( [Cut for cutting because yes.] )

The new year is almost here... A new year with a clean start.

Here's to the next being better than the last.

( [Screened to Lyle // Unhackable] )

[His voice is surprisingly groggy, considering how long he's been asleep.]

Guh... What time is it...?

[It's quiet for a second, then the sound of sheets rustling and a sudden sharp intake of breath can be heard.]

I slept through Christmas?! ...I must have been here for...

[He groans.]

Lyle!

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This is going to sound kinda stupid, but...

What do you get a scientist for his birthday?

Another year, gone...

Gods, I feel old.

( [Screened to Lyle // Unhackable] )

My candelabra... S-someone... someone's going to pay.

Gods, they're ruined...

( [Cut because long entry is long and full of awkward.] )

Halloween... Reminds me of obon, kinda. I think I missed obon this year. Maybe I'll make up for it tonight; head to the graveyard and pray for the dead. Can't hurt, especially with all the chaos that's been going on. Too bad I don't have anything to give them..

[You can almost hear him sucking in a hard breath and sitting up suddenly.]

Oh, Surt... Is that what it feels like to be destroyed? ...Now I know how they all felt...

[He groans, fumbling the PDA for a moment.]

If I'm alive again, then... Lyle! Oh gods, Lyle, if you're out there, please, say something!

And Joshua... Grandmaster...

[A little sigh.]

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