Ok, This little scenelet basically jumped me and demanded to be written. If it does make it into an actual fic it will be heavily edited ( mostly because I'm using an old draft of the A.I. character). Also, this was thrown together very quickly ( for me at least) and hasn't had much in the way of error checking, you have been warned![[Image: wink.gif]](http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/wink.gif)
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It was a scene strait out of a mad scientists laboratory, which is appropriate, because that's what it was. The lighting
was dim, and the tables lining the walls were covered with papers, computers, and unidentified machines, many of them seemingly unfinished. In the center of the room stood a man, encased within a plexiglass cylinder, which was situated atop a metal base. Wires and tubes were attached to both the top and bottom of the cylinder, extending to a row of tanks and computers set up against the right wall.
While scenes like this weren't uncommon in fenspace, things aboard the Harukaze were generally more orderly. This room, however, belonged to Alex Stevens, captain of the Harukaze and self-proclaimed mad scientist. Alex also happened to be the man standing inside the cylinder at the moment. "Is everything ready Ami?" asked Alex, who stood almost naked, his modesty preserved only by the harness securing him to the inside of the cylinder. He was a tall man, heavyset and somewhat overweight, with short brown hair and equally brown eyes.
One of the computer monitors by the right wall flicked on, revealing the head and shoulders of a woman who looked remarkably like Ami Mizuno. "Yes, everything is ready Alex, but are you sure you want to do this?" Ami, the Harukaze's A.I. asked. "After all, you weren't planning on biomodding yourself for another few years yet at least." Alex looked sullen "Yeah, well after what happened, now seems like a good time." now he flashed a crooked grin at her "Besides, Science waits for no man! Now, since everythings ready, lets get started."
Ami stared at him for a moment, then nodded "alright, beginning start up sequence." There was a rumbling sound
from the tubes attached to the cylinder, and a murky seagreen liquid, a mixture of water and green handwavium,
began to rapidly fill the chamber as Alex affixed a breathing
mask to his face. The liquid rapidly reached the top of the cylinder and Alex gave Ami a thumbs up to show he was ready. "Now injecting handwavium." Ami stated as small amounts of handwavium were drawn from several different
batches situated in the tanks along the wall, then injecting
through several intravenous tubes attached to Alex in a steady drip. Ami waited several minutes as Alex slowly drifted to sleep "Running programs." she said, as the rest of the of the monitors along the right wall came alive, some displaying vital signs, some running episodes of various anime, speakers pumping the sound directly into the cylinder, and the rest showing other, less comprehensible, information.
Ami sighed as she took in everything in the room "Well
I guess thats it than." she said to the sleeping figure suspended within the cylinder "We'll see how it all turns out
in a few hours, sweet dreams Alex." Then her monitor switched off, leaving Alex to sleep through the changes to come.
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And now it looks like I have to get going, so I'll have to respond to all the previous posts when I get back.
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It was a scene strait out of a mad scientists laboratory, which is appropriate, because that's what it was. The lighting
was dim, and the tables lining the walls were covered with papers, computers, and unidentified machines, many of them seemingly unfinished. In the center of the room stood a man, encased within a plexiglass cylinder, which was situated atop a metal base. Wires and tubes were attached to both the top and bottom of the cylinder, extending to a row of tanks and computers set up against the right wall.
While scenes like this weren't uncommon in fenspace, things aboard the Harukaze were generally more orderly. This room, however, belonged to Alex Stevens, captain of the Harukaze and self-proclaimed mad scientist. Alex also happened to be the man standing inside the cylinder at the moment. "Is everything ready Ami?" asked Alex, who stood almost naked, his modesty preserved only by the harness securing him to the inside of the cylinder. He was a tall man, heavyset and somewhat overweight, with short brown hair and equally brown eyes.
One of the computer monitors by the right wall flicked on, revealing the head and shoulders of a woman who looked remarkably like Ami Mizuno. "Yes, everything is ready Alex, but are you sure you want to do this?" Ami, the Harukaze's A.I. asked. "After all, you weren't planning on biomodding yourself for another few years yet at least." Alex looked sullen "Yeah, well after what happened, now seems like a good time." now he flashed a crooked grin at her "Besides, Science waits for no man! Now, since everythings ready, lets get started."
Ami stared at him for a moment, then nodded "alright, beginning start up sequence." There was a rumbling sound
from the tubes attached to the cylinder, and a murky seagreen liquid, a mixture of water and green handwavium,
began to rapidly fill the chamber as Alex affixed a breathing
mask to his face. The liquid rapidly reached the top of the cylinder and Alex gave Ami a thumbs up to show he was ready. "Now injecting handwavium." Ami stated as small amounts of handwavium were drawn from several different
batches situated in the tanks along the wall, then injecting
through several intravenous tubes attached to Alex in a steady drip. Ami waited several minutes as Alex slowly drifted to sleep "Running programs." she said, as the rest of the of the monitors along the right wall came alive, some displaying vital signs, some running episodes of various anime, speakers pumping the sound directly into the cylinder, and the rest showing other, less comprehensible, information.
Ami sighed as she took in everything in the room "Well
I guess thats it than." she said to the sleeping figure suspended within the cylinder "We'll see how it all turns out
in a few hours, sweet dreams Alex." Then her monitor switched off, leaving Alex to sleep through the changes to come.
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And now it looks like I have to get going, so I'll have to respond to all the previous posts when I get back.