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smash_logs2013-05-04 12:15 am
trustycrowbar) wrote in smash_logs2013-05-04 12:15 am
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Who: Gordon Freeman, all physics students, anyone else.
What: Physics class, and some unfortunate mishaps
Where: Gordon's teaching lab, Science & Math Building.
When: Late morning, Friday
"Alright, class, this time around we're talking about electromagnetism and gravity. In electromagnetism charges create fields, which impact the motion of other charged bodies."
He punches a button on a display, and a metal ring threaded on a pole launches into the air with a dynamic ringing sound. He catches it.
"With gravity, matter creates a field that impacts the motion of other matter." He adds, tossing the ring into the air. "If they sound similar, there's a reason for that. Now you alphas are going to learn the finer points of electrostatics and gravity and why everything falls towards the earth instead of straight up. The Lambdas among you are going to get a rundown of special relativity and the two little postulates that go on to explain all of electromagnetism."
And he sweeps an arm to the... interesting looking contraption in the background. A squat mess of pipes, tanks, rivets, monitors and strangely glowing portholes. "Also all of you will get a glimpse of where the two meet, as Mac and I turn this bad boy on and we attempt to see if we can detect a gravitation in its natural habitat."
What: Physics class, and some unfortunate mishaps
Where: Gordon's teaching lab, Science & Math Building.
When: Late morning, Friday
"Alright, class, this time around we're talking about electromagnetism and gravity. In electromagnetism charges create fields, which impact the motion of other charged bodies."
He punches a button on a display, and a metal ring threaded on a pole launches into the air with a dynamic ringing sound. He catches it.
"With gravity, matter creates a field that impacts the motion of other matter." He adds, tossing the ring into the air. "If they sound similar, there's a reason for that. Now you alphas are going to learn the finer points of electrostatics and gravity and why everything falls towards the earth instead of straight up. The Lambdas among you are going to get a rundown of special relativity and the two little postulates that go on to explain all of electromagnetism."
And he sweeps an arm to the... interesting looking contraption in the background. A squat mess of pipes, tanks, rivets, monitors and strangely glowing portholes. "Also all of you will get a glimpse of where the two meet, as Mac and I turn this bad boy on and we attempt to see if we can detect a gravitation in its natural habitat."
oh, this'll be great.
After months of poking around campus, sleeping in far too late, and, well, doing absolutely nothing of value, Scout has gotten bored. And when he gets bored, bad things tend to happen.
Unsure of which class to attend first, and where the classes even are, he finds himself at a bit of a crossroads -- half of the buildings here haven't even been explored by him, and admittedly, all of the possibilities of what he can find and do are daunting.
With his head spinning just a little at the thought of ... getting lost, though he'd never admit it, he wanders into the nearest building, peering into every window attached to a door he can find, until --
He spots a room with people! Not just people, but that older, nerdy guy that said he liked sports a while back. What was his name, again? Frank? Richard? Greg?
Scout plants himself against the door, and fiddles with the knob, only to find that it's locked. Shoot. Guess class started a while ago...
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fogging up the glass, the way his nose is pressed to it.
"Hm. If I didn't know any better I would begin to think that my lectures were getting popular." He quips to the crowd as he opens the door. "C'mon in, kid, have a seat, we're just getting to the hard part."
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Does that mean Scout will actually show interest in what he's talking about? Most likely not.
He finally spots a seat all the way in the back and plops right into it, looking far too eager to "learn".
"I like difficult shit. Bring it on, Grant."
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He leans back in his chair immediately after saying this and waits for Gerry to turn around. Once he does, Scout pulls out a wad of paper from his pocket and stuffs it in his mouth, hoping to conjure up a spitball.
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And he turns back to the board.
"Electromotive force. According to Faraday's Law, a changing magnetic field can produce an electric current. Increasing or decreasing, it pushes and pulls electrons in something of a circle, whose direction depends on what the magnetic field is actually doing."
Scriblscribl. Tak tak tak... "oh, dammit--" erase erase... "Harnessing this, one can create things like railguns, capable of firing a projectile with a speed of a couple THOUSAND meters per second--"
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But the curiosity quickly goes away as soon as Scout realizes that this lecture is totally boring and his job is to spice it up a little.
"ACH -- ptoo!"
Does it land on the professor? Scout can't see, because he's currently laughing with his eyes closed.
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Thy aim is true, troublemaker. The class reacts (Gasps, chortles, or probably a combination of both.) as Gordon actually reaches back and plucks the spitwad from the back of his head, turning back.
"..." Be nice, Gordon. "..." Dammit, be NICE! "...I could send you to the Hands for that, Mister Redshirt, but what you just did is going to prove the point I was about to make."