forum Butterfly Effect (Time Travel RP, OPEN)

Started May 30, 2018 by @WriteOutofTime

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"Oh, uh, thank you." She took the granola bar and opened it, taking a bite of it. After she swallowed, she asked, "What are you thinking about the whole power surge thing?"

(sorry for disappearing, somebody just got a new motorcycle and I wanted to check it out lmao)
"I don't think it really means anything," Artemis admitted, zipping her purse shut and setting it back down. She tapped her nails on her desk idly. "What about you?"

(Gtg night!)

(aw, goodnight!)

Emil sighed as he put down the laptop. "I have no idea. And that really irritates me," he said, puffing his cheeks out slightly. He hated when something seemed to be so closely connected, but turning out just to be a correlation rather than a causation . "I was looking through everything I could find, but there was no cause for this. But something must have had caused it." He sighed lightly, his warm breath brushing his lips. "I just can't figure out what it was."

"I'm with you." She paused, taking another bite of the granola bar. "I think everyone is just getting excited over nothing. I have to admit, working here does kinda get boring after a while.." She whispered the last part, afraid of what might happen if all the others heard her.

"I don't know about you," Dara said, a slow smile creeping along her face, "but I get too happy when I find sh*t I genuinely don't understand. It's so rare. But so exciting." She popped her knuckles, turning back to her laptop and her notes. "Let's get to work. We are scientists, aren't we?"

"Tell me about it," Artemis said, laughing. She leaned back in her chair. "I feel like the only interesting thing here is that I get to spin around in my swivel chair whenever I feel like it." After saying that, she spun around as if to prove a point.

Emil pouted a bit as he turned back to his original project which was observing a black hole that was pretty close to the solar system. Pretty close as in 27,000 light years away, but that was still decently nearby in terms of the galaxy. It was interesting, and also a way to further the proof of the existence of Einstein-Rosen bridges. But a part of his mind still wandered on the electromagnetic pulses. There must have been a cause. But what was it?

Erza looks around at the others but doesnt interact. She always felt awkward around them.

Petrichor made his way quietly into the room, shedding his rain jacket and quickly covering the distance between him and everyone else. "Did you guys see the EMPs? Of course you did… What do we have so far?"

Erza moves one ear piece around her ear to hear properly, "Is something new?"

"They're getting closer and closer together," Petrichor replied breathlessly. "Like an alarm when no one hits the snooze button."

"That made no sense…" Erza sighs, swiveling around in her chair

Petrichor shook his head. "Sorry. The EMPs, when they happen, the times between them are getting shorter."

"…Riight…" Erza sighs, "Isnt that. Ya know. Impossible?"
(Sorry If Im getting this completely wrong)

"What do you think it means?" Dara asked him, rubbing at her nose. "It's definitely not natural."

"I have no idea," Emil commented as he rubbed his temples slightly. "There is practically nothing that could be related to this. Unless you want me to take into consideration the wind speeds in London or the fashion trends in South Korea." He sighed, typing in a few more words. "There was, however, something strange I observed. The air pressure is seemingly being affected by the pulses, just on a very minor level. But I'm not sure if it's just a coincidence or not."

"I don't know what the h*ll it means! Maybe it's a countdown? Or they're building up to a big event?" Petrichor rubbed his temples and pulled up a chair, aggressively sipping at his coffee.

"Well, I theorize that it's definitely some sort of device," Dara said, her eyes on the ceiling, "but a big one. Has to be, in order for us to detect the pulses so strongly. But it's well contained, it's not effecting really anyone, it's just…there. And notice how the news hasn't mentioned one word about it. Maybe they haven't detected it at all."

Erza swiveled around again, feeling awkward

Emil continued to type into the document on his computer, a small smile on his lips. "Well, we aren't using the most legal equipment to detect these," he said, referring to the possibly illegal emp they had modified to pick up signals that most others couldn't.