BLACKIE'S POINT OF VIEW:

Blackie found Sad Just Girl! Yay! Smells something. Metal. Bugs. Felt them around my legs (Blackie has black dogs legs, with fur and everything!) MetalBugs are running away. Blackie smells salt. Strong, pungent sadness. But... it's a good sadness. A needed sadness. Goes up to Sad Just Girl. She talks a lot. Hears words, "salt" "electricity", "Nobody-Nicky", and "mentally stable". There's lots and lots and lots of salt in the 94 Dining halls (i ate some and got yelled at) and there's lots and lots and lots of Zippy-Zappy-Electrickery in the School Genn-ee-ray-tur in the Basement! It smells like fire, which Blackie doesn't like, but now we need it. I know "Nobody-Nicky", kinda-sorta. Her smell (sprinkles and cat fur) lingers, kinda-sorta. And I've heard out Kitty cat Irrieloneeah say Morris was "mentally stable"!

Sad Just Girl calls me Boxie. That's weird, because my name is Blackie. I say in Boxx-Talk, "My name is Blackie" but she just grins and says "GOOD BOY!"

GOOD BOY!

I'M A GOOD BOY!

Excited excited excited excited! Smells like Happiness, but also a bit of Fear! Run run run to Dining hall for salt come on Sad-Happy Just Girl! Hurry Hurrry Hurry HURRY LETS GO!

{I just read Gretel's last post. Oh no. No, no no no no... I need to forgive her. But I can't see Scilph. I could poof out of existence any moment now--! What do I do, what do I do.. AH! I SEE BLACKIE AND ATLANTICA! Th-they're coming for me!}
"Morris, we need you! Right nownownow!" *sobs*
{Atlantica?! Why're yo cryi- Never mind that! I can't right now! I need to forgive Scilph!}
"But how? She can't come out to use her zip-zap powers, remember?!"
{I-I know, I remember! I-it's just-- I'm going to be the next to go.}
"What?! NOOOOOOOO!" *more sobbing*
{...Atlantica.}
"Whut?" *sniff*
{What are THOSE?}
"Oh. Those are EBIBs. From Forever."
{They're... they're surrounding us.}
"Morris? Ate you Oka-"
{Need to forgive her forgive her now i can't leave her like this forgive forgive forgive forgi-}

{IT'S OKAY, SCILPH!}

"AHH!"

*Morris disappears*

"...He's gone."

Dear somebody,
It is done. I don't remember what it is I finished, but I know it was important. And... I'm hungry.. Hungry for.. Something i shouldnt eat. I... I'm all alone. Everywhere I look,I see... I... EBIBs. Yes, thats right, EBIBs. They... They're prevented from attacking me by.... I don't remember what... I don't dare move. I see... I see things. Terrible things.... I... I need... Something. Someone... I... Claude. I need him. I hope he's OK. I see... Terrible fates for him and... The others. I need to find.... People. Her. Them... @Scilph and.... @*Atlantica*. But.. I can't... Leave... I should have taken help from... He who is now.... @Wall. But it wasnt time then. He mustn't... Lose hope. I...

There! I see... Eyes. But not.. EBIBs.... Cat eyes. Cat eyes! Claude!! He's.... Here... He's... Getting... Attacked! No!! I must... Help....

I need...

I must...

I need...

Help.

There's someone in the walls. @Nobody... You're...

You're right underneath her. The Queen.

Everything is coming back to me. I remember what she did to me. I shouldn't have taken no for an answer, now you're in do much danger, and Claude...

You'll need to get to Claude, I know the EBIBs will try to swarm you, but you need to take her and run. I can put a barrier between you and the bugs, so you can find a way out safely, but I can't break down the Walls... It would hurt too much. This is the biggest swarm yet, they can't escape into the school, they can't-- -

Please let me help you

~This is madness. Four gone. Three left. Claude went to rescue Nobody and brought extra sprinkles. Scilph is still in isolation. Atlantica and Blackie have already ransacked every Dining Hall for salt. They said they were going to The Generator... that powers the entire school.~

~I am losing hope. So many people have been taken today... but Attie only has one more hour to be sad, and Scilph has one more hour until she can come back out. This is extremely distressing. I don't know what to do.~

~At least Pacifica's message helped, helped a lot, really. Except for the STATIC PARTS. AUGH! WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO BE SO DIFFICULT--!~ *glass breaking*

~Oh no. No, no no.... My mind is losing control. If I get too furious or any sort of extreme negative emotion occurs, then--~

~Mass destruction. By God.~

~THIS IS WHAT SHE WAS PLANNING. THIS IS WHAT SHE WAS DOING ALL ALONG! Fortuna, you sly devil... I will rip out you innards and--~ *vibrating noises*

~...I need to stay calm. Calm.~

~Calm.~

---Morris---

I want to leave i want to leave i want to leave.

It's even worse that a bowl of nice-looking soup is sitting right in front of me, taunting me, reminding me who I am. Pacifica got a signal, but I don't care. She can't talk to Sciph. She won't check her Journal. Mattie won't stop bugging me... she keeps telling me useless love tips. But I don't make her stop. She seems really scared, and this is her way of coping. So I just try and block her out.

Gretel is quietly eating steak fries, sitting in a booth. It's ironic that this stupid Forever place is a diner. Go figure. I was expecting some sort of vortex.

I'm staring intently at the TV screen. Scilph pops up, and it grabs my attention. She is looking straight at me. I reach out, slowly. Paci wraps up her message, and looks at me. "Morris..? You okay?"

I don't care. I'm reaching for Scilph. I just need to see her, tell her that I'M sorry and then SHE'LL forgive me. I almost have my hand on the screen-- when suddenly, something happens.

Scilph's head begins to deform. A small crevice appears in her forehead, creating a crack down her porcelain face. The crack deepens, and seeps through, more and more, until her entire face is split. I watch in horror as she smiles, her eyes gently looking at me--

And she shatters.

I feel like throwing up. Mattie stopped talking, and everything is silent. Paci has her hands over her mouth, and her eyes wide. Gretel has a fry halfway to her mouth. She slowly sets it down. Fortuna smiles pleasantly.

I begin to weep.

Atlantica just stared.

She stood there and stared, tears still on her cheeks and EBIBs crawling frustratingly close behind her. Sitting in the cafeteria was a... hologram? Yes. A hologram. Of a boy. Eating pasta. Boxie crawled right through him, spun around in confusion, then went and sat on a pile of salt bags. Students were filing in and out of the room, grabbing breakfest and chatting. The end of the world came quite frequently to Psyhigh's doorstep, they were pretty used to it. Atlantica shook herself awake and walked up to the boy.
"Um... are you Wallace?"
"Oh, hi. No, the name's @Walls actually."
"OMG! Wallace! I'm so happy you're here!" *tries to hug him*
"Uh, yeah, I'm not really here. So you can't hug me."
"Okey dokey! Well, I'm glad you're here Wallace! I need you to follow Boxie over there to @Nobody! Then you guys can beat up the EBIBs with projected salt *mimes beating up baddies* and lead Nicky/Nobody to the generator with projected sprinkles! I'll get the generator set up and protect it with that salt over there! Understand? GREAT! Take care of Boxie! Bye Wallace, my bestie!" *tries to hug again, then sprints away*

"... the name's still Walls..."

Times up.

I can LEAVE!

I run out of my room the moment the minute hand on my clock moves. I run around the dorm, screaming with joy. I jump on the cough and open the fridge just to slam it shut and run out of our Dorm and take off down the hallway. I laughing and yelling and having a wonderful time. It has never felt so good to be free.

I remember Morris. I need to go to him and tell him I did it! I'm so proud of myself, what I did was so hard. But now I'm out! I'm sure everyone else has complete their tasks, easy squeezy Japanesey! I giggle to myself, also remembering Blackie and Eralonia and all my other friends-- and some new ones as well! I've heard about that kid, the slug person, and one other who I haven't heard much about. Oh, I am so thrilled!

I run into Atlantica. I am about to hug her... When I see the tears on her cheeks.
"Huh? Atlantica, what is wrong?" I grin. "Are those tears of JOY at seeing me? I am happy as well! That aside, have you seen Morris?"

She frowns. "Uh-Uhm, Scilphy--"

"Oh, and where are Mattie and Pacifica? Gretel as well. I have not formally met her yet."

"They're.. Uhm..."

I spot Blackie behind her before I finish. "BLACKIE!" I shriek, and run to him. I embrace my eight-legged box friend happily. He jumps and squirms and wriggles in excitement. "Oh, how glorious this is!"

Out of the corner of my eye, I spot Eralonia swaggering up to us. I pull her into my joyous embrace. She clears her throat as I squeeze her more.

When she is finally released, she takes a deep breath.

~Let me tell you something.~

I'm following Blackie. He's going a little fast, and I think about disintegrating this projection and following just as psychic mist, but that won't do for a school environment. I have to fit in.

Blackie's turning the corner to a room though, is this @Scilph's room? The box is meant to be taking me to @Nobody! Maybe he won't listen to @*Atlantica*. Maybe Scilph will have to help us find Nobody.

I hover a little in the doorway. I see Atlantica, she's still crying. But... Is that Eralonia? I didn't know she was a cat. Maybe I can talk to her on the astral plane. Although that would be rude on a first meeting. She seems to be about to say something.

Getting Nobody to the generator must be important. But for what? My mind must be straining from keeping up this projection. I contemplate returning to my pasta, but when I quickly check it through the cafeteria walls, EBIBs are already circling it...

Eralonia told me everything.

I am broken.

About Fortuna, about the disappearances, everything. This is awful. Atlantica is lingering in the hallway, where Blackie and I are sitting. Someone-- I don't know who-- is standing off to the side and listening intently. I slowly bring my knees up to my face. No, no, not again. I wish to push the entire thought about this stupid prophecy out of my mind. But there it stays, stuck.

I hate this. Blackie coughs, hard.

Atlantica looks to me. "We need to get to the Generator, and find Nobody. Now."

I get up quietly. "Alright" if it will end this, I will do anything. "Blackie, lead."

Blackie jumps up, excited, and runs down the hall until we all get to a steel door. I try to open it. Locked.

"I've got it. The unknown person says." The door unlocks, swinging open. I look to him, impressed.

We run down the steel stairs, and see a large machine, it is cluttering and puffing out thick smoke like no ones business. I look at Atlantica. Her face turns bright and happy yet again. She has completed her task.

"So, Attie," I say. "What do we do?"

I told Scilph and the others I would find Nobody. I had a good idea of where she was.

~Goodness. It smells awful in here... But what did I expect of Catacombs?~

Skeletons and bones littered the floor. I carefully stepped over them. This was disgusting. Why would the EBIBs drag her down here...?

Suddenly, she found herself surrounded by the mechanical pests. They hissed and made clicking noises. She slowly backed away... Then started to run. Nobody was close. She could feel it... Water dripped from the celing, and she smelled salt. Eralonia walked over to the scent, and saw..

Claude, with a jar of sprinkles oh his back. ~CLAUDE!~ she ran over to him, her eyes welling up. He grinned slightly. =hey, I toldja I could do this myself.=

~oh, I am so glad you're alright--! I got so scared for you and Nobody-- wait. Where is Nobody?~

The large cat scoffed. =That's what I'm wonderin'.=

~We'll find her. I'm sure,~ she smiled, and wiped away a small tear.