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<blockquote data-quote="Audrik" data-source="post: 7644149" data-attributes="member: 73653">Future/Perfect - Session 2bThe gloves were heavy and lined with lead. They were covered in red dirt that didn’t match the surrounding desert. Dempsey pointed out they were the sort of gloves an X-ray lab technician might use to handle radioactive materials. That would explain the remote control. It was probably a Geiger counter.The books were textbooks, and they looked well-used. The titles didn’t help Clark’s growing unease; Radioactivity and Geology: An Account of the Influence of Radioactive Energy on Terrestrial History, and Radioactivity and Its Measurement. The books did fit the emerging theme, however.The notepad was battered and swollen as if it had once been water-logged but had since dried. The poor state and legibility of the writing supported that assessment. Potter had taken hundreds of notes, but hardly anything was clear. There were what appeared to be measurements of distance as well as cryptic phrases like “… machine parts: gold, silver …” and “… be radioactive …” The last page of the notebook showed a simple drawing of what looked like an odd pool with sockets – sockets evidently measuring precisely 2.718 inches by 2.718 inches – in the border. There were wavy lines drawn in the center.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Audrik, post: 7644149, member: 73653"] [b]Future/Perfect - Session 2b[/b] [I][/I]The gloves were heavy and lined with lead. They were covered in red dirt that didn’t match the surrounding desert. Dempsey pointed out they were the sort of gloves an X-ray lab technician might use to handle radioactive materials. That would explain the remote control. It was probably a Geiger counter. [I][/I]The books were textbooks, and they looked well-used. The titles didn’t help Clark’s growing unease; [I]Radioactivity and Geology: An Account of the Influence of Radioactive Energy on Terrestrial History[/I], and [I]Radioactivity and Its Measurement[/I]. The books did fit the emerging theme, however. [I][/I]The notepad was battered and swollen as if it had once been water-logged but had since dried. The poor state and legibility of the writing supported that assessment. Potter had taken hundreds of notes, but hardly anything was clear. There were what appeared to be measurements of distance as well as cryptic phrases like “… machine parts: gold, silver …” and “… be radioactive …” The last page of the notebook showed a simple drawing of what looked like an odd pool with sockets – sockets evidently measuring precisely 2.718 inches by 2.718 inches – in the border. There were wavy lines drawn in the center. [I][/I] [/QUOTE]

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