Remember who you're working for

by **Quentin Watson** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:44 pm

When Sara would come back to the lab, a familiar man would be standing in the back, going through some papers on his clipboard.

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:00 pm

"Oh. Good afternoon Mr. Watson." she says, somewhat surprised to find him here.

by **Quentin Watson** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:38 pm

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Stanton. I've been going over your recent results."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:44 pm

"I was going to send a more detailed report soon..."

by **Quentin Watson** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:24 pm

"Well, that's why I'm here. Why don't you talk to me."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:28 pm

"Well, I think I figured out what the problem was with the signals. I still need to run a couple more tests to confirm it though."

by **Quentin Watson** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:38 pm

"And what is holding you back?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:40 pm

"Nothing. I just want to make sure it's properly documented. The signal adjustment already worked in preliminary testing."

by **Quentin Watson** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:49 pm

"Good! That's fantastic. What's your next step?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:54 pm

"Combining shape and material composition, I guess. But now that I know how signals overlap and interact that shouldn't be too hard."

by **Quentin Watson** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:38 pm

"What about external signals? Do they interfere with your homemade signals?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:45 pm

"What do you mean external? Those are the external signals."

by **Quentin Watson** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:05 pm

"What if there were signals coming from another source. Could they overpower your signals?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:09 pm

"In theory, I suppose? Seems like it depends on the signal strength."

by **Quentin Watson** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:09 pm

"Could you test this theory?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:13 pm

"Guess I could hook up two wires to one sample, sure."

by **Quentin Watson** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:20 pm

Quentin scratched his chin. "Try to see what different kinds of energy could conflict. I mean, unless you believe your system is the only way of inducing change."

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:25 pm

"I don't see why anything else should. The whole reason why it works in the first place is because it's emulating nerve signals."

by **Quentin Watson** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:29 pm

"So, someone else stimulating nerve-like reactions could, in theory, work in the same sense? Remember, it's a world with many mutants out there.

No offense intended, of course."

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:39 pm

"They'd have to be really good. And know how to modulate the signal. So basically no."

by **Quentin Watson** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:44 pm

Dr. Watson nodded. "So you're confident this is a fairly fool-proof method -- one you've worked out the kinks, that is?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:45 pm

"Yeah. It's like... built-in encryption almost."

by **Quentin Watson** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:55 pm

"And you've managed to crack this encryption?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:06 pm

"Yeah. It might need the occasional adjusting because biological systems are never a hundred percent predictable but it works."

by **Quentin Watson** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:09 pm

"So, it requires constant human intervention, then?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:19 am

"Just once per shape, really."

by **Quentin Watson** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:21 pm

"So, it does NOT require constant electricity to work, then? It doesn't just...collapse back into a previous form?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:26 pm

"Oh no no, you have to keep the signal going to maintain any shape."

by **Quentin Watson** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:35 pm

"Is that so? Couldn't you, I don't know, overload the circuits with a blast of power? Some kind of...residual programming?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:44 pm

"I don't know... I don't think so though."

by **Quentin Watson** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:54 pm

"I would recommend being sure about that."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:55 pm

"I'll see what I can do about proving it, but the cells are no capacitors. They can't hold a charge."

by **Quentin Watson** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:09 pm

"That's a bit disappointing, but ah well. Nothing to do about that. I suppose sometimes science is pushed forward more by negative results than positive ones.

Have you made any progress in duplicating the cells? Expansion, production, that sort of thing?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:31 pm

"Afraid not. They seem perfectly capable of increasing mass when they shift but they just don't seem to reproduce."

by **Quentin Watson** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:18 pm

"Now THAT is disappointing. Are you saying it's impossible?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:24 pm

"I... well... I know it's possible, in theory..."

by **Quentin Watson** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:29 pm

"Explore your theory! This is an exciting time for science -- leave no stone unturned!"

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:36 pm

"I'm not exactly sure I wanna know how she did it, to be honest..."

by **Quentin Watson** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:03 pm

"She?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:11 pm

"Well, me, but from the other universe. She had a whole army of them running around."

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