(1966)
- 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 recognize 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 wants to return
- home as soon as possible to delve deeper into his
- research.
(1967)
- 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 smoothly. 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
- foolhardy 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!