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Aaron had never been one to back down from a challenge. He always gave Scarecrow a hard time for his impulsive tendencies, but Aaron himself knew he had his own self-centered moments. If told something wasn’t possible, he would spend days to weeks of his life making it possible. He did this whether it was scientifically plausible or not and nothing could get in his way when he had an endgame goal to reach.
This week was one of those weeks.
He had been working with some newer modern electrical technology and had begun mixing it with the tech from his world. The things from his world always ended up being…unstable. They could alter reality in ways he couldn’t always predict. Time and time again he had played God with these devices and time and time again he regretted it. They never worked right. But still…they kept calling to him.
The enlightened understanding of the unknown was always so close to Aaron, and just once he wanted to make something in this style that worked as it should. He knew it was risky, but he had learned a long time ago that came with the job. Besides, whenever he did these projects now, he made sure to keep away from the others. No more temporal mishaps. If something went wrong, it would affect him and him alone. He was willing to take that risk in the name of science.
He was at his desk where another clock-looking device sat, though this time he had completely mixed it with modern tech he had found. He had it wired up to the house, as this one needed sufficient power and couldn’t stand alone. This one was one he had sitting in the back of his mind for years.
The four of them had traversed dimensions to reach this world, but none knew exactly what caused it. Aaron had suspicions it may have been his doing as he was in the process of dealing with the cultist’s time machine when he was carried over, but he was never sure. But the thought kept returning to him. The agonizing curious thought.
Could he hone this dimensional power? Use it? Study it? Aaron couldn’t say. He was just blindly traveling down a dangerous road he really shouldn’t be traversing, and yet…
He set the device on his desk.
He didn’t want to return home. He had no intention to, nor did the others. He simply wanted to see if it was possible, or maybe understand what brought the four of them together in the first place. He just wanted to understand the mystery that the universe had taunted them with for years. He just wanted to know.
He heard voices upstairs. The others were in the living room. Good. He began flipping the switches on the device to run a small test. That’s all this was. A small test to see if he could hone that dimensional energy.
That’s all this was.