The+page+of+Will,+chapter+9

[Bzsrgpt leads you along a long, poorly lit hallway to a small, round door with one of those great big airlocks and gestures to you] [The airlock hisses open, and you suddenly find yourself spontaneously lifted into the air and through the airlock into a small, rounded room full of lighted monitor displays and control panels, with a large 360 degree navigation screen stretched around the cockpit. Surprised at your strange mode of entry, you look shed a look of bewilderment upon Bzsrgpt, who merely floats in himself as if it were the most natural thing in the world] How did you do that? You mean telekinesis? I can't do that, and I don't think any other humans can do it either. Can all Yzxdglns do it? [Utterly bewildered, you watch as Bzsrgpt shuts the airlock and activates a few control consoles next to a large viewscreen, which at present is black. He pulls a lever and then buckles himself into a seatbelted chair] [The small, dark, and cramped interior of the escape pod begins to vibrate wildly, as a loud humming noise, and a grating sound like something rotating fills the air. The hissing of air and feul pipes shutting off and disconnecting can also be heard, but a wave of turbulence hits the ship as the first layer of airlock is opened, which you can see on the now activated viewscreen. You hear a loud "cha-chunk" sound as the escape pod disconnects from its stand. Bzsrgpt presses more buttons, causing the pod to hover into the air and move slowly towards the opening airlock and out into the star-studded void of space. Stars rush past you as the escape pod zooms forward. Bzsrgpt continues to press buttons, gazing at a smaller viewscreen as he does so. Finally, he seems to find what he wants, presses a few buttons, and pushes down a pedal. Everything goes black almost instantly.] What just happened? Excuse me? Uh, yeah. Could you at least try? Um... oh. [Bzsrgpt presses a button on the console and you are surprised to hear the bouncy notes of "In the Mood" fill the cabin] What? This helps space travel? I mean, Glenn Miller was a genius and all, but that's just kind of weird.
 * YU GT N FRST. I'V ALREDY STORD TH MEMRY BANKS CONTANING YOR MIND ON TH ESCAP POD'S CMPUTR. **
 * WHAT, TH FLOTING? T'S ESY. ALL YU HAV TO DO S CONCENTRAT HARD AND YU CN LFT THNGS FR AWA FRM YU. **
 * OF CORS! MOST F THM CAN DO T BETTR THN I CN TO! **
 * BETTR HOLD TIGHT. WER ABOUT TO EXT TH SHP, ND T SN'T GONG TO BE FN. THS ESCAP POD'S MAGNTC STABLIZRS ARN'T TH BST. **
 * WE WER SUCKD UP BY A TRANSPRT STATION. NOW TS BOUNCNG US ACROSS AN ALTRNAT UNIVRS TO GT US THER. **
 * DO I NED TO EXPLAN YZXDGLN SPAC TRAVL METHDS NW? CS I RLLY DON'T WNT TO. I DON'T RLLY NDRSTAND THM MYSELF. **
 * OKA, THS CLD TAK A WHIL. BACK N TH DA, WE YZXDGLNS TRAVLD AT ABOT TH SPED YOR SPECES CN NW. T WSN'T SO BD FR US, BECAS WE HD LNGR LIFSPNS, BT T WS STLL PRTTY ANNOYNG TRYNG TO GT PLACS OR EXPLOR OTR SPAC. BT THN, A YZXDGLN NAMD SDRGLZRGD NVENTD TH TIM RA META-ENGIN. THE TIM RA META-ENGIN CULD BRAK A SHP DOWN NTO ENRGY CMPONNTS, WHCH WR THN BRODCASTD AS WAVS AT LMOST TH SPED F LIGHT. THES WAVS VIBRATD N WAYS THT PRESRVD A CNTAND REALTY WITHN THM, WHER TH CRW EXISTD AS NORML. TH WAVS WER SUCKD NTO A TRANSPRT STATION, AND BRODCASTD THRUGH A CNTAND WRMHOL NTO AN EMPTY UNIVERS. TH RAS BONC OFF F TH WALLS F TH UNIVERS, GVNG THM MOMNTM NT POSSIBL N ORS. THEY BONC BACK THRUGH TH WRMHL ND BACK NTO OR UNIVERS AT TH NXT TRANSPRT STATION. **
 * I KNW. T DIDN'T MAK SENS WHN HGXCL XPLAND T TO ME, ETHR. **
 * HERE. THS S SPPOSD TO HELP TH PRCESS GO FSTR. **
 * YOR ERTH [|GLENN MILLR] WS NT ONLY A GRAT MUSICAN, BT LSO A SPAC TRAVL GENIUS. F YOR "NASA" HD RED SOM F HS THERIES, YU GYS MIGHT BE A LOT FARTHR ALNG WTH YOR SPAC TRAVL EFFRTS. **
 * BT LETS CNTINU WTH TH STORY I WS TLLNG YU ERLIER. **


 * CHAPTER 10 **