[Good day to you, Sumabura. In honour of the last day of No-Shave November, Jeff has used the secret weapon he collaborated on with Lash to cheat grow a very fantastic beard! He now looks not unlike this. Shouldn't hair growth rays be disqualified?]

I told you I'd win this month.

...I think I really do need a haircut after this.

Everybody's talking about Thanksgiving... It's this week, so I should decide what I'm going to do. Getting together with everyone like that last year was nice, but my cooking didn't turn out so well. It probably won't be much better this year. Maybe I'll go along with someone else who won't be having an undercooked and/or burnt meal, haha.

I'd probably be a better cook if we had Thanksgiving in Winters. Or at least cranberry sauce. We have that at Christmas, but there's nothing wrong with having more occasions to eat it.

All this talk about food, but it's not called Foodsgiving, is it? So... What are you guys thankful for this year? Or in general.

I'm thankful for everyone I've met and everything I've seen and done since leaving Snow Wood. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I'd experience everything I have in the past few years... Both good and not-so-good. It's astounding.

I guess I have the dorm to myself while Tubba's off on his free island vacation. It did seem kind of suspicious. I hope he'll be okay. Well... At least I don't have to worry about bothering him when I stay up late working on things.

It's almost halfway through November already. I haven't shaved once this month. Well, I haven't really shaved at all, ever. But I have a good feeling about this year! I'll be winning No-Shave November for sure, haha. You can't really see it but I can feel a little bit of fuzziness along my jaw... sort of. You know, the part that's always there on pretty much anyone.

As long as I beat Mr. Falcon.

It's going to start snowing soon, isn't it? I wonder when the first snowfall will be? We should see who makes the closest prediction. No using psychic powers, either!

Halloween was... a lot scarier than I was anticipating. I think I slept almost all day yesterday after staying up all night trying to stay alive. It's such a relief that everything turned back to normal, though.

Those formless things, they were just like

I've already dealt with zombies more than enough for one lifetime. I hope it doesn't happen again. Was it really the seance that caused it? I didn't go, but I saw the posters everywhere. Just what got summoned? I guess that means the haunted dorm really is haunted after all...

I hope Thanksgiving is calmer... This is going to be my second Thanksgiving! We should have another big get-together like last year. And this year I'll make sure to cook everything properly.

It's not some kind of Pokemon rabies after all... Good. Nyx is alright, it seems, but are the others back to normal, too? More importantly, just when did this all start?

I probably shouldn't be sticking my nose into all this, but...

If there's some common theme here, maybe we'll be a step closer to figuring out to cause of all this. Maybe we'll be able to put a stop to it before it happens again... I mean, hopefully it doesn't happen again anyway, but you know. It would be really bad if it somehow spread throughout the city and everyone started attacking each other. It would be like some horrible zombie movie.

Maybe it's just because it's all so close to Halloween... What was that one campfire story about some freak experiment Pokemon? Is that the cause of the strange behaviour?

...I really should study more on Pokemon. Why do the teachers for that class keep leaving?

So it's been raining like this all weekend? I was out of town, but... I can understand why gloomy weather like this would get people feeling all cooped up, but some of you guys are just acting weird. Maybe it's just because we were used to it, but whenever we were kept indoors due to bad weather at Snow Wood, we didn't go and attack people...

This is like last year. But she wasn't wearing a hat, and her head was sprout-free.

I'm not... being paranoid, thinking something might be going on, am I? I'm not sure if I was just imagining it or not. The cut on my face is definitely real, but... Is everyone else okay?

( Private to Lash, unhackable. )

My pant legs are definitely starting to be a little too short. This means my legs are getting longer, which means I'm FINALLY getting a bit taller. By the time this spurt is over I plan to be taller than Mr. Falcon. Probably not, but I'll keep my hopes up. Maybe I should put off getting a Halloween costume until I know exactly what size I'll need. I... haven't really decided what to be yet, anyway.

I've also put together a little automated leaf-blower for Paula the groundskeepers. It's supposed to put the leaves into piles on its own, and even if you go around jumping in them it'll just pile them all back up again. I hope it works right, I didn't really test it yet. I just hope it doesn't end up collecting crisp bags and other gross plastic garbage like that, too... There's so much litter around the city and it just looks so out of place. Not to mention how bad it is for the environment anyway. Maybe we should do some kind of fundraiser/clean-up thing before the snow covers all the trash.

I almost forgot. Lash! I think it's time to test... that.

That campfire last night was pretty fun. We should do it again some time! Maybe next year when it warms up again. Even with the blankets and the warmth of the fire, it was still pretty cold.

It would have been nicer if some people didn't make a point to try scaring everyone out of their wits. Tony, I think you vanished at one point. Did they get you too? You were just scared and weren't eaten by some kind of monster, right? ...Right?

We used to do that in Winters, too... Only we'd make the fire inside a tent by Lake Tess. How didn't we die of smoke inhalation? The stories the older boys told around there were always about Tessie, the lake monster. they built up the suspense and made her sound pretty scary, but she's actually really sweet. Speaking of sweet lake monsters, why did the Kraken have marshmallows? Should I even bother wondering about these things anymore?


( Private to Samus, hackable )

I NEVER WANT TO SEE THE INSIDE OF GANONDORF'S ROOM AGAIN.

Everyone seems pretty down about summer almost being over, but I'm kinda glad it isn't so hot anymore. I probably don't get cold as easily as most people, being used to it, but if things could stay at around this temperature for a while that would be great. Not too hot, not too cold...

It's hard to believe I hadn't seen every season in person until coming to this school. I think I still like fall best. The way the leaves crunch under your feet, not knowing if you'll go outside in the morning being able to see your own breath or not, all the colours... It's about the right time of year to start drinking a lot of hot cocoa, too!

I think the legs of my pants are getting too short. Am I finally getting taller? My joints have been feeling weird lately. I hope I get taller than Mr. Falcon, that'll show him. It's about time I grew a bit! Maybe next I'll start growing a beard, haha. I'm serious. Just wait until the end of November!

But I don't need to be tall or manlier to kick some butt in the stadium today. Don't believe Lash when she says she and Kumatora are going to win, because they're not. I hope.

Oh man. I don't have nearly enough experience with formal events to go to a royal one of all things. It reminds me, I'm going to need to get a few dance lessons before that ball. Is anyone offering those, or do you know where a good place to learn is that isn't too expensive?

Lucas... Do you want to go?

( Private, Unhackable )

( A letter! )

...I'm really glad that's over. I kind of missed being able to reach things. W-wait, I still can't reach some things!

Hey, is everyone okay after... everything that happened this weekend?

( A note left on Falcon's counter. )

Um.

Who's in charge of the laundry and stuff now? Washing bed sheets, mostly. I... I left the ever-wet towel on it all night. And on my pants.

Mr. Genny's post might have helped me figure out what's going on. I need more evidence first. How many people had things from the bake sale?

I don't know if this is better or worse than being turned into a girl...

The carnival was great this time around since Porky wasn't around to set it all on fire. I think I might have had a few too many greasy things to eat, I felt a little nauseous toward the end of the night. Oops.

But there's a lot to do in the summer here, isn't there? There were posters taped to streetlights about some firefly festival coming up in the first week of August. I've seen a few of them around already, but I guess they're at their peak when the festival is! What do you do at a firefly festival, anyway? Catch them? Dress up? Or..?

I'm almost finished that ever-wet towel, too. I think I've figured out what I need to do to keep the water from heating up.

...I can't believe I almost forgot it's been a whole year already. I guess those fireworks marked that, too. Didn't the same thing happen last year? Whoever that ~*~mystery pyro-technician~*~ was, he was pretty good, right? Must have spent his whole life making explosives and took a long time setting that all up, so he probably hopes you all saw them. Not that I would know.

( Private to Lucas, hackable )

( Private to Fake!Parents )

( Private, hackable )

Maxwell, are you YOU yet? do you want to go... get tea or something? Drown our sorrows in it, that sort of thing?

According to my calendar, today is Ionia's first birthday. Has it really been a year already? Ionia! We should go do something. If you want to. You'd rather go with Falcon, right? You don't mind if I make you a cake, right? It probably won't taste very good if I make it on my own, but at least I've had a little practice with them. Maybe we could go work on the flyer that one project. Mr. Falcon and Samus could come too.

It's been almost a year since that night, too... I've already got a bunch of fireworks made and ready for that. I wonder if Samus will let me off as easily this time.

It's been pretty peaceful lately, hasn't it?