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Published at 05/07/2025 - 08:18 PM
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Marcus had found this vacation so necessary for his sanity. His job found him overworked and he was desperate for a break. His excitement was met with agony as he boarded his 6-hour flight to the Caribbean. Marcus boarded the plane, ready for his much-needed vacation to finally begin. As he walked down the aisle, he noticed that the man seated next to his spot, though on the other side of the plane, was fumbling with a weird device. The device looked strangely familiar to Marcus, but he just couldn't place where he had seen it before, so he quickly forgot about it and went back to putting his carryon away before taking his seat. Midway through the flight, the plane experienced some rather rough turbulence, causing the device to fall from the man's bag and into the aisle. Marcus saw that the man was asleep, and took it upon himself to help him out and reached down to pick up the device. As he reached for it, it finally clicked where he had seen this device before. It was featured in last night's news report about a theft from a physics lab. There wasn't a lot shared about it, but it apparently could affect all of reality if handled improperly. He knew he had to be careful about this but curiosity got the best of him, and he reached to inspect the remote. As Marcus picked it up, his thumb pressed a button on accident, setting off the device, and causing a strange energy to pass through Marcus. Moments later, Marci stood there, confused by the weird feeling that had gone through her body. She looked down at the strange device in her hand, not sure what it was or what it did. Either way, she placed it back into the passenger's bag and strutted down the aisle. Reaching the galley, she checked herself out in the reflection of the microwave. As a rather attractive Asian woman Marci took a fair bit of pride in her appearance and was distraught when turbulence caused the nearby pot of coffee nearly spill on her. She sighed, and cleaned up the mess before returning to her work and walking down the aisle once again, only to notice the empty seat near the sleeping man who she had given the weird device back to. She could have sworn that the plane was at full capacity, but clearly that wasn't the case. She stared at that seat for a moment, a thought trying to force its way through but, nothing. They were probably just in the restroom or something, where else could they go?