Contrary to popular belief parahuman violence is not that common and Taylor's adventures in two years time are very much out of the norm. Statistically, cape on cape fights happens once every two or three weeks in a city with Brockton Bay size. In BB the rate is of course increased but not by much. Because of the… organized nature of local gangs and the type of parahumans big battles are almost unheard of. For example, since the takeover Lung was seen only a handful of times. Naturally, the public doesn't know about everything that happens and the number will go up if you count fights when capes are only on one side.

All that means that when six people get killed by unknown vigilante it does make the front page. That reminds me. I've already mentioned the main players but I haven't told you yet about the unaffiliated capes, of whom I'm now officially a member of.

There are around eight active and semi-active parahumans at all times, currently the most famous (or infamous) is Shadow Stalker and there are some speculations on PHO (I will get to that site later) that those six were her doing (even though the witness said she was rescued by a guy). While they're already together Uber&Leet haven't made an impact and Parian hasn't set up shop yet. Kinda shame that, she's one of the… maybe four people I genuinely respect.

My… 'enthusiasmus' notwithstanding it would be a bad idea to draw too much attention to myself so I took a month off. That is not to say I just lazed around. I had so much work, It would take three times longer if I had to sleep. With Vance on board, I could finally train my shooting and let me tell you, the difference between the Glock and the 1911 is… staggering. I've gone through about 2k rounds for each gun and I've never been that attracted to inanimate object before. I've almost sent a thank you letter to Wilson Combat.

Also, the surveillance got easier and harder with access to cameras, misc and trackers. Harder because I have so much more to watch. One Thomas Calvert became my main target. I got to give it to that psychopath, he's one careful motherfucker. Maybe it's about being Cauldron cape but he doesn't seem to be relying completely on his power and he gave me some ideas about my own security. But. With patience, determination, skills, and proper tech nothing is impossible and pretty soon I will have him. One of the reasons why I don't just execute the fucker or bomb his home (besides the lack of explosives and his trophy wife) is that I want at least some of his stuff and he hasn't led me to his base yet.

Outside of my extracurricular activities, I was similarly busy. Six years of coasting through German classes left me with VERY limited knowledge so I brushed up on that. Well, with Perfect Mind I was a sponge so 'brushing up' means I'm almost fluent, another week or two and I will be able to sprechen with the best of them. I also took Spanish classes for two years but I don't think that will provide me with a large advantage so next on the list is Korean. As I understand the language was invented (reformed) with easy learning in mind so it shouldn't take me long.

Now something about my online activities. PHO is garbage. There, I said it. Alright, it's not that bad but I don't get how the most popular site when it comes to parahumans is like that. It's… functional is the best word. It was active before Dragon emerged but if you look closely the change over the last couple of years is plain to see. That's the main reason I don't understand it's current form. While she may have started like one, in my mind Dragon has… evolved from AI to True AI (or she will if I have a say, I have some 'plans' for Saint) so it's surprising that her creation is so… machine-like. PHO doesn't have any style or flair and while it has all the necessary stuff it's lacking in many popular or quality-of-life functions.

So that's why I'm creating Reddit.

If my legacy will be depriving millions of people of sleep so be it. Youtube, IMDB and many other sites that I took for granted exist is one form or another but there is no 'front page of the internet' so I begun efforts to rectify that. Fuck the actual coding, I've looked around and talked to some people that were interested in the idea and something might be happening in the near future.

One thing that I haven't managed to do is to find a place for my base of operations. For now, I have everything in my apartment but that is extremely stupid and just not practical when I get more stuff. I toyed with several solutions but nothing clicked yet. Now is the time for my weekly sleep so perhaps I'll figure it out in the morning.

Tomorrow the principal called for a mandatory meeting, I wonder if it has anything to do with the Protectorate announcement about the new Ward.