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Dude. I think I just ran over an orc with my Hummer. Or is it a goblin? I dunno but no more milk and ice cream runs for me!

... So this is odd. And yet totally normal for us.

If anyone is missing someone, and is worried about their safety or anything, let me know. I can find anyone.

I just went out for a walk and ran right into this group of... Things. Heavily armed things, and I swear they looked like orcs right out of the Lord of the Rings movies.

Just so everyone is aware: they're bad at climbing quickly. Rooftops are great for quick escapes!

Friends, listeners. I have joined you in that dream world I've heard about so very often. And I'm afraid my initiation was not a pleasant one.

The dream itself happened, appropriately, on the night of the fourteenth. That is to say, Valentine's Day. It's taken me this long to gather my thoughts together on this terrifying dream, but here it is.

Oh listeners, listeners, the carnage that that holiday brought my fair town!

But I'm getting ahead of myself. I suppose I should begin by saying that, in these dreams, I lived in a little desert town called Night Vale. I'm not sure where this Night Vale is, only that it's in the middle of a very vast desert, and we seemed to be quite isolated from everyone else.

There, I'm also the nightly newscaster on our local radio station. What a fun coincidence, listeners!

The news started off as one might expect it to; reports of flight delays, health tips, City Council announcements. That sort of thing. But as I sat more or less safely in my booth, horrors went on outside.

Oh my dear listeners, if only I had the words to describe the terrible event that was Night Vale's Valentine's Day! Entire neighbourhoods leveled, Emergency workers rushing to help those injured and dying.

Vivisected teddy bears.

And woe, woe to those who were chosen to become someone's Valentine!

I of course urged the good people of my town to stay indoors, to save themselves from the tragedy of candy hearts and glitter. I do not know how many towns people we lost, but my heart goes out to them, and to the families they left behind.

Anyway! My Valentine's Day here was actually pretty nice. I went out for coffee with a friend of mine.

I hope you guys had a good holiday, too!

Weird weather we're having, isn't it?

You shall go west, and face the god who has turned,

You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned,

You shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend,

And you shall fail to save what matters most, in the end.

This is what I just woke up reciting. I think I know what that dream in my dream meant now though. Apparently someone stole Zeus' Master Bolt and since Zeus doesn't like me, apparently, he thinks I stole it or something. So, I was given the quest to find it and the Oracle of Delphi is apparently in the attic of The Big House at camp and she told me the above prophecy.

Now I've gotta try to go back to sleep, wondering exactly what the prophecy means.

Because of the weird weather we're having, I tried working at home for the day.

Let me tell you, it's really hard to be at a sewing machine with kids being underfoot. Or better yet, trying to help.

We ended up making stuffed animals out of socks instead, so the day wasn't a total waste.

It's absolutely frightful outside. It's times like these when I'm glad I'm able to work from home.

I'm not much of an 'outdoors' person as it is, but usually that's because there's too much fresh air out there instead of -- whatever this is.

Oh my gosh. This is actual super scary. Like that movie Volcano. :(

On a brighter note, my sisters and I are thinking of putting together a beach clean up once everything is okay. That way everyone can enjoy it a little sooner and go back to having fun and mot worrying about scary things like volcanoes.

[Filtered post to shinigami and friends]

What in the world is this? I thought this stuff only happened in people's dreams. Seriously? It's so dark outside and even school is saying that we should all just stay at home.

Anyone know what's going on? Guess I should do something about it.

Well...now I know who my birth mother is. Also that she's a raging psychopath in my dreams.

And I got to stab a vampire with some pencils. I'm pretty awesome.

Everyone okay so far? No one has gotten seriously injured or worse? At least it gives me time to clean my flat...for the umpteeth time.

Am I the only one interested in going out to see what's going on? I mean, I've seen reports, but have stayed true to the news reports and stayed indoors. But I still can't believe some things I'm reading...trolls? Goblins? Orcs? (What are those anyway?)

[Filtered to Team TARDIS]
I dunno about you guys, but isn't this the kind of thing that really gets the Doctor going? I know there are some of you who don't want me to know who he is, but shouldn't we at least go and investigate? See if we can help in some way? Jack, what about Torchwood? This is something that we can do as a team!

I must admit, it's quite amusing to go through the various reactions to what's going on outside. Many people treat it like an every day occurrence while others, such as myself, are wide eyed and wondering what is happening! A normal thing to have strange things happen here. Part of me wonders what I've gotten myself into, moving here. Well, I will add another word of caution as everyone else has. Please be careful. Especially if you step outside. Not only are there strange things moving about but the air is terrible.

[Filtered to Bran Stark]
I saw an earlier post by your sister about your dog bringing in an arm of...something. I hope you and your family are doing alright at home and not going out!

[Filtered to Serah Farron]
How are you doing? I hope you're staying at home during these strange times. Although, I do find productive behavior to help release the stress from our current circumstances. Were you able to finish going through those stacks of worksheets you took home?

I get to burn things without consequence, this is wonderful.

Trying to keep twins entertained while their mom goes out to kick ass is way harder than I thought it'd be. And we're getting sick to death of eggs and mac n cheese, but those are the only things I can cook.

I called up a pizza place and offered them double to deliver in this, but no takers. Fuu.

I've collected several of each type of these creatures for my partner to study. I'm sure he'll be delighted to dissect them. Messy organic things aren't really my forte.

Now the ones I've collected for the test chambers are being highly entertaining. They can't even figure out the button to advance to the next chamber

So, it would seem that I can make portals. So far I've only done it from one end if the house to another, to make sure it works, but I've been contemplating trying something bigger, but I don't think portaling to the store is a good idea. A portal opening up randomly in the middle of a store could be too much for some mundanes people to handle.

They locked the hospital down and this actually got kind of suddenly scary.

Apparently, tomorrow is Ragnarök. How fitting.

In my dreams I once faced creatures like this. They bleed and die as any mortal does. I've a sword and I know how to use it.


Elphaba

Please be careful.

Frodo

It's like an unorganized invasion. I do not think either Dark Lord is about, but...