Lots to tell

Siona and me made up and now we're friends again. I tried to make a deal with her to have her help me get on better terms with Xavier but thats kinda inconclusive. Also, I nearly killed Sydel again by accident. I think I'm a little bit meaner with her blood in me.

So I decided to get rid of it finally. It took a week of withdrawal to cleanse myself of her influence. By the end I could scarcely move I was in so much pain. The shivering and the sweating, and the constant pull on my mind to find her and drink were almost too much.

I lasted it out though, but I knew she'd punish me terribly, especially if she had to suffer through breaking the bond as well. So, perhaps partly out of payback, and maybe also just to try to keep her from disappearing from my life, I created a construct and sent it out into the forrest with some of my blood injected into it. I had Norno throw the apparent man and made it look like he was dead near Sydel. She drank from him and thus maintained the bond.

She came to yell at me but the blood was working in her. I dont know if I've noted this before but my blood gives her some of my qualities, she gets a bit more childish and nice and fun to be around... though still a little bit evil. She tried to take out my eyes recently cuz she said they were pretty.

So yeah, that's settled and Sydel's being nice... Even nice enough to tell me about a plot against me by some crazy named Naughtious, Naughtious Maximus, maybe? Anyhow he apparently tried to frame me in a very inept fashion and I got that sorted out real fast. It's sad when the evil nemesis youre dealing with doesn't have it together enough to get right little details like magic use and hair color...

I've also been trying to get Gia to be nice. I'm teaching her to read and she's kind of organizing my tower, which is kinda nice of her, but also makes me miserable. She finally met Visus but it didnt go well. She said like a few words to him before starting to just bark orders and act rather insensitive to the poor kid. That was the first time we really argued. I sent him out to get flowers for when his mom comes back and tried to get Gia to treat him a bit better... Teally I dont know if she should be around him at all considering whose kid he is.