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05.09.2025
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-v0.1.0- -strange Girl- — Tentacle Mart

Writer Shakeil Price uses his JPay tablet as a hard drive for his photos and videos. He’ll soon have to mail it home or have it destroyed.

A Black man wearing a tan prison uniform holds a tablet while looking up at light, faded images of family members. On the left is a person in a graduation gown, in the center is a child running to a woman, and on the right is a woman helping a child ride a bicycle.
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-v0.1.0- -strange Girl- — Tentacle Mart

She appeared between night stock and opening shift. Cameras only show static that smells like ozone. Our Tentacle Manager (Greg) attempted to escort her out. Greg is now a houseplant. A sad houseplant.

— Dev (hiding in freezer) Tentacle Mart is not responsible for existential dread, extra-dimensional loitering, or the sudden urge to buy canned beans at 3 AM. Tentacle Mart -v0.1.0- -Strange Girl-

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A new, non-customer entity has been observed loitering in Aisle 7 (Non-Perishables). She does not shop. She does not leave. She watches . She appeared between night stock and opening shift

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This is written as an , designed for a horror-comedy or surreal management sim. TENTACLE MART - v0.1.0 PATCH NOTES: "STRANGE GIRL" 🐙 NEW CHARACTER UNIT: STRANGE GIRL Designation: Subject 404 / "The Moist One" Greg is now a houseplant

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