I2DT - In a Nutshell

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:49 pm

There's a faint blue glow hanging over everything in the workshop from the holographic displays of all the workstations being turned on. They all display similar things, intersecting grids representing planes that bend and twist as rows of numbers change and pour down the display. Every workstation is displaying a different configuration as Ashlie stand in the middle of the room, turning her head from one to he other.

In the back of the room a circular section of grass sits among a collection of beacons and machinery. The results (Heather and Nina aside) of Rob's experiment. Ashlie has determined the physical location from which they had been pulled and is now trying to work out the specifics of the exact time. It's easy enough to determine the time down to the minute, but unfortunately that still leaves a pretty massive window when one is dealing with fluctuations based on fractions of a millisecond. But somewhere in there is a formula for calculating space-time curvature and she's going to find it. Or at least enough data-points to begin work on one.

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by **Will Stanton** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:36 am

Will knocked on the door.

"There was a note saying you wanted to see me, Ashley?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:48 am

Ashlie looks up at Will for a moment, a somewhat mechanical gesture that seems mostly for Will's benefit to inform him that she's noticed his presence.

"Ah, yes, come in Will. I'm just running some numbers right now."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:53 am

"Horse racing?" Will asked, coming in. "Got some money on someone?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:55 am

"No, but if I wanted to elaborate we'd be here a while. They're dimensional readings."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:59 am

"Oooh, dimensions. Looking for more imp-pixies?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 3:34 am

"Absolutely not. I'm just trying to understand how it works so I have a starting point from which to deduce a way to keep things like that from happening."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:08 am

"Ooh, good call.

Though I thought that was what Sean was for?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:33 am

"Dimensional mechanics aren't controlled by candles and chanting. I appreciate what he does, but it's horribly unscientific."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:37 am

"Science has it's uses, I'm sure."

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:21 am

"I won't even dignify that with a response." she smirks faintly. "But I didn't ask you here to discuss the merits of science. My search filters came across an interesting piece of news earlier." she says and one of the displays changes from dimensional calculations to that of a younger, brown-haired Will.

"Do you know that person?"

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:55 pm

Will squinted at the picture, frowning.

"Um....he's ringing a bell..."

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:23 am

"He looks like you, Will. Slightly younger and with brown hair but otherwise exactly like you. His name is even the same."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:34 am

"Well, the hair being a different color is a big difference, isn't it?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:38 am

"Considering all the other similarities, it really isn't. How did you just happen to imitate an actual person almost exactly?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:06 am

"Coincidence? I mean, there's a lot of people around.

Plus, I clearly look older."

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:30 am

"The odds of this being a coincidence are incredibly low. Your apparent age is irrelevant anyway, since you have the ability to change your appearance."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:00 am

"Well, maybe he changed his appearance. You should ask him."

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:37 am

"He is not a mutant. Or at the very least, he's too young for his any mutation to have manifested. I'm still trying to gain a blood sample for Beast to analyze but that's unlikely to be successful."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:42 am

"Why?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 4:23 am

"Why do I want to analyze it or why is it likely to be unsuccessful? The later because it's an ongoing murder investigation as well as privacy concerns. The former because I want to test if he carries the X-Gene and to run a comparison to your biological make-up."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 4:25 am

"Wait, a murder investigation?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 4:26 am

"Will Stanton, this Will Stanton, is dead. He was shot from a driving car."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 4:29 am

"Oh, geez..." Will said, quietly, looking back at the picture.

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 4:45 am

"I know. Will, when exactly did you chose this form? Do you remember?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:08 am

"Um...not specifically. I first took human form, uh...four years ago? Ish? And this was just natural."

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 3:47 pm

"There is simply no connection a 4 year old could have to a military research station in Antarctica. Unless... Will, how much mass could you give up for a sample?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:06 pm

"A sample of what? I mean, I've never tried before..."

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 8:55 pm

"A sample of you. Doesn't really matter what shape."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:18 pm

"Um, as much as you need, I guess..."

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:50 pm

"Let's see... quantum detection threshold without a particle accelerator is at point 3 parts per trillion... About 25 kilograms worth."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:51 pm

"At that point, you might as well use all of me, I guess--that's a pretty significant chunk," Will said, warily.

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:04 pm

"The process involves super-heating the sample into plasma and forcing the mixture through a magnetic aperture of roughly one nanometer. I suppose it's theoretically survivable for someone like you, but no one bothered to test sample cohesion after the fact because the process is not exactly meant to measure entire objects or living organisms."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:19 pm

"Well, if you don't think it's safe, take as much as you need."

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:46 pm

"If you can you spare that much material, that's be great."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:52 pm

"Yeah, go ahead and take what you need; I'll just hang out until you're done," Will said, hopping up on to a table.

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:48 am

"Let me get a container." she says and goes to find a large enough containment tube, twisting open a seal at the top and lifting the lip off. "If you could just fill this up."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 5:48 am

"Right-o..." WIll said, sticking one foot into the container, and then another, and squirming his way down inside, his body deforming and oozing out into the container.

"Have a straight edge or a knife or something?"

by **Ashlie Minamida** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 5:51 am

"I have a plasma-cutter." she says, holding up a tool that lights up with a bright blue-ish flame.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:24 am

"Let 'er rip."

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