An account of events

[Roderic]

I find most of this week to have been uneventful.
Even with news of Ven and Lourdes being back.
I can't remember much about Lourdes. Just the work she was going to do for me once that never happened.
My opinion of Ven's return doesn't sway me to do anything one way or another.
To jump on the "Ven's back" train or tell him right where to go.
It's been a year, maybe just under.

I've been busy.
So busy I haven't any personal projects.
All my work ones that were promised to be done mid-November were completed last night.
I've been trying to collect hides and bear fangs. For Karina.
I guess that's who needs them. She keeps talking about it.
Then there's the auction bit. I'll write about that more later.
When I have time.

I've given a little thought about things with Pyper as I do my work, work.
I think I know what to say to her.

[Roderic]

I killed a huge beast today.
I think I will make something out of it.
I'm not sure who I'll give the finished product to.
If I make something from its mushed remains.

There's an old saying that "no news, is good news."
I tend to believe that. Or did when I was human.
No paper trail meant no news and nothing linked back to you.
In this case, I'm not sure.
Guess we'll see.

Skylar has been making me weapons.
They have assisted me in a few tasks.
My time spent with her was not completely unreasonable.

[Roderic]

It's been a while since I've written anything in here.
I've not been doing much.
I've been to the hunting grounds killing bears and mountain lions.
For teeth and pelts. For Karina.
I met her briefly last week when I gave her some fangs and pelts.
She said we could hang out. Alone sometime.

It will be a month since I've been on The Bridge.
Where they ask questions to learn about you.
And you are tested. That is the best way I can describe it.
Renee has been on there for just as long.
Maybe longer.
I've enjoyed working with her.
That is not a surprise, I've seen her conviction up close and personal a few times.
There are others too. Others I'd like to get to know better. Or at least ask them some questions on things.

I have to investigate what a WII is.
I've heard of it.
Never played it. Didn't see the point to it.

There are four weeks left until Christmas.
I'm still working hard on my projects when I'm not in the woods hunting.
I don't know where my thing is.
I haven't seen her in around a week.
This is problematic.

[Roderic]

I have to wait until I'm healed to start Nix's Christmas gift.
But they're going to be a one of a kind.

Two things happened in one night.
I can't write about them yet.
Not much anyways.
I'm a little sore from sitting, hunched over, trying to type in this damn thing.
And wondering why Doc is hovering around.

It was his space first, but I needed to read some emails and jot this down.
I don't feel he is violating my space as it wasn't mine to start with.
Last night I was tested and moved past the bridge.
I enjoyed myself.
The challenge.
The wounds.
Even singing.
The challenge wasn't easy. At the end I was exhausted. And almost dead.
Death doesn't really bother me.
The Umbra has tranquil moments about it.
I died for less.
I'll probably die again for more some night.
It doesn't bother me.

Speaking of death.
Jules returned.
Last night.
We're off to a great start.
I missed her.
I have some pretty decent 'siblings,' but Jules was the best.
Athena, Jaime, whatever her name is, better leave her alone.
She just got back.

[Roderic]

I completed Phoenix's Christmas gift. I had little else to do while I sat around healing.
It got easier as the nights went on.
I'm almost all healed up.

I have a lot more projects to complete before the holiday approaches.
I'm not really in to giving gifts, but I know people like them so giving them makes them shut up.
It's strange how we pride our race on being the top, but hold on to customs and ideals that don't pertain to us anymore.

I saw Simone. I've decided her nickname is Sticky Beak.
She's always in everyone's business.
It's why Pyper said those things.
I didn't like the things she said before, to Pyper.
About us. It's not her business.
But I've come to the conclusion, she was probably correct.
Two people that are the same stagnate.
No progression for either individual.

Blake is in Altaire walls.
I'm watching him. He's not an Altaire and he's not married to Nix.
It's not that I distrust the guy, well, maybe I do.
With Altaire things. Just because someone is banging someone doesn't mean they have the best interest out there for everyone else.
Axel didn't. Never saw the guy, or heard from him.

I'm debating on bringing someone to the Altaire Christmas event.
But, I'm uncertain. They aren't an Altaire.
I don't think they would like going.
Or, more to the point, they probably wouldn't fit in.
Scratch that. They're always on about dating and sex.
Two of the main topics at every Altaire function.
She would fit right in.

[Roderic]

I invited her to the party.
I figured it would kill a few birds with one stone.
I made her something, so I can give it to her there.
And because I would have someone to talk to when everyone started talking about things I don't care about.

I have to get a gift still.
And pick up one from Skylar to whoever.
I got my tie for the black tie event.
And one for Skylar too.
It's a little weird but if that's what Nix wants, then whatever.
What is a winter wonderland?
I don't really understand why getting together with family has to be themed.

I think I made Juliet mad.
Women and their mood swings are a little unpredictable.
I think it's best to avoid them when they're like that.
A caged lion is the best way to describe them.
Just keep walking by.

There's a Tytonidae event and I think that's formal too.
I don't even know what to wear to these things.
I don't really go out a lot or wear anything I don't, day in and day out.
I'm going back to google to continue my research.

I gave Skylar a key to the apartment. I don't see it as that big of a deal.
It's just a place I do all my projects at.
I didn't like her sitting outside my apartment.
It wasn't safe or a smart idea.
She hasn't come over that much.
Just a couple times.
I don't stay because I can't figure out how to stay yet.
Not that I'd stay with her. I guess someone should get some use out of the bed.

[Roderic]

I have to talk to Sky.
About the party.
Nix said she could come.
That's not the problem.

Getting the gifts weren't the problem either.
I got them. I looked online.
To get ideas.

People are hiding things.
Altaire are hiding things.
He's not even Altaire, but he's accusing me.
Of petty crimes. Stealing. Breaking inside homes.
And it's being allowed.
I get attacked and suddenly Blake's painting a picture that doesn't even make sense.
Petty crimes get people caught. People start to notice things.
Who was around them when their wallet went disappearing.
What time they were and weren't home.

I'll probably just drop off gifts to people individually.
I wasn't really interested in Christmas anyways.
I was only going to be social.
That's what everyone wants.
But when you give them what they want, they're never happy.

[Roderic]

I gave some gifts to some Altaire.
I still have some to give.
But I haven't seen some Altaire in a while.
Maybe I should take them back.

I haven't seen or talked to Pyper in a while.
Not about anything other than work.
She is progressing. The direction is uncertain, but progressing.
I think Doc is to blame for that.
Blame is a strong word.
Not suitable.
She talked about him a lot. When we hung out.
When we worked together.
He came to the party with her.
She talked about Paige a lot too.
Calix sometimes.
I did not like how she talked about them sometimes.
But I think her progression is nice to see.
Whoever it was that helped her progress.
I understand Simone now.
When she said what she said.
I could not help her progress or experience things.
We do the same things. Like the same things.
Nothing would change.

Skylar is always hanging around.
Nix likes her.
I don't know why.
I gave her food.
She said it was the best gift anyone gave her.
Food. For a vampire.
Maybe she appreciated the hard work of making the jerky.

I have been active with my faction.
Hunting. Looking for things.
Socializing.
I come and stay as long as I can stay.
I think the shadows are a part of me.
I can't confirm this. There are many shadows in the city.
Aliyah is a shadow.
Aliyah was unexpected.
I do not know what to do about her yet.

Something happened.
I don't know how it happened.
It wasn't planned.
She did it.
With her vampire powers.
Skylar is a villain. Even if she thinks she's not.
I suspect she knows things about me.
Like Nix does.
She practically dared me.
I couldn't walk away.
Nothing really happened.
I saw her naked before when she tried to prove she was a woman.
Not that I suspected she wasn't.
I don't understand why Skylar does the things she does.
It's irritating.
Frustrating.
So I choked her.
Before she dared me.
Then I stayed away from my apartment.
My apartment.
She's invaded my space.
And I helped her by giving her food and a place to crash.
I'm an idiot.

[Roderic]

Spending time with Skylar makes me recognize how delusional she is.
I can't argue logic with her.
She lives in the same fantasy land her sire lives in.

She says we're dating and when she lays it out in the form she has-I can agree.
I'm still on the fence about it.
I hang out with a lot of women.
I'm surrounded by them in Altaire.
But in the interest of her being quiet and me keeping my sanity, I've agreed.
We're dating. She will end up being the one that ends up disappointed in the end.
She says people that date do things. I've told her I don't want to do those things.

I met her sire. Officially.
From my previous written testament up top, you can tell I'm not a fan.
He put these ideas in Skylar's head and she wouldn't shut up about this hypothetical scenario.
She's crazy.
She said someone might blackmail her or something.
I told her she knew about four or five vampires. Most of them being her kin. The chances of them blackmailing her? Slim to none.

But that wasn't good enough. Not for Skylar.
I'm beginning to think dramatics are a curse of her bloodline.
Elliot was a bit over the top the night I met him.
Skylar is obviously over the top.
She kept hounding me about killing her.
I again rebutted the idea of her finding her way on the list.
The chances of her ending up on the list are so slim, it's not even funny.
I figured if I took the time she's been a vampire without a violation, at three possible violations: those being 1. Feeding. 2. Using powers and 3. Killing cops, she's probably got a one to two percent chance of ending up on the damn list.
Again, was my logical point of view a good enough answer?
I wanted to bash my skull in the wall.

So, to shut her up I said I would ask Velveteen that if she ever ended up on the list, if I could be exempt from killing her because it's some sort of big deal to Skylar that I don't kill her.
Even if she's being an idiot.
She didn't ask me what would happen if Velveteen refused to indulge me in the request to ease her troubled mind.
I figure, don't ask, don't tell.
I don't know why she thinks she gets to be special. I told her I would stab Nix if she was a raging idiot and expected the same from Phoenix if the roles were reversed.

Speaking of Phoenix.
Skylar got me those stupid skates and we haven't gone skating.
So I've decided to take them apart and make them into something useful.
I hate collecting things that aren't being used.
The skates themselves could be used as blades of some sort.
And I could use the material for something.
Maybe.

Side note: Find out who Aubrey is.

[Roderic]

Daegal reports back to me every night.
Aliyah lives a floor above me.
We are technically neighbors.
Daegal says she lives with someone.
A woman.
I think she is too new to sire someone.
Who is she?
Not another cousin I hope.

I've contacted Doc to try and discredit the genetics Aliyah and I might share through my dad.
I hope to find the results to be favorable.
As in we aren't cousins and it was just a mistake.
She's kind of like most women in Harper Rock.
A bit 'off.'

I have been spending time with more individuals outside of Altaire.
It is strange. I did not expect positive results to my socialization.
Not with as many as I have.

Skylar is growing on me. okay as long as she's not stepping in to traps all the time.
She's very accident prone.
That or her 'family' is doing it on purpose.
Twice in about a month?
Seems suspicious.
Especially with Pi. I remember how she grabbed Skylar at the auctions.