Audiolog entry number six. It's been a few months since my last entry.
I'm not really sure why I'm keeping these at all, old habits. I
guess in between being chased by immortal creatures. I've popped back in from time
to time to check in on April, Joe and Mike. Mike is the
kid that I visited at the end of my last audiolog. By the way,
I'm happy to report that Mike's parents are currently undergoing treatment with an eye
towards familial reconciliation. In the meantime, Mike's mental health and social empathy have
vastly improved while staying with a new guardian. Mike's therapist urged them to take
responsibility for the pain they inflicted on Joe and many others, something which Mike
is still in the process of doing. Joe had a difficult time for giving
Mike for all of the bullying, but the spring semester brought new distractions that
pushed the old pain far from his mind. He seems much lighter these days,
without the constant pressure of online harassment weighing him down. It's nice to
see more people have been calling me these days. A step fold starts pulsing,
and they call out my true name, and off I go to hear
their prayers. Weird, right. I still can't talk to them directly,
though, but I know I'm close. I've I've gotten stronger, the more
that have helped people, the more that they called to me, the faster
and farther I can go. The immortals have stopped chasing me. I'm not
even sure when it happened. There were just fewer and fewer of them until
one day they just stopped altogether. I know that I should probably feel relieved
about that, but I find it unsettling, Like what if this is the
calm before the storm? What if they're out there planning something, some way
to work against me, to steal the stone? And ah the stone?
Why didn't I think of this before? Ages ago, Back when Sarah the
Undercover Angel went back to Heaven, she said there was a human soul on
Heaven's throne with the mark of the Trickster. The person who stole God's Stone
had to be in league with Whiskey Jack. And they're probably still there waiting
for me the okay time to go visit the Pearly Gates hasn't changed much from
that video I watched. Do I really want to take the same long walk
that Sarah did and risk getting mobbed? No? Thank you, I should
just fold step to the throne rooms front door. Okay, this is where
the video cut out last time. I have no idea what the inside looks
like. There don't seem to be any guards around, so at least there's
that. Is it weird that I'm nervous? I can sense the laptop inside
from here, even with the doors still closed. God's still in there playing
with a little rbug world. Wow, that's that's a lot of ducks.
Okay, suck it up, Skyler and just open the door. Her ghost
took you long enough, Grandpa? What are you doing here? Does it
look like I'm making sure God's virtual world doesn't crash to do a strange obsession
with ducks? Oh, I can fix that. Need try to kid him.
I wish I could just wave in my hand and make technical problem disappear,
Grandpa, what are you really doing here? Of all, don pave
the way for future generations. I've forgotten how infuriatingly similar you are to whiskey
Jack. Wait, you're not secretly human disguise, are you? If I
wasn't what I tell you, relax beating pul whiskey. Jack is currently in
La Nope, and wait, I was in hell Town in Michigan, not
the afterlife that fellows here? Gets are at Grandpa? Will you please tell
me what the heck is going on? Well, that's easy. You're becoming
a god, I am what? Come on, kid, You've got a
shiny godstone, You've got supernatural powers, You've got faithful followers who offer at
prayers. Well, I'm one planet. At least I'm a god a god.
So those two sisters I met on that mountain gods, and now I
was to boot. Have you picked up the thread of this conversation yet or
do I need to keep going? Because if you're unable to move beyond the
god thing, we'll be stuck here for literally yawns. Right, the sisters
Ata, they said they had a plan. Oh what am I supposed to
be doing? Exactly what you've been doing, except more. Why have you
been stuck on this specific earth? You have access to literally all of space,
time and reality. Honestly, I'm slightly embarrassingly on a grandkid. Didn't
immediately go to Jupiter or Mars will leave the Milky Way altogether. Sorry,
Donkay. Everyone's got to trip and fall before they learn how to walk.
God's included, But right now you're vulnerable Sky. You need to increase your
power by growing your fault and keep helping the living as much as you can.
The stronger you become, the louder your voice will be until it reaches
even the ears of the living. When you're strong enough to create, maintain,
and use a form that protects you from the law of revelation, whiskey
Jack will find you. Until then, just explore. It looks like you're
being some prayer, Go and get the Scott. Thanks, Grandpa, I
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