From Chief Researcher Brandon's Journal - No. 1


 * Dec. 4
 * Mr. Spencer once spoke of a flower called the
 * Stairway to the Sun. Supposedly this flower would
 * give the person who consumed it incredible
 * abilities. Everyone thought it was nothing more than
 * a rumor or legend that Mr. Spencer was telling us,
 * but later research would prove us wrong.


 * The first person to recognise the validity of that
 * story was my teacher, Dr. James Marcus. He
 * hypothesized that a virus, hereto unknown, might
 * exist that could alter DNA.


 * That man was so perspicacious!


 * His hypothesis turned out to be correct!


 * The virus discovered in that flower was labeled
 * "Progenitor". For three months in Africa we worked
 * diligently, fretting over results, and staved off
 * attacks from the Ndipaya. After such time, our
 * efforts were finally rewarded.


 * Even D. Marcus, who until yesterday looked
 * exhausted, was in good spirits. He wanrs to return
 * home as soon as possible to delve deeper into his
 * research.


 * Feb. 12
 * We've hit the metaphorical brick wall. We brought
 * the Progenitor flower back from Africa and attempted
 * to cultivate it here. The initial culture samples of
 * the Progenitor virus have not shown DNA-altering
 * characteristics.


 * We cultivated the flower to mass-produce the
 * Progenitor virus.


 * At first, everything proceeded smothly. The plants
 * were strong, and grew quickly. In a short amount of
 * time they flowered.


 * But here is when a major problem surfaced! The
 * flowers did not contain the Progenitor virus!


 * Perhaps the environment in which they're grown
 * triggers the development of the virus. This matter
 * must be investigated further.


 * March 23
 * We've made no progress. We've tried cultivating the
 * flower under different conditions, but with no luck
 * in triggering development of the virus itself. Thus
 * far we have tried changing the soil, water,
 * temperature, and light exposure all with no success.


 * I got into a heated debate with Dr. Marcus about the
 * direction this research was taking.


 * During that debate, Mr. Spencer interjected some
 * foolharded notion of starting a company.


 * Without the Progenitor virus there's no point in
 * starting a company. Does he not see that? It's all
 * pointless!