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[union-of-mad-scientists]

(@evadian-anomalies)

The translator's almost done, and Vonaiel does a test with it.

"Is it working yet?"

"Yes, it appears so!" Merlyn smiles at him. "So at this point it's just putting the rest of the words in..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel brings up a point.

"Some words aren't going to translate, though. For example, humans wouldn't need any words like [TRANSLATION ERROR]. We'll have to come up with new terms for things like that..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's true, but it's true of any language and is just one of the pitfalls of machine translation... Which is why making sure you two actually learn at least one earth language, probably English, is still important even with this."

She hums a little. "So yeah, you can make up words, or have it translate to a phrase if that would work, or just use the nearest equivalent even if it isn't quite right. You're the experts here on what your language means, so I'll just provide consultation about the other."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Well. Zaquiel's the language expert, actually. I was more interested in programming & sciences. The latter won't help, though..."

Vonaiel sighs.

"This goes against just about everything I was taught about the world..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Yeah, sorry about that... Things are different here." They grimace a little. "I'd be happy to help teach you how the *do* work, if you'd like..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah. It'll be difficult. Some things do come together to produce the same results, though"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's almost more interesting than if they didn't..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I guess. Anyway, I'm sure Zaquiel can manage figuring out new terms."

They tap his horns against Zaquiel's

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Alrighty then..." they nod, humming softly. "Tell me if you need anything. Since the devices are fully built, I'm going to concentrate on figuring out more uses for that stuff Tonya gave me."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Also, I think it would be wise to have something to disguise us as humans"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"I suppose that would be useful if you ever want to go outside the boundaries of OSHA..." she hums a little more. "Inside though, it is unnecessary. There's a guy here with an orange for a head, for god's sake. Humans are a minority."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Someone with a what? Hm. Is the translator not working, or is it something that has no translation..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"It's a type of fruit. Also the color which the fruit is." They open up an internet tab on the computer they were using for the programming. "Here, I'll just pull up a picture." They do so, rather quickly.

[evadian-anomalies]

Both of them seem. Disturbed.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"What, is something wrong?" she looks at them, a little confused.

[evadian-anomalies]

"That just. Makes very little sense... Is this some sort of joke?"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Not a joke, unfortunately. I still don't understand how it works," she acknowledges, "But I've met the guy. He exists. And he might be one of the most outwardly strange-looking, but he's far from the strangest person here in terms of powers and background and other aspects of physical form."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Hm... I suppose..."

Zaquiel sighs, while leafing through several dictionaries, running things through several translators.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Yeah it's crazy here, at this point I just try not to think too hard about it unless it seems relevant to an experiment."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel seems rather stressed, looking through several dictionaries. Vonaiel notices quickly

"You alright?"

He gently taps one of their horns to Zaquiel's

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"You need any help over there?" Merlyn adds.

[evadian-anomalies]

"What is wrong with this language..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

(@evadian-anomalies)

The translator's almost done, and Vonaiel does a test with it.

"Is it working yet?"

"Yes, it appears so!" Merlyn smiles at him. "So at this point it's just putting the rest of the words in..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel brings up a point.

"Some words aren't going to translate, though. For example, humans wouldn't need any words like [TRANSLATION ERROR]. We'll have to come up with new terms for things like that..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's true, but it's true of any language and is just one of the pitfalls of machine translation... Which is why making sure you two actually learn at least one earth language, probably English, is still important even with this."

She hums a little. "So yeah, you can make up words, or have it translate to a phrase if that would work, or just use the nearest equivalent even if it isn't quite right. You're the experts here on what your language means, so I'll just provide consultation about the other."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Well. Zaquiel's the language expert, actually. I was more interested in programming & sciences. The latter won't help, though..."

Vonaiel sighs.

"This goes against just about everything I was taught about the world..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Yeah, sorry about that... Things are different here." They grimace a little. "I'd be happy to help teach you how the *do* work, if you'd like..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah. It'll be difficult. Some things do come together to produce the same results, though"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's almost more interesting than if they didn't..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I guess. Anyway, I'm sure Zaquiel can manage figuring out new terms."

They tap his horns against Zaquiel's

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Alrighty then..." they nod, humming softly. "Tell me if you need anything. Since the devices are fully built, I'm going to concentrate on figuring out more uses for that stuff Tonya gave me."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Also, I think it would be wise to have something to disguise us as humans"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"I suppose that would be useful if you ever want to go outside the boundaries of OSHA..." she hums a little more. "Inside though, it is unnecessary. There's a guy here with an orange for a head, for god's sake. Humans are a minority."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Someone with a what? Hm. Is the translator not working, or is it something that has no translation..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"It's a type of fruit. Also the color which the fruit is." They open up an internet tab on the computer they were using for the programming. "Here, I'll just pull up a picture." They do so, rather quickly.

[evadian-anomalies]

Both of them seem. Disturbed.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"What, is something wrong?" she looks at them, a little confused.

[evadian-anomalies]

"That just. Makes very little sense... Is this some sort of joke?"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Not a joke, unfortunately. I still don't understand how it works," she acknowledges, "But I've met the guy. He exists. And he might be one of the most outwardly strange-looking, but he's far from the strangest person here in terms of powers and background and other aspects of physical form."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Hm... I suppose..."

Zaquiel sighs, while leafing through several dictionaries, running things through several translators.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Yeah it's crazy here, at this point I just try not to think too hard about it unless it seems relevant to an experiment."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel seems rather stressed, looking through several dictionaries. Vonaiel notices quickly

"You alright?"

He gently taps one of their horns to Zaquiel's

[union-of-mad-scientists]

(@evadian-anomalies)

The translator's almost done, and Vonaiel does a test with it.

"Is it working yet?"

"Yes, it appears so!" Merlyn smiles at him. "So at this point it's just putting the rest of the words in..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel brings up a point.

"Some words aren't going to translate, though. For example, humans wouldn't need any words like [TRANSLATION ERROR]. We'll have to come up with new terms for things like that..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's true, but it's true of any language and is just one of the pitfalls of machine translation... Which is why making sure you two actually learn at least one earth language, probably English, is still important even with this."

She hums a little. "So yeah, you can make up words, or have it translate to a phrase if that would work, or just use the nearest equivalent even if it isn't quite right. You're the experts here on what your language means, so I'll just provide consultation about the other."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Well. Zaquiel's the language expert, actually. I was more interested in programming & sciences. The latter won't help, though..."

Vonaiel sighs.

"This goes against just about everything I was taught about the world..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Yeah, sorry about that... Things are different here." They grimace a little. "I'd be happy to help teach you how the *do* work, if you'd like..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah. It'll be difficult. Some things do come together to produce the same results, though"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's almost more interesting than if they didn't..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I guess. Anyway, I'm sure Zaquiel can manage figuring out new terms."

They tap his horns against Zaquiel's

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Alrighty then..." they nod, humming softly. "Tell me if you need anything. Since the devices are fully built, I'm going to concentrate on figuring out more uses for that stuff Tonya gave me."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Also, I think it would be wise to have something to disguise us as humans"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"I suppose that would be useful if you ever want to go outside the boundaries of OSHA..." she hums a little more. "Inside though, it is unnecessary. There's a guy here with an orange for a head, for god's sake. Humans are a minority."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Someone with a what? Hm. Is the translator not working, or is it something that has no translation..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"It's a type of fruit. Also the color which the fruit is." They open up an internet tab on the computer they were using for the programming. "Here, I'll just pull up a picture." They do so, rather quickly.

[evadian-anomalies]

Both of them seem. Disturbed.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"What, is something wrong?" she looks at them, a little confused.

[evadian-anomalies]

"That just. Makes very little sense... Is this some sort of joke?"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Not a joke, unfortunately. I still don't understand how it works," she acknowledges, "But I've met the guy. He exists. And he might be one of the most outwardly strange-looking, but he's far from the strangest person here in terms of powers and background and other aspects of physical form."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Hm... I suppose..."

Zaquiel sighs, while leafing through several dictionaries, running things through several translators.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

(@evadian-anomalies)

The translator's almost done, and Vonaiel does a test with it.

"Is it working yet?"

"Yes, it appears so!" Merlyn smiles at him. "So at this point it's just putting the rest of the words in..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel brings up a point.

"Some words aren't going to translate, though. For example, humans wouldn't need any words like [TRANSLATION ERROR]. We'll have to come up with new terms for things like that..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's true, but it's true of any language and is just one of the pitfalls of machine translation... Which is why making sure you two actually learn at least one earth language, probably English, is still important even with this."

She hums a little. "So yeah, you can make up words, or have it translate to a phrase if that would work, or just use the nearest equivalent even if it isn't quite right. You're the experts here on what your language means, so I'll just provide consultation about the other."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Well. Zaquiel's the language expert, actually. I was more interested in programming & sciences. The latter won't help, though..."

Vonaiel sighs.

"This goes against just about everything I was taught about the world..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Yeah, sorry about that... Things are different here." They grimace a little. "I'd be happy to help teach you how the *do* work, if you'd like..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah. It'll be difficult. Some things do come together to produce the same results, though"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's almost more interesting than if they didn't..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I guess. Anyway, I'm sure Zaquiel can manage figuring out new terms."

They tap his horns against Zaquiel's

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Alrighty then..." they nod, humming softly. "Tell me if you need anything. Since the devices are fully built, I'm going to concentrate on figuring out more uses for that stuff Tonya gave me."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Also, I think it would be wise to have something to disguise us as humans"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"I suppose that would be useful if you ever want to go outside the boundaries of OSHA..." she hums a little more. "Inside though, it is unnecessary. There's a guy here with an orange for a head, for god's sake. Humans are a minority."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Someone with a what? Hm. Is the translator not working, or is it something that has no translation..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"It's a type of fruit. Also the color which the fruit is." They open up an internet tab on the computer they were using for the programming. "Here, I'll just pull up a picture." They do so, rather quickly.

[evadian-anomalies]

Both of them seem. Disturbed.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"What, is something wrong?" she looks at them, a little confused.

[evadian-anomalies]

"That just. Makes very little sense... Is this some sort of joke?"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

(@evadian-anomalies)

The translator's almost done, and Vonaiel does a test with it.

"Is it working yet?"

"Yes, it appears so!" Merlyn smiles at him. "So at this point it's just putting the rest of the words in..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel brings up a point.

"Some words aren't going to translate, though. For example, humans wouldn't need any words like [TRANSLATION ERROR]. We'll have to come up with new terms for things like that..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's true, but it's true of any language and is just one of the pitfalls of machine translation... Which is why making sure you two actually learn at least one earth language, probably English, is still important even with this."

She hums a little. "So yeah, you can make up words, or have it translate to a phrase if that would work, or just use the nearest equivalent even if it isn't quite right. You're the experts here on what your language means, so I'll just provide consultation about the other."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Well. Zaquiel's the language expert, actually. I was more interested in programming & sciences. The latter won't help, though..."

Vonaiel sighs.

"This goes against just about everything I was taught about the world..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Yeah, sorry about that... Things are different here." They grimace a little. "I'd be happy to help teach you how the *do* work, if you'd like..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah. It'll be difficult. Some things do come together to produce the same results, though"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's almost more interesting than if they didn't..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I guess. Anyway, I'm sure Zaquiel can manage figuring out new terms."

They tap his horns against Zaquiel's

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Alrighty then..." they nod, humming softly. "Tell me if you need anything. Since the devices are fully built, I'm going to concentrate on figuring out more uses for that stuff Tonya gave me."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Also, I think it would be wise to have something to disguise us as humans"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"I suppose that would be useful if you ever want to go outside the boundaries of OSHA..." she hums a little more. "Inside though, it is unnecessary. There's a guy here with an orange for a head, for god's sake. Humans are a minority."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Someone with a what? Hm. Is the translator not working, or is it something that has no translation..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"It's a type of fruit. Also the color which the fruit is." They open up an internet tab on the computer they were using for the programming. "Here, I'll just pull up a picture." They do so, rather quickly.

[evadian-anomalies]

Both of them seem. Disturbed.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

(@evadian-anomalies)

The translator's almost done, and Vonaiel does a test with it.

"Is it working yet?"

"Yes, it appears so!" Merlyn smiles at him. "So at this point it's just putting the rest of the words in..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel brings up a point.

"Some words aren't going to translate, though. For example, humans wouldn't need any words like [TRANSLATION ERROR]. We'll have to come up with new terms for things like that..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's true, but it's true of any language and is just one of the pitfalls of machine translation... Which is why making sure you two actually learn at least one earth language, probably English, is still important even with this."

She hums a little. "So yeah, you can make up words, or have it translate to a phrase if that would work, or just use the nearest equivalent even if it isn't quite right. You're the experts here on what your language means, so I'll just provide consultation about the other."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Well. Zaquiel's the language expert, actually. I was more interested in programming & sciences. The latter won't help, though..."

Vonaiel sighs.

"This goes against just about everything I was taught about the world..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Yeah, sorry about that... Things are different here." They grimace a little. "I'd be happy to help teach you how the *do* work, if you'd like..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah. It'll be difficult. Some things do come together to produce the same results, though"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's almost more interesting than if they didn't..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I guess. Anyway, I'm sure Zaquiel can manage figuring out new terms."

They tap his horns against Zaquiel's

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Alrighty then..." they nod, humming softly. "Tell me if you need anything. Since the devices are fully built, I'm going to concentrate on figuring out more uses for that stuff Tonya gave me."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Also, I think it would be wise to have something to disguise us as humans"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"I suppose that would be useful if you ever want to go outside the boundaries of OSHA..." she hums a little more. "Inside though, it is unnecessary. There's a guy here with an orange for a head, for god's sake. Humans are a minority."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Someone with a what? Hm. Is the translator not working, or is it something that has no translation..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

(@evadian-anomalies)

The translator's almost done, and Vonaiel does a test with it.

"Is it working yet?"

"Yes, it appears so!" Merlyn smiles at him. "So at this point it's just putting the rest of the words in..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel brings up a point.

"Some words aren't going to translate, though. For example, humans wouldn't need any words like [TRANSLATION ERROR]. We'll have to come up with new terms for things like that..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's true, but it's true of any language and is just one of the pitfalls of machine translation... Which is why making sure you two actually learn at least one earth language, probably English, is still important even with this."

She hums a little. "So yeah, you can make up words, or have it translate to a phrase if that would work, or just use the nearest equivalent even if it isn't quite right. You're the experts here on what your language means, so I'll just provide consultation about the other."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Well. Zaquiel's the language expert, actually. I was more interested in programming & sciences. The latter won't help, though..."

Vonaiel sighs.

"This goes against just about everything I was taught about the world..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Yeah, sorry about that... Things are different here." They grimace a little. "I'd be happy to help teach you how the *do* work, if you'd like..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah. It'll be difficult. Some things do come together to produce the same results, though"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's almost more interesting than if they didn't..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I guess. Anyway, I'm sure Zaquiel can manage figuring out new terms."

They tap his horns against Zaquiel's

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Alrighty then..." they nod, humming softly. "Tell me if you need anything. Since the devices are fully built, I'm going to concentrate on figuring out more uses for that stuff Tonya gave me."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Also, I think it would be wise to have something to disguise us as humans"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

(@evadian-anomalies)

The translator's almost done, and Vonaiel does a test with it.

"Is it working yet?"

"Yes, it appears so!" Merlyn smiles at him. "So at this point it's just putting the rest of the words in..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel brings up a point.

"Some words aren't going to translate, though. For example, humans wouldn't need any words like [TRANSLATION ERROR]. We'll have to come up with new terms for things like that..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's true, but it's true of any language and is just one of the pitfalls of machine translation... Which is why making sure you two actually learn at least one earth language, probably English, is still important even with this."

She hums a little. "So yeah, you can make up words, or have it translate to a phrase if that would work, or just use the nearest equivalent even if it isn't quite right. You're the experts here on what your language means, so I'll just provide consultation about the other."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Well. Zaquiel's the language expert, actually. I was more interested in programming & sciences. The latter won't help, though..."

Vonaiel sighs.

"This goes against just about everything I was taught about the world..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Yeah, sorry about that... Things are different here." They grimace a little. "I'd be happy to help teach you how the *do* work, if you'd like..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah. It'll be difficult. Some things do come together to produce the same results, though"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's almost more interesting than if they didn't..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I guess. Anyway, I'm sure Zaquiel can manage figuring out new terms."

They tap his horns against Zaquiel's

[union-of-mad-scientists]

(@evadian-anomalies)

The translator's almost done, and Vonaiel does a test with it.

"Is it working yet?"

"Yes, it appears so!" Merlyn smiles at him. "So at this point it's just putting the rest of the words in..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel brings up a point.

"Some words aren't going to translate, though. For example, humans wouldn't need any words like [TRANSLATION ERROR]. We'll have to come up with new terms for things like that..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's true, but it's true of any language and is just one of the pitfalls of machine translation... Which is why making sure you two actually learn at least one earth language, probably English, is still important even with this."

She hums a little. "So yeah, you can make up words, or have it translate to a phrase if that would work, or just use the nearest equivalent even if it isn't quite right. You're the experts here on what your language means, so I'll just provide consultation about the other."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Well. Zaquiel's the language expert, actually. I was more interested in programming & sciences. The latter won't help, though..."

Vonaiel sighs.

"This goes against just about everything I was taught about the world..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Yeah, sorry about that... Things are different here." They grimace a little. "I'd be happy to help teach you how the *do* work, if you'd like..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah. It'll be difficult. Some things do come together to produce the same results, though"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

(@evadian-anomalies)

The translator's almost done, and Vonaiel does a test with it.

"Is it working yet?"

"Yes, it appears so!" Merlyn smiles at him. "So at this point it's just putting the rest of the words in..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel brings up a point.

"Some words aren't going to translate, though. For example, humans wouldn't need any words like [TRANSLATION ERROR]. We'll have to come up with new terms for things like that..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That's true, but it's true of any language and is just one of the pitfalls of machine translation... Which is why making sure you two actually learn at least one earth language, probably English, is still important even with this."

She hums a little. "So yeah, you can make up words, or have it translate to a phrase if that would work, or just use the nearest equivalent even if it isn't quite right. You're the experts here on what your language means, so I'll just provide consultation about the other."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Well. Zaquiel's the language expert, actually. I was more interested in programming & sciences. The latter won't help, though..."

Vonaiel sighs.

"This goes against just about everything I was taught about the world..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

(@evadian-anomalies)

The translator's almost done, and Vonaiel does a test with it.

"Is it working yet?"

"Yes, it appears so!" Merlyn smiles at him. "So at this point it's just putting the rest of the words in..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel brings up a point.

"Some words aren't going to translate, though. For example, humans wouldn't need any words like [TRANSLATION ERROR]. We'll have to come up with new terms for things like that..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

A familiar ghost shows up on the castle grounds.

"Hey Merlyn! I learned Modern English!!"

Hazel's smile is so bright.

Unfortunately, that doesn't last long, as a loud explosion rings out. Outside, they would find a scene similar to the anomalous orb, but instead, it's a pulsating humanoid. Its face is unmistakably that of a terrified person... And unlike any of the orbs, it looks directly at Merlyn, and utters a single word in an unknowable tongue.

Perhaps not unknowable, as Hazel's runes on her ears glow, and she utters the translation.

"Help"

Merlyn had been smiling back at Hazel, getting ready to say something in return, when the explosion happened.

Words fell away after that, for a little bit. They approached the person, holding out a hand for them to take if they wished. She wasn't sure how to help, not yet, but she could at least get them inside.

[evadian-anomalies]

They're too large to bring in through a general doorway, but he reaches out to take Merlyn's hand. They slip, and the hand slams onto the ground, which partly disassembles, trying to join with the humanoid mass. The thought would occur to Merlyn that touching him would likely be a bad idea.

However, Hazel seems to realize something. She fearlessly grabs the humanoid, and successfuly lifts them upward. Having no physical mass, due to being a Ghost, she suffers no consequence.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"We need to stabilize them." She frowns, then claps her hands once - she would snap but the hazmat made that just about impossible. "Can you bring him to my lab? I've been studying something that should help."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel nods, and carefully creates a magical portal through the wall, so she doesn't have to worry about doors. In a few minutes, they've brought him to the lab. Hazel uttering reassurances to them, which remain untranslated to Merlyn.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn makes a mad dash for Tonya's arm - she had already extracted a few cells to study under a microscope, and a few more to propogate, and there was some DNA in the centrifuge right now that she had been hoping to look at further too. But for now, she just gathered it all into a large syringe - hoping that whatever had allowed Tonya to be stable was inside that DNA and would work on this new person too. It would have been better if she could have designed a CRISPR-style dna altering virus, but there wasn't any time.

It was a gamble, a mad one - but that tended to get them the best results anyway.

"Hold them still please, and wish us all luck."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel holds them still, using magic to pull away the excess material, exposing a point where the needle could reach the flesh, while reassuring them, in the same indecipherable tongue

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn would normally put a numbing agent on first, but something was telling her that it would do very little good in this instance. So she just stuck the needle in and pushed the dna soup out into him.

"I really hope that does what I think it will. If it doesn't, we're gonna have a problem on our hands."

[evadian-anomalies]

After a few stressful moments, the dirt and stone forming the majority of the humanoid figure falls away, revealing a figure who looks to be roughly 16. His hair is blue, matching their eyes. They seem to be roughly 6'7. A pair of black, curling horns sit on the sides of his head, and there are a few scars and cracks across their skin, likely from what was happening earlier.

He looks around, very, very confused.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Are you alright kid?" Merlyn asks. "You're pretty far from home, from what I can tell..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel immediately starts acting as translator.

"What's going on, here? Everything's so... weird..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Given the way that you showed up, your initial instability, and the way I managed to fix it... I think you are from a different reality than this one. I don't know how you got here, but I do know that other particles from there have been showing up and wreaking havoc. And given the properties of that reality, I don't think my time machine is able to reach there so I doubt I can send you back."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Oh... So there's no way back... I hope..."

He trails off, and Hazel stops in response

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Not yet." She shakes her head softly. "I can work on it, but yours is a world where physics is the inverse of here. That complicates things, makes them dangerous."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I just hope..."

Hazel trails off, pausing, before asking him something. After getting the response, she continues.

"I just hope Zaquiel will be alright"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn nods slowly. "I don't know who that is, but I hope so as well. In the meantime, let's concentrate on making sure You are alright, hmm?" They smile softly at him, and then turn to Hazel. "I think you can put him down now, if you want. I've got a big bean bag chair in here that should fit him."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel nods, putting him down, and he continues looking around

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Right, I believe introductions are in order," she chuckles, "I have a tendency of leaving them for later than they should be... I'm Merlyn, a mad scientist. This is my lab... And the person translating is Hazel, she's a ghost."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Vonaiel"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Nice to meet you, Vonaiel," she says. "We're probably going to have to teach you English, just to be safe, but if you help me with the programming of it I can whip up a translation device for you... I've already got one for myself, but it doesn't recognize the language you're speaking."

[evadian-anomalies]

They perk up. It would seem Merlyn has discovered a Special Interest.

"I love Programming!"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That so?" She smiles a little wider. "Well lucky for you I do a lot with robotics, so there should be plenty for you to help with there... It'll probably not be the same programming languages as you're used to, though."

[evadian-anomalies]

Around this time, Tonya walks down into the lab, carrying a figure that's roughly 7'1, with yellow hair.

"Hey Merlyn. I found a child. Help"

Vonaiel looks over, and exclaims "Zaquiel!" While running over, latching onto the taller boy

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn cackles.

"Well. That answers that question... What specifically did you need help with, Tonya?"

[evadian-anomalies]

"He seems to have decided I'm his new parent? I don't know how to raise children."

Tonya carefully places Zaquiel down, and Vonaiel picks him up, despite him being much taller.

Zaquiel speaks, and Hazel translates.

"Thank you for taking care of..."

She trails off, and looks a bit confused.

"That doesn't really translate. Give me a few minutes."

The 3 of them start talking, as Hazel tries to grasp how to translate whatever it was she was struggling with

[union-of-mad-scientists]

While they figure out that snafu, Merlyn continues speaking to Tonya.

"Alright, if he trusts you enough for that keeping him yourself is probably the best course of action. Do you have the basics - food, shelter, all that?"

[skateboard-osha]

"Yeah. I did alot of skating competitions, and got alot of money. Then people started getting suspicious at how good i was. I had some... Unhealthy habits at the time, so I ended up getting banned from the competition..."

She sighs.

"It was a rough time, but I managed to stabilize my life, so I should be able to support him"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Okay, that's good," they nod. "He's a teenager, so most of the hardest parts are already done. Just make sure you listen when he talks, and do your best to be supportive of his choices and give advice when he seems to need it, and just... try to be there for him."

[skateboard-osha]

"Yeah. Though, considering he's from another world, age might work differently."

She sighs.

"Though, I'll have to figure out an income situation. OSHA was enough for just me, but I don't think it'll cut it anymore"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Mhmm, yeah, that's true. I'm sure Mike'll be happy to help feed the both of you until you do, and even after, if that helps. He, uh, runs the cafeteria if you didn't know."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah, I think we've met before. There's alot of people, so he might not remember me specifically"

Around this time, Hazel pipes up.

"Ok, so it doesn't translate very well, and alot of cultural implications get lost in translation, but I understand it enough to draw a parallel. As well as understanding some other things that don't translate well"

Zaquiel starts speaking again, and Hazel translates.

"Thank you for taking care of my boyfriend."

He gives Vonaiel a little squeeze just before the word is translated.

"He can be a bit chaotic to handle sometimes, but they always mean well. I understand that we probably won't be able to go back, but as long as we have eachother, that's okay"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

They nod once. "Well, If Zaquiel wants to stay with Tonya... I can take you in, Vonaiel. I have plenty of space still, though it is growing more crowded."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel speaks up again, and Hazel translates

"Also, I studied Linguistics for a while. I coukd help with the translator plan"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Excellent, especially since I'll be needing to build one for each of you now." She smiles, clapping her hands once. "Should probably get started on that pretty quick, actually, we wouldn't want to inconvenience Hazel for too long."

[evadian-anomalies]

"And it's not unreasonable to expect that more may show up"

Zaquiel taps one of his horns to Vonaiel's, before getting up

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Here, let me go ahead and show you how the programming works on the model I already have, and then you guys can start in on that while I build the others." She starts rooting around on the many surfaces in the lab, eventually locating a small black box and plugging it in to a computer.

"So..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"... I forgot that the writing system would be different..."

Zaquiel sighs

"Is there something that will allow us to add our writing system?"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Hmm, this is intended for automatically translating voices... but I can make something for that too. Perhaps a visor of some kind? At any rate, I can definitely put your writing system in as an alternate language... there are multiple in this world already, after all."

[evadian-anomalies]

The 2 have a short conversation, which goes untranslated. Afterward, they nod, and Zaquiel speaks, and is translated

"That would be good. I'll do the writing"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Alright, let's get cracking then," she says.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

A familiar ghost shows up on the castle grounds.

"Hey Merlyn! I learned Modern English!!"

Hazel's smile is so bright.

Unfortunately, that doesn't last long, as a loud explosion rings out. Outside, they would find a scene similar to the anomalous orb, but instead, it's a pulsating humanoid. Its face is unmistakably that of a terrified person... And unlike any of the orbs, it looks directly at Merlyn, and utters a single word in an unknowable tongue.

Perhaps not unknowable, as Hazel's runes on her ears glow, and she utters the translation.

"Help"

Merlyn had been smiling back at Hazel, getting ready to say something in return, when the explosion happened.

Words fell away after that, for a little bit. They approached the person, holding out a hand for them to take if they wished. She wasn't sure how to help, not yet, but she could at least get them inside.

[evadian-anomalies]

They're too large to bring in through a general doorway, but he reaches out to take Merlyn's hand. They slip, and the hand slams onto the ground, which partly disassembles, trying to join with the humanoid mass. The thought would occur to Merlyn that touching him would likely be a bad idea.

However, Hazel seems to realize something. She fearlessly grabs the humanoid, and successfuly lifts them upward. Having no physical mass, due to being a Ghost, she suffers no consequence.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"We need to stabilize them." She frowns, then claps her hands once - she would snap but the hazmat made that just about impossible. "Can you bring him to my lab? I've been studying something that should help."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel nods, and carefully creates a magical portal through the wall, so she doesn't have to worry about doors. In a few minutes, they've brought him to the lab. Hazel uttering reassurances to them, which remain untranslated to Merlyn.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn makes a mad dash for Tonya's arm - she had already extracted a few cells to study under a microscope, and a few more to propogate, and there was some DNA in the centrifuge right now that she had been hoping to look at further too. But for now, she just gathered it all into a large syringe - hoping that whatever had allowed Tonya to be stable was inside that DNA and would work on this new person too. It would have been better if she could have designed a CRISPR-style dna altering virus, but there wasn't any time.

It was a gamble, a mad one - but that tended to get them the best results anyway.

"Hold them still please, and wish us all luck."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel holds them still, using magic to pull away the excess material, exposing a point where the needle could reach the flesh, while reassuring them, in the same indecipherable tongue

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn would normally put a numbing agent on first, but something was telling her that it would do very little good in this instance. So she just stuck the needle in and pushed the dna soup out into him.

"I really hope that does what I think it will. If it doesn't, we're gonna have a problem on our hands."

[evadian-anomalies]

After a few stressful moments, the dirt and stone forming the majority of the humanoid figure falls away, revealing a figure who looks to be roughly 16. His hair is blue, matching their eyes. They seem to be roughly 6'7. A pair of black, curling horns sit on the sides of his head, and there are a few scars and cracks across their skin, likely from what was happening earlier.

He looks around, very, very confused.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Are you alright kid?" Merlyn asks. "You're pretty far from home, from what I can tell..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel immediately starts acting as translator.

"What's going on, here? Everything's so... weird..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Given the way that you showed up, your initial instability, and the way I managed to fix it... I think you are from a different reality than this one. I don't know how you got here, but I do know that other particles from there have been showing up and wreaking havoc. And given the properties of that reality, I don't think my time machine is able to reach there so I doubt I can send you back."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Oh... So there's no way back... I hope..."

He trails off, and Hazel stops in response

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Not yet." She shakes her head softly. "I can work on it, but yours is a world where physics is the inverse of here. That complicates things, makes them dangerous."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I just hope..."

Hazel trails off, pausing, before asking him something. After getting the response, she continues.

"I just hope Zaquiel will be alright"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn nods slowly. "I don't know who that is, but I hope so as well. In the meantime, let's concentrate on making sure You are alright, hmm?" They smile softly at him, and then turn to Hazel. "I think you can put him down now, if you want. I've got a big bean bag chair in here that should fit him."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel nods, putting him down, and he continues looking around

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Right, I believe introductions are in order," she chuckles, "I have a tendency of leaving them for later than they should be... I'm Merlyn, a mad scientist. This is my lab... And the person translating is Hazel, she's a ghost."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Vonaiel"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Nice to meet you, Vonaiel," she says. "We're probably going to have to teach you English, just to be safe, but if you help me with the programming of it I can whip up a translation device for you... I've already got one for myself, but it doesn't recognize the language you're speaking."

[evadian-anomalies]

They perk up. It would seem Merlyn has discovered a Special Interest.

"I love Programming!"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That so?" She smiles a little wider. "Well lucky for you I do a lot with robotics, so there should be plenty for you to help with there... It'll probably not be the same programming languages as you're used to, though."

[evadian-anomalies]

Around this time, Tonya walks down into the lab, carrying a figure that's roughly 7'1, with yellow hair.

"Hey Merlyn. I found a child. Help"

Vonaiel looks over, and exclaims "Zaquiel!" While running over, latching onto the taller boy

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn cackles.

"Well. That answers that question... What specifically did you need help with, Tonya?"

[evadian-anomalies]

"He seems to have decided I'm his new parent? I don't know how to raise children."

Tonya carefully places Zaquiel down, and Vonaiel picks him up, despite him being much taller.

Zaquiel speaks, and Hazel translates.

"Thank you for taking care of..."

She trails off, and looks a bit confused.

"That doesn't really translate. Give me a few minutes."

The 3 of them start talking, as Hazel tries to grasp how to translate whatever it was she was struggling with

[union-of-mad-scientists]

While they figure out that snafu, Merlyn continues speaking to Tonya.

"Alright, if he trusts you enough for that keeping him yourself is probably the best course of action. Do you have the basics - food, shelter, all that?"

[skateboard-osha]

"Yeah. I did alot of skating competitions, and got alot of money. Then people started getting suspicious at how good i was. I had some... Unhealthy habits at the time, so I ended up getting banned from the competition..."

She sighs.

"It was a rough time, but I managed to stabilize my life, so I should be able to support him"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Okay, that's good," they nod. "He's a teenager, so most of the hardest parts are already done. Just make sure you listen when he talks, and do your best to be supportive of his choices and give advice when he seems to need it, and just... try to be there for him."

[skateboard-osha]

"Yeah. Though, considering he's from another world, age might work differently."

She sighs.

"Though, I'll have to figure out an income situation. OSHA was enough for just me, but I don't think it'll cut it anymore"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Mhmm, yeah, that's true. I'm sure Mike'll be happy to help feed the both of you until you do, and even after, if that helps. He, uh, runs the cafeteria if you didn't know."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah, I think we've met before. There's alot of people, so he might not remember me specifically"

Around this time, Hazel pipes up.

"Ok, so it doesn't translate very well, and alot of cultural implications get lost in translation, but I understand it enough to draw a parallel. As well as understanding some other things that don't translate well"

Zaquiel starts speaking again, and Hazel translates.

"Thank you for taking care of my boyfriend."

He gives Vonaiel a little squeeze just before the word is translated.

"He can be a bit chaotic to handle sometimes, but they always mean well. I understand that we probably won't be able to go back, but as long as we have eachother, that's okay"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

They nod once. "Well, If Zaquiel wants to stay with Tonya... I can take you in, Vonaiel. I have plenty of space still, though it is growing more crowded."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel speaks up again, and Hazel translates

"Also, I studied Linguistics for a while. I coukd help with the translator plan"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Excellent, especially since I'll be needing to build one for each of you now." She smiles, clapping her hands once. "Should probably get started on that pretty quick, actually, we wouldn't want to inconvenience Hazel for too long."

[evadian-anomalies]

"And it's not unreasonable to expect that more may show up"

Zaquiel taps one of his horns to Vonaiel's, before getting up

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Here, let me go ahead and show you how the programming works on the model I already have, and then you guys can start in on that while I build the others." She starts rooting around on the many surfaces in the lab, eventually locating a small black box and plugging it in to a computer.

"So..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"... I forgot that the writing system would be different..."

Zaquiel sighs

"Is there something that will allow us to add our writing system?"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Hmm, this is intended for automatically translating voices... but I can make something for that too. Perhaps a visor of some kind? At any rate, I can definitely put your writing system in as an alternate language... there are multiple in this world already, after all."

[evadian-anomalies]

The 2 have a short conversation, which goes untranslated. Afterward, they nod, and Zaquiel speaks, and is translated

"That would be good. I'll do the writing"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

A familiar ghost shows up on the castle grounds.

"Hey Merlyn! I learned Modern English!!"

Hazel's smile is so bright.

Unfortunately, that doesn't last long, as a loud explosion rings out. Outside, they would find a scene similar to the anomalous orb, but instead, it's a pulsating humanoid. Its face is unmistakably that of a terrified person... And unlike any of the orbs, it looks directly at Merlyn, and utters a single word in an unknowable tongue.

Perhaps not unknowable, as Hazel's runes on her ears glow, and she utters the translation.

"Help"

Merlyn had been smiling back at Hazel, getting ready to say something in return, when the explosion happened.

Words fell away after that, for a little bit. They approached the person, holding out a hand for them to take if they wished. She wasn't sure how to help, not yet, but she could at least get them inside.

[evadian-anomalies]

They're too large to bring in through a general doorway, but he reaches out to take Merlyn's hand. They slip, and the hand slams onto the ground, which partly disassembles, trying to join with the humanoid mass. The thought would occur to Merlyn that touching him would likely be a bad idea.

However, Hazel seems to realize something. She fearlessly grabs the humanoid, and successfuly lifts them upward. Having no physical mass, due to being a Ghost, she suffers no consequence.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"We need to stabilize them." She frowns, then claps her hands once - she would snap but the hazmat made that just about impossible. "Can you bring him to my lab? I've been studying something that should help."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel nods, and carefully creates a magical portal through the wall, so she doesn't have to worry about doors. In a few minutes, they've brought him to the lab. Hazel uttering reassurances to them, which remain untranslated to Merlyn.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn makes a mad dash for Tonya's arm - she had already extracted a few cells to study under a microscope, and a few more to propogate, and there was some DNA in the centrifuge right now that she had been hoping to look at further too. But for now, she just gathered it all into a large syringe - hoping that whatever had allowed Tonya to be stable was inside that DNA and would work on this new person too. It would have been better if she could have designed a CRISPR-style dna altering virus, but there wasn't any time.

It was a gamble, a mad one - but that tended to get them the best results anyway.

"Hold them still please, and wish us all luck."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel holds them still, using magic to pull away the excess material, exposing a point where the needle could reach the flesh, while reassuring them, in the same indecipherable tongue

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn would normally put a numbing agent on first, but something was telling her that it would do very little good in this instance. So she just stuck the needle in and pushed the dna soup out into him.

"I really hope that does what I think it will. If it doesn't, we're gonna have a problem on our hands."

[evadian-anomalies]

After a few stressful moments, the dirt and stone forming the majority of the humanoid figure falls away, revealing a figure who looks to be roughly 16. His hair is blue, matching their eyes. They seem to be roughly 6'7. A pair of black, curling horns sit on the sides of his head, and there are a few scars and cracks across their skin, likely from what was happening earlier.

He looks around, very, very confused.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Are you alright kid?" Merlyn asks. "You're pretty far from home, from what I can tell..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel immediately starts acting as translator.

"What's going on, here? Everything's so... weird..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Given the way that you showed up, your initial instability, and the way I managed to fix it... I think you are from a different reality than this one. I don't know how you got here, but I do know that other particles from there have been showing up and wreaking havoc. And given the properties of that reality, I don't think my time machine is able to reach there so I doubt I can send you back."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Oh... So there's no way back... I hope..."

He trails off, and Hazel stops in response

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Not yet." She shakes her head softly. "I can work on it, but yours is a world where physics is the inverse of here. That complicates things, makes them dangerous."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I just hope..."

Hazel trails off, pausing, before asking him something. After getting the response, she continues.

"I just hope Zaquiel will be alright"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn nods slowly. "I don't know who that is, but I hope so as well. In the meantime, let's concentrate on making sure You are alright, hmm?" They smile softly at him, and then turn to Hazel. "I think you can put him down now, if you want. I've got a big bean bag chair in here that should fit him."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel nods, putting him down, and he continues looking around

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Right, I believe introductions are in order," she chuckles, "I have a tendency of leaving them for later than they should be... I'm Merlyn, a mad scientist. This is my lab... And the person translating is Hazel, she's a ghost."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Vonaiel"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Nice to meet you, Vonaiel," she says. "We're probably going to have to teach you English, just to be safe, but if you help me with the programming of it I can whip up a translation device for you... I've already got one for myself, but it doesn't recognize the language you're speaking."

[evadian-anomalies]

They perk up. It would seem Merlyn has discovered a Special Interest.

"I love Programming!"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That so?" She smiles a little wider. "Well lucky for you I do a lot with robotics, so there should be plenty for you to help with there... It'll probably not be the same programming languages as you're used to, though."

[evadian-anomalies]

Around this time, Tonya walks down into the lab, carrying a figure that's roughly 7'1, with yellow hair.

"Hey Merlyn. I found a child. Help"

Vonaiel looks over, and exclaims "Zaquiel!" While running over, latching onto the taller boy

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn cackles.

"Well. That answers that question... What specifically did you need help with, Tonya?"

[evadian-anomalies]

"He seems to have decided I'm his new parent? I don't know how to raise children."

Tonya carefully places Zaquiel down, and Vonaiel picks him up, despite him being much taller.

Zaquiel speaks, and Hazel translates.

"Thank you for taking care of..."

She trails off, and looks a bit confused.

"That doesn't really translate. Give me a few minutes."

The 3 of them start talking, as Hazel tries to grasp how to translate whatever it was she was struggling with

[union-of-mad-scientists]

While they figure out that snafu, Merlyn continues speaking to Tonya.

"Alright, if he trusts you enough for that keeping him yourself is probably the best course of action. Do you have the basics - food, shelter, all that?"

[skateboard-osha]

"Yeah. I did alot of skating competitions, and got alot of money. Then people started getting suspicious at how good i was. I had some... Unhealthy habits at the time, so I ended up getting banned from the competition..."

She sighs.

"It was a rough time, but I managed to stabilize my life, so I should be able to support him"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Okay, that's good," they nod. "He's a teenager, so most of the hardest parts are already done. Just make sure you listen when he talks, and do your best to be supportive of his choices and give advice when he seems to need it, and just... try to be there for him."

[skateboard-osha]

"Yeah. Though, considering he's from another world, age might work differently."

She sighs.

"Though, I'll have to figure out an income situation. OSHA was enough for just me, but I don't think it'll cut it anymore"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Mhmm, yeah, that's true. I'm sure Mike'll be happy to help feed the both of you until you do, and even after, if that helps. He, uh, runs the cafeteria if you didn't know."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah, I think we've met before. There's alot of people, so he might not remember me specifically"

Around this time, Hazel pipes up.

"Ok, so it doesn't translate very well, and alot of cultural implications get lost in translation, but I understand it enough to draw a parallel. As well as understanding some other things that don't translate well"

Zaquiel starts speaking again, and Hazel translates.

"Thank you for taking care of my boyfriend."

He gives Vonaiel a little squeeze just before the word is translated.

"He can be a bit chaotic to handle sometimes, but they always mean well. I understand that we probably won't be able to go back, but as long as we have eachother, that's okay"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

They nod once. "Well, If Zaquiel wants to stay with Tonya... I can take you in, Vonaiel. I have plenty of space still, though it is growing more crowded."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel speaks up again, and Hazel translates

"Also, I studied Linguistics for a while. I coukd help with the translator plan"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Excellent, especially since I'll be needing to build one for each of you now." She smiles, clapping her hands once. "Should probably get started on that pretty quick, actually, we wouldn't want to inconvenience Hazel for too long."

[evadian-anomalies]

"And it's not unreasonable to expect that more may show up"

Zaquiel taps one of his horns to Vonaiel's, before getting up

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Here, let me go ahead and show you how the programming works on the model I already have, and then you guys can start in on that while I build the others." She starts rooting around on the many surfaces in the lab, eventually locating a small black box and plugging it in to a computer.

"So..."

[evadian-anomalies]

"... I forgot that the writing system would be different..."

Zaquiel sighs

"Is there something that will allow us to add our writing system?"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

A familiar ghost shows up on the castle grounds.

"Hey Merlyn! I learned Modern English!!"

Hazel's smile is so bright.

Unfortunately, that doesn't last long, as a loud explosion rings out. Outside, they would find a scene similar to the anomalous orb, but instead, it's a pulsating humanoid. Its face is unmistakably that of a terrified person... And unlike any of the orbs, it looks directly at Merlyn, and utters a single word in an unknowable tongue.

Perhaps not unknowable, as Hazel's runes on her ears glow, and she utters the translation.

"Help"

Merlyn had been smiling back at Hazel, getting ready to say something in return, when the explosion happened.

Words fell away after that, for a little bit. They approached the person, holding out a hand for them to take if they wished. She wasn't sure how to help, not yet, but she could at least get them inside.

[evadian-anomalies]

They're too large to bring in through a general doorway, but he reaches out to take Merlyn's hand. They slip, and the hand slams onto the ground, which partly disassembles, trying to join with the humanoid mass. The thought would occur to Merlyn that touching him would likely be a bad idea.

However, Hazel seems to realize something. She fearlessly grabs the humanoid, and successfuly lifts them upward. Having no physical mass, due to being a Ghost, she suffers no consequence.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"We need to stabilize them." She frowns, then claps her hands once - she would snap but the hazmat made that just about impossible. "Can you bring him to my lab? I've been studying something that should help."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel nods, and carefully creates a magical portal through the wall, so she doesn't have to worry about doors. In a few minutes, they've brought him to the lab. Hazel uttering reassurances to them, which remain untranslated to Merlyn.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn makes a mad dash for Tonya's arm - she had already extracted a few cells to study under a microscope, and a few more to propogate, and there was some DNA in the centrifuge right now that she had been hoping to look at further too. But for now, she just gathered it all into a large syringe - hoping that whatever had allowed Tonya to be stable was inside that DNA and would work on this new person too. It would have been better if she could have designed a CRISPR-style dna altering virus, but there wasn't any time.

It was a gamble, a mad one - but that tended to get them the best results anyway.

"Hold them still please, and wish us all luck."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel holds them still, using magic to pull away the excess material, exposing a point where the needle could reach the flesh, while reassuring them, in the same indecipherable tongue

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn would normally put a numbing agent on first, but something was telling her that it would do very little good in this instance. So she just stuck the needle in and pushed the dna soup out into him.

"I really hope that does what I think it will. If it doesn't, we're gonna have a problem on our hands."

[evadian-anomalies]

After a few stressful moments, the dirt and stone forming the majority of the humanoid figure falls away, revealing a figure who looks to be roughly 16. His hair is blue, matching their eyes. They seem to be roughly 6'7. A pair of black, curling horns sit on the sides of his head, and there are a few scars and cracks across their skin, likely from what was happening earlier.

He looks around, very, very confused.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Are you alright kid?" Merlyn asks. "You're pretty far from home, from what I can tell..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel immediately starts acting as translator.

"What's going on, here? Everything's so... weird..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Given the way that you showed up, your initial instability, and the way I managed to fix it... I think you are from a different reality than this one. I don't know how you got here, but I do know that other particles from there have been showing up and wreaking havoc. And given the properties of that reality, I don't think my time machine is able to reach there so I doubt I can send you back."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Oh... So there's no way back... I hope..."

He trails off, and Hazel stops in response

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Not yet." She shakes her head softly. "I can work on it, but yours is a world where physics is the inverse of here. That complicates things, makes them dangerous."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I just hope..."

Hazel trails off, pausing, before asking him something. After getting the response, she continues.

"I just hope Zaquiel will be alright"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn nods slowly. "I don't know who that is, but I hope so as well. In the meantime, let's concentrate on making sure You are alright, hmm?" They smile softly at him, and then turn to Hazel. "I think you can put him down now, if you want. I've got a big bean bag chair in here that should fit him."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel nods, putting him down, and he continues looking around

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Right, I believe introductions are in order," she chuckles, "I have a tendency of leaving them for later than they should be... I'm Merlyn, a mad scientist. This is my lab... And the person translating is Hazel, she's a ghost."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Vonaiel"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Nice to meet you, Vonaiel," she says. "We're probably going to have to teach you English, just to be safe, but if you help me with the programming of it I can whip up a translation device for you... I've already got one for myself, but it doesn't recognize the language you're speaking."

[evadian-anomalies]

They perk up. It would seem Merlyn has discovered a Special Interest.

"I love Programming!"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That so?" She smiles a little wider. "Well lucky for you I do a lot with robotics, so there should be plenty for you to help with there... It'll probably not be the same programming languages as you're used to, though."

[evadian-anomalies]

Around this time, Tonya walks down into the lab, carrying a figure that's roughly 7'1, with yellow hair.

"Hey Merlyn. I found a child. Help"

Vonaiel looks over, and exclaims "Zaquiel!" While running over, latching onto the taller boy

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn cackles.

"Well. That answers that question... What specifically did you need help with, Tonya?"

[evadian-anomalies]

"He seems to have decided I'm his new parent? I don't know how to raise children."

Tonya carefully places Zaquiel down, and Vonaiel picks him up, despite him being much taller.

Zaquiel speaks, and Hazel translates.

"Thank you for taking care of..."

She trails off, and looks a bit confused.

"That doesn't really translate. Give me a few minutes."

The 3 of them start talking, as Hazel tries to grasp how to translate whatever it was she was struggling with

[union-of-mad-scientists]

While they figure out that snafu, Merlyn continues speaking to Tonya.

"Alright, if he trusts you enough for that keeping him yourself is probably the best course of action. Do you have the basics - food, shelter, all that?"

[skateboard-osha]

"Yeah. I did alot of skating competitions, and got alot of money. Then people started getting suspicious at how good i was. I had some... Unhealthy habits at the time, so I ended up getting banned from the competition..."

She sighs.

"It was a rough time, but I managed to stabilize my life, so I should be able to support him"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Okay, that's good," they nod. "He's a teenager, so most of the hardest parts are already done. Just make sure you listen when he talks, and do your best to be supportive of his choices and give advice when he seems to need it, and just... try to be there for him."

[skateboard-osha]

"Yeah. Though, considering he's from another world, age might work differently."

She sighs.

"Though, I'll have to figure out an income situation. OSHA was enough for just me, but I don't think it'll cut it anymore"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Mhmm, yeah, that's true. I'm sure Mike'll be happy to help feed the both of you until you do, and even after, if that helps. He, uh, runs the cafeteria if you didn't know."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah, I think we've met before. There's alot of people, so he might not remember me specifically"

Around this time, Hazel pipes up.

"Ok, so it doesn't translate very well, and alot of cultural implications get lost in translation, but I understand it enough to draw a parallel. As well as understanding some other things that don't translate well"

Zaquiel starts speaking again, and Hazel translates.

"Thank you for taking care of my boyfriend."

He gives Vonaiel a little squeeze just before the word is translated.

"He can be a bit chaotic to handle sometimes, but they always mean well. I understand that we probably won't be able to go back, but as long as we have eachother, that's okay"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

They nod once. "Well, If Zaquiel wants to stay with Tonya... I can take you in, Vonaiel. I have plenty of space still, though it is growing more crowded."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel speaks up again, and Hazel translates

"Also, I studied Linguistics for a while. I coukd help with the translator plan"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Excellent, especially since I'll be needing to build one for each of you now." She smiles, clapping her hands once. "Should probably get started on that pretty quick, actually, we wouldn't want to inconvenience Hazel for too long."

[evadian-anomalies]

"And it's not unreasonable to expect that more may show up"

Zaquiel taps one of his horns to Vonaiel's, before getting up

[union-of-mad-scientists]

A familiar ghost shows up on the castle grounds.

"Hey Merlyn! I learned Modern English!!"

Hazel's smile is so bright.

Unfortunately, that doesn't last long, as a loud explosion rings out. Outside, they would find a scene similar to the anomalous orb, but instead, it's a pulsating humanoid. Its face is unmistakably that of a terrified person... And unlike any of the orbs, it looks directly at Merlyn, and utters a single word in an unknowable tongue.

Perhaps not unknowable, as Hazel's runes on her ears glow, and she utters the translation.

"Help"

Merlyn had been smiling back at Hazel, getting ready to say something in return, when the explosion happened.

Words fell away after that, for a little bit. They approached the person, holding out a hand for them to take if they wished. She wasn't sure how to help, not yet, but she could at least get them inside.

[evadian-anomalies]

They're too large to bring in through a general doorway, but he reaches out to take Merlyn's hand. They slip, and the hand slams onto the ground, which partly disassembles, trying to join with the humanoid mass. The thought would occur to Merlyn that touching him would likely be a bad idea.

However, Hazel seems to realize something. She fearlessly grabs the humanoid, and successfuly lifts them upward. Having no physical mass, due to being a Ghost, she suffers no consequence.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"We need to stabilize them." She frowns, then claps her hands once - she would snap but the hazmat made that just about impossible. "Can you bring him to my lab? I've been studying something that should help."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel nods, and carefully creates a magical portal through the wall, so she doesn't have to worry about doors. In a few minutes, they've brought him to the lab. Hazel uttering reassurances to them, which remain untranslated to Merlyn.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn makes a mad dash for Tonya's arm - she had already extracted a few cells to study under a microscope, and a few more to propogate, and there was some DNA in the centrifuge right now that she had been hoping to look at further too. But for now, she just gathered it all into a large syringe - hoping that whatever had allowed Tonya to be stable was inside that DNA and would work on this new person too. It would have been better if she could have designed a CRISPR-style dna altering virus, but there wasn't any time.

It was a gamble, a mad one - but that tended to get them the best results anyway.

"Hold them still please, and wish us all luck."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel holds them still, using magic to pull away the excess material, exposing a point where the needle could reach the flesh, while reassuring them, in the same indecipherable tongue

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn would normally put a numbing agent on first, but something was telling her that it would do very little good in this instance. So she just stuck the needle in and pushed the dna soup out into him.

"I really hope that does what I think it will. If it doesn't, we're gonna have a problem on our hands."

[evadian-anomalies]

After a few stressful moments, the dirt and stone forming the majority of the humanoid figure falls away, revealing a figure who looks to be roughly 16. His hair is blue, matching their eyes. They seem to be roughly 6'7. A pair of black, curling horns sit on the sides of his head, and there are a few scars and cracks across their skin, likely from what was happening earlier.

He looks around, very, very confused.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Are you alright kid?" Merlyn asks. "You're pretty far from home, from what I can tell..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel immediately starts acting as translator.

"What's going on, here? Everything's so... weird..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Given the way that you showed up, your initial instability, and the way I managed to fix it... I think you are from a different reality than this one. I don't know how you got here, but I do know that other particles from there have been showing up and wreaking havoc. And given the properties of that reality, I don't think my time machine is able to reach there so I doubt I can send you back."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Oh... So there's no way back... I hope..."

He trails off, and Hazel stops in response

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Not yet." She shakes her head softly. "I can work on it, but yours is a world where physics is the inverse of here. That complicates things, makes them dangerous."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I just hope..."

Hazel trails off, pausing, before asking him something. After getting the response, she continues.

"I just hope Zaquiel will be alright"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn nods slowly. "I don't know who that is, but I hope so as well. In the meantime, let's concentrate on making sure You are alright, hmm?" They smile softly at him, and then turn to Hazel. "I think you can put him down now, if you want. I've got a big bean bag chair in here that should fit him."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel nods, putting him down, and he continues looking around

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Right, I believe introductions are in order," she chuckles, "I have a tendency of leaving them for later than they should be... I'm Merlyn, a mad scientist. This is my lab... And the person translating is Hazel, she's a ghost."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Vonaiel"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Nice to meet you, Vonaiel," she says. "We're probably going to have to teach you English, just to be safe, but if you help me with the programming of it I can whip up a translation device for you... I've already got one for myself, but it doesn't recognize the language you're speaking."

[evadian-anomalies]

They perk up. It would seem Merlyn has discovered a Special Interest.

"I love Programming!"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That so?" She smiles a little wider. "Well lucky for you I do a lot with robotics, so there should be plenty for you to help with there... It'll probably not be the same programming languages as you're used to, though."

[evadian-anomalies]

Around this time, Tonya walks down into the lab, carrying a figure that's roughly 7'1, with yellow hair.

"Hey Merlyn. I found a child. Help"

Vonaiel looks over, and exclaims "Zaquiel!" While running over, latching onto the taller boy

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn cackles.

"Well. That answers that question... What specifically did you need help with, Tonya?"

[evadian-anomalies]

"He seems to have decided I'm his new parent? I don't know how to raise children."

Tonya carefully places Zaquiel down, and Vonaiel picks him up, despite him being much taller.

Zaquiel speaks, and Hazel translates.

"Thank you for taking care of..."

She trails off, and looks a bit confused.

"That doesn't really translate. Give me a few minutes."

The 3 of them start talking, as Hazel tries to grasp how to translate whatever it was she was struggling with

[union-of-mad-scientists]

While they figure out that snafu, Merlyn continues speaking to Tonya.

"Alright, if he trusts you enough for that keeping him yourself is probably the best course of action. Do you have the basics - food, shelter, all that?"

[skateboard-osha]

"Yeah. I did alot of skating competitions, and got alot of money. Then people started getting suspicious at how good i was. I had some... Unhealthy habits at the time, so I ended up getting banned from the competition..."

She sighs.

"It was a rough time, but I managed to stabilize my life, so I should be able to support him"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Okay, that's good," they nod. "He's a teenager, so most of the hardest parts are already done. Just make sure you listen when he talks, and do your best to be supportive of his choices and give advice when he seems to need it, and just... try to be there for him."

[skateboard-osha]

"Yeah. Though, considering he's from another world, age might work differently."

She sighs.

"Though, I'll have to figure out an income situation. OSHA was enough for just me, but I don't think it'll cut it anymore"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Mhmm, yeah, that's true. I'm sure Mike'll be happy to help feed the both of you until you do, and even after, if that helps. He, uh, runs the cafeteria if you didn't know."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah, I think we've met before. There's alot of people, so he might not remember me specifically"

Around this time, Hazel pipes up.

"Ok, so it doesn't translate very well, and alot of cultural implications get lost in translation, but I understand it enough to draw a parallel. As well as understanding some other things that don't translate well"

Zaquiel starts speaking again, and Hazel translates.

"Thank you for taking care of my boyfriend."

He gives Vonaiel a little squeeze just before the word is translated.

"He can be a bit chaotic to handle sometimes, but they always mean well. I understand that we probably won't be able to go back, but as long as we have eachother, that's okay"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

They nod once. "Well, If Zaquiel wants to stay with Tonya... I can take you in, Vonaiel. I have plenty of space still, though it is growing more crowded."

[evadian-anomalies]

Zaquiel speaks up again, and Hazel translates

"Also, I studied Linguistics for a while. I coukd help with the translator plan"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

A familiar ghost shows up on the castle grounds.

"Hey Merlyn! I learned Modern English!!"

Hazel's smile is so bright.

Unfortunately, that doesn't last long, as a loud explosion rings out. Outside, they would find a scene similar to the anomalous orb, but instead, it's a pulsating humanoid. Its face is unmistakably that of a terrified person... And unlike any of the orbs, it looks directly at Merlyn, and utters a single word in an unknowable tongue.

Perhaps not unknowable, as Hazel's runes on her ears glow, and she utters the translation.

"Help"

Merlyn had been smiling back at Hazel, getting ready to say something in return, when the explosion happened.

Words fell away after that, for a little bit. They approached the person, holding out a hand for them to take if they wished. She wasn't sure how to help, not yet, but she could at least get them inside.

[evadian-anomalies]

They're too large to bring in through a general doorway, but he reaches out to take Merlyn's hand. They slip, and the hand slams onto the ground, which partly disassembles, trying to join with the humanoid mass. The thought would occur to Merlyn that touching him would likely be a bad idea.

However, Hazel seems to realize something. She fearlessly grabs the humanoid, and successfuly lifts them upward. Having no physical mass, due to being a Ghost, she suffers no consequence.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"We need to stabilize them." She frowns, then claps her hands once - she would snap but the hazmat made that just about impossible. "Can you bring him to my lab? I've been studying something that should help."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel nods, and carefully creates a magical portal through the wall, so she doesn't have to worry about doors. In a few minutes, they've brought him to the lab. Hazel uttering reassurances to them, which remain untranslated to Merlyn.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn makes a mad dash for Tonya's arm - she had already extracted a few cells to study under a microscope, and a few more to propogate, and there was some DNA in the centrifuge right now that she had been hoping to look at further too. But for now, she just gathered it all into a large syringe - hoping that whatever had allowed Tonya to be stable was inside that DNA and would work on this new person too. It would have been better if she could have designed a CRISPR-style dna altering virus, but there wasn't any time.

It was a gamble, a mad one - but that tended to get them the best results anyway.

"Hold them still please, and wish us all luck."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel holds them still, using magic to pull away the excess material, exposing a point where the needle could reach the flesh, while reassuring them, in the same indecipherable tongue

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn would normally put a numbing agent on first, but something was telling her that it would do very little good in this instance. So she just stuck the needle in and pushed the dna soup out into him.

"I really hope that does what I think it will. If it doesn't, we're gonna have a problem on our hands."

[evadian-anomalies]

After a few stressful moments, the dirt and stone forming the majority of the humanoid figure falls away, revealing a figure who looks to be roughly 16. His hair is blue, matching their eyes. They seem to be roughly 6'7. A pair of black, curling horns sit on the sides of his head, and there are a few scars and cracks across their skin, likely from what was happening earlier.

He looks around, very, very confused.

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Are you alright kid?" Merlyn asks. "You're pretty far from home, from what I can tell..."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel immediately starts acting as translator.

"What's going on, here? Everything's so... weird..."

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Given the way that you showed up, your initial instability, and the way I managed to fix it... I think you are from a different reality than this one. I don't know how you got here, but I do know that other particles from there have been showing up and wreaking havoc. And given the properties of that reality, I don't think my time machine is able to reach there so I doubt I can send you back."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Oh... So there's no way back... I hope..."

He trails off, and Hazel stops in response

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Not yet." She shakes her head softly. "I can work on it, but yours is a world where physics is the inverse of here. That complicates things, makes them dangerous."

[evadian-anomalies]

"I just hope..."

Hazel trails off, pausing, before asking him something. After getting the response, she continues.

"I just hope Zaquiel will be alright"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn nods slowly. "I don't know who that is, but I hope so as well. In the meantime, let's concentrate on making sure You are alright, hmm?" They smile softly at him, and then turn to Hazel. "I think you can put him down now, if you want. I've got a big bean bag chair in here that should fit him."

[evadian-anomalies]

Hazel nods, putting him down, and he continues looking around

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Right, I believe introductions are in order," she chuckles, "I have a tendency of leaving them for later than they should be... I'm Merlyn, a mad scientist. This is my lab... And the person translating is Hazel, she's a ghost."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Vonaiel"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Nice to meet you, Vonaiel," she says. "We're probably going to have to teach you English, just to be safe, but if you help me with the programming of it I can whip up a translation device for you... I've already got one for myself, but it doesn't recognize the language you're speaking."

[evadian-anomalies]

They perk up. It would seem Merlyn has discovered a Special Interest.

"I love Programming!"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"That so?" She smiles a little wider. "Well lucky for you I do a lot with robotics, so there should be plenty for you to help with there... It'll probably not be the same programming languages as you're used to, though."

[evadian-anomalies]

Around this time, Tonya walks down into the lab, carrying a figure that's roughly 7'1, with yellow hair.

"Hey Merlyn. I found a child. Help"

Vonaiel looks over, and exclaims "Zaquiel!" While running over, latching onto the taller boy

[union-of-mad-scientists]

Merlyn cackles.

"Well. That answers that question... What specifically did you need help with, Tonya?"

[evadian-anomalies]

"He seems to have decided I'm his new parent? I don't know how to raise children."

Tonya carefully places Zaquiel down, and Vonaiel picks him up, despite him being much taller.

Zaquiel speaks, and Hazel translates.

"Thank you for taking care of..."

She trails off, and looks a bit confused.

"That doesn't really translate. Give me a few minutes."

The 3 of them start talking, as Hazel tries to grasp how to translate whatever it was she was struggling with

[union-of-mad-scientists]

While they figure out that snafu, Merlyn continues speaking to Tonya.

"Alright, if he trusts you enough for that keeping him yourself is probably the best course of action. Do you have the basics - food, shelter, all that?"

[skateboard-osha]

"Yeah. I did alot of skating competitions, and got alot of money. Then people started getting suspicious at how good i was. I had some... Unhealthy habits at the time, so I ended up getting banned from the competition..."

She sighs.

"It was a rough time, but I managed to stabilize my life, so I should be able to support him"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Okay, that's good," they nod. "He's a teenager, so most of the hardest parts are already done. Just make sure you listen when he talks, and do your best to be supportive of his choices and give advice when he seems to need it, and just... try to be there for him."

[skateboard-osha]

"Yeah. Though, considering he's from another world, age might work differently."

She sighs.

"Though, I'll have to figure out an income situation. OSHA was enough for just me, but I don't think it'll cut it anymore"

[union-of-mad-scientists]

"Mhmm, yeah, that's true. I'm sure Mike'll be happy to help feed the both of you until you do, and even after, if that helps. He, uh, runs the cafeteria if you didn't know."

[evadian-anomalies]

"Yeah, I think we've met before. There's alot of people, so he might not remember me specifically"

Around this time, Hazel pipes up.

"Ok, so it doesn't translate very well, and alot of cultural implications get lost in translation, but I understand it enough to draw a parallel. As well as understanding some other things that don't translate well"

Zaquiel starts speaking again, and Hazel translates.

"Thank you for taking care of my boyfriend."

He gives Vonaiel a little squeeze just before the word is translated.

"He can be a bit chaotic to handle sometimes, but they always mean well. I understand that we probably won't be able to go back, but as long as we have eachother, that's okay"