The first step in entering the UCLB Metahuman Materials lab was to prove that you really wanted to.
Pass through an unmarked vault door. Double-time down two flights of stairs.
Surrender your bags and slowly walk through a blare of ultraviolet radiance.
Observe carefully the various signs in yellow and red:
NO INSECTS
PURGE NEGATIVE EMOTION
REPORT ANY SENSATIONS OF INCIPIENT DESTINY IMMEDIATELY
The laboratory was not a good place for the sun; some materials were photosensitive.
It was not a good place to eat regular meals; some materials were chemical or radiative.
It was not a good place to be anything less than fully aware at all times.
Abel Tierney was exquisitely aware, which is why he was the primary officiant of the sanctum.
The worthy associate professor was known to measure twice and cut never; equally, for ingenuity.
Professor Tierney was uncomfortable to deal with, simply because he was happy in his work.
Brought a piece of living stone, the long hands would weigh, categorize, and file.
He had a broad, winning smile, only slightly too wide, and amber eyes beneath an intellectual brow. Hair of nondescript brown was darkened by dim flourescents, tousled from its initial grassy lawn to thicket status.
Professor Tierney was paper-white, quiet, and utterly dedicated to the proper maintenance of the laboratory.
Also, just lately, nervous; although admittedly, someone no-one ever saw made a perfect secret identity.
Strictly speaking, cellular phones were on the forbidden list. But since the transmitter in his was a mechanical earwig, there was sufficient difference to avoid any...unpleasant consequences.
He dialed ASSISTANT.
Pass through an unmarked vault door. Double-time down two flights of stairs.
Surrender your bags and slowly walk through a blare of ultraviolet radiance.
Observe carefully the various signs in yellow and red:
NO INSECTS
PURGE NEGATIVE EMOTION
REPORT ANY SENSATIONS OF INCIPIENT DESTINY IMMEDIATELY
The laboratory was not a good place for the sun; some materials were photosensitive.
It was not a good place to eat regular meals; some materials were chemical or radiative.
It was not a good place to be anything less than fully aware at all times.
Abel Tierney was exquisitely aware, which is why he was the primary officiant of the sanctum.
The worthy associate professor was known to measure twice and cut never; equally, for ingenuity.
Professor Tierney was uncomfortable to deal with, simply because he was happy in his work.
Brought a piece of living stone, the long hands would weigh, categorize, and file.
He had a broad, winning smile, only slightly too wide, and amber eyes beneath an intellectual brow. Hair of nondescript brown was darkened by dim flourescents, tousled from its initial grassy lawn to thicket status.
Professor Tierney was paper-white, quiet, and utterly dedicated to the proper maintenance of the laboratory.
Also, just lately, nervous; although admittedly, someone no-one ever saw made a perfect secret identity.
Strictly speaking, cellular phones were on the forbidden list. But since the transmitter in his was a mechanical earwig, there was sufficient difference to avoid any...unpleasant consequences.
He dialed ASSISTANT.
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