#determined spirits jane

[enterthemikeverse]

[Jane, for lack of a better term, has accidentally clipped into the wall of Chill Mike's little slice of "hell"]

Without missing a beat, a lawn chair sprouts up out of the sand beneath her, allowing her to land quite comfortably in it.

"Hey there newbie," Mike remarks casually, holding out a coconut with a straw poking out of it for Jane to take. This Mike doesn't seem like the Mike Jane knows at all. He's dressed like a beach bum, with his big straw hat, his Hawaiian shirt, his swim trunks, and his sunglasses, all a thin wallpaper of "chill" over a man who looks completely dead inside.

"You're gonna need this around here." He remarks as he shakes the coconut. It smells of tropical fruit and very strong alcohol.

[enterthemikeverse]

"...and 3, 2, 1."

Immediately after Professor Cook utters '1', Jane appears halfway inside the wall of the room.

"beuh. Where am I. I sense there's a when am I, also."

She glances to her side.

"Hi Dad. Feeling older today?"

The class chuckles at that, while Professor Cook raises an eyebrow in mild confusion.

"Ahem, no, I think you have me confused with somebody else. No, I'm Professor Michael Cook, and I teach parapsychology and sundry other fringe disciplines here at the University of Chicago."

The Professor turns to his class, "As you can see, due to the nature of synchrometric phenomena, it is hard to predict the nature of a phenomenon if you already know the location of it. This is an example of..."

The Professor trails off, and a student raises their hand before answering, "Modified Heisenberg Uncertainty?"

"Yes! Excellent. As you all know, synchrometry is one of the only areas where classical and quantum can connect, and as a result, it's the only situation where classically-sized objects are directly subject to quantum phenomena. Now, my young, somewhat feline visitor, how about you introduce yourself to the class! We're always happy to meet strange new people!"

Well... this guy sounds like Mike. An older, nerdier Mike. Maybe it's Mike's grandpa?