Prose - Alexey Sokolov. Physics of space.

                                            Alexey Sokolov

                     Physics of space

  - New Year?  We celebrated the New Year in subspace, -
Vitek was surprised. Really, what stupid questions! He is everyone
Celebrates the New Year in subspace. What's wrong with that?
  “Okay,” answered the captain.  He leaned back
chair, getting comfortable. He, the captain, had a long wait today.
and grueling work. - It's good that you are making contact with
consequence, and now I would like more details. Where, when and with
Who did you enter subspace with?
  -  When? With whom? - my head still hurt, but not as bad anymore
like in the first hours after entering reality. - And here! With this we
Fedko and I entered. Fedek, me and this, what’s his name... well... watchman...
Well, a watchman, in general. But I remember exactly where we entered! On
Elektrozavodskaya, in the pub opposite MAMI *)!
  “Very good,” the captain encouraged him. - Now about the natives
tell me please.
  - About whom?
  - Well, about the inhabitants of subspace.
  - What can we say about them? Residents as residents. The brakes are a little
like they were drunk.  I don’t drink, just a little, so I don’t understand
no way...
  Then the thought suddenly left him, and he was left completely
frightening loneliness.  She's always like this! And most importantly only with
him, with Vitko. How can these intellectuals think all the time?
  -Where are you going?heading into subspace? - came to the rescue
captain.
  - To Fedka. We decided that since we are in subspace, then
we need to use the River of Time. It's faster!
  - And you dived into it?
  - Yes, what is it?
  - You can’t get out of it without someone else’s help! - stared
Captain's eyes
  - Well, boss, you really give it away!  What kind of suckers are we?
Alconauts under the fence? This one lives downstream, well...
him... Khrenon!
  “Charon,” the captain corrected. - He pulled you out?
  - Yes. With a hook.
  - Why did you give him his clothes?
  “Well, there you go, captain,” Fedek burst out laughing. This one is like this
The captain was a bit stupid.  - We didn’t give it to him. We her
replaced.  By barter.  Yes, and they threw him for one. Our clothes
it was wet, but the one was dry!
  - Well, I see.  A coat for a padded jacket is a good exchange, and then
what happened?
  - And then we went to the square. There's also a mutant killer tree
stood.  These local Turks also disguised themselves as ordinary
was on guard.
  - Well, you defeated her, I hope? - the captain became wary.
  - Yes, they knocked her down and tore her up.
  - Why am I fighting?
  - Why? How why? Her Gray Servants were nearby!
They are actually so harmless, but how can you touch their owner -
They rush at you and tear you to pieces. Poisoned, by the way,
fangs.
  They fell silent.  Vitek looked at the captain, and he looked at
him.  And I didn’t even look, but somehowlooked strangely. As if
I was waiting for something.
  And suddenly... Oh, terrible thought! The idea is absurd in its simplicity and
nightmare. A thought that can't fit into my head...
  - What are you doing? - Vitek inquired. - Don't you believe me?
  “I don’t believe it,” the captain became furious. - You are there in your
How long did you stay in subspace?
  “Day,” Vitek answered in surprise.
  - And it’s March already! Here's your proof.
  - Oh, damn it!
  - Only you didn’t tell me something about the Necromancer’s castle
nothing?
  - About what?
  - Well, about the castle that you stormed. Are you still a Necromancer?
they wanted to expel you, but these, what's their name, Gray Servants overtook you and
there was a battle between you and them...
  “I don’t remember,” Vitek admitted sincerely. - This didn’t happen...
  “I see,” the captain agreed. - I'm here now.
  He stood up and left the cell.

  - Well, how? Confessed?
  -  Almost.  How they swam in the Yauza - he remembers how their homeless man with a hook
threw - remembers how the tree was felled - remembers how from the cops
skedaddled - remembers. How they broke into the Mausoleum - no.
  - That's how it is!
  - It’s okay, Comrade Colonel, I’ll push now and he’ll remember
he.
  - Okay, go push it. By the way, then you still need to tell the cops
it will be so that the homeless man near Lefortovo is not touched, they will be there instead
volunteer rescuers, one might say...
  - Yes, by the way, Comrade Colonel, when I become president, I
I won’t ban vodka - people won’t understand me.  ButI'll definitely cover American films and Greek mythology.

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*) MAMI - Moscow Automechanical Institute