004 || dictated;
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31 Oct. → 1 m, 5 d.
Have yet to notice any breakdown in lucidity, experience, or internal consistency. Doesn't mean there hasn't been any, nor is it necessarily a bad sign. Would have more cause to be concerned if I was aware of changes. Passage of time is interesting, though. Worth noting.
7 Apr. → 26 Sept.
No memory gaps, no "skipped" days since arrival. Still have to suffer through dull days in their entirety. Unfortunately.
Something of interest is bound to happen soon. Have to trust that my hallucinations aren't consistently this boring.
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[the journal opens to mostly silence, save for occasional clinks of glass knocking together. he's too preoccupied to close it, and so after a while he'll just start dictating idly. he seems to be in a relatively good mood today.]
Always liked Halloween. Amazing what some people will do given the right backdrop, what old legends do for the imagination. Had a double homicide left to look like a ritual sacrifice one year -- that was a good one, better than it sounds.
[an extended pause, where he seems to have gotten distracted. then he just picks up again, in the same absent tone.]
There's more to sift through, obviously. Drunks wandering the streets in masks, of course violent crimes are going to spike. Means something worthwhile doesn't turn up every year, but when it does? Always a treat.
[did he just make a halloween pun? maybe. it'd be easy to miss either way, because right then there's a muted pop! and something vaguely acrid splashes on the corner of the page.]
Oh.
Probably best not to touch that.
[is he serious? is he trolling? hard to tell.]
31 Oct. → 1 m, 5 d.
Have yet to notice any breakdown in lucidity, experience, or internal consistency. Doesn't mean there hasn't been any, nor is it necessarily a bad sign. Would have more cause to be concerned if I was aware of changes. Passage of time is interesting, though. Worth noting.
7 Apr. → 26 Sept.
No memory gaps, no "skipped" days since arrival. Still have to suffer through dull days in their entirety. Unfortunately.
Something of interest is bound to happen soon. Have to trust that my hallucinations aren't consistently this boring.
----
[the journal opens to mostly silence, save for occasional clinks of glass knocking together. he's too preoccupied to close it, and so after a while he'll just start dictating idly. he seems to be in a relatively good mood today.]
Always liked Halloween. Amazing what some people will do given the right backdrop, what old legends do for the imagination. Had a double homicide left to look like a ritual sacrifice one year -- that was a good one, better than it sounds.
[an extended pause, where he seems to have gotten distracted. then he just picks up again, in the same absent tone.]
There's more to sift through, obviously. Drunks wandering the streets in masks, of course violent crimes are going to spike. Means something worthwhile doesn't turn up every year, but when it does? Always a treat.
[did he just make a halloween pun? maybe. it'd be easy to miss either way, because right then there's a muted pop! and something vaguely acrid splashes on the corner of the page.]
Oh.
Probably best not to touch that.
[is he serious? is he trolling? hard to tell.]