Hey, it's Audrey. Shit's gotten kinda weird between everybody, and I can't quit thinking about it. I'm supposed to be working, but here I am, wondering If everybody's gonna be alright. Kris was bitten by a werewolf last month, and that kinda shook everybody. All of us have been talking to him pretty regularly to see how he's doing, and he seems to be handling things pretty well. I went to lunch with him and Travis earlier in the week, and he seemed fine. We were all really relieved, with everything that's been going on with him. According to Alois, he even made a friend in Gehenna and talking to him seems to help him come to terms with the whole "supernatural" thing, so by all means, he should go ahead and talk to him.
He still doesn't talk to Dan, though, and Dan won't talk to us about much. When you call him, the conversation is usually short. I dunno if he's depressed about Kris, jealous, mad, or what, but he doesn't sound too happy. All we know is where he's staying, now, and he's still going to school and stuff. He might have more stuff going on on his end, too, and we just don't know yet. That's pretty scary, actually. None of us want anything like what happened with Preston to happen again…
We're still not really sure where he is, yet. Part of my job is to figure out where Preston ran off to, at the Intel Department, but the trail is pretty cold until we can get some people overseas. Ciel says he should have gone in the direction of the Netherlands, but we don't have jurisdiction over there, so we'll probably have to cut a deal with their government to look for him—if he's still there at all, that is.
I wanna know what he's doing. I dunno what I'm gonna do when I do, but I guess it's like one of those things that you just have to do, y'know? Nobody thinks that it's possible to bring him back to our side again. None of us, do, and we are his friends. Well… we were, anyway… It still doesn't really feel like he's gone. Like, if I go over to his place, it feels like he should be there, just chillin' and working on some geek shit like always. He's not, though. Now he's some kind of super villain… It's just so unreal…
We don't want a repeat of that. H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. doesn't, but neither to the rest of us. We've been checking in on each other pretty regularly and trying to hang out as much as possible. Patricia has joined us a few times, too. I think she and Travis have a thing, but neither of them have said anything. Maybe we'll meet Kris' new friend soon, too. I hope we can talk to Daniel, soon. We're all worried about him. We don't want him to get himself into any trouble.
In other news, work has been going alright, even with all of that going on. After changing departments, I don't get to see that girl in the Research Department much anymore, unless it's for check-ups. I've seen a lot of shit, but nothing's weirder than having a cute girl you really want to talk to put a stethoscope against your chest and ask you if you're sexually active. Even worse is having to say "no". This is possibly one of the worst places to try and to talk to girls. Sometimes, we do talk about other things, though, and she really knows her supernatural stuff. She doesn't think my haunted house hunting is weird, even though she says she doesn't believe in ghosts. Ugh, I feel kinda creepy talking about all of this… She's got her life, and I've got mine, and besides, she probably doesn't see any of this that way, and I'm just being weird.
The last time I went for my check-up, though, she wasn't there. Somebody else had to do it because as head of the department, she had other things to take care of. I here there's something going on with one of the other "specimens" they're researching, but none of us know who. The Garous don't know, and neither do August or Johnny. Seras probably knows, but I can't really find the time to hunt her down, and I know she's already busy all the time, too, so I don't want to bother her. It might not be one of the living ones, though. The research department keeps all kinds of tissue samples in jars and stuff.
Things are a little crazy. I guess this is just what being a grownup is, though. Ah… I need to go get food… My fridge is almost empty… And I need to throw away this nasty milk… It's stinking up my flat… Did I pay that subscription yet? Little things with the big ones…
