fandomhigh | Mythbusting, Tuesday, 8/18

By classic handwavy email arrangement, class today met in one of the labs at Stark Industries. And if they were there in part so Tyler could keep an eye on Tony, he would never, ever admit it.

"Welcome to Tony Stark's lab," Tyler greeted the class. "The management has told me to make it known that if you break or steal anything, you should assume Tony Stark owns your soul. He will claim it painfully and very, very slowly."

His smile showed teeth and wasn't very nice.

"We're here to build a perpetual motion machine in a real-world lab. Perpetual motion machines are devices that produce more energy than they consume. Now, physics say a perpetual motion machine won't work -- it violates a couple laws of thermodynamics. That doesn't stop idiots from trying to make and sell them as 'free energy' machines. Your job is to try to invent the first working perpetual motion machine. In an hour. If it were possible anywhere, it would be possible in this lab."

He quickly showed the students around the lab, enumerating tools, circuits, computers with only basic functions accessible, and the projector. "This will let you test your design," he said, showing a quick demonstration with a drawing of a drinking duck thing.

... never let it be said he lacked a sense of whimsy.

"To give you a head start, I'm passing out blueprints for a few kinds of machine. We have the ring oscillator, the Minto wheel, and the water fuel cell. As far as I know, none of these work, but you should try building them anyhow."

He gestured to the lab. "Go to it. I'm here and Tony's around to claim your soul if you mess anything up. And Ino, Anemone, thank you for covering last week."

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"I am not sure I should be discussing this with you," Spock informed him.

Tony rolled his eyes. "Please. You'd hardly be the first time traveler to be here."

You know he was getting used to everything ~~and totally from Marvel~~ when that was said with a straight face."

"The Federation has laws against sharing technology with civilizations not yet prepared for it, sir."

"Good for them." Really, terribly wonderful they had rules. "Tell me, how would you like a job?"

Spock's expression did not change an iota, but he somehow managed to suggest he perhaps thought Tony wasn't making sense. "A job? Doing what?"

"Assisting in projects," Tony replied, as if Spock might be simple.

"What sort of projects?" Spock asked, but the wheels were turning in his impressive Vulcan brain. His father would be pleased if he was working on something more advanced than most of what this century had to offer, and his mother would be pleased by the socialization a job implied. Win win, as the Humans said.

"Those will come when I see if you're capable of the tasks."

Tasks involving twenty-first century technology? Human, please. "I do not think that will be a problem.

"Come in next Monday and talk to the kid there about what he's working on."

If he said 'Ender' that would mean everyone would expect him to remember their name.

Spock nodded. "I will be sure to do so, sir."

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