fandomhigh | Science Classroom; Tuesday [ 08/02 ].

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?"

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~~Hey, that's no less than Marshall's mun is doing.~~ "I think I saw some copper plating in the closet," Marshall said, moving towards it. "Let me go grab it."

"Sounds good, dude." Claudia, in the mean time, carefully set her coil aside and started collecting watt analyzers to attach at various points on the plate. "Let's see if and how this sucker is distributing juice."

Pulling the copper plate out of the closet, Marshall set it up and carefully placed the sample on it. "So hopefully we don't end up shocking ourselves with this," he said, grinning at Claudia. He grabbed some of the watt analysers and began placing them.

"It's all part of the learning process, my friend." Artie would be having a heart attack at what they were doing right now. She set up some more of the analyzers, then picked up her coil. "Clear!"

*Zap*

Marshall stepped back. No electrocution for him!

"... And?"

Claudia frowned. ". . . Nothing." She tilted her head, then poked the coil at the copper plating directly.

The electricity visibly diverted to the rock instead of the plate.

"Huh."

"Huh," Marshall repeated, staring at the rock. "That wasn't supposed to happen."

"No, no it wasn't." Claudia tried it again. And again, and again, and again. "That's kinda cool."

"... Work with here for a moment?" Marshall asked. "I want to try something really stupid."

He stepped up to the rock and placed one hand squarely on it. "Okay, try hitting it again."

[... I swear, I use this icon more directed at Marshall than I ever do him directing it at others.]

[I legit loled, I'm not gonna lie]

Claudia looked from him, to the rock, to the coil in her hand, then back. Then down at his shoes to see how grounded he was.

Then she zapped the rock with the coil, flinching back automatically in case Marshall started, like, flailing.

As the rock absorbed the electricity, Marshall looked down at his hand.

Waited a moment.

Picked it up and shook it out. "That tingled."

Claudia blinked a bit as she lowered the arm she'd raised protectively. She held out the coil for Marshall to take. "Let me try."

Marshall took the coil and waited for Claudia to get ready.

"I totally didn't feel much," he explained. "Like, not even what you'd get off of touching an electric fence."

"That's crazy." Claudia put her hand flat on top of the rock. "What the hell is this thing doing with all that energy?"

Oh, you know, just disrupting the biology and psychology of everything that comes into contact with it. . . .

"I guess that's step two," Marshall said, taking aim and firing.

*zap!*

Nothing. Well, kinda buzzy, but nothing more than that.

". . . Maybe if I stand in a bucket of water."

"Well, at this point -- and I realise saying this that I did have the original stupid idea -- but at this point we have to ask: do we actually want to electrocute ourselves?"

Claudia pouted. "Weenie."

It should be noted that Claudia had managed to expose herself to the rock the day before. Her ideas of personal safety might be eeeeever so slightly compromised.

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