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[raaaaage]

[good evening, Paradisa. not to interrupt, but...]

Hey, uh... Anyone have experience with handling unstable isotopes?

I've got... kind of a problem.

[kind of a potentially radioactive problem.]

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[cheerupemoborg]

What sort of problem?

[raaaaage]

Well, things were going great until I suddenly couldn't touch anything anymore.

It's like there's... [ugh, how does he even describe this...] Some kind of a barrier between me and the material samples I was just working on.

[cheerupemoborg]

Did you do something to cause this?

[optimystic]

... I have no idea what you just said, but it sounds kind of cool!

[raaaaage]

That's... uh. [COMPLETELY UNHELPFUL. 8(] Yeah.

It'll be a lot cooler if I don't accidentally irradiate the tower.

[cricketycricket]

Oh dear. What sort of problem?

[raaaaage]

Well, I don't know how to describe this, exactly...

But something's stopping me from containing some low-level radiative material I was running some tests on. Like there's suddenly some kind of... barrier around them now.

It's not an immediate crisis or anything, but these things need to get wrapped up before atomic decay takes them to something not low-level.

[formercheerio]

I think 'unstable' is your problem.

[raaaaage]

That's not helping. [:/]

[compromisedarrow]

[Sonuvva...really? Already?]

What's the situation, doc?

[raaaaage]

[he was just trying to do science, okay. ;;]

Oh, just... got some low-level radiative samples I suddenly can't touch for no immediately comprehensible reason.

It'll be all right for a while, but need to see if someone else can't get these things wrapped up before it becomes a real problem.

[withmymind]

It's a big problem.

[raaaaage]

It could be... If I don't find a way to get these contained, yeah.

[fredless]

I've got a lab, if you need one. We could likely sort out at least something temporarily. Did this just happen?

[raaaaage]

Ah, I don't think the lab is really the problem. I couldn't get the stuff to you anyway. I'd need someone to come here--that's why I asked.

...But, to answer your question... Yeah. Just... started up out of nowhere.

[teratologist]

Honestly this is more Nikola's bailiwick than my own, but have you attempted magnetic containment?

[raaaaage]

Y'know, I'd love to. Really. It's all set up.

But my problem is that I can't get to any of it for some reason.

[peacockherald]

Unstable isotopes?

[raaaaage]

Uh... Chemical compositions, sets of atoms with neutrons that decay over time.

[wishmadeinfire]

What is wrong? What sort of aid are you needing?

_{[And, you know, is it going to endanger everyone here?]}

[raaaaage]

Well... If a hunch is right, I just need someone who knows what they're doing to come in and move some material samples for me. For some reason... Something won't let me.

It's not a big problem right now, but it's... I'd really rather this not turn into one.

[encryptedlock]

Christ.

I've got protective armor, I can be there right away if you need containment. Have you already been helped?

[raaaaage]

[protective armor is a good sign.]

Not yet. These things only need to be moved... maybe... three feet.

But the sooner the better. Uh, 1914. Guadium Tower.

[builds]

You've got a lot of problems, but last I checked, handling unstable isotopes ain't one.

[raaaaage]

Looks like it's some sort of selective energy barrier. I can put other things near the containment cells... just not the stuff that's supposed to be contained.

[anxious tapping.] Mind giving me a hand up here? It might just be me.