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Tweak says, "Our last best hope for victory"

Raven Reyes [The 100] (hasbattlescars) wrote in somerealityweb,
@ 2020-07-18 11:40:00

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!ageplot, active: tony stark, inactive: john murphy, inactive: raven reyes

Uh oh.

We're not supposed to be on Earth. How did we even get here?

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	hasbattlescars 2020-07-18 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	Mr. Tony said this wasn't really Earth. So, how is a part of Earth? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	machinesrus 2020-07-18 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, it's... kind of complicated. It's like a little area all by itself, so even if we had a boat or a plane we couldn't get anywhere else on Earth. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hasbattlescars 2020-07-18 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	How come? Is it like the Ark? You're not supposed to spacewalk. You can, but you're not supposed to unless something is broken. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	machinesrus 2020-07-18 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	Sort of like that, yeah. Like if there was another small station on the outside of the Ark and you could only get to it by spacewalking, but we don't have any spacesuits. All the air's different so it's not radioactive. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hasbattlescars 2020-07-18 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	So, if this was the space station then we couldn't spacewalk. Okay! At least the air is okay. We can't go to Earth because of the radiation. Do you know Mr. Tony? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	machinesrus 2020-07-18 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	Exactly. You're pretty smart. Yeah, he's a really good friend of mine. I'm Dr Sam. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hasbattlescars 2020-07-18 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	I'm Raven! What kind of doctor are you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	machinesrus 2020-07-18 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	A doctor for sick people, but I also study ways to make people's bodies work better with little machines, like if someone had an accident and their arm didn't work properly anymore or had to get taken off. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hasbattlescars 2020-07-18 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	I like machines! You have some that make bodies work better? That's cool. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	machinesrus 2020-07-18 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	Very, very small ones that can talk to your brain. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hasbattlescars 2020-07-18 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	They talk to your brain? How did you make them talk? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

machinesrus
2020-07-18 08:57 pm UTC (link)

Well, the brain has billions of tiny little cells called neurons that take messages around the body. When you think about moving your hand, it starts in your brain where you make the decision, and then some neurons travel through your shoulder and arm to your hand to tell the muscles what to do. Instead of using words they use a kind of electricity, so if machines use the same kind of electricity they can trick the brain into thinking they're neurons too. So if the paths that normal neurons use to travel are broken and they can't get across, we can program the machines to get through instead.

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	hasbattlescars 2020-07-18 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	So the machines talk to your brain and make your brain think they're part of the body. Like they were always a part of the body. Right? It can't hurt you or anything because the body thinks it's always been there, so doesn't reject it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	machinesrus 2020-07-18 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	Exactly. Normally if you put something in your body it would try to get rid of it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hasbattlescars 2020-07-18 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	How do you keep the body from rejecting it, though? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	machinesrus 2020-07-18 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	That's one of the hard parts. It took people a long time to figure out good ways to stop that happening, you have to make sure nothing gets on the machines that could upset your immune system. I used to keep them in a sort of fluid that kept them clean and protected them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hasbattlescars 2020-07-18 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	But couldn't your body still attack them? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	machinesrus 2020-07-18 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	Sometimes, yeah. A lot of things can go wrong. Most science is like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hasbattlescars 2020-07-18 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	Not good with science. Just machines. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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