I can't quite seem to gather myself enough to... to form anything... I don't really know where I am... The paint on the walls, it's almost supressing me, I can see through it but I can't quite... Reach through it... I need to help, @Nobody is trapped, @Morris is in trouble, I can't believe I was beaten this easily, I feel ashamed and frustrated and my friends and this school are in danger and Fortuna, she is the one responsible for destroying my body and she's right THERE and I can't QUITE... I can't-

This may be the second worst day of my life. Besides all my friends being captured, brainwashed, possessed, and mentally abused by Fortuna, my sister was a zombie for awhile. She was tracking me like a bloodhound, I could feel her in my head... it brought back memories of the old days in the old body.... *shudders* Of course, once we figured out she was trying to sniff out Coblat's Cavern for Fortuna, the teachers acted fast. They implanted a large magnet in the cave across the way, stuck me to it, and ran. "We'll be nearby. Don't worry. If she comes, we'll grab her. You just stay here, you're the bait." They said. Then they smiled like this was an honor. I know they mean well, but being called bait isn't really a compliment. It brings to mind a large cut of stinking meat left to rot on a dirty forest floor. I'm not even made of flesh anymore!

But now, I know that Atlantica is okay again. I can feel it. If I can just pull myself from from this magnet, I can get out there and start doing things! Step 1: Find Attie, make sure she hasn't suffered excessive brain damage. Step 2: Get @Nobody out of the closet. Step 3: Scrape all that paint off @Walls. Step 4: Um... I have no idea. Maybe try to unpossess Mattie? We need Nobody to do that though. She and Eralonia seem to know the most about how to stop Fortuna. I'd ask @Gretel for some prophetic insight, but last time I stopped her sick bed she was kind of delirious.

I'm so excited to get moving again, strike back, punch Fortuna in the jaw! If I can just-- *struggles to get off of magnet* Ugh... hopefully somebody comes by soon... maybe I can contact Attie via twin telepathy or whatever. It's worth a try, right?

Upon hearing the message from Morris, Eralonia and I have started compulsively screaming, freaking out, and sobbing. When I screamed "MORRIS HAS MADE AN ENTRY!" Most everyone gathered 'round as we played it back. The entire room was silent, except the sound of Morris' metallic voice coming from my Journal. I have been worried beyond belief-- I have no idea what is going one with him. *sniff* The pain he was talking about... I feel it. But in a different way.

After Eralonia heard Fortuna's message, she had a mixture of pure happiness and pure disgust. Happiness at seeing the one she spent thousands of years with-- disgust at seeing her turn into such a horrible beast of a woman. She has been pacing around, scared and confused. And now, Pacifica is being used as jailbait. We have been instructed not to go near her for "safety reasons". I tried to get by the professors (there was shoving involved) but I couldn't get by. I know she's plotting something. Whenever she thinks, she stops moving. Her trying to jerk away from the magnetic force was the only source of movement coming from her person. Otherwise, she is stock-still, robotic eyes focused straight ahead.

I am terrified to see Fortuna's power in battle. Do the teachers think they are capable of capturing her? Bah! "Oh, when she tries to attack you, we will catch her in a net, like a fish! Simple! IT is not like she has the ability to create dimensions or anything!!!"

*sigh* Adults are pure idiocy. They believe just because they are older, they think they know everything. *scoff* Well, I do know an older being who knows about everything. Eralonia...?

~...~

Are you worried?

~No, I'm doing just dandy. Wonderful. I'm having BOODLES of fun. I'm absolutely fin-DAB-yoo-luss! ~

Eralo..

~DON'T YOU "ERALO" ME! ONLY MORRIS CAN CALL ME THAT.~

..I am worried for him too, you know.

~I know.~

*silence*

Why can you not look into the future? See what will happen?

~I don't see THE future. I see A future. A possible future that CAN happen. It is like the TVs at the diner... when I left, she replaced me, replaced me with a dumb screen--! *GASP*~

~The screen.~

~Behind the screen! SCILPH! SCILPH! I HAVE FIGURED IT OUT! I KNOW WHAT SHE IS DOING!~

What?

~FORTUNA'S MOTIVES! She is trying to create and army of-- well, ME!~

...How does that make any sense?

~Think about it!-- She replaced me with the screens-- the TVs! Behind the screen-- she wants to take everyone into a reality where she CAN take over their minds... *muttering* maybe the screens were not good enough.. maybe they didn't see the correct futures that she wanted to see... Mommy-- Fortuna, wants to take everyone into a Realm where she can get past the mind locks and with THEIR minds-- well, I do not know what comes after that, but... Scilph, Scilph, hand me my Ringo doll.~

What?

~He helps me think. Bring him here.~

Okay... *hands her the doll*

~Thank you. Okay... I believe she has tried this before... she told me her powers of trying to create humans out of glass... maybe then she was trying to make the army like she is trying now--! Of course, all of this could be wrong... but it is the most likely possibility...~

We have much thinking to do.

~Indeed.~

Hellooooooooo? Helloooooooo! Where is everybody? I went to sleep in my dorm... and I woke up in the hallway... hey look! It's Mattie's room! I had a funny dream about her! She was scaaaaaary! But... lonely. Maybe I should go in and give her a hug!!!

*sound of door opening*

MATTIE! BFF? I'M HERE TO HUG YOU UNTIL YOU HATE ME! *giggling* Hey, why's the closet shaking? Oh! Is this a game of peek-a-boo?

*runs over to closet, opens the door without warning* PEEK-A-BOO! I SEE YOU!

*@Nobody falls out of closet* Oh! Hi Nicky! Did you give me this pretty sparkly tin foil hat? ("Yeah. Are you... normal again?") Pacifica says I'm never normal!!! ("Um... okay.") Come on Nicky, let's go find our friends! Something in my head tells me Paci needs a hand.... ("Alright. I think I remember the way back. Maybe. Do you mind cleaning off @Walls's walls first though?") Cleaning? I LOVE CLEANING! THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUUUUUUN!

Dear Somebody,
I've come out of the closet! Wait, no, not like that. @*Atlantica* opened the closet door and let me out. Actually, I fell out, but still. I'm free! Anyway, we've been cleaning @Walls's walls for a while, and almost have all the paint off. Atlantica is extremely enthusiastic about cleaning. And paint removal. And everything.

In other news, Claude found us, and explained the situation in the catacombs. *eye twitches* I think I'll just let him lead Atlantica to The Room so she can help Pacifica. I'll just.. Wait here... The catacombs are awfully tight. And enclosed. And dark. And closet-like. *shudders* I'll just wait on the ceiling invisible here with Walls until everyone is above ground. Then we can de-possess Mattie. I still have everything we need in my pockets, I think; Fortuna didn't think to search me for anything. Maybe Eralonia or Scilph will have a better idea of what to do AFTER Fortuna is, um, out of Mattie. Because that part seems terrifying. I mean, unclear.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

You all are trying my patience. Why do you have to struggle SO MUCH? Everytime I turn around one of you undoes all my hard work! It's like we're playing some twisted game of freeze tag! Quit it! You can't win, I'm the one in control here!

As long as I have Matthew's disgusting descendant to possess, you can't get rid of me! See, that's what makes my plan foolproof this time. @Pacifica thought she was soooooo clever digging up my past. But she never did understand how I was all over history, did she? Ha! You foolish child! You don't see just how great my powers are! Being trapped in an empty dimension all by yourself for eternity gives one lots of time to fine tune their powers! I've been jumping out of Forever Diner, trying to escape, for EONS. Unfortunately, my body is tied to my dimension. My time allowed to be spent outside of the diner is very short. But now that I've learned how to possess bodies *waves around arms in excitement* I can stay here as long as I want!

Morris told me where you are all hiding. I will come for you. I just need to set up some reinforcements. Luckily, my enchantments on @Walls should be ready soo- *sees Nobody and Atlantica had removed all the paint*

NO! YOU PAY FOR THIS! PSYHIGH MUST PAY FOR THIS! *sound of violent spazz attack is heard, accompanied with lots of swearing* When I control you all you will regret all your meddling you fools. But for now… I need an inside man. I need somebody to corrupt, to distract you all from my preparations.
…
*voice turns sweet and gentle again*. @Morris, do you remember my powers? Of course you do dear, you read all about me! Such a bright young man you are. So you know I can bend reality. I'm quite good at it. Just look at my beautiful daughter Eralonia. I brought her to life from a few shake glasses I smashed in a wild angered frenzy. So, honey, you do me a teeny tiny favor, and I do you a teeny tiny favor. Just think about it dear. You do a little sabotage work, I give you something you've yearned for since you met your pretty little girlfriend.

Yes, Morris. You know what I'm offering you here. I can bring you back to life.

My eyes widened as I heard Fortuna's cheeky, smarmy voice say something so beautiful. Morris. Life. I could have the ability to live again. To breathe. To feel. I would be able to hug Scilph and feel her hair tickle my face and hold her hands and trace the indentions in her palms. All for one simple, easy price. It's all I wanted, all I ever wished for since the day of my death. I could only imagine the wind blowing against my skin, my hair on my head, clothes on my body, everything that the living took for granted. I don't even think about what I had to do-- expose everyone and put them in danger.

This was a petty offer. I knew she was going to go back on it. I knew for a fact that this woman would lie and cheat and steal and do anything in her available power to get what she wanted. But Lord knew that she wouldn't actually do it. I heard it, I heard it in her voice. I knew she was lying, with all my soul and being. But a deep urging, a wanting to breathe and eat and truly feel LIFE again, it had yearned for over 17 years. I needed life. I wanted skin. I wanted to exist.

I turned solid and start banging on the walls, hoping, wishing, praying that she could hear. My MEJ ran out of power for recording, and can only listen to entries. After a long while of making as much racket as I could, I saw the figure of Mattie-- Fortuna in the doorway.

Upon seeing me, she smiled.

I looked at her. I clenched my fists, imagining the nails grinding into my palms. I craved to feel that again. I craved to feel ANYTHING again. I felt a twinge, a thought, a wisp of a reminder that what I was doing was wrong, wrong, wrong. And for what? A single hope of life. A hope for life that would NOT be fulfilled. And yet, I mimicked a deep breath, and said...

{When do I start?}

Dear Somebody,
I have NO idea what is going on below the school. I should have gone with Claude and @*Atlantica*, but... I just... Couldn't. There must be something wrong with me. I've forgotten how long we've been waiting here, @Walls and I, just kicking our heels and waiting for the others to arrive. I've been invisible, and Walls hasn't been using any projections. He's trying to save his strength, and I also have the foreboding feeling that we would be best unseen. I've run out of sprinkles, and I'm having trouble concentrating. I keep pacing back and forth on the ceiling; Walls says it giving him a headache. He wants to go ahead and try to de-possess Mattie and then somehow fix it so she can't be RE-possessed, but I want to wait for the others. And we have NO idea how to prevent Fortuna from just repossessing Mattie! And if Claude isn't here... I'm afraid I'll forget everything, and mess it up, even with the book and Walls. And what if she sends me or Walls to Forever? Or worse, puts me in the closet again? And while she can't stuff Walls in a closet, she can reapply the paint. We can't watch everywhere! *starts sobbing* It's hopeless! If the others were in any position to leave the catacombs, they'd be here by now. Not to mention that all my special sprinkles are still in my room! Fortuna will probably take them all for hersel- My special sprinkles! Of course!! I have a plan now. I think. But... I wish Claude was here. I hope he and the others are ok.

Farewell for no- *school shudders and peices of the ceiling fall* That can't be good...

How long have I been stuck up here, trapped to a magnet imbedded in the wall? A day? Longer? Not for the first time, I wish my body wasn't metallic. Sure, it also contains synthetic materials that are softer and simulate hair or skin. But the majority of it is metal, and causes huge problems when you're stuck to a magnet.

A couple of students have tried to convince the teachers to let me free -- thanks Amy, Lucy, Scilph, and EATER OF SOULS -- but they are adamant that I'm not to be released until @*Atlantica* is found. The teachers are so paranoid at this point, they moved everyone away from Cobalt's Cavern entrance. I can't see anyone and they can't see me. It's actually pretty lonely here now. I hope everyone is okay.

Does any of this even matter at this point? Fortuna already knows where we are! The solution is no longer to just hide, we must fight! Like the delusional Gretel urged us too! *sigh* I can yell all I want, nobody will listen. Or can listen. They're all out of hearing range. It's a good thing my brain is half computer. I'd die of boredom without internet connection. I guess that's one good thing about cyborg-dom…

Wait, somebody is coming down the catacomb path! Is it Attie...? No! It's Morris! MORRIS! MORRIS, OVER HERE! CAN YOU GET ME DOWN? WE NEED TO ORGANIZE! TOGETHER WE CAN STOP FORTUNA! ("... Yeah. Let me help you....") Oh my gosh, I'm so glad you're here. With you, me, and Eralonia, we'll figure out a way to win in no time! Not to mention, we need to help @Nobody save Mattie. I've been doing a lot if thinking and -- hey, no, the button to turn off the magnet is over there. Morris? Morris! Morris, stop, that's my suit's off button! That'll shut me dow--

[ Sleep mode activated. Conscious systems shutting down. ]

I finally managed to get back to the surface. Ugh, I'm still feeling weak, but @Nobody managed to scrape all this paint stuff of the walls, which I'm uh, very grateful for, I kind of lost myself... We've just been waiting, waiting for something to happen I suppose, for something to think of something, for some stroke of luck. @Morris is in so much trouble and Fortuna is getting to him, but he knows he can't make a deal with her, surely? I want to help so much, but Fortuna is going to repossess Mattie and hurt @Scilph and @Pacifica and I don't know what to-

Wait... I don't know if I can do this, but maybe, maybe I could possess Mattie? It doesn't seem impossible, I mean, I don't really exist physically and I can move around the school and access different astral planes, why shouldn't I be able to possess people? It feels strange and wrong to me, but if it worked, maybe Fortuna wouldn't know I was in there. Can a body be possessed by two people at one? Maybe we'd both get trapped in there and I could try and fight Fortuna off, buy people time to do something. I'm sure she'd overpower me quickly but some time is better than no time... Right? I could just reach out and... I can't do it without her permission, can I? Wouldn't that be, well, evil?

Something just happened to Morris. Is he bluffing? I need to do this quickly. I hope Mattie forgives me.