art entry https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1113928846 [The backstory is hidden.] . . . . . You notice Journal #32 on the table. Read? [yes] <- [no] . . . . . [Cover.] A brown cover, with the number 32 branded in the center. [next page] . . . . . [Open.] “Team 1, lead by Heinrike. Modifiying Malus domestica for responsiveness and sensitivity to outside factors via mutagenesis.” [The page continues, equally mundane.] [next page] . . . . . “Team 1, no success.” [The page continues, equally mundane.] [next page] . . . . . “Team 1, no success.” [The page continues, equally mundane.] [next few pages] . . . . . “Team 1, minor success. Specimen seems marginally more responsive to forces of cold and heat.” [next few pages] . . . . . “Team 1. Major success. Specimen responsive even to human touch. Increasing stock with goal of fifty for further observation.” . . . . . Project time shifted to tomorrow due to situation at the lab with Team 3. . . . . . [The next few pages detail increasing numbers of modified specimens, and the process of obtaining them.] “Heinrike taking some of unmodified specimens. His wife needed it for apple pie.” . . . . . [Much of the same. One specimen had been misplaced.] “Heinrike absent.” . . . . . [Much of the same.] “Heinrike absent. He wants to get fired.” . . . . . “Project cancelled. Worm in specimen #45 was infected during mutagenesis, spreading infection to all other specimens and any in direct contact. Effects unknown. Heinrike absent, will be investigated.” . . . . . [The next few pages are blank.] [next page] . . . . . “i need someone to know they don’t know what they did and they’ll burn this too what he did heinrike was missing and his wife dead they’re destroying it of course corporate would but as long as we find heinrike. they want to cover up the mistake they made letting it escape the lab. it is perfect the levels of infection we can achieve I am confident and in our own doctor too. a success” [The next few pages are blank.] . . . . “APFELKUCHEN” [In a childish scrawl.] [The rest of the notebook is blank.] . . . . . The Monster Manual is sitting nearby. Read? [yes] <- [no] “Laboratory . - Upper Level - Lower Level - Monster Key by Name Monster Key by Name: [A-G] . . . . Apfelkuchen. Physical description. A white dog, wearing the lab coat of Heinrike, albeit more red. Black ooze bleeds from its eyes. Apfelkuchen appears only on the highest levels of Laboratory . A fairly dangerous specimen, physical contact in Apfel will result in infection. Apfel implants a seed or worm into the skin, which grows into the nervous system and gives it full control of the brain in as little as an hour. Apfelkuchen has a known rivalry with The First, the experiment modified by Team 3 and credited with derailing Laboratory . The best way to escape Apfel is by heading to lower levels. Since The First holds command of all lower levels, Apfel will halt chase. “Centrifugal” Experiment obeys commands by Apfelkuchen, and is likely the only reason Apfel has not been killed by The First. As The First kills anything associated with the scientists of except for other experiments, Apfelkuchen is rumored to have a strong connection with the lab. It is said to wear the clothes of Heinrike to cover an infestation of worms.” . . . . {An alarm sounds} “DEPARTURE FOR UPPER SCHEDULED.” [It is time for you to leave.]
