[02] || [Doc Brown's Amazing Inventions] || [Open]

[doc_brown]

Characters: Doc, possibly Marty, Einstein (the dog) and You
Setting: Workshop (15th Floor) on Saturday 26th
Format: Prose or action, whichever you prefer
Summary: Following Marty’s announcement on the network, Doc keep working on his inventions and now accept requests. He offers free pancakes and free cup of coffee to anyone visiting the 'shop' too. Feel free to ask him to invent you something if there's something you need or just visit his working place.
Warnings: None. Marty working with him, he may pop-up at any time.


The first and most noticeable thing in the part of the workshop that's being slowly turned into Doc's lab, are the clocks. There are over ten of them aligned next to each other and they are all absolutely perfectly synchronized. On a table next to them is hovering a black and rather bland hoverboard, with the text '#2 Prototype' written onto it. Under the table was Einstein, laying in a comfy bed for dog Doc made him, nomming on a pancake.

Speaking of pancakes, there is a wonderful machine that automatically produces pancakes regularly working on a table opposite to the one with the hoverboard. And next to it are some delicious pancakes already made and ready to be eaten. Next to it is a coffee maker and a few empty cups next to it.

In the background can be seen the first requests Doc got, and started working on. There's a very long sword awaiting for its owner with a little paper attached on it "For Sephiroth". On the walls there are some blueprints and below the beginning of Doc's work to make that weapon. It's not very advanced yet, but it progresses.

Doc himself can be seen working on some sort of super-computer he's assembled using what he found in the tower- And improved greatly since his last attempts at simulating a time travel. He's wearing traditional lab coat and goggles. There are three screens next to each other, a couple of keyboards and a mess of wire and electronic stuff bellow. The middle screen is that of a classical computer, reading as follow:



………………………………………………………………………………………………… Experiment #0005
………………………………………………………………………………………………… Fifteenth Floor

TIME DISPLACEMENT
Mock-up – 38th Day
User: Emmett Brown
Recording: Off. Hit CTRL+F8 to turn the recording on.

Variants
Location: Ok
Atmospheric Conditions: Ok
Vehicle: Ok
Flux Capacitor: Ok
Passengers: _
Destination: _
Instantaneous Speed: _

Please input the variables then press enter to start the simulation



The left screen display the perfect reproduction of a Flux Capacitor with many texts and scientific calculation that are probably unreadable to most people. The screen on the right looks like a video game- It shows a weird car in the Cathedral Floor with nobody sitting in it. As this very moment, Doc is sitting in front of the computer, entering variable in the programs.

Comments

[doc_brown]

The ambition is behind! This project's already been realized, the issue now is to reproduce it within the tower. So far all four previous simulations have failed, but the data I have gathered from them didn't go to waste! I have good hope for the fifth one.

[ Well! This fellow isn't as bad as what Doc could have feared. He even smiles. ]

Really? I am a student of all sciences as well. I have made of Physics my specialty, namely the study of the space-time continuum and of the universe, but I have entertained the idea to find an explanation to life through this project.

[deloreandriver]

[Already lost and they hadn't even gotten to the heavy stuff, Marty just shakes his head and grins a bit, while he heads off to do one of the many minor tasks around the shop.]

[denigrator]

Is that so? Impressive. I'd be very interested in learning more about your previous results. But you yet have the ambition of repeated success in this setting, if your simulations thus far have failed. Do you believe there is a force in the Tower interfering with your experiment, or do you suspect another reason for the failures?

[Hojo doesn't appear to notice Marty at all now, but Hojo's always been one for ignoring people.

He is, also, always one for discussing science and appropriating others' work, when possible.]

Life and my desire to understand and enhance it is why I devoted myself to the life sciences, but--I have more than passing a interest in physics. All the disciplines interrelate, as none exist in isolation.

[doc_brown]

The computer recreates real-life situation with a 5% margin of error, but so far I do not believe the problem lies with the tower- But rather with the universe hosting the tower. The space-time continuum here is very different from homeworld, I'm afraid this means a lot has to be recalculated and the time circuits have to be modified.

But my biggest problems lies in the speed! For the time displacement to occur, the vehicle has to reach 88 miles per hour. Even if I am to palliate for the continuum's difference, there are nowhere big enough in the tower for the vehicle to reach this speed, so I have to study alternatives for this as well.

[ Marty please- Notice that something is horrible wrong with Hojo because Doc won't.

And indeed Doc is very enthusiast about the discussion. ]

I agree completely. I believe science is like philosophy in a sense- Even if we have a specialty, knowing the other topics is necessary to have a full understanding of our work and reach our purpose. May i ask if your research in understanding and enhancing life gave results?

[denigrator]

[He nods, following along.]

The universe itself, I see. Why do you believe it to be so divergent? I confess, that is not one of my foci, and extant research on the topic of other universes is scant in my world. I would be interested in examining these calculations of yours. I'm particularly interested in the means by which individuals and objects have been moved from universe to universe.

I'm curious, what is the relationship between the speed of an object and time displacement? I hadn't thought traveling through time would necessarily involve kinematics. It seems, though not counter-intuitive, to be sure, curious. Some of the floors are quite large, not even contained by the walls of the structure itself. Is rapid acceleration that difficult to achieve? Perhaps a better engine design...

[Don't worry, Doc, very smart people have missed the horribly wrong things about Hojo in the past (for a time). It happens.]

Yes, yes, how can one understand biology without chemistry, without physics? How can one understand the world without looking to the sky? [He gets a bit excited about science.] There are no real limits to understanding; it's simply that we have farther to go. The work is endless, endlessly complex, and endlessly fascinating.

Ah, I'd say so. I believe I made a decided impact on my field. Not that I think for a moment that my work is finished--! It continues as long as I exist.

[doc_brown]

Feel free to examine the calculation if you want, I have two disc copy of them anyway, so feel free to take this one.

[ He points a disc near the computer. It can be used on the other computers of the tower. ... Bad idea, but. This at least only contains the results of the past simulations and the calculation to adapt the time machine. Can't build a Flux Capacitor out of those data alone. ]

As for why, I believe each universes are inherently different from each other- From the time of their Big Bang or whatever event caused their birth. If two universes were to have the exact same space-time continuum, then the events in those two universe would be absolutely identical. The more different an universe is, the more different the space-time continuum has to be. And unfortunately for me, this universe appears to be very different from mine.

[ As for how individuals were moved from universe... ]

I had myself speculated the destruction of our homeworlds were due to a rupture of the space-time continuum- It answers many questions, including how individuals were moved from universe to universe. If the space-time continuum, the boundaries of our respective worlds had been torn apart, it could offer an explanation as to how someone or something with enough power at their disposal could have retrieved people from those universe. In a manner of speaking, they just had to extend their hands and grab.

It could also explain the time discrepancies we can notice amongst many of our residents. If the space time continuum had collapsed, it would have meant not only every points in space were destroyed, but also every point in time. That confusion between space and time at the moment of the destruction would have been a viable explanation.

[ Also right now cue an explanation of the speed significance in time travel Absolutely unrelated to the mun having no idea. ]

I have thought to using those floors without walls. But it would require adding hovering technology to the vehicle and it may very well take years. Speed is indeed a problem to me, back where I come from we need a certain straight distance to reach the 88 miles per hour. If I had a better engine desig, trust me I would use it.

[ And because Doc is as excited about science as Hojo- ]

I wish you good luck in your research. I'd like to see them myself, someday when I shall be less busy maybe.

[denigrator]

[He takes the disc, with another nod.] How generous.

A rupture of the space-time continuum? You said yourself that they differ greatly from universe to universe, but you believe they all ruptured at once? The same and different both, I see. And it went all through them. Yet not here. Do you have a theory as to why? Ah, but I will have to read your work first, perhaps I'll find the explanation there?

It's worth considering. I personally believe there's more deception at work. I've seen nothing yet to sufficiently convince me of our captor's elaborate claims. The simulations are perhaps more advanced than those in my world, yet I have seen quite convincing simulations at home, that fool all the senses.

[He seems to be considering something, then shrugs.]

There are people from other worlds here. They may have access to better engine designs. It strikes me as a limitation that can be overcome. Also, some of the floors apparently have a much greater square footage than others. The laws of physics as I knew them do not necessarily seem to apply.

According to my research.

Oh, I will not hesitate to share any useful results.

[He smiles, then turns toward the Masamune, ignoring Doc's hint that he's busy.]

I know that sword.

[doc_brown]

They didn't rupture at once quite obviously- There are people who have been here for nearly a year while I have been here for little more than five weeks. There are billions and billions of universes and I first theorized that the cause of their destruction was internal, maybe a natural cycle or a purposeful destruction. But that Jason man claim that something else is destroying the universes. The way he made it sound, it's like some sort of disease that attacks and destroy world after world.

I agree that there might be deception, I have heard about a group forming with the purpose to find the truth.

And yes yes, you will find everything in this disc, my theories and result ever since I firs set foot in the tower, it's to say 38 days ago. I would tell you now, but this would be a bit long and complicated to explain, and I am afraid Marty may be in need of an aspirin already!

[ He nods. ]

I will have to ask. I do not doubt this is possible, and if there are people with enough knowledge on the matter I may be able to produce a superior engine.

[ He pauses and looks at the sword. ]

This sword, do you? A man named Sephiroth has asked me to repair it, it was in piece but thankfully enough it was easy. The metal of this sword is so resistant, it's a wonder it broke in the first place.