Valentine Cole's Journal

Entry #1

March 25, 1893
Hello, my journal. Today was slightly odd.
In any case, I need to keep a record of the day's happenings.
I fear that Eddie will soon slip away because, during today's time in the Tea Salon, I saw the way he eyed Meilin the waitress. Eddie is becoming older. Honestly, I know that she is very pretty, but Eddie is now officially on the train to adulthood. When he stops at the station of maturity, then the Eddie I know- the one that laughed when I spoke in a thunderous bass all night, the one that always played around with me- will be gone, possibly forever.
Soon, when I visited the Fernery, I met the Constant Irritation or Pearl.
She is so vexing, always infuriating me. Today, she filled me with terror as she leapt out from behind bushes. Soon, she went rambling about a tall smartly dressed man that seemed to unnerve her. His name was the Obscurosmith . The name is rather disheartening, and scary.
When she was talking, I spied a paper wagtail in the trees. It did worry me slightly. Pearl said she tried to make it disappear, but she only managed to make it headless. A bird without a head- even if it was a paper bird- makes me shiver. She should never have messed around with magic, ever.