That One Patient

Again, as with the last couple of days, I won’t be getting another interview with Apollo Glint today. I’m starting to believe that the previous one where I had that one on one with Mr. Skull was the last as it seems that he gained more control over Apollo, whether it be him willfully surrendering his mind to Mr. Skull’s will or his willpower slowly being eroded over time by his influence. Much of that is a mystery to me but a mystery that I nonetheless have to solve. It’s a mixture of being too intriguing and my genuine concern for Apollo’s safety and wellbeing.

As of late, I kept having reoccurrences of the dreams that had been plaguing me throughout my life. No matter what I did, even a high-powered memory suppression spell, none of that did anything to keep them at bay. All night, they continued to haunt me and I kept seeing Mr. Skull in all of them like a shadow. He always carried an air of malevolence in any dream of mine like he was doing so, just to intimidate me. If he thinks that he can get me to back off by using memories of my dead husband as leverage, Mr. Skull can rightfully fuck off.

I’ve been looking into more of this ‘bell’ artifact that Mr. Skull was said to have used millennia ago. From what I’ve read in Rosetta’s notes, the bell is said to be some form of a conduit of magic, is that it can not only take magic but also giver the wielder or whomever the wielder desires the magic stored within. Whoever Mr. Skull was, he could’ve been particularly powerful with that artifact which could be why Gusty managed to take it from him.

Gusty, that bell, I know they’re related to Mr. Skull but in what way? I guess that when I get access to the archives in a couple of days, I might be able to find out information about the bell and who it belonged to. Through that, I’ll find out who Mr. Skull really is and crack this case once and for all.