12, 31, 09. Enter Blank.

Here's the time, end of the old, into the new.

I wish I could be back in the cavern with all my friends very, very, very soon.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

_DT

12, 30, 09. Get In Gear!

Power Rangers RPM ended this past weekend; And I LOVED it. I mean, who else but the Corinth Team could DROP the... The Giant COMMAND CENTER on the self-absorbed V.E.N.J.I.X.!!?

So, As the main big bad ended up crushed under a burnning wreck, and the hero's disbanded thier team for the last time, I was reminded of our little cavern. We faced numerous challenges, and came out on top, then... we had to give it up.

So, When the final sceen showed V.E.N.J.I.X.'s eye light emmitting from a change soul, and Doc' K sealed the caseing for-ever, I realized, The ending is never truely "THE END", you know?

So, this is that. Next chance I get, I'll be heading back to relto, I'm putting this bout of December Melancholy behind me, and I'm gearing up for exploring!

"LET'S... GO ON!"

_DT

12, 24, 09. Eve of the Night.

I'm going to put off any return trips to Relto off until the New year, I don't think that anything will happen until then. Even on the slightest chance that other explorers have gone back down to the cavern, it's the hollidays, and I bet that everyone will be busy with their families.

Then again, with relto as desolate as it is, I don't even know if I want to return even after everyone else supposedly does. I just don't feel the call like I did anymore.

[sigh]

That's that then. I'll just wait.

And wait.

Merry christmas, I guess. Yeah, Merry Christmas.

_DT

12, 22, 09. Shadow of a Doubt.

I came back from relto after a few minutes last night. I do have things at home to do, such as school. But, What I saw was near saddening. I always deactivate my pages when there's a "Exodus", and it doesn't help that they got removed again after such a long time-Regardless: Relto was as bare as it always is. I just couldn't stand it. My tall pine tree, gone, the lone Cleft pillar, the lack of cries from the hawks, no butterflies. The list goes on. Thankfully, those bahro disks were gone too, though.

Still, I couldn't stand to be there for a few minutes.

It...

I...

[Sigh]

Thank Mata Nui that my hidden linking book back home was still where I left it, Other wise... I shudder at the thought.

I'm not going back...not for a while at least. I...I need to get over the shock from seeing it all gone....again.

_DT

12, 21, 09. We have a Theme Song.

I can't beleive I didn't think of it sooner.

My relto book was lost in the depths of my Satchel that I took with me to Mysterium this last year.

It's just as perfect as always, not a single tint of dust on it's surface. I haven't taken a look at the pannel yet, but I doubt anything's wrong with it.

Opening it now...

[book opening]

There's the pannel...

Do I dare touch it?

It looks safe, but... Do I want to take the risk this close to christmas and new years?

No. I... Oh... I don't care anymore!

[Link]

_DT

12, 20, 09. RE: "Sympathy"

I was studying for a test today, and I remembered WHO actually wrote "Sympathy": Paul Laurence Dunbar, Not Edgar Allen Poe.

Man, I guess I need remember these things better for when I write things out for my journal!

_DT

12, 19, 09. So this is Christmas.

It's that time of the year again, six days until christmas. I remember the last Christmas we had in Cavern, sorta. Is it sad that I remember it, but, at the same time, DON'T?

I wish I could find my Relto book again, and get back to the cavern. Maybe I left it in my Satchel from Mysterium? Or did it get tossed in a bin somewhere? I don't know... I Miss the cavern a lot. I wish I could get back. I want to just sit around in Uru Obsession with my Neighbors and my Buddies; I want to laugh at Spoken Word Night, Tell jokes, Sing a Song, That sort of thing. I suppose I should stop worring about WHEN I'll get back to the Cavern and more about what I'll DO When I get there.

Every time I've left the cavern for any ammount of time, I've always come back, and had to re-do that Same ol' Journey again. How many Bahro have I freed in that time? Three? Four? Do I Even NEED to do it anymore, since the Tablet got Given to them? Is it purely symbolic? Do I gain some sort of respect? What's the point of these so Called "Journeys" When we don't LEARN anything? I remember the Pods- Negilahn, Tetsonot, Dereno, Payiferen- I remember those Gardens, Dereno and Tshogal. I Remember Er'cana and Ahnonay-ing. I remember how those caves had NO story at all. Just a glyph and a Ring Wedge. What were we learning, Yeesha? Patience? Team work? The suffering of Pride? Did you even set those Journeys up yourself? Or was it the Bahro? Have the Bahro been messing with time? Have the Bahro done their own thing? Was it all just a trick by them to bring these...Disks!?...To our reltos to do something to them? And what about the Sparks, Yeesha? What purpose did they serve besides a fancy fireworks display? I was expecting a link to somewhere else! Not...Fireworks!

[sigh]

When I return, and find everything reset like the last time, I'll do these journeys, one at a time. Slowly, and patiently. One Cloth a day-No. One a we-No. One a Month! One Symbol to find! One Door to open! I'll do your Pre-after journey, Yeesha. I'll do your Garden Puzzles, and I'll wait for your portals, and I'll finish those Ahnonay-ing Shell runes for ONE LAST TIME, whoever you are YOU! But Here these words: I am not collecting one single, solitary piece of Bahro mojo until I know what they do!

DO YOU HEAR ME?!

_DT

12, 14, 09. Paraphrased "Sympathy"

For school today, I had to do a paraphrase of a poem. At first, I had no clue what to write, but when I thought back to the cavern, and the ages, I just...Knew what I should write.

"I feel for the caged bird, trapped in the mundane. We wish to be free of it all, and out in the sun with the butterflies and the trees. To be high in the sky, not a care in the world; to dive and explore through the unknown.

I feel for the bird, kept in a cage of routine. We long to be free, out in the desert air, hot and dry in the sun; fresh and cool under the stars; wet and damp in a fog. We wish for that day to come.

I feel for that bird, locked for so long between things. We sing for a day to fly again, to fly through the clouds, humming our song. We wish, we long, we sing for our call to fly again."

The poem itself is called "Sympathy" by {I think} Edgar Allen Poe, about a bird caged, and wanting to fly again when spring comes.

When I find that Relto book of mine, I'll...

~D.T.C.

12, 05, 09. Blast of wind.

It's hard to beleive it's been...what? Three years?...Since the cavern closed. And now, with it almost Christmas, then New Years, it seems like time is just dragging on forever. Sure, it took four years for the DRC to come back, But we- Sorry. Lost my train of thought. Where was I? Oh. Yeah.- But we were already still exploring around, albeit seperatly. Like now. So, What's changed really? Sure, there are ways of communicating still, like internet chat rooms, and things like Skype, and we can still chat via the KI's.

So, yeah...

It's still not the same.

WHERE'S MY RELTO BOOK!!?

_DT

12, 01, 09. Ain't no rest for the wicked.

The problem with journals and a very routine life is that there's nothing to write about. My days since the cavern's closeure have been prety much like this:

Wake up.
Eat breakfast.
Do School. Eat lunch.
Get on the computer.
Look at the random things it has to offer (Such as today, I was reading on a Site called TvTropes.Com or something. Article of the day: Ear Worms. Songs. Not bugs).
Eat dinner.
Resume internet surfing.
Go to bed.
Rinse and repeat.

Durring the summer, Scratch school from the list.

Some interresting news, I've read that there might be a new Digimon series in 2010. But, that's off topic, in a sense. So, I guess when that comes up, and I still haven't found my Relto, that will be SOMETHING interresting to add to the cycle.

Meanwhile, My Relto Book is still in hiding. "Oh there ain't no rest for the wicked..." So the song goes. So my repeating life...well...repeats. You don't care? Do You? After all, you're just an inanimate object. A Book. Paper and ink.

I just wish something INTERRESTING would just drop from the sky and change my life.

My Relto Book would be nice. ~hint~hint~nudge~nudge~

_DT

11, 29, 09. To Infinity, Keep On.

At Ruki's insistance, I've decided to start this journal. Who, this book asks, is Ruki? She is a D'ni ink seeking beetle I found in Gahreesen. Red and orange plated, six legs, Green Eyes. I think she's a varring type, though. I saw other beetles in Gahreesen that looked nothing like Ruki. How'd we meet? The inquisitive journal asks. Well, it's a long story. But, I suppose you have time, Right? Afterall, you are just a book. Paper and Ink. It's not like you're suddenly going to grow a mouth and legs and walk away, right? So. How me and Ruki met. Simple enough.

I went to Gahreesen sometime after the DRC banned us, to recharge my KI, as mine was quickly loosing battery life. No, oh so curriuous journal, there was no other reason. So, I went to the KI device, and I found this little beetle trying to push a cone towards {although Ruki insists constantly that it was "Away from"} the Nexus terminall. I picked Ruki up, and placed 'er on the Nexus Book. I said. "If all you wanted was a snack, you could've just asked." She climbed out onto my shoulder, and we've been pal's ever since.

But wait- you currious journal, you!- Who am I? I am Dimension-Traveler, Formerly Calumon. Or, if you want to be technical now, Dimension-Traveler: Calum. (I droped the "ON" from my name.) Yeah, that's me. D.T.C. Does it really matter? So, why am I writing in this book other than Ruki's insistance? For one thing, I suppose it's incase I find my Relto book again and return to D'ni. On the other hand, I suppose it's just a place to write down my random most thoughts. While, yet again, I wonder if it's just beause I'm boooooooooooooooored!

So, here I am. On the raggety Edge, the Corner of "No" and "Where," wondering if the Ending has been written?

Ruki says it hasn't.

Let me find my Relto Book, and then we'll see.

_Dimenson-Traveler: Calum