23) A New Year

Amber tapped her pencil on her lips as she considered her planner.

Honestly, she only used a physical one because it was more ‘aesthetic’ on kiptok. A digital one was way easier, since she didn’t have to worry about ensuring her writing was pretty enough. But the algorithm liked what it liked, and who was she to deny it?

To her side were her phone and mic, ready to record anything she said. “Hey everyone, it’s going to be a new year for Earth and for Aerius soon, and I love fresh starts. I’ve got my new planner here, and I’m going to start the work of planning for this year’s content, fun, and of course, kills.”

Satisfied by her introduction, she turned the recording off for a bit, and, on a piece of paper, started sketching out her schedule for the first month, crossing things out on occasion to make sure she didn’t over-schedule herself.

When she felt ready, she turned the camera back on, and began laying out her planned activities onto the planner, using the cute writing style she had taught herself purely for this, and the pretty gold ink of the fancy pen she had bought using one of her victim’s credit cards. Honestly, credit card fraud was almost more fun than murder…

Once she finished her schedule, she turned the camera off, checking the time. Hmm, she had a date soon… She could finish the voiceover for her video later, she supposed. It wasn’t going to go up for a few weeks, at least - she always started her videos well in advance. The New Year of actual planets with linear time was a fair bit off for now, fortunately.