Who: Reed and Wes (Neptune and Hermes) When: Friday, March 2, 2012 | night Where: the lab What: an unannounced visit
After the trip to the antique shop and meeting with Lydia, Neptune surrendered control to his host. Reed was out of sorts and still thinking about part of his conversation with Lydia. She seemed to think his weapon was a bad idea. Was it? Would he live to regret his creation if it succeeded? He couldn't be sure. He also didn't know if he could trust Ian Ward, and too much had been going on in Reed's life to investigate the guy and his company the way Reed had said he would.
With that in mind, he headed to campus rather than his apartment to pack some more. He needed some time in the lab. It was where he did most of his thinking, and this required a lot of thought. Plus, maybe tinkering with the railgun would help him decide if he should actually finish it.
Being a Friday night, the lab was empty. All of Reed's students were out doing what students did best: getting drunk. He didn't think it wise to drink while working with dangerous equipment, so Reed was sober, but he was sure that would not be the case when he eventually returned to his apartment.
Sitting on a high stool at his primary work desk, he messed with some equations on his tablet, tweaking them to see if he might find a solution to the weapon's primary problem: it was a one time use. The projectile did too much damage. "Fuck," he said with a sigh and put his head down on the desk.