Boxes

"Oh yes, I have quite the collection."

"Well it's certainly a lot of crates ..."

"This, this here, is Faraday's cage."

"You mean a Faraday cage."

"No, no, FARADAY'S cage. When he was getting old, he built it, and he went in, and he didn't come out."

"So, you're saying Faraday is dead in there?"

"Who can tell?"

"i SEEEE ... "

"And this here is Schroedinger's box."

"You are sooo full of $#@! ."

"Inside it, there's Schroedinger's cat's box."

"You sure?"

"... mmmaybe?"

"Pfffffthlbt."

"This here is Pandora's box."

"Right."

"I don't know quite what's inside, but I'm advised, it's best just to leave it alone."

"Here, I'll check for you ..."


This was in response to a prompt on reddit.com r/WritingPrompts, "It all happened so suddenly, a flash of light and... mayhem. Alien like creatures, eldtrich monsters from books, distorted beings. Why, why did it happen..."


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