Botober 5: Psychic Colour
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alfvaenHere's the Botober story for October 5th. The prompts were:
So, if I haven't put you off entirely, you can try reading:
"Is it a flower?" Naaji said, muffled by his opaque facemask.
Dr. Lansdale sighed. "No, Naaji, it is not a flower."
"A doughnut?"
"No."
"A doorknob?"
"No."
Naaji shrugged. "I'm sorry, Doc. I just can't get it any more. I've plateaued."
"Let me ask you, Naaji," Dr. Lansdale said. "When you do see something, is it in colour?"
"No," Naaji said. "Black and white only."
"Then we're going to try something new," Dr. Lansdale said. "According to some theories, you see, our physical senses can interfere with our psychic senses. So if we can reduce the former, perhaps we can improve the latter. For instance, we can remove the cones in the back of your eyes that give you colour vision. My theory is that this will improve the quality of your clairvoyance correspondingly."
Naaji was silent for a minute. "Doc, I don't know about this…"
"Don't worry, Naaji," Dr. Lansdale said. "Your consent is not required, remember? The competency hearing?"
"Doc, wait—"
Dr. Lansdale confirmed that Naaji's arms and head were clamped in place, then screwed a couple of attachments in place over where his eyes were under the shield. Then he powered them up.
After a few seconds he made sure to turn on the soundproofing over Naaji's facemask. That was much better. Little more than a distant buzzing, now.
When the noise had subsided, he dialed the volume back up. "Now, Naaji, do you have any more guesses?"
Silence for a minute. Dr. Lansdale waited patiently. Finally a thin, hoarse voice said, "A diagram of the Coriolis effect?"
"Very good, Naaji," Dr. Lansdale said. "I think we've made a breakthrough here."
- Things: A tool used to remove cones
- Concepts: An object that is not a doughnut but is also not a flower
- Advanced: The Coriolis effect, in a diagram
- Terrible: Doorknobs
So, if I haven't put you off entirely, you can try reading:
Psychic Colour
"Is it a flower?" Naaji said, muffled by his opaque facemask.
Dr. Lansdale sighed. "No, Naaji, it is not a flower."
"A doughnut?"
"No."
"A doorknob?"
"No."
Naaji shrugged. "I'm sorry, Doc. I just can't get it any more. I've plateaued."
"Let me ask you, Naaji," Dr. Lansdale said. "When you do see something, is it in colour?"
"No," Naaji said. "Black and white only."
"Then we're going to try something new," Dr. Lansdale said. "According to some theories, you see, our physical senses can interfere with our psychic senses. So if we can reduce the former, perhaps we can improve the latter. For instance, we can remove the cones in the back of your eyes that give you colour vision. My theory is that this will improve the quality of your clairvoyance correspondingly."
Naaji was silent for a minute. "Doc, I don't know about this…"
"Don't worry, Naaji," Dr. Lansdale said. "Your consent is not required, remember? The competency hearing?"
"Doc, wait—"
Dr. Lansdale confirmed that Naaji's arms and head were clamped in place, then screwed a couple of attachments in place over where his eyes were under the shield. Then he powered them up.
After a few seconds he made sure to turn on the soundproofing over Naaji's facemask. That was much better. Little more than a distant buzzing, now.
When the noise had subsided, he dialed the volume back up. "Now, Naaji, do you have any more guesses?"
Silence for a minute. Dr. Lansdale waited patiently. Finally a thin, hoarse voice said, "A diagram of the Coriolis effect?"
"Very good, Naaji," Dr. Lansdale said. "I think we've made a breakthrough here."
