Strange Days

I am back in Ar now, and what a strange few days it has been. I feel I ought to mention it all here, but I'm not even sure I will remember it enough to do the situations on an individual level true justice. That said, I will try.

First, the school in Port Cos opens next hand. My colleagues saw fit to choose my assistant, a graduate student of my own caste. A blonde. Yes, I think it rather goes without saying that it might have been a bit short-sighted on the parts of my fellow Scribes to put a blonde in my office. To make matters worse [or better?] she is everything a free woman is supposed to be-cold and ill-humored. I'm going to enjoy bringing her down a notch or two.

Second, it seems the Arian Warrior I entered into an agreement with to try to block Cosian interests in Port Cos has betrayed an alliance he had with my cousin. Something to do with my turning on him, which is of course ridiculous since I only aided a fellow of my own caste, who is not Cosian. He made Ostia cry apparently, and Bonnie was so angry she was swearing like a pirate when she came back to the house. It took some work to calm my sibling down, but I think she is less intent on murdering him now than she was then.

I opened the school here in Ar this hand, and met with Peter and Sydney's children. Billy ran in, and then went into hiding somewhere in the hall. Nashoti wishes to be a Scribe, as do Nephtys, and of course Rett [who I still contend, albeit it silently-might be my son through one of my various affairs here in the city]. Sean was gleeful that homework does not have to be turned in every day, and Sahara started having a minor meltdown. Nephtys and I were in my office, where she was explaining that she had found a child of four at the cafe the other day, then brought the child back, and had been keeping her in her dorm room all this time. It was then we heard the noises from the classroom, and went back to see Sahara in tears. Her brothers tried to figure out the cause, as she had been late to class, but judging by her age and answers to their questions, I had the boys leave the room. My deductions were correct, Nepthys and I stayed with her, and Sydney came to collect her daughter. Reminding Nephtys to explain the situation surrounding the little girl to Sydney too, I took my leave of the school for the day. I practically raised my sister, so it wasn't anything I hadn't dealt with before, although it had been a long time and I was tired from our trip back from Port Cos.

Speaking of my sister, she has entered into a companionship again, this time with a Scribe. He's an odd creature, but positively dotes on her, which of course Bonnie relishes. We had a small, private ceremony here at Stylus, and they remained for the night. Something about his mother's nerves. At any rate, I heard them running up the stairs last night, there was a great deal of laughter, and then some other sounds I determined to block out. That went on for some time, and I went to sleep exhausted.