Death By Longhand?

It has come to my attention that there were some things that were established in the old blog that need to be restated here, as we’ve already nearly doubled our readership, and a lot of you newcomers are asking questions about things I thought everyone already knew. 

First of all, for the most detailed account of everything, I will continue to chronicle my early days with the pen, and all of the posts in that timeline will be marked as volumes. ( Early Days Vol. 1, Vol. 2, etc.) 

In the meantime, however, I think it’s relevant to just lay out how this is all functioning at this moment.   

As of now, my primary way of communicating with Alabaster is to speak out loud while holding him, and then feel his energy, and watch for any changes in my environment.

I have OBVIOUSLY had some success allowing him to guide my hand as he gives his answer in writing, as that's how we found out what his name was, amongst other things. But it only works about once out of every ten tries.

To those of you wondering why I don’t have frequent conversations with him—I share in your frustration. In the early days, I tried it way more.  I even spent two nights talking with him for several hours straight, amounting to two of the best conversations I’ve ever had with a man.

The problem is, (and all due credit to Beth in Seattle for being the first to point this out) that it’s very possible that it might be the ink that’s haunted, rather than the pen itself. And if such were the case, it’s easy to imagine a scenario where Alabaster disappears once the ink is used up.  

With this in mind, I’ve brought two-way conversations with him to a near halt, only asking questions of crucial importance until I take him to a proper parapsychologist, or confirm beyond a shadow of a doubt that it won't kill him. Or whatever you'd call it.  

I’m currently devising some creative ways to test this theory, and I’ll of course keep you all updated about whatever I learn next, but please respect the fact that this is a very special thing we have here, and that my primary responsibility is to not do anything that’ll screw it up for everyone, Alabaster included. It wouldn't be very nice of me slowly rob him of his life force just because I want to talk to someone.

And besides, there are plenty of other ways to communicate that don’t involve talking.