Sunday, July 01, 2018, 3:30 PM Norfolk, VA

  I looked at my phone this morning when I woke up and it indicated that this was a new month, signifying that I have spent one of “their” months here. I have not noticed anything odd, except for the now nightly dreams of the Black Butterfly taking me to different locations and showing me different sights and scenes. It seems like I might have travelled just a bit further afield than most of the devoted. I also got a message from Agent May that the Funeral for Agent Coulson was today. I remembered what I had told Captain America, and immediately told her the same, as well as my newer ability to Scry on people to which I had a connection.

  Agent May took a minute to respond, before saying that she wasn’t happy about it, but recognized that Captain America did seem to have a kinship with Coulson, and that Coulson would probably want Steve to know. I sent her the video that I had taken of the Scrying that I had done before and she took a few minutes to watch it and sent back a message where she thanked me for sending it to her. I apologized again for telling Steve, but she told me that it was okay in the end, because at least he got to know the truth. I told her that when I get the chance, I will find a way for her to check in on him without needing me. She thanked me and said that would be a useful thing.

  From there, I got to work on starting my day, starting on the adding of my Unseen Crafters to my staff working on the armor, and using Animate Tools on all of my tool kits. With everything set up, I went out to go get breakfast, realizing that I was going to have to get to work on that Field Chest sometime soon, to minimize the necessity of these trips. While I was out, I got a text from Captain America that the people who he was going to have for testing the items that I had sent had gone off for a bit elsewhere, so testing would take some time. I texted him that I wasn’t in any rush, and that he could still test the water bottle and the mat as much as he wanted on a daily basis. He replied that they would and that he would get back to me.

  I made my way back to the storage unit, and decided to start on enchanting the next thing that I needed to make, taking a mask that was made from some of the remnants of the Darkleaf from before my armor was modified to include a bulletproof vest. I put it on the ritual table and started the process of imbuing it with the necessary elements. The mask seemed absolutely voracious when it came to absorbing salt for the enchantment. Towards the end, it had finished off every bit of the salt from my supply, and would need to order more before I could enchant anything for myself again. But, it was finished, and there was a side effect that occurred as part of the enchantment.

  A part of my future armor that I was making was accidentally touching the table, and became enhanced quality at the same time. Not to the point of being enchanted, but the quality was beyond what it had been, saving some time on my work. I put the mask on and willed it to disappear, which it did. I had long since decided that magic items were best in either inconspicuous forms here, or able to just disappear. The mask, in the non-disappearing form, was a plague mask of a leathery consistency, which felt like absolutely nothing was covering my face.

  A few moments after putting on the mask, I felt my mind expand to include more capability in several of my skills, and especially in my recall of the various different studies of knowledge that I had amassed. I decided to take a nap using my enchanted bedroll, to regain my capability to cast a lot of the spells that I had already expended. I knew that it would help me out with compartmentalizing this new knowledge and adapting. I sent Rex an emotional feeling of sleepiness and got ready to rack up for an hour. I figured that I could go work with the ambulance again, and maybe help more of the community.

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  Sunday, July 01, 2018, 9:30 PM Norfolk, Va

  When I got up, I got situated, and got ready to head to the hospital. I picked up lunch for myself and the crew that I would be riding along with in the Ambulance at the Granby Street Pizza, and headed there to get to the hospital for the run. When I got there and locked up my bike, the EMT that I had worked with yesterday was there and welcomed the pizza. There were a few more calls that I could assist with magic, since I did not start the run with two already cast Cure Light Wounds, but it was more of a day where my other skills were in use. While there were eight people who could be helped by being healed magically, there were a lot more things that were less requiring of the kind of assistance that I could provide magically. There were not any surprise police involvement calls and more welfare related calls..

  As the shift ended, the EMT told me that he was fairly certain that I would pass whatever tests that might be needed, even without considering my access to magic. I thanked them for their confidence in me and told him that I would look into getting the qualifications soon. We shook hands and I headed back to the storage unit. When I got back, I saw that the latch was pushed to the side, indicating that someone who could not teleport was inside. I sent an emotional worry feeling to Rex, and he sent back to me a pensive, on guard feeling.

  With not much else in the way of options and thinking about what I could do to prepare, I dimensionally hopped into the unit and saw what the scene inside. A fairly young teen of what appeared to be fourteen years old, was sitting on a chair in a corner, with the Unseen Crafters working around them, and Rex perched facing them at full battle size. I slowly started to put away my things while talking to Rex, in Common, and asking him how his day went. I had already gauged that the individual did not have any weapons or firearms on them from a quick Sift cantrip.

  Rex informed me, in Draconic, that he had gone out, had a good sun, and caught a very nice fish. He told me that he came home shortly before sunset to find the child was in our home, rummaging through the stuff. I asked Rex in Common if the kid was looking for food or wealth. Rex replied back that it seemed like the kid was looking for wealth more than food. I looked at the kid and asked them, in common, what they were doing in my place.

  The teen, finally getting over the shock of seeing a talking, fire breathing dinosaur, said that they had been left alone during the Blip, and that they were just checking out the storage units that he expected to be empty. I asked him if he was on the run from someone or something. The kid was scared when he said that he was worried about the gangs running around, especially the new motorcycle gang. He told me that he had seen one of them fight several other members of the other gangs in the area and that he had seen them take multiple hits with even being fazed. I asked the kid if they wanted a place to stay for the night.

  The kid looked at me oddly, and I pointed out that they had tried to steal from me, but anything that they stole would either a) not be very high resale value, or b) be findable by S.H.I.E.L.D. very easily, so it isn’t worth the effort to try to take anything. I offered up that the kid can stay in my spare room tonight, if he wants, and we can get him breakfast and determine what to do in the morning. The kid nodded enthusiastically, and I told Rex to let him into the spare room. I showed him the bathroom and told him how each one worked. The kid eyed Rex dubiously but went to bed. I got my gear all put away and decided to go to sleep myself.

  Magic Item: Enlightened Plague Doctor Mask:

  Aura moderate transmutation? CL 6th? Slot head? Price 6,050 gp? Weight -.

  DESCRIPTION

  This simple domino mask disappears after being placed on, but can be willed back into appearance as a free action whenever a disguise self spell or effect is generated. It grants a +3 competence bonus on the wearer’s Intelligence Based skill checks. He instead receives a +5 competence bonus for all Knowledge skill checks.

  Provides a +1 circumstance bonus on Fortitude Saves against Airborne Toxins and Scent based effects.

  CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

  Craft Wondrous Item, fox's cunning? Prestidigitation

  Cost 3017 gp

  Rolled two downtime events, one for the “workday” and one for bed/Sleep “Unforseen masterwork” - attributed it to a section of the armor, getting it done quicker.

  Rolled a Inn event on the House events, then rolled a “Theft”, that didn’t make sense, so cue in the person who might become the sidekick.