tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868677170057333329.post9216515500337115982..comments2023-10-07T08:03:20.988-07:00Comments on The Rest of Your Mice: Daily Story 76: GMT + a*bt/τsodhnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401977288481675599noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868677170057333329.post-43833957438425626762009-07-07T11:48:49.054-07:002009-07-07T11:48:49.054-07:001. Discovered, but as a ball of goo. It was then ...1. Discovered, but as a ball of goo. It was then terraformed.<br /><br />2. Ah, I can see that, yeah. And yes, the intension was that it was a separate thing that exists on its own.<br /><br />3. The way I pictured it: He didn't really give them any specific instructions, and in fact when he got caught so quickly he was expecting they would be wiped out - but someone on the other end said "Crap, he didn't make it! Hmm... well, it couldn't hurt to keep an eye out for him. And, come to think of it, if it opens again and it's not him that comes though..."<br /><br />So over the next hundred and something years they settled, trained some guys, and always had someone watching that spot. Like you said, when it DOES open again they have some time to prepare before they pile in.sodhnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401977288481675599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868677170057333329.post-69637236536193171272009-07-07T11:33:18.151-07:002009-07-07T11:33:18.151-07:00Was avalon discovered or created?
While I was rea...Was avalon discovered or created?<br /><br />While I was reading this I believed that Avalon was sustained by some sort of technology in this world, somewhat like THE MATRIX. Hoever, after having finished it, I think the intention was that it exists on its own.<br /><br />Lastly, I imagine he told the settlers that he would give them a few hundred years to prepare for the war, but I have to wonder how many hundreds of years did they sit ready to attack at a moment's notice?<br /><br />Although, I suppose it probably went like this. The portal opens, a few weeks later they can send their army out to help their scientest buddy since the 1 second - 100 years means any delay gives them significant time to act.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868677170057333329.post-86137369898014997882009-07-05T23:50:03.304-07:002009-07-05T23:50:03.304-07:00The apartment thing... I see your confusion, and I...The apartment thing... I see your confusion, and I think that's from a shift in my thoughts for how the story would start. I should fix that. He's in the lab, which is a separate place from his apartment.<br /><br />The books... again, I may try to clarify - I had so much more but it was too long and rambling and I felt like I needed to get to the action sooner. The books were contraband because he's in the standard Dark Future, and he took them over so he could read them. Just relax by a lake and read - he would only have to sneak away from the other scientists for a while to do that. And then he would drop the book as he left, and the evidence would be destroyed by the elements long before they returned.<br /><br />The physics... yes. Yes, it's quite scary. The Chamber is fairly large, and I picture it forming a kind of bridge to the other side. Still, any way you work it you have the ability to do some impossible stuff.<br /><br />Anyway, we won't have to deal with it again, since those barrels exploded and did so much damage to the device that it couldn't be properly calibrated; while the physicists on the Avalon side might figure it out (they're FAR more advanced than everyone else by now) the people in the main reality can't find those same coordinates again. Most spots they try will just have empty space, which is less useful.sodhnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401977288481675599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868677170057333329.post-70128245209587468262009-07-05T23:18:45.409-07:002009-07-05T23:18:45.409-07:00I don't understand the deal with the books he ...I don't understand the deal with the books he sent over; was it part of some experiment to find out how long it would take them to degrade? It just didn't make sense to me.<br /><br />The physics of the gateway (and the implications of the time rate difference) are pretty scary. Like, the arrows might behave in strange ways.<br /><br />I don't understand the physical layout of the location; is the Transport room part of his apartment? Is it big enough to hold all those people at once?<br /><br />Overall, another awesome story. :-)Scratch Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07385517984319011510noreply@blogger.com