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The Least Common Denominator Interlude XXVII: Olivia X
Olivia had never felt more ashamed in her life than right now."We have to go after her!""Olivia! You have to stay here, okay?!"The roiling swirl of conflicting emotions threatened to overwhelm her own thought processes. She might say that it was the same as when she was at that... bad place in time, but the way she was feeling right now was arguably worse than having to lose all of her hope and drive in life...She had argued with her Big Sis... Olivia! Arguing with Sis! It was both exhilarating and terrifying to even think of herself going into a screaming match with the one Person that she cared about most in the world. To think that screamed at Her right in the face... and to experience first-hand her Sister's ire...Her chest felt like it was going to explode."I-I did this
The Least Common Denominator LXVI.I Parts Per Million
How many times do I have to fuck up like this? Sure, I've once said something in the terms of 'failure being just being more experience,' but if I'm not going to use those experiences to at least better myself, then was I even doing with my life? I mean, I acknowledge that me changing would require such a Herculean effort to the point that it would probably be better to just move on and ignore it, but I still couldn't believe that I was this monumentally stupid in terms of emotional control and illogical insanity. "You okay, Sis?" Waking up after almost succumbing to hyperthermia was an experience I thought I'd never go through again. But while the first one was caused entirely by accident, this was.... kind of deliberate now that I was thinking more clearly. Some things never change...
The Least Common Denominator LXVI.II Parts Per Million
"Y-you can let go now..."Feeling my sister release me from her comforting grasp, I took a deep breath as I kept my sobs locked into my chest. We've been crying into each other's arms for a good while now, and I really think we should move on to other things. We really shouldn't even be doing this, in my opinion; especially since it was all my fault, to begin with."Feeling better?""W-well enough," I weakly chuckled as I brushed a few of my sister's own tears off her face. "I have something to tell you..."I almost flinched as Livia leaned in closer as if wishing to relish whatever new nugget of wisdom I was about to bestow upon her. Meanwhile, I could only think if doing what I was about to do was a good idea. I never really liked it when characters from an isekai tell the native population that they were from another
The Least Common Denominator LXVII.I Quadratic Equation
Ideas. Plans upon plans upon plans. Unlike last time, they all fell in line neatly in my head as I mentally tallied them up to a line of priority and possibility. With our location and available resources, the steam engine was probably the most cost-efficient way to provide a lot of what we were already using to stay alive in this blistering cold. Couple that with a decent building up of the cave and other refurbishments and we'll have a beautiful hideout that's both warm and impenetrable. There was only just one problem."We're really lacking in manpower, huh..."After Grigori's first attempt at harvesting coal with Ruby, the clear lack of a proper receptacle to put them forced me away from my own projects to build a rush job that could hopefully contain the ridiculous amount of coal this Prime dragged back out of the cave. I would've left it to the others, but with Lace busy
The Least Common Denominator LXVII.II Quadratic Equation
"What are we supposed to build again?"I resisted the urge to frown as I faced off against the nominal Denominators of our party. Livia hasn't come back from the trip yet, so that meant me having Lace and Phillipe standing lackadaisically in front of me. Ruby was standing nervously beside me, and I made it a point to look knowledgeable as I pointed at the various schematics and improved designs scribbled onto the chalkboard behind me. Not gonna lie, I was getting pretty miffed at the lack of understanding.Well, at least it's only Phillipe that's really questioning everything. God knows my shitty patience had its limits."Like I said, it's a railway system designed to make transporting materials faster and easier," I sighed. "With coal acting as fuel, the engine would turn the wheels and make it go across the designated track."
The Least Common Denominator LXVII.III Quadratic Equation
*POP!*"Well... That's another bust..."I coughed out the fumes of combustion clouding my small workshop as yet another prototype engine bit the dust on me. With the piece of junk spewing out black and acrid smoke, I fanned my right hand in front of me as I opened the door to let the air out. Have to admit, this wasn't the best start I could have for my day, but it certainly could've been worse."At least... it didn't completely blow up like last time..."Getting out of my workshop, I sat stumped as I waited for the entire place to be ventilated. It shouldn't be this hard, right? I already knew how the entire process worked; the concepts already internalized. The only thing left for me to do was actually reinvent the damn thing. I didn't even need to find the proper way of channeling the steam and heat through the metal
The Least Common Denominator LXVII.IV Quadrattic Equation
"Are you sure this'll work?"The question presented to me wasn't the first time I have heard such a thing being asked of me. It was an entirely valid worry for any sort of new re-invented modern machinery I spewed out, and I wouldn't have it any other way for my colleagues to doubt my every move. We didn't want to explode while we're already on it, after all."It should," I answered neutrally as I stared at the beautiful sight in front of us. "Theoretically, it should be able to lug around a few tons of earth and minerals without too much effort. The fuel cost will be directly proportional to the weight it's pulling though, so that's something."Behold, New World, for the steam engine has finally been spawned into this world. While it wasn't a fully-fledged train locomotive yet, the fact that I had a small-scale railway for this thing to go on mean
The Least Common Denominator LXVII.V Quadratic Equation
"Fucking shit!"Looking at the broken piece of lever in my hand, I couldn't help but brace myself for disaster as I felt the locomotive lurch at the loss of the brakes. Surely enough, the hunk of metal began accelerating again just from the force of gravity acting upon it."C-crimson?! What was that?!"I winced as I slowly turned to my other passenger; the broken lever hovering in front of me as I showed it to her, "Something just broke!"Ruby's eyes widened at the sight of the piece of metal in my hand. She probably didn't know what it did, but the fact that I was on the verge of panicking probably clued her in on our currently fucked up situation."C-can you fix it?!"I nervously shook my head, "Not right now! We have to stop this thing first!"
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