Williams stood at a lab console, adjusting a knob as he observed the spectacle before him. An empty coffee pot sat behind him alongside a finished flask of limonene, but the real deal lay in front of him. Suspended in a zero-gravity vacuum was a single particle of Element-220, the working name for the eldritch metal the Miskatonic University found in the sunken city of R'lyeh.<br/><br/>"E-220 Experimental Log Thirty-Seven," Williams recited into a recorder. "Beginning tests on a single E-220 atom regarding its reactions to electrical current. Setting current at..."<br/><br/>Electricity crackled as he spoke into his recorder. Bolts of lightning arced and fizzed as they played across the atom. The space around the atom seemed to fluctuate and, for a moment, tear open.<br/><br/>"Noting unusual radiation emissions at 500 amperes...distinct from alpha, beta, and gamma. Personal Geiger counter remains silent behind standard laboratory shielding. Also noting unusual spatial phenomena at 500 amperes. Phenomena have the appearance of multicolored dots suspended in midair. Increasing current now to 510 amperes..."<br/><br/>At this, a thunderous crack threw Williams into the wall behind him. The quiet crackling of electricity was drowned out in place of guttural howling and wet, gurgling gibberish. Pulling himself to his feet, Williams' craggy features lit up with a grin.<br/><br/>"At 510 amperes, E-220 atom opened a spatial rift," he continued unperturbed as he reached for his contingency plan. "Reaching through the rift appears to be some squamous, betentacled eldritch horror, potentially a shoggoth. Applying standard Miskatonic procedure for hostile extraterrestrial encounters."<br/><br/>The professor opened the door into the testing area and at once, his Geiger counter began to tick nervously. Pumping his shotgun, Williams stepped forward between the reaching tentacles, aiming the weapon squarely at the beak snapping from behind the rift. Seven feline eyes turned to regard the human. Williams squeezed the trigger once.<br/><br/>"Procedure successful. Shoggoth has been neutralized," he said eagerly. "Holding current at 510 amperes. Altering the test objective to studying the rift formed from the E-220 atom."<br/><br/>Returning to his post behind the shielding, Williams shut the door, retrieved his fallen clipboard, and began to take notes.