7. Video. Laptop. (backdated to the 24th)

[flamberge]

[Guess who's face pops up late afternoon on the 24rd? It's none other than Karl! He has a few things to say and a very important discovery to present.]

 

Many of you no doubt are aware of the pink lights presently in Las Vegas. Whatever this means or what may come about as a result, we must do our best to exert caution. Though we may have defended the city, the destruction of that creature had been the enemy's goal, something it will behoove all of us to remember.

 

[Some grumbling actually comes in the background, grumbling that sounds like one Melissa Lyre, one VERY UNHAPPY Melissa Lyre. Karl spares a somewhat apologetic glance over his shoulder before continuing.]

 

Words of wisdom aside, I've another reason for contacting the Network today. Following viewing the lights on TV, I received the ability necessary to test a hypothesis I posed some time ago.

 

[What great hypothesis might this be? A very important one!! Some very VERY melted plastic gets held up for all the world to see. What it may have been before it met its tragic fate, the world may never know. Actually, it was a plastic container but it definitely no longer serves that purpose.]

 

Plastic does not, in fact, protect against magic, fire magic in particular. Glass tables are also rather ineffective against it.

 

[RIP plastic container and another of his tables. Ah well, it was for the sake of science and hypothesis testing! And this hypothesis may have gotten tested right in front of the angry lady grumbling in the background. Really, why is she so upset? It's not as though she's...... afraid of fire. Oh... Whoops. Karl mentally slaps himself at that forgetfulness, a slap practically visible as he ends the connection]

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[flamberge]

Rest assured my jokes aren't nearly so awful.

[though they are close.]

Odd as the very idea may sound, it had been a part of a pulse I had some time ago. An individual in the memory made the statement that polycarbonate, plastic, had been used to defend against magic during a war.

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[pumpkinbutt]

Seriously? that's weird. you sure that whoever said it to you wasn't joking around in your pulse-echo thing? I can't see plastic ever being useful, it melts in the microwave if you're not careful. or when you pour hot butter on it.

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[flamberge]

No, they were rather fervent about the idea to an almost fanatical degree.

[Lady who haunts his nightmares also has a thing for plastic looks like.]

Also, how weak a plastic is is dependent on its composition. Common household plastic may not survive butter, but other types are even as strong as steel.

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[pumpkinbutt]

There are?? since when?? [ This is cool and new information plastic kind of sounds bad ass when he puts it like that ]

I WILL GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME! I SWEAR IT!

[flamberge]

The development occurred a number of years ago, though I cannot remember an exact date. This article details one such plastic, for example.

\o/!!!

[pumpkinbutt]

[ And of course she goes to read it right away *^* ]

Whoa... that's so neat! I had no idea something like that even existed.

[flamberge]

[A very pleasing reaction to the article. Read it AND liked it? Makes Karl happy for having shared it.]

Science has created numerous, similarly extraordinary things in recent years.

[pumpkinbutt]

[ Aww♥ Sam's amazed to find anyone who would actually...know this stuff, really. ]

Yep! you hear about that photo they took of the universe when it was first created? it was on google news just a little while ago.

[flamberge]

[Interested teenager and knowledgeable adult: clearly a match made in heaven!]

Yes, I heard. It's an incredible discovery, one showing just how limitless the possibilities created through science are.

[pumpkinbutt]

[ Heck yes! Teach her all the thing professor. ]

Did you understand the gravity wave part?

[flamberge]

[With an attitude like this, how can he refuse? Why can't more kids be like this, why?]

I do. Simply put, they are leftovers from the Big Bang that were considered almost mythical until this discovery.

[pumpkinbutt]

[ Teenagers will always and forever be a huge disappointment, sorry prof. ]

I can't believe the universe is only 48 million years old! That seems so short.

[flamberge]

[Not all of them! Some of them are cute kids! Even the uncute ones can end up cute!]

It actually is a good deal older. The last numbers I'm aware of claimed it to be 13.798 ± 0.037 billion years old.

[pumpkinbutt]

[ Are you sure Karl, are you sure ]

Holy, you serious??

[flamberge]

[This is the guy who befriended one of the most hated kids ever so yes, even the most terrible has hidden cute.]

I am. It's surreal to imagine something so old, especially when compared to our own life spans, isn't it?

[pumpkinbutt]

Definitely! I heard an analogy that said if the history of the universe was a calendar, life would have occurred mid-December and our current time would be like New Year's Eve or Christmas or something.

[flamberge]

A correct sounding analogy, though one I've not heard myself. If nothing else, at least our existence happens to be during one of the more enjoyable parts of the year.