August 23 2023: Susanville changed a lot. It used to be a college town, but because the elevation is so high athletes from around the world came to train there for their benefit and so the college would get extra money from the tuition costs… Rat bastards most of them. At the very least I found a friend or five still around.
Some had the same Idea as me to go to Reno but they ran off and went in the spring of 2021 when the winter thawed out. After the summer though something happened to the roads and now the way there is super delayed. Something about the plates shifting causing huge rifts to push up against each other.
As far as I know the people who are maybe in Reno are my friend Michael, and his family, Jon and his son Shaun, Micaila and the one cool tranny went there. I'd feel emberassed if can't remember her name in any other circumstance but i'm glad she and Micaila got out at least. The two deserved better the last time I saw them.
My cousin Jolynn joined a nymph cult near eagle lake and is now going by her nature name of skunk hippie given her choice of weed. At least she's happier now I guess... I spent time with Chris and Robert for the next year or two, helping out with the manual labor and city planning. That's right. I got the looks and brains.
I stayed with Hunter and Joanna, god bless those two and all they've been through. Hunter's family died on a hunting trip gone wrong. One of the MOST mundane ways to go in this evil world and Joanna's side of the family ran away to the midwest a year prior to this so she really only has her husband and the baby. Their baby girl has been going strong at least. Which is good because they have put so much of their heart and soul into keeping her safe. It seems Susanville and Bordertown have been left alone for the most part. A miracle if anything.
Speaking of Miracles I've been praying for God to give me a sign. Ironic since Previous to this it's always been faith through works. I hope he's listening. Maybe he finally is now because I think I worshipped in fear that there was nothing else and even though the lessons imparted for love and acceptance and wishing to better everyone's lives it always came back to being scared this was it. Now that I know there are gods however, it seems maybe I can truly love him for what he has done. Bit too preachy? Eh. I could die any second of the day, why can't I acept my faults?
February 2025: It was a tough decision to leave, really. There was a lot of talk but I still gotta have hope that I can get to Reno through Oregon. Maybe I can find Rebecca and Tom in Clamath falls. I got sevral months of rations and various hunting techniques from the people in the region, and some maps to help me out. We had a feast to celebrate our new family. Not that we were splitting up again, but the hope we would reunite. I know they're going to be fine. Worst comes to worst, I can come back. I hope I can with the others in tow.
I know I've never really talked much about my life but hey, this Journal is basically my buddy. My Wilson, my yang, my canvas. It's been with me through thick and thin. Besides plenty of people back in Europe and America and that's how historians would figure shit out. I wonder if I'll find other people's stories. I've always wanted to do something with history so of course i'm curious bout it. Maybe I could collect them and write about them. Ha, those are just dead man's thoughts. Too much wonderment and you'll walk into a trap and die.
I used to do private security faking my way through college. I was studying criminal justice, but it's mainly the gateway for forensics. I've never been more grateful to have those skills taught to me because it's weird. Certain rules no longer apply. I mean, think about it this way. You have a certain amount of blood in your body. Depending if the moon is waxing or waning in the summer months blood keeps being created. This is good because those who are bleeding out have a greater chance of getting to a medic or to someone who can cast Cure Wounds. The downside is if I am hired to go look at a murder scene then it could potentially make me think two or maybe even four people be killed when really the person could still be alive. Reminds me of that old movie with the 'Gili' guy…
But back to looking at dead bodies. If you would go to a fire in the old times, you'd look for accellerent, a source, where it spread, etcetera. You don't have that luxxury when someone casts burning hands. Smart pyromaniacs in the past had brought oil with them because they could shape the fire and not waste their time exerting more magic. Could make it look mundane too. Ironic they drown the lass who was doing that exact thing…
This one time when I was in Redding, there was a gnomish wizard, a small bumbling type of race, who had killed several families who ended up making people think the families were alive in their homes by using Magic Mouth to make it sound like they were making the usual noises you'd hear walking by these more run down houses. Problem is when nobody saw the lanterns being lit in the evening but heard the same hustle and bustle inside the walls people caught on. This one was something I was hired to actually check out rather than witness the fallout and parse out the information myself. In the end I was able to find out he poisoned the families. Wizards or Magic Users as I like to say to keep it generic as possible, prevents me making assumptions when trying to identify the source, have the easiest time to get away with murder. It's like looking at a drawing and then expanding your mind beyond the 2D landscape into a 3D image. But this case was simple enough to solve since he didn't bother moving the bodies from their dining tables or couches. The foam from their mouths dried up and sticking to their bloated corpses. Funny thing about Prestidigitation is how you can hide the taste of poison if you don't get caught putting magic into the meal. Funny enough, the gnome was known as a great cook. Now his corpse is probably hung on the sign to the entrance of Redding.
Man this forest is boring… I haven't heard any wildlife for the last few days now.