Archivist note: This post is from an older recovered archive.
==Initial Post==
((Posted by Kimika Ying on June 5, 2010))
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A week ago I went exploring in the sewer system of Babbage. On of the items I found and brought back was a glass bottle containing a green fluid. I didn’t attach any importance to it at the time, thinking it a mere curiosity.
Toward evening I noticed that the fluid was very faintly glowing. I was curious but not immediately worried. But later, after telling some friends about it and hearing their concerns, and seeing that it was glowing brighter when I returned, I placed it in a lead box. If anything happened it would at least be contained.
I’ve since attached a device to monitor the temperature inside the box and, as I suspected, it IS giving off heat. Quite a lot in fact. The record shows that in the early afternoons the temperature rises to about 30 degrees F above that of the room.
It appears that it is being affected by the daylight that filters through the leaded glass door. I’m glad I didn’t leave it sitting out in direct sunlight! I shudder to remember how I carried it home in my backpack, thinking it harmless.
I’m going to begin a series of experiments, exposing small amounts of the fluid of different levels of light. I’ll proceed with caution and I’m sure it will be Reasonably Safe.
==Comments==
*Comment by Aizek Tchailenov on June 5, 2010 at 8:37pm
well what could possibly go wrong??!?!!?
Good luck with your experiments Ma’am.
*Comment by Queer Hermit on June 7, 2010 at 10:44am
I am impressed with the experiment equipment. Nice mini-build but is should have a pressure relief safety valve and some gears of course…smiles
*Comment by Ryne Beck on June 9, 2010 at 2:23pm
I… I can’t say too much but you should seek out the one known as The Scientist… if that is what I fear it is then you & your soul are in grave danger. Please take care, both with the bottle’s contents and The Scientist…
*Comment by Ceejay Writer on June 9, 2010 at 3:51pm
I am hoping it is a new strain of absinthe.
*Comment by Skyler ‘Artful Dodger’ Gant on June 9, 2010 at 4:42pm
Cor, I hope it’s a new kind of absinthe. That would be great for cold weather.
*Comment by Kimika Ying on June 9, 2010 at 9:10pm
I have bad news for those hoping for absinthe. I’ve determined that it contains no alcohol. A pity in a way, as a brightly glowing drink would be quite a novelty. And it might aid in finding ones way home in the dark. If any makers of absinthe read this perhaps they will be inspired to experiment.
*Comment by Skyler ‘Artful Dodger’ Gant on June 9, 2010 at 9:14pm
Can…I still drink it? Maybe I’ll glow?
