Weapon

Robin told us something when we got home the other week. She told us that the Archivists want to train her. They want to use her to hunt down rival Fears, because however she killed the Manufactured Newborn, the Archivists seem convinced that it had more to do with her than that dagger.

That's why they've taken her from us. So they can turn her into a weapon.

But the Archivists are the only thing shielding us from our former employers.

So I don't know what I can do about it.

Robin's birthday

Robin's birthday was today. Leo and I took her to her favorite restaurant, Italia Trattoria, and got her a present. A new set of knives, specifically; she's into those.

(We waited to give her those until we got home. Neither Leo nor myself thought it would be a good idea to pull out a bunch of knives in the middle of a restaurant, gift or no.)

I think she needed a break from work, and I'm glad we were able to do that for her. She seemed a lot happier than she has been over the past few months. It felt really nice seeing her look like herself again.

She was still a little drunk when we got home. She's asleep on the couch right now.

ARC and the Archive

Being hounded by an organization that specializes in secrecy and anonymity is difficult even when you're familiar with them. ARC has switched things up a bit since we went rogue- updated passwords, decommissioned old pseudonyms, the works. 

Strange, isn't it? ARC is so much more mundane than many other groups that deal with the Fears. They don't seem to have any occult rituals, any hidden ties to the Fears, any real investment in the paranormal beyond making sure it doesn't hurt anyone. In a way, it makes sense. Deal with beings made of fear by refusing to show emotion.

But hiding your fear isn't the same thing as overcoming it. ARC knows that, even if they don't advertise it. They're all terrified. And who can blame them? We're in a game of cat and mouse where nobody knows which is which.