Interpretation

[electronicly]

Is anyone familiar with the workings of large-scale clockwork engines or clockwork in general? The machine Underground appears to be most similar to an analog clock and I would like a second opinion on my analysis of the notes I've gathered before posting the data and analysis on the network for all to see; I'm afraid that's one of the types of

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[urbandev]

It's not my area of expertise, but I'd be happy to look over your notes.

I want to know more about that clock, anyway.

[electronicly]

Thanks.

Here is a copy of my notes. I’m afraid it got a little long, but I decided to take advantage of being an approximation of safe. Hopefully, even though I couldn’t go beneath the surface, the notes contain something that you didn’t already know.

…I can’t hear the ticking despite having been that close, by the way. I don’t know whether that will help or hinder my research, or even why the clock is silent to me.

[OOC: IC there can be a clickable link to the notes where the underlined sentance is? The basics are: it is very similar to the inside of a watch, seemingly modified to cause something to move, either metal or metallic on the surface, and touching it leads to being knocked out by some kind of shock before being sent to the surface next to the carousal; the actual notes would be a huge wall of text of measurement approximations, and basically every detail that caught her eye. Saves time and screenspace this way.]

[urbandev]

Unfortunately I do not know enough -- yet -- to answer all of these questions.

At a preliminary glance, at least, these look mechanically sound. Perhaps it would help us to build a scale model? We could see what would effect the clock, and track our research that way...

[electronicly]

There’s evidence that people return to the exact point in time which they were taken from, so there should be enough time to answer at least a few.

A test model may help, though anything that could not be seen from the outside should probably be replaced by whatever variant of conventional clockwork would both fit and allow similar motions of the visible parts. The materials should be easy enough to come by, and using my equipment to analyze it once it is built would save time and a wide enough battery of tests can be conducted that it shouldn’t be necessary to make arrangements to use the forensics lab… Starting building on a curse day should be out of the question, though…

How much experience do you have with building models, or at least completing three-dimensional puzzles? It would make sense for whichever of us has the most experience with models to create the blueprints, don’t you agree?

[broughthimback]

Tinkering was always more the Hatter's field,
and I don't suggest taking anything after him.
Too curious, Alice madam.

[electronicly]

I don’t intend to become a Mad Hatter.

…Like I said, anything could become a useful tool in the search for a way to return everyone to their proper place and time.

[broughthimback]

...You'll fix it~?

[electronicly]

That’s not a possibility I intend to rule out.