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"Let me get this straight, you want me in your pocket?" Jake sounded confused.Amy's smile turned into a laugh as she replied, "YES! Just trust me will you; I would never do anything dangerous to you, would I?"
Jake muttered while looking around the room at all the electronic lab equipment, "Well I guess not intentionally, but I don't get where this is going."
Jake had been dating Amy for the past 3 months and was happy to help her with a little experiment, but this was turning into more than he bargained for.
"You promised…" Amy pouted, looking genuinely hurt.
"Fine, I guess it won't be that bad," he said reluctantly.
"Great!" Amy instantly perked up, "Now strip down, Tim and Lisa will be here any minute, they will be going with you."
Tim and Lisa walked into the lab unnoticed.
"What's going on, and why all the secrecy?" Tim asked, startling Jake who looked a bit embarrassed.
"…and why is Jake taking off his clothes?"
"I was kidding, you don't have to strip down, silly," Amy laughed at her boyfriend.
"Oh My God! Is that what I think it is!" shouted Lisa as she ran over to examine the shiny metal archway on the opposite side of the room.
"Yes it is! Since you are my bestest of friends, you get to help me test a new invention. I have calibrated a pocket-"
"Woah!" interrupted Tim, "Pockets are super dangerous! How does a college student even get access to this type of tech? I mean the last person who went into a Pocket Universe never came back! Some even believe they could rip apart our own Universe."
Amy and Lisa shared a glance as if they knew something the guys didn't.
"Fine, you got me. They are dangerous and I plan to blow up the Universe, starting with the sacrifice of my best friends, happy?" remarked Amy attempting her best mad scientist laugh.
Lisa chimed in, after sticking her tongue out at Amy, "People use them all the time. Usually for clubbing, they're perfectly safe, well, except if you lose the connection. Don't swallow the apocalyptic bullshit the media puts out."
"Lisa's correct," Amy replied. "Pocket Parties are the new underground club scene, totally off the grid."
Buttoning up the last button on his shirt, but finding an extra hole, Jake looked frustrated and confused, "I thought you had somehow created a shrink ray and wanted to literally stick me in your pocket! A pocket universe doesn't sound all that bad."
"You thought what? You mean you were going to let me do that?" Amy said shocked. "Mental note for later." she winked mischievously back at Jake.
"She can't actually do that. Can she?" Jake whispered to Lisa, who just shrugged grinning, but otherwise ignored the question.
"I don't get what you need us for if the technology already works? Why not use a rock or a mouse?" Tim asked with Jake nodding in agreement.
"Well..." Amy hesitated, red faced, "Lisa and I went to a Pocket Party a few months back. While we were there I noticed something strange. At first I just thought someone had spiked my drink, but I showed it to Lisa, and she saw it too! Every time the music hit a certain low frequency-"
"Our boobs grew!" Lisa shouted excitedly.
Amy looked annoyed over at Lisa. "I was only going to tell them about the drinks changing colors, from red to purple."
"Oh, sorry. I thought our boobies getting real big was more exciting," Lisa apologized, while the guys smiled in agreement with Lisa.
Jake jumped in, "So how big are we talking? Basketball sized? Bigger?"
Lisa began outlining a shape with her hands, with both guys giving her their full undivided attention.
Amy coughed, and then shouted, "That's not important!"
"The anomaly only occurred while we were in one corner of the room. After the party, I talked to the host and examined their equipment. Turns out the pocket was getting slightly out of sync. Superstrings and such must be in perfect phase or strangeness occurs. The vibration caused the properties of the pocket universe to completely change!" Amy said excitedly.
"So of all the infinite things that could happen, chaos theory, and what not, you got bigger boobs? Oh, and purple soda. No supernova, gravity falling up instead of down, people turned inside out, cats singing opera, three headed freaks skydiving into the sun, monkeys driving spaceships, or guys melting into puddles on the dance floor?" Tim replied somewhat skeptical, yet totally intrigued.
"Exactly! Cool, Right! One set of waves were in sync, while the others weren't!"
"So anyway, my pocket is modified to maintain stable life fields, while letting me tweak the physics of everything else. Everyone will be perfectly safe no matter what happens."
"Except you will control the laws of our entire universe? Do you even know what will happen?" Tim asked, hoping for possibly a yes.
"Um, no. Which is why I need you guys in my pocket, so we can collect enough data to calibrate the Chaoti-Sphere. "
"The K Otter what?" Jake asked confused yet again.
"The Chaoti-Sphere, or K-Sphere for short. It's my invention to control the pocket. It compares the infinite possibilities of a pocket with likely outcomes and then changes them by blending in things from our known universe."
"It just looks like a big crystal ball," Jake responded.
Amy rolled her eyes at Jake, "Try artificial intelligent trans-dimensional quantum supercomputer powered by a pocket enclosed micro-singularity"
"K-Sphere it is then." Jake relented.
"Once you walk through the archway, the K-sphere will do the rest. I only need your life fields in the first test. I've constructed it to be like a carnival ride, just try to relax, and keep hands feet and other objects inside the Pocket at all times!" Amy said with a giggle.
"Constructed?" Tim asked.
"It was either this, or an empty universe, where you would all be spinning in an infinite black void at the speed of light, as the K-sphere weaves chaos around your life waves and analyzes the results"
Everyone agreed, a carnival ride was sounding pretty good.
"I've set the timer for 5 minutes, is everyone ready?"
"Aye, Aye Captain! Chevron 6 encoded!" Lisa shouted.
Amy just rolled her eyes at Lisa.
Amy placed her hands on the K-sphere and activated the device. Immediately the empty metal arch shimmered to life with a blue glow. A semi-transparent mercury like substance quickly fell from the top of the arch, coating the middle like a shiny metal bubble.
If one looked closely enough through the surface, a carousel sitting in an empty white room could be seen just beyond the reflection. Otherwise, a gentle blue glow was all that remained to indicate this was no ordinary looking glass.
"Alright! I'll lead the way!" exclaimed Amy.
Everyone looked around at each other worried.
"You mean you aren't staying out here, just in case something goes wrong?" asked Jake.
"Why should I miss out on all the fun? The K-sphere controls everything. If it screws up, you will all be toast anyway, along with a 5 block blast radius. So come-on people, we've got 5 minutes!" Amy marched through the archway, disappearing to the other side.
Sensing the guys' reluctance, Lisa exclaimed, "Maybe our boobies will get big again!" as she sensually walked through the archway herself.
The guys both looked at each other smiling and then excitedly ran on through, into Amy's pocket.