All Along the Watchtower

I went into the local crypt to consult with the spirits. There's been another shift in the mystical energies of the cosmos. I thought that they'd be able to tell me what was going on. Unfortunately, they don't have too many details, only that there was something happening in a realm parallel to our own. It's too powerful for them to get a beat on (if that makes any sense). They just know that... only it's overwhelming them.

Believe it or not, I've been getting better at my performances. I've been doing more practicing in my off hours and my boss can tell. In fact, I've earned a promotion in the workforce and a raise. Starting tomorrow I'll be getting 15 cubits a performance instead of the 10 cubits. 

I had to deliver a romantic sing-a-gram to one of the teachers at the grade school during the morning. It was from the gym teacher and was for the science teacher, one Mr. Barkin. In the afternoon, I went to the festival grounds and gave a sub-par performance to Gunnar Hannes. He is being courted by one Mr. Tomas Pellerano. The client still paid despite the poor performance. 

The next morning I woke up and Regina was really hungry. I fed her with some dragon treats that I had gotten off the Dark Market. 

Right before I returned home for the night I caught a will-o-wisp. I thought that they were no longer found in the mortal world and could only be bought from the Dark Market. In so happy to finally have them. I'm not sure if I should keep them or use them to craft a potion with them. Oh well... I'll decide later. 

I found a Goldfinch outside. The thing was cute enough that I thought I'd move in for a closer look. Upon closer inspection I found that was too injured to return to the wild. I decided to take it home and treat it. Thanks to some OurVids files, I'll get to mostly full health.

After work, I stopped off at Aleister's Elixirs and Sundries to sell off some stuff that I had collected. It was then I got a call from my boss. She wanted to know how my performances from the day had gone. I told her that the women's locker room performance wasn't done well. She wasn't pleased with that analysis but she was happy we still got paid.  I also told her how well the first job was. She was elated to learn that it was done extremely well. She was also very happy with the idea I got paid double what I normally made.

My afternoon performance didn't go over as well as I had hoped. It was even more uncomfortable with the realization that I had to do it in the women's locker room at the gym. I have to do it wherever the client requests it so I had to be there.

I got a call while eating breakfast. I have double performances today that I've been booked for. The first one happened to be at the local gym about a mile or three from my house. It went over pretty well and the client paid me double my usual fee. I was so pleased with how much I got.

I finished the book, again, and elected to collect some fireflies. I managed to snag a green one before the rest flew off. If memory serves, there is a potion that specifically calls for a green one, red one, & a blue one. Regardless, however, I will end up keeping it for future use.

I went to the local Aleister's Elixirs and Sundries to see what was available to purchase. I picked up a copy of "Homemade Penicillin" which is actually just a basic healing potion that cures quite a few ailments. I must've forgot that I have read this in the past because it seemed so familiar. I committed the potion to memory this time. I won't be forgetting that any time soon.

I've been practicing more and more and I'm getting a little better. This time I didn't slip and fall. Little-by-little I am getting better at the dancing. 

So the wife of my last client has become slightly obsessed with me. And of course by slightly, I mean a lot. I had to tell her off and tell her that she was human garbage for trying to start a romantic relationship with me. I called my supervisor and told her about what happened. She understands and has blacklisted her from further requests. 

So this lady called my company to book a celebratory sing-a-gram and specifically asked for me. Her husband was feeling down and a little blue. What she didn't tell us was that her husband was a ghost. This did explain why she asked for me specifically: they must know that I'm a warlock. I chatted with her afterwards and asked if she knew me from Picon. She said no but she was the one who was part of the failed project that wanted to hire me.

I gave a celebratory performance for the lady who had just gotten a raise. What she didn't know was that I was also celebrating my new contract with the sing-a-gram performance company.

They decided to hire me full-time at the sing-a-gram company that I'm with. To celebrate, I decided to buy a new cat to help me get around town. I got one of those old cars from Earth, or rather an exact replica. Yeah it cost me a pretty penny but it was worth it. I'll be able to get around town a lot faster at least which means more gigs.

Another performance, another failure - ish. At least I got paid for it. I just hope that I don’t get a bad reputation in this industry. 

So I gad a festival worker come up to me on my time off and ask me if I was willing to do a performance for her son's birthday party. I told her that age would have to contact my company to arrange that. I can tell it was going to get real sketchy when she threw a fit at the idea of contacting a company & not me. Lady I don't work for free.

I brought the Vergis teleporter with me to Aurora Skies. So far it has been somewhat helpful. I wish that they had introduced a device to help us get back home. Maybe like a remote or a recall device; that would've been helpful. 

Although it has been a tumultuous past few weeks, I still make my offerings to Hecate. I hope she blesses me further and brings me much success. Through the glory of Hecate, all things are possible. 

I went out to another sing-a-gram performance for a guy in Aleister's Elixirs and Sundries. He got a raise and decided to buy himself with a performance. Although I did my best, I ultimately slipped and fell. He did pay me for my effort.

I'm working on the garden under this intense heat. I read somewhere that if you talk to your plants, it helps them grow better. I decided to shout encouragements at them to see if that would be just as effective. 

I decided to go to Aleister's Elixirs and Sundries after that last performance. They had gotten a new crystal cutter and I wanted to try it out. I love trying out new technology ever since I was a little kid. It's bigger than mine and not as a effective.

I had to go perform for a guy who just got a promotion at work. He called in the request rather late in the day, after sundown. I went over to his place, gave it my all, and boom - down I went. It was a bit embarrassing, but hey at least I got paid.

I had to do a sing-a-gram at the gym today. It was for a lady who had just done a mile on the treadmill. I was able to get through the whole bit without flubbing the thing up and even did the confetti explosion with the balloons. I did make more money this time.

Ok so I had to give up the company car and reinvest into a "new" one. I got this replica of the Munsters' car from off of the KPlop website. Yeah, it's not fast, but it does get me from point A to point B just fine. I thank Hecate on high that we no longer depend upon fossil fuels like our ancestors did.

So my first sing-a-gram performance didn't go over well. I slipped and fell onto the wooden floor of Aleister's Elixirs and Sundries. As I was getting up, I grabbed books and then knocked them onto the ground, too. As bad as things were, I was able to make about twenty cubits, so that was a plus. This is also in conjunction from a unemployment checks from the government each week.

It's only been a few weeks since I've lost my job. I'm getting worried about income and taking care of myself and my new dragon. I decided to check the newspaper for odd jobs around town to make ends meet. Sadly the want ads are sparse. The only thing that I can find is a dishwasher position down at the local diner. Maybe there's something better online. After quickly closing the pop-ups I found something in the performing arts. I could be a sing-a-gram performer here in Aurora Skies. I guess that’s better than being a dishwasher. On top of that, it might be just what I need to launch my singing career. 

So once I awakened Bonehilda to fix my plumbing, I headed back out to check my egg. It turns out that the egg was finally ready to hatch. The dragon was the one that I wanted, the most powerful one of them all: the black dragon. I have yet to take any pictures and haven't thought of a name for it yet. I've been calling her Regina but I'm thinking of Maleficent. I'll let y'all know later what I land on.

While awaiting my dragon's egg to hatch I had to use the bathroom. My toilet got clogged while going pee. This is NOT a good sign. I will have to call a plumber... OR I could awaken my Bonehilda. Yeah, she could fix it!

I know money is kinda tight right now, but I needed to reward myself for this massive undertaking. Not the losing the job part, but the move and turning a new point in my life. I decided to get a dragon's from off the darket market website: Magical Folk Sales. I've been wanting a pet dragon for a long while & I figured that this would be the perfect opportunity to get one. I deserve this!

I drove over to town hall immediately and registered as self-employed again. I am scared as to how I'll pay for my house and my bills. Will they repossess my house? What will happen to my stuff? I can't deal with this. I'm a little worried.