Hiya all, it's been a hard few weeks now as the battles have started up again. I really thought we were all done with the disagreements and people trying to bring us all down. OK, I know by the time you read this, it will either be done, or you will have these hidden battles no longer hidden but at your door. So let me start by putting your mind at ease in one way, everyone. Karl and I will stay in this as the reps and leaders of the Earth Realm fighters; whether they be from Carver Island, the IRCC, or the Underground forces, they all look to us for guidance on how to move forward, so with a team like that, we will win. To be honest the only part that keeps me up at night and holding on to my Karl like I would die to let go, is the Witch herself, she has been around planning for over a thousand years back when the Realms were originally closed off because of a battle threatening the Borders of Earth and Heaven Realms, A battle that I do think was started be her then also.
I know all these were meant for me to pass the torch to a new generation of puzzle solvers and mind sleuths; however, there has been a change in what was to be a settlement among Clownith, Zamboni, Samhain Realms, and Heaven and Earth Realms. That fell through at the last minute because we would not allow full uncontrolled passage from the Evil Realms to the Good Realms, as I call them. That will never happen, so now we will be installing dedicated thermal-powered locks on all Realm walls so passage cannot occur.
I just realized that some of you might be getting this over the freewave index system and will not have access to the original Karl books, where all of this is explained. I am sorry if that is you. However, I hope this will serve as a warning that what you do not know could make you a victim. However, what you do know could make you a Leader. Keep those words in mind when you choose your next action. Either way, I did already write the final words for this series to get you into sleuthing, so I will leave that for the next section. I will, however, try to leave updates on the freewave index system so it can be picked up by short story sites all over the Realms. I will try to be your light when you can not see what is really happening to your own home. So let me leave now, get my War attire on, and get my weapons, because it is time for us to fight for the right to exist as we choose to and not have to conform to the beings the witch wants us to become.
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Well, I just got back from my dad’s place, and I know I must finish this, and there’s a line that keeps running through my head every time I try to walk away. “Do not start what you cannot finish. But finish what you have started. Or do nothing and let others do your job.” That came from my dad when I was about ten, after I started building a butterfly model, decided it was too hard, and walked away from it. A week later, when no one could use the table because it was still sitting there unfinished, I asked him why he didn’t just finish it or throw it away, and that’s when he said it.
So okay. I walked away all day. I gave myself space. And now it’s just before Karl gets home, and I know what that means about my focus, so I’m finishing this now. Not because it’s easy or feels safe, but because I started it and because some things don’t let you go until you see them through. So here we go with my final comments to you, the reader of this sometime in the future. You probably had no idea what was going on around you just so you could wake in peace the next morning. I will say “You're welcome,” and then my ending.
We are now at the end… The last page of the file, the moment where the book is finally closed, and there is only one thing left to do. We look at it and decide, simply and honestly, good or bad, worth keeping on the shelf or ready to be carried down to the free books pile and left behind. It really is that simple in form, even if it took everything in us to get here. And now, just like we did with every other line, every other piece of this key that has guided us through fear and truth and survival, we try to unravel the end, not to prove anything to anyone else, but so there would finally be those who follow through with all my pamphlets and learn the ways of solving and that will also give you the power of designing into your own future. The fighting has stopped, and the Earth Realm is peaceful, so you all should be able to study and make all of our futures interesting. So we can all go home safe and smiling because we solved what was left behind.
When I say home, I don’t mean a structure or a location. I mean a life. I mean three lovely kids I have with my husband, a life without borders or rules or guards standing between us and the world, a life where we can walk past a sign or down a road without lights and not feel like we’re trespassing in our own existence. I mean mornings that don’t start with contingency plans and nights that don’t end with locks being checked twice, freedom so ordinary it feels invisible, and that is exactly why it matters so much. For all of you to have that same feeling tomorrow and on.
Yes, if you didn’t notice, this is a damn big deal for me. This is the moment where I finally get to breathe all the way in, not halfway, not cautiously, not while listening for something to follow. But that breath comes only if there really is a key hidden in the words of truth we are forced to speak, dragged into the light by the very maker of our dread and danger, the force that has shaped our days and haunted our nights for far too long. If the truth holds, then so do we. Sorry to be so dreadfully honest here, but the fact of life is that there is always someone with a puzzle or plan you need to solve to move on to what you really want out of your own life. If it's the teacher who gives you a quiz without notice or the local store that has a code in their price of items, AKA Costco’s cents always tells you from how old, to if it's on sale, or even if it is deleted.
Because I know myself well enough to say this out loud: I will walk away if I have to, or I will keep going if that’s what is required. I will endure, or I will end it cleanly, but I will not drift anymore. The feeling of knowing the end, of seeing it take shape instead of just imagining it, explodes in my head like sunlight breaking through a sealed room, and for the first time I am not afraid of what comes next. I am hopeful, not because hope is easy, but because it is finally earned. We will know what is needed like we have never known before sorry for sounding so down but when you get slapped you pause for a bit then you slap back or cry about it, I never cry about pain you should know that by now, well unless it is my heart but not physical pain ever so we will find a way and we will start on that right away. So be like me and not like another; fight your own fights, bring your own facts, and solve what needs to be solved to get ahead, not by cheating or another diabolical way, but by being the smartest in the room and being able to read what others think just by how they act or write. Know who to sit next to and who to shy away from, all by sitting back and watching before you make a decision in life. I hope to see you on the other side of the wall someday; until then, be strong and learn the way of the UnderBelly...Toodles
