Strange Girl — Tentacle Mart V010

If you want to encounter the Strange Girl for yourself, follow these community guidelines:

If you manage to add the Strange Girl to your cart—a process that requires solving a captcha that asks “Are you sure?” with only a “No” button—the site plays a 10-second audio clip. It’s a voicemail. A young girl’s voice says: tentacle mart v010 strange girl

“Hi, this is Iris. I’m not at the terminal right now… or ever. But if you’re hearing this, v010 worked. Don’t let them scan me out. I like it here. The tentacles keep me company.” If you want to encounter the Strange Girl

Then, a manager’s voice (distorted, deep, wet) says: “Price check on aisle infinity.” “Hi, this is Iris

The most controversial discovery is a downloadable file hidden in the site’s /secret/checkout directory. The file is 10 MB. Antivirus software flags it as a “potential meme hazard” (a new classification). Those brave enough to run it in a VM report that a window pops up showing a digital pet—the Strange Girl—standing in a white void. You can feed her “time” (by keeping the program open) or “attention” (by clicking on her). After 10 hours, she says: “Thank you. I’m real now.”

The program then uninstalls itself.

In version 0.10, the Strange Girl does not appear immediately. You must typically meet specific criteria to trigger her spawn: