04-12-2019, 03:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-13-2019, 06:56 PM by Marcus DuBois.)
Two days later, exhausted, Marcus sat in his chair watching the flame flick on and off. It was just a flame, popping into and out of existence. An easy weave, so basic, so...nothing. On. Off. On. Off.
He couldn't stop. His brain was tired, to the point that his excitement was subdued. It had been a long day. His desk was littered with ingots, most of them failures. The negative line integral had been the key, but of course, it was far easier said than done. Finally, he had worked it out and a weave of Force into the metal had resulted in a single thread created.
Almost, almost he was done. One more step. He anticipated still more hurdles. The shaping of each thread in the matrix. But somehow, thankfully, it had seemed as if he had gotten over the hump. That last step had fallen into place fairly quickly. He marveled. It seemed once you had the necessary components- and even the making of them wasn't that hard once the process was discovered- putting them together to create weaves wasn't actually all that difficult. Like putting legos together.
Which was a good thing. Because this was a viable technology now. Or would be soon.
On a whim, for the final model, he had shaped the iron into into a stylized flame before beginning the process. It amused him.
On. Off. On. Off. The flame flicked to life and winked out over the metal tip.
He could sleep now, finally. He had slept, true. But now, his mind could relax. It did not have to churn even as he dreamed, seeking answers.
One final time. Ok. One final few times, smile still on his face, and then he'd go to bed. He had a morning meeting with Alex and Leonid. And he had messaged @"Spectra Lin" as well, to meet him at the Consulate for lunch. From there, he'd see what happened.
[[will continue in The Way I Am]]
He couldn't stop. His brain was tired, to the point that his excitement was subdued. It had been a long day. His desk was littered with ingots, most of them failures. The negative line integral had been the key, but of course, it was far easier said than done. Finally, he had worked it out and a weave of Force into the metal had resulted in a single thread created.
Almost, almost he was done. One more step. He anticipated still more hurdles. The shaping of each thread in the matrix. But somehow, thankfully, it had seemed as if he had gotten over the hump. That last step had fallen into place fairly quickly. He marveled. It seemed once you had the necessary components- and even the making of them wasn't that hard once the process was discovered- putting them together to create weaves wasn't actually all that difficult. Like putting legos together.
Which was a good thing. Because this was a viable technology now. Or would be soon.
On a whim, for the final model, he had shaped the iron into into a stylized flame before beginning the process. It amused him.
On. Off. On. Off. The flame flicked to life and winked out over the metal tip.
He could sleep now, finally. He had slept, true. But now, his mind could relax. It did not have to churn even as he dreamed, seeking answers.
One final time. Ok. One final few times, smile still on his face, and then he'd go to bed. He had a morning meeting with Alex and Leonid. And he had messaged @"Spectra Lin" as well, to meet him at the Consulate for lunch. From there, he'd see what happened.
[[will continue in The Way I Am]]