EXCERPTS FROM PROJECT WORMSIGN

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Wormholes #99XX through #1273c have now been mapped and tagged. The grounds under much of the school are like swiss cheese, especially under both Blavatsky and Seeger dorms, which suits our research needs perfectly.

@Janitor Pete has been a big help putting yellow tape up around the wormholes we don't need more info on, and for the most part we're directing traffic away from them (except for the occasional student as needed for control purposes). But we've successfully kept Mr. Pete unaware the full extent of the activity underneath the dorms, and they remain fully occupied. Once they break through and fall into the wormscape we should have a bunch of new data. If we don't see breakthrough in the next few days, we'll implement PROJECT BLASTEMUP to get things moving.

So far we can find no evidence of Dr. Freemium's theory of "thinning" reality walls. Well, circumstantial evidence at best. Eckhart readings remain within acceptable parameters, though upon casual observation it's possible some students aren't "fully there." Impossible to tell without full diagnostic testing, but my team just doesn't have the resources for that at this time.

Buffy out.

"I thought you said the reality walls WEREN'T thinning?"

"Well, it turns out we were misapplying the Eckhart readings," said @Buffy Chan. She's eating cup noodle and looking over data.

"Look at this," she says.

The screen on the laptop shows a map of tunnels. Wormholes, I assume, but more tightly packed than the maps Buffy usually looks at.

"Are there really that many? I didn't know it had gotten that bad."

"Oh... it's a... well. Ok, you can keep a secret."

"I'm a junior agent, right?"

"Intern. But remember your psychic NDA."

She was right. I couldn't talk about it even if I wanted to.

"Anyway," she continued, "when you extrapolate an additional Eckhart dimension based on the density..." She pushed a button, and the map transformed. "Then there's thinning. Significant thinning."

"And this means....?"

"Well, you've noticed it. And I've noticed it."

"You mean... those students?"

"Exactly, THOSE students. The ones who talk about themselves and each other like they're not really here."

"Like they're narrating an imaginary story they're pretending to be in?"

"Yup. This is what happens when reality thins."

“Scout Darnell, I have visual through the bushes. I can confirm it’s us. There’s Huang, Luna, you, me, Stallworth, Williams....”

“Any sign of the imaginary scouts, Chavez?”

“No, but that’s to be expected.”

“Roger that.”

“However... I don’t see an @Estreya Harlow there. Unless she’s wandered off.”

“That’s to be expected too. We found her already, so she’s not lost. Just us.”

“Makes sense. But what do we do now? Our oath says we must help the lost things...”

“But cross-dimensional travel guidelines are quite clear. If we come in direct contact...”

“... then...”

“That’s right. The big kablooie.”

“Wait, there’s something happening. They’re splitting up. And, uh, I think they’ve spotted us. You and I are heading this way!”

“Quick!  Back to the wormhole!”

EXCERPTS FROM PROJECT WORMSIGN

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The reality thinning has reached a critical level.

If only that the wormholes were the biggest challenge we were facing. @Endicott Darnell and Troop 109 of the Spirit Guides remain unaccounted for, and @Lasso Larry is lost who knows where in the ever expanding burrow of tunnels. But unfortunately those problems pale in comparison to the ensuing thinning of reality at Psyhigh.

I was in the cafeteria at lunch, conducting a battery of volunteer diagnostic tests on the student body, and there were definitely students who insisted they were "roleplaying" -- feeling as if they were IN our world, but not OF it. Like they were operating characters remotely, from some imaginary place. Yes -- exactly what we would expect if an extra-dimensional life form (like the ɛʄռʊʍӄɛӄɛ or similar entities) were using some kind of arcane technology to inhabit our world from a distance like a game. But they forgot to mute the cross chatter.

It's not all students, thank god, but if this thinning continues to grow I fear it could undermine the whole reality of Psyhigh.

What to do? Usually such entities dissipate through time, since it's impossible to maintain reality in such a state. Or they move on to different parallel universes filled with other such "roleplaying" entities, which is perhaps a more natural fit for them. But if only there were some cure, like a vaccine, or an enlightening symbol we could provide. If such a symbol were, for instance, flashed at high speeds on student's computers subliminally, could it help to anchor these students more firmly in reality?

Computer, take a note. And inform Control.

Buffy out.