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[[File:canyouseethedamsel_3471.jpg|framethumb|350px|Thursday. Nothing new to say.]]
 
{{quote|''Some officer, or agent, or whatever you want to call the uniform, came by and tried to question me today.
''I was "on my way to work" - he said they'll gladly be back soon.
''I'm starting to feel sick again. I probably shouldn't have gotten rid of all my medicine.
''{{spoiler|I shouldn't have made friends.}}'' }}
 
[[Can You See the Words]] is a Tumblr blog. It's initially a weird collection of literature quotes, photographs, and links to songs--all dealing with {{spoiler|water}}, rain, and {{spoiler|flood}}s. The writer begins alluding to some kind of problem bothering her and linking to songs about, say, monsters, or being stalked. After this it segues into a somewhat more orthodox personal blog, and the writer is revealed to be a female art student who has suddenly transferred from the Alabama School of Fine Arts to Princeton. Whatever that problem is, it persists, however, and she's been seeing a doctor and taking drugs to deal with "trauma". She refuses to elaborate on her ordeal, [[Speak of the Devil|insisting it would only make things worse]] and that she doesn't want any newcomers getting sucked in on her conscience. All the while, readers continue to pry about the paintings visible on her webcam videos--[[The Slender Man Mythos|one of a foggy wood, another of a pale-faced man in a tie and shirt...]]
 
It eventually comes to light that the writer is connected to another group of people with the same problem--she's friends with the girlfriend of one of the three creators of a [[Everyman HYBRID|YouTube fitness series]]. And to make matters worse, she's gone missing...
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