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Mon 20th Feb 2023 05:34

Midnight's Journal: After Dear Fellow Traveler

by Midnight Erebus

"An interesting time I think...
 
First mission with Officer Lore. I hope I proved myself well enough to her. Although honestly it ended in a bit of chaos.
 
See it was a mission to recover some stolen books. Simple enough I suppose. Requires a different sort of tactic than I'm used to but I can learn. Three books. Unfortunately they didn't have a fully clear visual description and apparently some worse things happened in that library then theft, so it made it a mild challenge.
 
The thief did leave a trail however. A scorch mark on the shelf and the smell of brimstone. Strange to think about. I had a dream about such a thing and that's what I smelled in that village when I saw the burning bush and footprints. Smell was awful but yet something draws me to it. Like it calls to me at times. Strange, but we managed to follow the trail to Sal's tower.
 
We scoped the place out a bit, figured out the security and it looked rather rough. We gave our real names, I assumed Lore had a plan and decided to follow it to the letter. Kept honest. Less chance of a slip up and I have an option if it becomes an issue anyways. Adli was noticed after transforming to do some work however by a frog girl named Rebecca who apparently has a thing for metal I guess? Weird, but hey, if it's her thing, it's her thing. Who am I to judge after all my escapades back home? Still, it was new, caught me off guard. Lore made a deal with her as she was flirting with Tarkus. A deal we'll have to eventually head back to fulfil. I know I'd be cross if we started breaking deals. Got to have some standards.
 
In any case, she told us about about Sal's hidden stash so we went to find Sal to lift the key. Lore distracted Sal for us as we acted as her security detail and with a bit of distracting, I used a little bit of magic to lift the key without Sal's security officer noticing. Heh, didn't even need to use my shadows. Just a light brush against him after activing a scroll in the dark, Lore grabbing his attention and bam, we had the key.
 
Trick was then getting out. I remembered the alert on Lore's communicator being a bit obnoxious. Strange device that. Does stuff other than communicate apparently? The fact it's related to Bobert though? Concerns me after what Caram has told me. Anyways, that gave her the excuse to get out, we left, went to go back to the tower, got in the elevator and began searching the penthouse. After some searching and fiddling with a trap, we got into the secret room. I found a cloak in the process that further had the brimstone smell. Not normally a thief, but you know... in for a penny, in for a pound? And honestly... something drew me to it. Don't know why or what but I'm sure it will become clearer in time.
 
Anyways, this is about the point everything went wrong. Lore somehow started a fire, alarms went off, and they were already in the building? Was a mad dash to find the books. I blocked off the fire and the entrance to buy us some time, but that time was going to be limited.. we grabbed the two we could find before decided we needed to go. Plan was initially to get out the window and I would use my shadows to glide us away. Adli however? Turned the entire tower into a plant... yes.. a plant. That was a bit much, but what's done is done? Anyways, out the window, we went, Tarkus a bit faster than the rest of us... Lio isn't going to be happy about that, but well, I tried to stop him and offer a safer path. Not much I could do to stop someone determined to make a massive splash.
 
After all that we decided to head home to lay low for a bit... on which note, I guess I made this recording out of habit. Leaving evidence of what was definitely a crime, even one that was in response to a clear crime itself? Probably not great. Well, guess I'm going to have to burn this one."
 
*click*
 
*The recording was burned shortly after it was made.*

Continue reading...

  1. First Day on the Wanderpus
  2. The Results of Midnight's Final Exam
  3. After Action Report: Destruction of the HTTP Wanderpus
  4. Midnight Erebus's Bestiary, Page 3
  5. Midnight Erebus's Bestiary, Page 2
  6. Midnight Erebus's Bestiary, Page 1
  7. Midnight Erebus's Bestiary, Page 4
  8. Midnight Erebus's Bestiary, Page 5
  9. Midnight Erebus's Bestiary, Page 6
  10. Midnight's Old Journal, 12/23/3540
    23rd Day of the 12th Month, 3540 AM
  11. Midnight's Old Journal, 01/01/3541
    1st Day of the 1st Month, 3541 AM
  12. To Liminal's Moon
  13. Midnight's Old Journal, 05/11/3541
    11th Day of the 5th Month, 3541 AM
  14. 100 Questions About Midnight, Part 1 - The Basics & Growing Up
  15. 100 Questions About Midnight, Part 2 - Past Influences, Beliefs and Opinions
  16. 100 Questions About Midnight, Part 3 - Relationships with Others, Likes and Dislikes
  17. 100 Questions About Midnight, Part 4 - Self Images and Etc.
  18. The Storm
  19. After Mission Report: The Floating Island
  20. Midnight's Private Journal: After Legends Rise
  21. Midnight's Private Journal: After The Pot & Kettle
  22. Midnight's Personal Journal: After Call My Name
  23. Expanded Questions About Midnight - The HTML Wanderpus
  24. Midnight's Private Journal: After The Ascension
  25. Midnight's Private Journal: After Ante Up
  26. Midnight's Private Journal: After Teeth
  27. Midnight's Notes: The World Fair
  28. Midnight's Journal: After Hello Tomorrow
  29. Midnight's Journal: After Pretty Little Things
  30. Midnight's Journal: An Interesting New Sword
  31. Midnight's Journal: After R.Y.L.A.H.
  32. Midnight's Journal: After Diners, Dungeons & Dives
  33. Midnight's Journal: After Palm Reader
  34. Midnight's Journal: After Bookwyrm
  35. Midnight's Journal: After Veldt
  36. Midnight's Journal: After Where You'll Find Me Now
  37. Midnight's Journal: After A Bard's Tale
  38. Midnight's Journal: After Valhalla's Calling
  39. Midnight's Journal: After Broken
  40. Midnight's Journal: After They Know Me
  41. Midnight's Journal: After Welcome to the World
  42. Midnight's Journal: After Villainous Thing
  43. Midnight's Journal: After Curses
  44. Midnight's Journal: "The Librarian's Defeat"
  45. Midnight's Journal: "The World Changes"
  46. Midnight's Journal: After Sleep is for the Weak
  47. Midnight's Journal: After creature
  48. Midnight's Journal: After Dear Fellow Traveler
  49. Midnight's Report: After Love From The Other Side
  50. Midnight's Report: Handclap
  51. Midnight's Journal: A Story to a Giant
  52. Midnight's Journal: Constellations
  53. Midnight's Report: Wolf
  54. Midnight's Report: Of Bees and Bones
  55. Midnight's Report: Building Steam (Flower and Geoff)
  56. Midnight's Report: Nothing Breaks Like a Heart Ep. 1

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