Child's Play [Text] [Reboot]

>Increase the temperature of the water; the molecules are in.

>Perhaps take a break a bit. Inspect the surroundings. That much time can't simply have passed by.

Part of me is tempted to just go back to my molecules. I’ve noticed that heating things up can make them move faster sometimes, so maybe if I raise the temperature of the water, that would make them a bit more lively? I waste a bit of my own energy to convert it to heat and waft it over the surface of the water. The lost energy will be replenished and converted into my substance the next time the sun rises and the clouds clear, or if I get more desperate I can always float up and sunbathe above the thickest layers of cloud cover. Speaking of the sun… I quickly scoop out enough rock for a new roof, but only make it cover part of the pond this time, leaving a bit open for the sunlight to heat it more permanently. My molecules hate the sun, breaking apart at the merest touch of its harsh rays, but they can just stick to the parts that are still in shadow.

I turn back to the pond again, then pause for a moment. I’m a little wary of diving back in now. How much time has passed, and how could it have passed without me noticing it like that? It’s not like this phenomenon is new to me, but it’s never happened when I was awake before. I look around and nothing has visibly changed too much, except that the hole where I dug out the rocks from my roof has been partially filled in by water and silt, creating a second pond next to the one I’m working in. Looking carefully at the pieces of the roof itself, I see it’s cracked down a thin spot in the rock where I imperfectly bonded two pieces together. So maybe it hasn’t been that long, really. Not long enough to wear away stone completely, just emphasize its natural flaws.

There’s no sign of my brother anywhere…I wonder what he’s been up to all this time. Maybe he’s actually taken my advice to stop the volcano from erupting? There’s no sign of recent lava flows anywhere, but his absence is still a bit suspicious. On the other hand, I’m scared that if I do find him, he’ll interrupt my work. Should I keep playing around with the molecules, go check on another part of the island like my cove by the ocean, or look for my brother up on the volcano?

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