Saving my friends

After escaping the Special Circumstances invasion, I found David hidden in the woods. We had to verify if David’s parent were OK. I felt really bad because I had the feeling that they wouldn’t be at their house. David was one of the only person with whom I was fully comfortable since I knew a lot about him. I couldn’t believe I wasn’t able to say to him that I originally was a spy and that the Special Circumstances invasion was all my fault. His parents and friends were maybe dead, his only home was destructed all because of me and he still loved me because he didn’t know it. We finally found that his parents weren’t home so we decided that it was time for us to start helping everyone. There is only one way to help them; by going to the Special Circumstances and help them to escape. We are now back on our way to Uglyville, my original town, where I haven’t gone for a while without regrets. 

The troubles I caused

I surely made the biggest mistake of my entire life yesterday. After talking to David about our relation and that he told me he loved me, I decided to burn the necklace Dr. Cables had given me to retrace me when I arrived to The Smoke. I never activated that necklace because I wanted to wait a little bit. When I finally decided that I wanted to stay in The Smoke and destruct the necklace, I thought that all my troubles were gone but I was clearly wrong. This morning, I realized all the damages I have caused by coming to The Smoke. The Special Circumstances had arrived to The Smoke and were destructing everything and capturing the Smokies to bring them back to their original town. I feel so bad. I can’t believe this is all my fault. How could burning the necklace made them come here? I really don’t understand. I’m so shocked. I have to escape and save my friends. If this is all my fault, I want to repair the damages I made. 

Friendship before love?

Since I am here, I started to help working in the woods. In The Smoke, everybody has to contribute to help society survive by cutting trees. I first though it was weird and made no sense, but by thinking about it, I find it kind of cool. Not only we work outside all day long, but we also live in a place where there is no money and no other choice than exchanging things to have other things. It is called barter economy. Working in the woods is done in teams of two. It is obviously not the safest job, but it is necessary. To protect my hands, David gave me his only gloves. They were really great gloves and I was happy he gave them to me. However, when Shay saw that he gave this precious object to me, I realized that it wasn’t fair, for a perfect stranger like me, to receive this gift while his long term friend Shay should have had the right to get them. I feel really bad because I have the impression that Shay now thinks that David likes me more than her. The problem is that I think I’m starting to like him too…

Going to the smoky place

I finally decided to do the trip all the way to The Smoke. I was scared at first but I’m surprised about how I became brave during this trip and how it changed me. I followed Shay explanations which were written on a piece of paper with secret codes so that nobody but me could understand it. It was a pretty long and challenging trip, but I made it, with the minimum of necessary objects (spagbols, water purifier, sleeping bag, etc.). When I finally arrived at the little mountain where we had a meeting, Shay came to get me to The Smoke which was not really far, with her friends David and Croy. Immediately, I felt like Croy didn’t really trust me. Also, I never thought about it before, but I realized that Shay and David seemed to be lovers. It feels kind of weird. They all started to ask me many questions and this is when I started to lie to them. I first didn’t feel really comfortable about lying, but as the day passed, I was really surprise about how lying was easy. It was actually scary to realize that I was starting to like this game. The only thing I didn’t like, was how some things in The Smoke were so different from Uglyville. For example, I couldn’t believe they cut and kill trees to make tables and other similar things to survive. However, I can’t ignore the fact that I am starting to like it here and that I am now sleeping more deeply than ever.

Protect my friend or being pretty?

I am really in trouble. I feel like my dream of being a Pretty was destroyed yesterday. I was supposed to have my surgery when a man came to get me to a place where there were strange people. By saying that, I mean that they were not like all Pretties. They looked like cruel Pretties. This place was called Special Circumstances. One of the people, there, was Dr. Cable. She wanted to know where Shay had disappeared. She said that six of her friends disappeared all at once years ago and that she wanted me to find where they all were. She wanted me to go to The Smoke so that the Special Circumstances could find where it was and take everyone there back to the city.

I first tought that I couldn't do that to Shay because she was my friend. But then, Peris came to see me in Uglyville. I was so happy to see him! Last time I talked to him, I had the feeling he didn't really liked me as an Ugly. Now I know he wouldn't have come to see me if he didn't love me. He said he couldn't wait to see me Pretty. For that reason, I had to do what Dr. Cable wanted me to do. I really love Shay, but Peris has been my friend for a long time and I think he's right.

I always wanted to be a Pretty and I can't wait to be with Peris at New Pretty Town. I think it would be a mistake to not do what Dr. Cable wanted me to do and to stay an Ugly for the rest of my life.

Spying in New Pretty Town

Last night, I went to New Pretty Town. Three months ago, my friend Peris became a Pretty and he never came to see me. So, I decided to go there by myself to see him. It was strange because I was used to do that kind of things with him. I mean that I was always planning missions like this with him and that doing it alone reminded me how I missed Peris. 

When I went there, I really didn't feel comfortable. I was scared to be seen or to be judged by people for being ugly. It is really intimidating to be in a city where everyone is pretty when you are ugly. However, my fear of being judged wasn't strong enough to dissuade me from talking to Peris for the first time in three months. I had a lot of things to say to him, like asking him why he didn't respond to my letters. Finally, it didn't happen like I thought it would. I had the impression Peris didn't really wanted me there. Hopefully, I met a really nice girl named Shay who is an Ugly too and who was spying in New Pretty Town, just like me. I think we could really be friends.