Two Weeks

I have been away from the blog recently, as I have had to maintain radio silence for the past two weeks. Some complications have come up in our stay here on earth.

Madison’s accident with the car was the beginning of it. As it turns out, my sister was not the one operating the car when it was in the accident. The person driving was my sister’s boyfriend. She was obviously attempting to cover for him, and for reasons that are unclear to me, so was Douglas. Though he was not with Madison and her friends, Douglas was the first person she called, and he helped fabricate the lie.

The accident brought about two things that have since endangered my sister and me. Firstly, this accident coupled with the previous minor accident I was involved in created some complications with the insurance company that I did not anticipate. My forging of our information to prove that we are freeborn citizens of earth and not alien was complex, allowing me to “grandfather” in our insurance credentials. This should have easily held up under scrutiny from the first accident, particularly since the other party was at fault.

However, the second accident, which I had initially thought was caused by my sister who was on the insurance policy, brought up some questions about our history and the specifics of the automobile that were not easily answerable. When it came out that it was not in fact Madison but this boy Nick, I feared that his parents’ insurance company would have to get involved, which would complicate matters even more. My sister begged me not to tell them, even though I had a lot of explaining to do.

As I have previously stated, certain levels of the higher government are aware of our presence here, and they have allowed us to remain undisturbed as long as we behave as average citizens. This is an unspoken agreement reached with a bureaucratic entity that has far better things to do than to keep watch on two insignificant beings that pose no threat or advantage to them by our existence here. That also means that, they cannot bother themselves to worry about simple insurance disputes, so I cannot expect any relief except what I can get out of myself. Contrary to what they say in the movies, I have no “friends at the top.”

I was required to do some quick thinking and quicker talking in order to resolve the matter before any inquiries became dangerously closer. The higher government and the average citizen may either be too bothered or too ignorant to care, but I have to hand it to corporations. They think nothing of the bottom line, and can perceive a threat relatively quickly.

Therefore, I was inclined to agree with my sister and cover for her boyfriend both his parents and the insurance companies. Fortunately, I had the foresight when planning this mission, even before it went horribly awry, to anticipate the need in this region of the world for what they call liquid assets. In addition to our identities, I was able to forge a bank account with a rather significant cash and savings surplus, which I am using to pay off the damage and the insurance companies. As I said, they think nothing of the bottom line. As long as they get paid, they will ask no more questions. Of course, our car is totaled, so I will need to use most of the reserves I had anticipated to purchase a new automobile. I do not believe I will have the proper global access to forge a new “grandfathered” account, so I may have to find a new job in addition to my copywriting duties to pay the bills, but that is a problem I will have to address when I need to. I must first attempt to address the second matter I mentioned that is threatening our existence here.

My sister has become an irrational, uncontrollable teenager.

I fear Madison may be too troubled to be able to keep up this charade. My first clues were with this new boyfriend of hers, Nick. They spend far too much time together, and she is not at all behaving logical, particularly when it comes to him. Her class work and grades have been sub-par, and she has even been successful in manipulating the people around her to do whatever she wishes, myself included.

After almost pulling her out for fear of needing to leave this life behind, I allowed Madison to return to school this week as scheduled. I spoke to her teacher April, who has also described a slight drop in her grades, though she described it as being less significant that I described it. April seems to think I am being to hard on my sister, but how can I explain to her that Madison should be getting perfect grades in every class she attends because her mental capacity is 50% greater than the smartest human adults? April did agree that Madison may be going through a tough time adjusting to a new neighborhood and new school, so I promised that I would be supportive and she promised that she would keep an eye on her performance for me.

I did not specifically bring up my concern that I may have to pull Madison out of this school, but it remains in my mind. It may have been better to school her at home than allow her to attend a public school with other human teenagers, despite my initial intention that she learn as much about human culture as possible, and not only for her own good. Her involvement with her boyfriend could be endangering him in ways that I have not anticipated. This accident is a perfect example. Also, there is Douglas to think about. I have come to trust him to a degree, but it disturbs me that Madison was able to manipulate him so easily. Douglas could be suffering some harm I am as yet unaware of, or he could knowingly or not bring about some damage if he learns too much about us.

I will monitor the situation closely.