Session 121

Entry 15:22 Next day

Well, very busy day. First, searching for the missing book wasn't necessary. It's back. All by itself. Very suspicious. However, since it was back, felt I could go about my final preparations for the Grand Ball. Interesting way to party. Everyone's on best behavior. Or so you'd think. Actually, there were quite a few silly shenanigans at the dinner table tonight. Didn't know what exactly started it all, but things degenerated quickly. Did manage to pick up some interesting tidbits and something else that might come in very handy some day.

First, my tailor is incompetent. The fancy, dimensionally appropriate clothes I had ordered for the ball didn't fit right. Have to talk to him about that. When I go for the clothes for next week's ball. Think I'll insist they be ready a few days in advance so any needed alterations can be accomplished in time. 'Course, what's the bother, doesn't look like I'll become a legitimate part of this family any time soon. Quin did not show up at the ball. Actually, Avalon was rather underrepresented. Won't matter how good I look, if I remain unrecognized, just be some odd hanger-on. Why doesn't he? Really like to know why.

Alexandra has issues, women's issues. All quite reasonable, but sounds like she wants to fix the world. Is realistic enough not to jump in willy-nilly, but it might be interesting to watch what she campaigns for in the future. Don't think this feudal society is ready for it quite yet, even if the royal family is. Nod and smile.

The Avatar of Faerie is named "Jack." He was at the ball. Not sure if he was invited or not, but he spent at least some of the time skulking about invisible to the ordinary eye. He has a very strong presence about him, though, that I could sense irregardless of what he was doing. Most of the others did not seem to be able to track him so. Suspect he had something to do with the shenanigans at the table, and/or possibly whatever happened between Ari and Ish, whatever that was about.

One of my dances managed to dance with Ari. She still distrusts Angel. She found it as odd as I did that Ronan, head of security, if you will, was missing. As well as Vix. Ari seemed to have decided to nose around to see what was up. Make sure everything's on the up and up. Anyway, while we were dancing, Ari's mom, Mirelle, was showing off her conjuration skills to Whimsy. She had conjured a working acetylene torch. In Amber. Have to check my earlier calculations, but that shouldn't be here. Acetylene can be used explosively. If I can figure out what about her acetylene makes it actually work here, may be able to make some sort of explosive for ammunition for my guns. Or if not, convert Mirelle's acetylene into an explosive that I can use in a few rounds. At the very least, should be able to use the acetylene as a propellant for a rocket. Get it going fast enough, and it won't matter if nothing goes boom, the energy of impact should be good enough. Fortunately, someone realized an acetylene torch can't just be left lying around at a public ball, so they turned it invisible. And promptly forgot about it. Invisibility wasn't a problem for me, so snagged it and brought it up to my room for later study. Like after I figure out what to do about the book.

The book. The book actually occupied most of my thoughts today. Reappearance just screams something odd. Kept an eye on it all day, but it didn't do anything interesting. It didn't do anything. Except reappear. Most interesting part, though, was what it was. Warm. Books, no matter how mysterious, should not remain at approximately 98.6° all day long. Just doesn't happen. Just checked it out and discovered, as expected, that it has a psychic presence. Now have a living book. Demon? Likely. No, probable. At least I know where it is. Just have to figure out what to do with it. Sleep tonight, after all that dancing, and decide tomorrow. Doesn't appear to be going anywhere, or have any malice for me or Angel. What could go wrong? Disappear again. That would actually be kinda funny.

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