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Diary of Charles Porcher ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ July 25th, 1900. I have been speaking with a number of doctors in hopes of curing both myself and my family of our ailments forced upon us by whatever god forsaken mining company poisoned our water. One doctor I spoke to requested that I keep note of any changes that happen to either myself or my family to assist in our future treatments. At times like this I'm thankful for all of those difficult lessons my father put me through, I wouldn't know how to do any of this fancy stuff without him. I suppose that means he is still helping me from beyond the grave. The current treatments I have been undergoing have not been pleasant, but I have been feeling better than I have in ages. Both me and my family have been taking laxatives to flush the poison from our bodies, it seems to be working for me, but neither my mother nor my younger siblings have been as fortunate as I have. The tainted water doesn't seem to be leaving them, and my youngest brother, Baeu, has fallen more incredibly ill not long ago. Baeu's deformities have only made things more difficult, my mother had even told me in private that she isn't sure if he has long left. An adult might have a chance at surviving this poison, but Baeu was born not long ago, I fear he might not be strong enough. I've been doing everything I can to make enough money to help them, and I've found success in that regard thanks to what my father taught me, but I have run into a problem. I grew up dirt poor, I had always thought money would solve all of my problems, now that I have it, I realize I was wrong. No matter how much money I make, there is no guaranteed way I can save my family. Doctors only know treatments, and those treatments don't seem to be working. I can't pay the doctors for a cure that doesn't exist, I don't know what to do anymore. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ July 26th. 1900. I haven't been able to sleep lately, I keep trying to think of other things I could do that could help my family, I've made a list of my current ideas. 1 - Speak to the Governor about sending aid to Butcher Creek. When I spoke to him last he seemed very concerned about the Kamassa river being poisoned, I can only hope he would give help to my people. I still haven't told him I'm from Butcher Creek, I think I'll avoid doing that. 2 - Speak with the natives about the poisoned river. While exploring the cave the poison was leaking from, I found some cave paintings that seemed to depict animals tainted with the poisonous orange water, there seem to have been natives in the area at one point, they may even have suffered from the poison like my family has. The chances of this are low, but they might have ways to treat the poisoning that the civilized doctors haven't thought of. Different people would come to different solutions, and I need to try every possible solution I can if it means saving my people. 3 - Relocate the residents of Butcher Creek. I spoke with Avangeline and Boone about this, but they plan on helping a man named "Silas LeClerk" in his effort to buy Caliga Hall. Ava said the land is big, and my family might be able to relocate there to work on the land. This would get them away from the tainted river, and that might help them recover. The problem is that Mister LeClerk still hasn't been able to buy the land from the bank as of yet, I can only hope he is able to. 4 - Seal the leak at the Elysian Pool. At this point, the river near Butcher Creek will be tainted even if we seal the leak, but sealing the leak as soon as possible should still be a priority. The sooner the leak is sealed, the sooner the land can return to what it once was. I need to find an engineer and a chemist to help draft up a plan to seal the leak in the best way possible, and then some workers to actually seal it, but this hasn't been easy. There don't seem to be many well educated people in South Tahoma, I might have to see if anyone from out of the state would be willing. The Blackleys might be able to help, they seem like smart folk. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ August 1st. 1900. Beau passed away in his sleep last night, I woke up to my mother screaming at the top of her lungs, when I found her she was cradling Beau in her arms. I didn't know what to do, I didn't want to think he was dead after everything I had done to save him. I took Beau and my mother into the city to see if there was still time to save Beau, deep down I knew he was gone, but I didn't know what else I should've done. The doctor said he likely died of suffocation resulting from the arsenic poisoning combined with his deformities, a horrible way to go, and my mother heard all of it. She has always been the strongest person I knew, but this has been too much for her. I don't know what to do anymore, even with all the money I made nothing I have done has changed anything. I'm completely powerless, I failed Beau and I failed my family. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ August 2nd. 1900. Yesterday was one of the worst days I've had since I lost my father, and it doesn't look like things are getting better. When I slept last night, I dreamt that Beau was still with us, my mind tricked me into thinking his death was nothing but a horrible nightmare, I wanted to stay in that dream so badly, waking up to reality was a punch to the gut I wasn't prepared for. I had trouble pulling myself out of bed, I knew I needed to keep trying to find a solution, but I just feel so defeated. I can't help but feel that we'll all end up the same as Beau regardless of anything I do. We buried Beau next to my father in the graveyard in Butcher Creek, I wish we could have buried him somewhere nicer, but Butcher Creek is our home, regardless of what that poison has done to us. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A new section has been added to the catalogue, customers can now order medicinal herbs, cooking supplies, and fruits and vegetables.

Over the last month, catalogues for The Roanoke Trading Company have been distributed to stores and train stations across South Tahoma.

My hick character doesn't use any sort of guns, he only uses throwing axes and bows for combat. The reasoning for this is that his family was too poor to afford any guns or ammo, so he learned to use cheaper methods to hunt for food. Now that he actually has the money to afford a gun, he still chooses to use more basic weapons because he is used to them.