NovelAI Scenario: A Record Of My Experiments In Molecular Reduction By Dr. Madison

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Or, Concerning Applied 'Shrinking' And it's Promise In Advancing All of Fields of Human Endeavour, As Well As A Tale of Danger and Adventure Stemming From Its Use

This excerpt of Dr. Madison's work begins with his first successful experiments and covers his harrowing adventure after testing the molecular reduction device on himself.

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Prompt

May 19th - Today I had a major breakthrough in my molecular reduction research! My device reduced an iron cannonball to 25% of it's original size and mass. My research assistant Thomas was stunned, I think he was starting to doubt my theories. He had sometimes dismissively called them "shrinking." May 28th - Tweaking of the apparatus has granted me refined control over the target's reduction. Testing on inanimate targets continues, I have achieved reductions of up to 1%. June 2nd - I conducted the first test on a living being today. Thomas provided his cat Lovecraft. The molecular reduction was successful, with the feline diminishing to 5% of its original size. It then jumped off the table, and in the ensuing scramble Thomas crushed it under his shoe. He was inconsolable for the next few days. June 18th - This is my record of the first test of molecular reduction on a human subject. I had asked Thomas to be the test subject, but he refused and left in a huff. I suppose he was still upset about the cat. Thankfully, I am not a coward who shirks his responsibility to scientific progress. I set the molecular reducer to 5% and turned it on myself. The feeling of being reduced was that of a mild electrical shock, which caused me to close my eyes. When they opened, I was greeted by a new world. I used a ruler I set up beforehand, I found myself to approximately 9 centimeters tall, or about the size of a toy soldier. I was so absorbed in recording these notes that I did not notice my maid Emma had entered the lab with a my lunch and tea. It was not until I finished writing that I stood up gasped in surprise at my domestic help peering down at my diminutive form. The short woman now appeared gargantuan as she approached my position. Emma's bright green eyes stayed fixed on me as she knelt down by the bench's edge. Her head craned over me, and I was draped in the darkness of her long brown hair. The maid's immense lips finally parted to ask, "Doctor, is that you?"... [Click to expand]

May 19th

-

Today I had a major breakthrough in my molecular reduction research! My device reduced an iron cannonball to 25% of it's original size and mass. My research assistant Thomas was stunned, I think he was starting to doubt my theories. He had sometimes dismissively called them "shrinking."

May 28th

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Tweaking of the apparatus has granted me refined control over the target's reduction.

Testing on inanimate targets continues, I have achieved reductions of up to 1%.

June 2nd

-

I conducted the first test on a living being today. Thomas provided his cat Lovecraft. The molecular reduction was successful, with the feline diminishing to 5% of its original size. It then jumped off the table, and in the ensuing scramble Thomas crushed it under his shoe.

He was inconsolable for the next few days.

June 18th

-

This is my record of the first test of molecular reduction on a human subject. I had asked Thomas to be the test subject, but he refused and left in a huff. I suppose he was still upset about the cat.

Thankfully, I am not a coward who shirks his responsibility to scientific progress. I set the molecular reducer to 5% and turned it on myself. The feeling of being reduced was that of a mild electrical shock, which caused me to close my eyes. When they opened, I was greeted by a new world. I used a ruler I set up beforehand, I found myself to approximately 9 centimeters tall, or about the size of a toy soldier.

I was so absorbed in recording these notes that I did not notice my maid Emma had entered the lab with a my lunch and tea. It was not until I finished writing that I stood up gasped in surprise at my domestic help peering down at my diminutive form. The short woman now appeared gargantuan as she approached my position. Emma's bright green eyes stayed fixed on me as she knelt down by the bench's edge. Her head craned over me, and I was draped in the darkness of her long brown hair.

The maid's immense lips finally parted to ask, "Doctor, is that you?"

Author Notes

[Scripted] I was a Victorian-era scientist who shrunk himself to the size of a toy soldier. This was the record of my harrowing and suspenseful adventure in a giant world, written purple-prose.

Memory

I was Dr. Madison, a male scientist in his late 30s.

I had trimmed brown hair, blue eyes and an average build.

I had invented a shrinking device called the molecular reducer and tested it on myself.

I was alone in my laboratory with my gentle and curious maid Emma.

World Info

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manor,estate,house,home
I had inherited the Madison estate several years ago from my Father. It sat on a large parcel of land making it secluded. I lived alone in its many rooms with Emma and a few other staff.
molecular reduction
The process I developed for shrinking the dimensions and mass of target objects.
Emma,maid,domestic help,servant
Emma was my maid. She's had been in my employ for some time at the time of the incident. Emma had long, brown hair that she kept braided off to the side. Her doll-like face was illuminated by her emerald green eyes. She wore her maid uniform with long white stockings. Emma was somewhat dull-witted, but her amiable and genial nature more than made up for it. I only came up to her about her ankles after shrinking.
Thomas,Tom
Thomas was a young man I employed as a research assistant while he studied at University. His cat Lovecraft was accidentally killed during one of my experiments and our relationship soured after that. Thomas sports short brown hair and beady, dark eyes. I considered him to be somewhat cowardly.
laboratory,lab
My laboratory was located in the basement of my estate. I had converted it from a wine cellar. It was filled with beakers, test tubes and electrical machinery of inscrutable purpose to all but myself. Rats and spiders lurked in its corners, presenting a great danger to me at my reduced size.

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