01-07-2025, 06:44 PM
Allan almost glazed over with her explanation. He was glad that his idea had sparked something. He wished there was something in front of him, something he could touch or see or feel. This was too hard on the brain.
He pulled out a chair and sat down resting his back and legs, not that they needed them, he could stand for a few hours if necessary -- sometimes it was when the Nine were meant to do guard duty or some such. He hated it.
He wasn't a scientist either, and the image of the holographic display gave him ideas. Though nothing he could tell Danika.
"I'll be back. I'm going to get a coffee, you want anything?" He needed to walk to think. He had to ask Danika twice before she requested a mocha frappchino.
Allan walked out of the facility. Sure he could get all he wanted inside the building, but there was a really great cart just outside the GUM that he liked, and even though it was freezing outside, they'd still be there. He loved that about this little cart. Rain, shine, sleet or snow, they were always there.
As he walked he thought about the problem. Dug deep in his head to try to understand what Danika had said, but the science eluded him. The numbers and equations were outside of his wheelhouse but he felt a connection to the holographic image. Like he almost saw something in it. Something if only he could figure it out. Which was why he was walking.
He made one lap around the GUM stopping when he saw a kiosk of key rings. Little portals like the video game he'd imagined when he first read about them in the ancient book. Allan bought two cheezey looking keychains with sayings, he didn't care what they said, he unfurled them the ring from the chain and held them in his hand, the cheap plastic part he stuffed into his pocket and grabbed the coffee before he headed back down into their underground playground.
Allan had never really been one to experiment but something pulled him towards the lab, more than just the cold coffee in his now frozen fingers. He could have easily warmed his hand and melted Dankia's coffee but instead he grasped the power and kept it cold. Hopefully it wouldn't be frozen by the time he reached her lap.
He tapped Danika on the shoulder and set down her drink. "Here you go. Caffeinate the brain maybe it'll help."
Allan returned the chair he'd rolled closer to her station and put his cooling coffee on the table next to him and held the two rings side by side looking through the middle like they'd reveal some hidden secret. The hologram image of Danika's science worm hole peaked through the middle and Allan wove what he saw . Up, down, over, air, spirit, a dash of fire and earth, all the elements pooled through the two rings meant to hold your keys. They now held small strands of power. It didn't look like the hologram when he was done.
Feeling a moment of defeat, the inspiration having fled, Allan spread the rings like a fan.The perspective through the whole shifted, not much, but enough to be noticeable. Curously Allan stuck his finger through the center of one ring to find it offset through the center of the other. "Uh, Dankia."
He pulled out a chair and sat down resting his back and legs, not that they needed them, he could stand for a few hours if necessary -- sometimes it was when the Nine were meant to do guard duty or some such. He hated it.
He wasn't a scientist either, and the image of the holographic display gave him ideas. Though nothing he could tell Danika.
"I'll be back. I'm going to get a coffee, you want anything?" He needed to walk to think. He had to ask Danika twice before she requested a mocha frappchino.
Allan walked out of the facility. Sure he could get all he wanted inside the building, but there was a really great cart just outside the GUM that he liked, and even though it was freezing outside, they'd still be there. He loved that about this little cart. Rain, shine, sleet or snow, they were always there.
As he walked he thought about the problem. Dug deep in his head to try to understand what Danika had said, but the science eluded him. The numbers and equations were outside of his wheelhouse but he felt a connection to the holographic image. Like he almost saw something in it. Something if only he could figure it out. Which was why he was walking.
He made one lap around the GUM stopping when he saw a kiosk of key rings. Little portals like the video game he'd imagined when he first read about them in the ancient book. Allan bought two cheezey looking keychains with sayings, he didn't care what they said, he unfurled them the ring from the chain and held them in his hand, the cheap plastic part he stuffed into his pocket and grabbed the coffee before he headed back down into their underground playground.
Allan had never really been one to experiment but something pulled him towards the lab, more than just the cold coffee in his now frozen fingers. He could have easily warmed his hand and melted Dankia's coffee but instead he grasped the power and kept it cold. Hopefully it wouldn't be frozen by the time he reached her lap.
He tapped Danika on the shoulder and set down her drink. "Here you go. Caffeinate the brain maybe it'll help."
Allan returned the chair he'd rolled closer to her station and put his cooling coffee on the table next to him and held the two rings side by side looking through the middle like they'd reveal some hidden secret. The hologram image of Danika's science worm hole peaked through the middle and Allan wove what he saw . Up, down, over, air, spirit, a dash of fire and earth, all the elements pooled through the two rings meant to hold your keys. They now held small strands of power. It didn't look like the hologram when he was done.
Feeling a moment of defeat, the inspiration having fled, Allan spread the rings like a fan.The perspective through the whole shifted, not much, but enough to be noticeable. Curously Allan stuck his finger through the center of one ring to find it offset through the center of the other. "Uh, Dankia."