Woke up with a hangover. Past me was kind enough to drink at least some water, so it's not as bad as it could have been. Aldis slept over at my place.
Rowan didn't wake me up for working out like he had been. I went to check on him. He's been drinking again. I worry about him, but I don't know what I can do to help him. I wish he would talk to me about things, but I think he feels like he would be burdening me with it. He helps me a lot, I wish he would let me help him.
My mom keeps texting me. She said my trunk was open and she left me lunch. Normally I feel like I'm an afterthought at best- it's uncomfortable to be on the focus of her attention. She's.. Intense at the best of times and I can't say I enjoy being on the receiving end of that. But perhaps if she's focused on me, it means she won't be running off into the mountains to try and summon my father from whatever she thinks he vanished into?
My trunk latch is broken. Someone broke into it for some reason. It doesn't seem like anything is missing- I try not to keep anything important in my car anyways- but my mom did leave my lunch pail from when I was a kid in there.
Aldis and I watched The Phantom Menace before she left on her meeting thing. I hope she enjoys herself. She needs more friends who aren't us or the people from Oak Arbor she keeps talking about. She borrowed some of my clothes before she left.
I texted with Baptiste. I... think I have a date. It's been a while. I wonder if I would have gone through with it if he was going to be here longer than a week. Maybe even if nothing comes of it, it will be good for me to, I dunno, do some normal non-lore keeper things. (If I don't have a library, am I even that anyways?)
Aldis and Brenna came over after Aldis's brunch meeting was over. Brenna spoke about seeing a spirit that was pretending to be her brother. It hounded her, making it difficult to sleep. It wanted her to go after the serpent.
Gunnar came over shortly after and said his shadow had been acting strangely and he hadn't been able to sleep. I brought up that it was strange they had a run in with a nightmare spirit and the next night they had nightmarish things happening to them. I asked Aldis to watch over them tonight- someone needed to make sure something didn't happen to them.
Mr Sinclair came to my door. He told me he saw someone large break into my trunk. I'll have to look into that. He also seems to think I'm sleeping with Aldis and Brenna, so I expect that rumor to be circulating soon.
Baptiste and I went to Moonstruck. It was nice. I wish it could have lasted a little longer, but Aldis broke down the door to the bathroom, which Brenna was in for some reason? Brenna was distressed. Baptiste talked the restaurant staff down and calmed the scene (I wish I was half as good with dealing with people). We got Brenna and Aldis out of there.
Baptiste took Brenna and I drove Aldis to the hotel he was staying at. I talked to Aldis- they had planned to watch us and then tease me later, which is kind of strange, but I can understand the sentiment. I don't care for being spied on, however harmless they intended things to be. Gunnar had taken off from the restaurant and Aldis had gotten hurt- I hope he's alright.
After we got to the hotel, I used magic to try and find Gunnar. He was driving and looked... robotic. He was in a silver Corolla with a bunch of old fast food container inside. I didn't get any additional information.
We sat at the pool trying to think of our next steps. Baptiste made yakemein. It was nice- certainly better than anything I could ever make. He told us he knew about our world- which is a weight off my shoulders I suppose- and that we could talk to him if we needed.
Brenna did something with a spell? I'm not sure what she was trying to do- perhaps something akin to astral projection- but it wasn't going to end well. It was like she was ripping her own soul out. I jumped in the pool to get closer and cast a spell to help. I think I helped but... I felt her soul. There's power there. I could lie and say that there was no temptation there but the only one I'd be lying to is myself. That's not a road I ever want to go down again, but lately I can feel myself slipping. I want to be better, but I'm not sure what that means any more. Is it something that's even possible for me or am I just doomed to fail?
Aldis, Baptiste and I took Brenna to Baptiste's room and had a talk. We need to make sure we are smarter and more communicative with each other in the future. No more casting unknown spells, no taking off without let someone know. We almost died last time and Brenna almost died today. We have to work better than this or worse is going to happen. I don't plan on dying soon and I don't want my friends to die.
Baptiste and I had breakfast before he drove me home. It was lovely- I wish their had been less chaos around the whole night. He's... just so nice. I wonder if he would like me if he really got to know me.
Rowan drove up the to building as we got there. He was drunk. I'm worried he's going to hurt himself if he keeps this up. I don't want to lose him. Baptiste helped me get him to his apartment and taken care of. And he still wants to see me later after that? Which is baffling to me. Perhaps he's a little crazy like everyone else I know- a sane person would have run for the hills by now. I know I have a lot of baggage. Is it really fair for someone to have to deal with it all?
