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Sunday, April 27, 2025

The Adventures of Dr. Archibald Munk

 “I have found a bizarre universe of brightly colored horses about one half the size of other horses and yet seemingly at adult and seemingly beyond ages. The colors are fundamental to them and I suspect genetic as 3 equines I saw seemed to be colored in pharaoh blue. The equines exhibit full ranges of vocabulary & personality traits they are abled to speak in full proper english yet most proper nouns are lost to them. Personality traits are actively visible on the right thigh of the equines depicted as usually a single symbol. The equines conduct human society normally and grip with their teeth and front hooves. The universe is ruled by a female absolute monarch who bears the name of the heavens and is possibly the only pure white one among them and therefore is worshipped as a god. I spoke with 3 of them one was colored in a pale yellow & seemingly a woman her personality marking bore the symbol of a cello she greeted me and nothing more she looked rather alarmed when she trotted away. The second was a light purple dragon who questioned me with questions I did not understand he spoke considerably of “Tirek” I believe that may be their Lucifer. The third was a purple female equine who bore three pink stars as her personality she hollered something I could not hear a beam of light jutting out of her approximately 7 inch horn before I found myself back in my lab. I can recall no more”

[Notes Dr. Archibald Munk Universe traveler took on a universe he called “Equine Kingdom”]


“I found another universe covered sparsely by nearly ten foot tall Blue men who could not speak English they had black markings on their body wore no clothing except to cover the genitals which I do not believe they possessed. They worshipped a great green red wood a few thousand feet wide and I belive millions of feet tall. They are animist theologically and have no Lucifer Jesus or god except for the green redwood. They speak in their own language & I believe speak of themself as the “Nov-I”. Culturally they were rather primitive similar to the black Guinean culture and the culture of some Indians in northern areas of the America’s. I was found rather quickly and wrenched out of a large bush with with light green leaves that measured between one and four feet. I could find no other notes as I was nearly made to worship their god before I fell back into my office.”


[Notes Dr. Archibald Munk Universe traveler took on a universe he called “Backwards Blue Tribe”]


“I found another universe which was only a large forest of what I believe were spruce trees I walked for around a mile and one half before I came upon a clearing in the shape of a circle in the center was a blue platform with three segments increasing in height on the first segment around 89 vegetables I believe included radish & carrots but no fruit. The second column had various packs I could not see the contents of but were sitting in a way that allowed me to believe they were full of something likely rather heavy on the third highest column a variety of large knives that shined as if they were polished along with a variety of bats clubs and spears but I believe no long swords. Standing around the circle were at least 40 people 31 of which were European in nature the rest being African. the smallest was an African at around 4 feet and 5 inches the tallest was a European boy who looked to be 6 feet and 1 inch. They did not wander each was standing in a orderly circle suddenly a loud sound reminiscent of an alarm box but around an octave deeper. Then all of the young men and women who were both African and European some possibly North American came bounding toward the platform and they began violently attacking eachother a European girl around 5 feet and 4 inches was stabbed through the chest using a spear by the largest boy. Those who did not go to the third column were quickly hunted by those who did and a great primitive battle ensued by my count 4 died  and 6 were injured. I looked down for a moment onoy to find a large boy bounding in my direction he saw me and pulled back his arm to throw his spear but I fell into my lab as the spear left his right hand.”


[Notes Dr. Archibald Munk Universe traveler took on a universe he called “Unknown competition among serial killers”]


“I came to a universe which seemed rather strange. I was on a seat made of a tightly bound red fabric used as a cushion on a chair that turned in on itself using hinges when one stands up. This universe seemed to use iron as adornments on stage was a ballet there were four performers with varying levels of adornments indicating either that the adornments are a sign of high social stature or a sign of low social stature. The orchestra seemed to have varying levels of adornments some not made of iron some wore muffs over their ears meant I believe bizarrely to not allow themselves to hear their music a news bulletin about an escaped convict interrupted the performance as it was spoken of I could not concentrate because at least 15 men and 12 women of various levels of adornments some wearing frightening masks began to look at me suspiciously suddenly I heard a great crack from behind the stage and a man in a great many adornments some not made of iron some covering his head and considerable iron adornments. He was in height about 6 feet and no inches. He spoke very loudly and said he was a great emperor as he tore off his adornments suggesting to me that the adornments were a sign of low social status he then went to the orchestra and ordered them to take off their adornments he then danced with the ballerina with the second most adornments which he also threw off before a large woman in simplified clothing reminiscent of a Busniess man who had no decorum of a proper woman came down one isle with a firearm that could fire a bullet with the power of four which in shape looked to be a much shorter and longer musket. The woman who was not a lady then shot the emperor and the ballerina and ordered the orchestra to put back on their adornments I was then before she saw me with no adornments quickly dropped back into my lab”


[Notes Dr. Archibald Munk Universe traveler took on a universe he called “Visualized aristocratic system with significant antagonism among social classes”]


“I came to another universe I was in a room with white pads that did not feel like fabric and squished slightly this pattern of squares was mirrored on the left wall ceiling and ground except for on the right wall where a large window of dark ended glass was I heard a voice that came from a machine in the top right corner of the room that seemed to amplify or transport voices. The voice of an average man likely European told me of my own exploits and seemed rather displeased he got various details highly wrong and acted rather dismissively threatening that I would be beaten if I would not comply he then stopped speaking and a woman not a lady began to speak referring to me only as S C P number four thousand five hundred and one she requested I provide details of my experiments that would be very useful to Dr. Crumb who has yet to travel two far down the line of the great many universes that exist the woman also wished to know. If I could travel across time. I answered truthfully letting go of no secret to my trade and answering what I felt was the truth in all other inquires they seemed rather displeased though and sent 3 large hairless men all American or European who wished to beat me with short black clubs I drew the saber used only in emergencies the men fought rather well but I bested them not killing them before being sent to my office. I am reminded of a question the woman asked me she said why do I do what I do? I thought for quite a while and said “If I did not do what I do I would be but a man and there would be no reason for you to know of me”


[Notes Dr. Archibald Munk Universe traveler took on a universe he called “attempted apprehension”]


“I came upon a truly astounding universe which I believe was my own many years from now. just yesterday I found myself in a small room covered in a truly magnificent pure white tiling that when I touched it felt like marble in front of me was a kind of sink covered in the same marble tiling with two shining iron knobs on either side when I turned one clean fresh water came out really quite quickly and intensely. above the tiled sink was a rather simple mirror with no trimmings. On the edge of the tiled sink was a very unique box made of cardboard that shined in the dim light likely due to some chemical compound. It held 4 razor blades but the box in bright lettering said it came with five. I must say that it says something truly amazing about what western society may be that the human needs are provided for to such a degree that chemicals may be created for the express purpose of making disposable boxes shine. To the left of me was a rather normal doorway below me the tiles I had noticed were wet with fresh water I looked to my right and there was a rather simple tub overflowing with water and a woman unconscious within it at that exact time I was thrown back to my office. I do believe this was the future but I do not know why I have been shown this exact piece of the future”


[Notes Dr. Archibald Munk Universe traveler took on a universe he called “an extraordinary btu strange lavatory”]


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