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[u][b]Little Ulster[/b][/u]

A lot of things have changed in the last few weeks. A lot of things that I probably could’ve a hand in helping with if it wasn’t for the fact there was some ‘complicated magical fluxes’ that led to me being stuck and chased in another [i]dimension[/i] for that time. A time where it was really ambiguous if I was even going to survive considering Merlin himself was a little predisposed as this enemy I was facing? Well, he turned Merlin into a [i]statue[/i], and boy was I [i]scared[/i]. I mean, it’s hard not to be when the most powerful wizard in all of history is rendered powerless in an instant. But I found this stick called [i]The Staff of Sidhe[/i] and that changed the game considering it being a powerful conduit for arcane energy— especially so considering it was native to the dimension I was being hunted in. A game-changer, really. 

Spider-Man never had to deal with this kind of crap during his formative years! I think comic books have lied to me.

Right.

So that was my last few weeks, though it looks like I’m not the only one who has faced change in this city. Little Ulster has had a complete change of appearance and I’m kind of appalled. The [i]tax[/i] and [i]rent[/i] prices are going to go through the roof! This is going to be [i]terrible[/i] financially! On the flip-side, I can probably be confident in saying that crime is on the DL and maybe it’s a price worth paying if people are safer. Then again I have a feeling crime is only going to get snobbier and smarter in the guise of the change. That doesn’t bother me, I’m confident in fighting mundane criminals after being chased down by a wizard several centuries old in a different dimension where I had barely a chance of surviving. 

Being chased by arcane death is a good way to build confidence for people with [i]knives[/i] and [i]guns.[/i]

I’ve spent the last few days making up my missed work at college and digging through the internet for information of what has happened in the mundane world as Merlin continues my training and filling me in about stuff regarding the arcane world. I think he’s glad to be his squish old human self again, then again I can’t imagine how it feels like being a living statue; seeing things unfold yet unable to feel or do anything… I don’t know if it sounds like misery or just a very boring lifestyle. Then again given what else Merlin has told me since I started learning under him I have the feeling that there are far [i]worse[/i] outcomes. Like anything involving the [i]Lovecraftian Dimension[/i]. 

[i]No thank you.[/i] 

That’s what I say to that dimension.

I’m worried though— Merlin was “troubled” yesterday and I could see the look on his face before he even told me of that fact. Maybe I’m getting more deductive or it was just so blatantly obvious. I don’t know. Merlin said the incident with Malefar served as a precedent to other issues involving the dimensional leylines and perhaps his wards growing weaker. The ‘demonic invasion’ we missed due to Malefar was also something Merlin brings up, saying with the way he had channeled the leylines should’ve been [i]completely impossible[/i]. He’s worried that someone has [i]broken [/i]his wards and trying to have the dimensional barriers bleed into our realm. All I know about these concerns is that is very very [i]bad[/i].

Who would dare try to control or manipulate the leylines and the barriers Merlin put for everyone’s protection?

It’s a precedent that makes me nervous.

Before I worry about it more though I should get this coursework finished.