Dear Ace,

Hey, dude, what’s up? Hope you’re alright out there.

…There’s been some… trouble… and Sparx is still in it, but don’t worry they’re gonna get her out of it.

and Mark… well, guess it doesn’t matter anymore. He’ll be fine, thanks to Random. Though he looks kinda like he went three boxing rounds with Wayne Fisgus… which is gonna look weird and bruisy by the time we get back to the real world and they turn back into regular blood vessels, but… he’s not dead Except for the fact that I’m gonna kill him for nearly being, but that’s neither here nor in WHO, man.

You have a really cool friend, Ace, y’know, when he’s not trying to kill us. Wait till we tell you what he did back there it was like… like… a special effect from a movie.

What me?> scared? Nah… well… okay, maybe a little. That’s Mark fault. And Now it’s Sparx’s but she has to be’s GOING to be fine. They’re gonna get her out. It’s time to fix this.

Whatever’s happening out there, watch your back. Do right and fear as-much-as-you-want, man.

Signed
Charles N. Mugel (heh, formal n'everything).

**blocked friends only**

Um... yeah, PS?

Listen Acedude, if you’re off fighting Kilobyte or saving the world or something I understand if you don’t reply, if you aren’t erm… then I’m worried. Oh, heck, either way I’m a little freaked.

Just… be safe, and don’t do anything stupid. Check your files, I’ve dumped all the info and data in there I could find on kilobyte. Trust me, I had to hack Unity Games Inc. For some of that information, dude. It’s big time. It’s not that much, really but… it might help.

Be safe, dude. We’re rooting for ya. We’ll be back helping ya before ya know it.

**blocked friends only**

Dear Sparx

Hey dude, I got a new resolution.

Videogames. Suck. Period.

I am never gonna play another game in my life. You know what? I think I’m changing my career choice… the marketing industry looks good right now. Engineering… plumbing!

Sparxc I…

Look, be okay, because I don’t quite know how we’d explain it to Ace if you…

You’re GOING to be okay, dude. We’ll get you outta there, I promise.

And… lady illusion?

You know she’s… not so bad.

See, when you get out, you can yell at me for saying that, dude! :)

Okay, anyway, not muh time, were god knows where, I don’t know what’s gonna happen, to me, to mark, to you…

You rock, dude. I’ll seeya soon.

Love Yours angrily.
Chuck

You hurt me. You hurt my friends. You make life with girlfriend’s a living hell. I can deal. You try to take over our world (gotta remember that) sure, it happens all the time on T, someone’s gotta deal with it, might as well be us. You shoot at us on regular occasions. You make Ace feel like a failure. You push your luck. You invade my computer systems – MY computer systems!

But you do not –repeat NOT– lay a hand on the Chuckinator’s jellybean eating partner!

Hurt Sparx andface a slow and painful wipe out, Greeny!

…okay… um. How do I say this exactly.

Yeah I erm… I think we’re about to have a total cataclysm? Panic. Uproar. Chaos. Armageddon? In videogame form? Because something weird is going on out there. And now all my systems are crashing except for the one the game is loaded too. And I'm not getting contact from anyone. And... and Sparx just pointed it out and dudes, something freaky is happening out there…


Might be going a little far, there… but hey, something’s not right.

So, if anyone else besides the CGI’s (okay so there’s not much of a list there but erm… anyway) can see what the hell is going on in the skyline then erm… could you just let me know?

Because I don't think tha........--001110101101101011110101101101010111011010010110110101

Um... yeah. As I was saying Iiiiii111111i11101oii1i11

Dudes, I just gotta start by telling you not to pop into Rick’s journal if you value the nice, safe mental imagery you already have and replace it with other stuff. That’s all.

Well, no , that’s not all. I have other stuff to say. So um… hi.

Yeah, it’s been awhile since I gave this baby a clean up. I fancy trying a new look, you think? Maybe purple… that’s kinda big in cyberspace right now.

Anyway – on the Ace situation. He’s pissed at us. he has every RIGHT to be pissed at us and I expect some other people will be to. And we’ve got this really bad “worst case scenario” going on. Ace is back but not doing anything and everyone else is either missing, brooding or stuck typing up late book reports (oh… wait a sec, that last one is me… damn.)

Mark says something’s afoot. I don’t know what he means by that (he’s going intuitional on me… I mean sheesh, doesn’t he know these kinda things have to be based on facts? Not random conspiracy theories). I say it’s paranoid but…

Well, I dunno.

You know,we started this Lj thing because we qwanted to help these guys adjust to reality. Now I'm starting to think maybe they were all better off before.

But... stuff changes, right? You've just gotta do right and fear not about it.

Seriously. Am I the only one who still believes in that motto?

Okay it’s all set. Tomorrow evening, eight pm. I’m about to go to the junkyard and give Random that upgrade. Should give him enough of a boost to last out. There’s be a dimensional tug as we switch the game data over, but I have no idea what’s gonna happen other than that. I know that… well WE know that this could be the last chance we get and everything, but…

Damn… did I eat those jellybeans? Cause I can’t remember and now my stomach’s making weird noises… oh, wait, that’s nerves… and quite possibly guilt…

Here goes nothing.

Well nearly, not that long now. Mark, dude, I can’t believe how little fuss they make over that in England. The lil’ island has been missing out on it all for like, years. And of course the guys pretty much get free range at this time of year… well… they would if a lot of them were actually here. Gotta work on getting Ace and Lady I outta that game… don’t want them to miss one of the best holiday seasons.

I love this time of year! Except for the freaky constumes... whoever sold Wayne that Pigface outfit a year or two back was seriously messed up... Don’t feel much like celebrating, given the circumstances, but hey, lets all get into the… the new-years-of-the-Celts spirits, right?

Anyone got any kids need taking trick or treating? They won’t let me in on the gig anymore… guess there are downsides to highschool :(

This is some bad, bad karma, isn’t it?

I’m getting shot at too much… it hurts. I have burns on top of my burns now cause Random decided to target me through the computer. Again. Should've known better.

And I swear it’s punishment. I handled stolen goods, dudes, and now I’m paying for it – what’s the rule, the bad luck comes back to you three times.

Oh, damn that means I gotta get shot one more time… =S

I think I’ll start wearing rubber gloves at the computer. Rubber’s s’posed to protect you from shocks isn’t it?

And now Kilobyte's got some freaky kidnapping thing going with Ace's parents... parents! I didn't even know they existed in canon... Mark's stressing, Ace is getting his family threatened, Sparx is stuck in Mexico, Lady I's back in the 6D with Ace... (thanks a lot, Sparx!) Dudes this is not a good day...

I'm wokring on getting you guys outta there.

Looks like the flash is busted. Lucky they’ve got the doom wagon I mean I kinda don’t like the idea of Sparx being stuck in the middle of Mexico. Especially after the fireworks incident.

And to make things weirder – seems that something is blocking whatever signal I had (which wasn’t that much seeing as they’re halfway down the continent) from getting to it. So she’s stuck. In Mexico. Damn.

On a better note – panics over, dude, I found the jellybeans… I mean, the microchips in the bag of jelly beans. Sweet ^_^ I’m back in the game. Watch your stats, dudes.

A recent scan on Random’s internal systems showed that the master programmer has left a copy of a control panel in there. I’ve got good reason to believe that Rick has been influencing Random for the last few weeks. Maybe even longer. Basically dudes, I think he was deliberately influencing Random. Maybe even to confirm the tape that he broadcasted to us. It’s very possible that the video Random claimed was real was still really a fake. IYesterday's News - Europet's not his fault. it just sort of.. .well he was the perfect candidate I guess.

My advice dudes, stay away from Rick. Something’s going down with him. I dunno what he’s up to, but Lady Illusion isn’t a part of it. Not deliberately anyway.

Oh, and Rick? You’re gonna have to do better than that, man. ;P

I vanish for like, two days to get some shuteye and everything goes crazy? What’s happening?

Sparx: this wasn’t mentioned at the movie last night! Mark: you’re doing it again, dude, quit organizing stuff without me! Ace: I really hope we can work a way to get you back here, dude, because this is getting freaky. Staffhead: I know you have those jellybeans and I want em back!

So can erm… somebody explain what the heck is goin’ on!!!

Ace, where the hell ARE you, man?

Okay. I’ve ran data scans, program checks, uploaded several booster packs, used more cheat codes than enough and scanned every single level about twenty times already, and all I have to show for it is like, five seconds of your signal. Dude where the echo are you and what do you mean by freaking us all out like this?

See this is the part where I get all worried and freaked and start coming out with all these awful ideas about what’s happening to you. My imagination is working overtime here, dude. I mean… what if you ended up in canary warp? Or the badlands? Or Magery square, those places are death traps and…

Okay gotta stop thinking like that, gotta stop thinking like that…

On the upside, I can’t find Kilobyte’s signal either… I just hope you’re as far away from him as possible, dude. I’m going to run those scans... again and see if I can pick something up.

Get in contact if you can.

Damn, I hope you can.

Chuck.

Dudes, yesterday was chaos. We got t the thunder tower and no sign of Ace. Or anyone, for that matter. It was all spooky and silent there. At first we thought ick was just winding me up, then we read the other LJ’s and realised how quiet it was and… yeah. Not getting good mental images right now dudes.

And now Ace is nowhere… Mark’s got a bad feeling that Ace is back in the game the sixth dimension. I dunno about that. I can’t find his signal there, but then, the place has been so broken apart that you can’t find pretty much anything in there.

Hope you’re alright Ace man, and could you please consider messaging us or something wherever you are? I’m freaking here!

And Lady Illusions… whoa, I tell ye something, when a Lady’s had enough, a lady’s had enough… I dunno what she’s had enough of it she has. And what was she doing throwing her weight around in

Not gonna go there.

Sparx? What happened at the carnival. Where’s a large bag of jellybeans and some tweezers when you been em?

…Lets make a check list of all the things I won’t be doing from now on:

Eating green jellybeans.

Poking around in my computer without insulator gloves. (I wasn’t doing it, but I won’t be doing it anyway. So in case you though I was well… I’m not. Okay?)

Looking at video clips of Ace Lightning flashbacks on the net.

Upgrading anyone who’s still categorically registered as a bad guy… sorry, dudes. Duty as a Knight calls.

Going bungee jumping.

Getting boxing lessons off Sparx… Not until my hands heal anyway, then bring it on, LK! :D

Watching too much television… Yeah, I’m gonna start that one after Tim and Gerry tonight. There’s a woman bringing in a two headed pet snake… freaky, but cool.

Opening my mouth before thinking about what’s going to come out of it. I often end up saying something stupid or regretful like… I dunno giving away the plot for the next Star Fighter movie and telling everyone that the imperial lord of Xentrii dies in scene three… Gah! There I go again!

Arguing with Mark (and dude, that’s only gonna work if you don’t upset people –I know you didn’t mean it. It’s just… not like you, you know?)

Thinking about stuff that’s not worth thinking or worrying about…

Eating that cheese mom’s been buying from the local French Deli…

Painting images on walls in the haunted house.

Yeah, I think that just about covers it. :)

Yo dudes, Chucky’s back in the house! Literally! And damn glad to get outta that hospital!

Okay, I have no idea what happened

Then there’s this… weird flash of light thingy, and the next thing I know, I wake up in a hospital (and it smelled kinda like our bathroom after cleaning day – yeuch!) and everything hurts! :( I mean that wasn’t exactly on my to do list…

The food in that place is awful! They’re not lying about hospitals, but at least I had jellybeans.

They say it looks like I’ve stuck my hands in electrified water or something, but there’s no burns, s’cept on my hands, where I was holding the joystick… They said it was lucky they were on the joystick cause it acted as an insulator and dragged the electricity out. If it was electricity. Guess it must’ve been.

Anyway I’m back and still programming.. .though it’s kinda hard to type with the bandages kinda hard to type with the bandages… my hands hurt.

Oh well…

I'm kinda missing Sparx already. There's nobody for me to eat jellybeans with. (Ace won't touch anything he knows makes Sparx hyper, Mark doesn't like em and Lady Illusion... no. Just no. Besides she's preoccupied lately.)

Speaking of which, Lady I? I think it's probably about time you went with this program check I told you about. Better a few minutes of worry than a whole lifetime of trouble, right? and what's more I just... just aquired some new softwear from Fear which'll probably sort you out in a shot.

The fact is you're not going to turn down 600 dollars worth of software Even if you think it isn't quite aquired legally... okay, so I'm having a conscience problem. But... this stuff is just too good to pass up. And I can't let Pigface eat it.

Or for that matter ANY of you dudes been seeing weird stuff?

I haven't gone anywhere yet, (Lady Illusion doesn't seem to want me prodding around in there even though I swear I'll stay way clear of the memories.) But the way things are going to check it out sooner rather than later would be best. Soooo... I'm throwing the house open. Anyone want profram checks? Upgrades? Any thing? Well I'm all ears, dudes. (Not all NOSES though cuzI'm still kinda bunged.

*sniff* stupid cold...

So anyway open house on the program from here. Who want's me to check they're not going insane?

Hey dudes, I’ve been checking out the outer shell of Lady I’s program (she won’t let me go in there, and y’know, I ain’t exactly complaining, given some of the stuff I expect is swimming around, so…) Nothing wrong that I can see sooo I guess this all comes down to the program.

Anyway, life ain’t rocking, and I thought IO caught my mom’s Ah… ah…

No. no… false alarm. S’okay. *sniff*

Mark showed me his copy of the Game last night. Dudes, that place really is totally whacked. It looks way worse than it did the last time I was there. Or the last time we had to drag Lady I out. Total, utter turmoil. Giant George Tex was running around in the middle of Electrum city and I have NO idea where the Exploding canaries which are supposed to challenge you at the beginning of level two went, but my guess is they’re hopping around between the levels. The base connections of data between each world are falling away. I thought perhaps I could sneak a data pack into the slip stream and do a defrag or two but… it’s getting to that point where there’s not enough left TO defrag.

Dude, I’m glad we don’t have anyone else in there right now…

Excuse me, I need a tissue before I sneeze on—

*sneezes*

To those of you who don’t know, he’s dark blonde, blue eyes, and was last seen charging out of a classroom in Conestoga High School abnot long ago (Mark when they find you, you are so gonna be dead, dude. Do you know the punishment for skipping school these days?)

And while we’re talking about that, I’d suggest that nobody TOUCHES any amulet pieces they happen to see lying around. They’ve got some kind freaky power boost thing going and they’re lookin’ kinda hazardous right now. The babies are lighting up like christmas tree decorations here.

C’mon one of you’s gotta have seen him?

Damn... never in my life thought I'd be saying THAT to anyone. It rocked!

You know for a gal who came outta videogame she sure knows how to plasy em,! Nobody EVER beats me in that shoot-em-up game! Talk about your sober upper! I met my match in the videogame department!!! She's way better at those games than Mark (don't tell him I said that, kay?)

Then we watched this bunch of movies, only I kinda gave up after a while cuz The icky aliens freaked me out too much I had to sleep off the sugar. And we ate jellybeans, and we ended up arguing over the last one and in the end nither of us got it because she kinda fried it with her sword, but asides from that, it all rocked.

But anyway, now she's there on her own... while we're stuck in this place waiting for that teacher to quit waffling and let us leave... I hope she didn't complete that game without me...