[h2][u][b]Expedition Team 9 (part 2)[/b][/u][/h2] [hider=AUDIO ENTRY #4] [silence] ... [soft sound of movement on grass and dirt] ... [color=hotpink]???:[/color] [giggles] [silence] ... [color=hotpink]???:[/color] [whispers] Shhhhhh~ don't tell anyone~ but I'll kill them all~ [girl giggles in background] ... [cut off] [/hider] [center] [hider=JOURNAL ENTRY #0] [img]https://image.ibb.co/dabhV6/Journal_1.png[/img] [/hider] [/center] [hider=AUDIO ENTRY #5] [color=green]Brad:[/color] Log entry 3. The day is Saturday, 16th of October, 2004. Just borrowed a portable microscope from Adam. Thanks, Adam. Won’t be able to progress without it. [color=f26522]Adam:[/color] No sweat, just return me later when you're done with it. I'll be back with Don and Charles over there... [voices of arguing in background] Jesus those two sons of b****** are at it again, I really hate my group. See you around Brad. [color=green]Brad:[/color] [laughs] Alright. [cut off] [color=green]Brad:[/color] Fucking no cell walls! How do the trees even stay in shape without?! [silence] [color=green]Brad:[/color] B-but the tree barks feel like wood... how can it have no cell walls at all? [cut off] [color=green]Brad:[/color] I still don't get it... they look so weird... the leaves, the bark... the periderm... is that chitin? But the cell arrangement does not resemble chitin in fungi cell wall at all... more like an exoskeleton of an arthropod? No no that's ridiculous... Grace specializes in invertebrate zoology, better ask her to have a look at this. [cut off] [/hider] [center] [hider=JOURNAL ENTRY #9] [img]https://image.ibb.co/nFTPtR/Journal_2.png[/img] [/hider][/center] [right][hider=PHOTO ENTRY #3] [img]http://eskipaper.com/images/red-forest-2.jpg[/img] [/hider][/right] [hider=AUDIO ENTRY #6] [sound of packing items in background] [color=green]Brad:[/color] Log entry 4. The day is Sunday, 17th of October, 2004. [color=8882be]???:[/color] Yes, they have the structure of an exoskeleton. These were from the tree barks? [color=green]Brad:[/color] Positive. I tried a few trees, and they are the same. Any idea about why they have it, Grace? [color=8882be]Grace:[/color] Well, for an arthropod, the exoskeleton is used primarily to harden the organism's body and protect it from extreme dehydration or getting too wet. A chitin exoskeleton however, does not grow with the arthropod because it is not a living thing. If the trees really have the same exoskeleton like arthropods, they will need to shed their skins from time to time. Have you seen any skins laying around so far? [color=f26522]Adam:[/color] [shout out from distance] Alright scientists, time to go! [color=green]Brad:[/color] I-I guess not. That means it's not exactly an exoskeleton? [shout back] And okay Adam! [color=8882be]Grace:[/color] I'm just as puzzled as you Brad. [cut off] [inaudible sound of arguments in background] [color=yellow]???:[/color] So you mean that all the plants here are red and have no cell walls? I've seen some green ones back in the embassy row [men shouting in background] Oh god... [shouts back] shut the fuck up boys!! I hope Don and Charles don't start arguing every few minutes. [color=green]Brad:[/color] [impatiently] Yes, the ones in the city were imported - Vincent told me about it... anyway Felice I've read your work on evolutionary biology and I would like to hear from your perspective. What could have caused this difference? [color=yellow]Felice:[/color] There is a lot of factors that can drive natural selection in a certain way, but it all comes back to survival of the fittest. So the key to understanding how a species evolve is to understand what it needs to do to survive. Does the survival feature aid in reproduction? [a fight broke off in background] Does it help better in catching its prey? [people shouting] You get the idea... What the fuck?! Stop it Don! Charles! [cut off] [/hider] [center] [hider=JOURNAL ENTRY #10] [img]https://image.ibb.co/bBoqYR/Journal_3.png[/img] [/hider] [hider=JOURNAL ENTRY #11] [img]https://image.ibb.co/icfetR/Journal_4.png[/img] [/hider] [hider=JOURNAL ENTRY #12] [img]https://image.ibb.co/kPC8oR/Journal_5.png[/img] [/hider] [/center] [right][hider=PHOTO ENTRY #4] [img]https://d2gg9evh47fn9z.cloudfront.net/800px_COLOURBOX22005771.jpg[/img] [/hider][/right] [hider=AUDIO ENTRY #7] [color=green]Brad:[/color] Log entry 5. The day... 20th of October, 2004. It's a Wednesday. [color=yellow]Felice:[/color] Dude, you are seriously doing it now? [color=green]Brad:[/color] ...I'm just trying to do something to keep myself sane. I really want to believe what just happened... [color=peru]Ivan:[/color] Someone needs to keep records i-in case we~ [color=00BFFF]Emily:[/color] Ivaaan~! You will scare the girl. [color=peru]Ivan:[/color] AND [sarcastic] you are saying she's afraid of my words, but not all the blood in the tent. [color=00BFFF]Emily:[/color] [annoyed] Oh my god seriously you kno~ [color=yellow]Felice:[/color] Okay kids!! Don't start again now... we all went through enough for today. [silence] [color=yellow]Felice:[/color] Alright Emily come with me I'll help you with the kid... Ivan can you help with rationing the food? Those two bastard guards took so much off our food supplies when they abandoned us. We really have to make sure we have enough till we get saved. [color=peru]Ivan:[/color] ...sorry Felice. Sorry Emily. Okay I will do that. [footsteps] [color=yellow]Felice:[/color] And carry on Brad, I'm really sorry for being insensitive. We all need time to calm down. [footsteps and silence] [cut off] [/hider] [hider=AUDIO ENTRY #8] [color=green]Brad:[/color] Log entry 6. Wednesday, 20th of October, 2004. [silence] [color=green]Brad:[/color] It is really hard to find words on how to say it but... [silence] [color=green]Brad:[/color] First we lost Helen yesterday. She went missing trying to find Grace herself. And... [silence] [color=green]Brad:[/color] ...Adam killed Charles and Don. [sad laugh] [silence] [color=green]Brad:[/color] It is... really hard to digest the news. I still don't want to bellieve everything that happened today. [color=green]Brad:[/color] So we all woke up wondering why Adam's group never came out from their tent... Adam's always the early bird... [color=green]Brad:[/color] I was the one checking first... and there was blood and ... body parts everywhere in the tent... They were all dismembered. [silence] [color=green]Brad:[/color] Adam was there sitting in the middle of the tent. Blood all over him and a hunting knife... I was shocked and looked at him, hoping it was some kind of joke. He simply smiled and looked back, just staring. Then I asked him what happened, a-and what he he said... [silence and chuckles] [color=green]Brad:[/color] [indent][h3]With all the meat in his mouth, he laughed and said, "They are better off being food than teammates"... [/h3][/indent] [cut off] [/hider] [hr] [hider=Afterthought] Who was the person giggling in one of the audio entries? What happened to the missing food rations? Where are the missing people? Why did Adam kill the two guys? What exactly is happening in the mysterious forest? [/hider]