You decide to swipe the notebook and return it to Gene, and flee from the cemetery as quick as you can. As bleak as the city is, the cemetery is much worse. You follow Gene, keeping an eye on him.

You see his castle, massive, made of odd dark blue crystals...

Gene walks right past it.

Read the notebook.

Wait, who said that?

You can't trust Gene.

Reaper! Stop right there!

The odd, bold text dissapears. It was like a voice, you feel compelled to read the notebook...

One look couldn't hurt. You open it. It's Gene's diary. The first entry's date is just over twelve years ago.

It reads, "they... they want me to die. They just, said, 'die.' If you're reading this, Sour, Edgar, I'm sorry. I'm afraid this is where this story ends. My story ends. I can't go on like this. I have a duty to the readers, if they request my death, I must deliver. Edgar, I know you're planning to kill them. That's when I'll give them the chance. To end this."

Numerous pages are torn out, thrown aside in a fit of rage. You read the next entry that's still in. It was four years ago. It reads, "My brother has been dead for eight years. It's just me and Sour now. Sour's been depressed as of late, they question where the relationship we have is going, if I truly love them... I'm gonna purpose to them on our next anniversary. The perfect day to show I truly love them."

The next entry, is in someone else's handwriting. It appears to be a suicide note from Watt Sour, taped into the notebook.

It reads, "I can't do this anymore Gen. It's over. We lose. He wins. I can't take it anymore. I can't stand to watch this timeline die, to suffer through it, to see you suffer. I can't do it anymore. I can't wake up each day, to you with a gun in your mouth, seconds away from pulling the trigger. I can't wake up each day, wondering who has been erased, fearing you've been removed from my story. I can't wake up each day, knowing I'll be erased soon anyways. Without them, it's over. I'm sorry Gen, but my story is over too."

There are tear and blood stains on the paper. You can tell how that ended already.

The next entry is one word.

Strong.

That's all it says.

Strong.

What does it mean?

Gene summons his die again. He, simply, from paranoia, rolls perception...

He rolls a natural one.

"Rig," he whispers.

He rolls a natural twenty.

"Come out Manny," he demands, "I know you're there."

You make a slight of hand check to hide the notebook. It's a two. Nowhere close to enough. Well shit.

Gene snaps his fingers, and the notebook melts into ink.

"You weren't supposed to have that," he explains, glaring, hiding his fear, "Ah well. It doesn't matter Manny, cause I have a quest for you. Let's go back to my castle. If you have anything you wanna say on the way, say it."

You and Gene head back to the castle. You wonder why Gene came down this way. Well, you can ask him one question. So..  choose wisely.