<< BACK TO RS001 LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SQUIGGLY_LOGGER SQUIGGLER: 2M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't judge me! I'm just trying to see what else I can change, damn it. I know people outside of this ship can read these, through the QEC. As such, I should probably explain some things. You already know I'm a programmer aboard the MSS Endereon, a ship with many purposes. We're flying through various star systems to find extraterrestrial life. The bio-guys and the astronaut explorer fellows go down to each planet, collect samples and data, then leave. I try to follow along with the daily happenings. We reach new places almost every cycle thanks to our mysterious (to me, at least) FTL technology. During my off-time, I'm allowed to wander around the ship and view the samples that are being stored in bio-containment. There's some really, really weird stuff in bio-containment. Apparently, a few kilocycles ago, they found a plant on some planet that reminded them of Earth, the birthplace of humanity as we know it. I don't remember much about the incident - I'm only 9, after all - but the plant is still in bio-containment. It's surrounded by soundproofing material. Why, you might ask, does a plant need soundproofing? Is it sensitive to loud noises? No. It's not for the plant, it's for us. The plant screams. It's just constantly screaming. I hate the thing. Sometimes my boss asks me to help out by refilling the auto-waterer, and every time I get close, I can hear it scream. I feel like the biologist dudes only put it in containment in the first place as a prank, or maybe as the world's funniest / least funny alarm clock. It's not even a weird or interesting plant to look at, either, it looks similar to the snapdragon flowers in the Mental Wellness Garden. I think the plant has a tongue, but I'm no biologist. I'll keep whoever reads these updated on the stuff that's going on as I tinker with this old-as-balls logging software. Who in their right mind would make software that works like this? I still hate it! ~~~~~~~~~ END LOG ~~~~~~~~~