tree didn't feel right anymore. It was dark... so dark. Then the lights on the Tree returned. We didn't move from it until the other lights came back..."

"And then?"

"And that was it. Nothing else. We checked Miri over and over, from top to bottom, but she was fine, just frightened." She looked back up to Jake. "But she's alright now. Hesh'ka said she was fine. She took great care in her..."

"Where is she now?"
"She's playing with her friends, like I said. Hesh'ka went back to her people. She said she needed to see if they were fine."
"Okay then. Go and check on her, I'll be down soon."
"Okay Jake... see you soon." She started climbing down the tree.

Jake was still standing there. He was thinking about the Dark Lands.

Funny I didn't tell anyone about it.

When he had awoken in that grey land, he was confused, frightened. He saw strange things, heard strange sounds. But the most vivid thing about the place that he could remember was the Shadow Man. There was figure there, he was pretty sure that he was Human, but he was almost as big as himself. Jake wasn't able to make out any real details about him, he was too dark, like he was made out of shadow. Jake had called out to it, asking it who it was. Then it just attacked him.
It had been so sudden. The Shadow man just started to smash him onto the ground and started to pound his face into the dirt. He was strong, obscenely so. Jake could barely move or fight back. He thought it was going to kill him right there. Then he was woken up by Alex. The dream was so vivid; he nearly launched himself at the human right there.

He didn't understand anything that had happened. He wasn't that sure why he didn't tell anyone about it either.

He started to walk back down the tree.

"Using Norm, you own friend, to spy on the colony." An unmistakably human voice slithered in English. "That sounds like Quaritch."

Jake spun around. "Who said that?" he snapped.

There was no one there.

Jake could have sworn to Eywa that someone had said that right into his ear.

He shook his head and started climbing down again

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[VIDEO LOG NO. 1]
[DATE: 3.2.2160]
[AUTHOR: SGT GARNETT, A.]
[RECORD]
Shows Alex fiddling with the camera. The filming is being done in his bunkroom. A window to the outside of Pandoran Colony can be seen. Alex is wearing casual clothing.
[GARNETT:] "Uh... hello? Is this thing on?"
[NOH: Offscreen] "Yeah, just talk to it bro, the red light's blinking."
[GARNETT:] "Oh... okay then... Um... Well hi there. This is my first Video log. Bosses orders..."
[NOH: Offscreen] "You mean old Hellboy's orders."
[GARNETT:] "Bugger off Noh, Go make your own log... Right then... My name's Alex Garnett. I'm part of the Colonial Militia for the New Pandoran Colony, here at Hells Gate. My boss, Major Halverson, just promoted me and my friend Noh to the rank of Sergeant. Why that is the case is more to do with a little, uh, escapade me and my friend here went on..."
[NOH: Offscreen] "You mean 'myself and my friend'."
[GARNETT:] To offscreen "What are you, a Grammar Nazi? Get lost."
[NOH: Offscreen] "Fine..." footsteps heard, door shuts behind.

[GARNETT:] "Right, as I was saying... 'Myself and my friend' went on a little escapade. More to the point, we were kidnapped by Na'vi from the esteemed Omaticaya tribe. Man... we were just doing recon at one of the old mines the RDA used to have, when a couple of them flew in on those friggen flying lizards, and grabbed us from the group. It was horrible. Then we were flown to the tribe's home and met the leader. Damnit, I'm getting ahead of myself.

Well, when we landed, Me and Noh tried to escape, but all that got us was a beating from our captors. Then we got taken to that tree. You would not fucking believe who we met. The chieftain of the tribe was the one and only Jake Sully. The same guy who practically took down the original RDA force. Voice drips in sarcasm Anyway, we had a nice conversation, where we learned much about each other's cultures. Normal voice Well we stayed there overnight, and in the next day, he and a bunch of other guys came to take us back to the colony in one piece. Well, they tried to anyway... Something really horrible and weird happened on the way. Look, the details are in my official report, you wanna find out, go read the paper work.

Anyways... the real reason that I'm doing these video logs to begin with is 'cause our promotion was a lot more than ceremonial. Due to the fact that I and Noh actually came into contact with the Na'vi, Major Halverson has just made us the official liaison between the colony and the Na'vi. That kind of means I've just become a kind of diplomat. Whenever the Na'vi wants to talk to the colony, we have to go and translate and try to assist them in whatever the problem is. Our job is also to make sure that none of our own men cause any trouble. All in all, it means that if one of our boys has been shooting up some hunting party, or a colonist dumps toxic waste in tribe's water supply, or if a colonist gets an arrow in the chest, it's my job to make everyone calms the hell down and try to reason with them. It's the same deal with Noh.

Old Hellboy told us about it this morning. Just said that we weren't just Corporals now, we were full blown sergeants. He said he needed someone to keep things from getting too tense. He chose us because... well, you know, because we got to meet them. It's not all fun and games though. We got to attend extra classes with the science crew on Na'vi language and culture, not to mention NCO training. We're now on 24 hour standby, which means that if anything happens, we have to get our asses out of bed and to wherever the hell the problem is. On the plus side, we get all sorts of new perks. We get to place orders for the artificers at the manufacturing plant to make whatever we want, like new guns, toys and whatever. We get heaps of power in anything Na'vi related, which means that as long as something is Na'vi related, I can make anyone do whatever the hell I feel as necessary. Hell, even those RDA cowboys have to bow under me whenever I say so... as long as it's got something to do with the Na'vi. And of course, I get extra pay and privileges. From what I heard, neither the General, nor the Director was too fluffed about it, but Dr. Carnegie from the science team supported it. Said it would help prevent any collateral damage, or damage relations. Apparently, they had to remind them that making friends with the Na'vi was much more preferable than going into a long and costly war with them, not to mention getting the U.N off of their backs.

Well, anyway, the good doctor wanted me to make these video logs whenever something interesting happened. Said that it was to help record keeping, as well as to help summarize the day's events. Apparently, the great Jake Sully used to make them... huh...

Well, I guess that does about it for the night. I got to go place my order for that Automatic Shotgun that I've wanted for a while... I'll probably be making a new log as time goes by... Stan 'll probably give me advice on how to make these damn things. Good night then.
Gets up. Leans over the camera.
Now where was the stop button? Oh, right..."
[END RECORD]

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Dear Diary...

"So how did the actual meeting with the Sky-People go?" asked Neytiri.
"Better than I feared. Worse than I had hoped."

When he and the three other surviving hunters came back to the Hometree, Jake told everyone about what had happened in their trip to Hells Gate. The loss of three of the six Na'vi who went along with them was keenly felt throughout the tribe. One of the first questions asked by the ordinary people of the tribe was whether or not the Sky-People were the cause of death, to which Jake and the other hunters strongly denied. All of the Na'vi knew about the lights in the forest being turned off however. When it had happened, a lot of them had become amazingly tense, frightened and scared. Even the bravest of warriors lit fires and huddled around whatever lights they could make. People were scared. Norm said that he'd never seen anything like it. Then just like that, the lights came back. As if nothing had happened. Everyone said that it was the most frightening thing to ever happen in their lives.

At least the tribe had recovered from it. That afternoon, Neytiri and her daughter Miri had returned. Everyone had started to ask Jake on what had actually happened.

He opened up by saying that the Sky-People had agreed to bow to their requests. That he had made a few unexpected friends in the colony and that the deaths of the three hunters were not the Humans fault. People were generally satisfied with what had happened.

He turned to his wingman. "Mu'kala, you and Shee'kana and Ar'kadi can answer any questions that the others have. I need to talk with some of the others."

He journeyed up the titanic Hometree and entered his quarters. Soon, Norm, Neytiri and Mo'at, as well as a few Avatar scientists joined him. They talked about the current state of affairs.

"So are you sure that we can trust these Sky-People, Chieftain?" asked Mo'at.
"We can trust Halverson and the militia. Selfridge, Carson and the RDA can't be trusted." Jake said firmly. "I suggest that we talk to the colony through the militia, rather than through any 'official' way that they want to set up with us."

He turned to Norm and the other Avatar scientists. "You know a Stan Carnegie?"
Norm's face gave the expression of surprise. "I, uh, Yeah! He taught some stuff back in college."
"Good, cause he's here." Jake gave a small warm smile. "You are going to be talking to him about this world."
"Jeez... Can't believe HE of all people is here."
"Don't forget to ask him about the colony."
"What?"
"Try to find out what you can about the colony, why is it here, what kind of people live there." He shrugged. "It would be nice to have an eye on the inside."
"Oh... uh... yeah, I can do that I guess..."

"Do you think the Sky-People are going to keep their end of the bargain?" asked Neytiri with a cocked eye.
"No. I don't. That's why we got to be ready for anything."

There wasn't much else to discuss that evening. They finished by talking about how the tribe was faring, before heading off to sleep. Then, only Jake and Neytiri were left.

"How is Miri Neytiri?" asked Jake.

Neytiri looked concerned. "Well..."
"Did something happen?" Jake asked afraid. His heart started to skip a beat.

"No, don't worry, Miri's fine... She's just playing with her friends." She said reassuringly. "But something... strange happened at the Tree of Voices..."

"What happened?"

"When she melded with the tree, when she first joined, all was fine. But then the lights went out." Her voice was scared, frightened. "Then she... she just went asleep. Just like when you were still an dream-walker..."
"Oh god, is she still okay?!" cried Jake gripping Neytiri's arms.

"She... as soon as it happened, the lights went out. We were scared Jake, we tried everything to wake her. We even just took her whip away from the tree easily, but nothing happened." She took a deep breath. "She was asleep like that... for minutes. Then... just like that, she woke up. She was crying. She was frightened..."
Mother said that she felt something strange happen in the Tree. The voices were stilled. The Tree didn't feel right anymore. It was dark... so dark. Then the lights on the Tree returned. We didn't move from it until the other lights came back..."

"And then?"

"And that was it. Nothing else. We checked Miri over and over, from top to bottom, but she was fine, just frightened." She looked back up to Jake. "But she's alright now. Hesh'ka said she was fine. She took great care in her..."

"Where is she now?"
"She's playing with her friends, like I said. Hesh'ka went back to her people. She said she needed to see if they were fine."
"Okay then. Go and check on her, I'll be down soon."
"Okay Jake... see you soon." She started climbing down the tree.

Jake was still standing there. He was thinking about the Dark Lands.

Funny I didn't tell anyone about it.

When he had awoken in that grey land, he was confused, frightened. He saw strange things, heard strange sounds. But the most vivid thing about the place that he could remember was the Shadow Man. There was figure there, he was pretty sure that he was Human, but he was almost as big as himself. Jake wasn't able to make out any real details about him, he was too dark, like he was made out of shadow. Jake had called out to it, asking it who it was. Then it just attacked him.
It had been so sudden. The Shadow man just started to smash him onto the ground and started to pound his face into the dirt. He was strong, obscenely so. Jake could barely move or fight back. He thought it was going to kill him right there. Then he was woken up by Alex. The dream was so vivid; he nearly launched himself at the human right there.

He didn't understand anything that had happened. He wasn't that sure why he didn't tell anyone about it either.

He started to walk back down the tree.

"Using Norm, you own friend, to spy on the colony." An unmistakably human voice slithered in English. "That sounds like Quaritch."

Jake spun around. "Who said that?" he snapped.

There was no one there.

Jake could have sworn to Eywa that someone had said that right into his ear.

He shook his head and started climbing down again

-------------------------------------

[VIDEO LOG NO. 1]
[DATE: 3.2.2160]
[AUTHOR: SGT GARNETT, A.]
[RECORD]
Shows Alex fiddling with the camera. The filming is being done in his bunkroom. A window to the outside of Pandoran Colony can be seen. Alex is wearing casual clothing.
[GARNETT:] "Uh... hello? Is this thing on?"
[NOH: Offscreen] "Yeah, just talk to it bro, the red light's blinking."
[GARNETT:] "Oh... okay then... Um... Well hi there. This is my first Video log. Bosses orders..."
[NOH: Offscreen] "You mean old Hellboy's orders."
[GARNETT:] "Bugger off Noh, Go make your own log... Right then... My name's Alex Garnett. I'm part of the Colonial Militia for the New Pandoran Colony, here at Hells Gate. My boss, Major Halverson, just promoted me and my friend Noh to the rank of Sergeant. Why that is the case is more to do with a little, uh, escapade me and my friend here went on..."
[NOH: Offscreen] "You mean 'myself and my friend'."
[GARNETT:] To offscreen "What are you, a Grammar Nazi? Get lost."
[NOH: Offscreen] "Fine..." footsteps heard, door shuts behind.

[GARNETT:] "Right, as I was saying... 'Myself and my friend' went on a little escapade. More to the point, we were kidnapped by Na'vi from the esteemed Omaticaya tribe. Man... we were just doing recon at one of the old mines the RDA used to have, when a couple of them flew in on those friggen flying lizards, and grabbed us from the group. It was horrible. Then we were flown to the tribe's home and met the leader. Damnit, I'm getting ahead of myself.

Well, when we landed, Me and Noh tried to escape, but all that got us was a beating from our captors. Then we got taken to that tree. You would not fucking believe who we met. The chieftain of the tribe was the one and only Jake Sully. The same guy who practically took down the original RDA force. Voice drips in sarcasm Anyway, we had a nice conversation, where we learned much about each other's cultures. Normal voice Well we stayed there overnight, and in the next day, he and a bunch of other guys came to take us back to the colony in one piece. Well, they tried to anyway... Something really horrible and weird happened on the way. Look, the details are in my official report, you wanna find out, go read the paper work.

Anyways... the real reason that I'm doing these video logs to begin with is 'cause our promotion was a lot more than ceremonial. Due to the fact that I and Noh actually came into contact with the Na'vi, Major Halverson has just made us the official liaison between the colony and the Na'vi. That kind of means I've just become a kind of diplomat. Whenever the Na'vi wants to talk to the colony, we have to go and translate and try to assist them in whatever the problem is. Our job is also to make sure that none of our own men cause any trouble. All in all, it means that if one of our boys has been shooting up some hunting party, or a colonist dumps toxic waste in tribe's water supply, or if a colonist gets an arrow in the chest, it's my job to make everyone calms the hell down and try to reason with them. It's the same deal with Noh.

Old Hellboy told us about it this morning. Just said that we weren't just Corporals now, we were full blown sergeants. He said he needed someone to keep things from getting too tense. He chose us because... well, you know, because we got to meet them. It's not all fun and games though. We got to attend extra classes with the science crew on Na'vi language and culture, not to mention NCO training. We're now on 24 hour standby, which means that if anything happens, we have to get our asses out of bed and to wherever the hell the problem is. On the plus side, we get all sorts of new perks. We get to place orders for the artificers at the manufacturing plant to make whatever we want, like new guns, toys and whatever. We get heaps of power in anything Na'vi related, which means that as long as something is Na'vi related, I can make anyone do whatever the hell I feel as necessary. Hell, even those RDA cowboys have to bow under me whenever I say so... as long as it's got something to do with the Na'vi. And of course, I get extra pay and privileges. From what I heard, neither the General, nor the Director was too fluffed about it, but Dr. Carnegie from the science team supported it. Said it would help prevent any collateral damage, or damage relations. Apparently, they had to remind them that making friends with the Na'vi was much more preferable than going into a long and costly war with them, not to mention getting the U.N off of their backs.

Well, anyway, the good doctor wanted me to make these video logs whenever something interesting happened. Said that it was to help record keeping, as well as to help summarize the day's events. Apparently, the great Jake Sully used to make them... huh...

Well, I guess that does about it for the night. I got to go place my order for that Automatic Shotgun that I've wanted for a while... I'll probably be making a new log as time goes by... Stan 'll probably give me advice on how to make these damn things. Good night then.
Gets up. Leans over the camera.
Now where was the stop button? Oh, right..."
[END RECORD]