17206/Unlocking The Crystal

Unlocking The Crystal
Date of Scene:	17 February 2024
Location:	The Bat Cave
Synopsis:	Tim and Alfred explore a kryptonian gift.
Cast of Characters:	Alfred Pennyworth, Tim Drake

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Alfred Pennyworth has posed:
Alfted its near the bat computer fiddlijg with a small crystal, it may look familiar as Kryptonian. He has a display on woth various symbols and looks awed but confused by it. He has summomed Tim since this is right up his proverbial ally.

Tim Drake has posed:
    Red Robin had been doing a bit of early evening patrol. Most of the Bats -- Tim included -- like to be active in the overnight hours, but once in a while it's good to show Gotham's early crowd that crime doesn't pay. He received a message that Alfred Pennyworth wanted to talk. That piqued his curiosity because talks with Alfred are seldom dull.

    About fifteen minutes later, Red Robin's motorcycle comes roaring into the Bat Cave with a costumed Tim perched upon it. He drives a little faster than he should and brakes a little harder than he should. What is one to expect from an adrenalin-fueled, costumed vigilante?

    Tim parks the bike and dismounts, walking in Alfred's direction as he removes his diamond mask. "Hey, Alfred," Tim greets warmly. "What's shakin'?"

Alfred Pennyworth has posed:
Alfred Pennyworth says, "Apparently the break lines on that vehicle Master Tim, but I will check them later," he smiles,"I have a gift and a puzzle. Miss Kara, guest of Master Damian gofted me this crystal. It contains Kryptonian culture and protocol amd it wpuld be rude not to at least try and read it but I must admit is eluding me. I thought you might be intetested at taking a crack at something Kryptonian."

Tim Drake has posed:
    Nerd alert! Tim's attention is instantly captured! "Ooh, I've heard of these things," Tim blurts out as he approaches close enough to lean in and visually study the crystal in Alfred's possession. "Didn't the Kryptonians store all of their records and software and history in these things? It's like a combination of paper, computer storage, and library archive!"

Alfred Pennyworth has posed:
Alfred Pennyworth says, "well," he considers,"From time to tike Mastet Bruce has spoken of Superman. I suspect that if not all of their records are on such devoces. What I do know is given what the files say about their technology, there is likely a large amount of priceless data to be explored and lesrned," he smiles enjoying his enthusiasm.

Tim Drake has posed:
    Tim removes his gauntlets and flops them on a counter along with his diamond mask. One of the gloves slips off the edge of the counter and onto the floor. Tim is so engrossed in this piece of tech that he doesn't notice.

    "May I?" Tim asks Alfred. Assuming that Alfred allows, Tim takes the crystal into his hands and turns it around in his fingertips, studying every detail. "I mean, no matter how sophisticated the tech, it still should required some sort of energy to operate. We power most of our stuff with electricity, which is really just matter physically moving through something in response to a difference in potential. Even if the Kryptonians are way more advanced than electricity, it's certainly possible that this would still respond to it."

Alfred Pennyworth has posed:
Alfred Pennyworth chuckles,"Master Tim, I expected you would desire this the instant it was given to me." He listens to his explanatiom amd nods,"I suppose that tracks. A few times I have seen Krytonian tech smashed it did have wires, so that makes sense," he puts his glove to his chin and quietly puts the orphan in the proper recepticle.

Tim Drake has posed:
    Now fully engrossed in this Kryptonian crystal, Tim slides a wheeled chair over and flops down on it. He starts to plug some power couplings into a control panel where he's sitting. The Bat Cave could catch on fire right now and he probably wouldn't even notice it.

    "Alfred, look at this!" the unmasked crimefighter blurts out. "See how when I move the crystal, it splits the white light of the room into its various, individual colors and sends them along different pathways? That suggests that different frequencies of energy have different purposes in this thing! That's incredible!"

    Tim puts a negative lead on one side of the crystal and a positive lead on the other. "Okay, let's see how much juice this baby wants to take!" He attenuates a power feed dial and the crystal between glow!

Alfred Pennyworth has posed:
Alfred Pennyworth watches with fascination, mentally reviewong the exact location of the 17 fire estinguishers secreted around the room, and puts on a pair of aviator goggles pulled from a secreted drawer,"Lets do this." He says, smiling.

Tim Drake has posed:
    Suddenly a three-dimensional menu erupts out of the crystal, hovering in midair above it! There are options and sub-options all available. But...unfortunately, they are all in Kryptonian.

    Tim's eyes light up and a smile plays across his face. "It's...incredible. Just...I'm at a loss for words." Then a small chuckle emits from the vigilante. "I'm also at a loss for understanding. I assume these are Kryptonian glyphs."

Alfred Pennyworth has posed:
Alfred Pennyworth says, "Its all Greek to me." He removed the goggles when no one was looking, not wprried Master Tim's attention would be diverted,"Astounding. So all of that, in the crystal? Is there video or audio?"

Tim Drake has posed:
    "I would imagine there could almost anything in here," Tim replies to Alfred. "Any one of these menu options could be anything from a video file to a self-destruct sequence, and anything in between." He looks to Alfred with a glitter of amusement in his eyes when he mentions a self-destruct sequence.

    Tim motions toward Alfred with a flick of his chin. "Go ahead. Pick one. See what it does?"

Alfred Pennyworth has posed:
Alfred Pennyworth says, "No blowing up the batcave Master Tim, its a rule"