Dear Somebody,
A lot has happened this week, although I missed most of it because I was hiding under my bed. But still. Potential death and destruction can't reach you under the bed. I think. Also, I don't really like dances very much.

Reading all the journal entries (after cleaning the dust bunnies from my journal) I saw @Junior Agent LuLu and some others mention something about MORMO. I think. It sounds... Familiar. Like I read the name somewhere, or something. Maybe something to do with... Cinnamon? Or... Puppies? I can't quite remember. Something about black cinnamon, maybe. Or... Was it... *in a quieter voice* ...Cimmerian Labs? *shudders and begins breathing heavily* Yes, that's it! Cinnamon Labradoodles!! Something about MORMO was written a paper I saw when I visited the Labradoodles. Terrifying, er, cute, dogs, Labradoodles. I'm not sure why I visited them, though. I don't really like dogs. It must have been Claude's idea for vacation. Actually, he doesn't like dogs either. But still.

In other news, Claude and I went into town today to go shopping! Originally it was so we could get him some cat food, and maybe a few lobsters for Claudette, but we ended up buying scented confetti, a seven inch ruler, sprinkles, a small television, five yards of string, sprinkles, four electric nail files, and thirty pounds of raw codfish.

Maybe we should bring a list next time.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
That halls are bustling once more! For a while, everything was quiet and it seemed like there weren't too many students, but now everyone seems really busy, getting ready for tomorrow's dance. Unfortunately, this means the halls are crowded, and people keep running into me and stepping on my toes. One person even ran me over with a cart of decorations! I might have been invisible. But still.

Also, @Pearline, I don't have "Jedi Mind Powers", but I can turn invisible, which is just as helpful for getting things without asking. Although the ethics are questionable. If you need any last minute help for the party, just let me know.

Oh! I just remembered!! Something really exciting happened today! It was really unexpected and exciting!! I... Uh.... ummm... I... It... I can't remember. *sigh*

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
I have returned from my journey into the catacombs. My sketch met all expectations, and I'll begin enchanting it in my class. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost my right shoe in class, yesterday at 2pm last Thursday, and by the time I realized it was gone, the janitors had already cleaned up the Looping Time Fragment. I checked the classroom this morning, but my right shoe wasn't there. However, my left shoe was there, because apparently I leave it in class next week today. So now I have two left shoes and no right ones, which is inconvenient because despite what Claude says, I do not have two left feet. Maybe I'll just go barefoot.

@Pearline, if you're looking for a pet, I met a very friendly tribe of Mongolian Starwalkers in the catacombs. They're very friendly and only occasionally try to bind your immortal essence to them. And they're very useful for Atrology classes. Also, I don't have two cats, I just have one cat (Claude) and an angsty teenage dragon (Claudette) who is technically his adopted daughter. Long story. I also have a Whisperfly who technically belongs to my semi-transparent semi-roommate.

In other news, now that I am determined not to leave my left shoe in class next week today, my second left shoe has disappeared to be replaced with a right shoe. I guess I don't have to go barefoot afterall. Claude has just reminded me that my next class started five minutes ago; I forgot all about it.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
I have been down in the catacombs for...uh... I can't remember how long I've been here, actually. Oh well. Anyway, I've made quite a bit of progress in sketching the various tunnels and hallways, and marking areas filled with various deadly paraphernalia. Claude almost got beheaded twice in one room actually, a fact which he brings up every two seconds.

In other news, I've also made progress in logging the inhabitants of the catacombs. So far I've seen three very lost students (including one from @Randy Bernstein's intramural flying club), a clan of feral sock puppets, a stuffed animal that I suspect belongs to @Meggatha, and a colony of SADIs (Spiritually Angered Distopian Inchworms). Those were terrifying, er, interesting, and Claude nearly got into a fist fight with one when it insulted his fur and our current governmental system. As it is, his fur is slightly burned and currently glowing in the dark.

*sound of Nobody tripping over something* *strains of Bach being played by a symphony orchestra are suddenly heard*

I think we might possibly have just walked through a Warped Time Sequence, as we are suddenly in an old fashioned ballroom filled with dancers. And musicians. Maybe Claude was right and walking while journal writing isn't such a great idea after all... I'd better mark this on my map.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
I officially signed up for a Psychic Cartogrophy class yesterday! Hopefully I won't get so lost around the school once I have an accurate map and an idea of how to use it. My first class started today at 5 pm last Thursday, so I had to step into a Looping Time Fragment in hallway C in order to get to class on time. Claude really hates Looping Time Fragments; he says they ruffle his fur. My first assignment (technically my fourth, since my next class is Monday at 6:30 pm last Tuesday), is to sketch the current layout of the catacombs. I've been given a special compass that is unaffected by the magnetic pull of anomalies on the Astral Plane to help me, and when I finish my sketch, (which will be hopelessly predated by the time I get class), my teacher will go over techniques for spelling the paper so it stays current no matter what time period it's in. While I'm down in the catacombs, I'm expected to record the inhabitants for one of my other classes. I can't remember which one. I'm just hoping EBIBs won't make the list; I've seen enough of those to last all my lifetimes.

In other news, the weather today was a dreary, cold, drizzle, so it was perfect weather for a game of telekinetic chess under the pine tree in the courtyard. Well, I used telekinesis. Claude used his paw. But still.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
I had quite a bit of homework today. Between that and getting the pumpkin set up, (and preventing Claudette from setting the pumpkin on fire), I've been rather busy. Homework wasn't as tedious as usual, however. I fact, I had quite a lot of fun with practicing Snow Globe Transfiguration! Well, it was fun until I accidentally trapped Professor Phantasma in a collectible Eiffel Tower Snow Globe. And unleashed a Demon of the Dark from an Oceanic Under-World Snow Globe. But still. Damage was minimal, and I apologized to Professor Phantasma and all the students who were temporarily enslaved.

In other news, Sprinkle CO. Sprinkles has just come out with another new flavour!! Soy Sauce Covered Salmon Candy Corn!! It causes double vision, webbed feet, insomnia, and the sudden urge to organize everything alphabetically. I hope I get some for Halloween. My sprinkle supply has recently been limited to those I get from the cafeteria, and they've started to ration how many I get each meal. I can't imagine why. I'll have to start replenishing my supplies; the cafeteria doesn't give me nearly enough, and they're all Carrot and Protein flavoured. Maybe I can trade some cat fur and dragon scales with @Grim Weeper in exchange for some sprinkles. Sprinkles don't exactly count as potion ingredients (as I learned from experience), but he must have at least a few jars. Hopefully.

I have to go to S-Al to conduct some more research, (I now have a 672 page essay to write on The Dangers of Snow Globe Transfiguration and How to do this Safely, courtesy of Prof. Phantasma), but I can't seem to find Claude anywhere. He went out a while ago to do something. I can't remember what. I'd ask Claudette to take me to Self-Aware Library, but she gets as lost as I do. Not to mention that she's sleeping, and the last time I woke her from a nap, she nearly burnt the room to cinders. Again. Anyway, I suppose I'll just wait until Claude gets back from where ever he is. I think.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
The weather today is quite cold and dreary. Claude and I have been outside since early this morning, looking for a pumpkin. It's a tradition of ours to decorate an unnaturally large pumpkin each year with fairy lights and sprinkle wreaths to celebrate the Halloween season. I'll never understand people who deface such beautiful vegetables by carving them. Normally Claude and I have a small Halloween party, but with Scilph and Morris... Leaving, and Mattie not quite all there, it will probably be even smaller than usual. I suppose I can invite @Gretel, and @Pacific and @*Atlantica* and @Kristopher if he isn't in England. But still. Maybe I will find a new roommate. I'm not sure yet.

My ears are staring to go numb, even with the hat I may or may not have borrowed from the unfortunately fading @Matching by Mattie's closet. (Technically I didn't touch it; Claude did.) I think it would be a lot easier if we just got a pumpkin from the Experimental Agriculture kids, but Claude insists on getting one that won't explode or turn into black stallion at midnight on the 31st. At around lunch time, we'll probably head inside for a hot sprinkle cider and cat treat break. But still.

*excited cat sounds are heard* Really?? *more meowing* Claude thinks he found the perfect pumpkin! I suppose I have to run back and get the wheel barrow now, though. I hope I don't get lost.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

*This is an essay turned in for a metaphysics class*

The Cave of Souls is located at the far edge of the gardens. I can't remember exactly where, or exactly how to enter, but it involves a lengthy ritual process and a South American vampire bat. When I finally entered the Cave of Souls, I was struck by an odd tingling sensation and a smell like rotting roses before it happened. My first out of soul experience. As mentioned in the lecture (I think), a soul can only be in The Cave of Souls if it is not inhabiting a body, so if one enters The Cave with mind, body, and soul intact, one has an "out of soul" experience where the soul leaves the body.

Few have ever had a true "out of soul" experience, and from these few first hand experiences have come the Three Soulless Theories. I can't remember them in their entirety, but from what I do remember, and my own experience, I agree with the Pencotsis Theory. I think.

Pencotsis states that "A soulless body still functions... on it's own, and can live a long, healty... happy life without [a soul]. Without [a soul] the body...will become it's own person...the same but different... And in essence a new soul and identity will be formed." When my soul left my body, I felt the same, but different. I had a slightly better memory and didn't want sprinkles so much (that alone is enough to ensure I'm never going back to The Cave). I felt as though I looked different (although that's impossible), and I even felt like I had a different name. I can't remember what it was. But at the same time, I felt shaped by my soul; I still felt the feathery touches of it's influence.

I could have easily left my soul in The Cave and I do not begrudge others who have; indeed, they deserve to be remembered, and shall be. Unless someone forgets. But although I could feel the pull to separate, I did not, and I do not plan to for a while yet. Which is why I must disagree with the Falagrant Theory ("...A soulless body is a Demon's [body] and cannot hope to be remade whole with the [original] soul."). I am quite the same despite my experience. I think.

And so I conclude this essay with a bit of advice: don't feed South American vampire bats yellow jackets. And also, please don't mark me down for the sprinkle stains all over the parchment.

Dear Somebody,
It's extremely foggy. I wonder if it has anything to do with @Gretel's song/prophecy. It's been like this since midnight; it's very eerie and slightly disconcerting. Almost as eerie and disconcerting as the screaming statues that continue to be placed outside my classes. Or at least I think they're my classes. I hope Claude hasn't been dropping me off at the wrong ones again. Apparently the statues are "Musical Stoners" and belong to @Anna Fate. I think. Or, at least, that's what @Randy Carter said.

Today is National Coffee Day! To celebrate, @Matching by Mattie and I got coffe drinks this morning. Well, she got a coffee drink. I got a coffee cup full of sprinkles. But still. They were mocha flavoured.

In other news, I was trying to find an ancient cavern of souls that's rumored to be in the far corner of the gardens, when I noticed a small seed in a clump of artificial seaweed. I moved it to a more convenient and safer place in the gardens. I believe it was @Silverfawn but I can't remember for sure.

Also, I... Umm... I...uh.... Am.... I can't remember. It was really exciting, too! Oh well. Anyway, I'm student of the month! Thank you!

I have to continue my search for the cave now; I'm supposed to write a descriptive essay about my experience for one of my classes. Assuming I can find it.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

Dear Somebody,
*snuffles* I have a cold. This is quite unfortunate, because everytime I sneeze, I turn invisible and start levitating uncontrollably. I hate it when I get sick. *sniffs*

At least Claudette is back to normal. More or less. But still.

Not much else has happened. Oh! Wait! I remember! I did that one thing! It was umm... I... Uh... I can't remember.

In other news, I saw @Kristopher in the halls the other day. I was going to say something, but he looked really busy and I had just sneezed and was invisible. I don't know if he would recognize me anyway. My hair has been dyed. Again. By @Matching by Mattie. It's now Pink Passion with Ostrich Feather Grey stripes. I'm not sure how I feel about it.

Also, has anyone else noticed a screaming statue in the halls? It always seems to be outside my classes, and I'm starting to feel like it's following me. It's slightly disturbing.

*sneezes and levitates into the ceiling*

Ow. I guess I should go now. I have to finish up a project for school, anyway. I think.

Farewell for now,
Nobody