Sladius of Gatewood's Blog

My new method of communication!

2007-01-21T20:18:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone, I have been having much trouble with my messages as of lately, so here is how you can get in touch now!

brothersladius@yahoo.com

It is for mail, and to talk when I am online too!

May the Wolf guide you all!

Today's lesson

2007-01-13T20:44:00.000-08:00

What we learned in class.

2007-01-12T20:12:00.000-08:00

Today we learned about our very rich history and the symbols we often use in divination.

I knew most of the symbols already, but not exactly where they had originated from. I posted up some study sheets in case I have to know these things near a terminal and don't have my sheets. Best to be prepared. I am going to post up everything we are taught from now on, that way *DEMITRIUS* if someone else forgets their work, I'll be able to help him... excuse me... that person out. I am only joking with you Demitrius. I have made that mistake before too.

Father Enoch has recovered!!!!

2006-12-20T13:28:00.000-08:00

Today is such a wonderful day, is it not?

Father Enoch has recovered as of this afternoon and I am so happy for him. After many treatments of Valerian and Mandrake, he has made an astonishing recovery.

It couldn't have happened at a better time. I was so nervous being in such a position of high responsibility. I want to thank all of you who helped me gain the courage to do do such a job.

May the Wolf guide you all!

New photographs

2006-12-18T12:39:00.000-08:00

Headmaster Assistant????

2006-12-16T13:05:00.000-08:00

Father Weston had a talk with Nicolai today about assisting Father Enoch while Arius recovers. He declined! There isn't anyone else to fit the position, I thought!

Father Weston called me into his quarters today and requested that I do it! I can't believe this! I said, "Father Weston, I hardly have the skills to communicate to the community and handle outside affairs!" and he replied, "A boy who can kill a Lougarou and ensure that no one else is hurt surely possesses leadership in his heart. I am not asking you to do this, I am instructing you to."

What an honor! I hope I will not let anyone down. I am gathering my things right now and moving over to XIII.

I've killed someone.

2006-12-15T21:54:00.000-08:00

I understand that what I did was out of survival. It just doesn't set right with me now. I'm awake, unable to sleep. I can't get that picture out of my head.

Poor Emery. I can't help but think that he really didn't know what he was doing. What can one do when becoming something that they have always believed never to exist?

Arius is messed up pretty bad. Emery threw him through a wall. Well, the Lougarou version of Emery. He's got 3 broken ribs and a broken arm, not to mention a lot of bruises. He told me that it is going to keep him bed ridden for a few weeks. Tomorrow, Father Weston is going to name the next person to take over while Father Enoch is sick. I wonder who it will be? Probably Nicolai. He's got really great leadership skills, and he's experienced in health. He doesn't care too much for technology though. I wonder how that's going to work out.

I hope the Sons of Loki get what's coming to them. I'd like to see them burn if they're responsible for what's happened to Gatewood. It's not fair. It's not like I can just leave here any given time and start life all over again somewhere else. I wonder if people outside do that. I sure would. I hear people talk of a place called The Cari-bien. It sounds so nice. Lots of water, sand, silence. I have seen pictures of it here on the web. The sky looks as if it was painted by the Great One himself. I can see that he put much love into that place. I wish he had put love into this one.

More Photographs!

2006-12-13T19:39:00.000-08:00

Pictures of Gatewood!

2006-12-12T15:47:00.000-08:00

Finally figured out how to use this camera. I took some pretty random pictures, as I was too excited to think about what I was photographing. The first is inside where I stay, and the others are various places throughout Gatewood. I hope you enjoy them.

How many more must be taken?

2006-12-10T19:12:00.000-08:00

As most of you already know, Anna's body has been found. There is a rumor that her body was discovered in the same condition as that of Athena's.

I am not sure how true this is, but it has thrown nothing but more questions before me. Who could do such a thing? Why? What did she do to deserve this? I am beginning to think that maybe Caine was right, maybe there is a war brewing. Maybe our soul purpose in life is to die, and maybe the Great One takes satisfaction in our destruction.

I don't know what to believe anymore.

Tonight's Divination

2006-12-08T15:12:00.000-08:00

Our focus in tonight's divination was to try and locate Anna. Father Weston felt something suddenly, and now is searching the grounds. He doesn't want any of us out of our buildings until tomorrow. I really hope she's safe. She's only 13, she's got a whole life to live. If the Great One really loves what he has created, then why does he let such things happen to us? All I can do right now is hope for the best.

A poem of loss

2006-12-03T23:10:00.000-08:00

The Reaper And The Flowers

There is a Reaper whose name is Death,
And, with his sickle keen,
He reaps the bearded grain at a breath,
And the flowers that grow between.

``Shall I have nought that is fair?'' saith he;
``Have nought but the bearded grain?
Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me,
I will give them all back again.''

He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes,
He kissed their drooping leaves;
It was for the Lord of Paradise
He bound them in his sheaves.

``My Lord has need of these flowerets gay,''
The Reaper said, and smiled;
``Dear tokens of the earth are they,
Where he was once a child.

``They shall all bloom in fields of light,
Transplanted by my care,
And saints, upon their garments white,
These sacred blossoms wear.''

And the mother gave, in tears and pain,
The flowers she most did love;
She knew she should find them all again
In the fields of light above.

O, not in cruelty, not in wrath,
The Reaper came that day;
'Twas an angel visited the green earth,
And took the flowers away.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Candlelight Ceremony

2006-11-23T20:43:00.001-08:00

The ceremony was very fun. I had a great time watching the fathers work in unison, lighting the candles. It's very interesting how everyone came together tonight. Isabel still hadn't gotten my note. I wonder what had happened to it. It doesn't matter though, I told her in person and it made her laugh. I have also received a camera from an unknown sender. I'm not quite sure how to use it yet. Hopefully I will figure out how to develop pictures on it soon.

The actual ceremony went very well. The only thing that went wrong was a little bit of chaos behind Gatewood V. It seems a large group of dead animals, torn apart, were found in the vicinity. I went to go check it out, but Father Weston asked for my assistance in getting the ceremony ready. When I attempted to ask Father Enoch later, he dismissed the question with a wave of his hand, and lectured me on how I should focus my mind more on studying than on trivial matters of dead animals. I did sense a little hindrance underneath that aggravation.

Back to the camera, hopefully I will figure out how to process it to here. It states that it is DIGITAL. Hmm. Cords, clips, pieces, and cylinders. If Father Enoch sees this it shall definitely be confiscated. I'll make sure I hide it in a very secluded area.

Here I am... Again.

2006-11-22T14:58:00.000-08:00

Sorry to leave like that for so long of a time. I had to tend to my studies. It seems that more of us are getting better. I continue at my own pace. These books are so tedious though. I really can't stand them. I wish I could get away for a while. Heh. A little break would be useful. I shouldn't talk like that though. The only way to get better is to practice and study.

Recently, I have drank a lot of tea and stood up long nights trying to get a little better. Hopefully it will all pay off in the end. Father is talking about receiving a shipment of goods from a monk temple far off from here. I hear that there is going to be some exotic looking foods in the package. I have to help the others load up the harvest soon, it seems the bitter cold is setting in earlier this year.

Oh, and it seems I have made contact to someone outside Gatewood in my Divinations, someone named Sylvia. It was spelled very strangely though. With numerous vowels. I gave the name to Father Enoch. He rewarded me with extra time on his computers. More time to study the works on the outside world I suppose. Fascinating.

Hm.

2006-11-02T15:09:00.000-08:00

Well, I am new to this technology. Hopefully I will get in more time to learn more about it. I'm starting this "blog" to record the events I experience here at Gatewood. It's a nice place. Some times harsh and unforgiving. Hopefully I can persuade Father Enoch to let me on this device more often. It's nice to learn the controls as you go along. This pointer is the most fun though. The things that come from the outside are amazing. The whole system is a mystery.

I have to get back to the library for more studying. It is getting close to dinner, also. I wonder if I will be able to help prepare the meal today. More so, I wonder what we are serving. Possibly a nice onion and leek soup? Well, I'm going. I suppose I'm trying to stretch my time... Bye.