Tuesday, June 28, 2011

In Which There is Learning for All

I love the routine we've settled into since Lucas and Joel got here Friday. I went ahead and took a few days off of both jobs, calling it a family emergency. I think my bosses were so gobsmacked by the idea that I have family that they didn't question why two little British boys qualified.

So, this is the first vacation I've had in years. And I'm spending it frantically trying to do large amounts of research and teach everything I can to Lucas and Joel. Strangely, I'm not only fine with that, I'm really enjoying this. It's been really peaceful. Even with that strange shared dream that apparently I had with Morningstar and AmalgationSage. Uhm. I don't even know.

Right. But the important bits. For those of you with Holmes level deduction skills, this should be obvious. For the rest of you, let me lay out what I've been doing. From what I've read, there are a lot of conflicting theories on what to do if Tall, Dark, and Faceless has already taken over your mind.
Ideally, in the long term, I hope to find something conclusive on the matter, so that I can help those who need it. This is not my current goal, however. My current goal is to help all the runners who are suffering Slendy effects, becoming sleepers or getting turned into proxies or honestly just losing time or going crazy.
So, after doing a lot of research and borrowing heavily from Hakurei Ryuu, as well as one specific article from AmalgationSage and a whole lot of research into meditation and imaging techniques. The theory, which I'm working with the boys to test, as well as trying for myself,  is that if you can martial your mental defenses, you can keep him out of your head and survive longer in the process. Because as far as I can tell, he always breaks his prey's mental defenses, and if what happened to Amalga is any indication, it's quite possible that he can't get to you physically until he's gotten inside your head. Which has led me to a couple of different hypotheses that I need to find a way to test without it being actively suicide.
The first one, which is what I'm working with here, is the safest. It is, as I mentioned, the idea that if we can fortify our minds, he can't get in/we can kick him out. Which is why I'm really glad to have all four of us for this. We're all at different stages of being mentally affected by Slendy. Ideally we'd also have someone who's even further gone than Lucas, but this is a great place to start.
For obvious reasons I'm not going to get into EXACTLY what we're doing. But once we have results one way or another, I promise I'll give you details, and advice for how best to get started, if it seems to work. I'm wary of posting too much of the details of what I'm doing when it can still be interfered with, since I know three different proxies AT LEAST are reading this.

Edit: Here's what Lucas has to say

17 comments:

  1. Good luck. Please keep in mind, there are a lot of people who've charged him dead on, and gotten cut into a billion tiny pieces. Just keep that in mind.

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  2. From what I can tell, Lucas is doing a fantastic job keeping It out on his own. He's already got two huge advantages: he's aware that his mind is being attacked, and he's got people around him to keep him grounded. Being aware is half the battle, and having help is another quarter. I have high hopes for him, I really do.

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  3. Yeah. I'm trying to NOT charge him dead on. More like... construct a shield for everyone to hide behind? I don't expect to be able to do any damage to him. I just want to keep people safe as long as possible.

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  4. Good luck with this. I got mind screwed a while a go. It wasn't pleasant.

    I hope the best for you. :)

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  5. Ryuu, yeah. I agree. He's doing amazing. I just want to give him better tools to keep doing what he's doing.

    And Hylo, thanks. He's yet to really get in my head, which I think I probably have an explanation for. But I want to help protect all of them, if I can.

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  6. Keeping the details out is a good idea. And whereas I'm not too certain about the more mystic stuff, it might work. What I've been trying is asserting one's personality, the core of who they are, which sounds more like an after school special every time I type it out.

    You seem like you're informed enough. People have survived charging at him dead on before. Even if it isn't advisable.

    Also, hello, I like what you're doing here Ms. Elaine.

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  7. Oh, Jean! Yeah. Actually, I've been using some of what you've put up on your blog about asserting your own self. It's not really mysticism so much as psychology. Keeping yourself grounded and focused on your own self works whether you believe in a power behind it or not.

    Thank you, Jean.

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  8. HA. Like a Psychological defense could stop a Knife from entering your belly. This is FUTILE. You are going to die soon. Don't you realize that? GO HAVE FUN. CONSEQUENCES DO NOT MATTER ANYMORE. The World may be set aflame by your hands and you will still end up DEAD within the year. Enjoy what little time remains. Perhaps you should go massacre anyone that has angered you in the past?

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  9. ... Morningdick, thank you. It's good to know that what I'm doing is likely enough to work that it scares you. Shall I put you down for participating in phase two?

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  10. Ooooh YES. Your experiments are SO MUCH MORE LIKELY to work than all the others that tried them before. There is NO way we could EVER be able to kill you NOW. Sure I will participate. Just tell me where you live and I will be there VERY shortly. I'll even bring Cake! :)

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  11. I'm not saying you proxies couldn't kill us. That's not what I'm trying to prevent with this, and you know it. I'm trying to give people their minds back, and that's something that you, Luke, want more than you'll ever admit. You can find my email if you look.
    And no, I'm not stupid enough to tell you where I live. Cam wanted me to make sure and point out that the cake is most certainly a lie.

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  12. Oh popcorn are you upset about something? You seem rather upset. Did daddy get hungry and take one of your itty bitty fingers?

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  13. I'm assuming you're talking to Cockrobin, Shadiey?

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  14. Just give me a second to get laughing at Morningstar out of my system.

    BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    *ahem*

    Anyway, yes, we're alright currently. It's nice to feel human again. Plus if this works, we have a way of stopping him getting into our brains. :)

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  15. That's the plan, keeping the bastard out of our brains. And yes, Cuntmuffin is a little ridiculous. One way or another, that was a very emotional response.

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  16. You had a shared dream with Morningstar and Sage? How the HELL does that even happen?

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