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10/2/2023 (BABYGIRLS REPORT) THE THREE MEMBERS KNOWN AS ANNIE BABYGIRL (1943-1970), WILLOW BABYGIRL (1945- 1972), AND STACY BABYGIRL (1943-1970)
AFTER RISING TO SUPERSTARDOM IN THE LATE 60’S, THE DARLINGS (OR, MORE CYNICALLY, CASH COWS) OF THE RECORD LABEL “ADRENALINE AUDIO LTD”, MANAGED BY JAYMOND “BIG DIAMOND” DWAYNE, DIED TRAGICALLY, ONE AFTER THE OTHER
ON THE 5TH OF JUNE 1970, STACY WAS TAKEN IN A CROWD CRUSH AFTER JUMPING INTO THE PIT AT THE FIRST SHOW OF THEIR DEBUT WORLD STADIUM TOUR, THE “GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD” TOUR, WHICH FOLLOWED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME, RELEASED IN OCTOBER 1969. COCAINE WAS FOUND IN HER SYSTEM DURING THE AUTOPSY. SINCE SHE DIED WITH THE DRUG PRESENT IN HER SYSTEM, HER RESURRECTED BODY IS IN THE CONSTANT STATE OF MILD COKE INDUCED EUPHORIA. SHE WAS 27 YEARS OLD.
AT DIAMOND’S INSISTENCE AND FOR THE LOVE THEY BARED THEIR MILLIONS OF FANS, ANNIE AND WILLOW ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE THE TOUR WITHOUT HER. STACY BEING IN MANY WAYS THE FRONT WOMAN OF THE BAND, A GAPING VOID WAS FELT IN THE FEW SHOWS THEY PLAYED BEFORE A REPLACEMENT WAS BROUGHT IN. AT THE TIME, REGINA ATHENA WAS THOUGHT OF AS SOMEWHAT OF A HAS-BEEN, A RELIC OF THE 50’S HOLLYWOOD SCENE, BUT FANS CAME TO LOVE HER AS STACY’S REPLACEMENT.
THE TOUR CONTINUED TO PULL IN MILLIONS OF POUNDS EVERY SHOW. AFTER A SUMMER OF 24 SHOWS ACROSS THE UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE, THE USA, SOUTH AMERICA, AND OCEANIA, THE FINAL SHOW WAS SET TO TAKE PLACE IN TOKYO, JAPAN, THE LAST SHOW OF THREE SOLD OUT NIGHTS IN THE CITY.
EVERY NIGHT REGINA HAD PERFORMED WITH GRACE AND ELEGANCE, HONORING STACY’S MEMORY. ANNIE CONTINUED TO PERFORM AS WILDLY AS EVER IN HER SIGNATURE EDGY AND ECCENTRIC STYLE. THEIR FANS WERE ELATED, FOR THE MOST PART. A FEW HAD BEGUN TO NOTICE HOW WILLOW’S SLENDER FIGURE SEEMED TO BE SHRINKING SMALLER AND SMALLER EVERY TIME SHE APPEARED ON STAGE. THE CUSTOM COUTURE OUTFITS AND DESIGNER BRANDS SHE WAS KNOWN FOR WEARING LOOKED TO BE A SIZE TOO BIG MOST NIGHTS.
TRAGEDY STRUCK THAT FINAL NIGHT OF THE TOUR, AUGUST 29TH 1970. AFTER THE CROWD HAD GONE HOME WILLOW HAD RETREATED TO HER HOTEL ROOM. IT WAS SAID IN THE PAST THAT THE THREE BABYGIRLS HAD ALWAYS SHARED A SINGLE SUITE, BUT AFTER STACY'S DEATH THE WHISPERS AND RUMORS BEGAN THAT WILLOW AND ANNIE GOT SEPARATE ROOMS. EVEN PERFORMING THEY SEEMED FARTHER APART THAN EVER, THOUGH THEY HAD ALWAYS BEEN ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STAGE. WILLOW WAS KNOWN TO ESCAPE THE VENUE AND THE PAPARAZZI AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AFTER EACH PERFORMANCE, SLIPPING OUT OF WHICHEVER DOOR WAS LIKELY TO HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WAITING OUTSIDE TO GREET HER. IT DIDN’T SEEM TO MATTER AS ANNIE GAVE THE PRESS ALL THE CELEBRITY ANTICS AND SCANDALS THEY COULD HOPE TO FILL THE PAGES OF THEIR TABLOID PAPERS WITH. WHILE WILLOW WAS HOLED UP IN HER HOTEL, EVERY NIGHT ON TOUR ANNIE WAS SEEN KISSING A DIFFERENT MAN OR WOMAN IN A DIFFERENT CITY, OR HANGING OUT IN UNDERGROUND CLUBS.
THAT FINAL NIGHT AFTER THE SHOW IN TOKYO, ANNIE HAD GONE TO AN EXCLUSIVE PENTHOUSE PARTY IN THE CITY THAT WAS CELEBRATING THE JAPANESE SCULPTURE ARTIST HOSHI EGUCHI’S NEW EXHIBITION. SHE FELL FROM THE TOP FLOOR OF THE BUILDING AS THE FULL MOON GLOWED OVER TOKYO.
WILLOW HAD NEVER BEEN ONE TO TALK AT LENGTH IN INTERVIEWS, AND AFTER STACY’S DEATH SHE HAD RETREATED FROM PUBLIC LIFE QUITE COMPLETELY. WHEN SHE WOULD NOT COMMENT ON ANNIE'S DEATH, BIG DIAMOND WAS PRESSED WITH A FLOOD OF QUESTIONS, ASKING HOW THIS COULD HAVE POSSIBLY HAPPENED UNDER HIS MANAGEMENT. ADRENALINE AUDIO GAVE A STATEMENT FRAMING ANNIE’S DEATH AS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN HELPED, THE SAME AS THEY HAD FOR STACY’S DEATH. BUT PEOPLE BEGAN TO DOUBT THAT IT WAS WHOLLY COINCIDENTAL. ONE DEAD BABYGIRL WAS A HORROR, A TRAGEDY, AND STACY HAD MADE THE MISTAKE OF JUMPING INTO THE RABID CROWD OF FANS THAT NIGHT. TWO DEAD BABYGIRLS? THAT WAS AN OUTRAGE. SOMEONE MUST BE TO BLAME. BIG DIAMOND WAS UNCEREMONIOUSLY LET GO FROM ADRENALINE AUDIO WITH SEVERANCE PAY, ONLY TO BE HIRED BACK A YEAR LATER IN SEPTEMBER 1971. NO ONE TURNS DOWN A DWAYNE.
IN DECEMBER OF 1971, WILLOW MADE HER FINAL APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC BEFORE HER DEATH. SHE SANG A NEW, ORIGINAL SOLO SONG FOR THE TELEVISED JAMIE BERNARD NEW YEARS EVE SPECIAL. IT WAS AN UNNERVING PERFORMANCE, FANS SAID. HER VOICE QUIVERED AND CRACKED AND SHE LOOKED SKINNIER AND PALER THAN EVER IN HER YELLOW COUTURE GOWN A FEW MONTHS LATER IN 1972, WILLOW WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER HOME. THE CAUSE OF HER DEATH WAS LISTED AS UNKNOWN. SINCE HER RESURRECTION IN 2022, SHE HAS REFUSED TO SPEAK ON HOW SHE DIED.
IN 2022, THE BABYGIRLS MADE THEIR GRAND RETURN. THEY APPEARED ALONGSIDE THER EX MANAGER BIG DIAMOND, WHO LOOKED FAR YOUNGER THAN HIS 90 YEARS OF AGE. WE KNOW NOW WHY EVERY FUNERAL WAS CLOSED CASKET, OR AT LEAST WE CAN ASSUME. STACY, WILLOW, AND ANNIE ARE THE FIRST KNOWN RETURNED CELEBRITIES. THE WORLD’S PREMIER UNDEAD GIRL GROUP THE PRESTIGIOUS DWAYNE FAMILY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE TECHNOLOGY TO RETURN PEOPLE FOR SOME TIME. EACH BABYGIRL WAS HELD IN A SORT OF CRYOSTATIC CHAMBER UPON DEATH. EVEN IN 1970 THE DWAYNE FAMILY WAS PUMPING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO RESEARCH THAT WOULD ONE DAY LEAD TO THE CREATION OF A SERUM THAT CAN BRING PEOPLE BACK FROM THE DEAD. STACY, ANNIE AND WILLOW’S BODIES WERE PRESERVED UNTIL THE SERUM NOW KNOWN AS “VIVADIUM 1.0” WAS INVENTED AND INJECTED INTO THEIR LONG DEAD BODIES IN 2022.
8/10/23
I’M PITCHING A NEW STORY TO DENNIS THIS UPCOMING WEEK. GREAT FOR THE NETWORK AS NOTHING SELLS LIKE SOME GOOD OLD FASHIONED MORAL PANIC, AND GREAT FOR ME TOO AS I CAN CONTINUE MY RESEARCH INTO THE UNDYING. IF THEY ACCEPT MY PROPOSAL, I’LL BE ABLE TO CONDUCT RESEARCH WITH A WHOLE TEAM BEHIND ME. AND IF IT GETS ON THE AIR, I COULD REACH MORE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO MIGHT KNOW MORE ABOUT THE UNDEAD/HALFDEAD/UNDYING. IF I CAN SELL THIS VAMPIRE STORY TO THE NETWORK AS SOME SORT OF SATANIC PANIC, “THINK OF THE CHILDREN”, GAY GROOMER ISSUE, I KNOW I CAN GET THEM ON BOARD. IT’S ALL NONSENSE OF COURSE BUT IF THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO LEARN MORE…IT’S AN UNFORTUNATE NECESSITY.
10/10/23
MY MEETING WITH DENNIS WENT WELL. I TOLD HIM ABOUT “BLOODBANK”, THE STILL SOMEWHAT MYSTERIOUS VAMPIRE CLUB IN PICCADILLY CIRCUS. HOW WE COULD BE THE FIRST NETWORK TO BRING THE “VAMPIRE QUESTION” INTO THE MAINSTREAM. WE ARE SET TO DO A LIVE SEGMENT THERE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, TO INTERVIEW SOME OF THE VAMPIRES OR “BLOODSUCKERS” AS THEY LIKE TO CALL THEMSELVES. THERE MUST BE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE BLOODSUCKERS AND RETURNED PEOPLE, LIKE THE THREE BABYGIRLS, TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOT QUITE ALIVE, NOT QUITE DEAD PEOPLE. I AM STILL UNCERTAIN OF HOW BLOODSUCKERS ARE CREATED. I KNOW BLOOD DRAINING IS INVOLVED SOMEHOW. PERHAPS BLOOD IS ESSENTIAL TO THE CREATION OF VIVADIUM AS WELL.
21/10/23
WELL. FUCK. THERE’S NO HIDING IT NOW. BROADCAST AT “BLOODBANK” DID NOT GO TO PLAN. IT LOOKS LIKE I'M GOING TO BE DROPPED FROM THE NETWORK NOW. THE GOOD NEWS IS I HAVE AN “IN” NOW WITH THE BLOODSUCKERS. I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THEM, WHO GOES BY THE NAME “VICKY”, PRIVATELY, AND EXPERIENCED BEING A “FEEDER”. THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING THE BLOOD DRAINED FROM NECK WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAVE EVER FELT BEFORE. A STRANGE MIX OF EUPHORIA AND DREAD, THE FEELING OF THE DROP FROM THE TOP OF A ROLLER COASTER, BUT STANDING STILL, NO SEAT BELT TO HOLD ME IN PLACE, NO PRECAUTIONS. THE BAD NEWS IS I MADE A FOOL OF MYSELF ALL OVER NATIONAL TELEVISION AND THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE NETWORK HAS GROWN DEEPER THAN EVER. DENNIS IS ONTO ME. HE DOESN’T KNOW THE EXTENT OF MY RESEARCH, MY JOURNALING, BUT HE MUST KNOW I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE BLOODSUCKERS OFF AIR. IF I CONTINUE TO ASSOCIATE WITH THEM, I DON’T KNOW WHAT SORT OF DANGER I BRING UPON MYSELF. BUT HOW ELSE WILL I LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HALF DEAD? ALL THE SIGNS POINT TO THE FACT THAT I MUST RETURN TO BLOODBANK.
2/11/23
I TOOK A BIG RISK TWO NIGHTS AGO, HALLOWEEN. I'M STILL RECOVERING FROM BEING DRAINED AGAIN AT THE CLUB, WHERE VICKY TOOK ME OUT FOR I NIGHT I CANNOT SOON FORGET. THE PROCESS OF BEING DRAINED LEADS TO SOMETHING LIKE A HANGOVER. DRAINING IS ONE PART OF THE VAMPIRISATION PROCESS, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW THE ONLY WAY TO FULLY TRANSITION IS THROUGH THE EXCHANGE OF BLOOD WITH A BLOODSUCKER. THE BLOODSUCKERS DANCE TO STRANGE MUSIC UNLIKE ANY I HAVE HEARD AT A CLUB BEFORE. IT’S THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF THE HIGH OCTANE, 1000BPM TRACKS YOU WOULD HEAR AT ANY OTHER RAVE. IT’S MORE LIKE LISTENING TO THE CURE ON A BUNCH OF XANAX, SLOWED DOWN GOTHY ATMOSPHERE BROUGHT TO LIFE OVER THE SPEAKERS. VICKY TELLS ME THE MUSIC LINES UP WITH THE SLOWED DOWN HEART RATES OF VAMPIRES. I DID NOT KNOW THEY POSSESSED THIS SLOWED DOWN HEART RATE IN THE FIRST PLACE. IF ONLY I HAD A MEDICAL DEGREE SO I COULD BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES IN HUMANS VS BLOODSUCKERS, AND FURTHERMORE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BLOODSUCKERS AND RETURNED, THE TWO FORMS OF HALF DEAD LIFE (OR AT LEAST THE ONLY ONES I AM AWARE OF CURRENTLY). STILL, I HAVE TRIED TO NOTE DOWN THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES AS I GO. MAYBE SOMEDAY IT WILL MAKE SENSE.
SIDE NOTE: DO NOT SAY “VAMPIRE” IF YOU WISH TO BE “IN” WITH THE GROUP. WHILE THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT NECESSARILY UNFRIENDLY TO OUTSIDERS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CUSTOMS, TERMS, AND MANNERS OF SPEAKING. THE ONES I HAVE SPOKEN TO ARE COMFORTABLE WITH BEING CALLED “BLOODSUCKERS” AND USE IT SELF REFERENTIALLY AS A MORE CASUAL AND COLLOQUIAL TERM THAN “VAMPIRE”. I ALSO GATHER THAT THIS TERM IS PREFERRED BY MANY DUE TO BLOODSUCKERS NOT WISHING TO BE SEEN IN THE SAME LIGHT AS THEIR FICTIONAL COUNTERPARTS, WHO DELIGHT IN TAKING HUMAN LIFE, OFTEN DEPICTED AS MONSTROUS AND DEMONIC.

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