After School Logbook

Breaking News: Multiple reports across the city indicate that snowmen have come to life for unknown reasons. Citizens are urged to stop building snowmen to prevent the situation from worsening.

Due to limited funds, the church replaced the aging, poorly maintained organ pipes with choir members. The human-voiced organ sounded unexpectedly beautiful, turning the church into a well-known local attraction.

To help students deeply engage with scientific principles while developing risk assessment skills, the city science museum encourages hands-on interaction with exhibits. Any consequences are the student’s own responsibility.

“The latest Mortal Kombat arcade machine features extremely realistic physics simulation, delivering a shocking one-to-one–scale experience. It’s just that the new character’s model looks oddly similar to a classmate from the next class."

“For the first stop of our field trip, we arrived at the hot air balloon festival outside the city. For students short on cash, the organizers offered a special deal—volunteer to become part of a hot air balloon for a free ride!"

“During the last whale stranded incident, the aquarium’s fish escaped as well, causing heavy losses. To reopen, the management introduced numerous brand-new species——so unheard of that even marine biologists had never encountered them."

“For over a century, our factory has continuously produced Buddha statues for the city and has long been a well-known local specialty. To ensure the efficacy of statues, we always insisted on using freshly captured Buddhas as raw material.”

Hot Spring Rules
3. Before entering the bath, please make sure your companions are not made of cake, to avoid contaminating the spring water.

“—bzzzt… bzzzt… This is an emergency city broadcast… The Buddhas inside the statue factory have gone berserk, containment has failed… bzzzt… All residents, please proceed to the nearest shelter and remain there until containment is restored… bzzzt—”

“The long-abandoned school in the south has been converted into a zoo.
To showcase its history, an entire floor is dedicated to exhibiting Homo sapiens, allowing visitors to interact with children up close in this era of declining birth rates.”

■■ City Rules
8. If multiple shadows appear on the street, turn away from the light and move to the nearest shadow until the number of shadows returns to normal.

“—bzzzt— this is a city broadcast. Today’s reported number of anomalies is zero. Please stay safe during your commute and do not feel uneasy due to the absence of anomalies—bzzzt.”