//------------------------------// // Chapter 20 // Story: Doing Science // by dashie76 //------------------------------// ...crap! Oh crapcrapcrapcrap- Could you quit jumping around for one minute?! Oh, come on, Twilight... No. We need to document our meeting. ... ... Good morning! Good evening! Good afternoon! My name is Twilight Sparkle. S'up...... Ugh...Rainbow, grow up. Cave said that this is standard procedure. Are you going to do your job or not? Implying that Cave's word is anything to go off of...you've been here before......can't we just- No. We've got to do it by the book. But none of us wanna do it by the book... Tough. Tell them who you are. ...I'm Pinkie Pie...I guess... I can barely hear you. Speak up. Come on, Twi. It's not a big deal. If it's that important, why isn't anypony else doing this with us? Yeah, how come- I GOT......I GOT THE...I GOT THE RATS 'N' THE...THE FLOWER... Zzzzz... ...because of that guy. Pinkie? Yeah? Get off of me! Ah! S-sorry! ...? I didn't mean to...Twilight? Hm... Uh...Equestria to Twilight? Permission to land? Over. ...oh, sorry. You're fine, Pinkie... Are you fine? You spaced out for a minute. Yeah, I'm fine. It's...I got the weirdest sense of deja vu just now. Oh, I know what you mean. I've been getting that a lot, lately. Really? That's kind of weird. Snrk...me too... ...What? Uh...me too... ... IT'S A CONSPIRACY! AH! I DIDN'T DO IT! IT WAS RAINBOW DASH'S FAULT! SHE MADE ME DO IT! Excuse me? Oh...I...nevermind... You bet your plot, nevermind... Time out. That stuff has been happening to all of us lately? Like, more often than normal? Uh...seems that way, Twi'. Odd...really odd... This isn't odd, Twilight...this...is a mystery... Regardless, at this point, I don't think we're going to get anything else done...so you guys can go back to the party. Fresh! Pinkie, let's move out! Awesome! Drinking contest? Drinking contest! ... ...Cave...? Whuzzat? Those Portal Guns of yours...how does Aperture make them? Itz supposed to be a secret......but I'll tell you 'cause you're pretty... ...thanks? Miniature black holes...inside the machines......warps space-time...creates wormholes. Programming the connected wormholes from there is a piece of cake... Uh...I'll ignore the impossibility of "miniature black holes" for now. How do you make them? Machine...connects to outer space via wormhole tech. Warps space-time...compresses real black holes...transports them back to Aperture via wormhole tech...plug 'em into a gun...and voila... ... Why'd you...why'd you wanna know...? ...that machine sounds really interesting. Do you think you could bring me to it?