They've Actually Done This With Frogs [Video/Action]

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No, it's about fourty old television cathode-ray tubes stripped, HEAVILY modified, hooked together and set into the ground in a tight grid. Gordon is there at the edge of the glass bubble-grid, somewhat dirt-smudged, sleeves rolled up and coat completely abandoned, talking into a pocket voice recorder with a near-empty bottle of water in the other hand.]

Okaaaaay, first test of hydrophobic electromagnet field... [He tips the bottle over the cathode tubes, and instead of the predictable catastrophic clash of water and electronics, the drops... just sort of hang there in midair. Gordon breaks into a wide grin and turns away with an excited fist-pump before going back to the recording.] Test successful! Magnetic dipole action is causing the water to be completely repelled by the field! My calculations predict that at this power range the field will effectively suspend anything that's more than 60% water by weight! Huh... In fact...

[He looks at the water droplets, the generator tubes, the water bottle in his hand, and then quickly finishes the last swig in the bottle and jumps on top of the tubes... and kind of slides above them, wobbling in midair.] AHAHAH ALL RIGHT! Field can actually suspend a human--whoaOOF! [Can suspend one until they slide off the opposite edge that is.]

[tl;dr there's now a magnetic anti-grav field in the courtyard lawn that'll only work on water and living creatures. Who WOULDN'T want to investigate?]

[Video]

[Gordon is still dirt-stained but back in the apartment, pacing with phone in hand. The magnetofield is clearly visible outside the window whenever he passes it.]

So. Here I thought I remembered everything about my work before, but I gave up a few more anemoi shards to the boys at the lab and suddenly I... I get this huge second wave, sort of. Suddenly BOOM, everything you ever wanted to know about electromagnetism but were afraid to ask, is back. Anyone else have this kind of thing happen to them? Some huge body of knowledge in pieces? I wonder how many more of these I'm going to get...

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[Hey check it out, it's Booster, exiting the Suites and looking kind of miffed about something. WONDER WHAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE....]

Gordon. Gordon, stop whatever stupid thing you're doing, I have an important question for you.

[life_is_megas_wonderful]

Whoooooa! What's THAT?

[nomen_est_numen]

Well, Gordon found Shen in the yard, so it's only fair that Shen finds Gordon in the courtyard with the... thingee. Man, the grass around this place is gonna be shite this year....

The bird stops, staring. That is... a thingee, all right. No doubt about that. It's the thingee-est thingee that ever thingee-ed. Carefully, Shen approaches. He's got wraps on his feet to-day instead of the metal claws (really, tearing up the floor whenever you decide to go somewhere is just a bit uncouth), so his progress is a lot quieter.

"It's... ah... hm. It's... astounding." A beat. "What is it?"

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[Rex arrives on the scene just in time to see Gordon wobble in mid-air and then fall over. He stands at the edge of the field, arms crossed, looking amused.]

Having some trouble there, varón volando?