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"im waiiitng"

Hi guys.

Graham has made it pretty clear again that he wants to meet. His exact phrasing was: "im waiiitng"

I don't know what to make of that, as he didn't actually tell me where he was waiting.

April's getting worse again, so this whole thing is starting to hurry! I wish he would just be straightforward for once.

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Hi guys!

I thought that it was time we tried to figure out exactly what we are up against.

The only real information we have beyond what’s been going on is the books we were given, and they were not very descriptive.

As far as I understand from Marcusson’s comments, this thing is supposedly a specific aspect of a set of beings, along the lines of divine avatars in Huindu mythology. This reasoning is in line with some of the creatures referenced, such as the Naga. It seems plausible that something like what we are dealing with was once confused and interpreted as a creature of the wet underworld. The water and the tunnels seem to have been a prerequisite for summoning it.

Because while the Naga seem to sometimes have had benevolent intentions, the thing we’re dealing with clearly has little in the way of sympathy for people.

As for the idea of the Cyhyraeth, its scream could supposedly be heard before someone died. It therefore wasn’t seen as a danger in and of itself, but rather as an omen. Here too, it is easy to imagine someone coming up with the myth following an encounter with this thing. After all, we have seen nothing of it directly, but rather just the thing acting through people.

At least none of us have heard screaming yet, but that doesn’t comfort much.

April's current status

Hi guys!

A few of you have been asking how April’s been doing after she got back, and the answer is difficult.

For the most part she seems fine, but then she will suddenly snap at something insignificant, or throw worried looks over her shoulder. She spends most of the day sleeping, or at least lying still on her bed. Earlier today I thought she was sleeping with her eyes open, because she was staring at a chair for half an hour without moving a muscle. Then she just said “Poor tree,” and turned around.

We’ve been talking about what we can do, as it seems like she might have gotten worse from her excursion, rather than better, but that’s all I can say for now.

Thanks for worrying.

About April

Hi guys!

We got April back last night! I think she’s still sleeping, which is a good sign. At least I hope it is.

The only shame is that I missed meeting with Graham, not once but twice, and now he’s back to not responding to me at all. Marcusson also seems difficult to contact now. He seems to have the idea that he has given us everything he can, but if he can answer anything about what is going on with the culvert and whatever is affecting April, he will have to.

Note

Hi guys

I didn’t sleep at all last night, (we’ve been out looking) so I didn’t even notice this when I got home.

Right there, lying on a table. I don’t know whether this is more helpful than terrifying.

Meeting with Graham

Hi guys!

I was supposed to meet with Graham yesterday. He didn’t show. I don’t know why I am surprised. He has said, however, that he wants to meet up later. I’m not too sure about what’s going on, but with April missing it’s more important than ever to find out.

Why can’t Graham just give us what we need for once? And where is April?

Is it my fault she’s gone?

An interesting email

Hi guys!

This is an unexpected turn of events, but Graham suddenly emailed me.

He has avoided responding to anything I’ve written him, but now he doesn’t only respond, he wants to meet. I’ll be honest, I am pretty excited. He has given me a place to be this evening, so I’m wondering if any of you have anything you would like me to ask him?

I have my own questions, of course, but maybe there’s something I’ve overlooked.

Thanks for the help, guys!

The Books - Part V

Hi guys!

Final one! This was a tough one, because it had so many pages. Still, there wasn't really any writing at all, just marked letters. I'll be looking for some way to make sense of them all.

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The Books - Part IV

Hi guys!

This is probably the most interesting one yet, since I nearly overlooked something. It's called "The Supernatural Highlands".

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What's interesting is that there was a row of numbers on the very first page. You can see for yourself. There's also the words "You wanted answers." I don't get what the numbers are supposed to answer, however.

The Books - Part III

Hi guys!

Got another one up. This is one from the 30s, “Asiatic Mythology.” For such a massive volume (several hundred pages in a large format,) there were barely any notes. Oh well. Almost through.

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The Books - Part II

Hi guys!

It’s taking a surprising amount of time to get through these books, some of them are pretty massive, and I need to check every page.

This one is called “Ur of the Chaldees,” and is about the excavation of some ancient city.

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The Books - Part I

Okay guys,
So, I've read through two of the books that were in the bag so far. I've decided to scan the pages which had notes on them, so that you could have a look at them.
I'll elaborate once I've gone through all of the books.

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The first one is "Ecclesiastical Oddities," and seems to be a collection of essays about various aspects of... religious architecture. yeah. A lot of them seem either religiously or mythologically orientated.

Marcusson's notes were specifically found in a chapter on sacrifices used to support constructions, both houses and churches. I still don't know what to make of this.

EDIT: I expected 'Mysticism - True and False' to be a little easier to understand what Marcusson tried to say, but I am still at a loss.
That said, he was working off what seems to be the writings of a madman. Sure, a madman with the Pope's apostolic blessing, but this has to have been for people of extremely special interests, even in 1918.