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## How Birds of a Feather Flock Together

Another rough day in Halcyon, This time I almost got my face signed off, but let’s start at the beginning. I was following a lead down of a greek terracotta urn, that Bishop had been holding in a storage house in my old neighborhood funny how things work out like this here I am at in my old neighborhood where it all started in a house just next door to where I used to live. I found the house and of course it had been booby-trapped, narrowly avoided it. I'd hated to become bits and pieces in the gutters. Inside I found what looked like a set, the room was filled with weird odds and ends Bishop collecting had gotten out of hand, but what was it all for I wondered, but the urn wasn’t here so I made my way downstairs where I found a girl in an elegant clothes in a finely decorated room. Before I could find out who she was, a blast slammed out the door. I couldn’t fight a Bishop agent with this girl here so I grabbed her and started to run. I could feel myself slowing down somehow this person was slowing our movements needed a way to distract them. The girl told me she had an idea, and lead us down to the basement, here I was thinking to myself what was I doing following a girl like that down here. when I saw the terracotta urn Then the girl went up in literal flames along with the rest of the room! I wasn’t sure how it happened but she was fine, and it worked. It was the distraction I needed to knock them out with a quick uppercut and we made it out of that place before we lost our chance. We both made it out of their turns out that magic exists and that she was a phoenix and her name was Renata. We watched together as the house burned down and caught my old place in the flames as the fire spread before the firefighters arrived. I have no idea what happened to that mysterious person, but I did the only thing I could. I went home, with Renata she stayed in the barn with the horses as I couldn’t have her coming in the house. How would I explain that to my family or the staff? It was a shitty situation, but I’ll find a more permanent solution for her. If I brought her out of Bishop and as far as I can tell she seems to have no idea how this world works I’ve got to teach her how to survive fire powers like that could get a girl in trouble.
P.S. I am including personal logs in my private reports. If something happens to me hopefully someone else will take down Bishop for good.

## Artifact Thievery 101 (CC)

Things don’t get any easier so I was tracking another artifact in the report that Bishop I had stolen from Bishop. Renata decided to tag along. I couldn't hear her down. She'd been bored in the barn all day and an actual phoenix along might come in handy I still can’t believe all this shit is real. But Bishop must have figured out I was following them because once we got close to the building we were swarmed by agents. I asked Renata to go out and scout above when I saw a set of goons aiming for her I rushed over to the building across the street. Unfortunately the Bishop agent and I got in a tussle in the fire escape. When Jackal from the Big Team showed up but more showed up and it got heated real quick as I heard some explosions in the distance. We were able to defeat the goons with their own gadgets, but more were coming so we hopped into their, meeting up with Renata and the Weatherman I think they called it a Jackal mobile. While in the car we had a chance to talk, Renata learned she needed a codename. kinda asked them to join. I thought a Big Team like them could give me everything I needed to find the truth out about Bishop. But when we arrived at the base and met their operational A.I. that place seemed very run down and beaten up they were in little shape to help anyone. They officially asked me to join I accepted maybe once they were up and running they would be able to help me and Jackal and Weatherman seemed like very capable heroes.

## Year of the Rat

I royally screw this one up, Melody or Jackal or for today invited Myself and Phoenix on a team bonding outing something to get the new team members to fit in at the Chinese New Year Festival in Zodiac City, We walked to the Mahjong tables when we ran into boon & Dorthy a young pangolin transformed girl. Boon had lost all of her money at the mahjong tables and was feeling pretty down about it. So I suggested archery to hopefully cheer her up but she insisted that they bet on an archery contest, which she lost. I might need to watch her around any kind of gambling in the future it might become a problem. Dorthy was unable to fire an arrow on her own so I offered to help her. When we fired that arrow together it was a blast, I had so much was this what being a superhero is about, but I made this mask to take down Bishop didn’t I. Bishop knew who the Cardinal was if they found me hanging out with Dorothy they try to force the information about me out of her. I couldn’t be Cardinal If I was going to hang out with Dorothy around. So I got out of there with a fake mission excuse everyone seemed to accept it. I think I upset Renata by leaving I’m going to find a way to fix that. As soon as I took off my mask I could breathe again. I snuck back to everyone as myself which ended up being a terrible idea as I had to defend Bishop in front of everyone which left lunch feeling a bit awkward. Shortly after on our way to the Wishing Tree. Boon was hit by a Rat on a Motorcycle, It turns out that the Pig falling shortly behind them they had to transfer the new Year Zodiac spiritual energy or he would explode I tried to jump into action right away almost forgetting I wasn’t in hero mode. Fortunately, Melody reminded me before I did anything that would reveal who I was or so I thought. After everyone ran off to chase down Rat & Pig Dorthy reveal to me she’d already figured out my secret Identity with her pangolin sense of smell. I’m going to need to talk to her soon about what that means because now that she knows she might be in danger with Bishop. I managed to get ahead of them and reveal myself to Pig and get him to stop and stay in a Prince Rasganjan Field until we could bring Rat to them. We tracked down to the house where Rat was. It Turned out she was about our age and staying with an adopted family of Rats. I managed to give their grandfather near heart attack when I busted in through the window as he fainted as I fell into the bathtub. My suit is still soaked and I’ll need to get it cleaned. After we calmed down the mother we were invited to dinner. When Boon and Jackal were acting like our crew was part of a wrestling promo. Now that I think about it, I think they may have actually been on HHTTW not that its something I’ve ever seen. She was scared that she wouldn’t be able to get rid of the power and that she’d lose a whole year searching for the ox to replace her. I’m glad boon was able to convince her to do the right thing in the end. We ended the day by returning to the wishing tree and I wished for my father to wake up. I also returned Rat’s home and left money for the doors and windows we broke on our way inside.
P.S. Relevant Information for Profile, I’m including profiles of the Big Team and what I learn about them.