Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-12265996-20141202030018/@comment-25094659-20150214013554

Peacexfreedom wrote: I'm pretty much sold on Stan either being the author, or co-author, though I'd settle for super-close-super-ultra-buddy of the author... I don't know if this piece of evidence has been posted on this tread, but:

The four symbols he used to enter his secret lab (not the ones on the vending machine) is four alchemy symbols that appear together (in the same order) on various pages in the journal. (This was noted on the journal page, but I only just noticed the frequency...as in, there's more than just one page where this shows up!!!) If so, not the author, as Stan didn't know about the invisible ink. It may be worht theorizing about multiple authors, one per book, but I doubt it.

Most likely, he was a friend (or a brother) to the author.