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Okay...I now know a fraction of Zeke's pain. And have come to the conclusion that Slenderman hanging around outside of MY house is not good.

It hurts to speak. I'm drinking Airborne and making tea to try to alleviate the pain.

Thank whatever deity was responsible for getting school closed today. I slept for about two hours. I spent until about 6:00 just laying in my bed trying to mentally defend myself from Him.

During the time I WAS asleep, I was running around in a nightmare. The bad ones. They're back.

It wasn't a forest though. It looked more like...Pripyat. Just this abandoned, decomposing city. I was walking around, looking at everything crumbling around me. And then I smelled something. It smelled like death. I don't know if it was this or the sudden feeling of being watched, but I started running. And I saw them, their shadows. Following me. These people in masks were chasing me. I thought I was outrunning them, but in reality they were corralling me into a corner. I realized this too late as they were closing in. I turned around...and there He was. A tentacle wrapped around my mouth. I tried to scream.

And then I woke up.

When I heard somebody else awake in the house, I decided it was safe to get out of bed. Both schools had been closed. My throat hurt. I drank some Airborne, and then went back to bed to try and get more sleep.

And now I'm here. I'm tired, I'm sick, I'm annoyed, and I'm scared. I can't lie. I don't think he has any problem with getting close to the house. I think he's trying to give me a false sense of security.

I don't fear the "ghosts" anymore. Because I know that's not what's really waiting for me in the dark. I know you're there now. You did it, Slenderman. I'm scared. But I'm also angry. And I won't let you control me like you do Seth.

Edit: I almost forgot. I have some more stuff to catch up on it seems. Ava's blog, for one. And apparently Robert is still in action. I missed all of that.

I was wrong.

Nothing has slowed down. He's just being a manipulative creep.

So I was already iffy about going outside and was just going to lie and say I took Ace without actually leaving the house. But sometimes my conscience is annoying. And sometimes it puts me in idiotic and/or dangerous situations.

I called Ace, snapped on the leash, and trotted out the door. I wanted to get this over with.

Let's give the two potential death traps proper names. We'll call them Left and Right for now. (Heh, you know, we have a saying in marching band. Left is right. Left is not right in this case. Right is not right either.)

I decided to go left first. There were weird sounds emanating from the right and less neighbors to hear my screams. So left it was.
I was just over the crest of the small hill to that patch of forest, and...there he was. Just right there. Standing on the quad path. Watching me.

I didn't know what to do, so I just stopped and stared. I felt like I was in a trance...
Ace kept trying to pull me away. Then I heard a sound behind me, which turned out to be a car pulling into a driveway. When I looked back he was gone.

I decided to go right. (I'm also an idiot and am fairly certain I'm going to die in some awful manner from decisions like this.)

I didn't get very far, because Ace turned us right the hell around about half way down the hill and made us go home.

I've covered the living room window entirely (I managed to stretch the curtains enough to meet). I'm really not sure what to do at this point. I'm also by myself.

Things are scarier when you're alone...

Okay...well...Ace needs a bath. And I suppose now would be a good time to check on Seth and make sure he's not doing anything harmful to himself. I'll be keeping myself busy for now.