That job wasn't too stressful, but the rest of my team had a much more physical experience. They were wrestling, dodging, and trying to shove people around. If I don't have a squad of beefy boys with me next time, I may need to do some of that. I'm at least going to start going on runs again. I should probably join a karate class or something, but I really don't want to hurt people. I just don't want to get hurt myself. Ohh! Maybe there's a dodgeball league or something I can join that'll let me practice looking out for "attacks" and dodging them. That'll be a great way to train for these missions without having to hurt anyone. It'll also be a blast, and I can meet all the people that play dodgeball in the area. I bet Joe will join me too; he could use the exercise and social outings too.

After that last mission, I've decided I need to start wearing armor to these jobs. I spent awhile online looking for some lightweight kevlar reinforced body suit. I finally found one that seemed protective enough, while still being flexible enough to accommodate any form I want to take. Once I took care of that, I spent a few days translating this weird book. Turns out it's some occult ritual to summon a demon and achieve immortality, maybe. I think my translation may be a bit off, because the last step of the ritual is to die and ask the demon to imprison yourself. Based on where I got it, there's some truth to the immortality available, but I'm not sure if a person became an immortal car or if there was just an immortal demon possessing a car. I'm not sure what to do with this book; it seems dangerous to get rid of it somehow, but I also have no interest in using this ritual. I'll probably try to find someone to work on a better translation. It could also be interesting to speak with a demon.

I've kinda lost focus on streaming in the middle of all of these contracts, so I think I'll try to just spend more time improving the quality of my streams. Really focus on interacting with chat and playing up my reactions and experience to try to cater to what the viewers want. It's taking some extra effort recently still with these scars, so there's been a bit of a dip in viewers and new subs. I should try to find someone that can heal these scars for me; that would help loads.

(Unrelated, but I finally realized that creepy book could potentially also be used as a guide to contact an angel too. That seems like a much safer alternative to attempt first. I'll make an edited copy of the book that leaves out most of the evil ritual and human sacrifice, then I can try to find someone that might know more about all this stuff.)

I don't know why I made that promise, but at least tracking the girl down was easy enough. I had plenty of time to look into that spooky book.

I took the edited copy of the book to France to find an expert on Martinezism; I started the search in Martinez's home town. After a day of chatting up the locals and asking around, I learned that there's a professor who lives just out of town who studies Martinezism. Someone tried to rob me in the middle of the night at my hostel, but I demanded my stuff back. I was planning to hike to the professor in the morning, but after the robbery a nice family in the hostel offered to give me a ride to his house. He let me crash in his guest room for a day, while he looked the book over. He wanted to share it with other researchers into the area, and I said that was probably fine since he didn't think it could be dangerous if it got out. The work could take awhile so I left my number with him and headed back home.

He said the edited book couldn't be dangerous, but that I also shouldn't show it to any true believers or practitioners. I did learn that the Arnoult family left for the Caribbean when Martinezism dissolved, so they could have been practicing and might still be.