mayfield_rpg | Sprig 05: All shall return to the Void

((For the most part, things are pretty much the same for Groot up until he tried to stop a giant squid-thing from another universe trying to eat the Inhuman's city of Attilan. Instead of the T-bomb causing a fracture that leads to a universe where life doesn't die (eventually called the 'cancer-verse' by the Guardians), it opened one to where life ceased to exist, an endless void that started to suck the life of everyone in Attilan. Working with Maximus the Mad to reassert their dimension and save the city, Groot began a conversation with Maximus about where The Fault went and what it could mean for their dimension. Slowly the two became more and more obsessed with the simple nothingness of this dimension, and instead of helping the Guardians to close The Fault decided it was better to replace their universe with the endless void. The fracture was causing their dimension to come apart at the seems, what lay ahead was a slow destruction into nothingness for all, so why not simply be done with it and embrace the Great Void that was in The Fault? Groot and Maximus were about to use a newly devised quantum weapon that would do the reverse of the original, that is assert the dimension of the Great Void on their own, when the Guardians attempted to intervene in a battle that, last Groot can remember, ended with an explosion with everyone at ground zero. He woke up here in Mayfield, a human, and working at a grocery store. He's not sure what happened, but this isn't his home, nor the void he was attempting to achieve. With no one else he recognizes around, he has slowly been bidding his time, trying to figure out if this is some unintended consequences due to the device, or he is dead, and this is some form of hell. As such, he is extremely paranoid and even less open than he was before. He has been slowly going through the motions of Mayfield as he thinks of a way to improvise a way to either escape, or end this dimension.))

Part A| Grocery Store

[Groot is still doing his shifts at the grocery store, but instead of the calm and helpful employee he's been before, he is now doing the bare minimum of work and avoiding customers at every turn. Anytime a customer does get a hold of him gets a surly look or a suspicious stare before he does what was asked of him. Anybody coming into the store when he is working will almost surely feel the change in atmosphere, not to mention the sign he used to put up for 'pets' is left back in the store's closet, forgotten.]

Part B| Phone

[Anybody picking up the phone will hear a voice that sounds calm and regal, but also has a tense and hesitant quality to it.]

So I have been here for some time now, and I was wondering if anyone else found themselves here due to mishap with a device involving quantum mechanics and the dimensional fabric of their reality.

I only ask because, if this is another dimension, then perhaps similar means can provide a path to a different one. The lack of proper technology is less than ideal, but if anybody has found a way to generate large amounts of energy or a means to disperse electrons, I may be able to direct it to open a way to...a better place.

Part C| Garage of 5721 Cunningham

[Since the beginning of June, Groot has been gathering a large number of mechanical devices in the garage. Vacuum cleaners, TVs, radios, and other electronic devices. Anybody passing by can see him in the garage, gutting the various objects and setting the components out in front of him. He stares intently at the pieces, as if by doing so they'll move on their own, or some great mystery will be unlocked. Every once and awhile, he'll sigh, move the pieces off the work bench, and grab another device to start disassembling.]

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Quantum mechanics is a bit after my time, but with all the alien technology landing on London, I can hardly rule it out.

((Sarah Jane is from an AU where she's a Victorian era alien investigator))

Ah, that is very likely. I know for a fact that my visit to Earth was not the first by another race not native to the planet, and quite a few had a grasp on such theories.

...I don't suppose you have any of that technology on hand, would you? Maybe even with a cursory glance, I could see if it based on such theories and able to help us...escape.

The Doctor would be the ideal one to speak with. What I have available are automatons I acquired in my travels rather than the equipment itself.

I probably should give this Doctor a call then.

...They are here as well, right? Or was that a wrong assumption on my part?

But the automatons might be of some help too, you know. Have they shown any abilities that can affect the fabric of reality? Or monitor it?

Yes, he is, Benny Road.

They're both quite useful for monitoring. K9 in particular, since he's more mobile.

I see, so maybe if we do a canvas of the town, we can find a weak or worn spot. With the Doctor you mentioned helps, we may even be able to create something that can break through it.

The technology here is more advanced than what I was working with at home, it should be simpler to improvise.

Well, the device I was thinking of would need to discharge quite a lot of energy, and I haven't exactly been able to figure out how to push the technology in this town to provide it....

Most of the time it seems like something else is lurking under the surface though.

True, it probably would be best to carefully check any worn spots before attempting to rip through them. Wouldn't want what ever is lurking to come through, after all...

[Is that tinkering? Nox is almost obliged to be interested] May I help with that?

[Groot is a bit surprised by the sudden voice but quickly collects himself.]

I have a feeling that unless you know of a way to make these simple mechanical devices affect things on a molecular level, there's little any help can accomplish...

I trust that you know what you're doing, but the tinkerer part of me would enjoy a lookover.

Then do feel free to have a look.

[Groot will even move over slightly so Nox has room at the workbench to use.]

Honestly another mind can always be a benefit in situations like this. Working in tandem is how Maximus and I was able to create the quantum device we wanted, after all. I doubt working on our own would have led to its completion.

The value of others really is something to be appreciated. [The sight seems nearly identical to what he was pouring over just a hour ago. As for the purpose...] You aren't thinking of escaping here, are you? I hope you've had more leads than what I've had to work with.

It was something I was looking into, yes, but I'm not too sure how well I can follow through with it.

Honestly, I always assumed I wound up here due to falling into a rip in the very fabric of space time. I was hoping to find a way to maybe purposely create such a tear here which would, at the very least, provide an escape from this dimension.

Unfortunately, even if I could somehow create such a thing, I would need to figure out a way to find a spot where the fabric of this reality is thin...

I think a precarious state of reality can define this whole place.

Oh yes, the reality of this place itself feels very flimsy and fake at times, but that doesn't mean it's fabric or walls that it has against other dimensions are not strong or thick... Another part of the puzzle that concerns me, you see.

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I assume you meant phone, yes? (also sorry for the late back tag)

Yes, I'm a genius

Ha ha ha, it's okay, sometimes I forget to put anything in the subject when needed. >.>

I'm lucky if I sign into the right account :p

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