[usual anonymous handwriting]

[cnflctofintrst.livejournal.com]

If you remember any of these details, please reply with the following information:

An estimate of how much time passed between nightfall and when you lost consciousness
How many people you traveled with, if you left your room
Where you traveled
Any monsters you encountered

I'll be using the info to figure out what variables affect the institute's time dilation.  If I'm right, we'll be able to maximize the time we're conscious and plan around predictable pitfalls.

If you couldn't keep track of time last night, please do so tonight.  I'll be collecting data for three days before posting the results.

[added slightly later]

If you're unable to answer the first question because you found it unusually difficult to keep track of time, please note that as well.

Comments

[strikes are still fairly visible]

[kagurazuki.livejournal.com]

Um... I'm not really sure how long it was. Maybe an hour or so? We talked in my room for a little while and then we tried going upstairs. We went all the way down the hall and found an old looking mail room, but there was a really, really, really gross spider in there! Not like a tiny little one you could step on, but like HUUUUUUUGE!! It was totally GROSS!! And it landed RIGHT ON ME!!! AND IF I EVER SEE IT AGAIN I'LL DO MORE THAN JUST BEAT IT TO DEATH WITH ITS OWN LEGS! I'LL KILL YOU, YOU STUPID BUG!!! It's enough to make you never wanna go out at night again! Ugh! I hate this place!!

Re: [strikes are still fairly visible]

[bewarethecute.livejournal.com]

An icky bug attacked us too. It was gross. And it hurt.

Re: [strikes are still fairly visible]

[kagurazuki.livejournal.com]

Ew... they're all over the place, I hate them!!

[still anon]

[cnflctofintrst.livejournal.com]

Were you in the mail room or one of the adjacent storage rooms as well?

[still anon]

[cnflctofintrst.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the information.

If the spider was anatomically similar a normal Earth spider, the easiest way to kill it would be to force something long into one of its eyes, aiming back towards the bulk of its body. That's where the brain should be located. If the thickness of the exoskeleton is proportional that of a normal spider, its armor would be about three times as hard to break as human bone. The eyes are the only unprotected parts near anything vital.

Re: [still anon]

[kagurazuki.livejournal.com]

EW! That's really disgusting!

[himetsuru.livejournal.com]

But very efective. You aren't afraid of getting some eye gunk on your hands are you?

[kagurazuki.livejournal.com]

Eye gunk?! EW!!! I don't want to touch anything's eye gunk! Especially not a big nasty SPIDER!!! YUCK!!

[himetsuru.livejournal.com]

If its eye gunk or your life, which would you choose?

[kagurazuki.livejournal.com]

Can't I kill it and not get eye gunk all over me?! What's plan C?!

[himetsuru.livejournal.com]

Hopefully you can kill it without getting eye gunk all over you, but to prolong your life, you may have to resolve yourself to getting eye gunk on yourself.

You can always freak out over the nastiness of it after the spider is dead. Then wash your hands.