| Sleep Redux |
| Tom is close to giving up on his sleep experiment. He feels out of whack doing everything at night. He also wonders if Mr. Notes isn't visiting him because Tom is awake all night now. So Tom is going to go back to a normal sleep schedule and will see if that fixes anything. Plus, being awake during the day will allow him to go and visit the lodge of the Son's of Grace. Although that might not necessarily be the best idea that he's ever had. § |
| Grace Mission House |
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Thomas has mostly switched back his sleep schedule and already it's benefiting him. He feels a lot better despite the fact that he still hears whispering around him. Tom also managed to visit the Grace Mission House now that he's diurnal. He didn't learn anything too shattering, but he did get to talk to Mr. Grace and his son.
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Tom's sketch of the painting behind the recepionist is very interesting. It appears to be a sylized version of the ring code, with people and swords instead of just lines and crosses. If Tom's version is correct, then the ring code is ||||| ||‡|| which means Sacred Site. Which would completely fit in the headquarters of the Sons of Grace. It's also interesting to note that the only woman (based on the lack of skirts on the other figures) in the sketch is the one with the swords over her. Could it mean that women are considered sacred to the Sons of Grace? Or is it the opposite where women are banned from the sacred site? Certainly with a female receptionist they can't be completely banned from the Mission House, but how involved are women in the group? We know his doctor is female and is a "Protector" but since we don't know what that exactly means, we don't know of her hierarchy within the group. Certainly there doesn't seem to have been any women present in the meeting in the back room if Tom is correct about who was all there. With rings on both thumbs, it would appear as if they were conducting some sort of ritual (||||† †||||). I wonder if all their rituals are conducted with 10 individuals plus the two Graces. It would certainly add a nice symmetry to the ring code they seem to love. |
| Don't Go Yet |
| Thomas was going to back out to the Grace Mission house today, but as it turns out, Mr. Notes didn't want him to go. He left the ring code for Hostile (|†||| |||†|) as a reason, but does that mean Mr. Notes would become Hostile or that the Sons of Grace would be Hostile towards Tom if he went back today? Regardless, Tom is staying put until Mr. Notes says it's okay. Hopefully that won't be too long from now. § |
| Asleep for Days |
| It's been a few days since we've heard from Thomas. As it turns out, there was a reason: He went to bed on Wednesday night and didn't wake up until Saturday. Oops. That's not particularly normal. Especially since it seems that he was dream painting as he found a new painting in his kitchen when he woke up. Luckily, he doesn't seem to be the worse for wear because of it. A little hungry, but he had enough energy to hop in his car and drive to PA and back to clear his head about what happened. § |
| More Paintings |
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Tom has a bunch of new paintings to show us. The first is a finished version of one of paintings he posted earlier, based off of someone's photograph. The second painting is the one he did of Emmet Grace Sr. and Jr. It's even creepier than the sketch he had done. The original sketch made them seem sort of morose. The painting now makes Emmet Jr. look maniacal. I can't quite describe Emmet Sr. in the painting, but I do know that I would not want to come across Emmet Jr. in a darkened alley based on the way he appears to be grinning in the painting.
The last painting is the one that Tom did while he was asleep. It looks like someone crouching at a bottom of a well while a freakish eye stares over them. Is that supposed to be Tom at the bottom of a well or someone else? And does the eye represent multiple people or is it supposed to be the eye of some hideous monster? Tom also has stuck in a sketch of the 'matchsticks' that he saw in his dream. To me, it looks more like 6 people standing over a hole looking down from a brightly lit room. If that's what Tom was seeing in his dream, maybe he really was down a well. If the mysterious eye had 6 irises (or if there were only 4 people around the hole), that would almost be confirmation. Or maybe they are from two different time frames. The figure at the bottom of the well seems to be cowering. Tom said that when he saw the matchsticks, he felt stronger, so maybe the matchstick people were trying to help him while the evil eye was keeping him in the well? Sadly, it's impossible to say without getting more info from Tom about his dreams. § |
| Keep Waiting |
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So it seems that Tom's father has been keeping a secret. After doing a bunch of research, Tom has discovered that the Windmill used to belong to the Sons of Grace before his father bought it from them. Tom is not very happy about this news. I can't say that I blame him, although there could be a rather simple explanation. It's certainly plausible that the Sons of Grace just needed the money and put the Windmill on the market through a realtor and when Tom's father bought it, he never had any actual interaction with the Sons of Grace.
That's certainly the plausible explanation. And 99% of the time would probably be the correct one. However, the way Tom's life is, it can't be that easy. So we need to think about possibilities on the other end of the extreme. Say that Tom's father was once a member or associate of the Sons of Grace. Maybe he decided to cut most of his ties with the Sons of Grace when he went off to start a family. But maybe he wasn't allowed to cut all of them. What if the Sons of Grace sold him the Windmill so that when the time came, Tom's father could leave them a new initiate/sacrifice/something-or-other in the Windmill and that they could come and collect on it? It's a stretch but is probably closer to the truth than the more mundane explanation. § It's nice to see that Mr. Notes hasn't completely forgotten about Tom. I'm guessing the new ring code (††||| |||||) means that Tom would be in too much Danger if he went now. I'm trying to figure out what would make it so Tom would not be in Danger from the Sons of Grace. The note is another page from Peter Bergman's diary. He's worried that some sort of creature has been in his house and has sent his wife away for her safety. He's also worried that the water supply has been poisoned (by the Sons of Grace?). The blacked out letters don't spell out a specific message this time. Instead, Mr. Notes has blacked out all the Es, Ls, and Ws. Maybe he's trying to tell Tom the well is poisoned? I dunno. It doesn't make much sense. § |
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