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[[Darkness.]]
[[Someone is standing next to a laptop, looking groggy.]]
Person: Ugh ...
Person: What happened?
Person: Where am I?
<<FWOOOOOOSH>>
Person: Help! Someone help me--
[[His speech fades out into nothing.]]
[[He holds his hands to his mouth.]]
[[He looks shocked.]]
[[He tries to run, but has no traction against the ground.]]
[[He falls over.]]
[[He lies prone.]]
[[Hat guy and hat girl are watching this scene from outside the room. He is holding a clipboard.]]
Hat Guy: Huh. Looks like physics professors don't like working in frictionless vacuums after all.
Hat Girl: They're such liars.
{{Title text: The other two are still lost on the infinite plane of uniform density.}}
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