What The Humans See [Leila's Diary]

[Leila (DELETED 213)]

Dear Diary,

Work's got weird lately. I guess over the last year or so there's been really weird stuff coming in, lots of people with weird bites and the news says that violent crime is on the rise. I guess that explains why there are police everywhere too, and why there are loads of gunshots and screams in the night. I don't know what's made it all start happening, but I'm kinda scared about it, it never used to be like this here, it's why I liked it. Quiet and safe, not like back home at all, but now it's just like it all over again. I see a lot of fights when I go downtown to go into the bank or do some shopping. I've been thinking I should start carrying a gun or something, but I don't think I ever could. I'd be too scared to use it even if I had one and we see too many people come in with gunshots and stab wounds for me to want to do that to someone else. I just keep out their way and hope they don't notice me.

Which reminds me, I almost did get shot! I went to get some coffee at that nice place by the river and I guess there was some kind of stand off going on, but just as I was walking up there were loads of gun shots and some of them nearly hit me. I don't think I've been that scared in years, but what makes it worse is that it turns out it was the police who almost hit me! They said later that two of them thought I was an 'accomplice' to the guy they were after and didn't think of arresting me or anything like that. They're really trigger happy these days; I guess it's part of the whole 'we will bring the crime rate' down thing they must have going on with things being as bad as they are. Shoot first and ask questions later and maybe people will think twice. I don't like it. Especially since it means getting shot at for wanting a coffee! Seems to make them no better than the 'criminals' they say they're shooting at too.

Anyway, I better get back to work. See what new weirdness there is going on tonight. I blame that weird goth club opening up. Everything started getting weirder after I saw that place and the one time I went in it was just... Freaky in there. I'm glad I didn't go back, even if the girl at the bar seemed really nice.

[Leila (DELETED 213)]

Dear Diary,

I don't feel well today, I'm not sure what's happened to me. I think maybe my drink was spiked. We went to one of the bars down by the river after work, just for a quiet one and I'm not really sure what happened after that, but I ended up on the west side somehow. I'm kinda creeped out about who did what and what happened to me while I can't remember, but I don't think I really want to know. I was still dressed so I'm hoping it wasn't anything like that, but it's still scary.

This whole city's got scary lately, like I said before. Really weird stuff going on, but with the police being the way they are I'm wary of going to them, too. What if they don't believe me? Or they think I'm just one of the junkies who come into work all the time out of their minds on whatever it is they've taken, thinking they're superheroes or something and that they can do all sorts of weird stuff like read minds and jump over buildings. The world is full of freaks; I feel sorry for them really, but it's still weird.

So, no going to the police. They might arrest me or shoot at me like the last time! I'll just try and put it out of my mind, I think. Drink lots of water and I'll feel better tomorrow, surely. I hope so, I don't want to go to work hungover and deal with the weirdoes. It'd be more than I could bear, I think.