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Could really do without the clinging feeling of creeping dread; what about the rest of you?

JOURNAL ENTRY - EVIE, MAZE, MARINA, MANDO, KADY, LUDWID, JESSE, CIRI.

Hi there! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Tina. I'm contacting you all because you're all badasses and I also think you won't gossip. Hopefully.

I need to organize an immediate jail break for Ezekiel Jones. If you don't know him, he's an Outlander and he was just taken by the authorities. Please don't ask too many questions. I would also appreciate it if you did not mention this to Bucky Barnes, and anyone associated with him that's bound to rat me out, because I will never see the light of day again if he finds out.

Basically I need help to do crime. If you have a price, tell me so I can see what I can do.

HEY. How come I ain't listed on the Defense Team no more?

Did I get fired?

Does this mean I get to go back to crime now?? Because honestly, men have done it for less. I tried to go straight and do good, okay? Not like I showed up on time all the time, but I beat things up real good, even the stuff that wasn't real!

Where is Bruce? Did I just get evicted? Did the kid skip town? Look, I know it gets messy sometimes but even for me this is a few pages short of a smutty romance novel.

Okay, who likes riddles? Because I got a good one over the weekend after a vision quest.

Since apparently this shit can't ever be straightforward but I guess that's to be expected. Also in video game news, I finally beat the Ninja Turtles game on NES and that underwater level has plagued me for years. I needed extra therapy about it.

Weather always this crazy around here? A man could melt.

I take back the insults I flung at the concept of iced coffee, though. It can stay.

I wouldn't say I'm usually an anxious person but there's definitely a feeling of it knowing at any moment you could turn into something stuffed and/or made of plastic. I'd take waiting around for murder turkeys over waiting around for this personally.

Right, well, that was a nice week off, and I'm ready to work.

I've seen people write on this communication device that they were desiring of training. I understand there to be a great variety of options already for this kind of thing, but if it's not a kick in the teeth, I'd like to have a go of it as a way to earn my keep around here. This wouldn't be intended for people who have the experience and the skills and powers I can't comprehend, etc, already in place, although I wouldn't kick out anyone with a genuine interest in improvement. This would be intended for people who have little experience with self-defense and want the basics, and we build from there - a way to keep the populace safer when we have these monsters breach our defenses and get as far as city center.

I'm thinking daggers, sword (one hander only, and on top of that, I don't have much use for shields in this exercise because they require so much body strength up front, and because the point here is not to tank through a hit so much as avoid it in the first place), club... open to suggestions. Also will have a blunderbuss or its like on standby; Vallo has yet to give me my gun but I'm not an Upper Cathedral snob; I'll work with what's available.

So: common lessons for those who want to learn from the ground up. I did it off and on for years back home. Physical self-defense only; while I can do magic there are several perfectly knowledgable universities that can be of more assistance for that, and I hear they don't even make their students prospect through any cursed tombs.

Any interest? Any objections? Speak.

Your forest had a beast problem, so I took care of the ones in my vicinity. I assumed that they were no one's livestock, but if they were, I'll offer recompense - somehow - and I advise you to get less bloodthirsty livestock next time. I hear cows are pleasant.

I'm given to understand that this is some sort of alternate world. ...all right. Thank you for the guidance and the welcome; they were unexpected. I confess to some amount of confusion but no one's tried to eat me yet so I'll express my gratitude for that.

My name is Ludwig. Leader of the Holy Blades, whatever's left of them. No one I've spoken with has heard of my home, Yharnam, but if you have be assured that the cycle has been broken, and no Yharnamite, including myself, is a danger to anyone presently.

tw: discussion of pregnancy in comments

Things I didn't miss:

Nearly burning down the house trying to make a Thanksgiving dinner.

Things I am missing:

Black Friday. I need new boots and do not want to pay full retail thank you very much.

((pls to ignore the tag dump on this))