Merry Band of Misfits

I have, until now, put aside one task Mother wished for me.  I think now I have enough of an impression of the others to carry it out.  I write their names in the Western tradition, Mother, should you find your way to read these words.

Aren Alsgaard is the only one of us without some form of combat training.  This does not make her less of a warrior, her battleground is merely in the field of the spoken word.  Our diplomat, I suppose.  She does not seem to share the self-confidence I've sensed in the others and remains apparently nervous much of the time.  I may be misjudging, of course.  It could be that she is adjusting to this situation as much as I am.  That seems more likely, when I think on how she was the first day before we ventured to where the town used to be.

Moira Daegr is with us as well.  One or two of her books had ended up at the shop second-hand.  The picture on the back cover was obviously studio work.  Had I only that picture and her "work" to judge her by, I would guess her a soulless abomination that preys on the inspiration of the true artists.  In person, however, she is a great deal more interesting then I would have suspected.  Overly dramatic, still, but Moira has vitality.  Passion, a great deal of it if even half of the remarks she throws at Alanna are any indication.  If she channeled some of that spirit and heart into her work, perhaps I would not be tempted to use her novels as kindling.  I pray, with all my heart, that she never discovers that I worked where I did.  I am not a very good liar.

The last is Alanna Morgan.  Like Moira, she is of the Tuatha.  She is frequently sarcastic and rude, though unless my instincts are wrong, she has a good heart underneath that.  She is not one to shy away from anything she deems necessary.  Or a fight.  Or the scandalous barbs she fires back at Moira.  I admit, I was even surprised when she thought, before we ventured to the enemy's lair, to make sure I would not 'hate her forever' if and when she had to kill the Bright One.  That she seems to value the opinion of a person who was, at the time, effectively still a strange speaks well of her character.  Regardless of how much she tries to hide it behind the persona of a grizzled detective who spoils for the next brawl.