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Russell
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 		 Laylas Blog updates
5/17/05 10:04 am
I'm starting to seriously think about leaving. I'm starting to really wish I wasn't here all-alone. I know I scared everyone last night, Mr. Morgan was panicked when I finally picked up the phone.

Here's what happened.

I was typing my reply to Morgan when I noticed some movement out of the corner of my eye.

I turned my head to stare transfixed at my necklace as it skated across the floor to the doorway where the salt was and stopped. I started to get really scared then. Had I accidentally trapped something inside the room with me instead of keeping it out?

I turned back to the screen, and I tried again to type my reply. My fingers were shaking. I was typing for more than thirty seconds before I realized nothing was changing on the screen. I stared at it. It was definitely frozen. Except that it wasn't. Somebody was typing using my name. I guess it was Eric.

As I was reading the conversation the hairs started to stand up on my neck. I told Mr. Morgan later that it was a sense of presence. I turned around, and I thought I saw someone standing there for a split second. Well, not really see; so much as get the impression of. A little boy with blond hair. Mr. Morgan says living in this house might be forcing my senses to become awakened. I don't like it.

And then the computer screen went dark, and the lights flickered, and I screamed. There, I admitted it. I screamed. I wanted out of that room. I stood up and I hurried over to the doorway. And then I stopped.

Looming outside the hall was this immense shadow. Like a shadow being cast on the air itself. Darkness. It was staring at me. I don't know how it could stare without eyes but it was staring at me. And its gaze sent chills through all my nerves.

Something pushed me, and I slipped on the necklace and fell backwards. I hit my head, and I must have gone unconscious.

I opened my eyes to the insistent ring of the phone. I didn't remember what had happened right at first, and my head swam as I sat up. I tried to shake it off but that did more harm than good. The phone was still ringing. I remembered what had happened. The chat. Midnight. I was afraid to answer the phone. But I got up, unsteadily, and crossed the still unbroken line of chalk. I held onto the rail and was cautious of shadows as I want down to the kitchen and answered the phone. The dishpan was in the middle of the floor, right where I'd left it

Thank god it was Mr. Morgan on the phone. He calmed me down, and helped me check for a concussion. (I had a slight one) We're starting to feel it isn't safe for me to be alone. Would it be any safer for me to invite Mr. Morgan to stay?

PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:57 am
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 		Eep!!! We better get cracking on this case! The ghosts seem to be getting way more agressive, and this "Tall Man"? =/ I'll do more when I get home, and maybe after work.

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 		hey all.. i've been reading up and trying to grasp
all this.. this is great!!!
okay so the "interactions" are getting more
intense.. does anyone think we should attempt
a seance? if Morgan spends the night tonight...
it could be a great opportunity.. to have
conduct a seance via the chat room..
we could all light candles at midnight
Shocked Shocked Shocked
just a thought
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 		Apparently not Layla:

5/17/05 08:17 pm

N dwkl Wzqztwu. Kzy izr Vti yonx yf gwgi ywe hkw hg lhycge? N bbgp xfawkyzawl mv raw yywfzx kvgm bvfw pwfby uzk bgp nk'g ggqp aw tsu hzx Yrzd Ffd. W fxavf ktb yvaf xf amvm nvwg Wzqztwu kst mvfw by nokf'y jc tti, sil gtn wl yjvzk encs lan Kode Rrb al brhuaneu fx. N vjwg rzgk pmvb Jbhyojw bfidw xksse rk pghtbg. Sm qvokm yysf mmvfo pfj ggfjfbw mt kodg yf. Hzx Yrzd Ffe gutwvg ex, N rzotdj hgei Iwuafir fhy kc ltqb hg and, pmm… Yyol gnxvl bs kvw zwrjwrfir… A czjh…xktqs…

"I have been one acquainted with the night"

….W knugckx.

Jiwu

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Caterpillar wrote:
Apparently not Layla:

5/17/05 08:17 pm

N dwkl Wzqztwu. Kzy izr Vti yonx yf gwgi ywe hkw hg lhycge? N bbgp xfawkyzawl mv raw yywfzx kvgm bvfw pwfby uzk bgp nk'g ggqp aw tsu hzx Yrzd Ffd. W fxavf ktb yvaf xf amvm nvwg Wzqztwu kst mvfw by nokf'y jc tti, sil gtn wl yjvzk encs lan Kode Rrb al brhuaneu fx. N vjwg rzgk pmvb Jbhyojw bfidw xksse rk pghtbg. Sm qvokm yysf mmvfo pfj ggfjfbw mt kodg yf. Hzx Yrzd Ffe gutwvg ex, N rzotdj hgei Iwuafir fhy kc ltqb hg and, pmm… Yyol gnxvl bs kvw zwrjwrfir… A czjh…xktqs…

"I have been one acquainted with the night"

….W knugckx.

Jiwu


Vignere Cipher, Key = Frost:
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I miss Richard. Whf did Dad have to send him off to school? I know somertimes he did things thot were wrong but now it's only me and the Tall Mam. I never saw hhim so much when Richard waa here it wasm't so bad, but now it feels lile thi Tall Man is watching ne. I even miss when Richard would steal mt boooks. At least then therw was someone to taln to. The Tall Man scares me, I always told Richard not to talk to him, but… That night in the graveyard… I just…froze…

"Q oveq jlzw avl vlcchdwfmk rrfp acn zqncc"

….I suppose.

Eric


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 		Acquainted with the Night
by Robert Frost

I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain - and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.

I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-by;
And further still at an unearthly height
One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.

And the errors?
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from hamlin twn?


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Brittł
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 		Errors
Okay.. I haven't been here since 3 my time, so this is the list of errors in LAyla's weird blog thing. (Exse me if this has been done)

y r o n h s n k s m y o e k

Mean anything to anyone?
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dashcat
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Caterpillar wrote:


And the errors?
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
from hamlin twn?



Spoiler (Rollover to View):
From Hamlin Town


PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 10:59 pm
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Brittł
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 		So ti just leads to:

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thepiedpiper.htm?


and BTW how'd you get that?
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Caterpillar
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 		Ack i was trying just plain "piedpiper".

PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:03 pm
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 		From that page:
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I was never sure how Richard convinced me to come out with him that night. Midnight in the clearing of the woods? We had to sneak out the window and down tied together bed sheets. Richard had been reading stories about pirates and thought up the idea of the midnight escape. He didn't tell me what he planned to do when we finally got there. He was holding a little mirror, and he gave it to me. He told me to hold this.

"The Tall Man mold te to heet mim here,"

My heart almost stopped. "You didn't tell me we were meeting him!" I protested.

"Dou yidn't ask," Richard smirked. Even then Richard's knowing smirk was enough to drive a raven mad.

"I did so! I asked you what we were doing."

He just shrugged. "Se hays he comes here at midnight?"

"I'm going home."

"Scared?"

"No." I lied. "EVERY MIDNIGHT?"

Richard nodded and checked his little watch. "Mee thrinutes."

I didn't want to show I was scared in front of Richard. I guess I'm technically older, but Richard has always been my big brother. Even after everything that happened…

We stood there for three minutes, maybe longer. The hair was standing up on the back of my neck. I was hoping maybe this was just one of Richard's stupid jokes, but he never lied about the Tall Man before. He elbowed me in the stomach, and pointed.

"Thover ere!"

He was pointing at the dark space between a clump of trees. I wanted to believe it was nothing but shadows. Ten year olds aren't supposed to see things like that. But I saw it. It was standing there. And it was beckoning. For Richard it was more than beckoning. For Richard it was singing a siren cry.

He started to move forward. I grabbed his sleeve, the one with nothing in it. But he just kept walking. He pulled away. It hurt. Richard never ignored me before that. Maybe he yelled, and maybe he teased. But not…

I called to him.

The Tall Man called to him.

The Tall Man was winning.

He was halfway there. I didn't want to know what would happen if my brother stepped into the arms of that dark shape. I tackled him.

He wrestled me. The Tall Man was calling. I didn't matter. He wrapped his hands around my throat, he tried to choke me.

I hit him. I hit my own brother. I thought I killed him, but that night he was only unconscious.


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 		Ohhh, I meant the errors from the post at Layla's blog, not that page. So thats what they are eh... no idea what that means >< ah crap
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 		Britt,

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I miss Richard. Whf did Dad have to send him off to school? I know somertimes he did things thot were wrong but now it's only me and the Tall Mam. I never saw hhim so much when Richard waa here it wasm't so bad, but now it feels lile thi Tall Man is watching ne. I even miss when Richard would steal mt boooks. At least then therw was someone to taln to. The Tall Man scares me, I always told Richard not to talk to him, but… That night in the graveyard… I just…froze…



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He wrestled me. The Tall Man was calling. I didn't matter. He wrapped his hands around my throat, he tried to choke me.


Uh, doesn't Richard only have one hand?
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enaxor wrote:
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He wrestled me. The Tall Man was calling. I didn't matter. He wrapped his hands around my throat, he tried to choke me.

Uh, doesn't Richard only have one hand?


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