The machine hummed with abyssopelagic energy, its spiraling gears whirring in a velocigyral frenzy that made the room vibrate. Dr. Fenton, ever the quixotically determined scientist, peered at her creation with a look that could only be described as ostrobogulous--a mix of awe, confusion, and mild regret. Blunderflustered interns scrambling to unplug it might argue otherwise. The device, born of half-baked ideas and wholly dubious physics, now emitted a perspicaxorious hum, as though it alone understood what it was doing while the humans merely guessed. Someone had called it a marvel of modern invention; others whispered it was floccinaucinihilipilification in mechanical form--an extravagant, spinning tribute to absolutely nothing. Either way, the machine continued its hypnotic dance, and no one dared admit that maybe, just maybe, it had already won.+ use text --sref 969863442