K: you can freeze my legs but im not saying a thing- kind of an oath... that i made myself.

K: i kinda don't want you knowing anything else so uh, nope. *starts to walk away*

Parker: well it's hopeless to find out the rest, thats the only decoder i saw. I guess we should just throw the papers back in-

K: boo :>

Parker: GAH

K: i may know a little something about that code :)

Parker: how- i thought only two people knew it? Josh and alex-

K: the hell- why did you think alex was smart enough to learn a whole new language

Parker: err...

K: hes... not the lab partner josh was talking about.

Parker: then who is-

K: ...♌︎□︎⌘︎□︎📬

Josh: *puts water on the decoder to slowly break it*

Parker: Entry 13: isolation. the creatures... the experiment failed. it seems this is going to take longer than i thou-" Hey what- why is it back to symbols-

Parker: *in a fast voice* "Entry 10: the entitys have been put into isolation. it seems we need to think of a different way to create a living creature. what do you two think?" OK- WHAT.

Parker: "Entry 11: downfa-"

Josh: *sends water up to knock the paper out of her hands*

Parler: ...huh...? why is that the only paper he sends away-

Parker: "Entry number 10: this is surely interesting... corruptions has struck upon them. the first two have handplates and the others... not." what the hell is a handplate- is it to mark his creations? what happened to the rest of them?! AAAAA-

Alex: *peaks through door* jeez- you guys good? not to mention that you both have been in here for quite a while...?

Parker: yeah, we're fine, thanks!

Alex: ...kay.

💃dance💃

Josh: well, I see you have my decoder...? what did you guys se- *looks down* well thats unfortunate.

Parker: where did you send him- ...this one is odd. "Entry 8 - entitys. : I have successfully genetically created two living creatures. This experiment seems its gonna get a lot more... interesting." The heck- oh this ones right after. "Entry 9: all of them. their grip on their mortal plane is slowly fading, getting dark. darker. yet darker." so first he found out how to create a small living version of people... and tried to make a town with them? doesn't seem horrible... I think.

Josh: hey detectives.

Parker: .

Josh: what, you look like you've seen a ghost, heh.

Parker: It looks like his handwriting... hm? Entry 17 just says "well this sucks." I wonder what happened to the rest of the page... it looks ripped. find anything else...?

Parker: "Entry number 2. Readings: Negative. It seems the reactor has cooled since we last checked. Nothing to worry about, right? Yeah..." what reactor? what...oh. theres a note saying "you just got kris'd" at the bottom- what happened with entry 1...

Parker: hmm... *looks around* OH! we can switch it back to regular... *turns off the lab* GOT IT! why do the two people who know this language need a decoder... eh. *tosses it to devil* i dont know how to work this thing.

K: hey, don't ignore my pet rock. It has feelings too. :,>

Parker: hm. alright... do you have any idea we can decode this?

Parker: i... dont know. I never thought I'd get this far...? errr.... maybe theres more around the lab....

Josh: hey, nice papers you got there.

Parker: what is dark darker yet darker supposed to mean!?

Josh: you tell me, detective. Heh.

Parker: you really are no help-

Josh: who said i wanted yall going through my stuff?

Parker: i-

Parker: i have to decode these... one way or another. how about your pile that you snatched. whats in there?

K: my pet rock is down there. he can be your friend :>

K: *from upstairs* it means im staying 15 miles away from you at all times-

Parker: wow- that was an adventure. *looks at the papers* lets see... results of experiments, early robot design sketches... *looks at one of the experiment papers* uh, i found the code again... i think almost all of the experiments were written in this code... the only words i can make out are "Dark, Darker, Yet darker." the hell-