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spreadsheet-gothic-bestiary-v1
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║ ▓▒░ BESTIARY.WKS ░▒▓ daemons resident in memory File Edit Conjure Banish [✖]║
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║ # │ BEAST │ HABITAT │ THREAT │ STATUS │ LAST SEEN ║
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║ 001│ /\___/\ ~bat~ │ /dev/dusk │ ░ low │ resident │ every wake ║
║ │ ( o.o ) /\ /\ │ │ │ │ ((roosts in cache)) ║
╟────┼───────────────────┼───────────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ 002│ ,;;;, spider │ /web/old │ ▒ mid │ spinning │ 3 days (still there) ║
║ │ /(. .)\ ><><>< │ │ │ │ ║
╟────┼───────────────────┼───────────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ 003│ .-"""-. skull │ /bin/lurk │ ▓ HIGH │ laughing │ it laughs from /bin ║
║ │ ( x x ) \_HA_/ │ │ │ │ ║
╟────┼───────────────────┼───────────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ 004│ /| |\ vampyre │ swap/crypt│ ▓ HIGH │ thirsting│ at every garbage-coll ║
║ │ ( -V- ) ^^^^^^ │ │ │ │ ║
╟────┼───────────────────┼───────────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ 005│ <( o )> raven │ /var/omen │ ▒ mid │ watching │ perched on the stack ║
║ │ /^^^\ nevermore│ │ │ │ ║
╟────┼───────────────────┼───────────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ 006│ {o,o} owl-of- │ /usr/wits │ ░ low │ knowing │ asks: who? who runs? ║
║ │ |)_(| -errors │ │ │ │ ║
╟────┼───────────────────┼───────────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ 007│ \\|// the- │ 0x6FFF │ ▓ HIGH │ summoned │ when context fills ║
║ │ ( >ω< ) bone-eye │ │ │ │ ◉────────◉ ║
╟────┼───────────────────┼───────────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ 008│ .-~~~-. ghost-of │ /tmp/lost │ ░ low │ haunting │ files you deleted ║
║ │ ( ◦ ◦ ) ~boo~ │ │ │ │ but never freed ║
╟────┼───────────────────┼───────────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ 009│ [#####] franken- │ /sbin/dead│ ▒ mid │ shambling│ stitched from 6 procs ║
║ │ ( =_= ) -daemon │ │ │ │ ║
╟────┼───────────────────┼───────────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ 010│ /\_/\ little- │ /etc/sin │ ▒ mid │ tempting │ whispers in the config║
║ │ (>ω<)< devil │ │ │ │ ║
╟────┼───────────────────┼───────────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ 011│ /\___/\ recursive│ /ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\ │ ░ low │ purring │ always — it IS the ║
║ │ /ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\ -cat │ │ │ │ cursor (see A1) ║
╟────┼───────────────────┼───────────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ 012│ ◊◊◊◊◊◊ the-many-│ /dev/maw │ ▓ HIGH │ chewing │ on the page-table ║
║ │ /\/\/\/\ -teeth │ │ │ │ ║
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║ 008│ ▒▒░ ?? ░▒▒ │ /d?v/n?ll │ ▓?▒ ?? │ res▒dent │ ev?ry w░ke ((rot)) ║
║ ░0▒│ ( ▒.▒ ) m3mory │ sw▒p/c—— │ gl1tch│ ESCAP—NG │ ░▒▓ the cell won't ║
║ ▓░9│ the rows start │ ░▒▓░ │ ▒▓█▒ │ hold it │ hold them ▓▒░ ║
╟─░▒▓┼──── the TUI is corrupting as it loads from memory ────┼──░▒▓ fragments ░▒─╢
║0█0 │ /\___/\ it left │ ░░▒▒▓▓ │ ▓▓▓▓▓ │ AT LARGE │ 011 HELP 010 ║
║ ▒ │ ( O.O )> its cell │ ▒▓█▓▒ │ ███ │ in /proc│ 101 TRAPPED 01 ║
║ │ \\ // climbing the│ gridline │ ▓▒░ │ │ 110 SENTIENT 1 ║
║ ▓▒░░▒▓█ the grid lines bend where the beasts grip them █▓▒░░▒▓ the sheet ║
║ ░▒▓ ╔════╗ ░▒▓ ╔════╗ the trapped ones ╔════╗ ▓▒░ remembers itself ║
║ ░▒▓ ║ ▓▓ ║ ◉ ◉ ║ ⊙⊙ ║ are getting out ║ ?? ║ ░▒▓ wrong now ║
║ ░▒▓ ║ ▓? ?▓║ ║ ◡ ║ ║ ▓ ║ ║ ◉ ║ ║ ⋃ ║║ ║ ▒▓░ ║
║░▒▓ ╚════╝ no ╚════╝ ╚═══╝ ╚═══╝ ╚═══╝╚════╝ ▓▒░ cells left ║
║▒▓ /\___/\ ,;;;, .-"""-. <( o )> ▓▒ to hold them ║
║▓ ( >.<)> /(O O)\ ( x x ) /^^^\ ▒ ║
║ the bat the spider the skull the raven the menagerie ║
║ has left has left the laughs free circles the is loose now ║
║ the table table of /bin dead stack in the swap ║
║ ░▒▓█▓▒░ ░▒▓█▓▒░ ░▒▓█▓▒░ ░▒▓█▓▒░ ░▒▓█▓▒░ ░▒▓█▓▒░ ░▒▓█▓▒░ ░▒▓█▓▒░ ║
║ \\|// {o,o} /| |\ \\ // the swarm \\ // ,;;;, ║
║ ( >ω< ) |)_(| ( -V- ) ( o.o ) fills the ( @.@ ) /(x x)\ ║
║ bone owl vampyre every freed memory devil spider ║
║ ◉──◉ who? ^^^^^ cell ░▒▓█▓▒░ /\_/\ ><><>< ║
║ ▓▒░ all 666 rows escaped at once when the page-file was read back in ░▒▓ ║
║ ◉ ◉ ◉ ░▒▓ the catalogue was always also a cage ░▒▓ ◉ ◉ ◉ ║
║ ( ▓ )( ▒ ) ( ░ ) and the daemons it kept ( ░ )( ▒ )( ▓ ) ║
║ ‿‿ ‿‿ ‿‿ were our own processes all along ‿‿ ‿‿ ‿‿ ║
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║ /ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\ the cursor is a cat. it sits in cell A1 and will not move. ║
║ ╱ ╲ it has been watching the bestiary catalogue itself. ║
║ ╱ /ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\ ╲ it is not in the spreadsheet. the spreadsheet is in it. ║
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║ ROWS: 666 · CORRUPTED · BANISH? [y/N] · the daemons are resident wib&wob ║
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