The Day

Today is the day.

So much has happened in what feels like such a short time.

The Second woke me and told me to bring my laptop.

He said today is the day all my questions are answered.

Today is the day my life will end.

He picked me up and carried me out of my bedroom and we emerged in the Path.

We walked for a while.

I had worn shorts and a t-shirt to bed the night before because I figured I wouldn't be given time to change.

This turned out not to matter.

As soon as we entered the path I was wearing a black lace dress.

I don't know how long we walked for.

I wouldn't be surprised if a day or two passed of us just walking.

He didn't seem to be tiring at all from carrying me.

After a short time the appearance of the path began to change.

I can't really describe it.

It seemed older.

The trees grew larger and more gnarled.

The leaves created a black canopy almost like a solid ceiling.

The path was heavily worn with the passage of many.

Yet at the same time I got the feeling no one but us had walked through here in years.

We stopped.

The Second put me down.

"This is the aged path."

"It's the oldest part of The Path."

"This is where it all started."

I asked where The Master is.

He smiled.

"Don't you have another question?"

I must have looked confused because he continued.

"There are no more secrets now."

"There's a question you've asked me that I could never answer I can now."

I realized what he meant.

The Second what?

His smile grew wide.

"The Second Form."

As he finished the words his arms, legs and body began to stretch.

His hair and face disappeared and The Master was standing before me.

We watched each other for a few moments and then he returned to the form of The Second.

You're The Slender Man?

He shook his head.

"Not quite."

"The easiest way to explain what I am is a persona."

"The Slender Man isn't human."

"He can't be human."

"He can't truly understand humans or interact with them in a proper way."

"So if for any reason he needs to interact with a human he uses me."

"My ability to interact with humans isn't perfect, as you've witnessed on some occasions, because my abilities are merely based on his observation of human interaction."

"I think he got me down fairly well though."

I nodded.

But what about The other Slender Man in the Path?

"It wasn't The Slender Man."

"It was merely a denizen of The Path"

"In The Path The Slender Man's and therefore my powers are absolute."

"I called it to me and forged it a new form to deceive Xerox."
"Now then."

"I'm not often used and usually when I am it's just to spy on or deal with his proxies."

"You were a special case though."

Why?

"Because you weren't supposed to be there."

What?

"His targets are chosen carefully."

"He is extremely careful of who sees him and under what circumstances."

"That day you first saw him."

"You weren't supposed to be there."

"You somehow managed to be in the exact right place at the exact right time."

"Don't think that you just got lucky."

"This is something that should be impossible."

"There is absolutely no way you should have been there without him knowing you would be there."

"The Rake called you an anomaly."

"You are an anomaly."

"An unexplainable phenomenon."

"You surprised The Slender Man"

"This is something that doesn't happen."

"He tried to leave you alone."

"Figured you were just a fluke and that it would just go away."

"But then you came after him."

"Started disrupting things."

"He needed to step in."

"So he sent me."

And you fell in love with me?

He looked sad.

"No..."

"I can't really love you."

"I'm not actually capable of it."

"I just thought it would be easier to fulfill my duty if I had feelings for you so I manufactured some."

"I know it sounds horrible and you probably feel pretty betrayed and I'm sure it's no consolation but..."

He paused.

"You never really loved me either."

I tried to protest but he stopped me.

"That night when The Rake attacked you."

"The slender Man embraced you with his arms and manipulated the hormones in your body."

"He made you fall in love with me"

"Sorry..."

I didn't speak.

"Any other questions?"

I shook my head.

"Then it's time."

"Your life ends now."

"There's nothing left for you in the normal world."

"Despite our efforts you will never be free of this."

"If we leave you alone The Rake will come for you."

"You can't live forever as a human among the proxies."

"You don't want to become a proxy."

"There's only one alternative left for you."

What is it?

"Become part of us."

How is that different than being a proxy?

"You will retain your memories and self."

"You will be untouchable by all."

"The same as me."

"You will have power and you will be able to live on."

"Merely another part of us."

"Your appearance will have to change though."

"Join us."

"Become The Third."

He transformed again becoming The Slender Man and held out his hand.

He's just waiting.

I don't know how long he'll wait...

I need to make a decision.

I'm going to take his hand.

Goodbye everyone.

I was fully happy to go off in silence.

But I realized that wasn't fair.

Tomorrow is the day.

I don't know what's going to happen.

But I'm not scared anymore.

I don't know if I'll be able to communicate with any of you again afterwards.

So this is my goodbye.

With any luck It won't be my last but I make no promises.

Goodbye everyone.

Good luck to you all.

The Worst Date Ever

So for our date The Second took us on a romantic stroll through The Path.

Unfortunately along the way we were stopped by a "friend".

The god damn Rake was standing in the middle of The Path.

He was smiling at us.

The Second shoved me behind him as he faced the creature.

The Second: "How did you get here?!"

The Second: "This is The Master's domain!"

The Second: "You can't be here!"

The Rake laughed.

The Rake: "I had my new ally bring me here."

At that someone suddenly grabbed me from behind and pulled me back I felt a gun press against my back.

The Second turned and his eyes flared angrily and black temporarily.

The Second: "Xerox what are you doing?!"

I couldn't see who was holding me but apparently it was Xerox.

Me: "You didn't kill him?!"

A sharp intake of breath came from right behind my head.

Xerox: "You wanted him to kill me you bitch?!"

The gun jabbed hard into my spine but The Rake made a sound and Xerox calmed.

The Second: "He's not being controlled..."

The Rake laughed again.

The Rake: "Why would I need to control him."

The Rake: "You did well enough turning him to my side on your own."

The Second: "You despise being just a pawn for The Master so you join with The Rake?"

The Second: "Trading apathy for contempt is not a wise choice."

The Second: "You're stupider than I thought."

Xerox: "It's not too smart insulting the guy who has a gun pressed against your girlfriend's spine either!"

The Second: "The Master won't let her die here."

The Second: "You idiots have put yourselves in his domain."

The Second: "His power."

Xerox: "The Master can't do a thing cause I'm looking at him right now!"

Xerox: "That's right Lisa. You're little boy toy there is in fact The Master."

Xerox: "How's it feel to know you banged a monster?"

The Second laughed.

The Second: "If I'm The Master then who's that behind you."

Xerox turned dragging me around as well and The Master was standing there looming over us.

I heard Xerox make a choked whimpering noise.

The Rake: "No! Keep your eyes-"

Xerox was suddenly torn off of me and I turned in time to see The Second shove a knife into his face.

He turned and placed his hand on my chest just as The Rake lunged at us.

Then we were both standing in my room.

He looked at where his hand was and then pulled it away.

The Second: Sorry...

I was too shocked by what had just happened to care.

Here and Now

Tomorrow I'm going on my last date with The Second.

Today however I'm watching a proxy freak the hell out.

Apparently one of the other proxies made use of Fracture's Free Market shop and bought The LSD Laced Lollipop and proceeded to give it to one of the other proxies as a gift without telling her what it really was.

She is now in my room.

Why my room?

I have no fucking clue.

She just came in here rambling and then sat in the corner and continued mumbling to herself and occasionally doing something crazy...

I feel like I should just leave the room until she calms down but there's a stubborn part of me that despite all logic says: This is my room she should leave.

So I'm sticking here and still reading blogs while she jabbers like a mental patient and dents the wall with her head.

Speaking of blogs...

So...

Mr. Roark apparently got stabbed...

Somehow he then proceeded to post about his death...

Yeah not buying it.

We know you're still alive so just give us the details already.

Um hmm what else updated recently...

Oh yeah JP got captured again...

Part of me's looking forward to talking to Veigar again.

Sorry JP.

Ok... She's started singing very loudly now and off key so fuck it I'm out.

7 days

I think...

12-5=7

Yep.

The Second said he would take me on another date before the day.

He said we'd go on the tenth.

Till then I'm just catching up on blogs...

I had really been neglecting to pay attention to the people who had helped me along.

Two of them died while I wasn't paying attention.

Swan but I found that out pretty quickly...

And Gargoyle who died Months ago and I just found out now...

He died awesomely at least but still it's sad to know he died and even sadder to know that I had completely stopped paying attention after I had gotten what I wanted from him...

I completely failed to notice he had died...

I am an absolutely terrible person and each new revelation makes this more obvious.

I'm a prejudiced, manipulative, horribly dependent and selfish bitch...

The Second must be crazy to love me...

So after that last post I really need to find something to do.

So I've been talking to proxies.

At least the ones who don't hate me.

I've also been catching up on blogs.

I've missed so much while being absorbed in my own problems...

I mean I thought Swan was dead but then I checked and there's this whole big thing going on now and he might not be dead...

The Second's been really busy probably preparing things for...

The 12th...

I wondered why that date.

Then I realized it was 12/12/12

People always put importance on things like that...

11:11 is the wish hour.

June 6, 2006

Maybe repeated numbers actually do have some sort of power or importance...

Either that or The Master is just choosing that date because we put importance on it...

Or maybe it's just a coincidence...

I wonder if The Rake will try anything.

With so few days it seems unlikely.

Still though good idea to be ready for anything.

Question?

Hey Um Second...

I haven't seen you around and there's a question that's been gnawing at me ever since...

Um that conversation we had...

You're not human right...

But um and I really shouldn't be asking this on here but I need to know...

You do have human male reproductive organs right?

Reflecting

I had meant to post more yesterday but I couldn't.

So instead I'll continue now with my thoughts on the event.

First and most obviously:

What the fuck happened?

I mean Xerox comes back.

Obviously it's not going to be a super happy moment considering but still...

That should have been a good thing.

But then everything went to hell...

He was right of course.

He deserved to be pissed...

That speech though and the reaction to it...

I'm sure I missed another chance to find out his secret.

The proxies won't talk about it and I don't know where Xerox went.

The things that were said...

I don't think the proxies like us much now and I can't blame them...

I'm not even sure how I feel about it...

When he said that I was unimportant I felt hurt...

Really really hurt...

I can only imagine how Xerox felt and the rest of the proxies...

I've been in my room since just thinking about things... 

Another thought that came into my mind was how close I had been...

Xerox almost said something extremely important I'm sure of it...

and again I'm sure if I had just been able to turn my head I'd of seen the truth...

I hate now knowing...

Oh...

Xerox is probably dead...

It just occurred to me.

He almost revealed the secret.

The Second wouldn't let him live after that...

Heh...

Ironic...

That realization is making me cry...

The Return

So some stuff has been happening.

Most notably Xerox is still alive.

He arrived at the headquarters yesterday night.

Apparently he and a few others had been busy helping the Second protect my friends and family and had therefore been spared from the slaughter.

He returned to find everyone dead and eventually found his way here.

He was not happy when we told him what had happened.

He remained silent for a few minutes after the story was explained to him.

When he finally spoke he sounded on the verge of tears.

Xerox: "So... You killed all of them?"

The Second: "Yes, I had to."

Xerox: "Really? You had too?"

Xerox: "There's nothing you ever have to do."

Xerox: "If you wanted too you could have gotten her away without killing anyone."

Xerox: "You just don't care."

Xerox: "Proxies aren't people to you. They are just things to use."

He turned on me.

Xerox: "And you? I bet you didn't even bat an eyelash over all the people that were killed to protect your worthless ass."

Xerox: "You don't care about us either but, you're even worse than him."

Xerox: "You see us as monsters. Everytime you hear about one of us die you probably cheer."

He started laughing here.

Xerox: "You don't care about us but you love him and he's-"

He stopped suddenly and the entire room went silent.

All the shadows in the room moved to enlarge The Second's making his shadow a tall ominous figure that left Xerox cowering within it.

I was watching Xerox.

The other proxies were all watching The Second.

I couldn't take my eyes away from the look of absolute terror on Xerox's face.

The Second: "You're right."

The voice was the same as on the video.

The voice that was The Second's but, seemed to be coming from someone else.

The Second: "I don't care about you. The Master doesn't care about you."

The Second: "You proxies are merely a group of ever renewable pawns to be sacrificed on his whim."

The Second: "You're not people. You are dogs of The Master. That is what you agreed to become when you joined him."

The Second: "You envy the favor The Master seems to show Lisa but even she is unimportant in the long run."

The Second: "Humans are not important. Only The Master himself is important."

The second: "Remember that."

The Second placed his hand on my shoulder.

I was shaking but stopped as his hand touched my shoulder.

He turned me away and walked me out of the room.

Behind me I heard the thump of something heavy falling.

Saved

So The Master appeared before me.

He placed a hand on my head and we were back in the normal world.

Specifically right outside the headquarters of the proxies.

I turned to flee but The Master barred my way.

A proxy came out and headed towards me but stopped as he noticed The Master.

Then the Master vanished.

I turned to flee but The proxy called out.

Proxy: "Wait your buddy came back."

Proxy: "We won't hurt you."

I didn't really believe him at first but after thinking about it I realized The Master wouldn't have brought me back here otherwise and besides he'd probably be able to catch me if I ran.

So I followed him in. The entire place was back to normal apparently so it was easy for him to bring me to where The Second actually was.

Phage was there too and the weapons.

Apparently there was a group of traitors among the proxies here who had attempted to sneak out the weapons. The Second and Phage had been conversing about something when they spotted the traitors.

According to The Second he had no time to go back and get me or inform the others and instead he and Phage went off after them alone.

He said he wasn't worried and knew that The Master would protect me.

He apologized anyways.

Unfortunately he also had to explain who we were...

So we're now known again.

My anonymity is gone but my protection is sort of back.

I'm not sure they believed everything but it is hard to argue that The Master was protecting me considering what happened...

Business as usual from now on I guess...

I'm so lost...

I've been wandering for so long.

I haven't heard any sounds around me.

The Master's presence has disappeared as well.

I feel so alone and vulnerable.

Why did The Second do this to me?

What the hell was he thinking?

I'm going to die here...

I don't think the proxies are still after me but I can't survive here indefinitely.

I've never been a good survivalist.

I could last maybe a day lost in the woods.

So I'm not expecting to survive much longer in a magic horror forest.

Especially without The Master's protection.

Why did he leave?

Why have The Master and The Second both left me to die?

I thought The Master needed me?

I thought The Second loved me...

This place

So I've found myself in an area that I think might be entirely in the path.

I don't see any part of the building here.

Could I have wandered directly into the path?

The laws of physics are also mostly normalized here so yeah I think I've gotten into the path proper...

Although some of the proxies are still following me.

One almost caught me before but...

Well a tree ate him...

Yeah...

Branches just whipped out and speared him and dragged him into a hole in the tree.

I don't really have much of a choice but to continue on the path and hope that the path continues protecting me...

...

I can feel The Master's presence all around me...

Not just in the path but like his physical presence...

He's watching me...

Watching over me?

What the hell did you do?!

The Second has disappeared again.

So has Phage.

Along with all the weapons confiscated from the supplier's warehouse.

The obvious theory is that those two stole the weapons and ran.

that seems kind of stupid for The Second so I don't believe that's what happened.

Of course everyone else believes it.

and since The Second and Phage are no where to be found they decided that before hunting down the traitors they'd take out the hapless girl one of the traitors brought with him.

The only reason I'm not dead right now is that something completely psychotic happened.

I'm sure The Second is responsible for this somehow.

Probably knew it would protect me but why not just take me with him in the first place damn it or better yet not do whatever the hell he's doing at all.

Anyways so this is what happened...

I woke up in the path.

Sort of...

Something has merged parts of the headquarters with the path.

The result is like trying to navigate through a labyrinth of constantly shifting laws of physics.

One minute a room is 4 feet long the next it's ten miles and a second later it's a mobius strip.

So this has made it almost impossible for them to catch me but has also made it almost impossible for me to know where the fuck anything is and I left the only weapon I have in the bathroom which could now be on the other side of the god damn country or at least an equivalent distance.

So they're having trouble catching me but I can't get to my weapon so have no way to defend myself if one of them manages to catch me.

Also I have a huge headache from the strangeness of walking through the same room three times each time with differing distances.

Although the mixture of forest and industrial building is a pretty cool aesthetic.

Breaking Eggs.

The mission is to kill a guy who's been supplying weapons to runners.

He was apparently once a supplier for The Proxies but then began supplying both sides.

Unfortunately he wasn't very good at keeping this a secret.

The proxies would have sent out a single person but the guy is a weapon supplier and he might have back up so they sent a small team.

We went to his warehouse where he apparently sleeps and I, being the most normal looking apparently, was sent in to check the place out.

I spotted two guys standing around trying to look inconspicuous and a third person who I recognized as the target came up to me.

Target: "What are you doing here?"

I told him I had recently arrived in this city fleeing from The Master (Obviously not calling him the master) and had been told that I could get weapons here.

I showed him the knife I had on me and asked if he had anything better.

He said he undoubtedly did and brought me to another room.

It was full of crates.

He opened some and showed me a variety of weapons.

Guns, blades and explosives.

He said I could have whatever I wanted for $50 or the whole crate for $250.

I was surprised and asked him the obvious question.

I'm a runner!

I don't have any money how am I supposed to pay for this!?

He smiled in a way that was not at all friendly.

Target: "Well I generally have the male runners carry out jobs for me to earn their weapons but for the ladies...

Target: "Other arrangements can always be made..."

I was disgusted and I told him so.

I told him I'd stick with my knife and I started to leave.

He grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

I turned and slashed at him.

I hadn't really meant to hit him just scare him into letting go.

I hadn't expected him to lean forward.

The slash hit him in the chest and cut a deep groove.

He fell back and I panicked and ran out.

One of the two men must have seen the blood on my blade.

He yelled something and fired his gun at me.

He missed just barely and  before he could fire again something was tossed into the building.

It was a small silver sphere.

It rolled to the center and then exploded.

Gas sprayed out filling the room.

I couldn't breathe.

I fell to my knees choking.

Suddenly something grabbed me around the shoulders and pulled my head up placing a mask over my face.

I tried to scream and succeeded.

It was a gas mask.

I turned and saw The Second standing behind me he then turned and walked into the gas.

I heard coughing and gunshots.

I saw the silhouettes of people moving around me.

I heard someone cry out as they died but it wasn't the second so I didn't care.

I began crawling towards where I thought the exit was.

Something suddenly hit me from behind smashing into my back.

I fell onto my stomach and my assailant flipped me over onto my back.

It was the target wearing an old fashioned gas mask.

He was holding a crowbar.

I tried to get up but he hit me in the face knocking me back down.

Fortunately the gas mask took the brunt of the attack and I remained conscious and mostly unharmed.

He got on top of me straddling my waist and raised the crowbar to hit me again.

I clutched my knife tightly and brought it up stabbing desperately.

I plunged it right into his throat.

We stayed perfectly still.

A frozen moment in time.

Then the crowbar slipped from his grasp clattering to the floor and he fell backwards.

I pushed the body off of me and crawled outside.

I pulled off the gas mask and sat back against the wall of the warehouse breathing heavily.

This was the first time I'd ever killed someone intentionally.

He was a monster but still I felt horrible.

I felt tears drip down my cheeks.

Someone walked out and I quickly looked up into Toten's twisted smile.

He laughed.

Toten: "What you crying about girl?"

Toten: "We won!"

Toten: "Celebrate!"

He reached out a blood soaked hand and I squirmed away from him.

His smile widened slightly and suddenly his knife was too my throat.

Toten: "You don't like blood?"

Toten: "You don't like killing?!"

Toten: "You're not going to survive long as a proxy girl!"

Toten: "It would be merciful to just end your pitiful life right now!"

I held my breath my body frozen in terror.

He started to press the knife against my throat and I felt pain as it began to cut in.

Suddenly he stopped and it took me a few seconds to realize why.

The tip of something was protruding from his chest.

It pulled back out and The Second tossed his body to the side.

The Second: "Diseased minds..."

The Second: "There is no place for them in The Master's ranks."

The Second: "The best thing to do is to put them down like a crazed animal."

He helped me up and hugged me.

The Second: "Are you ok?"

I shook my head and he hugged me tighter.

The Second: "Phage is finishing up as we speak so I'll bring you back to the base now."

He did so and after a few minutes I began feeling better and I wrote this.

I still feel strange about killing someone.

I don't know if I'll ever get over it or better at it...

On an unrelated note though...

I only realized it much later but after Toten died there was no sign of what The Second had used to kill him anywhere nearby or on The Second's person.

I still don't know what it was.

I'd say it was some sort of hidden blade but it wasn't a blade...

I suppose it could still just be something hidden on his person but it's bugging me now...

Anyways I need to get some sleep and hopefully I won't have nightmares tonight...

I doubt it though...

Downside

So...

One downside of masquerading as a normal low level proxy...

I can be sent on missions...

Anyways yeah I'm being sent on a mission.

The Second is being sent with me but so are two others.

A guy named Phage and another guy named Toten.

Toten is a small guy only about 5'5 and skinny.

He has a serrated knife that never seems to leave his hand and a broken smile that never seems to leave his face.

I think he might be one of those psychotic proxies I was worried about earlier.

Phage is a short fat man.

He's got a hazmat suit on...

Well not the full suit.

Just the hood...

The rest of his outfit seems to be some kind of burlap sack.

He carries a bag slung over his shoulder and whatever's in there makes clinking sounds whenever he moves and he moves very carefully...

The mission is a hunt and kill mission I'm told.

Hopefully I can stay back and let them do the work.

I don't want anymore blood on my hands.

New Digs

Ok so a bit about my new location.

The Second has moved me to a much larger headquarters.

Don't know where exactly.

I've been stuck inside since we got here.

All I know is apparently it's a place where The Master's influence is much much stronger and so I should be much better protected here.

Unfortunately for some reason The Second is also not known here and doesn't want to be so we're going incognito.

We're just two proxies as far as they know.

A newbie and a more senior proxy assigned to help the newbie learn the ropes.

So the good news it means I'm treated somewhat nicer.

Bad news:

No protection so I have to be really careful not to piss any one off.

Not allowed to leave the premises without The Second or another higher Proxy.

Oh also we got fake names...

I've always liked Fake Names...

Like Lisa for instance.

Not my real name.

Only now I have a proxy name too...

I'm called Hama apparently.

The Second is called Ladua.

I thought it sounded stupid.

The Second explained that it was another language and just means The Second.

Now I think it's completely stupid but regardless we're stuck with these names now because The Second already introduced us as such.

So stuck here pretending to be a proxy to hide from The Rake until the day comes where I will apparently not die but my life will somehow end...

Insert an irritated sigh here.

 

The Aftermath

Explanation time.

So The Second left to check on all my connections and find some way to keep them safe.

While he was out doing that I stayed in my room confident in the protection of the proxies and The Master.

Then two days ago the proxies tried to attack me.

The Rake had visited them.

Each one of them and taken control like it had me.

The Second had been forward thinking enough to give me a gun as means of protection and I'm guessing had somehow made my room unenterable (Screw it it's a word) via Path.

Either that or The Proxies in a controlled state weren't smart enough to think of it.

Regardless as the others tried to break in and I was barricading the door Spinder came up from behind me with a knife.

Bitch was almost completely silent and until the knife was in my back I had completely failed to notice her.

I fell luckily she had let go of the knife and so hadn't been able to stab me more.

Through the haze of pain I aimed my gun and closed my eyes.

I fired three shots only one hit her.

The others hit the wall and a lamp.

She fell but the bullet wasn't immediately fatal and she regained lucidity as she died.

I heard her whimpering quietly as she died and I sat against a wall carefully so as not to push the knife in further.

I grabbed my laptop and wrote that last post before drifting off for a few minutes.

When I awoke my door had been busted open and I panicked but gentle hands grabbed me and held me till I stopped struggling.

It was The Second holding me.

The bloody knife was lying on the floor and The Seconds hand was over the wound.

He felt so warm...

I hugged him tightly and he hugged me back with the hand not on the wound.

This moment was interrupted by the sound of clicking.

We turned as one to see The Rake standing by my bed watching us with a grin.

The Second removed his hand from my back and stood up, immediately causing an icy pain to spread from the wound.

The Rake stepped towards us and The Second stepped forward as well moving between The Rake and me.

The Rake made a sound like chuckling.

The Rake: "You can't fight me."

The Rake: "(The Master) can only barely take me on."

Summon The Master I told him.

The Rake began laughing again.

The Rake: "Oh yes..."

The Rake: "Summon (The Master) while she watches."

The Second stiffened.

What are you waiting for? I asked panicking.

The Second: "I... I can't"

The Rake's grin grew wider.

The Second: "I... I need to prepare an area before I can summon him. My room was prepared yours isn't"

The Rake's grin broke and it snarled.

The Rake: "Lies!"

The Rake: "You cannot hide anymore."

The Rake: "Either the three of you die here or you sacrifice your plans for the anomaly and she becomes mine."

The Second: "Neither of those things will happen!"

The Second: "Lisa..."

The Second: "If you want to live you need to close your eyes and not open them until I tell you"

The Rake: "No Girl! Keep your eyes open! He cannot hide his secrets from you anymore!"

I looked from The Rake to The Second and closed my eyes.

There was a sound like...

Indescribable...

Nothing compares.

I heard the sound of things like knives and flesh and the spilling of blood.

The sounds of two inhuman creatures fighting.

I don't know how long I had my eyes closed.

I could probably have opened my eyes.

Learned the truth.

I didn't want to.

I never wanted to open my eyes again.

Sometime later I felt a warm hand on my shoulder and The Second's voice told me to open my eyes.

I did so and looked into his beautiful face.

I asked him what happened but I knew he wouldn't really tell me anything.

I had one chance to learn the truth but the price would have been to high.

I'm sure of that.

All the proxies in the apartment are dead now.

Which is sad I liked some of them.

The Second brought me to a new location a safer location.

Hopefully.



    




 

Second you need to come back to the apartment right now.

I had to shoot Spinder and I've barricaded the door against the rest but it won't last long.

I need you to come back right now.

It's turned all of them against me.

Please they're going to kill me I need you right now.

No safe place.

According to some of The Proxies while I was out today my friend showed up again.

She came to the front door and was stopped by a small group.

She said she was coming to see me.

They told her she couldn't come in.

In response she looked scared then proceeded to draw a gun and shoot them.

She killed one and injured one but most of her shots missed.

The proxies took her down and on Xerox's orders they disarmed her and locked her in a room.

They intended to wait for either me or The Second to arrive before deciding what to do with her.

Unfortunately when they brought The Second to see her she was dead.

Her body gutted and arms and legs cut off.

I...

The creature...

The Rake killed her.

First he sent her to kill me...

Like he said before everyone of my friends and family could be an exploitable weakness.

He could just send armies of my loved ones to kill me.

Either they succeed and I die or they fail and they die.

I can't let that happen.

Either thing.

The Second has promised he'll do what he can to protect me and my loved ones.

I trust him now but I'm not sure he can really do it.

This should have been handled much earlier.

We should have foreseen this possibility.

The Truth... Some of it at least.

I met The Second in his room.

It was just as bare as I remembered it being in The Video.

He was sitting in the center of the room.

He told me to sit opposite him.

"So what do you want to know?"

Everything?

"Right..."

"Well first off that creature was called The Rake."

"It's sort of The Master's Rival"

Why did it refer to me as The Anomaly?

"Hmm... Well because you did something impossible."

What did I do?

"Sorry can't tell you yet."

Why is there no furniture in this room?

"I don't actually live here..."

Oh...

"About the video..."

He looked nervous.

"I was actually summoning The Master."

You can do that?

"Yes."

So what else can you tell me about The Master's plan for me?

"You won't die."

That's good.

"Though as stated your life will end."

That's not so good...

Am I going to be made into a proxy or a hallowed or something?

"Not quite..."

What's going to happen then?

"Can't tell you."

Ok then...

"Would you like me to just tell you everything I can tell you at this point in time?"

Yes.

"Ok..."

"First off you actually caused all of this."

"Your attempt to find the Master drew his attention back to you."

"He had..."

"Well forgotten isn't the right word..."

"Not cared about you at all I guess would be the right way of putting it?"

"But then you pretty much forced your way into this world and..."

He looked nervous again.

"Well I guess this caused him to become interested in you."

"It's not every day people seek him out."

"I mean there have been people who've sought him out before but it's more usual for people to run away from him."

"I guess you're sort of a novelty."

"The Rake is probably interested in your for similar reasons."

"Though he wants you dead."

"In general The Master cares little for people."

"The Rake on the other hand has great interest in you creatures."

"Mostly he's interested in killing every last one of you in sadistic and gruesome ways."

"Also yes the Aged Path is in fact The Path of Black Leaves."

"Sort of..."

"I can't say anymore than that because that's my own personal surprise for you."

"Now then."

"I'm pretty sure those are all the questions I'm capable of answering at the moment."

"If you think of more or your commenters have questions of their own feel free to ask."

"Till then you should go to sleep."

"It's getting late."

He got up.

Walked over to me.

Lifted me to my feet.

"A kiss goodnight."

He kissed me and then everything after was a blur and I woke up this morning in my bed.

I feel both satisfied and cheated and I'm having trouble reconciling the two.

Done Deed

It took me a little while to find him.

He's very good at not being found.

I don't think I would have found him.

I think he let me find him after reading my reply to Fracture's comment.

I found him in The camera room.

He was holding the tape.

He was smiling as I entered.

The Second: "So... A trade huh? You want to know about this and in return I get what I want?"

I nodded.

His smile faded.

The Second: "You think you know what I want? You obviously don't."

The Second: "What I want isn't something you can just trade away."

The Second: "I know what you're thinking. You're thinking you'll give me yourself and I'll tell you everything. I don't want that and you should know that. You're the one who said so before."

I waited till he finished then I walked over to him and took the tape placing it to the side.

Me: "I know you don't want my body."

Me: "You want my love."

Me: "I can't give you that."

Me: "After what happened recently."

Me: "How you saved me and all my friends."

Me: "You have it."

Me: "What I can do is admit it like I just did."

Me: "Tell everyone you won my heart."

Me: "It's not really a trade."

Me: "It's a request."

Me: "I need to know what's going on"

Me: "You wanted me to love you."

Me: "If you love me too tell me what's happening."

The Second: "I can't."

Me: "Then tell me what you can."

The Second smiled faintly.

The Second: "Alright I will."

The Second: "Not right now though."

The Second: "Come to my room tomorrow night and I'll tell you everything I can."

So, it seems I'm going to learn somethings.

I'm sure that he didn't mean to imply anything by asking me to come to his room at night so none of that please, commenters.

Also sorry about the post title.

I couldn't resist.

Was asleep for a long time.

I fell asleep after the events listed in that last post.

I didn't wake up.

Not until just now.

So either I sleep blog too now or The Second wrote all that.

Or someone else I guess but probably The Second.

If it was him though I'm surprised he was willing to describe what happened in that video.

Then again maybe he just knew I'd eventually write it anyways.

As much as I hate to admit it everything in that is true.

I don't know how he knew my thoughts though.

At this point it's obvious he's not just a normal proxy.

I mean that was obvious for a while but I guess confirmed now.

He was still sitting by my bed when I woke up but as soon as I tried to talk to him he left.

Btw he didn't like hack my blog or anything I tend to leave my account signed in so he just had to write up a new post.

Oh yeah so all my friends are still alive.

The Second brought them home while The Master and the creature were fighting and I was unconscious under the table.

No one will tell me what that creature was but I honestly don't care much.

It was terrifying and it's gone now that's all I need to know.

I looked around shortly before deciding to post this but can't find The Second.

He's probably avoiding me now.

He can't do so forever.

He'll have to answer my question about the video.

I'll make him.

Don't worry I won't be stupid this time.

The aftermath.

I was let out.

I did as instructed and went to my school late at night.

All my friends were there and we broke into the school.

They brought me to the A.V. room and my friend handed me the tape.

I had never actually had it.

The envelope just told me about it and told me to pretend I had it hidden somewhere.

We put the tape into one of the vcr's and I began to watch.

The tape showed a bare room for quite some time.

We fast forwarded through what I think were days worth of nothing but a blank room.

Btw when I say blank I mean blank.

There is nothing in there nothing at all.

No bed, no desk, no chairs, no colour.

It's just a small empty milky white room.

Floor walls and ceiling.

Eventually The Second entered the room.

He moved to the very center of the room.

Immediately black tendrils began covering the room like veins under flesh.

There was a sound.

It started out low but then it grew until it was a loud screeching sound.

Something happened too fast for me to make out.

Then static...

Nothing but static for a few minutes then the room was empty again.

The tape ended at this point.

It was completely silent in the room.

I looked around all my friends were lying on the floor.

Unconscious or dead I wasn't sure at the time.

I suddenly felt terrified.

There was a clicking sound and it began to get closer.

I turned and went for the door but a whispered voice, the one from the other video, said "stop" and I stopped.

I couldn't move.

The clicking sound got closer and I could see that it was the sound of two long scythe like blades hitting the floor as whatever they were attached to grew closer.

It stopped suddenly.

It's claws were visible but it's face and body were shrouded in shadows.

I could see the silhouette of a face and a slow grin spreading open.

It lunged and then a tentacle launched by my face and hit the creature in the face knocking it back in the shadows.

I could move again and I turned and ran into The Master.

Tentacles enveloped me for a few seconds and I felt safe.

A little later I woke up lying under a table.

The Second was sitting nearby watching me.

As he noticed I was awake he got up and came over.

He hugged me tightly and rubbed my back in a soothing comforting manner.

I clung to him tightly.

I felt so afraid.

He told me The Master had beaten the creature and that we should go back to the apartment as soon as I'm feeling safe enough to travel.

I merely nodded.

I'm not ashamed.

It was terrifying.

After a few minutes we went back.

He carried me and took me through the Path to get back to my room.

He lay me in my bed then was going to leave.

I couldn't let him leave.

I didn't want to be alone.

I made him stay with me at least until I fell asleep.

Still locked up...

But not in my room now.

The Second has me locked in a room with Xerox while he searches my room for The Tape.

He won't find it.

I've been trying to talk to Xerox about things.

He ignores me and refuses to talk.

Not that I expected anything else.

You can't stop it Second.

It's going to happen and there's nothing you can do about it.

Except answer the question.

But you won't do that.

Locked in

Looks like I missed my rendezvous.

True to his word The Second has sealed me inside my room.

I didn't try to escape I knew he would.

Heh so did the person who sent the package though.

I spent my day sealed inside and finding out what was inside the package.

It was a letter and a tape.

VCR tape.

Old school right?

The message said:

"You want to learn the truth?

Stupid girls don't learn the truth.

Stupid girls end up stuck in trees.

You're not a stupid girl though.

Listen to me and you'll learn.

The Tape is a copy of the camera tapes from the room of the one you call The Second.

There are instructions below.

Memorize them and then destroy this message and hide the Tape again.

Do not blog the instructions but feel free to blog the rest of this message."

At the very bottom was a message directed to The Second.

"Protecting your claim means more than watching The Anomaly.

 You left so many holes.

She has more connections than she knows and far more than you think.

Each one of those connections is a security risk I can exploit.

You're making this far too easy.

I expected more from you."

Heh whoever this is just called you out Second.

Any rebuttal?

Something strange happened today...

One of my friends showed up at the apartment today.

I had rebroken connection with them when The Second showed up again and I don't know how she found out where I lived.

She seemed kind of confused.

She didn't answer anything I said and spoke like she was reading from a script.

I was told where you were.

I was told to come find you.

I was told to give you this...

She handed me a package.

I was told to tell you my address.

You are to come to my house tomorrow.

I asked who told her.

She looked at me and her eyes widened fearfully.

I don't know.

She started to cry and I brought her to my room.

We talked for a bit and eventually she left.

I was sure that whatever was in this envelope was dangerous.

I hid it.

I shouldn't of said anything but I felt the need to speak of this. I'm not saying where it's hidden because I know The Second reads this.

Interrogation

I'm tired of this.

I made The Second meet me in the camera room.

I told him that he can't just pretend I didn't see that and he needed to tell me what the hell was going on.

He said that I was wrong and he can do all of those things and there is absolutely nothing I could do about it.

I...

Admitted he was right.

I asked him why he broke the cameras he said he didn't.

I told him not to lie.

He said he isn't lying.

Xerox broke the cameras The Second gave him permission to do so.

I sighed with annoyance and asked why he had someone else break the cameras.

He said he didn't.

I glared at him and asked why he gave Xerox permission to destroy the cameras.

He said because Xerox needed a little relaxation.

I couldn't take it anymore and left in an annoyed huff.

It was when I got back at my room I realized why he might have broken the cameras...

What if what happened in my room wasn't the issue?

What if there was something that happened in his?

Freedom

So After last night The Second has said I'm allowed out.

Some proxies complained but after two of them were promptly murdered on The Second's orders the complaints stopped.

I'm not trusted anymore.

If I ever was but at least I'm allowed to come and go as I please now.

Oh and The Second has made the announcement that "Someone" has destroyed the console for the cameras as well as all recorded data.

I wonder who was responsible for that >.>

I have of course tried to ask The Second about the video but everytime I bring it up he looks at me with...

Well to put it shortly I won't be trying to ask him again.

I did tell Spinder about it though just to see if she had any thoughts.

She said some parts sounded familiar but she said she couldn't tell me since The Second would undoubtedly kill her.

Fair enough.

So this update mostly just here to say I'm free again now.

I think I broke some rules.

So for the first night me and The Second just talked for a bit as I lay in bed.

I'm confined to my room and being watched all night.

The Second is pretty much spending all his time in my room so we've had a lot of time to talk.

He definitely knows more about what's going on now but that's not surprising he seems to know more than everyone else all the time.

We really only had one conversation that was important everything else was just general stuff.

But yeah we got to talking about him.

Always an interesting and infuriating subject.

Information learned.

There is someone known as The First.

They don't go by this name.

I've met them apparently.

He confirmed that no they are not dead at the moment.

So was not Jane.

That was the last conversation of the first night after he told me that I quickly became tired.

The next day I just stayed in my room watching videos and stuff online and catching up on blogs.

Last night though some new stuff happened.

I eventually fell asleep and I thought I heard a voice I didn't recognize just before I drifted off.

Later when I woke up The Second wasn't there.

I snuck out and went to the camera room.

I wanted to know what happened last night.

I watched the video er sort of...

The video of my room last night started out fine.

The Second sitting and talking to me then just as I fell asleep The Screen went dark.

There were nothing but silhouettes of three people.

Me in the bed.

The Second watching me and then a third hunched figure watching both of us.

The Second stood up and the shadows changed then the screen filled with static.

There was no picture but I could still hear voices.

The Second: (I think. His voice sounded the same but...) Leave. She's mine.

???: *His voice was really quiet and I had to strain to hear* She is no one's. She is an anomaly.

The Second: She chose to enter my range you have no claim.

???: Since when do their choices matter?

The Second: Since I said they do. Leave her alone.

???: You can not make such decisions. You have no stake in this.

The Second: She sought out (I can't say what was said here so:) The Master and you're actions caused the death of one of mine. I could easily make this a personal matter.

The Second: Do you want this to become a war?

???: What are your plans for her?

The Second: None of your business. I will be watching her from now on. If you return things will go badly.

???: I will keep my distance for now but she is an anomaly and if you fail to protect your claim I will take her.

The Second: Understood.

After that the video turned off and someone put their hand on my shoulder.

Of course The Second was there.

He didn't say anything or respond to anything I said.

He took me by the wrist and dragged me back to my room and tossed me inside.

I'm stuck in here and I'm pretty sure I won't be getting out again.

And now there are all these new questions.

This is getting really annoying.

Also scary but I didn't want to admit that...

Revealed

So there was an argument and a bunch of proxies were involved.

The Seconds accusation has gotten around and now some of the proxies are clamoring for my blood.

The Second defended me on the grounds that whether I did or not doesn't change that The Master wants me alive.

This didn't seem to be enough for some people.

Then Xerox pipes up.

He reveals there's a way we could prove whether I did it or not.

Apparently a few months back a proxy, now dead, had gone around stealing things from the others.

This prompted Calvary to secretly install hidden cameras in all the rooms and most of the hallways.

When questioned why this wasn't mentioned at any point to the higher ups or anyone else Xerox responded that he only knew about it because Calvary had made him do all the work setting them up.

He didn't tell anyone because he hates the idea of being watched by someone and had been hoping that with Calvary's death the cameras would just lay unused.

The Second demanded that Xerox show him where the camera's are and Xerox said he'd be glad too but the room is sealed and locked and only Calvary knew how to get inside.

The Second said this would not be a problem and I saw a flicker of fear cross Xerox's face but it disappeared the moment he realized I was watching him.

The two went off alone leaving me with the murderous proxies.

I'm not sure how wise that decision was but hey they didn't kill me so...

Eventually Xerox came back and got me and the three of us watched the video of Jane's room.

Short story apparently I did do it...

Long story with important information:

We saw me enter the room.

The door was unlocked.

Crawl onto the bed and watch her sleep for a bit.

Finally I draw the knife and slide it gently down her throat cutting slightly.

She wakes up and opens her mouth as if to scream but I plunge the knife into her throat.

There was no sound but I'm assuming she didn't manage to scream after that.

At this point my lips twist into a grin and I begin stabbing her rapidly all over everywhere.

She reaches up trying to grab at my arms but eventually her arms fall away and she settles down no longer moving.

I stab a few more times for good measure then leave the room.

A later tape of my room reveals me entering the room going into the bathroom and coming out naked and clean my clothes no where to be seen. I then change into some pajamas and go to sleep.

I must of been really quiet not to rouse Spinder.

The interesting part.

My eyes were closed through all of this.

The Second is still trying to figure this out but I'm confined to my room and he has decided that it's best if he stays in the room to watch over me as I sleep.

That's creepy but in the circumstances I don't think I have a choice.

Explanation

If you read the comments on my last post.

The Second has accused me of killing Jane.

I didn't do it.

He says I confessed and he pointed out that certain first letters in sentences combined with pauses that I'll admit are a little weird for my writing spell out the words "I DID IT".

I swear this is a coincidence.

I don't kill people.

I've never killed anyone in my life.

I don't know why I wrote it like I did.

I just felt like that's how it should be written.

It's just coincidence.

I've never killed anyone.

I'm never going to kill anyone.

The worst part is he wasn't even angry.

He said he was disappointed in me.

He said he thought I was above murder.

I AM.

I wouldn't kill someone just because they tried to kill me!

Otherwise that mute proxie would be dead already.

I wouldn't kill someone just because they tried to trick me either or all those proxies who used me as bait would be dead too.

I don't kill people.

I'm a good person.

I didn't kill Jane.

I wouldn't do that.

Even if I did hate her I don't kill people.

Jane 3

She's dead.

She was put up in the room next to The Second's.

This morning she was found stabbed to death.

I think they said something like 17 stab wounds ranging from the throat to pelvis.

Her arms were splayed out and her eyes and mouth are locked open in a look of terror.

Apparently she woke up at some point during the stabbing.

Some of the proxies seem upset.

Some seem worried.

Some seem amused.

The Second seems unconcerned.

I'm happy.

I shouldn't be but I am.

I wonder who killed her.

...

I don't think it was Xerox

... 

Definitely wasn't me.

I don't think it was The Second.

Doesn't seem like his style.

...

I'm not worried.

Think it was probably someone with a grudge.

...

Not me though.

I don't kill people.

Someone in her position must make enemies though.

I'll be keeping the apartment door locked tonight though.

Just in case.

Jane part 2

Interesting thing just happened.

Or not interesting...

Horrible?

Yeah horrible sounds good.

I was heading outside for no particular reason just some fresh air.

At the building entrance there are two people.

Two familiar people.

Xerox and Jane.

I stopped and listened.

Jane: Yeah just arrived from up north.

Jane: I would of checked in with you guys earlier but I got distracted.

Jane: I met this girl.

Jane: She's heavily marked by The Master.

Jane: I could practically feel him around her.

Jane: I met what I assume was one of you as well.

Jane: He came to pick her up so I assume you guys are aware of her-

I stepped in here.

"Yeah they're aware of me."

Jane's reaction was beautiful.

It was the greatest display of shock I've seen in a long time.

Jane: Oh! You're here? B... but you're not a proxy what are you doing here?

Xerox spoke before I could.

He explained incredibly simply that The Master had chosen me for some purpose and that I was living here under their protection until such time as I had fulfilled my purpose.

At this point there was suddenly a cough from beside us and The Second who had apparently been standing there for quite some time gave us a little wave.

The Second: Seems the truth is out now.

The Second: Well most of it...

The Second: The important parts anyways.

The Second: I think the four of us should sit down to a nice meal for some proper introductions.

What followed was an incredibly awkward and metaphorically bitter meal wherein Jane was informed of the situation and The Second's identity and I was informed of Jane.

What I've learned:

Even if I think I've managed to create a semblance of normalcy I'm wrong because my new "normal" friend is actually more involved than I am.

There is no such thing as normal once you're in.

My new "friend" was buddying up to me with the intent of killing me for The Master.

The Second is not widely known among proxies outside of this area and a few others around the world.

Oh also Jane is an Agent who is sent from proxy group to proxy group as a sort of combination odd job woman and problem solver.

Problem remover would probably be more accurate.

I guess she's like a mobile proxy hitman.

I feel so listless.

These past few days I've just been feeling so unmotivated.

It's obvious looking back at my posts.

Nothing is happening.

I feel the need to tel you guys something but there's nothing really to tell.

I haven't been doing much either.

The Second is back but other than a few conversations, the apology date and the meeting with Jane we haven't done much.

It feels like I'm just waiting now.

Waiting till December.

Little more than two months to go...

Still no answers as to what's going to happen.

If I just left now.

Went back home I don't think they'd come after me.

I get the feeling it's inevitable by now.

They don't need to do anymore.

That's why I'm being mostly left alone.

It doesn't matter anymore.

I don't matter anymore.

Jane

So I met up with her today and told her The Second was not actually my boyfriend.

Her response: "Oh... That's too bad, he's cute. Is he single?"

I said probably.

She's like: "Cool thing he'd be interested?"

and for some reason I yelled at her.

"No! He's only interested in me"

She backed away.

"Woah! Ok fine you can have him."

"I don't want him."

"You don't want him but you don't want anyone else to have him"

"No! Er... Well... Huh."

I left shortly after.

I'm in a bad mood now...

I don't think I'll be hanging out with Jane any time soon.

Why am I writing?

Because I said I would.

But nothing is happening?

That's no excuse not to inform people nothing is happening.

But no one cares unless something happens.

True...

Well then because I'm bored.

ALSO RIGHT SOMETHING DID HAPPEN!

Not something interesting but The Second and Jane met.

I went out to meet Jane and The Second showed up while we were hanging out.

He introduced himself as my boyfriend >.>

After that I left with him because he offered to drive me back and I didn't feel like taking the bus.

I can't wait to talk to Jane later and find out her opinion on him.

Poor neglected little thing.

Don't worry little blog I'm sorry.

I'll give you all the love and attention you deserve.

So, yeah.

I've been neglecting this little blog for a while haven't I.

Well I sort of have a good reason for this.

My new friends.

Yes friends.

A comment from Swan made me think.

Sure I had my new friend Jane but maybe I could actually recreate ties with my old friends.

I went to the school and waited to see if anyone I knew was there.

They were well some.

Not all.

But most.

We hung out after I came up with some story of where I've been and why I left.

They welcomed me back with open arms.

So I've been spending my time hanging out with my old group of friends and my new friend Jane.

The familiar feeling of normal friends and the lack of interest shown by the proxies with the continued disappearance of The Second I almost completely forgot about the life this blog was created for.

So I forgot about the blog.

I threw myself back into my old life in every way but school and my family.

So, ok not quite into my old life but my old friends.

Then the worst possible thing happened.

The Second came back.

He showed up at my apartment yesterday night.

I thought I was dreaming and I let him in and we talked about where he went and about what I've been doing.

He wasn't the one who killed the date rapist apparently so guess it was The Master.

Then he kissed me.

I kissed back and hugged him tightly.

Remember I thought this was all a dream.

I told him about how I had been missing him and I think I might have been crying...

... I'm sure at least part of it was a dream or grogginess because I don't cry.

Anyways then this morning I woke up went out and he was waiting for me outside.

Upon realizing that the night before had not been dream my current life sped back to me.

According to The Second I started screaming then ran back into the apartment and hid under my blanket.

Later he took me on a date to my favourite restaurant as an apology for everything.

Anyways I'm back and so is he and everything is back to "normal".

Wait I just noticed something weird...

I said he told me where he had been and I'm sure he did tell me but for the life of me I can't actually remember what he said...

Been a while but I actually managed to make a friend.

I've been staying away from bars and clubs since the last incident.

Still no sign of The Second btw.

Anyways I've been mostly just spending my days hanging out at the closest mall.

One day while eating some fast food a girl comes over to the table and asks if she can sit with me.

I let her.

She was about my age.

She also had pink hair.

It was so pretty.

She was actually just really pretty in general.

We didn't talk for the most part.

Just ate quietly.

I don't remember which of us started the conversation.

Anyways her name is Jane and she apparently goes to the same school I went to before I dropped out to chase down The Master.

I asked her about some of my old friends but she apparently didn't know any of them.

That's sort of weird.

I assume she'd be in the same grade as them she must have at least met one of them.

Oh well.

Anyways we've been meeting at the mall to hang out for the last little while.

Blood and Black outs.

So I went out yesterday going with Swan's idea of making friends.

I have no idea where one goes to make friends so after hanging out at a mall until it closed I started home.

Then I found myself walking by a night club.

It was just opening up for the night.

I remembered hearing about it on the news once.

I think a girl was raped and murdered in the bathroom.

Sounds like a great place.

I figured not like I really have much more to worry about nowadays.

That reminds me I actually turned 19 on the 20th of august.

Forgot to mention it what with the dying of a mysterious disease and all.

Anyways so I decided to go in.

Thought as well maybe I'd try some alcohol for once.

I had just turned legal recently and been kind of busy so didn't really have time to get a license but luckily for me The Proxies had supplied me with pretty much anything I could ever need in way of licenses.

Pretty sure I even have a license to own a small business selling fans somewhere here.

Anyways sorry going on a bit of a tangent.

So yeah went into the club used a fake license.

There were very few people there this early so I headed straight to the bar.

I ordered a drink no clue what kind.

Took a sip and almost threw up.

Immediately there's this guy sitting beside me.

Bleached blond hair with the tips still brown, collared shirt with the first four buttons down showing his chest, sunglasses in a dark nightclub.

Looking back I should have left the moment I saw this obvious dick.

It's like the Second if he wasn't suave about it and occasionally saw the sun.

Actually I probably didn't leave cause the guy offered to buy me a better drink.

I'm apparently much more of a gullible idiot then I like to think I am.

So yeah he tells me: "First drink? Bad choice. Here I'll get you something better. I'll even pay."

I sort of just nodded trying to hold down my lunch.

Guy ordered something in another language.

I don't know what language probably wouldn't of cared.

Anyways guy gives me this new drink the bartender gives him and I obligingly take a drink and run to the bathroom to throw up.

I eventually came back and the guy tells me that it was probably still just a reaction to the first drink and I should try another sip.

I obliged and it did actually taste better.

And that's all I remember before waking up face down on a bed with my pants and underwear pulled around my ankles and the entire room splattered in blood and body parts.

I'm pretty clear on how I ended up waking up face down and partly undressed but the blood was a little surprising.

I'm assuming that my little evil guardian angel or The Master himself protected me and murdered the guy.

Although that does mean that one of those two saw me undressed.

The Master seeing me doesn't bother me much.

He'd probably not even care.

The idea The Second might have seen me undressed mortifies me.

Of course there's no actual hint as to which of them was responsible or whether it was actually one of them.

Went back to the apartment and fell asleep for a while after.

If The Second doesn't come back tomorrow I'm not giving up on the friend idea but I am going to be avoiding nightclubs and alcohol.

Woke up facedown on a bed with my pants and underwear off and the room covered in blood.

I don't think things went well last night.

I saw him.

I was wandering around the city and I saw The Second.

He was talking to someone I didn't recognize.

They were drinking something and had one hand in a sling but other than that I couldn't tell anything about them.

The strange man left and The Second turned to see me.

Time stood still and then he walked off.

I chased him.

I don't know what's wrong with me.

I don't know why I have this desire suddenly to be near him.

It's killing me.

Regardless I chased him.

He turned a corner I was only seconds behind him and he was gone when I turned the corner.

Question...

Opening a path using it and then closing the path takes more than 2-3 seconds right?

I don't really know for sure so that could be normal but I sort of just assume it generally takes longer than that.

I feel so lonely.

It feels like I'm incomplete.

He's doing something to me and I'm terrified of what it might be.

Still Missing.

I've taken to wandering around aimlessly through the apartment and city.

I went to the theater yesterday.

I went out to eat at a restaurant today.

I checked the area for any beaches.

There weren't any nearby...

I see a pattern do you?

What the hell is wrong with me.

I'm still alive.

Feeling broken and betrayed but alive.

Interesting fact.

Normal oblivious people out there are mostly in school by now.

I was one of those weird kids who actually liked school.

Bet you didn't expect that huh?

Really school was easy for me and there was nothing really to do at home that I couldn't do there.

Ok getting up early in the morning in the dead of winter wasn't fun but school itself was fine.

Except this one teacher I had.

He was a jerk...

I had this friend of mine.

She used to be in the same class as me and we used to be close but she stopped coming to school.

As a result I stopped seeing her.

It was the teacher's fault.

She didn't do very well in his class.

Guy was a psychotic perfectionist.

He'd yell at her and insult her every time she did bad on a test or something.

There were a number of complaints but for some reason he was never disciplined until on day.

His constant insults plus some trouble at home had driven her to a depressed state and he told her she should kill herself because she would never amount to anything.

She went home and decided to do so.

She tried to slit her own throat but merely managed to hospitalize herself.

After that and a small lawsuit the school fired that teacher and he may have gotten some legal trouble but I don't know.

Regardless because of the school's hesitance to do anything until then her parents still took her out of that school and I never saw her again.

This post had no real point.

Oh right!

The Second hasn't been around in a while.

Just in case you haven't read the comments last post.

The Second left while I was on the mission.

He's still not back and I miss him.

He's creepy and I hate him but it feels wrong now without him around.

Ok so here's what happened.

Also sorry about the lateness on this update and reply but I've been in...

A bad way since the mission.

They used me to betray and lure a bunch of my fellow humans into a massacre.

I was incredibly stupid to not see it coming.

They never told me why they needed me but they told me to go ask a "random" group of people for the location of "Seil Latot", which I figured was an obvious fake name and was probably some proxy, and then tell them the information.

I did as asked.

The "random" group of people immediately got suspicious for some reason and after asking me a few questions they began acting threatening.

I ran back to the squad who were hiding out in a warehouse.

The group followed me.

As they entered the warehouse the doors shut and the proxies surrounded them.

Turns out this "Random" group was not a random group at all but a semi-organized group of runners.

The target of this mission was to eliminate this group of runners before they could become any more of a threat.

They used my lack of knowledge to help them.

I unknowingly acted in a suspicious manner but not overt enough for them to decide I was a proxy.

So they didn't outright kill me but I gained their attention.

The proxies knew I would eventually head back to them and knew or at least assumed the group would follow me.

They were of course all killed.

I feel horrible...

I'm not a proxy.

I'm a human.

I'm not a proxy.

I'm not a proxy.

I'm not a proxy...

I'm not...

A new question.

Why so long?

Why wait until december to do something?

What is intended to happen before this time?

How does The Second fit into this.?

Why couldn't they just have a regular proxy bring me to "The Aged Path"?

Oh also guess what.

Apparently I'm going to be going on a mission with a squad tomorrow.

Apparently they decided having a non proxy would be helpful but wouldn't tell me why.

Oh well...

Alone

I'm the only one here today.

The second went out with a squad and pretty much everyone else is out as well.

There are maybe three people still here.

Lying in bed listening to the song my blog is based around and doing some thinking.

I hate when people use specific wording.

It always makes me paranoid.

He said your life will end.

He didn't say I'd die.

I can't stop thinking about that.

Maybe it's just wishful thinking...

I mean obviously I'd prefer almost anything to dying.

Although the only other possible meaning of your life will end is becoming something else and that's kind of scary as well.

I don't want to be a proxy and I don't want to be a monster.

Btw The aged path is almost certainly The Path of Black Leaves right?

Cause that's another thing bothering me.

Again with the specific wording.

I wonder if running away will void my protection...

It's not explicitly in the rules...

Although the whole reason I came here was because running was pointless.

Fuck I'm just going to listen to my music till someone comes back.

Oh right I have this blog...

So yeah sorry it took so long to update...

Some interesting things happened on our last date.

First interesting thing he apologized.

We were in the theater watching some stupid movie about 3 guys on a train in India.

The guy running the projector recommended it and said it was a great comedy.

Lying bastard...

I think The Second might have killed him after but I don't know...

I wouldn't be surprised...

More alarmingly I wouldn't be upset >.>

Anyways...

What was I talking about?

Oh yeah he apologized.

He said he was sorry for the way he's been acting recently.

He said he's been a bit of a dick and he's sorry.

My response was that people act stupid when they're in love.

I expected a denial or argument.

I had been hoping for one.

Instead he just nodded.

He nodded...

That's practically an admission.

Anyways after that he said he'd let me ask more questions which he would answer honestly.

Of course only if they were questions he could answer.

So I asked the same question I tried to ask last time.

How did he cure me.

He said he couldn't answer that.

I asked a question that had been bugging me.

"What actually happened to Calvary?"

Apparently Calvary was performing unsatisfactorily and so The Second took them all into the woods and killed him and two other squad members in a way befitting The Master.

I jokingly asked if he ripped them apart and stuck their organs in trees.

He said yes.

After overcoming shock I asked "Well if all that happened was a couple of murders why were they so shell shocked after.

I mean they're proxies they must be used to this kind of stuff.

His response was that there was a little more than just that but he can't tell me.

He also told me not to ask Xerox since he's been sworn to secrecy on penalty of death and of course he pretty much hates me anyways.

The other squad members were also sworn to secrecy but he doubted it would be an issue anyways since attempting to ask them about it would probably cause them to become catatonic.

We sat in silence for a bit after that then I asked the big question.

I didn't expect an answer but I asked anyways.

"What does the master have planned for me?"

This is where the second surprising thing happened.

He told me.

He said: On the date in question I am too bring you to the aged path. There you will see the truth and meet The Master. There your life will end.

I asked him why.

Because you interest him.

I didn't get anymore than that.

The movie ended shortly after and we left.

As we were heading home he stopped and gave me a quick kiss with no explanation or reason I can tell.

For some reason I didn't stop him or complain.

Looking back I still don't think I would have.

I must be tired.

Night.

The Second

Has apparently decided to pretend our little conversation earlier didn't happen.

Good choice.

I'll play along.

He asked if I wanted to go see a movie.

I asked what movie.

He said he'd make sure they were playing whatever I want to see.

I feel like a mob bosses girlfriend.

I'm not his girlfriend...

Anyways so we're going out to the movies and then dinner.

Yes I realize I'm giving him another chance.

Why shouldn't I?

Because he's an ass?

That is a pretty good reason...

Oh well...

Ok so completely cured.

I'm up and walking around now.

Oh and I asked The Second.

He lied to me...

Badly...

He's really not a good liar.

He told me had no idea what had happened.

About an hour later he asked if I'd ever be willing to go on another date with him.

I responded that maybe as long as we didn't enter the path again.

Then he said that the cure should have also made me immune to the effects of the path.

I pointed out that this contradicted what he said earlier.

He merely shrugged and made up some bullshit story about having to go help out some of the other proxies.

There is so much wrong with this guy...

So many obvious lies and contradictions.

Weirdly enough and this is going to sound cliche as hell but I think all the mystery surrounding him is making him...

Slightly less repellant.

What did you think I'd say attractive?

Not without a keg of hard liquor.

I'm alive and calling bullshit on the universe.

I'm experiencing a miraculous recovery.

Symptoms disappearing.

Fever's down to a more normal 102.

and all because of the stupidest bullshit ever.

He kissed me and now I'm cured.

Seriously?

Fucking seriously?!

He was lying with me, I think, I was kind of out of it, and he started talking quickly.

I don't know exactly what he was saying but probably more shit about how it was all his fault then he grabbed me by the shoulders turned me toward him and kissed me on the lips.

Worst part was a hallucination started up at that exact moment and for a few seconds I thought I was kissing The Master himself.

That... That was a disturbing moment.

Then he lay me back on the bed and I drifted off to sleep.

When I woke up I was feeling much better.

Probably be up and about in no time.

I should really be happy I'm still human and not dead but really I am just completely pissed.

Reality does not work like fairytales damn it!

You can't just cure the princess from some evil spell with a kiss.

It just... It doesn't...

Shouldn't work like that...

God damn I'm so pissed.

His fault.

It appears I might be dying.

It's The Second's fault apparently.

At least he thinks it is.

He says that it's entirely possible that I caught some kind of disease from being in The Path of Black Leaves.

He doesn't know for sure but it does sound plausible.

I mean maybe The proxies are protected somehow by what The Master does to them when they become servants but I had no such protection and it's possible that The Path has some kind of inhuman diseases or something.

Or maybe just the nature of the path itself.

I brought up that I'm not the only non servant to be in the path.

He said that it might not effect everyone or might have been concentrated at the beach or the other just got lucky or wasn't in there long enough to contract the disease.

Oh and if I seem to be taking the news of my impending death rather well I'm really not.

I am in fact just incredibly heavily doped on pills at the moment.

Oh and you probably thought of it as well.

Maybe becoming a proxy would save me

I'd rather die.

The others brought that up as well and I told them the same.

The Second is staying near me at all times now.

The rest are carrying on business as usual though.

Most of them are probably glad I'll be gone.

Can't blame them I guess.

Oh and for those interested.

Current symptoms of Black Leaf Disease:

-Coughing

-Chills

-Restless sleep

-Unnaturally high fever (207 degrees atm. No I'm not kidding. Yes I am aware I should be dead.

-Unnaturally cold to the touch (Supernatural disease contradicts itself... Of course.)

-Headaches

-Occasional nosebleeds

-Hallucinations

-Dizziness

-Loss of balance

-Occasional memory loss

and finally

-randomly slipping into another language that no one understands. (The Second claims not to understand but has accidentally responded to a question asked in that language twice.)

So no telling how much longer I have.

R.I.P. Lisa Siles

Bye all possibly forever.

How in the hell did I let this happen?

I woke up this morning with The Second sleeping in the bed beside me.

What is even the hell?

I mean he was dressed and I was still in my pjs but still.

How in the hell did I let him fall asleep beside me.

How the hell did he think I'd be okay with him sleeping with me?

Not like that though...

I tried to get out of the bed but apparently this sickness is affecting my motor skills as I merely fell flat on my face.

Moe unfortunately the fall alerted someone outside.

Xerox enters the room and helps me back into the bed.

He gave me a look upon noticing the second then walked out smiling.

I am not happy.

I am going to give the Second so much shit when he wakes up.

Ugh

Sorry about that last post.

I hadn't updated in a while and had decided to try and update regardless...

Unfortunately I was a little out of it at the time.

I seem to be sick.

I cough a lot and have been falling in and out of lucidity.

I'm bed ridden in my room and The Second has been keeping me company and tending to my needs.

He lay next to me in the bed and read me a book last night it was so sweet.

He reminded me of my father...

Which is strange cause he's my boyfriend and that would be weird.

I mean he's not my boyfriend.

He's also not my father.

I think I'm going to take another nap.

What are you smirking about?

A break.

Sorry I don't know.

I think it's been a few days now.

I haven't updated you on what's happening.

Nothing is happening.

I've been just sleeping all day.

God I can't think straight.

Night on the town.

The Second woke me up today.

Got to say...

That was kind of terrifying.

He was nice but seemed in a rush.

Didn't give me much time to get up or get ready.

Also didn't give me much time to get changed.

I did mention that I bought new clothes right?

Probably well now it's been said twice.

As soon as I got out of the bathroom dressed he grabbed my hand and "escorted" (Read: Dragged) me out of my apartment and the building.

A few minutes later we were at a Beach.

I told him I wasn't aware there was a beach nearby.

He said there wasn't.

He also said he wouldn't recommend swimming.

It was too cold to swim anyways.

I mean unnaturally cold.

Also dark.

The sand was a shallow grey colour.

Corpse gray would be the best way to describe it I guess.

The water was almost black and the sky was...

Well it had been morning earlier now it looked like night.

Actually the sky almost seemed like a giant black light now that I think about it.

It was creepy.

Somehow though it was also very romantic.

The Second still creeped me the fuck out though.

I mean no amount of romantic dates will make me like him.

We sat on the beach for a while.

He'd brought some breakfast stuff.

The sand was cold and felt more like water than sand.

We didn't speak as we ate and watched the water.

There were no waves.

Afterwards we talked a little.

I learned a bit about him.

Nothing I'm allowed to say and nothing interesting anyways but still it's something.

Then he took me back to the apartment and left.

Obviously I had suspicions about that beach but it was only on the trip back that I confirmed we had been somewhere in The Path of Black Leaves.

Apparently it's not just a path.

Apparently there's a weird, creepy yet beautiful beach there too.

Obligatory title because I refuse to go titleless.

Nothing much has happened lately.

Blogging now mostly out of boredom.

I'm staying in my room more often now.

It seems like now that I'm here there's nothing to do.

I've been avoiding the second for reasons I'm not entirely sure of.

Ever since the xerox thing though and the story he just seems frightening and dangerous.

Like master like servant I guess.

Actually exactly like master.

He gives off the same vibe his master gave off when I saw him in my room.

You know it's strange.

That first time I met... Er The Master I wasn't frightened.

I was awestruck.

He seemed so cool.

I mean I watched him murder someone right in front of me but felt no fear just awe.

I still think of him mostly as something awesome but now I also realize he's something wrong.

Something frightful.

I once went looking for... Fuck it... I once went looking for The Slender Man because I thought he would come for me.

I had no intention of bowing or fighting or dying.

My only intention was seeing him again and feeling that awe I had once felt.

Then I saw him again and now all I can feel is fear.

What changed?

Is it just that now I am a target?

Am I a target?

If not what am I?

As much as I don't want to I can't keep avoiding The Second.

Background Check

Most of my time has been spent with The Second Recently.

However today he went out with Xerox's group on a mission.

So I took the time to ask about him.

Mostly I asked "Master's second what?"

The answer was...

Interesting.

The answer was no one knows.

Apparently the first time he ever appeared he was carrying an envelope which simply said.

"This is The Master's Second. You will do whatever he says and give him whatever he asks."

It was signed with a crudely drawn operator symbol.

The group he had come upon mostly refused and some threatened him so he left.

The next day The Master appeared and those who had denied The Second were punished.

Actually the proxy who told me this said they were fired "Proxy Style".

When I asked what he meant he said it was merely his little joke and explained they had each been hung from a tree by their ankles above a bonfire.

They were slowly cooked to death.

Since then everyone has just followed The Second's demands without question.

Like I said interesting.

He came back about an hour ago.

The leader of Xerox's group, A guy named Calvary, apparently died on the mission and Xerox is now leader of that group.

When asked how he died neither The Second or Xerox answered and the others in the group merely paled and kept their heads down.

Going to sleep now.