I had been preparing to pack up the Geistmagorium for transport to the Harbor Landing labs until a suitable time to return to hat particular project, when just to see if maybe one last shot could contact the engineer I had been hoping for, I reactivated it. I had forgotten the apparant meddling by some others tat I had never rectified, (the SLenderized #13, and the Badger had informed me Nightshade had mucked with the machine as well) It made a sizzling noise, then, rather than the low hum and gradual materialization of a spirit, instead it make a booming noise, and a gate of sorts opened up, the horrors I saw within, sparkling vampires, badly draw moving illustrations shiftng spazmadically, something called 'the Face-books", and tentacled teddybears based off of elder gods. On the one hand it was fascinating, except for the sparkling vampires that is.

Then the shoggoth started crawling through, Shoggoth's I know and can deal with. I quickly shut down the machine, then realized the emergency brake was disconnected! the shoggoth was crawling itself in more, filling up the room, so I did a last didth effort, and tossed one of the explosive devices I had leftover from trying to explode the martian structures last summer, and lobbed it.

Amazingly, there was little damage to the plant, I needed an injection, but no broken bones, the machine though, was in shambles. After picking through the smoking wreckage, I decided there was little to salvage, I'd have to rebuild it eventually, fr now however I have tasked Miss Gizzy and the pengi with cleaning it up and carting it out as I work on other projects, like refining the balm so it does not randomly change genders

Footman's Log, July 12th

Miss Gizzy has returned from Harbor Landing, I had sent her there shortly after the troubles with 13, both to aid the automotons there in renovating the colony, and for her own safety.
I was fishing at the canals (and finally caught the top to the bikini I had sent to Miss Macbain)

Apparantly she and Miss Anatra had moved Pocket from the field when he found himself trapped in it.
(not entirely sure how that happened, as he seems quite alive)I had breifly worked on Miss Gizzy's new casing, some ceramin/steel composite I had found at Ichor Falls.
It was simple to attach the peices to Miss Gizzy's frame, and soon she was back up and out the door to run errands.
Back to the device, I have worked on a smaller device. It utilizes the same ideas as the larger anti-ectotheric device. Miss Gizzy was not available , so Miss Hermit aided me. I brought out my elemental manipulatory gauntlets and entered the feild, we had to syncronize the frequencies of the devices with tht of Mr. Slenderman,. His was three numbers, I adjusted the dials, the gauntlets diffusing the feld around me, and called out each number as I reached it. She would input it in the portable. I finally called out the final number in the sequence, 11.∞.....
Miss Hermit asked if it was a smudge, I yelled back no, it was eleven, point, figureeight on it's side...11.∞. She set the dial and shortly after, as the hair on my arms was starting to singe from the energy loop between the devices, the indicator lamp came on, SLenderman was in the portable.
I set the controls and finall threw the main switch on the larger device.....and it did nothing.

I stood there confused breifly, then wih a loud bang, it collapsed into peices, spoke coming from the wreckage admidst a series of small explosions.

I left a note to the Badger to clean up the mess tomorrow, and rebuild the crypt

Footman's log, July 9th, 18XX

Mr. SLenderman has been contained. Mr. Melnik, and Miss's Anatra, Heinrichs and Hermit had gone searching for him, armed with weapons and using Bookworm as bait.
I stayed in the graveyard, making adjustments on the device, when with a silent hiss, Mr. Slenderman materialized above it, reeling in pain, they must have wounded it, forcing it back to the graveyard.
I quickly threw the switch and took a step back as the feild activated. Mr. Slenderman raged behind the arcs of energy, until finally using up the last of his reserves, his shadowy form dissapated. I advised everyone who gathered to leave the graveyard, as the feild was growing, and I was not sure yet what it's effect wold be on the living.
The feild should be enough to contain Mr. SLenderman and any of the remainng spirits, similar to the anti-magic devices of miss Frye's, it disrupts the ecto-theric energy that allows a ghost or spirit to interact in our world. Slenderman would not be able to manifest, rip into any more graves to devour anymore spirits of the dead, or leave.



There was some discussion, Mss Hermit had asked if it was permanent, or if she could return the refugee spirits eventuall, I assured her I would find a way to transport the device without releasing Mr. Slenderman. Or, barring that, if there was a way i could extract him possibly. Eitherway, for now, the cemetary is under quarentine, the Badger has been informed not to intern anymore for now until we can move it out of there.
Miss Hermit dissapeared via smokebomb, Miss Heinrichs returned home to find curtians so she can sleep without being distrubed by the feild's lights.
and I told Mr. Melnik and Miss Anatra to go get a drink at the gangplank on my tab, while I went to go telegraph an order to ichor Falls for some instruments. I have a new project now.

Footman's Log, July 2nd. 18XX

I have received word that Miss Hermit has preformed what rituals she required to remove certian ghosts and have finished the preperation on the Anti-Ectotheric Containment Device.
It should trap SLenderman inside the graveyard, along with whatever ghosts remain. I need Mr. SLenderman there in the graveyard to activate it first however, as he has had free reign in the city though, that may be tricky...
I may need to lay a trap, lure him back to the cemetary perhaps, or have someone disrupt his energy as he is out, sending him back in time for the activation. eitherway it is a tall order to fill, but the effects should be interesting.

The Geistmagorium is a failure at this point, Once the AEC Device is actvated, I can't risk activating the other machine, as it could cause an aetheric loop, and there is no telling what could happen then. the AEC however, if it works, will be a new direction in my research. Every cloud has a silver lining.