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

Dear Somebody,
I REMEMBER! AHA! *Claude rolls his eyes* Ok, so maybe I had some help remembering. But still.

Everyone in The Room is still asleep (or, at least, they were all still asleep when I left), even Cobalt who didn't entirely agree with my plan, and like Prof. Belka said it was "dangerous" and the like. I suppose they have a point. And I don't particularly want to face Fortuna on my own. Even if it frees Mattie. But with my new plan, I won't have to! Maybe. I think. I'm currently slipping unseen through the halls. Actually I've been wandering the halls for a while. I got kind of lost. I even thought I saw @*Atlantica* earlier, but... She wasn't running up to hug people, and she didn't call me Nicky, (I might have been invisible, but still), and her smile seemed...forced. She wasn't even skipping. I was kind of worried, but I didn't have much time to waste, so I just gave her a tin foil hat. If she's under the influence of subliminal messaging, it should help. And it might help with other things. I think. I hope she's ok. She was headed to the catacombs, so I sent Claude ahead to warn everybody. Wich might have been a mistake, because now I'm really lost. And almost out of sprinkles.

*turns a corner*

AHA! Never mind. There's Ava now. I think Mattie/Fortuna's control over her is mostly subliminal, so if I can slip this hat on her.... And then finish freeing Walls... Fortuna will lose
2 of her best assets.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
I REMEMBER! AHA! *Claude rolls his eyes* Ok, so maybe I had some help remembering. But still.

Everyone in The Room is still asleep (or, at least, they were all still asleep when I left), even Cobalt who didn't entirely agree with my plan, and like Prof. Belka said it was "dangerous" and the like. I suppose they have a point. And I don't particularly want to face Fortuna on my own. Even if it frees Mattie. But with my new plan, I won't have to! Maybe. I think. I'm currently slipping unseen through the halls. Actually I've been wandering the halls for a while. I got kind of lost. I even thought I saw @*Atlantica* earlier, but... She wasn't running up to hug people, and she didn't call me Nicky, (I might have been invisible, but still), and her smile seemed...forced. She wasn't even skipping. I was kind of worried, but I didn't have much time to waste, so I just gave her a tin foil hat. If she's under the influence of subliminal messaging, it should help. And it might help with other things. I think. I hope she's ok. She was headed to the catacombs, so I sent Claude ahead to warn everybody. Wich might have been a mistake, because now I'm really lost. And almost out of sprinkles.

*turns a corner*

AHA! Never mind. There's Ava now. I think Mattie/Fortuna's control over her is mostly subliminal, so if I can slip this hat on her.... And then finish freeing Walls... Fortuna will lose
2 of her best assets.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
Claude bumped my hand and posted my journal before I finished! Anyway, as I was saying, I think I'm going to... I...umm... I've forgotten what I was going to do. Maybe I'll go swimming when Pacifica and finish our game. I can breath underwater when I'm invisible and it'll be quiet. It's awfully loud in The Room with everyone here. Maybe Cobalt (the water sprite) will give me some sprinkles. I wouldn't mind the taste so much now, I think. I've run out of my own.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
I am frustrated beyond belief. After I raised the alarm and helped explain the situation to everyone (actually, Pacifica was the one who explain everything. I turned invisible. But still.) I ran toward my/Mattie's room with everything I needed to remove Fortuna from her. Or however de-possesion works. But I was stopped by Professor Belka! Even though I had a tin foil hat to block any subliminal messages, and salt, and everything mentioned in "De-possesion 101", AND most of the book memorized (the first step to de-possesion is to... Um... Take a....ummm..and...uh... *sigh* Never mind. I brought the book with me just in case anyway), he went off on a tangent about how it was "dangerous" and other things that I've forgotten. Half of it was in the grey squirrel dialect anyway. But long story short, he dragged me to The Room and wouldn't even let me finish scraping off all the paint off Walls! I'm 100% sure that and the blankets are why Walls is... Um... Not... Um... Awake. What if Fortuna does something to him?? Um... Not to mention the other students whose beds are probably covered with enchanted blankets even as we speak. If I can just de-possess Mattie....

Pacifica and I have been playing various board games for over an hour. She's pretty good, and even won at exploding scrabble (I'm not very good at scrabble. I always forget words and what letters I have. And explosions scare Claude.) but it's hard just sitting here doing nothing. Claude wants to leave too. Eralonia told him something and he's unsettled, although he won't say what it was she told him. I think I'm going to turn invisible and slip out when no ones p

Dear Somebody
I HAVE A SOLUTION. I think. After much spinning and salt and attempted escape through secret cat entrances/exits, the... Being, that inhabits The Room revealed itself. It turns out that it was a sprite that took pity upon the students when it found out about Fortuna/the weather. It decided to shelter and protect any student (and pet) that came into its domain. Which was me. And Claude. Nobody comes to the catacombs besides Nobody *laughs at own joke* Anyway, we managed to come to an agreement, and the sprite (who happens to be a water sprite, which is why everything smelled fishy) has promised to help us to the best of its ability. I actually have a book, entitled "Depossesion 101" that it gave me.

I'm going to go find the others who are still not yet "behind the screen" and maybe we can regroup down here. The temperature is reasonable (and more comfortable and roomier than a freezer), and we'll be protected from Fortuna. Also, Eralonia, did you call Fortuna.... Mommy??? If I wasn't so terrified of what's happening, I might be shocked/slightly amused by all the drama and plot twists.

But first I'm going to remove all the blankets from Walls and from outside the dorms, and remove the new paint on Walls. Then I'm going to grab some stuff from the kitchen (including tin foil and sprinkles) and visit Mattie "like a good little girl". Claude is awfully good at origami, especially making hats.

Oh! And I highly recommend burning any blankets from Mattie and/or Ava. Or ANYTHING from them, actually.

Farewell for now

Nobody

Dear Somebody,
I suppose I'm going to leave The Room now. I had such pleasant dreams though, and they were about...um ...uh...about.... I've forgotten. Oh well. Also The Room doesn't seem to want me to go. It keeps producing sprinkles (they still smell fishy) and the "weather" has turned stormy. Oh! And words keep showing up scrawled all over the walls saying things like "stay" and "don't leave you can never leave don't leave stay stay stay sta-" (that one was cutoff when the writing reached the floor) and "you're safe here" "stay safe". It's slightly disconcerting. Especially since it feels like something is dragging me away from the archway every time I start walking toward it. Claude's tail has started to bristle and he's a little on edge.
*more writing appears on the walls* ---You don't really have to leave, do you?---

Well... Yeah I guess I do. I want to find out about Fortuna. And see if Walls is ok.

---But you don't have to leave until three---

Well-

---Or at all---

I'm supposed to get Mattie. That's specifically what Pacifica said. "Nobody bring Mattie".

---DON'T LEAVE STAY STAY BE SAFE STAY---

Talking to @Walls is fine, but talking to these walls is just weird. I'm just going to grab my non-contaminated sprinkles and g- Oh. The arch is closed... Even if I spin around three times.

Let me go ask Claude. This might take a while.

---YOU CAN'T LEAVE MUSTN'T LEAVE DON'T LEAVE STAY STAY STAYYY---

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
Claude has joined me in The Room again. Apparently the weather has turned scorching. Again. I've gotten quite a stock of food in here now, non-fishy items that Claude and I stole, er, borrowed from the kitchen, including (but not limited to) sprinkles, cat food, tacos, merrigue pie, and carrots. I'm really starting to like The Room a lot. Just when I was growing tired of the unchanging climate, the unidentifiable light source darkened and a pleasant, light rain shower fell for just the right amount of time. Sleeping here is nice too. I have wonderful dreams.

In other news, this Fortuna business doesn't sound good at all. Especially since she seems to be holding a grude of some sort. But if I'm invisible, maybe she can't hurt me! It's not exactly on another dimension (I think), but if I can't be seen, I can't be hurt, right? *trips over a rock while invisible* OWW!! But still.

Scilph thinks I should leave The Room, but... It's so nice here. And everything is so... not nice outside The Room. Not to mention slightly terrifying. And Walls thinks I should stay here to stay safe. *sigh* I suppose Scilph has a point. And if it truly is Fortuna (which at this point I think we can all agree that it really truly is), then I suppose I ought to go up to the surface and help my friends. Especially Walls. But still. I guess I'll leave The Room. But... I'll leave tomorrow. I don't really want to sleep in the same room as Mattie, and it won't make much difference if I just stay the one night, will it? Everyone will be fine.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
I'm still in The Room. It's very lovely, and whenever I need something it just appears! It's almost like magi- oh yeah. I've started bringing my own food though; especially sprinkles. Anything that appears here tastes a little off and smells like various ocean dwelling sea creatures.

In other news, Claude is spending much of his time outside today. He doesn't like heat, but he loves the cold. Back in our home town, it often got as cold as fifty below (zero)! I prefer milder weather, myself, but Claude loves snow. He's surprisingly good at skiing.

Even though I'm temporarily alone, there's lots to do here. I've gone swimming, built a castle of cards, attempted an obstacle course on the ceiling (it's seems to have been made specifically for my powers of invisibility), built a dragon out of cards to destroy the castle, baked a cake made entirely of sprinkles, and....something else.... I've forgotten. Oh well.

I went up to the surface for my class, and what I've seen is terrifying. I had to stop in my room to grab a book for class, and Mattie was nice to me. NICE TO ME! She politely gave me the book, asked about my day, and didn't even attempt to give me ANY advice! She didn't spout any LOVE TIPs either, and I saw all her books in the trash! Her Charmed Whisper Fly was sitting in a corner depressed because it didn't have anything to do. She said she didn't need it anymore so now it's zooming around the ceiling of The Room while I write this. Maybe I'll send it to the surface to find food or whatever Whisper Flies eat. *a popping sound is heard* never mind, something just appeared in The Room. But still.
I hope Mattie is ok. She's a little... overbearing, at times, but the "New Mattie" is slightly terrifying, er very nice. She still isn't able to put any makeup on because now it's all frozen solid.

Walls isn't doing much better. The last time I saw him... Frankly, he looked terrible. He was barely able to make a projection! I sincerely hope this isn't Fortuna. Again. Maybe I'll drop my class and just stay down here. It's quite lovely. As long as you don't eat the food.
Also, if no one finds anything in the library, you're welcome to come down here and try. All you have to do is think, and something usefully related to your train of thought appears. I'd try it myself, but I'm not sure what to ask for. Just ask Claude if you need help finding your way.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
Did you know that the catacombs extend over 300 feet below the school? Claude and I have been exploring them to stay cool. At the end of one of the many corridors is an arch that appears to be blocked by a stone wall, but if one spins around three times and runs through the arch, some sort of illusion spell is broken long enough for the person to walk through the arch and into a hidden room. I may or may not have discovered this by tripping over a rock, spinning dizzily three times, and falling against the archway. But still. The room is very pleasant. There's a small clear pool that isn't in the least bit unpleasant or stagnant, and a slight breeze, although I'm not sure where it's coming from. The room is also brightly lit by some unidentifiable source, and the floor is carpeted in a soft blue moss. After I entered the room, Claude met me by the pool, using one of the many secret entrances and portals known only to cats. He's happily sleeping on a rock now; the room is cool enough for him to be comfortable. There are even some sprinkles here! Although they taste kind of funky, and smell like tuna. Thankfully I brought my own jars with me, as well. The only problem is that the room is too far underground for Walls, and as a result we can't play scrabble when I'm down here. Or chess. Or battleship. Or cards. Or anything. Maybe we can play a game before or after class when I come back to the surface.

In other news, Mattie is not in a good mood. She's rather upset about the hot weather melting her face, er, makeup, and keeps babbling about being made into "a peasant" and "one of the common people". She's also mad at Walls for storing a plethora of board games in the closet, and slightly irritated at me because I may or may not have left a jar of sprinkles in the closet, and they may or may not have melted all over her clothes. Her friend Ava has been trying to get her to calm down, but I think I might spend the night in this room. Partly because it's a very nice room, but mostly because my invisibility tends to give out on me when I'm asleep.

Claude just woke up from his nap, so I'm going to go play a game of dungeons and kittens. (It's a game he "invented" himself.)

Farewell for now,
Nobody