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saturday, march 5th
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Anecdote
In a book titled "Destroying the Boogeyman, Literal and Figurative"
Miria (guidance
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Destroying the Boogeyman
The mind can be a dangerous weapon, sometimes to the point of self-damage. This is a truism that applies to almost everything, but it specifically pertains to how we "create" our own enemies.
As children, many are so convinced of the existence of certain evil creatures that they are inconsolable. Many suffer nightmares, insomnia, extreme paranoia, often only calmed by being removed from the room or allowed to sleep with parents, a light, or any number of things. As adults, we are often vexed by their inability to "get over it" and ignore it, but children cannot be blamed: adults are guilty of perpetuating the stories that create this atmosphere of fear.
The best way to remove a child's belief is to refrain from stories, and purge oneself of lingering childhood fears about strangers and monsters in the closet. It is difficult in practice, but it is best for the child's well-being.
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Security footage
In book called "Weird Things Caught On Camera"
Daine (shadow_immortal)
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Security camera footage dated March 3rd, 1990.
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Drawing
Inside book titled "Weird Drawings by Children"
Eucliwood (username)
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A photo of a man standing in the headlights of a car.
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Diagram
A single page inside a file folder titled "513N03RM4N
Alleyne (tomatoandbasil)
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A crude pen-drawing of what seems to be a cross-section of the castle grounds. On one side there's a rough sketch of a castle, and on the other side there's a forest. Under the ground, however, there's a duplicate forest, where the trees grow upside down. It's like a map...
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Photograph
Inside book titled "Abandoned Buildings"
Lavi (recordhistory)
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A photograph of the inside of an abandoned building.
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Photograph
Inside a book titled "Creepy Shots of the Interiors of Buildings"
Q (lastisocorn)
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A dark photo of the interior of a room.
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Diary entry
Sheet of paper in the archives, mixed in with the others. Marked by a red sticker on the top left corner.
Sakuya (jack_maid)
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Fights are breaking out. Not over who the culprit is, now, but what to do: exorcise or make a sacrifice.
There are only four children under age thirteen left. Then what? Does it leave? They keep talking about how they can see it, sometimes, but none of the adults have even glimpsed it. We're scared of something we haven't even seen. It feels crazy.
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Diary entry
Sheet of paper in the archives, mixed in with the others. Marked by a red sticker on the top left corner.
Naoto (gunneroffortune)
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Pythia's been begging the castle to just send it away, because so far nothing is working. She says the castle won't, that it can't do anything about things that originate from beyond its borders. That it, the Slenderman, got too powerful, and it's all our fault.
It can't be reasoned with, so all we can do is offer up a sacrifice. No one here knows how to exorcise anything... if we sacrifice people to the creature, they might still come back in two weeks. If we don't, the kids are gone... and we don't know if they'll come back at all. If we tried to exorcise it and something went wrong, the kids would be gone, and we'd just anger it.
Not everyone agrees, though. Some people think an exorcism is the only route.
I hope this is worth it. I don't think we can handle losing the kids for good.
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Anecdote
In a book titled "The Ethics of Stealing Children: Otherworldly Beings"
Alex R. (delincuente)
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On the Necessity of Child-Snatching
Child-snatching beings, by their nature, need souls to survive, in hopes that it, too, might become real. Would we begrudge a lion for killing its prey to survive, or a man for killing those who make attempts on his life? No. This is survival, and for the survival of the child-snatcher, sacrifices must be made.
The soul must be able to fully experience all the hatred and pain that it wants to feel, or else its own growth is stunted. Some souls also need to learn and feel what it's like to be abused and tormented. It's a sad experience but understand that the being needs this. The being needs the souls prepared, as necessary, to craft itself its own soul...
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Diary entry
Sheet of paper in the archives, mixed in with the others. Marked by a red sticker on the top left corner.
Clu (end_0f_line)
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Deema and I spent the entire day playing checkers and reading to each other and going horseback riding.
It's going to take a while to feel back to normal, but things are okay now.
Thank god.
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Anecdote
In a book titled "Stirling City's Great Dilemma"
Anya (nomorevengeance)
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by Mary Worthington
There are some who would have us sacrifice so that the death may be on our terms, instead of on the whims of the creature.
But to this, I ask you, won't someone please think of the children?
In their attempt to make this crisis end, they are gambling with the lives of other children. As adults, they stand on high ground, safe from this creature, while our children suffer. But these men are not parents; they have no children of their own, and thus do not understand the strife and heartache a mother or father feels when their child is afraid, or suffers, or is taken. Even if this "Slenderman" threatens my child, I refuse to bear my child to him in my own arms.
Mayor Reynolds has suggested to us that there are so few children left that we have already lost. He believes we can simply "make more", as if the loss of a child is nothing more than an inconvenience, or that another child would plug up the holes in the hearts of every parent in this fine city.
Those who would sacrifice more children to send a threat away are no better than this Slenderman they speak against! Shame, shame on you all.
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Anecdote
In a book titled "Exorcism in Stirling City"
Rhyme (rhymebell)
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We Must Exorcise Slenderman!
Exorcism is a temporary solution to the problem. Not only did various communities who resorted to exorcism (Henderson, Stirling) later see Slenderman's return years later, but they lost more lives in the process. Who, in your community, is willing to lose daughters and sons for generations, instead of once committing a ritual sacrifice towards the Slenderman?
And worse yet, who, in your community, is willing to anger Slenderman further, by offering a false sacrifice of horses or cows? Slenderman himself has shown he cares little for livestock and will use them to water his forest; the only sacrifice he will accept is that of adult humans, or children. If he is not given appeasement, he will take as he pleases.
Think of what he could take next -- he has already decimated our livestock, and our forests. The trees drip with blood, the ground is stained, and his wretched "wood" saps the life of our farms. While the loss of our children is regrettable, what of our livelihoods? The whole community could be struck with poverty and famine, for the sake of protecting a few small children.
A proper sacrifice is the only method.