[hoping to be around the new residents, it accidentally wishes itself into the lobby, ending up in front of one of the couches-- sort of where a footstool would be. Its journal soon follows, resting on the nearby coffee table, where it can silently transcribe]

more new ones

They're getting here just in time. Halloween is soon.
Halloween is soon, I think.

Is it Halloween yet?
i dont want to miss it cant miss it

a year isn't really so long
just a loop

it has been a long time since a holiday
I miss being part of a holiday.