October 3rd, 2021

Corruption rate: 9%

[Douglas Harkmury]

This should be worth my time. It's 2 hours before noon and alas, my friend gets to make it in time just to not leave her hanging. He took my advice of having to arrive at the same time as her as he waited in hiding inside a small café close by. Well, if your arrival coincides with each other, then goodluck will always ensure because it's like your fates are meant to be! I don't think they could ever recognize me under this new hoodie I bought and a safari hat that I had when I was still living rural side with my grandpa who loves hiking. They seem to get along happy! I just hope he doesn't, in any way, imply to her about having multiple exes. By the looks of it, she seems to be a relatively nice girl who looked like an old crush of mine during high school... unlike him. I still wondered how is such a guy like him able to get a pretty girl who dresses up unadulterated and flowery (it's what I view frilly clothes and long skirts anyways) but that also answers how he met his exes. Man, I kinda envy them. My co-workers are mostly old or fat women, with the exception of my seatmate and the front desk, but I never made a move on them purely because our interests seems completely opposite from what I "at least" observed.

I didn't think spying from a crowd would be this easy since I could just pretend I'm using my phone. Although, I still might have gazes on me since I looked like a suspicious person of sorts just sitting on a bench alone, but that's just what I assume. They go around shop-to-shop looking on some typical girl stuff that he probably can't catch a break. "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do" so I told him awhile back. That look on his face absolutely looks like he's pent up but at least he's keeping his GF entertained. Eventually, they settled down on a boba shop where we can finally indulge ourselves. I still have to avoid suspicion so I sat further away from them, hoping I don't bother the 2 people who enjoys each other's company. I don't really need to listen, but I once again will have to say that I envy their relationship. I really don't know what to do in a sort of situation like he's in and yet he still approached me for a love advice, even though I don't have much experience with women. I started questioning if it's a good idea to spy on a happy relationship only to feel jealous of someone's success in the end... Eh, whatever! I'd prefer living a short life anyways. This world can just blow itself up including me, but not them. I make my own happiness, I make my own misery, in the end, it's all the same! I live right now because of the happy life I have in my apartment and no one can take that away from me. That is why I've been stuck in the same shitty company for years!

I don't want to contemplate on myself even longer. They are happy, that's for short. Suddenly, something felt strange as I continue looking at them. She started massaging her head and holding her mouth. I stood up from my chair to get a closer look on what is happening. As she also stood up from her seat, her chest started convulsing as if she's trying to puke. My friend showed less motion, but the look on his face seemed to express his concern for her. However, it didn't take long until her mouth bursted out a weird black liquid.

I wasn't supposed to, but I got to take a look at the disgusting waste she regurgitated. It was an eyeball, coated in mucus that is separating it from the black liquid. Her saliva is visibly floating around the eye. It's red veins also show to be expanding, but there was never a visible eye socket that it's connected on as if it was on its own.

His girlfriend started to look pale compared to before she was drinking that boba tea. My friend seems to be losing all his words to say and expressed a rather sincere disgust.

She ran at full speed, pushing aside the people in her way and often tripping. My friend, looking all distraught, didn't initially chase after her after he saw what happened. He looked at the boba tea she was drinking on and forcefully threw it on the ground, aggressively stomping out with a big expression of concern on his face. Nothing unusual came out from the drink. There were no eyeballs, no black goo, just tea and translucent edible pearls. After awhile, he started chasing after her out of grief.

That was quite a scene I saw. It was strange to think that an eyeball got straight into a drink, but how did it pass through her drinking straw. The thought only makes it worst, so I decided to head back home as fast as I can to recuperate. At the same time, strange things started happening not just in the shop, but along the way as well. No matter! This has to be a topic in the web and I wanted to know what the fuck is going on!

October 2nd 2021

Corruption rate: 7%

[Douglas Harkmury]

Saturday, huh? Also he's inviting me again. That son of a bitch's gotten his 3rd girlfriend but what the hell does he want from me anyways? Not like I can help since I've already given him every advice a 3rd wheel can offer. Maybe I'm just a bad support, but who cares? He asks a friend who doesn't have any girlfriend. But to be fair, my co-workers are just 85% women in the desks and I hang out with them most of the time. I don't feel like trying to get where my boss is going with that amount so I'll leave him be. I just want alone time right now, but I'm too worried he'll feel nervous like last time when his 2nd ex kicked him in his jewels for finding out he has a 1st. Perhaps I should go incognito and look at their relationship. I could also give him a heads up when he feels out of his character. Their date should be tomorrow, may as well grab some popcorns for the show.

Anyhows, I spent my day doing nothing at all. The new TV shows that kicked in were pretty cool but I have high expectations they'll go down the drain just like a few other shows on the long run. The web is littered with nothing but bad news as usual, something along the lines of "ongoing war between this country and that country" or "a research institution from Portville lost samples of rogue dark fluid". My personal favorite bad news is the gaming community protest on event rewards and I like to see where that fire goes. I eat, sleep, watch TV, surf the web in the weekends... I kinda like this living, but I might regret it sooner.

(sigh) I wish this day would last longer. Night time is nice and relaxing, but it's just a sign that I will have more work to do once my weekend is over. I've been trying to slow down time by fiddling with my phone, but of course being relaxed topples doing something even as small as looking at your phone. Well, today is just another usual day. Tomorrow is just a 50/50 and I hope something nice happens.

As I lay down to rest, somehow, I couldn't shake the feeling that I'm being watched. If this is gonna end up making me nightmares, I better continue doing whatever I want with my phone, that'll solve the problem!

[Recording from Mchalagan]

Record 211-B, this is Professor Mchalagan

Regarding the unknown specimen that escaped the facility, we are currently unable to locate it for the time being. It's been 2 days since it has escaped and we couldn't find this specimen nor any of its entrails around the laboratory. It is a surprising discovery that it has learned to do such evasive tactics with minimal to no evidence left behind. The first discovery of this specimen was in 415 N Amplehouse street in Outshineville where the locals complained of something hiding inside the mailbox. The data we learned from this specimen so far is that it's highly nocturnal, only present in areas of low visibility. However, that's no longer the case anymore since this specimen broke open its containment guarded with visible light frequency and fully tempered glass. CCTV last showed the creature hiding in one of the dark corners of the laboratory before fully disappearing. This is... interesting. It seems to have broke the scientific discourse on modern physics regarding umbral matter. The more we learn about this specimen, the better we understand the physics of light and dark properties. Eventually, we may even learn to teleportation... or- or harness it into energy through master control of light in order to make an automated solar energy that doesn't require sunlight! Ahem... I'm getting too ahead of myself. We shall be needing assistance from the government to gain an upperhand on this search. My team and I shall continue discussing certain theories in a different recording.

Out.

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October 1st 2021

Corruption rate: 4%

[Jay Triston]

Good afternoon, citizens of Outshineville! I'm your favorite radio host, Jay Triston, bringing you good vibes through our number one station here in town. Today is a very special celebration that y'all know and love. If you're new here to Outshineville, the people here celebrate Town's Day every 1st of October. A day where we honor the first mayor who fought the rights and deeds to the town and sacrificing himself to ensure our good vibes of now. Since this is a very very special celebration, our station will ask the first calls for a song request that they like and a chance to talk to us on phone! If you want to make it to us, please dial 900-xxx-wxyz. Prank calls acceptable!

Alright we got our first call! Go ahead and state your name!

Heather: Uh, my name is Heather Beverlee. Thanks for having you with me!

Jay: Thank you ma'am. You sound pretty down today, would you like us to request a music you like to cheer you up?

Heather: Sure, but I would like to say something to everyone first.

Jay: You are more than welcome to say something!

Heather: I saw something strange under my co-worker's desk today and I talked to the management about it.

Jay: Seems pretty personal to say this to our listeners.

Heather: Yeah, but this isn't just me, 5 friends of mine out of work reported the same thing about this strange looking thing. It looked like dark goop but when we poked it with a stick, an eyeball started popping out.

Jay: uh oh, sounds like a horror story!

Heather: It sounds like it, but it's real. However, further inspection, it looked pretty harmless so we took it to the bin where we don't see it again.

Jay: That's it folks, if you see black goopy stuff that has eyeballs, grab some gloves or tissue paper and throw them away properly. Make our town clean and healthy!

Heather: Right, thank you. Also can you please play [song name] for me.

Jay: Our station doesn't shy away from every song that is available from every major music app you know. Thank you very much for the request and keep your surroundings clean madame!

[Douglas Harkmury]

I clocked out today as early as afternoon, which is much better compared to yesterday's work. Since today is Friday, my load off would be much longer than usual. To celebrate all that, I think I'd just enjoy staying at my house for the whole day and weekends. I mean, I don't have anything outside than just simply relax and stay in the internet or watch TV. People think I live boring, but I like what I do. I just hope I can keep this all day... Man, bills are a pain!

Perhaps I should ask my co-workers for anything to do in the weekend so I don't get that sort of impression. I feel guilty seeing that I'm the only person who checked out my ticket and leave. The rest of them are still working their asses over what needs to be done for the company. But to be given an early dismissal probably means the company saw my fruitful efforts for once! Hahaha, suck on that!

Anyways, where are my manners... as I stood up from my chair, I can't help but notice something unusual when I first peeked at my neighbor co-work. She was looking at some news about this town and not doing any work. The supervisor took notice of her, but somehow I didn't hear any word about getting back to work. Perhaps I should look it up on my phone later as I get home. Eh, whatever! If anything happens to this town, it'll be a big vacation and I get to stay in my house all day.