David Finkelstein
Mrs. Bemis
Journal entry; Birth
of a prodigy
The birth of a Prodigy
The Daily
March 29, 2019
At the young age of only 14, Detien V. Skefialdi (nick-named “Deti”) became fascinated with
technology. In fact, after graduating from high school he became increasingly
fascinated with chemicals. It started to become inevitable that Deti would
become either a chemist or a scientist, and his first year in collage studding
chemistry and science seemed to give great support to that theory. But all that
changed after he attempted to combine two highly unstable chemicals by use of a
newly invented chemically-powered device. The mechanism held the two chemicals
at a temperature of approximately 230 degrees Fahrenheit below zero at a
pressure of approximately 150 atmoshperes. At this temperature, the two
chemicals where the least active, but just a few more degrees and a little more
pressure would turn them both to liquids which would be bad news for the
mechanism as the liquids began to resist much more then they did as gasses. The
mechanism was especially designed to then release the two gasses simultaneously
and create a potentially fatal reaction. The room was however built to
withstand almost any scale of explosion should things get really out of hand so
as to prevent minimal damage to the surrounding area. Analysis of the room has
shown that Deti combined the two gasses which created a new, much more stable
gas. Then he most probably attempted to increase the pressure, but for some
strange reason the gas expanded instantly and created an outwards pressure on
the machine of approximately 8,960 atmospheres. The machine then apparently
exploded and was blown to dust, the gas then apparently continued to expand and
put a similar pressure on the walls, which cracked a little but held. Deti was
not in or anywhere near the room and we can only speculate of what may have
happened to him-
After the explosion everything
went black I then awoke a moment later with a loud explosive noise blaring in
my ears and everything swinging around in circles. I promptly tried to fall,
but found I was already lying completely flattened against the cold tiles in
the floor. I felt…strange somehow...my entire body tingled with this newly
found sensation. That’s when I discovered something completely dumbfounding…I
was completely-
-Scientists are now speculating that Deti may
have been crushed to dust by the tremendous force of the explosion. Adding even
more mystery to this story, the gas was completely gone, and analysis is
showing that there are not even microscopic traces of any of the gases left,
they seen to have escaped through the cracks, which are now shown to have been
only surface cracks about 0.001 millimeters thick; the walls are still
completely intact. Which makes there be just one obvious explanation-
-invisible
and that I was slowly rising through the air. I looked down and to my horror I
was passing through the ceiling. I then took my hand and tried to punch myself,
to prove I was either dead or dreaming. Incredibly, my hand passed right
through me…then it all became clear to me, everything…it had worked, incredibly
and unbelievably it had worked, I had become something incredible…a-
-That the gas had somehow managed to pass through the walls. ●