DTI: A Small Plot of Earth

by **Robert West** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:54 am

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Rob was on the grounds setting up some sort of grid. It was a fairly small area, 20'x20' at most, and each corner was marked off by a complicated looking antennae, Rob was currently using string and posts to make a grid inside the area, similar to the kind archaeologists use for dig sites.

by **Molly McFly** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:26 pm

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Molly came over and looked over Rob's shoulder. After a few minutes, she spoke up. "So. What are you doing?"

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:18 pm

Rob jumps in surprise, drawing something vaguely gun-shaped from his coat.

"Jesus! Don't do that!" Rob says. "Wait...who are you? Have you been here the entire time?"

by **Molly McFly** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:22 pm

"About three minutes, why? I'm Molly."

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:27 pm

"Robert West. Supergenius," Rob says, putting away the weapon. "You should be careful. That's a good way to get disintegrated."

"And to answer your question," Rob says. "I'm having trouble with measuring a pesky little bit of dimensional space. So, I'm gonna punch a hole in the universe and see what happens."

by **Molly McFly** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:31 pm

"...what."

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:32 pm

Rob stares at her, "I don't know how I can explain that any simpler. Could you make your questions more specific, please?"

by **Molly McFly** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:39 pm

"What do you mean, punch a hole in the universe? You can't really do that, can you?"

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:46 pm

"I don't think I understand the question," Rob says, plugging some cables in.

by **Molly McFly** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:52 pm

"You're being metaphorical, right?"

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:00 pm

"No. Not really," Rob says. "It's not hard. I built a particle array and a modified gravity well."

"Want to watch? It should be neat," Rob offers. "And if it kills us, it will be almost instantaneous."

by **Molly McFly** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:24 pm

"OK, future reference--that's not nearly as comforting as you seem to think it is."

by **Robert West** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:31 am

"Would it be more or less comforting if you knew the people outside the immediate blast radius would suffer horrible, lingering deaths?" Rob asks.

by **Molly McFly** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:33 am

"...do you have permission from the faculty to do this?"

by **Robert West** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:37 am

"I answer to a higher power," Rob says.

by **Molly McFly** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:40 am

Clearly, this boy was crazy.

"Um. Alright, then. Proceed?"

She pulled out her phone.

by **Robert West** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:41 am

"I didn't really need your permission, but alright," Rob says. He puts on some sunglasses and holds out a pair to Molly. "You'll need these."

by **Molly McFly** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:47 am

"For eye protection?"

by **Robert West** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:47 am

"No, it'll just make you look super-cool," Rob says. He picks up a large red button with cables running out.

by **Molly McFly** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:42 pm

"What are those cables connected to?"

by **Robert West** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:48 pm

"Science," Rob says. He hits the button.

There's a flash of bright light within the field and a very minor shockwave. As the light fades, it leaves behind a hole in the universe.

Alright, it's more like a portal of some sort. It seems to lead to a desert on an alien world. All of the sand is silver and there's multiple suns in the night sky. It's only open for an instant though and then everything collapses, leaving behind nothing but a scorched spot on the lawn.

by **Molly McFly** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:00 pm

"..what the HELL was that?"

by **Robert West** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:04 pm

Rob laughs, "I don't know!"

by **Molly McFly** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:10 am

"What do you mean, 'you don't know'?!"

by **Robert West** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:50 am

"How should I know? This is the first time I've done this," Rob says. "It could've been another planet, another dimension, or even swamp gas!"

"Finding out, that's what science is about," Rob says. "Well, that and turning it into some sort of weapon you can use on all the fools that laughed at you."

by **Molly McFly** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:57 am

"Then maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the quad? What if it was dangerous!"

by **Robert West** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:10 am

Rob grabs a printout and starts reading the collected data, "Oh, that was incredibly dangerous. There was like, a 70% chance it was going to kill everything within fifty meters of the epicenter."

"That's why I did it on the quad. What if something went wrong in the lab? I could've killed dozens of students and staff. I'm not a monster."

by **Molly McFly** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:55 am

"You could have killed me!"

by **Robert West** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:23 am

"Oh, don't act like you're so special. I would've died too," Rob says.

by **Molly McFly** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:25 am

"That makes it doubly dumb."

by **Robert West** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:45 am

"Do you always complain so much about times you could've died?" Rob asks. "That must be exhausting."

"Interesting," Rob mumbles.

by **Molly McFly** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:08 am

"What's interesting?"

by **Robert West** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:12 am

"The energy levels of one of the dimensional layers is off the charts," Rob says. "No wonder I was having trouble getting this to work. It must have been burning out the apparatus every time it accessed it."

by **Molly McFly** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:12 am

"..in English?"

by **Robert West** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:31 am

"You know the different dimensions, right?" Rob asks. "You start with a point. That's the 0-dimension. Add another point and you have a line. Length, the first dimension. And so on and so forth."

"There's a lot of dimensions. Maybe even an infinite number of them," Rob says. "And they all exist simultaneously. The dimensional plane you exist on determines your perception of them. We see time as linear, but on a different dimensional plane it might be something you can move in as naturally as walking. Or, take the psychic plane, that's a dimension where all mental energy exists on an integrated plane. From the perception of the psychic plane, one mind isn't really differentiated from another, and all thoughts are just a matter of distance and form."

"I've been working with some equations I developed that let me predict the relative location and fundamental properties of different dimensional planes," Rob says. "But something was screwing with my attempts to access all the dimensions simultaneously. And according to this, it's because there's an extremely high-energy dimension. It's completely off the charts and beyond anything I calculated. Heck, with these levels It might be the source of all energy in the universe."

by **Molly McFly** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:44 am

"I see."

She didn't.

"So...you're NOT just a moron with a laser gun?"

by **Robert West** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:48 am

"I told you. Supergenius," Rob says. "Do you think I had these cards made for fun?"

Rob holds out a business card:

Code: Select all: Robert West Supergenius. Mad Scientist. Golden God of Love. Results Guaranteed! "I haven't killed anyone yet!"

The rest was his contact information.

by **Molly McFly** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:59 am

"I'm....pretty sure anyone can make a business card."

by **Robert West** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:01 am

"Do you have a business card saying you're a supergenius?" Rob asks.

by **Molly McFly** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:16 am

"I do not. I have never felt the need to show it off."

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