A.N. Yes, it has been a super long time since the last update. I'm a slacker, what can I say? Well, here it is. Enjoy!

Entry #7:

"The Art of Firemaking"

Fire; such a confusing word. I mean, honestly; some people say it's a bad thing, being destructive and all, yet some say it is a good thing, allowing us to cook with it and eat a wide variety of foods. I personally agree with the "good" views of it. And, speaking of fire, I have the sudden unnatural urge to burn stuff.

Sweet, I have like five thousand willow logs in my bank. Is it just some random coincidence, or is it just my mad skills again? Probably my mad skills. I surprise even myself sometimes…

Well, time to burn. I got my tinderbox, and twenty-six willow logs with me along with some other type of log. Ooohhh!! I'm so excited! This is going to be sooooooo fun! I feel all giddy! Here goes…setting the logs down now…I can feel the adrenaline rush! Got my match…lighting the match…and…FIRE! Yes, fire! Beautiful, warm, soothing fire! My eyes can barely behold such a sight! Must make more fire; fire good, fire very good…

I attempt to light the logs. The fire catches and the logs begin to burn. Oh yeah, I'm good. Once more…! I attempt to light the logs. The fire catches and the logs begin to burn. Woot! Mad skills right there. Hold on, one more time. I attempt to light the logs…

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Oh, what is this? Jibbed! These logs are like, duds or something. They won't light no matter what. Hmm, there has to be something wrong here…

Hey, I know, I'll go consult that Fire Master guy. Yeah, he'll know what to do for sure. So, here I am now in the middle of some tree-cluttered area south of Seer's Village with this guy who claims himself to be "The Master of Fire." Dude, I really don't care about that, though you do have a gnarly cape, but, all I want to know is why these logs won't light. He gives me this really creepy glare, looking at me like I'm some type or moron. He tells me that I'm not skilled enough to light this log type. I started laughing, few snorts came out, I couldn't help it. I told him that was the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard, but I shut up when I saw him take my tinderbox and light the logs.

After a long lecture from "The Master of Fire," I began to wonder what else I could do with my firemaking skills. I collected various items: a piece of Flax, a Mining Helmet, a Fire Rune, and my trusty Abyssal Whip.

One by one, starting with the Mining Helmet, I took my tinderbox and began experimenting.

Oddly, when you take a match to a Mining helmet, the light turns on. What is up with that? I'm beginning to think there's more to these matches then meets-the-eye. I mean, this small Tinderbox does hold an infinite number of matches. I extinguished the Mining Helmet and lit it up again, and repeated the process as if I was awe-struck.

Next, I tried it with the Fire Rune. Nothing interesting happened, sadly. It was now time for the flax.

I set the piece of Flax down, and whipped out a match from the Tinderbox. I lit the match, and placed the flame on the flax. I waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, AND WAITED. Nothing interesting happened. Wait a freaking second. IT'S A FREAKING PLANT! Don't plants burn? This thing should be combusting into a massive fire show by now! Grr, I'm getting frustrated with all this Firemaking business…

Well, one item left—my trusty Abyssal Whip. I had this bad feeling in my gut, but according to my experiments "totally awesome results" so far, I knew nothing could go wrong. Boy was I wrong…whoa, bit of deja vu there.

I held my trusty Abyssal Whip out in front of me, letting it hang down like a fully extended rope. I took a match from the Tinderbox, lit it, and placed it at the end of my trusty Abyssal Whip.

I screamed. Yes, a girly scream; a scream much similar to that of the bat-incident's one. My trusty Abyssal Whip went up in flames and quickly burned into a smoldering pile of ashes…

A.N. I took some near-direct quotes from RuneScape, as you might have seen, such as "The fire catches and the logs begin to burn." Also, the "deja vu" part is making reference to Chapter two. If you don't believe me, go look in the last sentence of the first paragraph in Chapter two. Now, I promise the next chapter will be up much faster, so don't worry.