Gosh pearline! You're so brilliantly brave. Be careful though, I don't want to know how I would act if you disappeared! Please, prioritise self-safety.

-Kayla

MORMO. God, I hate those guys.

After mopping up on the moon, I got myself on the surveillance team tracking MORMO. We started on Ganymede, following up on the tips from their ambassador. From there, we followed a network of self-destructed orbital bases across the Jovian system, through the depths of interplanetary space, and out to Saturn. From there, the trail went cold. Real cold. Specifically, the Ice Caverns of Enceladus.

We explored the caverns for weeks on foot, trudging through crystalline rivers and forests of icicle stalagmites in our Heavy EVA suits. Even sleeping in those damn things, drinking our own recycled urine, staked out like statues in the shadows in those caves when it was time for sleep.

The Heavy EVA suits don't protect you from everything though, and there are creatures in those caverns that can cut through you like a jackknife through a pop can. The Mammoth Ice Tigers, the Walrus-Tusked Snow Snakes, even the Ice Skates can swipe you with their tails and break your leg without even thinking about it. But, it's a protected Galactic Directorate Nature Preserve, so we couldn't use our weaponry directly on them. And I don't like killing anyway. But a well-placed shot with a laser carbine can create a lot of chaos when you're in an Ice World.

But by the time we located the MORMO base, they had already evacuated. Nothing left but a radiation level that makes my hair curl just thinking about it. The Psy Corps team leader was gracious enough to let me follow a hunch about where they'll pop up next.

My guess: Antarctica. Back on Earth. They already had the gear, but need to regroup somewhere close to home. I guess I'm still assuming Earth is where MORMO's from. So I'm running a systematic (and stealthy) drone reconnaissance of the most likely spots for a MORMO Antarctic base. I can run them all off my phone, so it's really convenient.

In the meantime, I got called back by the local yokel Psy Corps branch back at ol' Psyhigh, on an apparent gang violence case at a dance. Looks like the cyborgs had it out for the were-squirrels and somebody let loose a Stink-Ape? I'll let Barney Fife and the rest of the Mayberry division take care of that.

What I'm after is MORMO.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Annual Science and Shapeshifters Dance last weekend. Spirits were certainly running high after our tremendous win over Mystic High at the Mayan Mind Wrestling match!

The school would also like to thank @Pearline for helping to bring the demon Stanley Floyd to justice. The school is unable to discuss its long-term relationship with the demon Stanley Floyd as it is our policy not to discuss ongoing investigations.

And how about those "beats?" We were blessed to have the artistic retro-Soviet genetic disco patterns provided by @Gene Sequins, taking a break from the festival circuit in Eastern Europe. We've been unable to locate Gene following the dance, so if anyone sees him, please let him know that his check is waiting for him in the administration building.

Sincerely,

Big Jim
Student Activities Coordinator
Class of '99

OMG @Pearline, it keeps happening!!!

I was with Kyle again last night, and I was trying to tell him about my shapeshifting symptoms but I was too shy. It's also hard because my symptoms only seem to manifest when I'm around him. And the closer I get to him, the more my symptoms increase. It's like, uncontrollable.

So, last night, when I was trying to tell him how I felt, it's like my tongue got extra big in my mouth and I couldn't talk... and I could feel the shapeshifting starting to happen, so I started to take off my shirt. I just couldn't help it! It's like the shapeshifting possesses me when I'm around him.

But, it totally freaked Kyle out! He said it was "happening too fast" by which I assume he means the shapeshifting transformation process, and he got up all flustered and left.

What am I going to do @Pearline??? Is there some antidote? I'm still too embarrassed to go to the infirmary to see the nurse.

Would you like for me to talk to the nurses for you, @Sarah Tonin? They'll TOTALLY understand. They're cool like that.

LOCUS GXP_170357 743 bp DNA
Report to: MORMO HQ Earth B-138
Agent: Gene Sequins
Security Clearance: Magma Horseshoe 999

REGARDING denial of extraction request for:
/organism="@Kayla May"
/../\../m.cagctcgtca>ref9*
/organism="@Silverfawn"
/../\../m.aaaaaacata>ref7*

DEFINITION loc=GXL_141619|sym=TPH2|geneid=121278|acc=GXP_170357|
taxid=9606|spec=Homo/Psycho Sapiens|chr=12|ctg=NC_000012|str=(+)|
start=70618393|end=70619135|len=743|tss=501,632|
homgroup=4612|promset=1|descr=tryptophan hydroxylase 2|
comm=GXT_2756574/AK094614/632/gold;
GXT_2799672/NM_173353/501/bronze

ACCESSION GXP_170357 Psychic Hominid Genome withheld until MORMO grants extraction request. Resequencing/eradication event at locus/coordinate Psychic High School B-138 on standby until MORMO grants extraction request.

BASE COUNT 216 a 180 c 147 g 200 t

ORIGIN SAMPLE PSYCHIC HOMINID GENOME
1 TTGATTACCT TATTTGATCA TTACACATTG TACGCTTGTG TCAAAATATC ACATGTGCCT
61 TATAAATGTG TACAACTATT AGTTATCCAT AAAAATTAAA AATTAAAAAA TCCGTAAAAT
121 GGTTTAAGCA TTCAGCAGTG CTGATCTTTC TTAAATTATT TTTCTAATTT TGGAAAGAAA

REMAINDER OF PSYCHIC HOMIND GENOME withheld in secure encryption vessel until extraction request fulfilled

Dear Somebody,
*background noise of an infomercial* I've never watched television before; it's enthralling. Claude and I spent the whole day watching our new TV and eating sprinkles. Well, I was eating sprinkles. He was eating codfish. But still. We don't have cable or dish or Webflix, but I did borrow an old soviet antennae I found in the cafeteria where the dance was held, and if I balance the right number of socks on it, I can get most channels. I think it might possibly have belonged to @Gene Sequins, but I can't remember for sure. Unfortunately, er, luckily, whenever @Matching by Mattie is 25.333333% here or more, she insists on watching "Project Runaway" which is a show where orphans are taken off the street and given the newest clothes of high fashion and a bowl of soup. The fashionista who has the best dressed orphan wins the show. Or at least, I think that's what the show is about.
*sound of channel changing* *twittering birds are heard*
*sigh* Claude just changed it to "House Birds of New England". This show is really noisy and unpleasant; I think I prefer "Catman the Animated Series". Unfortunately I can only watch that show at dawn with four green socks and a grapefruit balanced on the antennae. Oh well.

In other news I- *twittering of birds is suddenly replaced by high pitched static* *robotic voice is heard speaking* Transmission Incoming: Please Enter Identification, Level Mag--
*Nobody gets up and takes off left sock* *sock is balanced on antennae* *static is heard again* *chattering of birds resumes*

The TV keeps doing that for some reason. I think it keeps tuning into radio station of the Ancient Mayan Prayer Group or something. This morning I think it said something about "request granted" and "proceed". I think. Maybe I should light my black candles tonight. Just in case.

Farewell for now,
Nobody

In case you all are wondering, no, I am no longer freaking out about the re-sequencing. Why? I've figured it out.
Something is wrong with the gene pool. And MORMO has decided eliminate the flaws. Two students at PsyHigh, @Kayla May and @Silverfawn, have "perfect genes," or genes that can be used to re-sequence the universe. So if my calculations are correct, for most of us it will only hurt for one tiny second, and then the universe will be back to normal again. Unfortunately, for Kay and Silverfawn it might take a bit longer. But who knows? It really depends on what dimension they get cast into.
So stop losing your cool. It's just science.

_countdown: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Open to: rmc://IronTorrentSemiconductor
source 1..3630528
/strain="Sumbarine Nanoball"
/db_xref="taxon:MoogMother32 "

SCP_Secure_Systems_v.272727
WARNING: Magma Horseshoe 999 Authorization Required

two_step_auth_command.bui

Username: a222kstw
Password: ******************

ACCESS TO SYSTEM

> /usr/dark-gene-bank/999
> ls
> GXP_170357_Psychic_Hominid_Genome.gz
> get GXP_170357_Psychic_Hominid_Genome.gz
> DOWNLOADING GXP_170357_Psychic_Hominid_Genome.gz
> DOWNLOAD COMPLETE
> rm *.*
> ls
>
> exit

@Gene Sequins PWND!

I won't do it @Kayla May I won't let them.
whatever the @Gene Sequins do.. I won't transcribe. I swear it on my very first two leaves! I can still use the left over [daNcedaNcedaNce], maybe my roots can shake it off... shake it off.. shake, shake...

I sent my emergency help droplet gene [SOS] to the new machine the other day whilst I still had energy. I can only hope they got it. I translated it for them as best as I could under the circumstances:
DNA: TACGTACGGGATGGGACT
mRNA: /AUG / CAU/ GCC/ CUA/CCC/UGA
Amino Acid: /start/ Histidine/ Alanine/ Leucine/ Proline /stop/

And again.
His Ala Leu Pro
His Ala Leu Pro

His
Ala
Leu
Pro

Aaah, I've been force fed silver and nanowhatsits with tryptophan hydroxylase.. why does it, how does it... it tastes so good. The shudders... AaaaaTTGATTACCT TATTTGATCA TTACACATTG TACGCTTGTG TCAAAATATC ACATGTGCCT - No! my polymerase! - TATAAATGTG TACAACTATT AGTTATCCAT AAAAATTAAA AATTAAAAAA TCCGTAAAAT GGTTTAAGCA TTCAGCAGTG CTGATCTTTC TTAAATTATT TTTCTAATTT TGGAAAGAAA TTGATTACCT TATTTGATCA TTACACATTG TACGCTTGTG - Is this the end? - TCAAAATATC ACATGTGCCT TATAAATGTG TACAACTATT AGTTATCCAT AAAAATTAAA AATTAAAAAA TCCGTAAAAT GGTTTAAGCA TTCAGCAGTG CTGATCTTTC TTAAATTATT TTTCTAATTT TGGAAAGAAA......

.......GGT...TTAA////GCA TTCAGCAG///TG CTG......ATCTTT///C TTAAATTATT TTTC///TAATTT TGG////AAAGAAA

Something's...... something's terminating for me.. is that..? .. you're twitching.