Data Items

This article contains potential story spoilers for *Grounded*. Read at your own discretion.

**Data Items** encompasses all non-gameplay collectible items picked up by the player. This includes notes, audio logs, quest items, and even the SCA.B itself. This page contains both transcripts and locations of all data items.

*For a list of all collectible BURG.L Tech Chips, see **BURG.L***

*For a list of all landmarks, see **Landmarks***

*For a list of all creature cards, see **Creature Cards***

## Wendell

* SPAC.R Development
* Time At Ominent
* Hedge
* Pond
* Haze
* Misc

### Fired!

Ominent Practical Technologies, Dr. Wendell Tully, Science—
**WENDELL**
Scratch that. Dr Wendell Tully, Ph.D. At least they can't fire me from that!
**WENDELL**
My years of work on the SPAC.R mattered little to Ominent. The project was shut down and I was shown the door.
**WENDELL**
And yet Kaminski still works here... and he's an idiot.
**WENDELL**
I've been reduced to substituting at the local school.
**WENDELL**
How many times can one person be expected to explain the difference between a vector and a scalar?
**WENDELL**
If it has direction, then it's a scalar! I mean a vector!
**WENDELL**
I swear the ignorance around me is contagious. Does their normal teacher do anything?
**WENDELL**
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### An Auspicious Beginning

I've thought around this in circles for days now, and I've come to a decision. It's time to restart SPAC.R development.
**WENDELL**
Ominent may not believe in it, but I know its potential. Though I must figure out how to return shrunk objects to their original size.
**WENDELL**
The first step will be to address the particle transcription errors.
**WENDELL**
It seems almost certain that the irregularities are responsible for the failure during the demonstration.
**WENDELL**
BURG.L, please bring up all lab data about the unknown particles.
**BURG.L**
Happy to be of service. Notes will be prepared and delivered to your table in... four hours or less.
**WENDELL**
Four hours? What are the chances for "less"?
**BURG.L**
Delivery estimate will be prepared in two hours or less.
**WENDELL**
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### Raw Science

I have isolated the source of the particle irregularities. They appear to be a byproduct of the shrinking process.
**WENDELL**
If I adjust the machine to account for their existence, it should be the key to the de-shrinking--expanding--process.
**WENDELL**
BURG.L, please bring up the readings for the irregular covalent SNPI-42Z particle traces.
**WENDELL**
That name is going to get tiresome.
**WENDELL**
And while you're at it, rename all references to the irregular covalent SNPI-42Z particle to... [thoughtful pause] raw science.
**BURG.L**
Order received. Raw science identified. Does it require cooking, flipping, or grilling?
**WENDELL**
None of those. Categorization.
**BURG.L**
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### A Little Exhausted

Now let's review the progress of the last few months. I am getting ever closer to perfecting the SPAC.R.
**WENDELL**
Raw science containment has been a success.
**WENDELL**
At last measurement, we are within 0.2% translation accuracy, but those final, infinitesimal bits have proven the most difficult.
**WENDELL**
Despite that, BURG.L and I have been able to transit the miniature world without incident.
**WENDELL**
I must admit it has been a bit overwhelming at late.
**WENDELL**
Between school, grading papers, nightly work in the yard, and this sweltering summer heat, I feel stretched thin.
**WENDELL**
Some nights I find myself too exhausted to work on my experiments.
**WENDELL**
[laughs] All this is going to give me gray hairs! Why just the other day, Trudy said that the stress is putting wrinkles on my face.
**WENDELL**
She may have a point about the hair though... as much as I am loathe to admit it, it does seem to be thinning.
**WENDELL**
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### Side Effects

Dr. Applebaum has pronounced me in perfect health... for a man twenty years my senior!
**WENDELL**:
I must face the facts... the gray hairs, the wrinkles. They are not figments of my imagination.
**WENDELL**
I can draw only one reasonable conclusion: it is the elusive, fractional errors of the shrinking process which are the cause.
**WENDELL**
Trudy has asked that I discontinue my experiments... but what choice do I have? If I quit now, I will have nothing.
**WENDELL**
What will I be other than a failed inventor and scientist with no discoveries to his name, unable even to teach the basic of physics to a gaggle of hormonal teenagers. No!
**WENDELL**
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### Prototype Complete

Ominent Practical Technologies, Dr. Wendell Tully, Science Division, Log 87.12.18. [pause] 87.12.19.
**WENDELL**
It's past midnight now, but the covalent space reducer prototype is complete. Otherwise known as the shrinking machine. I've dubbed it the SPAC.R.
**WENDELL**
I should get some rest, but the kids are already asleep. Trudy's given up and gone to bed, and I'm eager to find out if all these months of work were worth it.
**WENDELL**
Everything should be sound, but you never know until you flip the switch.
**WENDELL**
well, here goes nothing.
**WENDELL**:
[explosions, terrible disasterous results]
**WENDELL**
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### Endless Possibilities

Ominent Practical Technologies, Dr. Wendell Tully, Science Division, Log 88.05.29g. Or is that "h"? "H" for safety.
**WENDELL**
Final evaluation test of the SPAC.R are going well, though I have noticed some minor errors in transcription where a non-trivial number of particles are not being conserved.
**WENDELL**
I have observed no ill side effects, but making a note to check that later.
**BURG.L**
Making a note!
**WENDELL**
I'm still annoyed by Dr. Klein's attitude at the barbecue when I confided in him about my success.
**WENDELL**:
He was arrogant as always! Dismissing my breakthroughs in covalent spacing reduction. Questioning the very use of shrinking technology!
**WENDELL**:
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### Recognition At Last!

*Ominent Practical Technologies, Dr. Wendell Tully, Science Division, Log 88.06.23a.*
**WENDELL**:
*Finally, my genius is recognized! My Ominent minders have requested a demonstration of the SPAC.R.*
**WENDELL**:
I do wonder how they even found out about it... No doubt it was the loose lips of that blabbing Klein.
**WENDELL**:
But perhaps his indiscretion has worked in my favor in this instance, and I will have the last laugh.
**WENDELL**:
*Once Ominent sees what I have accomplished here, I will prove that their many years of investment in me was not a mistake. How it will feel to have them watch me in my moment of triumph. This is what I have been working towards my entire career.*
**WENDELL**:
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### SPAC.R Operational

Supplemental log: Ominent Practical Technologies, Tully- whatever, I'll sort it later!
The important thing is that I have done it! SUCCESS. The SPAC.R has worked it's magic!
I have successfully shrunk a set of basic plastic, polyhedral dice from the size of standard dice to no bigger than the size of... well much smaller dice.
BURG.L, make a note to come up with a better comparison.
**BURG.L**:
Noting.
**WENDELL**:
*Nonetheless, this is a complete exoneration!*
*However, it occurs to me that I have a new problem. The dice were intended to be young Thor's Christmas present... he will be disappointed.*
*But perhaps I can convince him that they were miniature dice.*
*The tiny instructions might be a bit of a giveaway. A new solution may be required.*
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### Kaiju Children

The Kinderscience lab modules have not held up as well as anticipated.
**WENDELL**:
I though hiding these lab units in the hedge would provide a bit of protection from my rampaging children...
**WENDELL**:
But it appears not even the sanctuary of these leaves can protect my work from an errant Flingman disc.
**WENDELL**:
The subsequent breaches in the lab structures have invited all manner of arachnid invaders to wander in.
**WENDELL**:
My plan is to recalibrate the TAYZ.T bots for defensive action.
**WENDELL**:
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### Spider Infestation

Traversing this broken lab... the entire yard for that matter, has become untenable.
**WENDELL**:
I'm wasting daylight running, climbing... surviving.
**WENDELL**:
For so long I have felt taunted by the spiders of the yard.
**WENDELL**:
Oh and how they delight violating my workspace.
**WENDELL**:
I can't take a single step without getting stuck in their confounded webbing.
**WENDELL**:
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### Zip It

Basking in the light of the cruel sun that baked them like red, red rasins.
**WENDELL**:
Today, Trudy asked insisted I take a break from my work for a family day.
**WENDELL**:
I'll admit, the argument preceded my reluctant agreement was one for the ages.
**WENDELL**:
She just doesn't understand how important this work is.
**WENDELL**:
But in the end all was not lost! As fate would have it, our little trip to Stormin' Beaches Waterpark has given me fresh inspiration.
**WENDELL**:
A particular attraction sported a zip-line over a undulating pool filled sunbaked tubers.
**WENDELL**:
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### Damage Control

Early test runs on the zip-line system have produced mixed results.
**WENDELL**:
Prices on steel cable are ridiculous, so I have been forced to proceed with my original idea: spider thread.
**WENDELL**:
I'm using web samples from my unwanted guests... with a few clever alterations, of course.
**WENDELL**:
Things were going well until Sarah threw yet another toy into the hedge! I swear that the lost city of Atlantis might be found beneath the roots of this blasted bush!
**WENDELL**:
I told them both. No baseballs, no Flingman disks... no more throwing!
**WENDELL**:
[inhales deeply] I'll need to find another way to strengthen the zip lines. And I've forrbiden the children from playing in the yard... temporarily of course.
**WENDELL**:
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### Re-Reboot

**Date:** 09.22.89
**Time:** 2:10 AM
**Location:** Hedge Observation Unit
**Supervising Scientist:** Dr. Wendell Tully

**Pre-Test Notes:**
Increased radio wave interference in the yard. Isolating a single source unsuccessful. Interference uses a broad, roving spectrum of frequencies. Wrote code to alter surveyor frequency every five seconds keeping it hidden from this mysterious static.
**Results:**
Success. Surveyor system reboot complete. TAYZ.T units not used for guard duty have received the profile upload are currently in route to their harvest targets in the yard
**Notes**
1- TAYZ.T units used for field acquisition are showing increased signs of wear and tear, rust being the most prevalent.
2- Nineteen unknown radio signals were spotted during the reboot process. Points of origin were not at fixed locations. That rules out the kids and Mr. Henderson. All signs point to Ominent.
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### Project ZIP.P

Slowly, my torments come together into one ingenious solution!
**WENDELL**:
After trying countless materials, I've finally found something to fix my zip line problem!
**WENDELL**:
Only a being without gums would suggest that.
**WENDELL**:
While the bonding formulas were complex to say the least, I've successfully fused the web ropes with Raw Science!
**WENDELL**:
This is not some trifle to pick parsley between trips to the periodontist.
**WENDELL**:
Once again Raw Science proves the key! The new ropes are miraculously soft but have the tensile strength of forged steel!
**WENDELL**:
I've dubbed my newest creation... ZIP.P Fiber.
**WENDELL**:
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### Evacuation

It is likely that this will be my last log from the Hedge Lab.
**WENDELL**:
Regrettably, the spider infestation has only worsen.
**WENDELL**:
Last night, I had a close encounter with a giant Brood Mother that shook me to my core.
**WENDELL**:
Couple that with the strange radio signals I've been receiving... and I no longer think this facility is safe.
**WENDELL**:
[dial tone]
**WENDELL**:
[ringing]
**BURG.L**:
BURG.L here. Can I start you off with a Double-Charred Barbarian Bacon Burger? It's made the Roby's way.
**WENDELL**:
BURG.L, initiate evacuation protocols for the Hedge Lab.
**WENDELL**:
Make sure any remaining biometric scanners and passcodes are encrypted in the mainframe.
**WENDELL**:
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### Pond Research Note

I've begun drawing up schematics for a kind of turduckened aquaponics-inspired lab setup on the deep pond substrate where we can just tap into the natural systems already at play, with a few enhancements of course,
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### HAMS Test: Day 1

Biodome: Operational
Grow Nodes: Operational
Nitration System: Operational
Fungal Network: Active, surprisingly
Harvesting is typically 90 days out, but initial tests show small sprouts are ready within the span of a week. We'll look to optimize that further, keeping in mind a certain level of structural integrity is required to scale them up to nearly a grapefruit's size.
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### HAMS Test: Day 7

**HAMS Test: Day 7**
Nominal results, not even marginally different from initial pretest runs. Nitrogen cycle levels remain optimal and the local fungal network appears robust. Brussels sprouts seem slightly loose and fairly limp. They need something to promote growth, but I can't put my finger on it.
Other phalangeal observations: Trudy finds her ring better suited for the koi pond substrate than her hand.
Notes:
- Work on making calls to the house.
- Tell BURG.L to fish that ring out of the pond.
**W**
*(Back)*
**The Fish Wife's Ring**
It sank to the ground,
and it sparkled by light.
'Twas lost and then snarfed -
a sanke koi's bite.
Her big wiggly mouth,
a glistening thing,
it swallowed up whole
the glittering ring.
Twin barbels flicker,
her fins they did flap…
It appeared she was choking,
her dorsal I did slap!
Hurled to the beyond,
the ring was now free,
as well as one eye,
which then winked at me.
"Are you my wife now?"
asked with my heart big n' true,
up gurgled her response,
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### HAMS Test: Day 15

No change from last week, but I feel we're on the cusp of something here, and I've got an idea.
I shot awake this morning, sweaty with a memory of the frenetic energy of fitness infomercials that popped on before the kids' Saturday morning cartoon shows, and in those early hours being annoyed at the greasy glow of skin stretched tight over bursting muscles screaming about some new trivial invention, veins bulging with hot blood. But that movement and excitement, that's what's missing. Our wilted petits choux need to get pumped up!
With this inspiration we're moving forward with an admittedly odd hail mary procedure for generation 2: vascular grafting.
At the time of writing this we've already removed the cumbersome stem from the growth process, rendering these axillary buds longing for a new system to be a part of. I've had BURG.L harvest the appendicular artery off the ol' jarred appendix, and have begun splicing them into the sprout roots, mending the union with a manner of agar glue. The systems of both man and plant are not that different, after all, but could they be this compatible?
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### HAMS Test: Day 36

Generation 7 fitness stable. Vascular systems have evolved into something inspirational.
Sprout musculature amplification research is going swimmingly. Generation 4 being taught the rhythm of the flesh in a way the fungal networks could transmit was certainly key; Each node is performing in tandem at peak efficiency. Condensed crop cycle manipulation is accelerating generational hybrid evolution at an unprecedented rate.
HAMS is proving to be a highly advantageous apparatus!
Superdense brussels sprouts -**muscle sprouts**- conducting a ripe symphony of proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates via the push and pull of plant and muscle fibers: the applications here for sustainable, humane omnivorous diets are tantalizing.
Notes:
- Consider an aerobics program for the lab monitor array to increase nitrification and introduce a motivational aspect to growth.
- Plug data into BURG.L's recipe module. Finally, something we can share a common bond over.
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### HAMS Test: Day 91

Alas, failure once again. Product candidate generation 21 cannot be scaled without catastrophic side effects.
Dialing back to generation 9's parameter set to find a path forward.
The big brains over at Mouthtown came back with nothing but the grand idea to grind them up into crunchy gristle for the breakfast table. Hardly world changing. They MOCK me. If only they could taste the meals BURG.L had prepared these past few weeks. If only the sprouts survived the scaling process the way the earlier generations had.
It's a shame that cellular maturity is required for the sprouts to become viable as a product, but something about reaching advanced biological age is incompatible with the expanding process. Is it purely because the tissue damage/regrowth cycle is on a substantially compressed timeline?
They'd be not much older than myself if converted to human chronological age and I haven't experienced effects such as this...
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### Pipe Problems

The damned fool she hired traipsed in here with zero regard for my work below the surface. I shooed him away and attempted to dig myself, but... things took a turn for the worse.
If Trudy notices, maybe she'll suspect it was a hack job, but she does have a keen eye for "my specific brand of handiwork" as she likes to jab with me.
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### Big Brain Time

Attempts to reverse cell age in mushrooms seem to be going well. Mutations are... violate, but productive!
**WENDELL**:
The shift from phase one to two was almosht a blur.
**BURG.L**:
There might be a reason it seemed like a blur, if I may...
**WENDELL**:
Who asked you, BURG.L? Shouldn't you be tending to your tasks instead of eavesdropping through the intercoms?
**WENDELL**:
Now where was I... Hmm... ah, yes. My friends Marasmius Oreades here.
**WENDELL**:
The answer is hiding in that moist, supple flesh. And once I have it, I'll be back to normal Wendell in no time. Just like it was before thish all fell apart.
**WENDELL**:
I'll walk into that presentation room and show those Ominent--Ominent--shmucks I belong.
**WENDELL**:
I just need those blasted shrooms to reveal their secrets to me...
**WENDELL**:
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### Phase III Results

The mutations in phase three are progressing at rate I can't begin to quantify, and they've spread to local fauna.
Words can't express my sorrow I feel for these simple creatures, warped and manipulated into ravenous, horrible, exploding beings.
Attempts to reverse or even slow the changes in the strange spores or the creatures it has spread to haven't been fruitful.
I'm tasking BURG.L with keeping an eye on all of this, and introducing security defense procedures to keep this lab safe.
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### Blazed Earth Protocal

This has gone poorly. very, very poorly. The essence of failure. The pinnacle of its craft.
**WENDELL**:
Local fauna? Berserk. Mushrooms? Exploding.
**WENDELL**:
My condition? Like a baby toe after a long bath.
**WENDELL**:
BURG.L, Are you there?
**BURG.L**:
Is this a test?
**WENDELL**:
Yes, BURG.L, it's a test.
**BURG.L**:
But Dr. Tully, simulations indicate a 95.283% probability of catastrophic failure!
**WENDELL**:
I assure you the percentages are much higher than that. Do it.
**WENDELL**:
Why did you make fake beeping sounds?
**BURG.L**:
[makes pretend beeping sounds]
**WENDELL**:
I was being sarcastic! [groans in frustration]
**WENDELL**:
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### MIX.R Overdrive Warning

Those blasted MIX.R devices are driving ever ant Tom, ant Dick, and ant Harry to come knocking at our door! Spread these out across the yard and maybe it will keep them focused elsewhere. We'll figure out concentrate collection later.
Just remember to keep the mix speed dials set where they are... the experimental overdrive setting is far to unstable.
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* BURG.L
* Ominent
* Wendell

### BTU 01

*BURG.L Transcription Unit 87.09.05. Order Number 1.*
**WENDELL**:
*Robot, I need you to monitor these power fluctuations and inform me if they exceed acceptable limits.*
**BURG.L**:
*Hello! My name is BURG.L, and I will be serving you today. I specialize in cooking, flipping, and grilling.*
**WENDELL**:
*Grilling? A feature useful only to your obsolete, burger-flipping brethren now consigned to scrap heap!*
*I need you to monitor these readings... BURG.L.*
*And isn't it redundant to specialize in cooking and grilling?*
**BURG.L**:
*Understood. Appending "monitor power fluctuations" to my prime directive list. De-prioritizing grilling.*
**WENDELL**:
*Good. Now get on with it.*
**BURG.L**:
*...*
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### BTU 02

*BURG.L Transcription Unit 87.10.25. Order Number 73.*
**WENDELL**:
*I find it a wonder that the BURG.L Mark IV's never caught on. I believe them to be far superior to the Mark III's. Those never lived up to my expectations.*
**BURG.L**:
*How's that?*
**WENDELL**:
*They could only calculate post-cooking burger weights to the nearest tenth of a pound!*
*And they only had enough memory for one seasoning module: salt or pepper.*
*All solved with you Mark IV's. Not to mention your most excellent moustaches.*
**BURG.L**:
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### BTU 03

*BURG.L Transcription Unit 87.11.22. Order Number 43.*
**WENDELL**:
*Do it again, BURG.L, for old time's sake.*
**BURG.L**:
*What's that, Dr.Tully?*
**WENDELL**:
*Play the old script.*
**BURG.L**:
*Right away!*
*<playing via recorded message> "Hello and welcome to Roby's Classic Automated Burger Shop, my name is BURG.L, and I will be taking your order today."*
*"Perhaps I can interest you in the daily specials? My favorite is the Roby's 0.375 Pounder with Cheese with a side of mammal style fries!"*
**WENDELL**:
*That will do just fine, BURG.L.*
**BURG.L**:
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### BTU 04

*BURG.L Transcription Unit 89.03.23. Order Number 20.*
**WENDELL**:
*BURG.L! Did you organize my research notes on the material properties of the hedge berries as I directed?*
**BURG.L**:
*Of course! Well, no.*
**WENDELL**:
*Good.*
*...Wait. Explain.*
**BURG.L**:
*I have logged 110,437 different algorithms for organization and compiled them into an alphabetical list. That menu is being printed now and should be ready for review in... approximately 12 weeks.*
*After that is complete, I will be able to organize your research notes based on the algorithm you select.*
**WENDELL**:
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### Ominent Log 01

*Ominent Practical Technologies, Dr. Wendell Tully, Science Division, Log 87.08.31c.*
*Today's GLU.ON trials were a complete failure. Apparatus destroyed. No useful test data. Perhaps Dr. Klein was right.*
*(sigh)*
*Another year's research down the drain. I had felt so sure of it!*
*For my sake, I need success, but nothing is working. Not the GLU.ON, nor the SCA.B. Not even the confounded napkin bags!*
*But what if I revisited an older project? Hm... hm... no... no definitely not. Perhaps... no. Wait! That's it! The shrink machine!*
*Initial explorations had been promising before Hubert put the kibosh on it.*
*I could set it up in the basement. If I showed that it worked, surely they could not argue with results...*
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### Ominent Log 02

*(exhausted) Ominent Practical Technologies, Dr. Wendell Tully, Science Division, Log 87.12.18.... 87.12.19.*
*It's past midnight now, but the covalent space reducer prototype is complete. Otherwise known as the shrinking machine. I've dubbed it the SPAC.R.*
*I should get some rest, but the kids are already asleep. Trudy's given up and gone to bed, and I'm eager to find out if all these months of work were worth it.*
*Everything should be sound, but you never know until you flip the switch.*
*[Explosions]*
**WENDELL**:
*Supplemental log. Complete failure. Oh, why do I even try.*
*(sigh)*
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### Ominent Log 03

*Supplemental log: Ominent Practical Technologies, Tully- whatever, I'll sort it later!*
*The important thing is that I have done it! SUCCESS. The SPAC.R has worked it's magic!*
*I have successfully shrunk a set of basic plastic, polyhedral dice from the size of standard dice to no bigger than the size of... well much smaller dice.*
*BURG.L, make a note to come up with a better comparison.*
**BURG.L**:
*Noting.*
**WENDELL**:
*Nonetheless, this is a complete exoneration!*
*However, it occurs to me that I have a new problem. The dice were intended to be young Thor's Christmas present... he will be disappointed.*
*But perhaps I can convince him that they were miniature dice.*
*The tiny instructions might be a bit of a giveaway. A new solution may be required.*
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### Ominent Log 04

*Ominent Practical Technologies, Dr. Wendell Tully, Science Division, Log 88.05.29g. Or is that "h"? "H" for safety. Final evaluation test of the SPAC.R are going well, though I have noticed some minor errors in transcription where a non-trivial number of particles are not being conserved. I have observed no ill side effects, but making a note to check that later.*
**BURG.L**:
*Making a note!*
**WENDELL**:
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### Ominent Log 05

*Ominent Practical Technologies, Dr. Wendell Tully, Science Division, Log 88.06.23a.*
**WENDELL**:
*Finally, my genius is recognized! My Ominent minders have requested a demonstration of the SPAC.R. I do wonder how they even found out about it... No doubt it was the loose lips of that blabbing Klein. But perhaps his indiscretion has worked in my favor in this instance, and I will have the last laugh.*
*Once Ominent sees what I have accomplished here, I will prove that their many years of investment in me was not a mistake. How it will feel to have them watch me in my moment of triumph. This is what I have been working towards my entire career.*
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### Ominent Log 06

*Ominent Practical Technologies, Dr. Wendell Tully, Science Division. Log 88.07.01.*
*First test demonstration of the SPAC.R. Director Hubert Picon in attendance.*
*Begin recording.*
*Everyone, thank you for coming. Today, I will show you nothing less than a quantum leap forward in technology. This is the SPAC.R.*
*It is a machine that has the power to shrink any object times over, unleashing the power of the miniature world!*
*Now, I am sure that some of you will be skeptical.*
*But I have no doubt that a demonstration of this device will show you a vision of the future. Of Ominent's future. Of our future.*
*Now if you will all put on your PEEP.R goggles, I'll begin the demonstration. Behold: the future!*
*[disappointing sound of mechanical failure]*
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### Wendell Log 01

*Ominent Practical Technologies, Dr. Wendell Tully, Science—*
*Ominent Practical Technologies, Dr. Wendell Tully. Household Liquids, Gels and Aerosols division.*
*That is where my Ph.D is going now. Kaminski works here... and he's an idiot.*
*With the pay cut I've been reduced to substituting at the local school.*
*How many times can one person be expected to explain the difference between a vector and a scalar?*
*If it has direction, then it's a scalar! I mean a vector!*
*I swear the ignorance around me is contagious. Does their normal teacher do anything?*
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### Side Project 01.15.89

*I've thought around this in circles for days now, and I've come to a decision. It's time to restart SPAC.R development.*
*Ominent may not believe in it, but I know its potential. Though I must figure out how to return shrunk objects to their original size.*
*The first step will be to address the particle transcription errors.*
*It seems almost certain that the irregularities are responsible for the failure during the demonstration.*
*BURG.L, please bring up all lab data about the unknown particles.*
**BURG.L**:
*Happy to be of service. Notes will be prepared and delivered to your table in... four hours or less.*
**WENDELL**:
*Four hours? What are the chances for "less"?*
**BURG.L**:
*Delivery estimate will be prepared in two hours or less.*
**WENDELL**:
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### Side Project 03.13.89

*I have isolated the source of the particle irregularities. They appear to be a byproduct of the shrinking process.*
*If I adjust the machine to account for their existence, it should be the key to the de-shrinking--expanding--process.*
*BURG.L, please bring up the readings for the irregular covalent SNPI-42Z particle traces.*
*That name is going to get tiresome. And while you're at it, rename all references to the irregular covalent SNPI-42Z particle to (thoughtful pause) raw science.*
**BURG.L**:
*Order received. Raw science identified. Does it require cooking, flipping, or grilling?*
**WENDELL**:
*None of those. Categorization.*
**BURG.L**:
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### Wendell Log 14

*Ominent shmominent... [cans rustle] First a pay cut, now a \*man\* cut.*
*At least the only experimenting being judged now is my mushroom parmesan. Trudy and the kids are \*relentless\* in their scrutiny.*
*To be fair, being down here, eye to fung-eye with these agaricus bisporous, tells me there's mush-room for improvement after all.*
**BURG.L**:
*[deep robotic guffawing] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!*
**WENDELL**:
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### Wendell Log 15

*The introduction of raw science to the resident fungi has been quick to take effect, and drastic mutations have occurred.*
*The shift from phase one to two was almost a [hic!] blur.*
**BURG.L**:
*There might be a reason it seemed like a blur, if I may-*
**WENDELL**:
*Oh who asked you, robot?*
*Phase one was deemed safe enough for human consumption by my overbearing colleague here.*
*I've earned the nickname of "truffle pig" around the house. Perhaps it's even a bit of an aphrodisiac?*
*Phase two, however… is showing even more explosive growth and wild changes.*
*If phase three continues to produce novel results, and we can cover the tracks of raw science…*
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### Wendell Log 16

*[frantic rustling] It's clear now, this was all a mistake. I've got to get control of this, myself, all of it.*
*Bugs: going wild. Mushrooms: blowing up. Mushroom Parmesan: still five stars.*
*BURG.L, we're abandoning this facility immediately. Initiate Protocol: Blazed Earth.*
**BURG.L**:
*But Wendell, results are inconclusive on the effects of weed kill-*
**WENDELL**:
*[through gritted teeth] Do it, robot!*
**BURG.L**:
*V-very well, order coming right up!*
**WENDELL**:
*There's hope yet though. There's something here. With just the right hermetically sealed, perfectly pressurized environment…*
*BURG.L! Complete lockdown, blast the canister per protocol specs, and meet me in the pond dome!*
**BURG.L**:
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**Note**: As of now, Wendell Logs 14-16 do not have recorded audio in-game.
## Notes

* BURG.L
* Wendell

### Muscle Sprouts Test Kitchen

Prepared by BURG.L
Ingredients assessment:
Test sample are currently 0.833% of target production size.
Complex and somewhat tense muscular nuggets. Several flaps overlap to protect a central organ, all entirely edible.
An innate sense of fitness and survival compels them to fight against preparation.
A smack of the spatula calms them right down.
Initial recipe module analysis indicated use as a replacement for dry aged beef liver. Unexpected!
Compiling flavor profile compatibility...
Results:
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* HAMS Tests
* Lab Notes

### HAMS Test: Day 1

Initial diagnostics indicate that everything is in working order and ready to begin the brussels sprouts live testing phase using the automated hydroponic, aquaculture... microponics system, er–HAMS, I suppose, going forward. BURG.L's task of cultivating the biodome mycelium network seems to have not been a complete failure and signals are detectible in all extremities.
Biodome: Operational
Grow Nodes: Operational
Nitration System: Operational
Fungal Network: Active, surprisingly
Harvesting is typically 90 days out, but initial tests show small sprouts are ready within the span of a week. We'll look to optimize that further, keeping in mind a certain level of structural integrity is required to scale them up to nearly a grapefruit's size.
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### HAMS Test: Day 7

**HAMS Test: Day 7**
Nominal results, not even marginally different from initial pretest runs. Nitrogen cycle levels remain optimal and the local fungal network appears robust. Brussels sprouts seem slightly loose and fairly limp. They need something to promote growth, but I can't put my finger on it.
Other phalangeal observations: Trudy finds her ring better suited for the koi pond substrate than her hand.
Notes:
- Work on making calls to the house.
- Tell BURG.L to fish that ring out of the pond.
**W**
*(Back)*
**The Fish Wife's Ring**
It sank to the ground,
and it sparkled by light.
'Twas lost and then snarfed -
a sanke koi's bite.
Her big wiggly mouth,
a glistening thing,
it swallowed up whole
the glittering ring.
Twin barbels flicker,
her fins they did flap…
It appeared she was choking,
her dorsal I did slap!
Hurled to the beyond,
the ring was now free,
as well as one eye,
which then winked at me.
"Are you my wife now?"
asked with my heart big n' true,
up gurgled her response,
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### HAMS Test: Day 15

No change from last week, but I feel we're on the cusp of something here, and I've got an idea.
I shot awake this morning, sweaty with a memory of the frenetic energy of fitness infomercials that popped on before the kids' Saturday morning cartoon shows, and in those early hours being annoyed at the greasy glow of skin stretched tight over bursting muscles screaming about some new trivial invention, veins bulging with hot blood. But that movement and excitement, that's what's missing. Our wilted petits choux need to get pumped up!
With this inspiration we're moving forward with an admittedly odd hail mary procedure for generation 2: vascular grafting.
At the time of writing this we've already removed the cumbersome stem from the growth process, rendering these axillary buds longing for a new system to be a part of. I've had BURG.L harvest the appendicular artery off the ol' jarred appendix, and have begun splicing them into the sprout roots, mending the union with a manner of agar glue. The systems of both man and plant are not that different, after all, but could they be this compatible?
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### HAMS Test: Day 36

Generation 7 fitness stable. Vascular systems have evolved into something inspirational.
Sprout musculature amplification research is going swimmingly. Generation 4 being taught the rhythm of the flesh in a way the fungal networks could transmit was certainly key; Each node is performing in tandem at peak efficiency. Condensed crop cycle manipulation is accelerating generational hybrid evolution at an unprecedented rate.
HAMS is proving to be a highly advantageous apparatus!
Superdense brussels sprouts -**muscle sprouts**- conducting a ripe symphony of proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates via the push and pull of plant and muscle fibers: the applications here for sustainable, humane omnivorous diets are tantalizing.
Notes:
- Consider an aerobics program for the lab monitor array to increase nitrification and introduce a motivational aspect to growth.
- Plug data into BURG.L's recipe module. Finally, something we can share a common bond over.
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### HAMS Test: Day 91

Alas, failure once again. Product candidate generation 21 cannot be scaled without catastrophic side effects.
Dialing back to generation 9's parameter set to find a path forward.
The big brains over at Mouthtown came back with nothing but the grand idea to grind them up into crunchy gristle for the breakfast table. Hardly world changing. They MOCK me. If only they could taste the meals BURG.L had prepared these past few weeks. If only the sprouts survived the scaling process the way the earlier generations had.
It's a shame that cellular maturity is required for the sprouts to become viable as a product, but something about reaching advanced biological age is incompatible with the expanding process. Is it purely because the tissue damage/regrowth cycle is on a substantially compressed timeline?
They'd be not much older than myself if converted to human chronological age and I haven't experienced effects such as this...
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### Field Station Note

As we suspected, Sarah's Herculean toss of the flingdisc really did a number on the place. The way it sizzled across the sky and ricocheted off the fence with that sickening crunch echoing across the yard — She's either going to be an Olympian or a destroyer of worlds. Thor, on the other hand...
Alas, the lab as we knew it has been busted to smithereens. Based on the anomalies I've been experiencing, SPAC.R usage must be kept to a minimum. We're going to have to move forward with the zipline system. Consider this field station as the new ascent point into the hedge lab.
Please begin installing the zipline anchors in a \*simple and clear\* linear path. No tomfoolery!
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### Outpost Note

Did you trifle with our dwindling supply of SCA.Bs! We had at least a dozen left after that pack of spiders absconded with the bulk of them, and now there's naught but six! I'm sure you've been busy improving them your ever-important flavor schemes, but please return them!
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### Re-Reboot 09.22.89

Date: 09.22.89
Time: 2:10 AM
Location: Hedge Observation Unit
Supervising Scientist: Dr. Wendell Tully

Pre-Test Notes:
Increased radio wave interference in the yard. Isolating a single source unsuccessful. Interference uses a broad, roving spectrum of frequencies. Wrote code to alter surveyor frequency every five seconds keeping it hidden from this mysterious static.
Results:
Success. Surveyor system reboot complete. TAYZ.T units not used for guard duty have received the profile upload are currently in route to their harvest targets in the yard
Notes
1- TAYZ.T units used for field acquisition are showing increased signs of wear and tear, rust being the most prevalent.
2- Nineteen unknown radio signals were spotted during the reboot process. Points of origin were not at fixed locations. That rules out the kids and Mr. Henderson. All signs point to Ominent.
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### Inner Lab Note

Not sure if you've noticed, but half the doors in this busted heap are gooped up and rendered inoperable and the other half have screaming juvenile orb weavers jazzed up on some sort of teenaged-arachnid hormone juice traipsing behind them! The stink of a broodmother is thick in the air... we can only hope she's not setting up shop permanently.
I whipped up some schematics for repurposing those TAYZ.T underling units for defense. We'll be the most popular babysitter on the block in just a few weeks' time if we don't get this whole pickle sorted—in addition to our other problem.
Remind me to pen another letter about the birds and the bees for Sarah and Thor, except this time about human puberty. Thank the heavens you don't have new protuberances or
under-arm apocrine sweat glands BURG.L, for your sake and mine.
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### Control Room Note

Thank you for cobbling together this thoroughly disgusting respirator unit and leaving it to stink up my workstation! Thankfully, I've got an Ominent-issue NP100 respirator to aid me on that little adventure we discussed.
More importantly, I'm locking down this room. There are some very peculiar timestamps on recent data retrieval attempts. We don't need prying eyes becoming prying fingers, if you catch my drift (and I'm sure you do not, your confounded colloquialism sensor is on the blink again.)
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### Pond Research Note

I've begun drawing up schematics for a kind of turduckened aquaponics-inspired lab setup on the deep pond substrate where we can just tap into the natural systems already at play, with a few enhancements of course,
I'll task BURG.L with running simulations shortly, assuming he can muster up the RAM for it.
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### MIX.R Note

Those blasted MIX.R devices are driving me up the ding dang wall! Please drag them into the yard where there's no one to irritate but the local fauna...
Just remember to keep the mix speed dials set where they are... the experimental overdrive setting is far to unstable.
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### Phase III Results

The mutations in phase three are progressing at rate I can't begin to quantify, and they've spread to local fauna.
Words can't express my sorrow I feel for these simple creatures, warped and manipulated into ravenous, horrible, exploding beings.
Attempts to reverse or even slow the changes in the strange spores or the creatures it has spread to haven't been fruitful.
I'm tasking BURG.L with keeping an eye on all of this, and introducing security defense procedures to keep this lab safe.
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### Pipe Problems

The damned fool she hired traipsed in here with zero regard for my work below the surface. I shooed him away and attempted to dig myself, but... things took a turn for the worse.
If Trudy notices, maybe she'll suspect it was a hack job, but she does have a keen eye for "my specific brand of handiwork" as she likes to jab with me.
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## Stuff

* Recipe Notes
* Keys
* Boss Notes

**Unlocks**: Abomination Totem
 File:KeyItemPage.pngAnt Totem Recipe
**Unlocks**: Ant Head Totem
 File:KeyItemPage.pngCharred Recipe
**Unlocks**: Spicy Coaltana
 File:KeyItemPage.pngWater Logged Recipe
**Unlocks**: Salt Morning Star

**Usage**: It unlocks a sunken chest in the Pond Depths that holds the Sunken Outpost Chip.
 File:Minotaur Maze Key.pngMinotaur Maze Key
**Usage**: It is used to open the chest located on top of the Picnic Table.
 File:Asst. Manager Keycard.pngAsst. Manager Keycard
**Usage**: The Asst. Manager Keycard is an item that allows the player to open all the doors in the Black Ant Lab that are otherwise always locked.
 File:Melted Moat Key.pngMelted Moat Key
**Usage**: It is used to unlock the chest located in the moat of the sand castle.
 File:Replacement Embiggening Cell.pngReplacement Embiggening Cell
**Usage**: ???
* Black Anthill BURG.L Chip
* Hedge BURG.L Chip
* Haze BURG.L Chip
* Pond BURG.L Chip

### Password Scribbles

All Password Scribbles are found in the Hedge Lab. Finding all 4 will complete the Hedge Lab quest and allow the player to interact with the terminal and unlock the rest of the lab.

### Broodmother Research Notes

No interest.
TRIAL 25: Ladybug, raw
Some interest, but not enough to lure her from her lair
TRIAL 26: Bombardier, raw
No interest.
TRIAL 27: Bombardier, cooked
The odor is horrific (nearly VISIBLE), yet it seemed to appeal to her. Perhaps if combined with ladybug meat...?
TRIAL 28: Ladybug and bombardier, cooked
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### SCA.B

The SCA.B is unlocked at the start of the game. It's main function is to display the vitals of the player. Upgrades can be purchased from BURG.L that improve it's scanners to automatically search for Raw Science, Milk Molars, and other SCA.Bs when the player gets close enough.