#28: Reporting In
Apr. 29th, 2009 10:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
horrible_phdYesterday was inconvenient, but gave me the chance to test some equipment. When I was wearing the heat vision goggles, I thought I saw some really huge heat source thing go by being hot and--thingish. Anyway, I haven't posted in a while, have I? Sorry about that...especially since my last post was...unbelievably out of character. But hey, while I was buried in my laboratory I finished up one project.
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Attached please find my full report on arrivals to the city. I employed several methods in my research such as making observations in areas known for a high density of new arrivals (Misery Square), interviewing citizens about their own arrivals, and looking through the Network archives for "arrival posts." More details are included in the method section. Though these methods did not allow me to get a random or exhaustive sample, I think I have enough data to make some generalizations. Unfortunately, the only major patterns in arrival seem to be geographic--most arrivals occur in Misery Square, and a surprisingly high percentage of new arrivals find themselves dumped into the fountain. Most arrive at ground level, but some have been known to arrive by falling from the sky. In at least one case the individual who arrived this was was capable of flight. Arrivals come with their clothes and occasionally a few moderately sized items that they were holding.
I was able to observe a few arrivals for myself, and there was no discernible pattern. I never observed a gateway, but sometimes there was a flash of light. I also took EMF readings and occasionally found spikes on several frequencies, but not the same ones, and not ever time. Again, the full data is attached. The readings on my Magnificometer were also random. For the most part, there was nothing out of the ordinary besides a person suddenly appearing. I don't think it's likely that this will be a productive line of inquiry, at least for a scientist. Perhaps someone working from the magical side of things would have more luck.
[ooc: So--the report will have a lot of stick figure drawings substituted for portions of equations, but at least some of it will be comprehensible. Only Dr. Horrible actually knows what a Magnificometer does. You can ask him, but his explanations will not actually be helpful. Also, mods were consulted on the nature of arrivals.]
[Filtered to ARTEMIS]
Attached please find my full report on arrivals to the city. I employed several methods in my research such as making observations in areas known for a high density of new arrivals (Misery Square), interviewing citizens about their own arrivals, and looking through the Network archives for "arrival posts." More details are included in the method section. Though these methods did not allow me to get a random or exhaustive sample, I think I have enough data to make some generalizations. Unfortunately, the only major patterns in arrival seem to be geographic--most arrivals occur in Misery Square, and a surprisingly high percentage of new arrivals find themselves dumped into the fountain. Most arrive at ground level, but some have been known to arrive by falling from the sky. In at least one case the individual who arrived this was was capable of flight. Arrivals come with their clothes and occasionally a few moderately sized items that they were holding.
I was able to observe a few arrivals for myself, and there was no discernible pattern. I never observed a gateway, but sometimes there was a flash of light. I also took EMF readings and occasionally found spikes on several frequencies, but not the same ones, and not ever time. Again, the full data is attached. The readings on my Magnificometer were also random. For the most part, there was nothing out of the ordinary besides a person suddenly appearing. I don't think it's likely that this will be a productive line of inquiry, at least for a scientist. Perhaps someone working from the magical side of things would have more luck.
[ooc: So--the report will have a lot of stick figure drawings substituted for portions of equations, but at least some of it will be comprehensible. Only Dr. Horrible actually knows what a Magnificometer does. You can ask him, but his explanations will not actually be helpful. Also, mods were consulted on the nature of arrivals.]
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Date: 2009-04-30 02:57 am (UTC)Thank you for your timely report, Dr. Horrible. Could you please send a copy of your notes to my office at the Lab? I'd like to take a closer look at the data... Also, I agree that it would be advantageous for someone with a different set of skills to see if they can get different results from yours... is anyone interested?
[Private to Dr. Horrible]
On a side note, I wanted to speak with you about some serious allegations that Captain Hammer brought up against you... predominantly that you've been guilty of sabotage as well as theft...
Is there something that you'd like to say about this?
Private, and obviously voice
Date: 2009-04-30 03:37 am (UTC)And I think today's the day
To discuss the Freeze Ray
Which I think might be the way
That we could stop the clock
The clock itself would be fine
But as for the time
It would be stopped on a dime
And just in that one spot
See, the clock doesn't respond well to attacks but if I used my Freeze Ray maybe that wouldn't trigger the defenses, since it would just stop the clock working and not damage it. And maybe the curses would stop. The problem is that the Freeze Ray needs Wonderflonium to work, and I can't find any, so I either need to find some, or radically rework the design, or maybe I could even synthesize some if I...
Anyway, the theft was of some Wonderflonium, which I needed to use for my original Freeze Ray. I couldn't get it any other way and besides, I was putting the Wonderflonium to much better use than anyone else would have. The general public has no idea how to harness it's most interesting properties. So anyway, yes, I'm totally a villain in my world and Captain Hammer is my nemesis, but I've never made any big secret of that, so I hope it's not going to be a problem. I'm not stealing from the company or anything.
Private, and obviously voice
Date: 2009-04-30 04:06 am (UTC)Hehheh... no... no. Of course not. I've always thought well enough of you Doctor... heh... I just had to ask. Of course you can understand that...
Please forgive me if I had you worried...
oh, you do so amuse me...[He coughs slightly, composing himself once again.]
I do have some news for you concerning our mutual friend Captain Hammer. You'll be pleased to know that I was able to speak to him concerning his attack on you. And he agreed to pay ARTEMIS for the destruction he caused to your equipment. I'll be sending you a portion of this to cover your medical costs.
I think that's what I'd call a successful negotiation...
Re: Private, and obviously voice
Date: 2009-04-30 04:19 am (UTC)Well anyway, that's good.
I'm surprised he actually agreed to do that...I don't really understand why he would unless it's some sort of PR thing. I guess you are pretty good at negotiations. But really, there's not much medical expenses that need covering. I never actually went to the hospital.
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Date: 2009-04-30 05:59 pm (UTC)[ARTEMIS filter]
Date: 2009-04-30 04:48 am (UTC)I haven't heard of a Magnificometer. What does it do?
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Date: 2009-04-30 05:26 am (UTC)It's my own design. I'll send you a copy of the schematics and the basic explanation.
[Sends some scanned notes. These are very similar to his plans for the Death Ray. They should be largely incomprehensible and there will be several inexplicable doodles of tropical fish in the margins.]
[ARTEMIS filter]
Date: 2009-04-30 07:02 pm (UTC)Ah. Thank you for the schematics, of course, but I'm afraid I still don't understand.
Are you interested in fish, then?
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Date: 2009-05-02 03:27 am (UTC)Only I was bored at some point and just started doodling fish. So my the Magnificometer might have to remember have to be one of a kind unless I can remember whether the one with all the finny bits was supposed to be there.
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Date: 2009-05-02 03:09 pm (UTC)ARTEMIS filter//apologies for the belated! ignore if you want
Date: 2009-05-01 02:22 pm (UTC)ARTEMIS filter//all my replies are late anyway orz
Date: 2009-05-02 03:22 am (UTC)Though...have you heard of Wonderflonium?
ARTEMIS filter//<3
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