"Outrageous Fortune" Character Diaries, Sessions 1-100

Table of contents

• Ahab's Diaries
• Alex's Diaries
• Ariana's Diaries
• Bart's Diaries
• Felix's Diaries
• Heather's Diaries
• Laughter's Diaries
• Ronan's Diary
• Usires' Diaries
• Vixen's Diary

Ahab's Diaries

4. Session 4

• Ahab's letter to Rygat

43. Session 43
44. Session 44
45. Session 45
46. Session 46
47. Session 47
48. Session 48
49. Session 49
50. Session 50
51. Session 51
52. Session 52
53. Session 53
54. Session 54
55. Session 55
56. Session 56
57. Session 57
58. Session 58
59. Session 59
60. Session 60
61. Session 61
62. Session 62
63. Session 63
64. Session 64
65. Session 65
66. Session 66
67. Session 67
68. Session 68
69. Session 69

71. Session 71
72. Session 72
73. Session 73
74. Session 74

76. Session 76
77. Session 77
78. Session 78
79. Session 79
80. Session 80 - "It's always a bad sign when things go according to my design."
81. Session 81 - "I expected this, but not so soon."
82. Session 82 - "Unusually enough, I find myself torn between intemperate behavior..."
83. Session 83 - "I've come to the conclusion that the ultimate enemy of drama is planning."

• Israel interim - "So far, so good. Insertion into this Shadow went like a charm."

84. Session 84 - "Shell shocked is the word."
85. Session 85 - "Damn, for a moment there I hardly recognized myself."
86. Session 86 - "I can't *believe* how much I'm getting away with as King."
87. Session 87 - "It's pretty weird shit..."
88. Session 88 - "What the hell did Mandor expect?"
89. Session 89 - "Sadly, acting wise doesn't actually make you wiser."
90. Session 90 - "Now maybe we'll see some proper action..."
91. Session 91 - "I don't really believe in omens."

93. Session 93 - "So, I'm not ready to be King yet? Really! Wow!"
94. Session 94 - "If it weren't for my wife, I'd be dead by now."
95. Session 95 - "Style. What is called for here, is style."
96. Session 96 - "This diary could never have been written..."

Alex's Diaries

42. Session 42 - "A rank amateur..."
43. Session 43 - "Such a mix of things going on."
44. Session 44 - "Everything falls into place...many layers to that thought."
45. Session 45 - "A royal mess...that's the only term for it."
46. Session 46 - "Well, at least my closer relatives seem to be better jailers..."
47. Session 47 - "I should have known."
48. Session 48 - "Not much to say, really, in this entry."
49. Session 49 - "Now I finally am finding a place in the universe."
50. Session 50 - "Well, the last few days have been quiet and routine..."
51. Session 51 - "My father is back. I suppose that should make things easier."
52. Session 52 - "Well, I guess there really is no rest for the wicked."
53. Session 53 - "Well, my family is a little bigger."

58. Session 58 - "I shouldn't be surprised."
59. Session 59 - "At least reality isn't being threatened currently..."

70. Session 70 - "Well, I guess this means Ahab *would* be dangerous, if he had half a brain."
71. Session 71 - "Well, I've finally managed to locate Mebd."

73. Session 73 - "The calm after the storm, I guess..."
74. Session 74 - "Still going..."
75. Session 75 - "It's nice to see business as usual, for the first time in a while..."

77. Session 77 - "What a ride...and I end up in traffic court for it, apparently."
78. Session 78 - "Well, the Discworld certainly seems to have been anti-climactic, as battles go."

80. Session 80 - "Mebd's back... I'm picnicking well again."

87. Session 87 - "Well, my strategy worked."

89. Session 89 - "I have survived my meeting with the Faerie King..."
90. Session 90 - "I don't seem to be having much luck pursuing information about my new associates."
91. Session 91 - "Mebd can wait no longer. Poor, foolish girl, she has doomed herself."

97. Session 97 - "The King is dead..."
98. Session 98 - "Well, the good news is, I'm not dying so quickly anymore."

100. Session 100 - "My life has taken a turn; hopefully, it is away from the cliff..."

Ariana's Diaries

Prelude

• Ariana's Story - "So much has happened to me, so quickly..."

Diaries

1. Session 1 - "Well, I finally learned the name of the stranger..."
2. Session 2 - "Today has been the strangest day."
3. Session 3 - "Since I learned of my true heritage..."

6. Session 6 - "I am going to kill Brand!"
7. Session 7 - "Well, I was unable to find Felix..."
8. Session 8 - "Shard is back, apparently unharmed..."
9. Session 9 - "Ahab is alive and well."
10. Session 10 - "Not much else of interest happened last night."
11. Session 11 - "Oberon is my pater. I cannot believe this is happening to me!"
12. Session 12 - "We have learned the name of the man responsible for burning..."
13. Session 13 - "I feel much better now that I have had some sleep.
14. Session 14 - "Things have gotten rather strange around here."
15. Session 15 - "Well, at least we are safely home."
16. Session 16 - "Alex has managed to blow up the castle."
17. Session 17 - "Today certainly has been full of surprises."
18. Session 18 - "I cannot say I think much of the attitudes of these Begmans..."
19. Session 19 - "It seems that Shard has never tried to control..."
20. Session 20 - "This family has entirely too many secrets!"
21. Session 21 - "I hate being injured."
22. Session 22 - "I finally got to sleep late last night."
23. Session 23 - "Matters continue to worsen as this day goes on."
24. Session 24 - "I did not get much sleep last night."
25. Session 25 - "I have just about given up on trying to patch things up with Heather.
26. Session 26
27. Session 27
28. Session 28
29. Session 29
30. Session 30
31. Session 31
32. Session 32
33. Session 33
34. Session 34
35. Session 35
36. Session 36
37. Session 37
38. Session 38
39. Session 39
40. Session 40
41. Session 41
42. Session 42
43. Session 43
44. Session 44
45. Session 45
46. Session 46
47. Session 47
48. Session 48
49. Session 49
50. Session 50
51. Session 51
52. Session 52 - "Ahab has decided not to kill Riftvan."
53. Session 53 - "Riftvan used a glamour to disguise my current clothing..."
54. Session 54
55. Session 55
56. Session 56
57. Session 57
58. Session 58
59. Session 59
60. Session 60
61. Session 61 - "Ahab's off doing something dangerous again."
62. Session 62 - "Riftvan finally woke up."
63. Session 63 - "I can't seem to stop smiling."
64. Sessions 64-65 - "It's gone! But that's impossible!"

66. Session 66 - "I'm glad I'm out of there."
67. Session 67 - "I can't believe I slept so late."
68. Session 68 - "I'm beginning to recall why we don't usually live in the castle."
69. Session 69 - "I can feel the Pattern."
70. Session 70 - "We're doomed. Up until now, I had some hope, but..."
71. Session 71 - "I'm glad Lavender came to see me."
72. Session 72 - "Foster looks like someone just ran over his puppy."
73. Session 73 - "Gods above, wasn't it bad enough that I had to throw up in front of everyone?"
74. Session 74 - "I feel like Rip van Winkle."
75. Session 75 - "I am undone. I have tried every trick I know on this Hendrake lord..."
76. Session 76 - "Lavender and I have begun to fence together again..."
77. Session 77 - "The spell progresses far more rapidly than I had expected."
78. Session 78 - "I cannot believe I slept clear through to the morning."
79. Session 79 - "I shouldn't be surprised that Vialle couldn't understand."
80. Session 80 - "I can't believe he collects those dreadful things."
81. Session 81 - "One of these days, when Lavender Trumps me while I'm having sex..."
82. Session 82 - "Poor Darby. Bartholomew was so distraught over Lyss..."
83. Session 83 - "What a marvelous idea! I like the way Viktoria's mind works."
84. Session 84 - "I must admit that some of my dance partners have been rather unexpected."
85. Session 85 - "I can't believe I almost slept through the meeting."
86. Session 86 - "I'm beginning to worry about Shannon and Vincent."
87. Session 87 - "Poor Lavender."
88. Session 88 - "There is the faintest breath of hope stirring within me..."
89. Session 89 - "Bartholomew has agreed to put me in touch with Looks Twice."
90. Session 90 - "There was a note in the bed this morning."
91. Session 91 - "I'm glad Riftvan called, even if he can't come home yet."
92. Session 92 - "Bleys can be such a bastard."
93. Session 93 - "All that, and Usires' ax was never even altered."
94. Session 94 - "Lavender has hit upon a plan to keep the children safe..."
95. Session 95 - "I wasn't surprised when Ahab told me I was being left behind."
96. Session 96 - "I could find no sign of Tamaryn..."
97. Session 97 - "Mother cannot remember anything beyond the time when she attacked Felix..."
98. Session 98 - "After a remarkably short labor, under two hours, in fact..."
99. Session 99 - "Somehow, I thought Riftvan would be able to remove it."
100. Session 100 - "Riftvan is still sleeping."

Bart's Diaries

53. Session 53 - "I'm in trouble this time for sure."
54. Session 54 - "Ah! Molly's a fine one!"
55. Session 55 - "Molly continues to expand my education."
56. Session 56 - "I cannot sleep. I am returned to my home in Rebma..."
57. Session 57 - "Well, now I'm confused."
58. Session 58 - "Okay, life is still good."

• Ten month interim - "My fears on that matter allayed...

59. Session 59 - "Thought I'd write my thoughts, this morning.
60. Session 60 - "Okay, I need to regroup. Can I do that?
61. Session 61 - "I should have known better. Last night it starts up again already."
62. Session 62 - "I was so disgusted by yesterday...."
63. Session 63 - "My research was just starting to pay off..."
64. Session 64 - "Amber is such a damnably long distance from Rebma..."
65. Session 65 - "All right, the first question is permanence."
66. Session 66 - "At least I believe that those figures are correct."
67. Session 67 - "At least I've rested."
68. Session 68 - "I've finished hanging another Xeno, more than likely a futile gesture."
69. Session 69 - "I record this in the sanctity of a sitting room..."
70. Session 70 - "Our breakfast sprawls across the tables..."
71. Session 71 - "These were my reflections on entering the dining hall."
72. Session 72 - "I stood before the door to the lower sections of Daraways."
73. Session 73 - "My mother drew me into the water..."
74. Session 74 - "There are things which one does when nervous..."
75. Session 75 - "Feeling a calm resignation, I returned to Amber to attend a few loose ends."
76. Session 76 - "After the climactic battle at Kolvir's foot..."
77. Session 77 - "That night, and the following day, were a fog of coincidence..."
78. Session 78 - "I sat at the end of the bed, my bed, in my inn, on my Plane of existence..."

Felix's Diaries

1. Session 1
2. Session 2
3. Session 3
4. Session 4
5. Session 5
6. Session 6
7. Session 7
8. Session 8
9. Session 9
10. Session 10
11. Session 11
12. Session 12
13. Session 13
14. Session 14
15. Session 15
16. Session 16
17. Session 17
18. Session 18
19. Session 19
20. Session 20

25. Session 25
26. Session 26

28. Session 28
29. Session 29
30. Session 30
31. Session 31

33. Session 33
34. Session 34
35. Session 35
36. Session 36
37. Session 37

39. Session 39
40. Session 40
41. Session 41
42. Session 42
43. Session 43
44. Session 44

46. Session 46
47. Session 47
48. Session 48
49. Session 49
50. Session 50
51. Session 51
52. Session 52
53. Session 53
54. Session 54
55. Session 55

58. Session 58

63. Session 63
64. Session 64 - "Foster's done it this time... Laughter is with child."
65. Session 65 - "The past several hours are a blur."
66. Session 66 - "It feels like we've been traveling for days."
67. Session 67 - "It was nice to spend a day at home, quite honestly."
68. Session 68 - "Foster had said that he found his discussion with Da..."
69. Session 69 - "My mother always used to hold my hand when I hurt myself."
70. Session 70 - "It has not been a good day."

72. Session 72 - "Still no word from Vetch and Martin."
73. Session 73 - "I pissed off Da today."
74. Session 74 - "She seems like a decent person."
75. Session 75 - "You would think that Chaos would have learned to leave us alone by now."
76. Session 76 - "I could kill him... How dare he rub shit all over my face?"
77. Session 77 - "Jackie spurned my advances."
78. Session 78 - "We're leaving today."
79. Sessions 79-81 - "Oberon's plans are set into motion - the weddings have begun."

82. Session 82 - "And so it begins."
83. Session 83 - "Laughter is a persistent girl..."
84. Session 84 - "The King is dead - my daughter may have been his executioner."
85. Session 85 - "Things...people...they're all changing so quickly...everyone but me."
86. Session 86 - "Lord, I've messed up."
87. Session 87 - "I'd planned on escorting her home..."

89. Session 89 - "I knew that it was wise of me to keep tabs on Usires..."
90. Session 90 - "I've done a particularly stupid thing, this time."
91. Session 91 - "I think that Ivan is my father."
92. Session 92 - "I broke my promise."
93. Session 93 - "It could have been worse."
94. Session 94 - "Caine has returned, and he is alive."
95. Session 95 - "Note to myself - never accuse a woman of soiling herself..."
96. Session 96 - "I've just had one of the most unpleasant experiences of my life."
97. Session 97 - "The Chinese have a curse, 'May you live in interesting times.'"
98. Session 98 - "I've been spending more time with Mum..."
99. Session 99 - "I'm not quite sure what's happened..."
100. Session 100 - "I don't think that Mum is going to let Da play with Caine anymore."

Heather's Diaries

42. Session 42
43. Session 43 - "Crackle, crackle. I wish I had seen it happen..."
44. Session 44
45. Session 45
46. Session 46
47. Session 47
48. Session 48
49. Session 49
50. Session 50
51. Session 51

Laughter's Diaries

55. Session 55
56. Session 56
57. Session 57
58. Session 58

• Ten month interim

59. Session 59
60. Session 60
61. Session 61
62. Session 62

• Four and a half year interim

63. Session 63
64. Session 64 - "The amethyst and emerald ring is on the floor..."

66. Session 66 - "My love, I don't know what I am doing..."
67. Session 67 - "Little One, I don't know what kind of mother I am."
68. Session 68 - "CAVEAT EMPTOR VETCH"
69. Session 69 - "I am a vengeful, selfish person."
70. Session 70 - "First things first..."
71. Session 71 - "If all were as silent as the grave..."
72. Session 72 - "Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name."
73. Session 73 - "Once upon a time, there was a princess..."
74. Session 74 - "'Horatio.' So falls away the geas, and with it my sanity."
75. Session 75 - "I was in the infirmary, head bowed and leaning against my sword..."
76. Session 76 - "Dear Father, I'm writing this letter to you..."
77. Session 77 - "There really is nothing quite like being hit over the head..."
78. Session 78 - "AN ALPHABETICAL CATALOG OF LIFE AND ITS INHERENT WEIRDNESS"
79. Session 79 - "A spring day."
80. Session 80 - "It always distressed me that Beauty..."
81. Session 81 - "I may be the only person in the universe..."
82. Session 82 - "The Wedding of the Queen of Foil and the Man with No Legs."
83. Session 83 - "There was something very beautiful and heart-warming to me..."
84. Session 84 - "An ancient forest..."
85. Session 85 - "I went down to the practice rooms, suspecting but not yet certain..."
86. Session 86 - "I have rarely felt so much impotent rage in all my life."
87. Session 87 - "We packed up and went to Chaos..."
88. Session 88 - "I am not growing towards a better understanding of Faerie-kind."
89. Session 89 - "Motherhood is not at all like gardening..."
90. Sessions 90-91 - "Life is just one irony after another."

92. Session 92 - "Ahab was pretty damn irritated with Bart..."
93. Sessions 93-94 - "I finished my report to the King and departed"

95. Session 95 - "I open my eyes to near-darkness."
96. Session 96 - "Caine and I alone escaped to tell thee."
97. Session 97 - "After I gave the Jewel to Eric, we went to tell the Queen."
98. Session 98 - "I would never have Trumped Foster first..."

• Rath interim - "...I was running, out, full speed, across the green hills..."

99. Session 99 - "I am not much of a pack-rat."
100. Session 100 - "I became awake suddenly, still nestled between them..."

Ronan's Diary

98. Session 98 - "Normally, I would begin a journal entry with a date."

Usires' Diaries

53. Session 53 - "Damn me! I'm unconscious."
54. Session 54 - "Rubble. Goto ship. Threat'n me. Shadow. Boom? Magic."
55. Session 55 - "What is a minstrel doing in a soup line?"
56. Session 56 - "I really should be helping with the cleanup..."
57. Session 57 - "Well, this has been a productive couple days."
58. Session 58 - "Three on one was much better this afternoon."
59. Session 59 - "Laughter hosts a good hunt ball."
60. Session 60 - "What in the Hel was Bartholomew up to?"
61. Session 61 - "Well, damn them to Hel. Who are these Hendrakes?"
62. Session 62 - "This is not the wisest thing to do."
63. Session 63 - "I suspect if I live for a hundred years, Amberites will continue to seem strange."
64. Session 64 - "When it snows, it storms."
65. Session 65 - "I knew magic wasn't natural. I knew it."
66. Session 66 - "That bitch. She shot me through the shoulder!"
67. Session 67 - "Well, *I* feel better now, anyway."
68. Session 68 - "Well, we're off. Though Driscoll is in charge now."
69. Session 69 - "What-the-Hel. What...the...Hel..."
70. Session 70 - "Well...at least now I have a chance of defending Amber directly..."
71. Session 71 - "Caine keeps telling me to never trust a relative."
72. Session 72 - "Felix reports the Rebmans found no body."

74. Session 74 - "I hope this sudden attack is successful, quickly."
75. Session 75 - "Well, now, the Lord of the Hendrakes himself."
76. Session 76 - "Oh, damn. Oh pig scat. Sex isn't worth it."

78. Session 78 - "Oberon is King. A kingly king. Caine was right."
79. Session 79 - "Well, Martin is still in a mood."
80. Session 80 - "Weddings. All these marriages."
81. Session 81 - "Now what the Hel happened?"
82. Session 82 - "Well, one more wedding tonight, and I'll be free of obligations..."
83. Session 83 - "Thank the Unicorn."
84. Session 84 - "Hel's ale. A summons from the King can only be trouble."
85. Session 85 - "So, Takaran blades are illegal in Chaos."

87. Session 87 - "Odin-damn-it-all."
88. Session 88 - "Damn and blast! Dara strikes quick. Quick and precise."
89. Session 89 - "Why am I sitting in a bar?"
90. Session 90 - "July 1, Saturday : 6:48 a.m. - Usires recording - helm."
91. Session 91 - "Unicorn be damned! I still can't feel my hand."

93. Session 93 - "Well, we've successfully completed our patrol."

96. Session 96 - "I wonder if the Unicorn has something against sailors?"
97. Session 97 - "I can't believe we have no ships in Amber."
98. Session 98 - "I caused all the ships to sink, huh?"
99. Session 99 - "What a bloody miserable turn of events."
100. Session 100 - "Waiting. Suddenly, all I'm doing is waiting."

Vixen's Diary

100. Session 100 - "Atheism always seemed like the intelligent choice."

Done by Kris Fazzari.

Last modified on January 15, 1999 by Kris Fazzari.