8 June, 20██
I finally decided to go through Mark's things. If I didn't today, I don't know if I ever would have. Everything has been harder since he passed. [IRELEVANT DATA EXPUNGED] I found a big box that was completely empty, except for a pyrex beaker. It was just sitting there, right in the center of it. I took it home and washed it out, maybe Mark had a special attachment to it?
10 June, 20██
I don’t think I washed out that beaker enough, there was probably some chemicals left in it from an experiment Jeffery had done. When I woke up this morning it was filled with yellow gas. I took it outside and got rid of the gas, then washed it out more. I’m certain there are not any more chemicals in it, but I’m still planning on leaving it outside for the time being.
12 June, 20██
Again, more yellow gas in the beaker. I did some research and I think it’s fluorine? It's heavier than air so at least I know that. I have no idea why this keeps happening. I’m going to leave the gas in there tonight and see if anything else happens.
13 June, 20██
Well, the gas is gone today and I'm not sure why. What was Mark doing with this beaker?
14 June, 20██
Ok, now I’m freaked out. There’s this shiny soft material in it now. I think it’s sodium, but I have no clue how it got there. I read that sodium's super reactive, so I’m just going to leave it in the beaker for now.
15 June, 20██
It didn’t seem to change yesterday, but I think that it turned into aluminum last night. I’m pretty sure this beaker is changing the elements that are in it every night? That would explain what's happening, but how?
16 June, 20██
I’ve decided. I’m going to leave this thing alone, and hopefully, it will turn into gold eventually. I don't care how it works if it can make me some cash. Maybe that's why mark had this thing!
20 August, 20██
Well, it finally made gold. I know for a fact now that it's changing the elements every night. This gold has to be worth a ton, but now I've got to figure out how to spend it without being suspected of money laundering. I'm definitely going to keep doing this, even if I can't spend it right now, gold's gold!
19 February, 20██
I left that damn beaker alone for way too long. I can't even remember when I last emptied it, but now its made some grey metal. Hopefully, it’s not dangerous because I think I need to take it out. I don't know what'll happen if I leave this thing much longer.
20 February, 20██
Well, nothing happened to me yesterday when I took that metal out of the beaker. That gave me a good enough scare that I'm not quite sure if I want to keep using this thing.
24 March, 20██
I've been feeling sick lately. My head hurts, I've been coughing, and my stomach's killing me. It's probably just the flu, I've had it before and I was ok, but I've got a strange feeling that this is something worse.
2 April, 20██
I finally decided to go to the doctor, and it’s not looking too good for me. I was given an MRI and CT scan, and apparently, I have cancer in my brain, lungs, and colon. They’ve got no idea how it all got there, but I don’t have too much longer to live. It had to have been something with that beaker and the metal in it. I wasn’t careful enough and now look at me.