UGS05
Receipt: UGS05
Author: Amber
Status: Diner
Subject: Recap
I was really hoping Alex would be back to do his monthly recap. I don’t think that’s happening anytime soon. I suppose this is what we get for choosing this line of work. I just wish we could have done it differently from the start. We were trying to be someone we weren’t. Living up to the impossible expectations of a Miracle Worker who has been around so many times, everything must’ve felt so novel to him. But he was still human. We are human. And that’s how we should act.
So, from today onward, I’m dropping the names, the pretenses, the rules, the regulations, and most of all, the expectations. Of course, you’re all still free to go by your codenames. I won’t stop you. But don’t feel like you need to anymore. We’re done hiding. We’re done playing in the shadows and pretending to be masters of the esoteric and unknown. We might be mad, but we no longer need to give in to that particular brand of madness.
As for our next steps, I think it’s become undeniably clear: I have no idea what I’m doing. No one really does, I think. But, together, we can figure things out. All of us. Every last person who would dare indulge in one last cup of coffee with us. The Cult of Personality should be our first stop. Jericho has already expressed interest in working with us, and I’m positive Loveland and Daichi would be on board, too. Then, well, we should head back to New York to see if we can convince a few old allies to help us out. We also need to figure out our place in the Agency. Astrid is at least on our side, more or less. That whole mess is… complicated. But we’ll work it out over coffee, no doubt.
-Amber Ingram