Found him

Blackie helped me find Dean.

He had managed to get out of the City, but his wounds were bad. He was torn up and had a broken dagger in his hands. He had bandaged himself but clearly he hadn't had time to treat himself properly, from the looks of it. Treated him best I could, but now I have to risk my Oathbreaker encounter and take him into a hospital for better treatment.

Sorry Magpie, but Running was never easy.

Oh...

Of all his purchasese at the servo, I question why we needed screw drivers and not hammers as a weapon.

Today, I learnt they can easily be stabbed into the skin of a human given enough force... For Judgement had come for one of us and Blackie was away somewhere that morning when we woke up, and Dean just lunged at the guy over and over with his screwdriver at the chest until it stopped moving...

His response when asked if he was okay afterwards was needing coffee...

I'm concerned about what he may have dreamt last night...

Welp

Picked up WereMagi, a fellow Aussie and now a runner. I hope they count as my Nest encounter, because I've had a Lilim, Crimson Knight and a bikie gang that may have served the Archangel... thank god I'm running with a Fear to deal with them. Dean and I just bolt and keep running and avoiding Doors.

He's been having nightmares lately... He's seeing what the Knocker sees now, which isn't normal... The fact he can tune to it and the fact I'm positive they don't serve as a Nest.

Blackie is wary of him too... Won't know why, and with how open Dean is I doubt he has a secret. Every time Blackie brought something at times, which I think he does because he doesn't like the slower pace we have to set because Dean isn't used to Running life, but when he brings things up, Dean tells me the story behind it, how he ended up keeping it a secret...

He's too kind for his own good.

Anyway, currently at a service station. Thanks to Dean being with me, and him having access to the account Maggie has, we're pretty damn well off despite running. I'm trying to get him home without using the Doors. Not with Dean new to it. Can't give the city a hostage, not when a soul like Dean can still remain relatively normal.

Dean's got a bag packed now and we're about to head off.

Glad to have him with me. Shame that it's under these circumstances.

Shit

So like, most people experienced with the Fears know that the Black Dog can regenerate and heal himself by one way or another giving you the injury in some way.

That doesn't work with the knocker it seems. He was badly wounded and as a last resort, and because I needed a place to sleep, I got him to to arrange an attack on me where he seemingly ravages in broad daylight and heal from me before escaping while I get carted to hospital.

I apparantly was in critcal from the Eve of Christmas till today, when after I woke up and they told me I was all good, I snuck out and escaped and met up with Blackie again and moved on.

lost

Someone opened the Door the Knocker was knocking on, some guy that fought it with birds.

Blackie and I used the chance to open another Door I summoned and split up, he to close the door and keep it off me while I ran till I felt the door to take me to Victoria answered me. One of the things I learnt in the 3rd year I can't talk about, but I needed to get out of Western Australia after a stint in the Crossroads of Trials.

But yeah, spending Christmas and New Years here, before I decide to go over seas and maybe run there to try escaping this beast. I'm now waiting for Blackie to return... Been a couple of days, and I admit I'm worried.

I don't want to learn about this secret, and he isn't here to steer me away, I may learn it and have him kill me.

Attack

A boy of ice attacked me today.

Blacky finished him off.

Just a Child of the Cold and not THE Ice Child himself.

Otherwise nothing new to report aside I need to get a new carrier for data on my phone... Vodafail is disappointing.


Knocker is back. Course it is. I didn't kill it when I encountered it. Can't. Heart want's a new vessel, and wants me. I'm honestly running out of options now, and I may have to go to another Fear, as much as Blacky glares at me when I suggest it aloud...

But it's coming for me...

Third Year

I can't tell you what happened here.

I'm not... Ready. near the end I was going to give up until Lyron found me, and she's been getting me back on track slowly. I owe her.


I've been on the road again, making my way solo. My tales will be told another time, likely by Lyron. I'm just... I can't look back yet without wanting to die.

But I learnt a lot about the Doors, their City and how it works. I could use that to my advantage and use the City as the Fear's do, but no. I'll wander around Australia. Maybe try and find Fear involvment and report it. We don't have people here reporting such, so maybe I should be the first, and spread the culture?