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...Well that black box brought nothing good in my dreams. I released information - Division secrets - to the public and chaos. I released footage of a United States government ordered assassinations of a public leader. All to locate the remaining black boxes. I definitely didn’t think about consequences of these actions in these dreams but Nikita says that’s because Division teaches you to ignore those consequences. Division framed a CIA agent for what I released. Now we’re on our way to Chile to rescue the guy.

My plan was to release the footage so that Percy had no choice but to call the Engineer in. The Engineer is the one that built and encrypted these boxes. It worked just not in the best way.

Nikita does not like working with a partner. I don’t like playing by their rules. Our rescue mission goes to tell. Division shows up to murder us but we get saved by getting taken into custody by the US Army. Our day keeps getting better and better. 30,000 feet in the air and Division cleaners waiting for us on the ground. So the only way to avoid the cleaners was to jump out.

At least there were no injuries this time. Looks like I’m off to London to search for the Guardian of the next box.

Gym's finally reopened after the remodel. I'm really excited about it. It feels so much more open and spacious and hopefully inviting to new clients. I'm running a special on new memberships, first month free, months two and three 50% off. Come down and check us out at [Location]. Grand opening celebrations this weekend, with food and games and prizes to be won.

( Personal Entry )

Dreams within dreams. I kept having this nightmare about shadowy figures with no faces, barely any light and they keep getting closer. It's more than a little freaky.

I've been practicing more with my ability in my dreams. Apparently the more I use my ability the longer the day feels. I don't know if they were exaggerating, but it sounded like for every jump I make...it makes the day feel like an hour longer. So I made 32 jumps in my dream. Apparently the day was really, really long.

But good news. Supposedly WHERE I land I've gotten better at. Not the how I land yet. Also I figured out there's limitations to how far I can go forward or back in time. I'm limited to twenty-four hours unless I leap from. It takes a lot of energy but I can do it. My mom seems to think there's a reason I can't go forward or back more than twenty-four hours and I shouldn't do it. She thinks I could change too much. But dream me disagrees. I think it's less like a river and more that it occurs all at once, like a lake.

I was insistent on leapfrogging back in time to find out who was spying on and following V. Vanessa made me promise not to go without her.

I promised. But with the way I know I am? I don't think I listened.

Does anyone else have random conversations about things, and then facebook starts hitting you hard with ads on whatever you talked about? It's a little bit creepy. Not that I have anything against tea, ever. But I haven't been searching for it online or clicked on anything for it. But because I talked out loud to Dad about seeing a video of tea changing color, facebook is giving me ads about tea and only tea.

Yes dreams, lets have a repeat of my ass getting handed to me, I just love to go through all of that again, not.

So I got tossed into a cell with the real Sarah, who comforts me. I return some of my strength and injuries heal slightly which could be the effects of a regeneration Legacy or a placebo-type effect. I don't know, I don't know much about my healing power.

My dumb ass goes to face Setrákus Ra again, who beats me by using a technique that encases me in rock and attaches me to the ceiling!

He transforms into me, saying that I have to be alive for him to become me.


He's a shape shifting asshole, great.

Could someone please explain people to me? Part of my closing tasks at the end of the night is cleaning the restroom. Which isn't a job anyone really likes to do, but has to be done. I've seen my share of weird things, like the one time I went in and someone completely TPed the bathroom (just. why?)

Last night, though, I went in and someone took the lining out of the trash can and filled it with empty packages that look like they were from the game shop a couple of doors down. And poured what looks like an entire energy drink out on top of it all. I... what? What was even the reason for any of that? Did they think a can of red bull was going to destroy the evidence for them?

( Personal Entry )

Waking up with injuries is not my ideal morning. Nikita at least patched me up again. Stitches. I was a guardian. In charge of keeping these black boxes protected. and a killer I don’t like dream me. I don’t like what I found out he’s done. At least dream me feels the same way.

So weird things showing up from the dreams is a thing?

My mom in my dreams is not at all surprised that I skip classes. She wasn't upset or mad when Vanessa and I showed up at her bookstore. But Vanessa needed her to translate something in Latin.

O Mater Luna, Regina nocis, adiuvo me nunc.

Later that night after Vanessa's date with Michael she calls me to go come sleepover at midnight. Which is okay with my mom...because she thinks I'm an alien so rules just kind of never applied to me. She found me on the side of the road near a crash and I only have two memories before Kendra found me. Memories of a crash and a fire.

Not fun when you dream about one of your best friends dying and then you immediately can't tell if it's real or not so you wake them up super early to check and make sure you're alive.

Her whole death is really suspicious and I really hope it was one big accident. Also doesn't help that then everyone graduated and left me behind. But in good news I bought a bar in the dreams because they fired my mother and I'm all about karma.

Almost wish that bar was here so I could give myself all the free tequila.

So somehow I've gotten put in charge of planning Eren's bachelor party since he's marrying his other best friend. I have no clue how to put together a bachelor party and the only guidelines I've been given is 'no strippers' which seems a little unfair since I'm not the one getting married so I should still be able to enjoy right?

Any suggestions for what I could do for this thing?

[CJ and Six]

So...I'm thinking maybe I can just throw the party at the house for him?

Hey...
You busy?

Dream me did right by going to Spain after kissing both John and Sam, showed up right in time to rescue Seven and Ten (DIDN"T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS A TEN!) while they are attacked by numerous Mogs. I really hate Mogadorians! We won that fight and I get everyone to safety.

I get Marina, Ella, and Crayton (Ella's Cêpan?!) on an airplane to India to look for Number Eight. We think it's him, there was boy rumored to be Vishnu publicly. Several hours later we land in India, and was escorted by a man called Commander Sharma who says he is from Vishnu to the Himalayan mountain range.

While we are driving, guess who got attacked again, but this time it was humans! Commander Sharma describes as forces against "Vishnu" from the government, supplied by rich donors. I wanted to use my legacies to wipe them away, but Crayton convinced me not to, so we fled from having to fight anymore than what was necessary.

Than the asshole commander says we all have to fight different incarnations of Vishnu, done and done. So we meet this kid, I demanded to know if he was eight or not, turns out he was. We talked about the past, about what was happening now, he revealed his abilities, scared me so I elbowed him in the ribs, it was a reflex! Marina has got one hell of a crush on Eight within the short time we've spent with him. We head to his campsite, make plans, and I go to sleep.
( Cut due to how long it ended up being )

More dreams. For starters, took me back to being a little kid playing soccer. The day I met my dream best friend, Vanessa. We both had the same necklace. I definitely don't agree with out pizza choice. Double cheese pepperoni with pineapple and anchovy.

Then there was more back to what seemed to be the present. I don't like this girl Morgan. She's talking about Michael as if he's hers, when I know Vanessa is clearly crushing on him. And when I mentioned Vanessa was going out with him al of a sudden he's such a horrible guy. She just kept making snide remarks. I don't know why Vanessa is so damn nice. She's clearly a bitch. My sister's in my dreams but she's not my sister at all. I don't even know her. I can time travel, my best friend can turn invisible but I just can't believe someone can see into the future?

Oh! And it's pretty cool. I found the watch that I wear in my dreams.

My dreams just jumped ten years. Went from the end of high school to my ten year reunion. But at least I got a cowboy hat.

Congrats, OC. It's a boy.

No, really. I have no idea how to introduce myself. I'm just...me.

Name's Harry. Made the move from Chicago to work as an ER nurse. I start July 19, which gives me almost two weeks to get settled.

Right, so. About me. I'm forever 29. I like long walks on the beach and building miniature models in my spare tme. Oh, and playing video games with my kidlet. She's 8, and more like me than I care to admit.

Is that good? I hope that's sufficient because I really don't know what else to say.

It's been a long time since I've been home. It's been a long weekend of moving my things into my new place. Take out and beer and I figured I'd check this thing out after someone mentioned it.

So, hey. I'm Owen.

[Vanessa]
This wasn't my idea. Remember that. That being said...I'll be out here for a bit. If you need anything feel free to give me a should.

Shout out to my boyfriend who built a blanket fort for his dogs and me for us to hide under while fireworks go off. I'm sure they're still going off, but I've got noise canceling headphones on and we're watching cute animal videos on youtube. I hate fireworks almost as much as I do storms.

My sister took me to fireworks on the beach and it was amazing.

And I woke up with more dreams. Man the Auradon kids are so stuck up. For a place that invited Villain Kid's over…they sure try and blame them for everything. Granted I caused all the problems apparently. I stole a Mal's bracelet. A suit if armor mascot uniform and left the bracelet in it's place. Stole Audrey's dress. Kicked the couch while Mal was pouring tea and spilled it on Ally's dress. And a magic carpet. A magic freaking carpet. Cut the wire to the music. But that one was so Freddie could sing. And I might have kidnapped King Benny.

[Maren/Vanessa]
The same carpet turned up in my room this morning. I haven't checked it out or anything. But it looked exactly like the one in my dream! I figured maybe tomorrow since today was the fourth.

Well.... More dreams and a necklace. Waking up to things from your dream...is that just normal here? After going back in time to see who was following my best friends...now we went back to present. Except those landings out of the tunnel are not predictable. I dropped us in the boys locker room practice right when the water polo team finished practice. I think Vanessa may have wanted to kill me for that one. From what I can tell it wasn't even my fault! I got a pink demerit slip and it definitely was not my first one. Dream me is just as much trouble as I was in high school it seems.

It’s snowing!. It reminds me of snowy days in New York. I don’t know why but I’m not complaining.

John, Sam, and I are now wanted terrorist due fighting with the aliens who were trying to kidnap us. The News left out that part all together. Right, try to save the world and labeled the bad guy. Sorry I don't want Earth to end up like Lorien in my dreams.


[CJ and V]

I hope I'm allowed a dog.

Bernie Kosar was in my bed when I woke up....


He's a great Chimæra dog, if I can't keep him. I can see if Nine will take him.

Alright. With all the shit this network brings us I figure I could at least take car troubles off everyone's worries. If you bring your car in to Out Of This World Mechanics and mention this network I'll give you a discount.

Man. I had a dream about Johnny Rockets burgers and chili cheese fries and now that’s what I want. So guess that’s what Iunch is. Burgers and chili cheese fries.

Serena? You in?

So I’ve been told this is the place to be. So I did the thing.

My name’s Catty. I’ve lived here my whole life and go to UCI. So hey.

More dreams. I could think of worse dreams than being a pirate. Daughter of Captain Hook in fact. Well, the youngest daughter. A little dark though. Apparently King Beasty? He brought dead villains back to life and trapped them on the Isle of the Lost where they had kids they didn't care about. No food. Well, that's not true. The Isle received the spoiled, rotten leftovers from Auradon.

What a guy.

The new Lady Gaga album, Chromatica, is GREAT! I had way too much fun listening to it a couple times while in the back room helping my mom sort things for the shop. It really makes me want to get out to the club and start dancing. I'm just excited about her getting back to dancefloor pop music.

I've found the solution to keeping your partner from stealing your clothes, for anyone who needs to know.

An unrepentantly bad sense of humor.

See, Armin will steal all of my hoodies, even my bi pride hoodies when he's 100% gay. The only one he won't touch is my "Bi bi bi" one. Because "Your puns are bad and you should feel bad"

If your partner is the one with the worse sense of humor, then sorry. There's no hope for you or your wardrobe.

Turns out mom and my dad are shit parents in my dream, I was even put in the foster care at some point. If you acted up, the woman would put you in the attic for her son to feed off him. Yes, she was harboring a vampire child.

How fucked up is that? If he killed a kid, the conveniently "ran away". I killed him, accidentally, but than got the hell out there. I tried going back to my mom, but she loved her drugs and her pimp too much.


The only slightly cool thing about this dream was my imaginary friend (I know, I know, sounds like I was such a loser, I kinda was) Alex. Only turns out just an deity trying to take over my body for herself. Even my imaginary sucked.

It all worked out though, my soul was saved,

I got Diana, a watcher, helping me out since I'm "the Chosen One."

I woke up thinking it was Friday. That was disappointing. It's only Thursday. I definitely didn't get enough sleep last night and not enough coffee in my system today.

When you start dreaming about your friends..maybe you've been spending too much time together studying.

Okay.

Guess I was admitted to the weird dream club. We should get pins or tee shirts, just saying.

I was on some placed called the Isle of the Lost which was not a great place to be apparently. I was hiding because the Auradonian kids weren't supposed to know I was there or something. One minute we were at Dr. Facilier's Vodoo shop and then poof. Wished into a genie lamp.

She was not at all happy about people popping in.

So. Waking up with artifacts from the dreams is a thing?

Because I've got a god damn bracelet on my wrist and it's reading my vitals and sending them back to the mother ship or something.

What the hell?

Since senior year is almost at an end, I've been encouraged to try and find ways to network.

Oh yeah, I'm Ian, btw.

Ugh! This is terrible!

I'm going to build a lightsaber.

My first day here and I bugged my sister to do all the things. We ate at this cafe, Izzy’s. It didn’t take much persuasion to hit the beach or get ice cream and all kinds of junk food. I’ve gotta figure out what sights we should see tomorrow. Any suggestions?

Oh and heyyyy. I’m CJ.

I’m really starting to question my taste in some of my friends in the Dreams. This girl I hang out with there named Morgan saw Catty and I in the restaurant before Catty time travelled us out of there, landing us in the boys locker room which I still can’t think about without blushing. Here and in the Dreams I’m willing to bet but luckily we have the demerit slips from the coach as proof we were at the school at the same time we were at the restaurant. I don’t think I see it in the Dreams but I can definitely see it here - Morgan’s kind of a bitch. She tried to steal my necklace and then when finding out that the guy we both like in the Dreams, Michael, asked me out tries to convince me that he just wants to take advantage of me so I should be careful. Now I don’t know Michael here and I don’t really know him all that well there but my guydar can not be that far off. He’s a nice guy. And really cute.

And then after that Morgan decided to tell me that I should go see our classmate Serena because she’s a fortuneteller and ask her what the future holds for me when it comes to Michael. I woke up to the slip with my name on it laying on the nightstand so I guess...fun reminder of that entire fiasco?

Dreams...are annoying, but what can I do?

I have became inspired by them, helping with my designs.


At least there's that.


[Models]

I was thinking, how would you all feel about a dinner or a party?

My treat to all of you for helping me out.


Also I've set a date, 5.27.20

So no one was going to tell me that Johnny Depp joined Instagram? I had to find out all on my own! How is this not a bigger thing? It was all over the place when Jennifer Aniston joined and broken Instagram, but no one is telling us about this?! I've lost all faith in entertainment news.

So, this is where all the cool kids hang out these days, huh? I can't believe I let Leroy talk me into making one of these things. So, hi? I guess. My name is Nova, and I'll be starting at USC in the fall.

Honestly, this whole 'online journal' thing seems a bit like a waste of time. Why do you guys do it?

There are lots of things that I've been using magic for that I used to do the old fashioned way, since I became a warlock, because it's just faster to do it with magic, but one of the things I still do the mundane way is go to get manicures and pedicures. There's just something about having it done that's so much better than just using magic. It's much more relaxing to go and get it done.

Any other magic users have something you still do the regular way that you could do with magic, but you don't?

I think I had one of those dreams everyone is always talking about. I don't think my subconscious could come up with such an elaborate dream on it's own.

I live in the future, 100 years after some nuclear apocalypse and we live on a space station, waiting for Earth to be inhabitable again. My dad was an engineer on the Ark, which is what we called the space station, and he figured out that he only had a limited amount of air left and there were too many of us. He told me about it and tried to tell everyone else, but they killed him before he could and put me in solitary confinement for a year. I was supposed to stay there till I was eighteen, but right before my birthday they came for me and I thought they were going execute me but instead they brought me to a drop ship along with 99 other teenagers who had always been locked up. Turned out we were expendable and they were sending us to Earth to see if it was inhabitable.

Imagine sending 100 teenagers to a place with no parental supervision. Yeah, it wasn't the best idea. Turns out though that Earth was not only inhabitable, but nature had taken over. Unfortunately we didn't land where we were supposed to and ended up with no communication to The Ark. I decided that we needed to find our way to Mount Weather, which was where we were supposed to land and so after I figured out the route, myself and four other kids head out to find it to get supplies and food.

For awhile we thought that we were the only ones there, because that's what we'd always been told, but just when we thought we'd made it where we were going Jasper, one of the kids in our group, was impaled by a spear.

And that's where my dream ended. Can't even find out if he's okay or not.

I don't really know what to think of these dreams. It was unlike any dream I've ever had.

Woke up this morning to find my prom dress, from the dreams, hanging on the back of my closet door. I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to do with it since it's clearly a prom dress and clearly from ten years ago. Has anyone else gotten clothes from their dreams that they just can't wear? What have you done with them?

I should have known that my dreams would just continue to decline. Sarah had gone to try and rescue Cosima from the island so of course she's in trouble and she calls, but her phone dies. Mrs. S and Kira were taken by Rachel's people. They're looking for Helena and after finding Alison they're keeping tabs on her along with Art. So basically they have us all under bloody surveillance.

Rachel wants Kira to come to Dyad for routine medical tests so of course Sarah doesn't want that and doesn't trust Rachel, which is understandable. So we plan to go on the run under Dyad's nose. And of course the plan goes to shit. MK gets killed and since Kira is somehow connected to the other clones, she stops feeling her and freaks out and tells Sarah she won't go and wants to know what's wrong with her then runs to me and of course I can't force her.

It breaks my heart to see both of them so scared. I'm just glad I've never had to see that in the waking world.

I feel like I need to take a trip home soon to visit them. It's been too long now.

....How did George get out of the hutch and into glitter?

Anyone else suddenly turn 7 years old for a week? Or was that just me?

[Max and Isobel]
Thanks for you know... putting up with all that.

I never realized before how much differently people treat you by how old they think you are. I can't drive right now, no one would believe my ID is me. And gods know Nico is overprotective enough right now. So I haven't really had many opportunities to leave the house. I've been doing all my classwork online for now, and just for a change of scenery decided to go to a coffee shop.

I'm an art major. Specifically, I'm studying cgi and animation. So most of my classwork is... drawing. And the amount of people who came up to me today as I was working on my sketches to be patronizing was just insane. Yes, I'm sitting here and doing art. No I'm not doing "silly drawings instead of my homework", yes it's nice that your child is "a little artist too". No I can't draw you whatever you ask for and give it to you (or more insultingly, sell it to you for five dollars or less). I'm already busy with what I'm already drawing.

And artists get enough of the last part as it is, with people both consuming our work without appreciating that it is work as it is. But when I'm thirteen again...

I don't know, maybe being thirteen again is affecting my hormones. Or maybe I never realized how annoying it was when I was thirteen the first time.

I'm not going to lie, I've kind of enjoyed this week. As always, there are days I identify as more feminine, days I identify as more masculine, and days that I fall somewhere in between. The inbetween days are the ones I experience the most often. But on my more boy days, it was kind of nice ...not to be perceived wrong. Not that the people closest to me have ever had a problem with asking which pronouns I prefer any given day.

I don't know where I'm going with this. Just, I understand how some people haven't been enjoying this and why. But it's been sort of a nice experience on my end.

Hey, Orange County, thanks for what has to be the absolute worst belated birthday gift I've ever gotten! Maybe next time just send a freaking gift card. Or not even bother at all. I don't know which is worse, the way this feels or that I need to personally apologize to Mikasa next time I see her for the times I thought she was exaggerating every month, without explaining.

But hey, now I figured out for once and for all which parent I look most like because there's no way Mom didn't just clone herself when she had me.

I knew that deciding to take a break to watch the remake of Nightmare on Elm Street was going to be a little weird for me with everything that happens out here - it feels like we live in a horror movie at times out here already. But it's fun to get scared sometimes right? So I settled in with the popcorn and my remote to watch it on Netflix, and within the first ten minutes realized that one of the actors looks a hell of a lot like one of my best friends. And that people are still as dumb as they were in the first one. Freddy Kreuger gets you through your dreams - how is hiding in a closet from him going to keep you alive?