Science Classroom; Tuesday [ 08/02 ].

[bootlessjane.livejournal.com]

So there it was. A large chunk of rock sitting in the middle of a laboratory classroom, waiting to be researched. Jane wasn’t entirely sure it wanted to be researched, though, with all the elusiveness and mystery it was giving off, but, then again, geology was hardly her area of scientific expertise, and she had a feeling it wasn’t quite Miss Granger’s forte either.

Thankfully, that was why they had their brilliant and inquisitive students to help, yes?

Goodness, she hoped so! Either way, a handwavey message had been sent out to the student body, encouraging anyone who was interested to come on in and help them out today.

“Hello, students,” she gave them a bit of an uncertain smile. “Thank you all for coming and giving us a hand with this most mysterious piece of rock. It’s so good to see so many of you eager to help, but Miss Granger and myself must ask you to take the utmost care. Clearly, we are uncertain what we are dealing with, so we must be careful.”

"Yes, please. I wish we had more information to give you," said Hermione, and don't think that wasn't bothering her. Of course, she'd also decided that if there was some strange mysterious rock that no one knew anything about, she was not going to be touching it unless it was absolutely necessary. At least without gloves. She knew that was probably just paranoia. "If there is anything you can tell us about it, don't hesitate to speak up."

“We’ve got gloves, microscopes, goggles, you name it,” Jane offered, “and also plenty of books for reference. Let’s use our resources and try to figure out what we can. Consider everything; even if you find something that’s just minutely interesting or different or strange, it could be useful.”

"Now, if anyone has any questions, we'll answer them as best we can," Hermione went on. "But let's get started and see what we can find, shall we?"

[[ written, obviously, with the fantastic smartestone and for all you sciencey types; please wait for the OCD is ready for examination! ]]

Comments

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[notmyownage]

"Well, it is exposed, now. If we're going on the radiation theory, the ground itself might have acted as an insulator." Claudia shrugged. "Or it has nothing to do with the island being weird at all, and in a few days will hatch into an adorable, friendly baby dragon." A pause. "Or maybe a hoard of gremlins."

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"No gremlins!" Ahem. "I mean, let's just stick to the proveable facts for now."

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[notmyownage]

"Point," Claudia said. "Observation number one: it's freaking weird."

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"The color is..." Very hard to describe. "...what's the density?"

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[notmyownage]

"We need the volume and mass first, for that one. Do we have any really big beakers?"

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Tony shot her a look that clearly read 'Duh' before snagging a beaker for them to use. Science trumped manners, it seemed. "Can you cut off a small piece for other tests?"

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[notmyownage]

Still waiting on an answer to that question in the OOC thread.

"One step at a time, dude. Let's observe what we can with the thing intact, first."

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

I pay attention. Rly.

"Okay, what do you recommend?"

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[notmyownage]

"Well, it's squishy," Claudia noted as she lifted the rock into the beaker to check how much water it displaced. "We can see how much plasticity it has. Test how it reacts to heat or light energy. Do we have an x-ray machine at all?"

That was pretty high-tech for a school classroom, but it was worth a shot.

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Not... here." Tony was so good at this secret lab thing. "But I can get access to one if they let us take a sample."

And name it George.

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[notmyownage]

"Well, a sample isn't going to let us see if there's, like, an alien hatchling inside, but cool." She tilted her head at him. "You work at the clinic or something?"

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"No," Tony replied, entering something into his phone. "But I'm pretty sure I could, ah, get access to labs back home."

Yes. That would work perfectly.

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[notmyownage]

"That's cool," Claudia said. "But I'm not sure we want this thing leaving the island. Not unless it actually already comes from your world."

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"I could ask if they could bring it here?" Bonus of being a billionaire!

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[notmyownage]

"You have access to a portable x-ray machine?" Claudia was duly impressed.

Sure, there were actual x-ray glasses in the Warehouse, but it wasn't like she'd ever manage to convince anyone to bring them to Fandom.

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"I could probably convince Mrs. Rhodes that I need it for school," Tony replied. "Plus, she actually has access to my trust fund to pay for all that."

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[notmyownage]

". . . Dude, you should convince her to let you have your own lab on the island or something."

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"I should," Tony agreed, giving the stone a poke. Because he was a terrible liar when he had to come up with things on the spot, but agreeing with things that were true helped him along. "They should have a place in town for people to work."

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[notmyownage]

"Ooo, yeah, like lab space at universities."

She was pretty sure neither Joshua nor Artie would be thrilled with her laying claim to her own university grade lab space.

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Pfff. Like anyone needed to tell them.

"We could get so much more done then." Sulking was totally a reasonable response.

Re: Arrive & Mingle - 08/02.

[notmyownage]

"It woulda been perfect while I was trying to replicate Rheticus' work on teleportation."