So, then. Back to the story. I had to stop where Loki took away Hawk's spear, right? Right.


After that, Loki made this big speech to his group. Dunno if Hawk mentioned it before, but these guys are all ex-proxies. All of them. Even Hawk was a proxy when he was younger, even if he forgot it.


Loki began by saying how big of a loss they're former camp was, but that this one was more secure and there was even less chance of the Slender Man and his proxies finding us here. I didn't believe him for a second, and Hawk didn't either. Hawk actually denounced his claims, saying that the only reason that this place had a lower chance of being found is because it wasn't a place that we had been attacked at yet.


A pair of strong looking men grabbed Hawk around shoulders, but he did some sort of crazy wrestling move to flip them both over his shoulders and knock them headfirst into the ground.


I actually remember the next part vividly, so I'll give a transcription of what they said.


"I've told you before, Loki," Hawk said. "The only reason I'm here is because we have all felt what His control feels like and want to keep Him from controlling even more people. Why are you being such an idiot? Your claim is fallacy, exaggeration."


"Stop speaking out of turn, Hawk," Loki said, glaring from his position. "And stop causing harm to my people. Do you want to get kicked out of this group?"


"One: nice job avoiding my question. Two: I don't give a fuck whether I'm in your group or not. Three: when I came here, you said that I would be treated as an equal. All I have seen so far is you lording over the rest of your group. I understand that every group needs a leader, yes, but you are not leading them; you are being a dictator."


"If you don't like it, you can leave."


"No, I can't. You know damn well why I can't. You'd have me shot before I got a foot outside the camp. That was one of the conditions you gave to me when I joined, and one of the conditions you gave to Cat."


"Panther joined us of her own free will, and has made use of what would otherwise be a corpse. She knows how to use what scraps she can, something that you don't seem to."


"That was never part of the discussion. Keep to the topic or I'll kill you."


"You threatening me, Hawk?"


"Not a threat. A promise." Hawk pulled up his crossbow, which he kept loaded with regular bolts. "I took down both Elephant and Crocodile at the same time, without the use of my best trait. How far do you think you can get before I cut you down?"


"Restrain him."


A woman, the one identified as Wolf, put a hand on Hawk's shoulder and whispered something into his ear. He growled and slipped the crossbow back onto the hook on his belt. Wolf sighed, keeping her hand on his shoulder.


"If you ever forget your place again, Hawk, I will personally use this spear to kill you," Loki said, lifting the spear he'd taken from Hawk. "Get out of my sight."


Then Hawk left, and I left with him. I looked back before I left and could have sworn I saw a string coming out of the back of Loki's head. But I blinked and it was gone, so I probably just imagined it. I only put that here for recording purposes because of these uncertain times.


That's where the story ends, really. I tried to keep Hawk from drinking his ass off but he wouldn't listen.


I wasn't able to update this immediately after knocking Hawk out to prevent him from trying to rape his katana because I was told that I had to join a watch rotation. Boring as fuck. Wolf couldn't sense anything that wasn't in the camp, so I just cleaned my guns a couple times.