Mythbusters 3

[Adaon]

A/N: I don't own Gundam Wing or Mythbusters(A show on Discovery) New episodes of mythbusters are being released this summer.
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As he entered the office he quickly took stock of the situation. It had four occupants, Une naturally was in her own office, as was his wife, and the Noventas. This assembled group clearly left three options. One, answer yes to whatever the question is. Two, face the guilt trip to end all guilt trips. Therefore, he did the logical thing and choose option three.

He turned and ran the other direction...

Right into the waiting force of Trowa and Wufei, apparently someone had predicted this response. As he prepared to take them down, he heard her voice, sadly the time for escape had elapsed.

"Heero Yuy, get back in here!" Why Relena was involved in this was something he was yet to understand, other then they knew he wouldn't say no when they asked whatever it was they were about to.

"Sit."

He complied.

"You ran?"

"Self-preservation."

"You fight how many battles against how many enemies and your worried about what four women are going to do to you?"

"Yes."

"I'll never understand why you have to be so overly dramatic about these things, in any event the Noventas' have a request. After seeing the charity show last weekend, they've asked for you to put on another one for the benefit of the Noventa foundation."

Before he had a chance to say anything, he was facing the irresistible force of not one set of the sad puppy-dog like eyes, but three of them. Like he said, the guilt trip to end all guilt trips.

He simply nodded briefly to signify his compliance.
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So here he was, it wasn't bad enough they were making him go through this again, but now everyone was constantly bugging him about what the next myths would be and what the results were. It was greatly slowing the process down, and making it harder for him to figure out exactly what to do to Trowa and Wufei for there involvement in trapping him into this.

He has looking over his old work to decide what he would do, and particularly something for revenge. Then something leaped off the page at him, it was perfect, he would need a lot of pvc pipe, but Duo was good for it.
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In a wearhouse with props from the last episode:

"By the way Heero, we also need to put in a disclaimer."

"Why?"

"So kids don't try this stuff at home."

"You think they could if they wanted to?"

"Well they could for some of them."

"That pose any danger?"

"Still at lest for novelty sake you should put something in."

"Fine, Relena make something up in the introduction."
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"And now our Mythbusters, Heero Yuy and Duo Maxwell, remember don't try this at home. Heero is a highly trained professional, and Duo is... well, Duo."

"Hey!"

"Our first myth: Pennies from Heaven, can a penny be dropped from so high that landing on someone below is fatal?"

"Well I'm kinda scarred of how were going to test this one, But I guess thats why we're on top of the Empire State building?"

"This is the most cited building with the myth, that makes it the perfect place to dispel this myth. So drop a penny of the side."

"Just like that? No make-shift, rigged-up penny-guns, no impact measures, not even a speed gun to clock it going down?"

"No, drop the penny."

"... Ok then, here goes." Duo stretches his arm out and drops a penny over the side of the building, a camera looks over the side, the penny is about 10 floors down on a deck with a bunch of other coins. "You know, it's kind of scary that so many people would try out this myth, but anyhow, what happened here Heero?"

"Wind."

"Wind?"

"The coins get caught in an updraft of wind that happens when it blows against the building, and the coins build up on that observation deck below."

"So that's it, the coins aren't fatal because they can't reach the ground?"

Heero nodded.

"What about if it actually fell?"

"The penny doesn't have enough mass to actually cause any damage, the person it hit would just get a nasty cut."
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"Everyone has been caught out in the rain at some point without an umbrella, and probably ran to get out of the rain to get out of it faster, but does that keep you any drier? It's about to be put to the test. The ceiling of the wearhouse is lined with pipes that will release water at a rate to mimic rainfall, the water has been died red to provide better visibility.

"For this test our mythbusters will be assisted by preventers Wuefi Chang and Trowa Barton."

"Injustice! I refuse to wear this!"

"You have to Wufei, if you don't wear the body suit the test won't be accurate."

"This is Yuy's show, let him walk in the rain. Why should I cooperate with this in the first place?"

"Because I have pictures from your bachelor's party."

He winced, "I'll get you back for this Maxwell."

Trowa and Wufei stood behind a blue tape line on the floor of the wearhouse wearing black wet suits "So Yuy, how does this get tested?"

"Duo will give you both white painter coveralls to wear over the wet suits, then you'll make a series of controlled trips on the100 meter course after which the coats will be weighed, the difference in weight will tell us how much water the outfit absorbed, and the wet suits will cut down on outside influences on the experiment."

Relena resumed her narration, "so our guest mythbusters will make several trips each through the course, each of them will walk once and run once, using different coveralls each time. After the initial test wind speeds will be added in as a variable. So what's better for keeping you dry? Time to check with Heero."

"The average weight is pretty clear that walking absorbed less water then running"

"Surprising as it is, the next time your caught out in the rain. Walk to stay dry, also for safety, you're less likely to slip on water if you take your time."

"Hey Heero, I noticed Wufei and Trowa were shivering a lot, what temperature was that water anyhow?"

"40 degrees."

"Centigrade?"

"Fahrenheit."

"You are very vindictive."

"I know."
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"This next myth might be a little 'shocking.' Is bringing an electrical appliance into the bathtub electrifying? Duo and Heero are about to put it to the test."

"So Heero, since we are putting this to the test I assume you are going to tell us something surprising?"

"Water doesn't conduct electricity."

"That qualifies, now what do you mean?"

"Hydrogen is a very bad conductor of electricity, for it to carry a spark you are talking well over one thousand times the amount of power you get from a wall outlet."

"So what does conduct electricity?"

"Ions, when they are added to water they will conduct electricity."

"So pure or distilled water isn't going to conduct any electricity?"

"Nope."

"But we still get to test it right?"

"Knock yourself out."

As Duo sets up the test Relena resumes narrating. "To put this to the test Duo has filled up a five gallon bucket with distilled water. Now he will add a volt meter to measure any electrical current."

"Well there is no current in the water itself, which there shouldn't be. The next step if to add a current in using a battery, fire it up Heero." Heero flips a switch which sends a charge from the battery into the water but the voltmeter registers no current.

"Well just like Heero said, water without impurities won't conduct electricity. So now we are going to add some, what's up first Heero?"

"Epsom salt. Saltwater will conduct electricity, also if someone is taking a bath salt from their bodies will be carried into the bathwater even if it is distilled and will allow it to conduct electricity."

After Duo mixes in the salt, and Heero turns the switch on again, the voltmeter does register an electrical current.

"So what have we learned here?"

"While pure water won't carry a current, as soon as other elements are added it allows for a current to go through it. In the instance of a bath, sweat, and soap will all allow for the current to go through and would prove painful if not fatal."

"So bottom line is, obey the warning labels and keep the hairdryer out of the bathtub."
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Back at the Yuy residence:


"Was that really so bad?"

"Don't count on Wufei and Trowa helping you next time you try to draft me into something."

"Did you have to use water that cold?"

"Not at all."

"Well you'll be happy to know you have nothing to worry about, I have no fund raisers planned for the rest of the year."

"Good."

"Not that I'm saying that nothing will pop up sometime."

He glared.

She grinned.

He pounced.
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I may do a part 4 sometime, but I don't know for sure yet. Also the first two urban legends as well as the first chapter were all credit mythbusters, the last one in this chapter was not done on the show.

[PinkDelusion]

"Self-preservation."

poor poor Heero. I didn't know that last one -- with the ions in the water. very interesting as well as amusing. a 4th part is a must!! great job!

[Adaon]

PinkDelusion, I think at this point you have reviewed just about everything I have written. Thank you very much.

Part 4 may be in the next week or so, that will probably be it but if I get more to work with I may sometime down the road add a part 5.

Thank's again,
Gene.

[Raspberry]

I really like this story. And who said Heero isn't evil?

Heero is a highly trained professional, and Duo is... well, Duo."

"Hey!"

Priceless I say

4th chapter, pretty please!