http://allhopeliesinme.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] allhopeliesinme.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2013-09-09 01:21 am
Entry tags:

Science You Cannot Possibly Comprehend, Monday, Period 5

Doom was not in a throne this week. Sorry, you weren't always going to see him being a total pimp. Sometimes you were going to see him being an awesome scientist.

As the students entered the science lab, where all future classes would take place, they would see Doom standing on a flat, metal platform on the ground. There were two more next to him as well. "As I mentioned last week, I created mechanical time travel before anyone else in my world. I am now aware of future beings who travelled before my time, but their technology owes much to mine."

And then Doom launched into a very detailed explanation of how time travel works (and how to stick to a singular timeline even though every choice you make creates alternate realities) and how you can mechanically control the timestream.

Seriously, you'd have to be among the ten smartest people on Doom's world to fully grasp his instructions... which weren't even complete. Because did he really want students knowing how his time travel technology worked? No.

"Now that you'e heard the theory and been heard much about the construction of my Time Platform, you have three choices. You can choose to merely experience time travel. The completed platform I stand on is calibrated to send anyone who stands upon it to the end of class. Please note the time shown on the lab's clock and your watches or any time device you own that does not self correct before you step through. Then note the time on the clock when you have reached the end of class."

"This second platform is partially completed. The components within it already are calibrated to ensure you join the rest of us at the end of class. There is no way to change that. And it is likely that if you attempt to study what has already been built, it would be akin to a dog staring at the inner workings of a computer. Team together and finish the work if you believe you can."

"The third platform is merely a shell. You will have the rest of the class period - a mere thirty minutes - to work together to build an entire platform from the provided parts and instruction from earlier. Please note that you will fail. But in failing Doom's challenge, you, like so many others, may still learn important lessons."

"One way or another, you will see me at the end of class," Doom said. The Platform he was standing on began to glow, and then a glowing plane lifted from the platform, up and then back down Doom's body. Suddenly, he was gone. Well, from this moment in time, at least. See you at the end of class!
dollpocalypse: (Default)

Re: Sign In

[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2013-09-09 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
Topher Brink
dollpocalypse: (conv: talking in class)

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2013-09-09 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
Topher was taking notes, and was totally that guy who kept raising his hand to try to encourage Doom to slow down. It was adorable how he expected to make progress with that.
dollpocalypse: (conv: condescending)

Re: Time Platform 2

[personal profile] dollpocalypse 2013-09-09 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Topher glared at the third platform really hard and decided that logically, he should probably work on the second one instead if he actually wanted to go anywhen. But that didn't mean he liked not choosing the hardest challenge for once. Boooo, Doom.
pursuedthestars: ([neu] studious)

Re: Sign In

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2013-09-09 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim Kirk
pursuedthestars: ([neu] upright and tall)

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2013-09-09 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim didn't take notes. He listened intently and knew taking notes wasn't going to really make a difference because Doom wasn't one to coddle them through learning his theories.

So, he listened and picked up a few things here and there.
pursuedthestars: ([neu] stir it up)

Re: Time Platform 1

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2013-09-09 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
After considering his options, Jim decided to just skip to the end of class. He had his reasons.
pursuedthestars: ([neu] listen to you)

Re: The End of Class

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2013-09-09 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
And just like that, he was at the end of class and looking impressed by the technology.

"Kinda tingled," he said. He thought it an apt description.

Re: Sign In

[identity profile] toomuchmoop.livejournal.com 2013-09-09 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Danny Vasquez

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] toomuchmoop.livejournal.com 2013-09-09 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Pffffffft.

Danny had built and destroyed so many time machines that he'd actually lost count. The temptation to just kick back and relax was strong with this one, but so was a sense of self-preservation. Doom was obviously coo-coo, and probably just a few snaps away from going full-on Evil on everyone, so Danny decided he could at least be civil and scribble down notes.

At least, he tried to. He got distracted doodling in the margins, and the doodles became a full-on comic about using his mega time machine knowledge to impress the cream out of Plum, and then they'd go on adventures through time and space (but never both at the same time).

The story was pretty intense, indicated by the fact that he was leaning forward, one arm curled in a vain attempt to shield his work, tongue sticking out of the corner of his mouth slightly in concentration.

Re: Time Platform 3

[identity profile] toomuchmoop.livejournal.com 2013-09-09 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Danny's best record for time machine completion was about a week, but that was entirely because he was lazy and easily distra--

--hey, what was that?

Never mind. He figured, he should at least challenge himself. Platform 2 he could probably do blindfolded, and he wouldn't want to take the fun from the other guys, so he was definitely going to give this beautiful scattering of equipment a go. Thirty minutes, though. He had to admit, that was a pretty heavy order, especially since the technology was probably a little stilted from what he was used to.

Still, when in Rome 5000.... Danny hefted up a wrench, started whistling, and got to work. Who knew? Maybe the lesson he'd learn was that, if he truly applied himself, he could get a time machine done in thirty minutes.

Or he would just learn that trying to finish something in thirty minutes was stupid because anything really worth doing clearly took a week, if not more. OBVIOUSLY.

Re: The End of Class

[identity profile] toomuchmoop.livejournal.com 2013-09-09 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Apparently, Danny's sense of self-preservation wasn't that strong.

"Your concept's solid," he offered at the end of class with a shrug, "but I think instead of a--"

From which he launched into a vaguely critical analysis of the materials available to them in the expectation to build Platform 3, with a few notes on what he would have done instead, which tended to use a variety of different technical terms matched with an excessive amount of sound effects and gestures. Somehow, it wound up digressing into something that involved an impressive amount of explosions and the punting of children and the use of a interdimensional warp coupling pack and a video game controller.

"But even that would be hard in thirty minutes," he said. "If you can pull that shiz off in thirty, kudos. Mega kudos, Doc."

Re: Sign In

[identity profile] notyetplatypus.livejournal.com 2013-09-09 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Chaz Villette

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] notyetplatypus.livejournal.com 2013-09-09 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Chaz tried to follow with what Doom was saying, but he mostly just kept coming up with every reason why time travel shouldn't work. His sense of self-preservation made it clear to him that it would be a very bad idea to bring any of them up in this class.

Re: Time Platform 1

[identity profile] notyetplatypus.livejournal.com 2013-09-09 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Chaz eyed the platform for a good five minutes before setting his watch and stepping on.

Re: The End of Classes

[identity profile] notyetplatypus.livejournal.com 2013-09-09 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Chaz starred at his watch, then at the clock in the classroom. "Hunh."

Page 1 of 4