THE LIFE INSTITUTION

HERMIT

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[SCAR]
Got an incoming delivery from a... Well, I'm not sure! Name wasn't clear.

[SCOTT]
Delivery... as in a statement?

[SCAR]
I guess? Seems fishy. (Scar chuckles) It says "Experiment 23".

[SCOTT]
I'll take a look at it, hand it over.

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[ZEDAPH]
Hello! Now, I'll be having my friend Tango drop this off, as apparently some people in your institute have it out for me, But! I hear your institution deals in supernatural affairs and I thought you might like to have the details of my experiment on tape.

Recently I've been working with the aforementioned Tango, of Tango Technologies, because of an anomaly that has... appeared? Taken over? Point is, there's something in my friend's flat! The things we know are as follows:
This is most certainly an entity of some kind. We know this because Tango and I have each separately caught it stealing bread and other food.
This entity may exist in 4-dimensional space! More experimentation required.,
This entity has been creeping up through the floorboards, cracks in the plaster, and piping systems.
Now, you may be wondering, "Zedaph, why are you handling this?". And I don't blame you! As far as you've been told, I'm an "incompetent maniac" who "couldn't handle the thrall of the spiral" and "left his job as the head researcher due to crippling insanity", right? And to that I say- You aren't wrong! I do happen to be just a bit insane. However I'm certain you can look past that, if your curiosity is as strong as Grian's was, and see the integrity in my research!

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one moment.

[TANGO]
I know you're recording for that institute or whatever but I wanted to know if you need anything from the store.

[ZEDAPH]
I think we're low on bread. oh! could you pick up some tea?

[TANGO]
Got it!

[Door shuts]

[ZEDAPH]
Well! good to know he'll be out of the house while I'm doing this.

Now, My first experiment is to see if the anomaly can be contained in glass tubes.

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[ZEDAPH]
Yeesh... That didn't go well! Hopefully I can explain the mess to Tango...

Signing off for now! I hope to speak to you in person, archivist!

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[SCOTT]
This doesn't bode well.

[SPARROW]
you're telling me. I worked under the guy before you started working here, and well...

[SCOTT]
Containing a 4-dimensional entity in a 3-dimensional space? it just doesn't make sense... Not to mention that final line. Unsettling.

[SPARROW]
Not much we can do about it. If he wants to speak to you personally I don't think there's a way to stop him.

[SCOTT]
I suppose.

Well, in any case, I believe we had lunch plans?

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