An account of events

[Roderic]

Boon owed=Draugen.

[Roderic]

Tonight was a disappointment in a multitude of ways.

[Roderic]

My custom designs always have a way of lifting my moods.
I don't know if it's due to the finalization of the project.
Feeling as if something was completed.
Or the actual process.
Maybe a bit of both.

She appreciated my design and hard work.
She put it in a box for safe keeping.
I am working on another, for her cohort. Her counterpart.

As I worked at my bench, I started noticing some things.
Pyper has added some of her own possessions in my place.
My space.
First there were her supplies. Understandable.
Can't craft without your own instruments.
Then Bastian.
Allowable. He is her design.
But there's more.
I've seen it.
All over.
It's almost littering. What she's done.

I almost threw it all away.
Packed it right up and tossed it out for the trash in the morning.
So I left and took a walk.

On my walk I discovered something.
I guess you could call it an epiphany.
I'd seen vampires on the street, just hanging around.
Not doing much with their time.
So I approached one and asked him why he was curb hogging.
He said he was working it. To make money.
He had my attention. We discussed how much he made selling his blood.

I handed him five-hundred bucks.
He pocketed it, then told me to follow him to some club.
I hate clubs. More than I hate people.
Vampires and humans alike.
We never made it to the club.
I jumped him in the park we cut through.
Then I stabbed him in his head after hacking off an arm as he attempted to throw me off him.
He obviously won't be missed.

This is when I had, what one would call an epiphany.
There were dozens of vampires doing this.
Just like him.
There had to be.
A small percentage of people would sell their souls to get rich quick.
I doubt that changed after they became a vampire.
So I would track them down.
One by one. Get what I need, then do the city a favor.
Completely free of charge.

[Roderic]

Necuratism is what they call it.
Supposedly.
Isn't that special?
Preferring to enjoy the best quality of stuff gets its own fancy name.
Like Fruitarian. Or Vegetarian.
Or whatever else there is out there with humans.
We've taken that mindset and adapted it to this lifestyle.
Isn't this life supposed to be better?
Stronger? Faster, etcetera, etcetera?
It's all I heard as a blood thief.

Again, I'm disappointed.
We didn't kill that human.
Normally, I don't really do the killing of women, but I made an exception.
She did touch an Altaire.
I'll get her next time.
For good.

[Roderic]

I tried to be social and found some results successful.
Some not so much.
Velveteen has not responded, so I can gather she does not want to go on a date with me.
I dislike that Nix has tasked me with being social.
I wonder if she tasked me with it to do a study.
Sometimes I feel like a guinea pig of sorts with the things people want me to do.
Make me do.

That human, the one that attacked a couple of Altaires, met up with me in the caverns.
She tried to jump me from behind, but failed.
I'm not surprised.

While in the caverns I hear that noise.
In the dark.
I feel safe.
Maybe even comfortable.
I certainly feel at ease as I hear the high pitch ring in my ears.
I've heard it before.
In that place.
The Umbra.
It's calling me again.

[Roderic]

I think Pyper moved out.
I only recently realized she was living with me.
I'm uncertain what I think about this.
I don't like it.
I don't know why either.

Maybe it was because of that guy.
That one that dresses in drag.
I tried to kill him.
Nix said I could only stab him once.
For pretending to be a chick when he shot me.

But I wanted to kill him.
For being in her space.
He's not an Altaire.
He should not be there.
She shouldn't have let him in.
If he keeps coming back, I will keep attempting to kill him and not take his leg before he runs off.

Velveteen says friend dates are known as "hanging out."
Calix still calls them friend dates.
So I asked Nemesis to hang out.
Because she helped me with kill a few people tonight.
In the cave.
The ones with the gems.
Not my cave.

[Roderic]

Some things need to be done.
I do not trust some individuals anymore.
I do not like some of them either.

I tried to socialize with them.
But I don't see the point.
Phoenix will understand.
Calix and Monique too.

I've asked Monique to do something for me.
It's better for everyone.
For my things.
My space.

I wonder where my things are.
I have not seen Kat in a while.
Two weeks now, I think.

I have plans with Calix, Monique, Nemesis and Velveteen.
Order doesn't matter, though Calix wants to go bear hunting.
I think we should do that soon.
First.

[Roderic]

I used to like waking up in my cave.
But it defeats the purpose of having my own place.
It defeats the purpose of owning a bed too.
I'm not sure why I wake up in the place every night.
Sometimes I fall asleep while I work until the sun threatens to demolish the night.
It would be easier to wake up and go right back to work instead of having to catch a train half way across town to my own place to finish those projects up.

I've skimmed over the pages in here.
I have an unhealthy fascination with some things.
Some people.
That's what my shrink told me.
With my dad. With Nathan.
When I was growing up.
I've started correcting that behavior tonight.

[Roderic]

I'm not very good at drawing.
But I started sketching something.
Its got a long way to go.

It would be two parts.
The first part is complete.
It's just a basic idea.
Only took a few minutes.
It wasn't hard to draw a rolled up scroll.
The engulfed in flames part wasn't as easy.
I'm not a sketch artist.
I'm not sure if I'll ever put it to flesh.
I'll ask thing two what she thinks about it later.

I'm thinking of doing an experiment.
I might need an assistant.
Thing Two would help me if I asked.
I should ask her.
I've bought handcuffs, rope and chain.
From there I'm not sure where to go.
I wonder if I should redo a bedroom in the apartment.
Steel walls.
Lock the door from the outside.
The door shouldn't allow any source of light in, or air.
That way I can't escape.
I wonder if I would stay in bed.
Or in the room.

I managed to piss off Phoenix and Calix.
It was an interesting revelation.
Watching. Listening.
I forgot how much you see just by watching.
What people reveal about themselves.
What you learn.

I learned a new ability.
I didn't want to become dependent on anyone.
Not to survive.
Never.
It's not in my blood.
My genetic make-up to depend on others.
I have more work to do.

[Roderic]

There's the old adage, "If you want something done, do it yourself."
So I did.
She shouldn't be a problem anymore.
I gutted her too many times.
I didn't even take a trophy from her.
It looked too mushy inside of there.
Then left her there.
I didn't see any movement before I left her in the cave.
She left me with one nice sized wound.
A parting gift.
I need a new shirt.
I liked that one.
Had it for a few years.
It was comfortable.