Strangely competent incompetents.

This has been annoyingly slow going... These KRAKEN people are surprisingly competent fighters despite being so surprisingly incompetent in most other fields... The makeup of their motley little group is probably to blame for this. It seems they have a number of Servant Categories working for their little group. I suppose it's my fault for rushing in without doing more research. I simply assumed they were some incompetent wannabes way in over their head, but instead they appear to be actually well immersed in our world and incompetent. Who knew.

I'm starting to really like the word incompetent. There's just something about it.

Anyway I have been reduced by about 30% of my forces due to these... Unsuccessful raids and worse they seem to be actively using the parts of the towerborn they've neutralized to better neutralize the ones I send after. This cannot go on and so I have enlisted the help of rioter. His towerborn are more... Specialized shall we say for combat operations. Up until now I've never understood the point of combat specialized towerborn since a hunk of metal and flesh has usually been suitable for dealing with all threats, but I suppose I now see the importance.

Rioter has agreed to send a group of combat specialist Towerborn in with my next unit to help them deal with the defenses. My own unit still having the job of searching for the book or the location of the operation where they have the book although given the amount of resistance we are encountering I imagine we may have found the location we sought or at least a location of importance.

I have also been looking into potentially learning more about this book from the university where the book was stolen from. I have sent a few... Seemingly harmless inquiries. They seem aware of the nature of our world to a degree, but I have not yet ascertained whether revealing my true nature or goals would be wise.

Hopefully something at some point will bear fruit. It has only been a short time yet I feel disturbingly impatient. Like time is of the essence...

Unusual

It seems these KRAKEN people are becoming more of a nuisance lately. So, much of a nuisance that even The Newborn is interested. It's not often that the Newborn gives a direct order, but that's what happened. I've been commanded to look into KRAKEN specifically I've been tasked with finding out information on a book that was stolen from the AMU. The AMU doesn't seem to know who stole the books, but online information available to us Thoughtborn has made it fairly clear.

So, my new job is to look into this book, "The Tower of Wires" by L.Bite. I am to find out where KRAKEN has this book and what information relevant to the Newborn this book contains. Weirdly enough there does not seem to be any versions of this book online, so tracking down this physical copy will be required to find out what is in this book.

It's actually kind of interesting. I can find things written by other people about the book on the internet, but nothing by the author or the book itself anywhere on the internet.

I wonder how much the author knew... Perhaps they were intentionally hiding it. That does make it far more interesting.

Also of interest. These KRAKEN people may not be the smartest of people I've met, but they are smart enough to not state the entirety of their plans online where I can read them anymore. So, I don't know where they've brought the book exactly. Of course that doesn't mean I don't know where many of their bases are located, so time to play a game of elimination. One by one we'll crack these bases and find the books. Why one by one? Well I tried sending a single Towerborn and they actually managed to neutralize it so overwhelming force might be necessary especially since they might be expecting it now.

Let the games begin.

An offer refused.

I had a visitor today.

They had an offer for me.

They tried to lie to me. To trick me. It's funny how often this kind of thing happens. People try to trick me even though I have access to the entire internet at my disposal and more often then not their plan is written out in some email or chat log somewhere detailing exactly how they intend to trick me. He told me that they just wanted some information. Completely harmless information and that they would pay very well for it. Not money of course, I have very little use for money, but I have a lot of use for other things and they offered to pay with those things.

Of course I found an e-mail from the person in front of me to the rest of his group... Apparently they call themselves KRAKEN, the information they wanted was going to be used as part of a larger plan that I could not find the entirety of, but I found enough of to know that it would be bad for The Newborn.

I informed him that I greatly appreciated his offer and that I would think of it. I told him I'd be in contact and then had one of my Towerborn crush his skull like a grape while he was leaving.

As a Thoughtborn it doesn't take me very long to think about things after all.

Now this may surprise you, but I have no love for The Newborn. I don't consider myself especially loyal.

You might be thinking... Did I just admit to traiterous thoughts on a blog that all the other Thoughtborn can read?

No. A lack of loyalty is not the same as Disloyalty. I was created for a purpose. Loyal or not it is my entire point in existence to carry out that purpose. In such a way I am loyal even though I have no real feeling of loyalty to The Newborn. It is in my best interests to aid and support The Newborn to accomplish my purpose.

Now what happens if something occurs in which my purpose and The Newborn's orders contradict or if I was made an offer that would benefit me to the detriment of The Newborn? Well... That's for me to know isn't it and for no one to ever find out.