Skyler

Is now my hero. She took some time to get back to me. But eventually she did. Here's the message:

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I've been juggling Seth and school. He's kind of become a handful. But that's okay...
I myself have my own problems with the monster. But I deal. You said one of the girls from another blog looked into religion to keep her safe, right? I'm doing that. Most of the time I'm okay. But Seth...It's relentless with him.
Where He's been...well...He mostly shows up in the windows in the daytime. He gets as close as he possibly can. He'll appear several times in one day. And then the one time I was trying to get Seth to sleep and he just appeared in his bedroom doorway. I don't think either of us slept that night.
I threw away all of his journals and drawings and notes while I was there. I tried to keep him preoccupied on other things, like his youth group and his music. I think that made things better. He still showed up frequently, but we got better at ignoring it. He was more like himself when I left...
I guess it started up again. He has nightmares. He doesn't sleep well. That's why he sleeps in and skips school. He's at least trying to avoid drawing or writing anything. I haven't been up there though...I don't know if he's holding to that.
The last time I called him, after this phone incident you had, he was just babbling. In a really scared voice. But then later he was okay.
Branwen. I don't know what to do. I didn't mean for this to happen. I just thought they were silly videos some guys made...I'm so sorry you guys...I'm sorry.

I've given her the login information to the blog. She's the only one that can talk to Seth and get anything out of him. And I think she has her head screwed on tighter than the rest of us. Expect updates about Seth from her.

I hope you're okay down there Skyler.
Be careful.
Eyes open.
Watch yourself.

Behavior

If you didn't read Aiden's latest post, either go here: The Idyllic Clone

Or I'll just summarize it and say that Slendy (I've decided to go back to names because...what the hell) is almost acting like some sort of protective babysitter to Allen. And it's weird. And I wish he were being that benevolent towards us.

I asked Sammi and Seth what they had to say about how he acts, because they've actually come in close contact (as I've found out through Sammi's photos and a conversation with Seth - had to drill Seth for that tidbit though).
Sammi doesn't have much. She hasn't been harmed or attacked. She thinks. She may have blacked out once. I told her to try to keep better track of that. Because that could turn bad.
Seth's the one that was slipping into insanity. I'm proud to say we've successfully pulled him back to the surface. THANK GOD. He's much more coherent when he's not being dodgy or paranoid...and the whole thing is less worrisome.
Seth's is jumbled, as you'd probably expect from somebody who we thought was turning into a proxy. We know he's been in Seth's house. We know Seth was disturbed enough to turn to a journal. I'm also assuming he's heard him "speak".

Based on these grounds, I'd call our case much more malevolent.
The question is why. Why the inconsistencies?

I'd don't have much to report today. We didn't even have a little Seth-Sammi-Branwen conference this morning. We've decided to stop bugging Skye about it though...
I thought I saw him from the bus window this morning and drew a ward in the condensation just in case. But there was also a fog light flashing on the roof and the forest suddenly went all strobe light-like and it was hard to tell what was a tree or a potential monster and it was disorienting and I was getting sick and I decided some Owl City and Neon Trees would be a better investment of my time.

That's all for today. I have more math to do. (Also, I ended up getting a B on my midterm! Yay! Small victories!)

Edit: One last thing. I think I should talk to Skyler. Especially about her experiences. How/when she heard about it, what's happened since, what happened while she was with Seth, etc. I'm also thinking about being more of a stupid idiot and going to Casey's to help her out and observe. Two things can happen. Either I'll get up close and personal with him, or nothing's going to happen. I'm starting to think I'm some sort of ward all by myself...

Or Ace is a lucky charm.

Status

I thought it might be helpful to any others to give a full update on what exactly is going on with my crew.

Me: Nightmares, but less of them now - standard running panicked in a forest, evolved into actually seeing him in them. Paranoia. Have spotted him in a photograph of the woods down the street. Keeping an eye on all vantage points in the house. Have an Operator symbol taped to my room's window. "Disturbing coincidences" have slowed. I'm either fully attributing them to him and therefore am not specifically looking for them, or the number of strange incidents themselves has dropped. Confused about his intentions.

Seth: In more trouble than I initially thought. Has full on nightmares. Has a journal partially filled with strange doodles and the general messages. Also has a slight cough. May or may not be losing time. I suspect he is becoming Hallowed, though he was doing much better with Skyler around. But she's gone back home for the week. Will monitor as closely as possible.

Skyler: Don't know much and is hard to gauge, but is in less trouble than Seth. May be the least bothered, even less than me right now. She was patrolling windows for Seth, not out of her own fear.

Sammi: Possibly has the most snarky/angry attitude towards him. He now appears in her night terrors, but she fights. Woke up to her mom screaming about something this morning. Incident might be related. She's trying to track him through her photography. I'm fairly certain this means he's also stalking around outside her house.

Casey: Is also terrified. (I'm not gonna lie, I'm thoroughly frightened by all of this too.) But has taken my tips on trying to stay upbeat. Wanders the living rooms and kitchen by daylight cautiously. Avoids them as much as possible by night. Has stopped taking pictures for the time being. Also has nightmares.

Skye: Whether she wants to be included or not, I believe her case is relevant. Developed a cough that has progressively gotten worse. Was not at school today. Has become more irritable. Went from being annoyed by Seth and I and our discussions, then got blatantly furious about it. It could just be that she gets angry about things that she doesn't like and she might possibly have what Aiden had. But I'm considering her anyways.

I think that's everything. I still don't see him in the window behind me. I will definitely alert you when that happens. Because despite my best efforts, I'll probably be screaming about it.

I'm going to go try to offer input on other blogs.