A month has passed since Dr. Moreau's servant hand-delivered a letter to the Brides of Dracula, expressing interest in an alliance.

A week later, we spotted a raven leaving Castle Frankenstein with a letter in its beak.

About two weeks later, we spotted a masked man (unsure if it was the same person who delivered the letter) approaching the front steps of Castle Frankenstein with a package. Clearly the offer is at least being entertained.

It's funny what desperate times make you do. I can imagine how disgusted the Brides must be at entertaining the thought of allying with a "pathetic little mortal" like Moreau.

I was able to again overhear a conversation between the masked man and Moreau through a two-way radio.

"Did you deliver the sample?"

"Indeed, Doctor. I left it on the front doorstep, knocked, and immediately vacated the area, just as you commanded."

"Well done, my friend."

"Doctor, again, I know it may not be my place, but, you asked me to label that blood sample as your latest invention, your 'Golden Blood', capable of restoring life. but, Doctor, that was no golden blood, it was just regular human blood"

I heard Moreau chuckle

"Oh no, it's anything but regular blood. Trust me. I don't know if the raven-hair or the blonde will notice it. But, oh, I am counting on the redhead to recognize it. I want them unraveled, I want them nervous. I want them to feel what I and so many other Transylvanians have felt for 400 years."

"Is it the kid's blood, doctor?"

"Indeed it is. Now, get back to the Island as soon as possible. We have a new test subject just captured from the Welsh Valleys".

"Doctor, I fear again this may be prying too far, but, this kid, who is he?"

Moreau paused for a minute, then responded

Another month has passed. This time with a few new developments:

It appears that not only is Aleera very much roaming the Carpathian landscape, but so too are her sisters, Verona and Marishka. I spotted them talking on a cliff in the forest 2 nights ago. They were discussing plans for All Hallows' Eve.

I must admit, through all the stories I heard of them, I expected the Brides to be talking about draining the blood of humans and talking about it with glee. Instead, I found myself surprised at their talk of wanting to spend a few nights in Budapest mingling with the locals.

Well, at least Verona and Marishka were. Aleera seemed to be lost in thought. It was most strange, I always heard Aleera was the most vicious and bloodthirsty of all the Brides. Maybe she was when she was alive, but it seems the past decade has not been kind to her.

And especially considering our last observation of her, she seems more reflective, more soft, perhaps, even a touch regretful of her past sins?

However, their conversation was interrupted by a mysterious masked man. He approached them without much fear, despite the three hissing and baring their fangs at him.

He introduced himself as an assistant of Dr. Alphonse Moreau, and handed them a letter.

From what I was able to gather from their aloud reading, Moreau expressed interest in wanting to travel to Vaseria to meet with them, and form some sort of agreement or alliance.

What happened next surprised me more than anything

The masked man addressed Aleera by name, and told her the Doctor had given him a message to pass to her specifically

"Vergüenza".

Aleera appeared to brush it off, but I could clearly see that one word seemed to rattle her.

Verona told him they would consider the offer, before all three transformed and took flight.

I almost got my stupid ass caught when the man walked back through the forest. Thankfully I managed to take shelter behind a large fallen tree. He then pulled out what looked like a shortwave radio and began to make contact with his master

"Did you get the letter to the Brides?"

"Yes, Doctor. They'll consider the offer."

"Excellent... And what about the redhead? Did you give her the message?"

"I did."

"And how did she take it?"

"She tried to dismiss it, but I could see it in her eyes. I think it might've rattled her. Doctor, I know it's not my place to ask, but I am damn curious, why Aleera specifically?"

One month has passed since the sighting of Aleera, Dracula's youngest bride, at the memorial statue of Anna Valerious.

We have been keeping close tabs on her since, but have not yet made direct engagement with her.

While this has been going on, about a week ago, we received a disturbing transmission emanating from a remote island in the South Pacific. The broadcast signal was very muffled, however, we were able to decipher most of the message, of which we have noted bullets points of below:

. The originator of the broadcast identified himself as Doctor Alphonse J. Moreau

. He claims to have spent his young adulthood in Transylvania

. He claims to have studied at Bavaria University, and to have been cordial with fellow disgraced doctors Henry Jekyll and Victor Frankenstein

. He claims his specialty was vivisection, essentially creating animal hybrids

. He claims to have had at least a professional relationship with Count Dracula and The Brides

. He claims that in 1874 he was ambushed by a nest of vampires near the coast of the Black Sea and was thrown into its waters to die

. He claims that he spent the next decade wandering the earth, spending a few years in the colony of New South Wales, Australia

.He is promising to return to "the land I once called home, and the land that cast me to the wolves" on Halloween this year

We were able to confirm Moreau did study with Jekyll and Frankenstein at Bavaria University, and did graduate, however his experiments in vivisection started to worry his fellow students and professors, especially after one of his projects promised to "rid the world of imperfections" which he claimed feelings of compassion, love and empathy needed to be "stomped out".

Moreau does indeed have a "sanctuary" on a South Pacific island not far from the coast of South America, where he has spent years creating and perfecting his "Humanimals". Frightening hybrids of different creatures.

Aleera (Elena Anaya), Verona (Silvia Colloca) e Marishka (Josie Maran)