Google Maps and Apple, I could marry you right now. I've found him. Or rather, he's found himself and then mailed me his location. Frick, it's really not that far from here. The only way they could have been any more unexpected was if they were holed up in some fancy-ass place in Remuera or Parnell.
I'm going after him. I have to. I'm bringing my cricket bat and one of the Glocks Jeff and Cheska gave us for Christmas.
Wish me luck.
--Vivi
Monday, January 31, 2011
Where am I?
Chester here.
Don't yell at me. I know I did something stupid. I saw something outside the window, grabbed my cricket bat and went out to investigate. Next thing I know my shoulder has gone numb and I'm feeling kinda sleepy and I turn around and there's a proxy behind me with an empty syringe and then everything kinda goes fuzzy from there.
When they frisked me they took my cellphone, but I guess they were very stupid proxies as they left me my iPod Touch. Which, if there is a free network, can connect to it. And conveniently, I appear to be near a McDonalds. And McDonalds has free Wi-Fi! I know I hate you, McDonalds, so so much, but I think I can forgive you and your junk food and your advertising blatantly targeted at kids because you have probably just saved my sorry ass.
Fuck it. There's no way out of here that I can see. I've seen no-one other than myself since I woke up a few hours ago. There's one window, just facing brick wall. If anyone comes in I will use everything I have in my arsenal- Horrible death threats courtesy of Vivi, Rugby Tackles, the miniscule amount of Karate I know, any sharp/heavy objects I can find, Bishie Sparkle...(what? I tried it on Vivi and it sort of worked?)
Augh. Not even my awful sense of humour is improving matters. I just...fuck. I might die here. It's a possibility. I'm unarmed. The only clue I have to my whereabouts is that I'm outside a McDonalds. Shit.
The thing I feel most guilty about is that if I die here, I never got to say goodbye. Properly. In person.
I swear to god, if I get out of here alive...
Vivi, I'll see you again. I promise. Even if it's the last thing I do I'll see you again.
I can hear footsteps. Gotta go.
--Chester
Don't yell at me. I know I did something stupid. I saw something outside the window, grabbed my cricket bat and went out to investigate. Next thing I know my shoulder has gone numb and I'm feeling kinda sleepy and I turn around and there's a proxy behind me with an empty syringe and then everything kinda goes fuzzy from there.
When they frisked me they took my cellphone, but I guess they were very stupid proxies as they left me my iPod Touch. Which, if there is a free network, can connect to it. And conveniently, I appear to be near a McDonalds. And McDonalds has free Wi-Fi! I know I hate you, McDonalds, so so much, but I think I can forgive you and your junk food and your advertising blatantly targeted at kids because you have probably just saved my sorry ass.
Fuck it. There's no way out of here that I can see. I've seen no-one other than myself since I woke up a few hours ago. There's one window, just facing brick wall. If anyone comes in I will use everything I have in my arsenal- Horrible death threats courtesy of Vivi, Rugby Tackles, the miniscule amount of Karate I know, any sharp/heavy objects I can find, Bishie Sparkle...(what? I tried it on Vivi and it sort of worked?)
Augh. Not even my awful sense of humour is improving matters. I just...fuck. I might die here. It's a possibility. I'm unarmed. The only clue I have to my whereabouts is that I'm outside a McDonalds. Shit.
The thing I feel most guilty about is that if I die here, I never got to say goodbye. Properly. In person.
I swear to god, if I get out of here alive...
Vivi, I'll see you again. I promise. Even if it's the last thing I do I'll see you again.
I can hear footsteps. Gotta go.
--Chester
Sunday, January 30, 2011
ohgodohgodohgod
Chester's gone. I went into the kitchen to check if we had all the ingredients for spaghetti bolognese and when I came back he wasn't there. I've turned the house upside down, called his cellphone a grand total of 14 times and no sign. He's gone. He's taken his iPod, his cellphone, and one of our cricket bats. Oh god oh god oh god
Chess, Chess, please. Please call me back, tell me everything was fine, you just went for a walk and I didn't hear you say that's where you were going, please please please, then I can beat the shit out of you for making me freak out like this and then we can laugh about it
please...
Chess, Chess, please. Please call me back, tell me everything was fine, you just went for a walk and I didn't hear you say that's where you were going, please please please, then I can beat the shit out of you for making me freak out like this and then we can laugh about it
please...
Dammit ToTheArk stop calling me.
We keep getting weird distorted phone calls on Vivi's cell phone, which would be creepy if it weren't for the fact they're kinda narmy and we know they have Vivi's cell number. We're going to change her number tommorrow as it's midnight-ish and the constant calls are getting annoying, especially since as my alarm clock is borked we are relying on that cell phone so we get out of bed in time to fit in some sparring before breakfast.
(Denying Chester breakfast makes him work harder. I feel bad about it but it works and he doesn't mind as long as he gets food eventually. Never say I'm not good at incentives because that would be a lie. --Vivi)
There are so many dirty ways that that sentence could be interpreted, Vivi. Sooooooooo many.
(Oh. I see. Incentives, not "incentives", people.)
XD so we're lying around trying to get some sleep and hoping Mystery Caller doesn't call again.
(Noooooo, you jinxed it!)
Ahhhhh that hurt, you didn't need to hit me that hard. Oww, my head.
(Sorry. *chu* Better?)
Much. I swear, these proxies. For every one that goes after us there's another like this one that just tries to freak us out and fails horribly.
If our mystery caller tries to get into the house, good luck to him. I hope he likes the present we left him on the front step.
(Y'know what? Screw it. We'll turn my phone off and spar before lunch instead of breakfast. I'm too bloody tired for this.)
Sounds good. See you guys... Later today, I guess.
(Denying Chester breakfast makes him work harder. I feel bad about it but it works and he doesn't mind as long as he gets food eventually. Never say I'm not good at incentives because that would be a lie. --Vivi)
There are so many dirty ways that that sentence could be interpreted, Vivi. Sooooooooo many.
(Oh. I see. Incentives, not "incentives", people.)
XD so we're lying around trying to get some sleep and hoping Mystery Caller doesn't call again.
(Noooooo, you jinxed it!)
Ahhhhh that hurt, you didn't need to hit me that hard. Oww, my head.
(Sorry. *chu* Better?)
Much. I swear, these proxies. For every one that goes after us there's another like this one that just tries to freak us out and fails horribly.
If our mystery caller tries to get into the house, good luck to him. I hope he likes the present we left him on the front step.
(Y'know what? Screw it. We'll turn my phone off and spar before lunch instead of breakfast. I'm too bloody tired for this.)
Sounds good. See you guys... Later today, I guess.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Clarity.
Our little Indoctrinated friend is mostly coherent now. He's still using no contractions, but he hasn't tried to get out of his bindings and he doesn't got batshit whenever we mention the looped apartment. He's still vomiting but less frequently and in very small amounts. Here's a transcript of him talking to Vieve.
V: You okay there, kid?
M: Yes. I am better than I have been in a while. What was that stuff?
V: The cure.
M: What is in it?
V: You really don't want to know. Now, if you don't mind, we want to ask you a few questions.
M: I shall try and answer them, although I cannot guarantee that I will not have another...episode.
V: We'll risk it. Were you the proxy that broke into our apartment?
M: Yes. I was.
V: How did you get the alarm codes?
M: Leah White knows your alarm codes. She wrote them down so she would not forget them in case she needed them again. She keeps all passwords et cetera in a spiral-bound notebook kept behind her computer screen. She also leaves her windows open at night.
V: Oh, Leah...Can you tell us anything about the looped apartment?
M: Two layers. Change one, change the other- spill coffee on the carpet in one, suddenly there is a coffee stain on the other. However, still seperate, and cannot interact with another person directly even if they are standing right in front of you. Also cannot see items anyone on other side is interacting with, so no flying coffee mugs. Moving doors, yes, washing machine suddenly full, yes, but no mysterious flying objects.
V: I see. What did you mean by "Resisting, too happy, too familiar, cannot be stable" and how was it related to the lights?
M: It was not related to the lights. The lights were just nice. What I meant when talking about that was that you two are a threat because not only have you made it this far, you are dispensing advice to others. You are not threatening in term of being ...bad...I cannot think of the word.
V: Badass?
M: Yes. You are not threatening in terms of killing but threatening in terms of that while you are still sane you will aid other bloggers, and breaking your sanity will be difficult as one of you will slap some sense into the other, so to speak.
V: So the "divide and conquer" was about separating us so we'd be easier to break.
M: Yes.
V: Well, if Slendy can still get into your head, tell it [EXPLETIVE REDACTED] up his [EXPLETIVE REDACTED] up his [DATA EXPUNGED] with a drill.
M: Will do.
Well...that was interesting. We're hoping that Mike will be A.O.K. by tomorrow so we can return him to his family.
In other news, Vieve has found another way of remembering the people who have passed on since she joined the blogs that she knows of. You know those friendship bracelets?
She has four on her wrist right now. One for Zero, one for Amelia, one for Melody and one for Fizzy. The latter two's statuses are unkmown but neither of them have updated in over a month so we presume they went down at the Solstice. She's in the process of making another, for Jeff's family.
Jeff, our hearts are with you. We're sorry for your loss.
--Chester
V: You okay there, kid?
M: Yes. I am better than I have been in a while. What was that stuff?
V: The cure.
M: What is in it?
V: You really don't want to know. Now, if you don't mind, we want to ask you a few questions.
M: I shall try and answer them, although I cannot guarantee that I will not have another...episode.
V: We'll risk it. Were you the proxy that broke into our apartment?
M: Yes. I was.
V: How did you get the alarm codes?
M: Leah White knows your alarm codes. She wrote them down so she would not forget them in case she needed them again. She keeps all passwords et cetera in a spiral-bound notebook kept behind her computer screen. She also leaves her windows open at night.
V: Oh, Leah...Can you tell us anything about the looped apartment?
M: Two layers. Change one, change the other- spill coffee on the carpet in one, suddenly there is a coffee stain on the other. However, still seperate, and cannot interact with another person directly even if they are standing right in front of you. Also cannot see items anyone on other side is interacting with, so no flying coffee mugs. Moving doors, yes, washing machine suddenly full, yes, but no mysterious flying objects.
V: I see. What did you mean by "Resisting, too happy, too familiar, cannot be stable" and how was it related to the lights?
M: It was not related to the lights. The lights were just nice. What I meant when talking about that was that you two are a threat because not only have you made it this far, you are dispensing advice to others. You are not threatening in term of being ...bad...I cannot think of the word.
V: Badass?
M: Yes. You are not threatening in terms of killing but threatening in terms of that while you are still sane you will aid other bloggers, and breaking your sanity will be difficult as one of you will slap some sense into the other, so to speak.
V: So the "divide and conquer" was about separating us so we'd be easier to break.
M: Yes.
V: Well, if Slendy can still get into your head, tell it [EXPLETIVE REDACTED] up his [EXPLETIVE REDACTED] up his [DATA EXPUNGED] with a drill.
M: Will do.
Well...that was interesting. We're hoping that Mike will be A.O.K. by tomorrow so we can return him to his family.
In other news, Vieve has found another way of remembering the people who have passed on since she joined the blogs that she knows of. You know those friendship bracelets?
She has four on her wrist right now. One for Zero, one for Amelia, one for Melody and one for Fizzy. The latter two's statuses are unkmown but neither of them have updated in over a month so we presume they went down at the Solstice. She's in the process of making another, for Jeff's family.
Jeff, our hearts are with you. We're sorry for your loss.
--Chester
Friday, January 28, 2011
Interview with an Indoctrinated
I have good news and bad news. Bad news, the proxy was a strong little bugger and managed to injure both Vivi and I. Good news, we managed to restrain him in the wee hours of the morning and feed him the cure. He's vomiting copious amounts of slendergoop and isn't saying much, but once he's fully coherent we need to question him about the apartment and a few other things.
Vivi had a short conversation with him this morning. He seems a bit more off with the fairies than Kaylee was, but that may be just his personality talking as opposed to Slendy-influence.
V: So your name is Michael.
M: Yes. No. I hope so.
V: Why?
M: Collective do not have names.
V: Are you feeling alright? We're sorry about making you drink that stuff, hun, but it's for the best.
M: Sick. Hot. Ribs hurt. But better than before.
(pause in which he hacks up more goop)
V: Good. Do you want anything?
M: Mask.
V: What about it?
M: Off. Do not want.
(insert me having quiet hysterics here.)
V: Okay. (pause while she removes mask) Anything else?
M: Water. And...
V: What?
M: Bored.
(Vivi leaves him under my care for about ten seconds while she fetches a glass of water. We free one of his arms so he can drink it but restrain it again immediately afterwards. He stares at a spot on the wall the entire time.)
M: Lights.
V: What? Oh, the fairy lights? What about them?
M: Why?
V: Why not?
M:...
V: Can you tell us anything about the looped apartment?
M: *pupils dilate, starts struggling against bonds* Resisting, too happy, too familiar, cannot be stable...
V: What the hell?
M: Divide and conquer divide and conquer divide and conquer divide and conquer divide and conque divide and conquer divide and conquer divide and conquer divide and conquer...
(pauses to throw up again. He continues repeating this for about an hour before falling asleep.)
Yeah. He's said stuff a few times since then but it's all...rather strange. Usually about the lights, or "divide and conquer", or stuff about Compulsion. We're keeping a close eye on him. Hopefully he'll have full control of his faculties soon so we can find a way to get him back to his family.
Stay safe, everyone.
Vivi had a short conversation with him this morning. He seems a bit more off with the fairies than Kaylee was, but that may be just his personality talking as opposed to Slendy-influence.
V: So your name is Michael.
M: Yes. No. I hope so.
V: Why?
M: Collective do not have names.
V: Are you feeling alright? We're sorry about making you drink that stuff, hun, but it's for the best.
M: Sick. Hot. Ribs hurt. But better than before.
(pause in which he hacks up more goop)
V: Good. Do you want anything?
M: Mask.
V: What about it?
M: Off. Do not want.
(insert me having quiet hysterics here.)
V: Okay. (pause while she removes mask) Anything else?
M: Water. And...
V: What?
M: Bored.
(Vivi leaves him under my care for about ten seconds while she fetches a glass of water. We free one of his arms so he can drink it but restrain it again immediately afterwards. He stares at a spot on the wall the entire time.)
M: Lights.
V: What? Oh, the fairy lights? What about them?
M: Why?
V: Why not?
M:...
V: Can you tell us anything about the looped apartment?
M: *pupils dilate, starts struggling against bonds* Resisting, too happy, too familiar, cannot be stable...
V: What the hell?
M: Divide and conquer divide and conquer divide and conquer divide and conquer divide and conque divide and conquer divide and conquer divide and conquer divide and conquer...
(pauses to throw up again. He continues repeating this for about an hour before falling asleep.)
Yeah. He's said stuff a few times since then but it's all...rather strange. Usually about the lights, or "divide and conquer", or stuff about Compulsion. We're keeping a close eye on him. Hopefully he'll have full control of his faculties soon so we can find a way to get him back to his family.
Stay safe, everyone.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
nightmares and butterflies
We both have the day off work tomorrow. And Monday, for Anniversary weekend. Should be plenty of time to deal with our little junior Masky. He's just a kid, he deserves better than this...this shit.
Fuck. Just a kid, that proxy. He...he knows just how to get to me. Claustrophobia, Kaylee, now this kid. I don't know what he's going to pull out against me next, how he's going to get to me but I keep having nightmares about Mum, Dad, Elaine, Jon, Kathy, everyone just dying and dying and dying and it doesn't stop, it's never going to stop and Chester in just standing there with his back to me and I reach out to him and he turns around and there's no face and I wake up and I lie there awake for hours trying not to cry. I'm not the only one kept awake by nightmares either. Chester gets them too. Sometimes I'll be trying to get back to sleep and he'll be thrashing around and mumbling in his sleep and then he'll wake up and I'll be able to see the fear in his eyes and I'll be glad, so glad, that he's with me and I can see he's okay.
When this was just starting I was okay with just me and my cat but now what with my own home becoming a prison and the fact that nothing seems to be for certain any more, it's good to have him around. I'm glad we're together, even if it makes us an easier target. Kill one, watch the other sink into despair. It would be so easy to crush us if they really wanted to try. We both have our weaknesses, both physical and mental, so easy to be exploited. We're fighting against potentially millions of proxies, with only a score or so bloggers.
Everywhere I look I see things falling apart, people dying. Nothing too awful has happened to me so far, but it's worse than watching people fall around me and being so powerless to help.
I have to hold on to something, a hope, a dream, laughter, love, anything I can think of, so I don't go mad.
I hear a little proxy, sneaking in the window. Do you think I'd leave the window open if I didn't want you to come in?
Yeah, I'm talking to you. I know you can see this. I can see you in the mirror. You only just noticed that, didn't you.
Not too bright, are you?
Fuck. Just a kid, that proxy. He...he knows just how to get to me. Claustrophobia, Kaylee, now this kid. I don't know what he's going to pull out against me next, how he's going to get to me but I keep having nightmares about Mum, Dad, Elaine, Jon, Kathy, everyone just dying and dying and dying and it doesn't stop, it's never going to stop and Chester in just standing there with his back to me and I reach out to him and he turns around and there's no face and I wake up and I lie there awake for hours trying not to cry. I'm not the only one kept awake by nightmares either. Chester gets them too. Sometimes I'll be trying to get back to sleep and he'll be thrashing around and mumbling in his sleep and then he'll wake up and I'll be able to see the fear in his eyes and I'll be glad, so glad, that he's with me and I can see he's okay.
When this was just starting I was okay with just me and my cat but now what with my own home becoming a prison and the fact that nothing seems to be for certain any more, it's good to have him around. I'm glad we're together, even if it makes us an easier target. Kill one, watch the other sink into despair. It would be so easy to crush us if they really wanted to try. We both have our weaknesses, both physical and mental, so easy to be exploited. We're fighting against potentially millions of proxies, with only a score or so bloggers.
Everywhere I look I see things falling apart, people dying. Nothing too awful has happened to me so far, but it's worse than watching people fall around me and being so powerless to help.
I have to hold on to something, a hope, a dream, laughter, love, anything I can think of, so I don't go mad.
I hear a little proxy, sneaking in the window. Do you think I'd leave the window open if I didn't want you to come in?
Yeah, I'm talking to you. I know you can see this. I can see you in the mirror. You only just noticed that, didn't you.
Not too bright, are you?
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
What we know so far...
This post is basically a collation of everything Vivi and I have found out so far through our experiences with Slendy. Most of it is unconfirmed (seeing as Slendy seems to like being inconsistent) but it's a start. We're no scientists, we just note stuff down. We don't know if we're members of the Keeper Alliance or whatever, but we'll do this anyway. Don't need to be a Keeper to want to help. I feel like an older brother to a lot of you, that's motive enough for me.
GENERAL:
Slendy has not gotten into our apartment once except for when Vivi was stuck in the loop. Not sure why. Could be that it's seven floors up, could be some other factor.
Vivi has seen him close up, and says that also he looks humanoid his "walking" is very odd, as though he lacked bones.
He seems to be able to see despite his lack of eyes (at least, he "looked" at us a few times over the past month, etc). So either he does have visual input (although perhaps not on his face?) or he has some other method (sonar? some kind of vibrissae? anyone know or have any other guesses?) of 'seeing'.
THE LOOPED APARTMENT
Vivi could go through any door in the apartment except for the main one. She also attempted to climb out the window, but found herself just coming in through the front door. She also says that she saw the doors open and shut several times while she was in there. Which is odd, because the same thing happened to us (doors opening and closing of their own accord) during the period she was missing. We have entertained the prospect that it was a hallucination or dream of some sort, which doesn't explain several things.
1) Jeff, Cheska and I ate dinner fairly early, loaded the dishwasher and then put it on. The next morning when we went to have breakfast the dishwasher had been emptied and partially loaded again with a plate, a mug of coffee or cocoa, and some cutlery as well. While we were talking about how odd this was, Vivi went "Oh, I wondered what those dishes were doing in there. I emptied it and put that stuff in there."
2) During the course of her stay in the looped apartment, Vivi got changed into clean clothes, partially because unless you want to flash your opponent or are wearing bike shorts/leggings/whatever underneath skirts are not good for fighting in. When we found her she was wearing the clothes had changed into and her old clothes were in the laundry.
Also, she began to feel nauseous shortly before Slendy appeared and threw up when he arrived. Also, she felt more and more sick the closer he got until she was exhibiting symptoms similar to "the mother of all fevers" at which point she stood up and grinned at him because semi-delirious Vivi is absolutely fucking crazy.
(I love you too, Chester~ --Vivi)
After her encounter with Slender Man, the says she felt the walls "closing in" and then fell unconscious. When she woke up she was in that cupboard we found her in and promptly freaked the fuck out. Did Slendy know about her claustrophobia (which she has NEVER spoken about to anyone) or was it just a lucky guess?
On that note, was there any specific reason why he targeted Vivi as opposed to me?
PROXIES
When fed the cure, proxies throw up. A lot. Most of it is this odd Slendergoop, which appears to have some...interesting properties. Ava of The London Librarian has a list of properties here.
They also appear to have difficulty with speaking (more specifically, with pronouns and contractions), although this will pass within 24/36 hours. Between giving them the cure and their regaining full use of their language centres it's a good idea to have them restrained somehow as they will suddenly come over all violent at random times. Also, DONT give them food until they can talk properly. No matter how hungry. It will not end well...
And that's just about everything. We saw Masky Jr again this morning, just standing there. At least the weather's good, so he's not cold, but proxy or not I keep wondering if he has food, clean water, a place to sleep...stuff like that. He's just a kid. I can tell Vivi is similarly worried, probably worse. She loves children.
We have the day off on Friday. We'll start planning how to catch him on Thursday evening, which is tomorrow. For now, rest.
--Chester
GENERAL:
Slendy has not gotten into our apartment once except for when Vivi was stuck in the loop. Not sure why. Could be that it's seven floors up, could be some other factor.
Vivi has seen him close up, and says that also he looks humanoid his "walking" is very odd, as though he lacked bones.
He seems to be able to see despite his lack of eyes (at least, he "looked" at us a few times over the past month, etc). So either he does have visual input (although perhaps not on his face?) or he has some other method (sonar? some kind of vibrissae? anyone know or have any other guesses?) of 'seeing'.
THE LOOPED APARTMENT
Vivi could go through any door in the apartment except for the main one. She also attempted to climb out the window, but found herself just coming in through the front door. She also says that she saw the doors open and shut several times while she was in there. Which is odd, because the same thing happened to us (doors opening and closing of their own accord) during the period she was missing. We have entertained the prospect that it was a hallucination or dream of some sort, which doesn't explain several things.
1) Jeff, Cheska and I ate dinner fairly early, loaded the dishwasher and then put it on. The next morning when we went to have breakfast the dishwasher had been emptied and partially loaded again with a plate, a mug of coffee or cocoa, and some cutlery as well. While we were talking about how odd this was, Vivi went "Oh, I wondered what those dishes were doing in there. I emptied it and put that stuff in there."
2) During the course of her stay in the looped apartment, Vivi got changed into clean clothes, partially because unless you want to flash your opponent or are wearing bike shorts/leggings/whatever underneath skirts are not good for fighting in. When we found her she was wearing the clothes had changed into and her old clothes were in the laundry.
Also, she began to feel nauseous shortly before Slendy appeared and threw up when he arrived. Also, she felt more and more sick the closer he got until she was exhibiting symptoms similar to "the mother of all fevers" at which point she stood up and grinned at him because semi-delirious Vivi is absolutely fucking crazy.
(I love you too, Chester~ --Vivi)
After her encounter with Slender Man, the says she felt the walls "closing in" and then fell unconscious. When she woke up she was in that cupboard we found her in and promptly freaked the fuck out. Did Slendy know about her claustrophobia (which she has NEVER spoken about to anyone) or was it just a lucky guess?
On that note, was there any specific reason why he targeted Vivi as opposed to me?
PROXIES
When fed the cure, proxies throw up. A lot. Most of it is this odd Slendergoop, which appears to have some...interesting properties. Ava of The London Librarian has a list of properties here.
They also appear to have difficulty with speaking (more specifically, with pronouns and contractions), although this will pass within 24/36 hours. Between giving them the cure and their regaining full use of their language centres it's a good idea to have them restrained somehow as they will suddenly come over all violent at random times. Also, DONT give them food until they can talk properly. No matter how hungry. It will not end well...
And that's just about everything. We saw Masky Jr again this morning, just standing there. At least the weather's good, so he's not cold, but proxy or not I keep wondering if he has food, clean water, a place to sleep...stuff like that. He's just a kid. I can tell Vivi is similarly worried, probably worse. She loves children.
We have the day off on Friday. We'll start planning how to catch him on Thursday evening, which is tomorrow. For now, rest.
--Chester
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Masky
Guess who's found us? Yep. Our little friend from the the looped apartment. He (we now know it's a he) spent most of this morning standing outside the house. He hasn't tried anything yet, but we're wary. Jeff and Cheska left us plenty prepared, and although I have problems with harming women and children, this kid probably has information about what happened with the looped apartment. If we can question him, we may have a way of figuring out what the hell happened that day.
We know it's a he because there was a missing person report in the newspaper. Our little Masky is a 13-year-old boy named Michael. He's been missing for two weeks. His family are worried sick about him.
Just a kid, Slendy. Just a fucking kid. Hell, he tried to pet Cassy at one point. She ran away, smart little cat.
How low can this THING sink?
We just have to move forward and hope for the best. It's how Vivi and I have made it this far. We may be walking into the darkness of the unknown, but we can bring light with us. We're not alone. We can help each other. Hell, we already are. Bloggers are co-operating, banding together. We're one big slightly dyfunctional messed up family, and if Slendy messes with one of us the rest of us all jump in to help them, just like a real family rather than just a group of people all being stalked by Slendy.
It makes Vivi and I smile. The more we work together, the more information we pool, the better off we will be. Keep collaborating, bloggers. And if you're ever in trouble, you can expect some serious protective-older-sibling shit from the both of us, because we love you and stuff.
--Chester
We know it's a he because there was a missing person report in the newspaper. Our little Masky is a 13-year-old boy named Michael. He's been missing for two weeks. His family are worried sick about him.
Just a kid, Slendy. Just a fucking kid. Hell, he tried to pet Cassy at one point. She ran away, smart little cat.
How low can this THING sink?
We just have to move forward and hope for the best. It's how Vivi and I have made it this far. We may be walking into the darkness of the unknown, but we can bring light with us. We're not alone. We can help each other. Hell, we already are. Bloggers are co-operating, banding together. We're one big slightly dyfunctional messed up family, and if Slendy messes with one of us the rest of us all jump in to help them, just like a real family rather than just a group of people all being stalked by Slendy.
It makes Vivi and I smile. The more we work together, the more information we pool, the better off we will be. Keep collaborating, bloggers. And if you're ever in trouble, you can expect some serious protective-older-sibling shit from the both of us, because we love you and stuff.
--Chester
Monday, January 24, 2011
Summertime
We're saying our goodbyes to Jeff and Cheska right now. Having them visit us was wonderful, and they were model guests. We're sad to see them go, but they have places to go and asses to kick. We're sending them home with hugs and some vegemite and hopefully some good memories. Something to hold onto when things get shitty.
Today is my favourite kind of weather. Sunny, yes, but really windy. The sort of wind that tears at your hair and clothes, rips leaves from trees and sends them dancing through the air. There's a window on the second floor tall enough for me to stand in, so I just stand on the sill, grab the frame and stand there. There's a deck/balcony thing outside (the next room has a door out onto it) so if I slip no harm done, but it's an amazing views. Streets, trees, houses, a sprawling city of 1.4 million people going about their everyday lives, unaware of the undercurrent of destruction in their everyday lives. It's influence, stripping people of any identity they have other than in relation to It.
I've done this before and I'll do it again.
Assertion. Thank you, Jean.
My name is Genevieve Marianne Sullivan. I am twenty years old. My favourite colours are blue and green. My parents are Marianne O'Flaherty and Benjamin Sullivan. I have an older brother, Jonathan, and a younger sister, Elaine. I was born in Rotorua, raised in Auckland. I work as a cook in a restaurant. I'm a college student, just about to enter my final year. I love cats, always have, can't comprehend life without them, not really a dog person. I had a shitty time at school until about halfway through middle school when I plucked up the courage to make some friends. High school was awesome and I have fond memories of it. I'm in love with a guy I found trekking to school a while after the start of term covered in mud and looking like the most lonely person in the world nearly five years ago. I read, write godawful eldritch poetry, dance, and cook in my spare time.
(My name is Chester Matenga-White. I don't have a middle name. I'm nearly twenty-one. My parents are Janine Matenga and Lucian White. I'm an only child, and an Aucklander through and through. I hated school until 5th Form, when after nearly 16 years of reaching out someone finally reached back for me. I met a bunch of people who weren't stupid, weren't rascist, and had the same interests as me. I work as a waiter at the same restaurant as Vivi. I love science, I have a massive collection of science documentaries, although my love for science is closely contested by my love for the performing arts. I'm not afraid of the unknown, because all there is to combating it is to have curiousity, which I have in spades.)
You can't take this away from us.
This is why were aren't running. If we run, fleeing from It will define our lives.
Chester and I went into work today. Tried to keep things fairly normal.
(Everyone noticed something was up with Vivi, at least, if only because her being stoic is a very odd occurrence so naturally something was up.)
We told them as close to the truth as we could- that a good friend of mine had passed away. They were very nice about it. Even Max, who doesn't like me very much, joined in the group hug.
I love my friends.
I think today did me a bit of good. Fizzbomb is gone, but the rest of the world isn't. While she was alive she was a good friend and someone to look up to, and I will miss her. When I was feeling down, once, she sent me the song "Lean On Me."
I have that song on my iPod now, and every time I listen to it I will remember her.
Everyone stay safe.
--Vivi
Today is my favourite kind of weather. Sunny, yes, but really windy. The sort of wind that tears at your hair and clothes, rips leaves from trees and sends them dancing through the air. There's a window on the second floor tall enough for me to stand in, so I just stand on the sill, grab the frame and stand there. There's a deck/balcony thing outside (the next room has a door out onto it) so if I slip no harm done, but it's an amazing views. Streets, trees, houses, a sprawling city of 1.4 million people going about their everyday lives, unaware of the undercurrent of destruction in their everyday lives. It's influence, stripping people of any identity they have other than in relation to It.
I've done this before and I'll do it again.
Assertion. Thank you, Jean.
My name is Genevieve Marianne Sullivan. I am twenty years old. My favourite colours are blue and green. My parents are Marianne O'Flaherty and Benjamin Sullivan. I have an older brother, Jonathan, and a younger sister, Elaine. I was born in Rotorua, raised in Auckland. I work as a cook in a restaurant. I'm a college student, just about to enter my final year. I love cats, always have, can't comprehend life without them, not really a dog person. I had a shitty time at school until about halfway through middle school when I plucked up the courage to make some friends. High school was awesome and I have fond memories of it. I'm in love with a guy I found trekking to school a while after the start of term covered in mud and looking like the most lonely person in the world nearly five years ago. I read, write godawful eldritch poetry, dance, and cook in my spare time.
(My name is Chester Matenga-White. I don't have a middle name. I'm nearly twenty-one. My parents are Janine Matenga and Lucian White. I'm an only child, and an Aucklander through and through. I hated school until 5th Form, when after nearly 16 years of reaching out someone finally reached back for me. I met a bunch of people who weren't stupid, weren't rascist, and had the same interests as me. I work as a waiter at the same restaurant as Vivi. I love science, I have a massive collection of science documentaries, although my love for science is closely contested by my love for the performing arts. I'm not afraid of the unknown, because all there is to combating it is to have curiousity, which I have in spades.)
You can't take this away from us.
This is why were aren't running. If we run, fleeing from It will define our lives.
Chester and I went into work today. Tried to keep things fairly normal.
(Everyone noticed something was up with Vivi, at least, if only because her being stoic is a very odd occurrence so naturally something was up.)
We told them as close to the truth as we could- that a good friend of mine had passed away. They were very nice about it. Even Max, who doesn't like me very much, joined in the group hug.
I love my friends.
I think today did me a bit of good. Fizzbomb is gone, but the rest of the world isn't. While she was alive she was a good friend and someone to look up to, and I will miss her. When I was feeling down, once, she sent me the song "Lean On Me."
I have that song on my iPod now, and every time I listen to it I will remember her.
Everyone stay safe.
--Vivi
Sunday, January 23, 2011
The Isabel Initiative/Strength
Chester here. Today, we said what will probably be goodbye to one of the most memorable bloggers currently around. I didn't know her too well (I don't really know anyone too well, having only been around since just before the solstice) but she seemed not only like a good person, but like a complete and utter Bad Ass. I'm not just talking about her Crazy Survivalist tendencies either, I'm talking about the fact that she was a good friend to Vivi and to everyone, which in my eyes is just as valuable as all the badassery in the world. In short, about as badass as they come.
We're going to fight in your name, Fizzy. The Isabel Initiative. I like it. We're fighting for you, Fizzbomb.
Vivi would be making this post in my place as she knew Fizzbomb a damn sight better than I do, but she's had a tough time lately and the events of this weekend have been a bit much for her, I think. She might say something once she's finished using up all the tissues.
Goddamnit, I need a tissue too. It always hurts when you people die, you know that? Whenever someone goes off, and you know the likelihood of them dying is high, it hurts. God knows I'm deadly afraid of all you people dying around me, so many more people just flooding in only to just die and die and die and even though there are always more, you feel more and more alone.
There, I admitted it. Seeing as Vivi never told anyone, not even her parents, about her claustrophobia and they still managed to exploit, I'll come clean. The thing I'm afraid of most is being alone. I spent most of my early life being a total social outcast, to the point of attempting suicide at one point. I transferred schools for the last three years, met a certain quirky redhead on the way to school a couple of months into the school year and never looked back.
I'm terrified of something like that happening again. I don't mean sitting in a room by yourself alone, I mean having no one who you really mesh with, no one to confide in, just yourself and a bunch of science documentaries left to you by your dead granddad. That kind of alone. The kind of alone that makes people like me, who thrive on light and colour and noise, go crazy.
The thing I'm not afraid of however is admitting it. The first step to overcoming fear is to acknowledge that it exists, because if you sit on something like that it's bound to emerge somehow, probably at the worst possible time.
Vivi wants to say something. I'm handing the laptop over to her now.
--Chester.
Fizzbomb.
You were a friend to me. An awesome, badass friend. You called me Vivi, a name that's spread like a virus and now everyone calls me that.
It's a name I'm proud to bear. It's mine, a reminder of you. I'll wear it proudly.
Thank you for everything, Fizzbomb.
If you're reading this by some miracle, whether alive or up in Heaven (where you most definitely belong) we love you. We'll never forget you. I don't care if I give up and take Redlights offer a thousand times over, somewhere in my heart I will remember you.
R.I.P., Isabel Dorter.
--Vivi
We're going to fight in your name, Fizzy. The Isabel Initiative. I like it. We're fighting for you, Fizzbomb.
Vivi would be making this post in my place as she knew Fizzbomb a damn sight better than I do, but she's had a tough time lately and the events of this weekend have been a bit much for her, I think. She might say something once she's finished using up all the tissues.
Goddamnit, I need a tissue too. It always hurts when you people die, you know that? Whenever someone goes off, and you know the likelihood of them dying is high, it hurts. God knows I'm deadly afraid of all you people dying around me, so many more people just flooding in only to just die and die and die and even though there are always more, you feel more and more alone.
There, I admitted it. Seeing as Vivi never told anyone, not even her parents, about her claustrophobia and they still managed to exploit, I'll come clean. The thing I'm afraid of most is being alone. I spent most of my early life being a total social outcast, to the point of attempting suicide at one point. I transferred schools for the last three years, met a certain quirky redhead on the way to school a couple of months into the school year and never looked back.
I'm terrified of something like that happening again. I don't mean sitting in a room by yourself alone, I mean having no one who you really mesh with, no one to confide in, just yourself and a bunch of science documentaries left to you by your dead granddad. That kind of alone. The kind of alone that makes people like me, who thrive on light and colour and noise, go crazy.
The thing I'm not afraid of however is admitting it. The first step to overcoming fear is to acknowledge that it exists, because if you sit on something like that it's bound to emerge somehow, probably at the worst possible time.
Vivi wants to say something. I'm handing the laptop over to her now.
--Chester.
Fizzbomb.
You were a friend to me. An awesome, badass friend. You called me Vivi, a name that's spread like a virus and now everyone calls me that.
It's a name I'm proud to bear. It's mine, a reminder of you. I'll wear it proudly.
Thank you for everything, Fizzbomb.
If you're reading this by some miracle, whether alive or up in Heaven (where you most definitely belong) we love you. We'll never forget you. I don't care if I give up and take Redlights offer a thousand times over, somewhere in my heart I will remember you.
R.I.P., Isabel Dorter.
--Vivi
Saturday, January 22, 2011
I'm okay.
Vivi here. I've recovered from my...ordeal. Sorta. I start freaking out if I'm the only person in a room or if there's no-one in my line of sight and I feel like I've been put through a tumble drier, but I'm okay. I slept most of this morning. Chester, on the other hand, hasn't slept in about 36 hours so he's gone to sleep using my lap as a pillow. He's spent most of the day fussing over me. It's quite sweet, especially since he, Jeff, and Cheska apparently either slept little or didn't sleep at all last night so I am literally the only one awake at the moment apart from Cassy. Everyone else has passed out. I'm making Chester's birthday present at the moment since he's asleep and I can hide it pretty quickly if he stirs.
As per Jean's advice, we are no longer in my apartment. Thankfully, due to circumstances unforeseen we currently have access to a house. And will have access to it for-freaking-ever unless the person who owns the house sells it, and he won't, because it has sentimental value. Once the lease on my apartment expires (end of January) we'll be living here. We'll have a lot more funds, too, because although there will be electricity and water bills etc even combined they are a fair bit lower than my rent. And Jeff and Cheska get a proper bed of their own instead of having to use our fold-out couch-bed thing.
I've also realised something about the proxy in the butterfly mask. The reason why I couldn't detect their gender was because I was expecting an adult, not a tween. I still can't tell, but it'll be easier now I'm not expecting to be able to tell the difference on sight alone. Bloody Slendy, that's a kid who's life you're ruining.
I need to make dinner. the kitchen looks on to the living room so I'm going to have someone in my line of sight. It's just something simple because I'm so tired that I think after dinner I'm just going to clamber into bed and sleep.
Thank you all so much for your messages of support while I was in there. Although I couldn't reply, I did see them, and they helped me make it through. I love you guys. Please take care.
--Vivi
As per Jean's advice, we are no longer in my apartment. Thankfully, due to circumstances unforeseen we currently have access to a house. And will have access to it for-freaking-ever unless the person who owns the house sells it, and he won't, because it has sentimental value. Once the lease on my apartment expires (end of January) we'll be living here. We'll have a lot more funds, too, because although there will be electricity and water bills etc even combined they are a fair bit lower than my rent. And Jeff and Cheska get a proper bed of their own instead of having to use our fold-out couch-bed thing.
I've also realised something about the proxy in the butterfly mask. The reason why I couldn't detect their gender was because I was expecting an adult, not a tween. I still can't tell, but it'll be easier now I'm not expecting to be able to tell the difference on sight alone. Bloody Slendy, that's a kid who's life you're ruining.
I need to make dinner. the kitchen looks on to the living room so I'm going to have someone in my line of sight. It's just something simple because I'm so tired that I think after dinner I'm just going to clamber into bed and sleep.
Thank you all so much for your messages of support while I was in there. Although I couldn't reply, I did see them, and they helped me make it through. I love you guys. Please take care.
--Vivi
we found her. In the hallway in the apartment building we live in, there are several small, enclosed spaces. There is a storage closet, but that's larger than Vivi described. There's another cupboard but it has shelves, none of which could fit a person, even one Vivi's size.
At about 5am we heard a dull "thump, thump" from somewhere in the hallway. We couldn't locate it, so we went back to the apartment and discussed how to find a way into the not-apartment Vivi's trapped in. It stopped soon after.
It started up again about an hour ago, this time accompanied by someone muttering "let me out of herepleaseletmeoutofherepleaseletmeoutletmeoutletmeoutletmeout." We searched the hallway again, but couldn't find her. It seemed to be coming from several directions at once. I admit, I was freaking out. My girlfriend was trapped in what I assume is either her worst fear or very close (she's never admitted to claustrophobia before) and I could hear her, but I could do nothing.
It was about that time that someone (Jeff or Cheska) got the idea to call out "Vivi? Is that you?"
"letmeoutletme- whuh?"
"Vivi?"
"This...is she."
"Where are you?"
"Somewhere dark and cramped... I don't know. Smells weird."
"Can you whack the door, or the side you think is the door? Hard?" (Jeff, bro, you absolute genius.)
"...How hard is hard?"
"As hard as possible."
*WHAM*
She even did it again just to make sure. Then we realised where she was. There's a small cupboard, just above head height, that used to house two spare fire hydrants. We managed to get it open and there she was. Bruised, scratched up, unable to stand up, but alive.
I read her all the comments on the "trapped" post to her. She says two things: "I'd post but I am a living breathing heap of pins and needles." and "I love you guys so much. You are all amazing. Thank you so much..."
I think she was going to say something else, but she's asleep. She needs it. Thank goodness we don't have work today.
Thank goodness she's still herself and not a proxy.
Thank goodness we found her.
She's alive.
Everything's okay.
--Chester
trapped
i was in my apartment just a moment ago. i hung up on the phone to chester got changed and huddled in a corner with a baseball bat, waiting for something to happen.
a proxy came in at maybe 9.30. they were wearing one of those carnival masks, one shaped like a butterfly. I couldn't tell what gender. flatchested, but small and slim. androgynous sounding. they looked at me and said 'its a pity. you got something right, at least. '
i asked what. they shrugged and said it was none of my business. then they opened the door and left. there was no corridor outside that door. just this jumble of senseless everything. i tried to follow them out (even managed to get the proxy in the head and in the stomach with my bat) but i just wound up coming in through the bedroom door again.
i went back to my corner. i read a book for a little then i drifted off.
when i woke up, around 10, it was there. arms open, welcoming me.
about then was when i started to feel sick. i threw up. there was black stuff, like kaylee, but a lot less. maybe a teaspoon as opposed to a bucketful.
it just stood there. waiting.
i got to my feet, swaying, pins and needles spiking through my legs, and smiled. the ultimate 'fuck you' to a creature that ruins our lives by filling them with fear and paranoia.
then the world went black and I woke up here.
let me tell you a story.
i used to get bullied a fair bit in middle school, around year 8. 7th grade to you americans. it only bothered me a little until one day they got the bright idea of locking me in a storage closet. i was in there two hours in the cramped dark. i have never been able to tolerate enclosed spaces since.
you can guess what happens next.
i cant even stand up, just sit with my knees drawn up to my chest. it's only just wide enough to fit me. one of my arms is pinned to my side. i can't reach the shift button on my ipod touch onehanded or some of the letters. notice i havent used the letters immediately above and below a. i wish i hadnt disabled autocapitalisation now.
the panic is rising too fast. the air is stuffy and hard to breathe but i wont be running out of air anytime soon.
chester
please help me
a proxy came in at maybe 9.30. they were wearing one of those carnival masks, one shaped like a butterfly. I couldn't tell what gender. flatchested, but small and slim. androgynous sounding. they looked at me and said 'its a pity. you got something right, at least. '
i asked what. they shrugged and said it was none of my business. then they opened the door and left. there was no corridor outside that door. just this jumble of senseless everything. i tried to follow them out (even managed to get the proxy in the head and in the stomach with my bat) but i just wound up coming in through the bedroom door again.
i went back to my corner. i read a book for a little then i drifted off.
when i woke up, around 10, it was there. arms open, welcoming me.
about then was when i started to feel sick. i threw up. there was black stuff, like kaylee, but a lot less. maybe a teaspoon as opposed to a bucketful.
it just stood there. waiting.
i got to my feet, swaying, pins and needles spiking through my legs, and smiled. the ultimate 'fuck you' to a creature that ruins our lives by filling them with fear and paranoia.
then the world went black and I woke up here.
let me tell you a story.
i used to get bullied a fair bit in middle school, around year 8. 7th grade to you americans. it only bothered me a little until one day they got the bright idea of locking me in a storage closet. i was in there two hours in the cramped dark. i have never been able to tolerate enclosed spaces since.
you can guess what happens next.
i cant even stand up, just sit with my knees drawn up to my chest. it's only just wide enough to fit me. one of my arms is pinned to my side. i can't reach the shift button on my ipod touch onehanded or some of the letters. notice i havent used the letters immediately above and below a. i wish i hadnt disabled autocapitalisation now.
the panic is rising too fast. the air is stuffy and hard to breathe but i wont be running out of air anytime soon.
chester
please help me
Friday, January 21, 2011
Shit, shit, shit, shit.
I swear, as soon as things actually start to go well for me, something like this happens. Vivi went out this afternoon to the store a five minute walk from here to get some groceries, and still hasn't come back. Sorta. The thing is, I called her at about 6, 45 minutes after she left, to ask her where the hell she was. I recorded a transcript of our conversation.
C: Vivi?
V: Speaking.
C: Where are you? You've been gone ages. Is everything alright?
V: What do you mean? I'm in the apartment. I thought you must have gone out while I was gone...
C: I'm in the apartment as well. I can't see you anywhere...
V: Neither. I'm going to try leaving the apartment, see if that does anything.
C: If it doesn't, I'll try.
V: Okay the-
*phones goes dead. About ten seconds later it rings again.*
C: Vivi?!
V: I can't leave.
C: What?
V: I can't leave the apartment. If I try to go through the front door I end up coming into the living room from the bedroom.
C: What.
V: I can't leave. My only avenue to anyone is my cellphone, which has 2 hours of battery left, and the laptop. I keep glancing over my shoulder because I know It's coming.
C: Vivi...
V: If I don't make it out, I love you. More than I can put words to. More than anyone could.
C: I love you too. Promise you'll survive.
V: No promises, love.
*she hangs up here.*
She always has to have the last word. And now this apartment is full of reminders of her and her lack of presence. The silence is eating me. I just want to hear her voice again and see her smile and feel her fingers intertwined with mine again. That's all I want now.
I can't think of anything else.
--Chester
C: Vivi?
V: Speaking.
C: Where are you? You've been gone ages. Is everything alright?
V: What do you mean? I'm in the apartment. I thought you must have gone out while I was gone...
C: I'm in the apartment as well. I can't see you anywhere...
V: Neither. I'm going to try leaving the apartment, see if that does anything.
C: If it doesn't, I'll try.
V: Okay the-
*phones goes dead. About ten seconds later it rings again.*
C: Vivi?!
V: I can't leave.
C: What?
V: I can't leave the apartment. If I try to go through the front door I end up coming into the living room from the bedroom.
C: What.
V: I can't leave. My only avenue to anyone is my cellphone, which has 2 hours of battery left, and the laptop. I keep glancing over my shoulder because I know It's coming.
C: Vivi...
V: If I don't make it out, I love you. More than I can put words to. More than anyone could.
C: I love you too. Promise you'll survive.
V: No promises, love.
*she hangs up here.*
She always has to have the last word. And now this apartment is full of reminders of her and her lack of presence. The silence is eating me. I just want to hear her voice again and see her smile and feel her fingers intertwined with mine again. That's all I want now.
I can't think of anything else.
--Chester
Kaylee's back
Or so I hear. On our last post I got an anonymous comment directing me towards this tumblr blog: Let Go Of Me. Which appears to be written by Kaylee. A substantially different Kaylee to the one that I befriended a few months ago, substantially different even to the one we met around New Years.
I feel a little sorry for her, to be honest. She seems very unhappy.
She says she doesn't know who posted the anon. comment as it wasn't her. Odd.
It's nice to know she's alive. We would have been good friends if it weren't for circumstances.
Still no sign of Slendy, It's making me nervous.
--Vivi
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Strange.
No sign from Slim Shady, but apparently some homeless guy got found dead in South Auckland, impaled on a tree, organs removed, etc. Another victim. The police are trying to keep it quiet because apparently this is the third one in the past six months but one of the perks of working in this industry is that people treat you like you're deaf, so Chester and Mariko hear all sorts of stuff.
On the subject of Chester, we spent about fifteen minutes earlier this evening just staring at each other (he has really pretty eyes) for no particular reason. Oh, romance~ Why do you make me do such strange things~
Also, back on the subject of work: Our employer, Mr Irving, has to have a operation so he's going to be in hospital for who-knows-how-long. Over a week. I hope it turns out okay, because Mr Irving is one of those people it's impossible not to like. He's nice to us and to the customers, enthusiastic about pretty much everything he does, etc. And if he died I'm not sure what would happen to the restaurant...
We still have Jeff and Cheska staying with us. They've been good guests. We have converted them to the goodness of Vegemite (in case some people have caught up with this blog through the condensed summary as opposed to reading the full blog, Vegemite is my Trademark Favourite Food). :D Maybe Slendy would like some Vegemite?
Stay safe, everyone.
--Vivi
On the subject of Chester, we spent about fifteen minutes earlier this evening just staring at each other (he has really pretty eyes) for no particular reason. Oh, romance~ Why do you make me do such strange things~
Also, back on the subject of work: Our employer, Mr Irving, has to have a operation so he's going to be in hospital for who-knows-how-long. Over a week. I hope it turns out okay, because Mr Irving is one of those people it's impossible not to like. He's nice to us and to the customers, enthusiastic about pretty much everything he does, etc. And if he died I'm not sure what would happen to the restaurant...
We still have Jeff and Cheska staying with us. They've been good guests. We have converted them to the goodness of Vegemite (in case some people have caught up with this blog through the condensed summary as opposed to reading the full blog, Vegemite is my Trademark Favourite Food). :D Maybe Slendy would like some Vegemite?
Stay safe, everyone.
--Vivi
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
What does normal mean anyway?
I'm having trouble with the concept at the moment. Normal at the moment means hosting two ex-proxies, getting nervous when there ISN'T an Eldritch Abomination hanging around, your current girlfriend teaching you how to fight and also how to slow-dance (don't. ask.) and getting wacky notes from aforementioned Eldritch Abomination's mooks. To most people, that wouldn't be normal. I swear, if this keeps going on by the time I die (hopefully of old age, although this is looking gradually less likely as time goes on) I won't be surprised by anything. Even if Slendy suddenly shows up cosplaying Kamina.
I had another Radioactive Coffee moment today. To clarify, I daydream a lot, and when I snap out of it I tend to say some weird shit until I come fully back down to Planet Earth. When Vivi first started working here last year, she was so excited about getting a job she enjoyed that she did everything very...energetically. So, the first day she was here, I was off with the fairies thinking about interior design (it made sense in context) when Max tapped me on the shoulder and went "Who turned her speed setting up to Eleven? She seemed normal enough at the interview." and I replied with "Radioactive coffee gave her super speed?"
So I had a similar moment today when a customer, one of our regulars, Joseph, asked me what on the menu was good and I went "Vivi and Max adher to food safety regulations at all times." which most people would be weirded out by, but Joseph has been eating here fairly regularly for ages so he just laughed and told me that I keep him young. Whatever that means.
Jeff and Cheska stayed in the apartment today, making sure we didn't get vandalised again, which was awful nice of them. Cassy has really taken a shine to them as well, more than she usually does to new people as well. I guess she has no problem with people who used to be proxies, just actual proxies since she didn't like Kaylee that much until just before she left.
The material used to deface our bathroom has been positively identified as the same stuff as what Kaylee threw up post taking the cure. Except it appears to be breathing and starts trying to get out of the tube occasionally. It's been destroyed now that we've verified what it is, because keeping something like that lying around is probably not a good idea.
Speaking of Slendy, still no sign. Vivi is making me spar with her every day before breakfast and before dinner. I'm improving, sorta, but she's been doing Karate for the past 7 years and I've only just started learning so I can't really expect to be an Instant Badass Just Add Water. It doesn't work that way. I guess I'm lucky in that I'm hardly out of shape, so if worst comes to worst I can just grab Vivi and run like the wind.
Time for dinner with Jeff and Cheska (who have discovered the awesomeness that is vegemite) and Vivi. That girl really loves cooking. She does it all day at work and then makes dinner. And she bakes sometimes. She has a book of recipies that have been PASSED DOWN THEARMSTRONG SULLIVAN FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS?
(...You can tell Chester's just had coffee, haven't you? Oh well. Everyone try not to die overnight, okay?)
What she said. Everyone stay safe.
--Chester.
I had another Radioactive Coffee moment today. To clarify, I daydream a lot, and when I snap out of it I tend to say some weird shit until I come fully back down to Planet Earth. When Vivi first started working here last year, she was so excited about getting a job she enjoyed that she did everything very...energetically. So, the first day she was here, I was off with the fairies thinking about interior design (it made sense in context) when Max tapped me on the shoulder and went "Who turned her speed setting up to Eleven? She seemed normal enough at the interview." and I replied with "Radioactive coffee gave her super speed?"
So I had a similar moment today when a customer, one of our regulars, Joseph, asked me what on the menu was good and I went "Vivi and Max adher to food safety regulations at all times." which most people would be weirded out by, but Joseph has been eating here fairly regularly for ages so he just laughed and told me that I keep him young. Whatever that means.
Jeff and Cheska stayed in the apartment today, making sure we didn't get vandalised again, which was awful nice of them. Cassy has really taken a shine to them as well, more than she usually does to new people as well. I guess she has no problem with people who used to be proxies, just actual proxies since she didn't like Kaylee that much until just before she left.
The material used to deface our bathroom has been positively identified as the same stuff as what Kaylee threw up post taking the cure. Except it appears to be breathing and starts trying to get out of the tube occasionally. It's been destroyed now that we've verified what it is, because keeping something like that lying around is probably not a good idea.
Speaking of Slendy, still no sign. Vivi is making me spar with her every day before breakfast and before dinner. I'm improving, sorta, but she's been doing Karate for the past 7 years and I've only just started learning so I can't really expect to be an Instant Badass Just Add Water. It doesn't work that way. I guess I'm lucky in that I'm hardly out of shape, so if worst comes to worst I can just grab Vivi and run like the wind.
Time for dinner with Jeff and Cheska (who have discovered the awesomeness that is vegemite) and Vivi. That girl really loves cooking. She does it all day at work and then makes dinner. And she bakes sometimes. She has a book of recipies that have been PASSED DOWN THE
(...You can tell Chester's just had coffee, haven't you? Oh well. Everyone try not to die overnight, okay?)
What she said. Everyone stay safe.
--Chester.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Chester has gotten surprisingly good at disassembling and reassembling guns over the past few hours. He's been doing so pretty much nonstop ever since he figured out how. Way to go, Jeff, you figured out one of Chester's strong points- he likes taking things apart and seeing how they work. He was quite the Science nerd back in high school, when he wasn't being a Performing Arts nerd. Odd combination but it kind of works.
Tonight is our second night of having Jeff and Cheska around (I KNEW that couch bed would come in handy someday!). It's nice, since we don't have guests often. Unfortunately we have to leave them to their own devices tomorrow because we have work. We've given them a map of the city and directions to our workplace in case they get lost, get bored, or want a place to eat (Because there are a fair few dodgy eateries out there >.>) with a warning that Mariko flirts with anyone and everyone who isn't obviously taken and even then you aren't safe and not to think anything of it, that's just how she rolls. If she doesn't flirt with you, THEN you should worry about her being interested in you.
Well, I should probably go. If anything happens, we pinky promise to let you know. As as any person who has been through school should know, pinky promises are serious business.
--Vivi
Tonight is our second night of having Jeff and Cheska around (I KNEW that couch bed would come in handy someday!). It's nice, since we don't have guests often. Unfortunately we have to leave them to their own devices tomorrow because we have work. We've given them a map of the city and directions to our workplace in case they get lost, get bored, or want a place to eat (Because there are a fair few dodgy eateries out there >.>) with a warning that Mariko flirts with anyone and everyone who isn't obviously taken and even then you aren't safe and not to think anything of it, that's just how she rolls. If she doesn't flirt with you, THEN you should worry about her being interested in you.
Well, I should probably go. If anything happens, we pinky promise to let you know. As as any person who has been through school should know, pinky promises are serious business.
--Vivi
Check-in
Thank god Jean is okay. Still worrying about Fizzy as she hasn't posted for a while. I hope she's not gone.
Dinner with Jeff and Fallen went fantastically. They are model guests. No sign of Slendy, which is somewhat unusual as we've had him chilling on our street or outside work or otherwise nearby pretty much every day on-and-off, so I'm a little nervous. If anything unusual happens we'll be sure to tell you guys...
We're in the process of trying to narrow down who defaced the bathroom and Vivi's drawings while we were away. The problem is that they didn't exactly leave any handy evidence as to their identity lying around. the only people we've struck off are Viv's immediate family, who were with us, her best friend who is in Japan, and a few of my more distant relatives who don't know that I'm living with Vivi.
Everyone stay safe. Try not to die.
--Chester
P.S. I turned my phone on this morning and found 17 missed calls from Max. He's kept calling me to tell me about things that have happened to him on Minecraft (which I sorely regret introducing him to.). Even really trivial ones like finding a squid or getting chased by a Skeleton. I can't wait until he finds out about Herobrine, thinks it's real and then flips out, that'll be fun to watch.
Dinner with Jeff and Fallen went fantastically. They are model guests. No sign of Slendy, which is somewhat unusual as we've had him chilling on our street or outside work or otherwise nearby pretty much every day on-and-off, so I'm a little nervous. If anything unusual happens we'll be sure to tell you guys...
We're in the process of trying to narrow down who defaced the bathroom and Vivi's drawings while we were away. The problem is that they didn't exactly leave any handy evidence as to their identity lying around. the only people we've struck off are Viv's immediate family, who were with us, her best friend who is in Japan, and a few of my more distant relatives who don't know that I'm living with Vivi.
Everyone stay safe. Try not to die.
--Chester
P.S. I turned my phone on this morning and found 17 missed calls from Max. He's kept calling me to tell me about things that have happened to him on Minecraft (which I sorely regret introducing him to.). Even really trivial ones like finding a squid or getting chased by a Skeleton. I can't wait until he finds out about Herobrine, thinks it's real and then flips out, that'll be fun to watch.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Visitors
We have a Jeff and a Francheska! :D They made it here without incident, so yeah. We just got home. :D Traffic was unusually good, so we got home in supermegadoubletime.
They both survived me glomping them and they seem to be doing fairly well for people who've just been on an international flight. Kudos. the last time I went of an international flight all I wanted to do when I got home was sleeeeeeeep. And then sleep some more. Cheska lifted me right off my feet and then gave Chester a hug so tight his immediate reaction was "Please don't crush my ribs Ms. Francheska ma'am" so I guess being ex-Slendymooks has a few perks.
I'm just about to put dinner on. I've put out a few vegemite sandwiches out in case our guests get a tad hungry while they are waiting for delicious dinnery goodness, and even if they don't Chester eats a lot of food, it's like feeding a person and a half. You can say what you like about New Zealanders in general, but I believe in a little thing called hospitality. Neither of us have work tomorrow (we work 4 days a week) so if they want any help seeing the sights, Chester has lived here since he was born and I have since not long after. If any of you ever stop by, Auckland Zoo has kiwi birds and the Sky Tower is awesomely vertigo-inducing. :D
Now if you'll excuse me, I have pots and pans to stir. And use to make a one-person percussive orchestra, but that's besides the point.
--Vivi
They both survived me glomping them and they seem to be doing fairly well for people who've just been on an international flight. Kudos. the last time I went of an international flight all I wanted to do when I got home was sleeeeeeeep. And then sleep some more. Cheska lifted me right off my feet and then gave Chester a hug so tight his immediate reaction was "Please don't crush my ribs Ms. Francheska ma'am" so I guess being ex-Slendymooks has a few perks.
I'm just about to put dinner on. I've put out a few vegemite sandwiches out in case our guests get a tad hungry while they are waiting for delicious dinnery goodness, and even if they don't Chester eats a lot of food, it's like feeding a person and a half. You can say what you like about New Zealanders in general, but I believe in a little thing called hospitality. Neither of us have work tomorrow (we work 4 days a week) so if they want any help seeing the sights, Chester has lived here since he was born and I have since not long after. If any of you ever stop by, Auckland Zoo has kiwi birds and the Sky Tower is awesomely vertigo-inducing. :D
Now if you'll excuse me, I have pots and pans to stir. And use to make a one-person percussive orchestra, but that's besides the point.
--Vivi
Something in the Water
I love that song.
Slendy appears to have found the restaurant we work at because he's chilling outside the gardening centre next door. Buying some roses for your garden, Slendy? I swear, next thing I know he'll be walking in and ordering the mushroom risotto.
Leah and Max have become Sickeningly Sweethearts in our absence. It makes my head hurt just LOOKING at them.
I'm about to have my lunch break, which I will use to duck down to the supermarket down the road and get some ingredients for dinner since the cupboards are looking rather sparse and we're feeding Jeff and Cheska as well as ourselves tonight.
--Vivi
Slendy appears to have found the restaurant we work at because he's chilling outside the gardening centre next door. Buying some roses for your garden, Slendy? I swear, next thing I know he'll be walking in and ordering the mushroom risotto.
Leah and Max have become Sickeningly Sweethearts in our absence. It makes my head hurt just LOOKING at them.
I'm about to have my lunch break, which I will use to duck down to the supermarket down the road and get some ingredients for dinner since the cupboards are looking rather sparse and we're feeding Jeff and Cheska as well as ourselves tonight.
--Vivi
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Done Condensing
We have a schmancy new header bar that contains links to the home page and to the condensed version. Go have a look, and if you haven't already done an Archive Binge due to tl;dr, go have a read. It's long, but it's only a fraction of the length of the entire blog.
Work tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing my workmates again. Apparently a LOT happened while we were gone. No sure what. We'll fill you in when we find out.
Nothing too big happening on the Slendy front. We were cleaning when Vivi found that whoever broke into the apartment didn't just deface the bathroom- they found Viv's old drawings. When she was younger she couldn't draw faces so her little people wouldn't have facial features. Now they do, even if all it is is a few pen strokes forming an (X). The ones that did have faces have had them meticulously whited out with correction fluid. Huh.
We're seeing Jeff and Francheska tomorrow. I'm not sure where your flight is in, guys, but our work ends at 5 and we're usually home by 5.15. We can pick you up from the airport if your flight arrives in the evening, and we'll treat you to dinner. Well, Vivi will, I still can't cook. Speaking of which, watch out. Vivi likes to glomp people and she is stronger and heavier than her stature would suggest.
Speaking of dinner, I'm going to see if I can help Vieve with ours. :3
--Chester
Work tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing my workmates again. Apparently a LOT happened while we were gone. No sure what. We'll fill you in when we find out.
Nothing too big happening on the Slendy front. We were cleaning when Vivi found that whoever broke into the apartment didn't just deface the bathroom- they found Viv's old drawings. When she was younger she couldn't draw faces so her little people wouldn't have facial features. Now they do, even if all it is is a few pen strokes forming an (X). The ones that did have faces have had them meticulously whited out with correction fluid. Huh.
We're seeing Jeff and Francheska tomorrow. I'm not sure where your flight is in, guys, but our work ends at 5 and we're usually home by 5.15. We can pick you up from the airport if your flight arrives in the evening, and we'll treat you to dinner. Well, Vivi will, I still can't cook. Speaking of which, watch out. Vivi likes to glomp people and she is stronger and heavier than her stature would suggest.
Speaking of dinner, I'm going to see if I can help Vieve with ours. :3
--Chester
Recovery.
Okay, next time someone breaks into our apartment and writes all over our bathroom walls and floor, you could at least try and make your scary words last. The black paste stuff they used to write/draw everywhere smudges really easily and was a cinch to clean off. Probably because they wrote on the tiles. Awfully polite of them, but srsly gaiz?
In other news, my sense of humour has taken up bungee jumping from it's normal state straight into the gallows and back again. At least I still have a sense of humour.
It's come to my attention that this blog is getting kinda long. 60 posts in the last two months of 2010, which means if new readers want to know what the f**k is going on in full they have to read 60 posts of me (and later Chester) ranting and raving about stuff. So over the next few weeks I'm going to write a summary of the first 60 posts so people don't have to do a FREAKING MASSIVE ARCHIVE BINGE through all the filler and just read the STUFF THAT IS RELEVANT. :D
I have far too much energy right now. I think I'm gonna go out for a run. I'll have my phone, I'll tweet if I get into any trouble.
--Vivi
In other news, my sense of humour has taken up bungee jumping from it's normal state straight into the gallows and back again. At least I still have a sense of humour.
It's come to my attention that this blog is getting kinda long. 60 posts in the last two months of 2010, which means if new readers want to know what the f**k is going on in full they have to read 60 posts of me (and later Chester) ranting and raving about stuff. So over the next few weeks I'm going to write a summary of the first 60 posts so people don't have to do a FREAKING MASSIVE ARCHIVE BINGE through all the filler and just read the STUFF THAT IS RELEVANT. :D
I have far too much energy right now. I think I'm gonna go out for a run. I'll have my phone, I'll tweet if I get into any trouble.
--Vivi
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Unwelcome Surprises
Hello, children. We're back.
It seems like a fair bit went down while we were in Matarangi. Jean is missing, Fizzy is god-knows-where trying to find her before Blankie does. We're expecting a visit from Jeff and Francheska (are you still coming here? please forewarn us before dropping on our doorstep) and just general stuff. Is anyone dead?
Uh. Well. Our holiday went fine. We had a few problems with proxies. Just two, standing outside the window at night. They never did anything too insane, just stood outside our window and stared in at us. Weeeeeird. We went outside one night and chased them off. They didn't resist (even weirder) which I guess was a good thing since they were both teenage girls, about 16 or 17, and I still have issues with hitting girls unless they hit me first. I really need to work on that, don't I?
I found out several things in the worst way possible over the past ten days.
-I get very, very carsick if I drive on windy roads on a full stomach. (Thankfully I did not do a Leah and throw up all over Vivi's car.)
-Vivi is ticklish (That was one knee to the crotch I definitely did not deserve.)
-Do not go swimming on windy days shortly after eating.
-I can get sunburnt. My Mum is Maori and never gets sunburn (my Dad is Caucasian/Pakeha/whatever else you want to call it and does get sunburnt), and for the past nearly-21 years I have thought I was the same. Now I am paranoid about skin cancer since I don't wear very much sunscreen and Vieve is unsympathetic because she's always meticulous when it comes to that kind of thing.
Slendy seems to be taking more of an active interest in us now. We saw him more times in Matarangi and on the way home than we have altogether. This is really not a good sign...
I'm doing this post from Vivi's iPod Touch, since she's using the computer for something I am apparently not allowed to see since it's related to my birthday. Which is on the 4th of February. So it's a bit early to be thinking about that but Viv is the sort of person who likes to get things done well in advance.
Aaaand she wants to say something so I'm going to go.
Shit, she looks freaked out.
--Chester
I just went into the bathroom to put away some of our stuff and someone had written all over the walls and floor. The tiled parts, thank god, because I would hate to have to explain that to my landlady...
I wish I had a camera so I could photograph this.
It's written in the black stuff, stuff similar to what Kaylee threw up post-cure-taking. It's mostly nonsense, just squiggles and operator symbols, but some of it's decipherable.
I SEE YOU (pretty much the most common one)
WATCHING (repeated in clusters, sometimes it's FOREVER WATCHING or ALWAYS WATCHING or something similar)
Drawings of eyes and doors and linked circles kind of like chains. I might copy down some of these- does anyone here know anything about symbolism?
Then there's...other stuff. My full name, and Chester's. Our birthdates, our places of birth, the college courses we're taking, our workplace, the name of our high school and respective middle schools, our cell phone numbers, all this stuff related to us, personal stuff. Shit.
This is just scare tactics, they're trying to wear us down I know it
but they were in my apartment, they disabled the alarm (how the hell did they know the code) they wrote all over my bathroom with all this stuff about me and Chester
they know us, they're someone close to us.
Someone who knows Chester and I are living together.
That really narrows it down.
Dad.
Mum.
Elaine.
Jonathan.
My aunts and uncle and my cousins
My grandparents
Chester's (massive) extended family.
Mariko
Max
Leah
Mr Irving
Our common friends (Kathy, Dan, Simon, Lily Anne, Mike)
This isn't good.
I'm going to try narrow that list down further. We can strike off my immediate family and Kathy off right away because the folks were with us the entire time and Kathy is in Nagoya...
That still leaves a lot of people.
Fuck.
--Genevieve
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Leaving
This will be our last post for 10 days unless we can get ahold of a wi-fi connection, in which case we will post updating you all on what's been happening.
As mentioned before, we'll try and stay in touch via Twitter Mobile. There's a gadget on this blog that will show you the last 5 tweets.
I'm done packing. Chester has had to repack because although he remembered to pack books, a chessboard, and his iPod he forgot to pack shoes, a toothbrush, and his wallet. *facepalm* I love him, but he's more than a little bit scatterbrained.
Here's hoping we don't run into any proxies. Fingers crossed. We're bringing guns and cricket bats in case things turn nasty.
Everyone, please stay safe, okay?
--Vivi
As mentioned before, we'll try and stay in touch via Twitter Mobile. There's a gadget on this blog that will show you the last 5 tweets.
I'm done packing. Chester has had to repack because although he remembered to pack books, a chessboard, and his iPod he forgot to pack shoes, a toothbrush, and his wallet. *facepalm* I love him, but he's more than a little bit scatterbrained.
Here's hoping we don't run into any proxies. Fingers crossed. We're bringing guns and cricket bats in case things turn nasty.
Everyone, please stay safe, okay?
--Vivi
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Girls are weird.
Vieve's bag is half again the size of mine, probably because she packed a lot more clothing than me and because she has packed shampoo and shower gel and thing that she says I don't need to know about because they are feminine mysteries. n_n But seriously we have access to a washing machine and clothesline amirite? We don't need to bring that much clothing...
(Layering, Chester. I layer my clothes because it gets boring wearing a t-shirt or tanktop and shorts all summer.)
Slendy showed up earlier today. Both of us shat bricks. He's just left. He didn't do much. He was on our side on the road facing #27 for a while then outside #27 looking up at us. If you looked at him directly he'd do this weird headtilt thing but otherwise, just there. Weird.
Oh well. Matarangi tomorrow. 4 hours in a car, two of which I will be driving (I got my full license yesterday! :D) then 10 days of hanging out with Vieve and her family at the beach. It's like a 10-day-long Beach Episode! Yay!
--Chester
...Hah hah. We won't have internet down in Matarangi so if you want to know what we're doing, check our twitter Chestevieve , since you can update twitter from your mobile as long as you have signal. We're adding the widget to our profile as soon as I can figure out how, because Chester tried and he crashed Internet Explorer. I have no idea why he was using IE anyway, that thing is slow as hell.
Anyway! I've got to go make dinner (Macaroni and Cheese) and then I've got to take Cassy down to Alice in 5C, who will be looking after her while we are gone. I've left Cassy in Alice's company before. I got some pretty funny looks last time I went away because was standing in the elevator with a half-grown cat perched on my shoulder. Cassy's small for a cat so I can walk around with her on my shoulder and she's mellow enough that I can actually go in the elevator, walk through the lobby and check my mailbox and she will just sit there. It's awesome.
--Vivi
(Layering, Chester. I layer my clothes because it gets boring wearing a t-shirt or tanktop and shorts all summer.)
Slendy showed up earlier today. Both of us shat bricks. He's just left. He didn't do much. He was on our side on the road facing #27 for a while then outside #27 looking up at us. If you looked at him directly he'd do this weird headtilt thing but otherwise, just there. Weird.
Oh well. Matarangi tomorrow. 4 hours in a car, two of which I will be driving (I got my full license yesterday! :D) then 10 days of hanging out with Vieve and her family at the beach. It's like a 10-day-long Beach Episode! Yay!
--Chester
...Hah hah. We won't have internet down in Matarangi so if you want to know what we're doing, check our twitter Chestevieve , since you can update twitter from your mobile as long as you have signal. We're adding the widget to our profile as soon as I can figure out how, because Chester tried and he crashed Internet Explorer. I have no idea why he was using IE anyway, that thing is slow as hell.
Anyway! I've got to go make dinner (Macaroni and Cheese) and then I've got to take Cassy down to Alice in 5C, who will be looking after her while we are gone. I've left Cassy in Alice's company before. I got some pretty funny looks last time I went away because was standing in the elevator with a half-grown cat perched on my shoulder. Cassy's small for a cat so I can walk around with her on my shoulder and she's mellow enough that I can actually go in the elevator, walk through the lobby and check my mailbox and she will just sit there. It's awesome.
--Vivi
Closure
EDIT: Our Twitter, @Chestevieve, is now online and functioning.
Well, Kaylee's gone. She decided continuing to sleep on our couch was probably not a good idea and left in the middle of the night. So, that's one problem solved. Although I think we're going to have to barricade the door shut at night instead of just locking it to prevent proxies picking the locks and getting in that way. You have to hand it to them, they're a pretty resourceful bunch, even if they're using that resourcefulness in service of Where's-his-face.
Genevieve and I are leaving for Matarangi tomorrow. There's no internet there, so we'll be signing up for Twitter, which will allow us to stay in touch so if we get pwned by proxies we can let you know, although we won't be able to check the blogs etc because both Vieve and I have older cellphones without all this schmancy internet browser stuff. Well, Vieve's has a browser but it's text-only and pretty much good for absolutely nothing. If we can get ahold of a Wi-Fi connection we'll make sure to check up on you all.
Okay, so dinner with the Sullivan family was bad enough, right?
I'm going to be spending 10 days LIVING with them. Help meeeeeeeeee.
(You'll be fine as long as by some miracle Jonathan doesn't challenge anyone to and game of Mahjong and Dad doesn't decide it would be a good idea to barbeque something. Charcoal is not food, Dad. --Vivi)
...If there's one thing related to food I can do, it's use a barbeque. If your Dad doesn't mind help it'll probably be fine.
(...Where have you been all my life?)
Around, usually. Don't worry, guys, we'll be on the lookout for proxies and any other slender-shenanigans and we'll be taking weapons in case thing turn nasty. We've still got one shot of the cure left as well...
(Slender-shenanigans? Seriously, Chester? Ah well. He's right, we're not optimistic enough to think that we're going to be left alone...)
We'll just try to enjoy ourselves in the meantime.
Well, Kaylee's gone. She decided continuing to sleep on our couch was probably not a good idea and left in the middle of the night. So, that's one problem solved. Although I think we're going to have to barricade the door shut at night instead of just locking it to prevent proxies picking the locks and getting in that way. You have to hand it to them, they're a pretty resourceful bunch, even if they're using that resourcefulness in service of Where's-his-face.
Genevieve and I are leaving for Matarangi tomorrow. There's no internet there, so we'll be signing up for Twitter, which will allow us to stay in touch so if we get pwned by proxies we can let you know, although we won't be able to check the blogs etc because both Vieve and I have older cellphones without all this schmancy internet browser stuff. Well, Vieve's has a browser but it's text-only and pretty much good for absolutely nothing. If we can get ahold of a Wi-Fi connection we'll make sure to check up on you all.
Okay, so dinner with the Sullivan family was bad enough, right?
I'm going to be spending 10 days LIVING with them. Help meeeeeeeeee.
(You'll be fine as long as by some miracle Jonathan doesn't challenge anyone to and game of Mahjong and Dad doesn't decide it would be a good idea to barbeque something. Charcoal is not food, Dad. --Vivi)
...If there's one thing related to food I can do, it's use a barbeque. If your Dad doesn't mind help it'll probably be fine.
(...Where have you been all my life?)
Around, usually. Don't worry, guys, we'll be on the lookout for proxies and any other slender-shenanigans and we'll be taking weapons in case thing turn nasty. We've still got one shot of the cure left as well...
(Slender-shenanigans? Seriously, Chester? Ah well. He's right, we're not optimistic enough to think that we're going to be left alone...)
We'll just try to enjoy ourselves in the meantime.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Kaylee
woke up about an hour ago. She's surprisingly coherent now and quite emphatic about several things.
1) She wants to go home to America.
2) A shower and a change of clothes, since the ones she has she's been wearing for at least 36 hours and also while proxy!Kaylee may be fine with short skirts the real Kaylee is most definitely not.
3) Food. We offered her something to eat before but she couldn't keep anything down so yeah.
The only thing I could see a problem with would be 1). However, last night we got a call from the police in America, saying that they found Kaylee two weeks ago, turns out she was having paranoid delusions or something and just ran off, and she refused to go to therapy until she'd gone to New Zealand to visit me and let me know she was alive, had I seen her? They seem happy with that story, the case is closed
So Kaylee is catching a flight to America on the 5th and she's going to go and try rebuild her life.
Other than that, I have another transcript for you now.
V: You feeling better?
K: I am clean and I have eaten, so I could say that I do.
V: You're using pronouns now.
K: But not contractions.
V: I noticed. Do you think we can untie you or is that a bad idea?
K: I am not sure...maybe it is best to keep me restrained in the meantime.
V: Did you hear about what happened to Lionel?
K: Yes. He knew the truth. It was too much for him. I am glad.
V: Why?
K: If he had been alive I would have been sent to kill him.
V: I see.
K: Who is Chester? He was not living in your apartment when I was last here.
V: Chester is another one of Slendy's Special Friends. He's also my co-worker and my boyfriend.
K: So that is why you seem very close. ...He is very intimidating.
(insert Chester and I exchanging incredulous looks here)
V: Chester is a gentleman unless you are a proxy, which you currently appear not to be.
C: If it's any help, I'm scared of you too. Out of curiosity, can you explain what precisely you meant by "Compulsion"?
K: Oh. Bad word to describe it, really. Indoctrinated have no will for their own. Their will and that of the Master is the same. They want nothing that It does not want. Their only purpose is as a motherf***ing meat puppet to the Master.
(I will not tell you how funny that last sentence was when said in Kaylee's voice (which is very soft) when she is otherwise speaking extremely formally.)
V: Can you remember what the Master compelled you to do? Did it give you any insight?
K: Very little. There is no pattern between people he wants killed and those he just wants haunted.
C: ...Kaylee, did you know about the blogs? People writing about being stalked by Slender Man on the internet?
K: Yes, but I was under the impression that Logan, Joshua, and Damien had been dealt with...
(She doesn't know? What?)
--Vivi
1) She wants to go home to America.
2) A shower and a change of clothes, since the ones she has she's been wearing for at least 36 hours and also while proxy!Kaylee may be fine with short skirts the real Kaylee is most definitely not.
3) Food. We offered her something to eat before but she couldn't keep anything down so yeah.
The only thing I could see a problem with would be 1). However, last night we got a call from the police in America, saying that they found Kaylee two weeks ago, turns out she was having paranoid delusions or something and just ran off, and she refused to go to therapy until she'd gone to New Zealand to visit me and let me know she was alive, had I seen her? They seem happy with that story, the case is closed
So Kaylee is catching a flight to America on the 5th and she's going to go and try rebuild her life.
Other than that, I have another transcript for you now.
V: You feeling better?
K: I am clean and I have eaten, so I could say that I do.
V: You're using pronouns now.
K: But not contractions.
V: I noticed. Do you think we can untie you or is that a bad idea?
K: I am not sure...maybe it is best to keep me restrained in the meantime.
V: Did you hear about what happened to Lionel?
K: Yes. He knew the truth. It was too much for him. I am glad.
V: Why?
K: If he had been alive I would have been sent to kill him.
V: I see.
K: Who is Chester? He was not living in your apartment when I was last here.
V: Chester is another one of Slendy's Special Friends. He's also my co-worker and my boyfriend.
K: So that is why you seem very close. ...He is very intimidating.
(insert Chester and I exchanging incredulous looks here)
V: Chester is a gentleman unless you are a proxy, which you currently appear not to be.
C: If it's any help, I'm scared of you too. Out of curiosity, can you explain what precisely you meant by "Compulsion"?
K: Oh. Bad word to describe it, really. Indoctrinated have no will for their own. Their will and that of the Master is the same. They want nothing that It does not want. Their only purpose is as a motherf***ing meat puppet to the Master.
(I will not tell you how funny that last sentence was when said in Kaylee's voice (which is very soft) when she is otherwise speaking extremely formally.)
V: Can you remember what the Master compelled you to do? Did it give you any insight?
K: Very little. There is no pattern between people he wants killed and those he just wants haunted.
C: ...Kaylee, did you know about the blogs? People writing about being stalked by Slender Man on the internet?
K: Yes, but I was under the impression that Logan, Joshua, and Damien had been dealt with...
(She doesn't know? What?)
--Vivi
Sunday, January 2, 2011
This poses more questions than it answers.
Managed to feed the stuff to Kaylee an hour ago. She's alternating between muttering "shutupshutupshutup" and vomiting at the moment. Not sure if that's a good sign, but other than that she's pretty docile. We've freed one of her hands so she can grab the provided bucket instead of throwing up on the carpet. She was lucid for about five minutes a little while ago, so I made a transcript of our conversation which can be found below.
Kaylee: shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up
*Chester and I stop talking and look at her*
K: No, keep talking.
C: Then who needs to shut up?
K: ...*attempts to cover her face*
V: *wary* He isn't going to suddenly walk in here, is he?
K: Nooooooooo...think. Hasn't shown any sign of wanting to come here. Might send Indoctrinated. Probably not.
C: Why not?
K: Not many here. Not many here fighting, either. Have seen no other Indoctrinated.
V: We've had run ins. There are proxies here.
K: Proxies...?
C: You called them Indoctrinated. We called them Proxies, Hallowed, Agents, Maskies...
K: Have many names.
V: Is it still talking?
K: Compulsion.
V: What?
K: Wants, obey. Compulsion.
C: It compels you to do stuff?
K: Almost...not obey. Want the same as. Don't know.
V: Kaylee, is there a particular reason why you are having trouble using pronouns? We can't understand you
K: Huh?
V: Pronouns. She, he, it, you.
K: *startled* Am using!
C: If you are, we can't hear them.
K: *opens and shuts her mouth as if attempting to speak, coughs* Strange. Assured is not intentional. Stuff tastes weird. Water?
(insert pause while I go and get her a glass of water)
K: Thanks. *drinks half the glass* What is stuff?
C: Dunno. Friend of ours called Jeff sent it to us, apparently it cures Hallowed-ness or at least breaks It's grip on you. I guess it works since you've stopped trying to kill us both, although hopefully the speech impediment won't last.
(Kaylee throws the remaining contents of the glass of water at Chester.)
V: Is It still trying to compel you?
K: Yes.
(she falls silent after this and refuses to speak)
Any theories on what she meant by "Compulsion" and "Want the same as"? Or indeed why she is unable to use pronouns? Jeff, you were the one who supplied this stuff to us, any advice on why she is unable to use pronouns or the fact that her vomit looks like she's been eating charcoal?
Kaylee: shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up
*Chester and I stop talking and look at her*
K: No, keep talking.
C: Then who needs to shut up?
K: ...*attempts to cover her face*
V: *wary* He isn't going to suddenly walk in here, is he?
K: Nooooooooo...think. Hasn't shown any sign of wanting to come here. Might send Indoctrinated. Probably not.
C: Why not?
K: Not many here. Not many here fighting, either. Have seen no other Indoctrinated.
V: We've had run ins. There are proxies here.
K: Proxies...?
C: You called them Indoctrinated. We called them Proxies, Hallowed, Agents, Maskies...
K: Have many names.
V: Is it still talking?
K: Compulsion.
V: What?
K: Wants, obey. Compulsion.
C: It compels you to do stuff?
K: Almost...not obey. Want the same as. Don't know.
V: Kaylee, is there a particular reason why you are having trouble using pronouns? We can't understand you
K: Huh?
V: Pronouns. She, he, it, you.
K: *startled* Am using!
C: If you are, we can't hear them.
K: *opens and shuts her mouth as if attempting to speak, coughs* Strange. Assured is not intentional. Stuff tastes weird. Water?
(insert pause while I go and get her a glass of water)
K: Thanks. *drinks half the glass* What is stuff?
C: Dunno. Friend of ours called Jeff sent it to us, apparently it cures Hallowed-ness or at least breaks It's grip on you. I guess it works since you've stopped trying to kill us both, although hopefully the speech impediment won't last.
(Kaylee throws the remaining contents of the glass of water at Chester.)
V: Is It still trying to compel you?
K: Yes.
(she falls silent after this and refuses to speak)
Any theories on what she meant by "Compulsion" and "Want the same as"? Or indeed why she is unable to use pronouns? Jeff, you were the one who supplied this stuff to us, any advice on why she is unable to use pronouns or the fact that her vomit looks like she's been eating charcoal?
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Hectic day.
Guess who woke up at 1pm, misplaced his glasses, burnt his pancakes, accidentally brushed his teeth with liquid soap, trod on Vivi's foot several times in the space of a few minutes, got into a fistfight with a girl a foot shorter than me, breaking his wrist in the process, and has an unconscious proxy on his floor?
That would be me.
Question: Can ALL proxies pick locks, or is it just the ones in New Zealand?
Just got back form the hospital getting my wrist in a cast. Ow. I wish I could say the only other thing wounded was my pride, but Kaylee had a glass shard fixed by means unknown to a stick. It took us about four hours to incapitate her, first because she had a long range weapon and she took us by surprise (i.e. Vieve had to distract her while I got the cricket bats) and second because once we were armed, she barricaded herself in the bathroom for an hour and a half. Turns out, glass shards on sticks are really easy weapons to destroy if you don't mind getting wounded in the process.
I'd get Vivi to finish off this post, but she's curled up on the couch waiting for the painkillers to start working (she got beat up worse than I did although nothing is broken) and really doesn't want to move
So yeah. When Kaylee comes to she'll find herself tied to the leg of the couch, which is bolted to the floor. I'm not sure where Vieve learned to tie knots, if that THING could be called a knot. I don't think you could untie that unless you had some serious eldritch-knot-untying-skillz.
Now we have to force feed her this vial of...stuff...Jeff sent us. Not looking forward to that. Really not.
Uh...Happy New Year?
--Chester
(EDIT: Any suggestions as to what to do with Kaylee? --Vivi)
That would be me.
Question: Can ALL proxies pick locks, or is it just the ones in New Zealand?
Just got back form the hospital getting my wrist in a cast. Ow. I wish I could say the only other thing wounded was my pride, but Kaylee had a glass shard fixed by means unknown to a stick. It took us about four hours to incapitate her, first because she had a long range weapon and she took us by surprise (i.e. Vieve had to distract her while I got the cricket bats) and second because once we were armed, she barricaded herself in the bathroom for an hour and a half. Turns out, glass shards on sticks are really easy weapons to destroy if you don't mind getting wounded in the process.
I'd get Vivi to finish off this post, but she's curled up on the couch waiting for the painkillers to start working (she got beat up worse than I did although nothing is broken) and really doesn't want to move
So yeah. When Kaylee comes to she'll find herself tied to the leg of the couch, which is bolted to the floor. I'm not sure where Vieve learned to tie knots, if that THING could be called a knot. I don't think you could untie that unless you had some serious eldritch-knot-untying-skillz.
Now we have to force feed her this vial of...stuff...Jeff sent us. Not looking forward to that. Really not.
Uh...Happy New Year?
--Chester
(EDIT: Any suggestions as to what to do with Kaylee? --Vivi)
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