We’re getting really close to new years and I’m getting excited. New years itself isn’t that big of a deal as a celebration, but it would be the anniversary of when I started writing this diary. It’s important to me.

My apprentices have managed to win a couple more times. Every single time they have won it was through a battle of attrition, while their commander is getting better at forcing battles of attrition, the enemy commander is getting better at avoiding them. At the very least the commanders seem more or less evenly matched, which is all that matters on that front.

The most obvious change I made to my current project is making it so that the paper comes out in sheets instead of one continuous sheet of paper that goes on until someone cuts it. That doesn’t really make the device more effective but it does make it more convenient, which is definitely a good thing. Beyond that, I am also getting really close to the device being what I wanted it to be. With the next day or two, assuming current progress continues, it will be faster to use my device than it will be to write by hand for all but the best writers. And that is without removing any magical qualities the writing itself has, which is apparently a thing, because it still requires quite a bit of skill and magic to do well.

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I hope this device becomes really popular. I’m not sure how exactly that will help me, but it will definitely be a good thing. From what I hear I already have a lot of attention on me, this should hopefully make more of that attention positive.

I love Azrezel, he’s so sweet sometimes. Like today he bought me some chocolates, each one wrapped in a paper with either a joke or some cute phrase written on it in his handwriting. I think this is the first time I ever received a gift like this from him, so I’m going to need to think of one to give to him.

I ended up eating them while hanging out with Tiddol, who was describing to me something about her current project. Eventually, she realized I wasn’t paying nearly as much attention as I usually do, which I do feel bad about, and we ended up talking about our respective partners instead. Tiddol is a bit jealous of the fact that Azrezel stays in town so I get to hang out with him all of the time. I am a bit jealous of the fact that Par naturally has a libido, it can be a bit frustrating when you always have to be the one to initiate anything more steamy.

One last thing before I go. It hasn’t snowed in a couple days, it looks like spring is here.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.