Fuck it's only been 7 hours since I left the party, I know I should take my time to pave steady towards my goal but I really only have this weekend to complete my project or else things won't go well. I stretch out my arms and let out a big yawn as I get up from my desk to go make myself a cup of coffee. "BMO what's the progress on the scan of the gem and staff?" I gently blow on my cup to cool down my coffee before trying just a little sip-FUCK! it's still too hot. "Analysis on the staff is complete. It's definitely alien in nature and composition. There's traces of gold and platinum but everything else is made of elements not found on the periodic table. The gem in a casing. There's something powerful being held inside of the gem." I continue to blow on my coffee while listening to BMO. "Yes yes I already know that BMO. Thank you for your hard work while I was taking a nap but what I want to know is the gem. How much force or degrees do I need to produce to get inside of that gem?"
"You want to break the pretty blue gem?"
"...yes."
"It's not very difficult. The structure of the crystal is very crude and imperfect. Even though this is advance alien tech that might be decades if not centuries ahead of human technology. According to the carbon dating of the identifiable elements, this item could be tens of centuries or even serval millenniums old."
"Meaning what exactly?"
"It's an ancient extraterrestrial item that has little signs of damage or deterioration because of the strong material used in it's construction. However it is aged and was created in a time before humans were even a concept. Meaning that with enough force concentrated onto on singular point of the crystal should be enough to cause the imperfect structure of the casing to break down."
"Thank you BMO that's all I need to hear. How are our friends at Stark tower doing anyways? Have you been keeping an eye on them after we activated your programming on to their hubs?"
"Yes I've been active and sweeping through their data base once Ultron deleted most files and left the network through the internet. I've even made sure to avoid the gazes of Stark and Romanoff when they were looking through their files."
"Good job BMO, for now try to help them with a little bits and pieces of a clue. Let them know that they have a friend but don't let them know who we are just yet. And give me any updates if they discover something or are going somewhere together." I walk over to my desk while still blowing on to my cup. For a wizard that can do almost anything I want at will, I sure am struggling with fucking coffee....uhh not like that. I put on a pair of lensless frames from one of the drawers and try to another sip of my coffee. Hmmm I'll just leave it here for now then. I set my coffee down as it's still too hot before grabbing on to the staff and stepping backwards. The shroud of broken reality wraps around me as step into my own personal penthouse laboratory.
I never could've ever completely overhaul Kamar-Taj with modern age conveniences without living in mirror dimension during my last three years there. Once I was able to use magic I couldn't stop. Just like Junior disciple Stephen I would use magic 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. This went on for over 1000 days before I asked for permission to leave the Kamar-Taj. During those 800 days I would stay in the mirror dimension to experiment with and merge my understanding of science and magic together. Hell I was able to recreate the arc reactor and badassium using smoke and mirrors to bend properties of physics to my will. Even though I don't really have a personal use for the reactor and element besides some small minor electrical devices, it's was nice to know that Kamar-Taj will never have to worry about the wifi being down because of a power outage.
During the night I would sleep in my tiny little dorm room while reading through my checked out books using astra projection. It's a rather effective method to learn while letting your body rest and restore it's energy. It does take a little stran on the soul and spirit after a while if you don't rest and allow the soul to join the body in it's sleep. However was also good training to strengthen the spirit as after a couple of months I noticed that I could go longer in between rest periods and my spells became more convenient and accessible.
Stepping into my laboratory I walk over to my new and improved particle accelerator. It's a much better and more efficient design than the crude on I built back in Nepal. I guess I really was able to create a miniature reactor out of a box a scraps. Anyways I open up a slot in the machine and shoot a string of web on to the ceiling before attaching it to the staff. I lower the staff into the machine with the gem facing downwards and just above the path of the particle beam. I walk over to my much larger 'secondary' computer and plug another of BMO's chip into the motherboard. "Testing testing 1 2 BMO do you read this room?"
"Synchronization complete. I can't see anything besides the camera from your point of view but I can measure the equipments using the sensors you've connected to the hub." A voice ring out from the small speakers at the end tips of the frames on my ears. "Good good I'll set up some cameras in here soon but now let's start up the accelerator. I want to get my hands on the stone as soon as possible to study it's powers and affect." With winding sound of a laser starting up the machine begins to form a blue hue. After a few moments the beam of badassium became visible to the naked eye as the particles reach the limits of the speed of light. The heat from such a laser would be devastating if it makes contact with common building materials, much less flesh. I lower the staff into the beam and ZRHHHHH CRACK! The blue crystal casing shattered and fell apart but the mind stone is unharmed by the beam while passing through before falling on to the platform below. I mean from something that was a byproduct of the big bang, I would be extremely disappointed if it could be scratched by something as simple as this machine.
I can't help but stare at the gemstone as BMO turns off machine. With a wave of my hand the stone gently floats over to me before landing in my palm. Holy fuck. I can't believe that right now I'm in possession of one of the most powerful item in the whole universe. And it's resting in the palm of my hand like a crude simple uncut gem...it's kind of ugly in person honestly. But this is probably the first time the true form of the gem has been exposed to the universe in who knows how long. I call over a gold-lead alloy box that can probably hide the radiation of the stone and begin to place the gem inside of the box but it starts to shine as if it had a will of it's own. Huh looks like it would be a shame to hide this beauty just moments after it's been unveiled after being trapped for possibly millions of years.
I suppose I could just skip the studies and place it where it I've originally planned for it. I tilt up my head and begin to lower the gem on to my forehea-"Ned, the Avengers had left the compound in a quinjet. It appears that their destination is the coast of South Africa." TSK looks like that step will have wait for a bit, I still need something very important from Africa anyways. "Thank you BMO it's now time for the Mystic Spider to make his first day time appearance." I place the gem into golden box before tucking it away by my computer. I walk out of the laboratory and into my room to put on my suit once more.