astrophysics mingle 1 ( open )

[interspatial]

Who: Anyone!
Where: Fourth floor, room 052
When: 1-Jun to 31-Jul
Rating: PG-13 for language, probably
Summary: A day in the life of the physics lab. Don't be intimidated by the science because we make everything up! In fact you don't even have to science at all -- there's document scanning to do and a water cooler to chat over and equipment to fight for! If you do want some science ideas I have a collection of equipment you can break or fix or learn about, along with a loose list of projects mentioned to Jane ICly in her time here so far. This post is a MINGLE, so feel free to make open top threads (they count toward your post requirement for AC!) and have fun! If you responded here, you probably have an idea about what your character does - if you didn't respond or still aren't sure what to do, feel free to hit me up via PM or plurk @printed. I'm happy to plot/brainstorm with you!
The Story:

Rules of the Physics Lab:

Put it back where you found it, better than you found it.
If you're not sure, ask!
If someone asks, help!
NO HITTING PEOPLE WITH ROLLED UP NEWSPAPERS!

Projects currently in process:

Expansion into two additional rooms for a supercomputer
Scanning & photographing library documents for archive
Data mining & processing
Energy scanning & analysation
Scientific study of magicks of various worlds
Construction of various astrophysics and astronomy equipment

Comments

jane foster | OTA

[interspatial]

a. late late night

[ dr. foster had fallen asleep while her program compiles. she's sprawled back in her chair with one foot up on the worktable and it's 6AM. it's hardly the most indelicate she's ever been, but her head is hanging over the back of her chair, and her mouth is wide open.

is she snoring...? ]

b. stupid thing do what you're supposed to!

[ lesson #304: percussive maintenance is totally a thing and the way jane is smacking her handheld against the tabletop possibly makes it seem like she revels in it a little. ]

Sorry, just give-- [ WHACK ] me-- [ WHACK ] ha! There we go... What did you need, again?

c. oops what did you do?

Hmm. I think we're going to have to open it up and reestablish all of the connections inside. Can you grab the green toolbox from the cabinet?

[ hopefully all those TEENY TINY TOOLS don't scare you away? ]

Leo Fitz | OTA

[hypoxic]

1. The Jemma issue

[There are roughly ten thousand things happening at the lab at any given moment. Fitz should be handling the supercomputer issue, building and delegating tasks to people responsible for not messing everything up. And for the most part, he handles his project well enough.

But then there's his other project. Sometime after lunch on most days, he'll vanish from his desk for a solid hour or longer, and return to scribble formulas in his notebook. He mumbles to himself, and lay people with questions will find him distracted and unhelpful. He talks about there being "just one more thing to try" more often than is probably healthy. And if anyone can make sense of the jibberish on his workscreen, he's very obviously looking into tearing open a hole in spacetime. Because opening up an actual black hole is a totally good idea if there's even a chance of triggering a good and proper wormhole.]

2. ok but INTERNS tho

[When Fitz is paying attention to construction, he's not entirely kind to his assistants. He's perfectly personable when they aren't trying to work together, but the second they fall into the raw Science, he's a little fussy.

Okay, so he's a lot fussy. In fact, he might be furiously waving a bag of parts at you right now.]

What sort of simpleton uses a blue bag to store sensitive equipment?! We've been over the proper system. B is for blue is for biological. This belongs in a clear bag. C is for clear is for computers. It astounds me to think you're even capable of tying your bloody shoes in the morning! Do you have help?

3. nerds are kind of quiet sometimes

[ The open, "come at me bro" option.

When it comes to interacting socially, Fitz generally doesn't. He'll work quietly while other people chatter and gossip. He'll look on and listen, but he won't approach uninvited. As warm as Dr. Foster has been, he doesn't actually know you people... So he's mostly content to speak only when spoken to. But he'll be around if anyone has a reason to interact with Captain Social Skills over here.]

alphys | OTA

[sciencelizard]

a. the middle of the night

[Alphys would absolutely say she does her best work between the hours of 12-4 in the morning; it's when she's the least intrusive and also when she tends to stop poking around her personal lab quarters, because she's worried about waking people up. So she tiptoes around, working towards constructing the things people have asked her to run the engineering numbers on before slipping away again before other people might show up for the morning.]

b. magic magic magic

[She'd be the last person to say she's any kind of expert when it comes to actually doing magic, but when it comes to studying it, it's basically her unofficial degree. Since she's the first from her world here, she starts trying to catalog the different types, and... well, if you asked her, she'd say she has no clue, but the papers on the table are absolutely on fire.]

I'm s-sorry! I'm sorry this w-wasn't supposed to happen, uhm, is there-- can someone do s-something, I'm so sorry--

c. wildcard

[hit her up with a prompt! Alphys is primarily an engineer and programmer so she'll be building equipment, fixing things, and tending to make a mess no matter how hard she tries.]