“Then using the continuity equation, we…”
The ceiling closed in to a circular point around the visitor’s mysterious symbols. We did not understand but jotted them in notebooks and promised to use them on pipes…
This Lovecraftian flash was inspired by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #150, continuity. The continuity equation is used in fluid dynamics to describe continuous flow and conserve mass/energy. Since Lovecraft was traumatized with geometry, I thought I’d use that equation to cause even MORE trauma.
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Why pipes?
Because pipes are for liquid flow and thus the continuity equation is used to represent what’s happening inside.
I’ve been listening to A Brief History of Time; I think I took the equation abstractly. 😀
Hahaha usually I think of equations pretty literally
You strike me as more literal.
Hmm… that might be why my sense of humor is a bit messy.
Like this one a lot. Well done
Thank you!
Good one. I feel both curiosity and dread.
That’s a good thing when staring down a Lovecraftian nightmare!
An interesting idea, H. and quite likely too.
Oh yeah, math apparently is torture to many.
It really is. My sister doesn’t separate debits and credits and she wonders why her budgets don’t work SIGH!
Oh, that’s so bad! Has she tried things like Mint? That can help lazy budgeters.
No, she uses her sister [me] whose excellent financial advice and budgeting skills are free – giggle!
This is perfect. It can head in any direction at any point. Good, bad. Jus’ perfect. And you know how I love a good HPL storyline!
I liked the sense of urgency, excitement, and dread. I’m glad you added a little explanation too.
🙂 It’s great when you can get a bit of feeling packed into only 35 word!
I watch (perhaps too much) Sci-fi. We’ve been watching reruns of the Star Trek with Capt Janeway. I can’t believe all the ones I didn’t remember… It must have been at an in between time… no way to record it and to late to stay up and watch it (soon after my children were down for the night – so was I… Or maybe the timing conflicted with another show?
Anyway point I was trying to make I see that worm hole as that continuity equation – maybe with some time travel added for spice. 😉
Voyager is fantastic! One of my favorite episodes is the one with the Fear clown. That last line is delivered so, so well.
And I’m glad you can visualize a form of continuity equation.