4/19/1978:
Franklin asked me today, “Scott, are you sure you want to do this?” At this point I couldn’t stop, I had to continue with the experiment.
Today was the day that we began to use the water-metamorphosis solution on various mediums of water. We tested the liquid, gaseous, and solid forms. But, only the liquid seemed to get any movement. It made slight trembles, but nothing quite interesting yet.
4/25/1978:
Pursuing the experiment further, Franklin and I are looking at different ways to manipulate the liquid water in order to find any ways to make the water-metamorphosis effect more powerful. Lately we’ve noticed that the water is just too heavy. My associate Franklin is considering things like bubbles being better, but that’s ridiculous, they are far too fragile and don’t have a long lifetime before popping in the air.
4/26/1978:
I can’t believe it. Today Franklin brought a bottle of bubble solution and after dropping some of our water-metamorphosis solution, he blew into the circle on the stick and bubbles came out. But I noticed strange behaviors in the bubbles. First, they seemed almost magnetic to one-another, some grouping up. Secondly, the bubble masses began moving side to side regardless of any wind in the lab. After a few seconds they began popping of course, but this is a very large step in our water-metamorphosis experiment.
5/19/1978:
After the bubble experiment, Franklin and I have begun to investigate further, trying to make smaller and longer-lasting bubbles. So far, it seems the smaller they are, the faster they group. Late today, I tried making bubbles within a pool of water and the results were startling. For starters, it appears all the water needs is just air within the water in large groups to begin water-metamorphosis. Also, the bubbles created within the water lasted until they reached the top. Franklin went home already, I’m still at the lab working…
5/20/1978:
Things are gaining momentum fast. So far Franklin and I have begun trapping bubble under a glass bowl under the water, but what we need now is to make the bubbles even smaller. I have requested for a small can of compressed air. I’m planning on using the smallest nozzle I can think of.
5/23/1978:
I came back to the lab this morning to find several beakers destroyed. I know it couldn’t have been Franklin, since he was home sick all day. Throughout the day I had two more beakers break, seemingly randomly. I don’t understand, but I will continue to watch the bubbles under my microscope.
5/30/1978:
The water-metamorphosis is having a much more powerful effect than I thought. It seems to almost give the bubbles a mind of their own. Not only that, but these bubble masses almost look like they’re competing for any bubbles coming out of the small can of compressed air. Today I witnessed one mass completely ram into a second, generating enough kinetic energy to make the second mass fall apart immediately. Swarms of bubbles came to the area, looking for leftover bubbles. I do not fully understand, but I will continue researching.
6/7/1978:
I found out what’s causing these beakers to break. Early today I found a mass of bubbles that could propel a single bubble, almost like a missile. Some of these bubble missiles are going at extremely high speeds, high enough to crack, and break beakers within range. I am considering abandoning the project, since the water-metamorphosis is beginning to create what I believe might be a sign of man-made intelligence.
6/22/1978:
The project is abandoned. Today Frank and I bagged up everything, and went to a dump to drop off everything. However, we are keeping the water-metamorphosis solution here in the lab, for safety reasons.
6/29/1978:
The container that had the water-metamorphosis solution was gone this morning. I believe Franklin might have taken it. I asked him, but he won’t say anything today, and acts like he doesn’t know what I’m talking about.
7/3/1978:
This is very bad, today Franklin admitted to taking the container, but it broke while he was driving down the road. This was probably because the water-metamorphosis solution was able to find some moisture and create masses of bubbles that could shoot a bubble missile out of the glass container. Hopefully, none of the solution found it’s way onto the road and into the storm drains. I have decided I will have to monitor the storm drains and hope nothing has happened.
7/13/1978:
A specimen of water from the drains I collected had startling attributes. It was filled with tiny bubble masses that were fighting one another, almost like a war. Some were big, some were small, and some had different colored bubbles. I’m going to call these masses “Bubble Tanks” from now on. There must be some weird chemical in the storm drains that’s causing such a quick evolution of the bubble masses.
7/25/1978:
Franklin and I have come up with a plan to make sure the water-metamorphosis solution doesn’t do any damage to the city. We’re almost done with the preparations, and the real work begins tomorrow.
7/26/1978:
Our plan has been set into motion now. Since telling the city leaders about the recent experiments and mishaps would likely lead to Franklin’s and myself being fired, we’ve decided that we will have to do this covertly. The basic plan is very much like how a vaccine works, since the bubble masses appear to behave like a pathogen that can’t perform meiosis, this will work very nicely. We’ll try injecting a weaker version of the water-metamorphosis solution into a native fish to the area and hope that it can naturally create a way to fight back the masses of bubbles. A few hours ago, Franklin and I have just finished inserting the weak solution into the fish tanks. In a week from now, we’ll check out the fish and look for any that are still alive.